The War in the Ukraine
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Attacking to defend democracy is considered defensive, thus no rules need to be followed
I'm not seeing any bridgelayers in that video, it is mostly a pair of Buk TELARs, reloading vehicles and a MT-LB.
As far as I am aware, there are no bridgelayer system on a GM chassis.
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov suggests Russia wants to eliminate the Kiev Regime and remove Zelensky from power.
Regime change in Kiev is entirely feasible, plus installing a pro-Russian successor to Zelensky will resolve Russia's security concerns about NATO troops/equipment/proxy on Russia's direct border. Perhaps Zelensky steps down or assassinated by pro-Russian military coup, his head served on a platter to Putin. Either way, this is a worthwhile objective since NATO has defacto declared mini-WW3 against Russia (via proxy), so Russia should eliminate this proxy once and for all. Any territorial annexation is icing-on-the-cake and superfluous since Russia has enough territory to begin with. It's purely about Security architecture of Europe and whether Ukraine is within Russian sphere of influence or not, not even about territorial annexations or even Donbass dispute.
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Pro-russian telegram accounts have been especulating about a plot to coup Zelensky by ultranationalist and other factions, and that the recent purges have been related to said coup(or coups). Maybe it is also related to that.
It might as well be a US-backed coup, a la Ngo Dinh Diem. It is hard to tell with them.
It might as well be a US-backed coup, a la Ngo Dinh Diem. It is hard to tell with them.
Those Buk's might be able to engage more targets than Pantsyr in CRAM role. Counted at least 4 targets with 9M317 missile for Buk-M2 while Buk M-3 could engage 9 targets but the missiles for 3 extra targets have to be launched from the transloader-launcher vehicle.
Oh wow. I didn't realize my grammatical error.
I meant to type:
And Russia AD are
Whatever, it's being a weeks old post.
The CIA and the MI6 estimate Russian casualties at 15.000, well below Ukraine's claim of +35.000, though admit its mostly guesswork because the lower and higher ends of the estimates are so wide they are largely irrelevant
Then they go off to try and compare the US casualty rate during colonial policing in Afghanistan and Iraq with that of a war like Ukraine's then admit the US wouldn't do that well, either, even against North Korea
Then they go off to try and compare the US casualty rate during colonial policing in Afghanistan and Iraq with that of a war like Ukraine's then admit the US wouldn't do that well, either, even against North Korea
The foreigners don’t like the fact that they are the farmers while the Russians are the “West” when it comes to getting shelled endlessly.
Wouldn't take their numbers at face value. The other day I saw a report that US side admitted they are reluctant to report on those numbers not only cuz it is hard to get accurate figures but also the true numbers might cause further demoralizing.