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I mentioned something similar, multiple times, earlier in this thread. I'm sure some people thought I was simply throwing shade at Russia, but I was being serious. Russia is a poverty country. They have nearly 4x the population of Canada, yet they have a smaller GDP because of how badly the...

A couple things here... - Harpoon missiles are largely obsolete against modern ship defense symptoms, but they are still plenty capable of destroying landing craft, supply ships, etc. They'll definitely be enough to stave off any idea of an amphibious landing in Odessa. That would be a massacre...

It's time for wealthy Western nations such as Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, France, Spain etc... To send a new round of weapons systems to Ukraine. It's fine if some of those countries don't have the inventory to send. Buy the inventories (at a premium if you must) off of some of South...

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson announced today, a further shipment of weapons to Ukraine, in the amount of $100 million British pounds ($130 million USD). The package includes the following... - Undisclosed number of additional Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles. - 800 anti-tank missiles of...

Australia sending $26.5 million dollars worth of anti-armor weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, along with the 20 Bushmasters already announced. The type of anti-armor weapons has not been disclosed, but the feeling is that it is Javelin missiles, from the Australian stockpile, which will be...

There are no "good guys" in war. Just winners and losers. It's an ugly reality. If anybody thinks that the atrocities being committed in Ukrainians towns and villages, against civilians, are going to be met with fair treatment of captured Russian soldiers... You're not living in reality. I...

With all due respect intended towards this effort, and absolute respect towards the Australians for stepping up, the quantities of vehicles being sent, as of now, are not sufficient for successful, large scale, Ukrainian counter offensives. Below would make a difference... 250 T-72 tanks, from...

Misleading from Blinken because many thousands of those "anti-tank" weapons are AT4 rockets, LAW rockets, Carl Gustav recoiless weapons, etc. Those systems are effective against lightly armored vehicles and troops carriers, however, they are ineffective against main battle tanks. They don't...

There is no doubt that they work. The problem is the pace at which Raytheon can produce new batches en masse, and the question of who is going to pay for each purchase. Ukraine wants 500 per day. That's, obviously, unrealistic. They'd be lucky to get 500 per month going forward, between cost and...

USA sending $100 million (USD) more worth of Javelin missiles to Ukraine. We don't know the details about how many Javelin launchers vs replacement missiles, are in the package. Assuming a mix of both launchers, which cost around $240,000 and replacement missiles, which cost about $78,000, it's...

One can hope that the news about Poland buying 250 U.S. battle tanks, will enable them to send, at least, 100 of their T-72s to Ukraine. They're certainly not new tanks, but they would go a long way towards filling in the gaps with regards to some of the losses they've suffered to their own...

Over the next week we're really going to see what Ukraine can do defensively. Russia is finally going to have their shit together and will be fighting an organized, largely single front effort, with fresh troops. Furthermore, the supply line problems that afflicted them in their northern and...

USA has announced another $300 million in military assistance to Ukraine. The latest package includes laser guided rocket systems, drones, ammunition, medical supplies, night vision systems and undisclosed armored vehicles. There is a also talk of the USA deploying hundreds of Abrams tanks to...

Nobody has an ounce of sympathy for the Wagner Group. If the Ukrainian Special Forces find them and want to hang them from trees, slit them from belly button to asshole, and let their insides pour out of them, not a single person in the civilized world will blink, nor take any pity on them. They...

Per NBC, in person talks between Russia and Ukraine will continue on Monday, hosted by Turkey. Not expecting a whole lot to come of these talks. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/ukraine-russia-war-live-updates-biden-denounces-putin-he-ends-n1293242#ncrd1293291

This would be the perfect time for all countries that have ongoing issues with Russia to start to kick the hornet's nest. Make the Russian public squirm with their sons fighting a multi-front war. Keep bleeding the Russian war coffers and alienate them from the rest of the civilized world. In...

Wars are full of crime. Horrible things are done in war. It's the reaction of desperation. Russians shelling civilians. War crimes. Russians using white phosphorous and thermobaric weapons. War crimes. Russians looting Ukrainian stores and homes. War crimes. Ukrainians maming, degrading and...

There is no need to justify it. It's not justifiable at all. It's simply the reality of war when you target civilians and shell communities. Eventually, you're not going to be treated well in return. It's awful, but war is awful. Those Russian soldiers will go back home to their families via...

Truthfully, they're second rate, even for that purpose.

I don't get caught up in name calling, narrative creation or linguistic gymnastics. There are winners and losers in this world. Period. It's in the West's long term best interest to bleed Russia out and ruin them economically. The result will be them leaving this invasion as a loser, regardless...