Current Affairs Ukraine

[Bedfordblue]

Not sure about that - a lot of the Western support for Ukraine has (and there is a really good example of this mentioned in your post) been of the ad-hoc and un-coordinated kind. Supplying three different sorts of IFV Ithe French are also supplying one with the AMX-30s) is going to cause more logistical problems than supply the same overall amount of one IFV type would, and I think countries should focus on that rather than assembling a mish-mash of bits of kit working alongside a mish-mash of Soviet era stuff, all using different ammo.

It should really have been sorted out long before now who was going to supply and then continue resupply of whatever bit of kit for as long as is required. This should be easy with the common stuff (MLRS pods used by HIMARS and the other MRLS we've supplied, 155mm artillery rounds etc) but it needs to happen with the rest.

All NATO kit though so the important commonality should be there, ie fuel & ammo. Prob can’t maintain 1/2 the kit they have already anyway, I’m sure I read a lot of it was sent to Romania or similar for repair and maintenance already.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Bedfordblue]

See there’s been another prominent Russian died, Magomed Abdulayev, 61, bezzy mates with Medvedev hit by a car while crossing the road.
My initial thoughts when there guys started dropping dead was they were critics of putin but it’s seem more are his ally’s.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus...ing_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine_2022–2023

Beginning to wonder if there’s a bit of retribution going on for the polonium killings etc that befell friends of the west over the last 10-20 years……
I quite like Tom Clancy books though, so probably letting my imagination get away from me and they were all accidents after all.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

 

[PhilM]

The figure reported by the UK government and other reputable sources is closer to 100,000+ killed, missing, wounded or deserted, so that figure seems bloated.

The US in Vietnam had 200,000+ using the same criteria, but to be fair we're talking at closer to a decade rather than just over ten months like in Ukraine.

Therefore, the figures are still immense.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Preparing for the Final Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Dissolution of the Russian Federation

View PDF

www.hudson.org

 

[Goat]

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

 

[thirdmantackle]

Daly and Wallace - two muppets that embarrass themselves every time they open their mouths or vote in the eu parliament

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Daly and Wallace - two muppets that embarrass themselves every time they open their mouths or vote in the eu parliament

Wretched old jew hater Chris Williamson, also.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

 

[Yarrgh]

Meh. At this moment after seeing Russian hardware in action and no test being conducted recently, I am not even convinced they have a functioning nuclear arsenal.

The conspiracy theory in me adds in the early capture of Chernobyl (almost never mentioned now) and the Zaporizhzhia power plant- a conventional weapon strike on those would not require nuclear weapons to have a similarly devastating effect.

 

[stipe]

Seems that Soledar is completely encircled, Wagner leader (Prigozhin) taking all the credit for himself and his group and shitting on regular Russian army

 

[peteblue]

Seems that Soledar is completely encircled, Wagner leader (Prigozhin) taking all the credit for himself and his group and shitting on regular Russian army

Excellent…Ukraine should now make a special effort to kick these out and ruin his reputation…..