Basically, it comes down to this. The West / Ukraine cannot allow this war to end in peace until the Soviet stockpile of weapons is essentially exhausted (we're talking 60% attrition). Russia no longer has the economy to build like the Soviets, therefore, the West knows that if they can...
Russia keeps having their ammunition and supply convoys destroyed in precision strikes by thr Ukrainians, in the deep rear of their defensive positions.
In this video, 6 Russian Kamaz trucks full of supplies for the front get massacred by drone corrected, Ukrainian artillery fire.
Reminder that while Ukraine has slowly started its offensive in the West, we still have not seen the majority of the troops that Ukraine is preparing for the offensive engaged in any kind of serious battles. They've used a small amount of the Western donated supplies that they've had donated...
USA 🇺🇸 announced a new $500 million military aid package for Ukraine. The package is extremely robust and will include the following....
- 30 Additional Bradley M2 ODS
- 25 Additional Stryker APCs
- Additional PAC 2 and PAC 3 Patriot air defense missiles.
- Additional GMLRS for HIMARS
-...
According to Russian bloggers, the Russians were forced to retreat from Dachi, on the left bank of the Dnipro and Ukraine now has bridgehead there, which they are reinforcing in an attempt to open a 3rd line line of attack on the southern front.
Obviously, Ukraine isn't saying much for OPSEC...
Ukraine continues to be a bad place for Russian armor.
This T-80 MBT caught fire and was destroyed after a drone strike somewhere in the south.
This T-90 MBT was abandoned and submerged by the Russians. Ukraine towed it and sent it for repairs, before turning it over to their own army...
Nice new arms package for Ukraine 🇺🇦, this time from Australia 🇦🇺. The package is worth $110 million dollars and consists of the following...
- 28 M113 APCs
- 14 Special Operations vehicles
- 28 Medium trucks
- 14 Trailers
- 105mm artillery shells
Approximately $10 million of the package is...
I have no doubt that some of the Western made systems were not performing ideally in the Ukrainian mud. That said, despite that, Ukraine is using its western supplied 155mm self-propelled artillery, along with Excalibur, Vulcano and SMart munitions, as well as GMLRS launched from HIMARS, as it's...
My point is, literally, that it's junk in modern terms. That's relavent because the war is being fought in 2023, not 1973. There is junk being used on both sides of this conflict.
M113s are junk. HMMWVs are junk. Mig-29s are junk. Mig-25s are junk. T-72s and T-80s (for the most part) are junk...
In fairness, it is junk by modern standards, regardless of where it was made. The new 155mm systems are much better. Significantly better range. Significantly targeting capabilities. Significantly better survivability. Significantly better rate of fire.
Both Ukraine and Russia use them and...
While everyone is worried about what's happening with Wagner, I'm focused on the massive amount of artillery, MLRS and armor that Russia have been facing lately. Ukraine is crushing them with artillery strikes, drone strikes and counter battery attacks.
3 Russian GRAD MLRS destroyed by a...
God speed to the Ukrainians. Casualties are going to be high. They're going to pay a high price for their freedom.
Nothing but respect. May they bring absolute hell down on the Russians that oppose them.
I'll be curious to see what it looks like as they get to Moscow.
Also, there have been multiple reports of Russian attack / EW helicopters shot down. Hopefully that's true, because if so, that's music to my ears.
Nobody should want a Wagner Government. All we should want is for Wagner to inflict maximal damage and casualties on the Russian military before being eviscerated. That achieves 4 goals.
1. Wagner is eliminated, effectively destroying Russia's most capable military force.
2. The Russian...
While this makes sense from the perspective that you'll preserve Ukrainian life (a noble cause), this is an outstanding chance to maximize the destruction of Russian military equipment and maximize the casualty rate of the Russian army. That's ideal in not only ensuring that Russia is defeated...
Ideally, the Russian military takes a stand in Moscow and there is an enormous firefight in the Russia's largest city., causing extensive damage and destruction. In. Perfect world, Wagner would be completely irradiated, but not before taking the lives of thousands of Russian soldiers and...
All the bluster about what will and won't happen doesn't phase me. This is thr only information that I'm focused on. I came to post the same thing.
Russia lost 3 expensive, irreplaceable (relative to the Ukraine war) attack helicopters, defending themselves against their own mercenaries. That's...
