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I'd certainly take prisoners and I believe the Ukrainians would prefer to as well, but one of the ugly truths of war is that in order to change public opinion among the population of the aggressor, it often requires awful casualty rates and the loved ones of the invading force to die in...

I can't wait to see Russian military morale hit a new low as recently mobilized recruits are forced into Ukraine in the middle of the winter. Everyone knows how poorly equipped they'll be to deal with the winter cold. There is going to be a lot of frostbite, a lot of guys freezing to death and a...

Both sides have been consolidating forces and waiting for some bad weather to clear up. It's particularly muddy in the Donbas right now. The Russians have pulled their forces back roughly 15km from the left bank of the Dnieper, in the Kherson region. The idea was to create a buffer and take up...

Finland announces its 10th military aid package for Ukraine, apparently, its largest package yet. When I know what's in it I'll provide a link, but the Finn's have been notoriously quiet about what they're providing Ukraine. Not that there is any issue with that, but it tends to take a while...

Croatia will provide Ukraine with 14, Mi-8 transport helicopters. In return the Croatians will receive an undisclosed number of American Blackhawk helicopters. https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/croatia-donate-14-mi-8-172500083.html

Sweden announced a new defense package for Ukraine, in the amount of $3 Billion Swedish Krona ($287 Million USD). The package will include an undisclosed air defense system, as well as mixed forms of ammunition...

At the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau announced another $500 Million in military aid for Ukraine. The specifics of the aid have not yet been released but it's likely to go towards the purchase of ammunition from third party countries and the refurbishment...

A huge part of the issue is that their command is highly centralized, therefore, it takes a long time and a ton of logistics, to get perscribed changes to the unit level and actually have them re-wire the thinking that they've previously had instilled in them. People are creatures of habits...

A country to quality watch in this is South Korea. They were given Russian equipment as part of a debt repayment some years back, that they have no use for, and that the Ukrainians already know how to use. The South Koreans, closely allied with the USA, attended the defense conference in Germany...

In total, USA, Canada and Australia have pledged 100, M777, 155 mm howitzers, with more than 225,000 shells. Most of those shells will be the conventional HE variant, but they will also be providing an unknown number of Excalibur shells, which nearly doubles the range of the artillery and can be...

It's not easy to simply re-take Kherson. The Russians are dug in there and have been re-enforcing the area, backed up by artillery and air power. It would be extremely costly for Ukraine to launch a large scale offensive into Kherson, with the limited number of troops and armor (without...

The Ukrainians are going to continue to give up land. It's the reality of this war. Despite Russia suffering heavy losses to this point, they still have plenty of manpower, armor and artillery, to continue their advances. What's going to be important for Ukraine is that they continue to train...

Why can't Turkey just donate them to the U.S., or Poland, directly? Why make a 3rd party spend their financial resources, when they can be allocated elsewhere to aid the war effort? Turkey is a big country, with a strong military. They can afford the donation, no?

Probably because they're trying to spread their asks around, among NATO countries, so that not any particular country is being asked to give more than it can afford. The more you spread the asks around, the better chance that countries will oblige.

The war is still winnable for Ukraine, but it's going happen in a much more patient manner and with a lot more bloodshed, than most care for. 1). The Ukrainians must continue to strategically withdraw and give up territory, in order to draw the advancing Russians into artillery fire and through...

They're going to at least match the U.S. shipment of 18, M777 howitzers, with several thousand rounds of ammunition. It's part of a $500 million dollar package that Trudeau announced recently. The rest of it will be procured from a wishlist of items that Ukraine has put forth. They'll be...

Let's go The Netherlands. You're on my list of the world's biggest economies. I want to see your investment rise to $1 Billion USD by the end of next week. Time to catch up. 25 Bushmaster troop carriers. 25 Boxer infantry fighting vehicles. 25 Fennek fitted with stinger anti-aircraft weapons...

It's certainly going to be rough, but security comes before economy. I need to see the E.U. be all in here. The weapon's transfers are nice, but let's face it, the backlog of Soviet weaponry that many Eastern European nations are sending, needs to be replaced anyways, with Western weapons...

After doing quite a bit of research surrounding inventories of tier-1 anti-armor weapons, which include American made Javelins, British / Swedish made NLAWs, German made Panzerfaust 3's, as well as Ukrainian made Stugna-P's, my evaluation is the following. 1). The United States would probably...

Had a great conversation with a friend tonight. Just to provide some context surrounding how passionate many people on this side of the world are to see Russia lose this war, the following is, essentially, his paraphrased comments about the situation. "One positive about the coming deaths of so...