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Apparently and undisclosed country (suspected to be The Netherlands 🇳🇱) purchased 50 Leopard 1A5 MBTs from OIP Land Systems, a private weapons dealer in Belgium 🇧🇪. According to the Dutch source, the tanks arrived in Ukraine on August 7th and were repaired and modernized prior to shipping...

Again, you're misusing the word criminal by making a moral appeal. There is nothing criminal about another country not giving their assets to Ukraine. They don't belong to Ukraine, and, therefore, Ukraine does not have a right to those assets. You and I can both agree that we would have liked...

To be clear, there is absolutely nothing criminal about the West choosing when, and how much of their resources they send to Ukraine. You might have a moral objection to it and that's fine, but young (and old) men have died in wars for all of human history. I don't like it any more than you do...

Again, there is no reality in which Ukraine was going to achieve the type of air superiority that the United States has had during it's modern armoured invasions. A couple dozens F-16's was / is not achieving air superiority with Russian S-300 and S-400 systems all over the Russian rear and...

Yes, Western (and all others) countries are responsible for whatever they do internationally and domestically. I think that as a planet we let people off the hook far too easily. There is very little accoutanbility globally.

Yes. Countries are made up of people. Governments are voted into power (in democracies) by those people. Those people are accountable for the actions of the Governments that they support via their vote(s) and their tax dollars. Every single Russian of a voting / tax paying age, is responsible...

I'm sorry, but I think this is an incredibly naiive take. Russia has 300,000+ soldiers in Ukraine and thousands of artillery systems and armoured vehicles. They're simply buying themselves time to tighten up their defenses even further, in hopes that Ukraine will not see a point to a counter...

In reality, they could probably get away with about 4-6 Patriots, 3-4 SAMP/T and about 20 combined NASAMS / IRIS-T, supported by systems such as Gepard, Buk and Skynex for intercepting slow moving drones. 10-12 Patriots would be great, but PAC 2 / 3 missiles are extremely expensive, and are...

Rest In Peace to the many Ukrainian young men that have lost their lives in the last 24-36 hours as Ukraine begins an armored thrust into the Robotyne / Dobrove section of the front. Ukraine is making meaningful progress in the area, but as expected it's coming at a significant cost. Reports...

From a prominent Russian Milblogger "Bulba of Thrones"... It gives great detail into the insane, recent destruction of Russian artillery the hands of Ukraine. It's time for the West to pour it on. Russian blood is in the water and their artillery and air defense in the south (and...

What people don't realize is that while Russia's Lancet has been highly successful, Western manufacturers have recognized the success of drone warfare on the battlefield and have realized how big the market for drones is for Ukraine. As we speaked, Western drone production (both for surveillance...

They quietly sent a couple Leopards 2s and earlier in the War sent some BMPs after Germany agreed to backfill them with Marders. Greece has undeniably contributed very little to the war effort, hiding behind maintaining military balance with Turkey. That said, I never expected much from...

List of armored vehicles that have been donated to / purchased for Ukraine in recent weeks. I try to post one of these every month as a reminder of the recent donations to Ukraine. I don't include all weaponry, but I chronicle vehicles donated and "special" weapons. Main Battle Tanks 4 Leopard...

So what your saying is that a lesson learned by the United States 45 years ago, is just being learned by Russia now? You're confirming that the VKS is that far behind their American counterparts? That's horrible for Russia's hopes of being a true geopolitical rival to NATO in any conventional...

None of this refutes anything I said. Russia's far superior Air Force has been deeply underperforming since the outset of the conflict. Their inability to achieve air superiority is one of the most shockingly bad performances in modern military history. 516 days into the war and they are no...

The break through in that area is undeniably significant at this point. Ukraine is likely going to be forced to send reserves from elsewhere in order to stop the advancement, which was Russia's plan for this offensive. They're taking the pressure off of the Bakhmut and Zaporizhia fronts, by...

The entirety of Europe are not the problem. There are key members of Europe (looking at you France) that are not pulling their weight compared to the likes of Germany, Poland, Britain and the Baltic States.

Unfortunately for them, their SU-35s are having very little overall impact on the war because they have a juicy radar signature and they are absolutely petrified of flying them anywhere near tier 1 or tier 2 Ukrainian air defense. One of the most perplexing aspects of this war has been Russia's...

Saying a prayer for all of the farm animals in the path of their retreat!

They've been getting battered there for a couple weeks and have incurred horrendous loses. The two Ukrainian Brigades (name the 3rd assault brigade) in that region have been doing incredible work, backed by Western artillery and HIMARS. It's going to be extremely important that as that 3rd...