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BBC not so impressed with the Ukrainian offensive. (How dare you call it a counter offensive!)

So while Ukraine sent its soldiers off to Nato countries for training and readied their 12 armoured brigades for this summer campaign, Moscow spent that time constructing what is now being called "the most formidable defensive fortifications in the world".
Blocking Ukraine's path to the coast - its own coast, let's not forget - are layer upon layer of Russian minefields, concrete tank-blockers (known as "dragons' teeth") bunkers, firing positions and trenches wide enough and deep enough to stop a Leopard 2 or M1 Abrams tank literally in its tracks.
All of this is covered by pre-determined artillery impact zones calibrated to rain down high explosive on Ukraine's armoured vehicles as they and their crews wait for their engineers to find a way through.
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The early signs are - and it is still very early in this campaign - that those Russian defences are so far holding fast.
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Finally, there is the matter of air cover, or lack of it. Attacking a well dug-in enemy without sufficient close air support is highly risky.
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Critically for Ukraine, the game-changing F16s may now arrive too late on the battlefield to play a key role in the early phases of this counter-offensive.

This is not to say the Ukrainians will lose.
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BoraTas said:
I am generally positive of South Korea but their nationalism is a huge meme. Like huge... Their male youth, who are mostly nationalists, voted in a right winger. That right winger pardoned Japan and tried to have the same youth work 80.5 hours a week. This is the summary of South Korean nationalism.

Note: Turkish nationalism is a meme too.
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Gwarosa... LOL

 
FriedButter

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Idk if this should be posted in Ukraine thread or this thread.

Washington is posed to give Ukraine DU shells.

Washington set to give Kiev depleted-uranium rounds – WSJ​

The US is poised to greenlight shipments of depleted-uranium shells to Ukraine despite concerns that such munitions could have a dramatic negative effect on the environment and public health, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

According to one senior US official who spoke to the outlet, “there appear to be no major obstacles to approving the ammunition,” with internal deliberations over the matter said to have been ongoing for several weeks.

The Pentagon sees the controversial shells as being suitable for the M1 Abrams tanks promised by Washington to Ukraine earlier this year, but expected to arrive only this fall, the report says. It added that this type of ammo has very high-armor piercing capabilities and could give Kiev a boost in tank battles with Russia.

However, some officials in US President Joe Biden’s administration have reportedly pointed out that the use of such ammunition could pose serious environmental and health risks.
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U.S. Set to Approve Depleted-Uranium Tank Rounds for Ukraine​

The Biden administration is expected to provide Ukraine with depleted-uranium rounds following weeks of internal debate about how to equip the Abrams tanks the U.S. is giving to Kyiv, U.S. officials said Monday.
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