Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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XPE said:
Well the question becomes, can Ukraine now take advantage of the current Russian failures or have they been exhausted wit the defending?
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The weather is against a combined arms push. If Ukraine are going to push before winter they would need to get a move on. That said, it might be wise to hold off until they have F16’s and 500lbs glide bombs.
 
So there is talk of North Korea giving Putin 1000 containers full of weapons, that's a huge amount of gear
Is it possible and if so can Ukraine get to within striking distance of the route they are taking?

The distance is huge so possibly not but maybe if the F16's are delivered it time it might be possible. Rumour has it they are expected very soon, although it would be a perilous journey over enemy territory for them.
 
jigger said:
The weather is against a combined arms push. If Ukraine are going to push before winter they would need to get a move on. That said, it might be wise to hold off until they have F16’s and 500lbs glide bombs.
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The MLRS launched GLSDB should in the field soon, I don't know if the top priority for the F16’s will dropping bombs, they are most likely going to be used for the more sophisticated weapons/air defence.

But the weather is a good point, even if they did get through the defences, mobility may be restricted such to allow the Russians to get another defence set up.

More attrition is most likely the way things are going to go.
 
bris said:
So there is talk of North Korea giving Putin 1000 containers full of weapons, that's a huge amount of gear
Is it possible and if so can Ukraine get to within striking distance of the route they are taking?

The distance is huge so possibly not but maybe if the F16's are delivered it time it might be possible. Rumour has it they are expected very soon, although it would be a perilous journey over enemy territory for them.
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I think that's significantly overestimating how good the F-16s are.

The main benefit of modern/upgraded F-16s with AMRAAMs compared to Su-27s and MiG-29s with R-27s will be that Russia's Su-35s and Su-30s with R-77s will no longer have a notable range advantage in both the radar and missile dept. It doesn't mean that F-16s are going to be going on deep penetration missions over hostile territory or anything.

Probably the best thing about Ukraine getting F-16s will be that their air force will actually be able to start challenging Russia's Su-34s (successor to the Su-24) in the air instead of being dependant on SAMs, something they've thus far been unable to do as they too can outrange and destroy Ukraine's fighter jets.
 
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bris said:
So there is talk of North Korea giving Putin 1000 containers full of weapons, that's a huge amount of gear
Is it possible and if so can Ukraine get to within striking distance of the route they are taking?

The distance is huge so possibly not but maybe if the F16's are delivered it time it might be possible. Rumour has it they are expected very soon, although it would be a perilous journey over enemy territory for them.
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From the videos I've watched most of the ex pilots are saying the primary role of the F-16 is to force the Russian airforce to remain grounded or have it's operations severely limited in scope.

It will be a while before they show up, the first batch of pilots have only recently moved to the Netherlands to begin practical training.
 
Well he had to drop China's name to give his statement any level of credibility cause he now knows what we all know, the yanks would crush them.
 
The hard right ruling party in Poland has won the most seats but won't be able to form a government again. Which is good news in general, hopefully the new more centrist administration will be fully supportive of Ukraine.

www.bbc.co.uk

Polish ruling party set to lose majority - exit poll

Opposition leader Donald Tusk has a greater chance of forming a coalition if the poll is correct.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Rroff said:
One way of reading that is he is rattled, some of his recent statements are uncharacteristically defensive.
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It could be that he's nervous/conscious about calling for another round of mobilization before the next election. Not that it will effect the final result but it could severely dent he's appeal to his base which will hurt in the long run.
 
ubersonic said:
The money isn't the biggest lose for Russia.

The Su-25 factory is in Georgia so Russia can't replace losses, hell they can't even get parts to repair damage aside from what they have in stock.
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Sounds like they need to reinvade to secure supply /facepalm (I'm being sarcastic.. just to be completely clear)
 
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