Dneprovskoye again, this a barrack was hit.
The War in the Ukraine
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Yes.
Furthermore, Scott Ritter claimed that possibly the Russians have informants within SBU units, in this way the Russians get information about shipments of Western equipment and armaments to the Kiev regime, whereas this statement makes some sense if we look at all Russian strikes. these equipment and supplies that arrive from the West and are attacked as soon as they arrive at the logistical HUBs. This would only be possible via HUMINT.
A table was created with some vehicle information from both sides of the war, based on Oryx data.
The 5th column Уничтожено represents the destroyed vehicles, the 6th column Захвачено represents the captured vehicles, the 8th column % потерь represents the percentage of losses and the last column Осталось represents the total of vehicles and what it contains.
1st - Russia:
2nd - Ukraine:
It turns out that the Ukrainians have more tanks than they had before the start of the war. I don't trust Oryx, but the information contained in the table that was created is pertinent.
The 5th column Уничтожено represents the destroyed vehicles, the 6th column Захвачено represents the captured vehicles, the 8th column % потерь represents the percentage of losses and the last column Осталось represents the total of vehicles and what it contains.
1st - Russia:
2nd - Ukraine:
It turns out that the Ukrainians have more tanks than they had before the start of the war. I don't trust Oryx, but the information contained in the table that was created is pertinent.
The key point that was missed here is that only a small portion of the $40 billion will amount to actual military aid given to Ukraine.
Supposedly, $4 bn will be for humanitarian assistance, and $9 bn in economic aid. $6 bn will be for the "Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative" (whatever the hell that might be) and $8.7 bn to replenish the depleted stocks of American weapons that have already been given to Ukraine.
Only $4 billion will be directly financed military support for Ukraine. The remaining $36 billion is just a handout for the MIC, as though they aren't already swimming in money. It's not even like this information is being kept secret, a Google search will tell you what the aid package actually includes.
The fact that this guy completely missed how much of the $40 billion is going to Ukraine shows how retarded he is. Too many content creators jumping on the CURRENT THING trying to sound smart. How much can $4 billion actually buy? Maybe a Patriot battery or two. The rest of the $40 billion package will disappear into thin air as usual.
It seems PCL-181 is still two pieces. The propellant charge is loaded by hand in the video above at 34 second.
I get Scott's point. But you cannot compare Ukraine with either Afghanistan or Vietnam. The terrain is not the same. Why do you think the US is still in Iraq and no longer in Afghanistan? Then you have the cultural and linguistic barrier. Which is close to zero in the Russia and Ukraine conflict. I get that NATO is providing Ukraine with extra strategic depth. But I think his notion that Russia did not expect NATO support to happen is wrong. Russia faced implicit support from the US to its opposing forces on several of its fights already be it in Chechnya, Georgia, or Syria. And the Syrian conflict is one theater which shows possible options. Russia also does not need to take the whole of Ukraine. They can just take everything East of the Dnieper and do a massive aerial bombardment campaign and raze the rest if it comes to that. Without going nuclear. I agree with you that if Russia do use nukes it will be against NATO or NATO forces.
You cannot trust Oryx's numbers with regards to Ukrainian equipment losses at all. He refuses to update his tables even when people provide him with similar info to what he gets to count Russian equipment losses. And capturing Russian equipment and putting it into operation is not the same thing. A lot of that Russian equipment was abandoned in the first place because of mechanical breakdowns.
That number of Russian BMP-3 in that table is also BS. Russia has over a thousand BMP-3 vehicles. I did not bother to check the numbers for the other vehicles.
I am not sure if Russia is doing 围点打援. BUT 围点打援 is not about fully encircle the defending force 围点. It is about attacking the reinforcing force 打援 on the move in the open. So long as the enemy tries to re-enforce from one place to the other they are vulnerable and you have a chance to 打援.
however, even with low efficacy, this is having a positive effect on Ukrainian morale. In the first days of the war we saw Ukrainian troops abandon their border posts and run for it. That is why Russian forces made historically unprecedented territorial expansion speeds, literally without historical precedent. on days 2-3, we started getting the flood of aid and fake news, and Ukrainians decided to fight to the death.
Historically, forces fighting to the death often inflict significant damage before going down, and most lopsided battles are where one side runs in a rout, not because they were physically annihilated.
I'll write a bit more about this effect in lessons for China/Taiwan but suffice to say, radicalization is real.
I don't quite get what you mean by this. Here is screen dump at 1:15.
It is a "electrical substation". You only need to damage the transformer or one of the main switch board to put it out of work. That kind of damage won't even be visible from this distance. And you can see the impact points on the ground. The best thing can be done by dropping a "graphite bomb" to disable the station without you seeing any exterior damage.
So there is no need for an aircraft to level it. We are not in WWII.
Or do you mean the other impact points further away from the plant that serves no purpose? They are not accurate but it is not surprising for rocket artillery. And it means nothing bad because they are super cheap.
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I don't see the published numbers of the BMP-3 as BS, still in 2019 the total number was 720 units in service. There was a contract signed in 2019 for 168 more vehicles to be delivered 2020-2021, I have no doubt that due to Covid-19, the production cadence of the BMP-3 has slowed down.
If you have to criticize the table, you will have to find another detail. This one doesn't stick unless you provide us with evidence that this number really is BS. Also, The Military Balance 2021 put that Russia had +640 BMP-3, a lower number than the table I posted states.
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