Broccoli
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You tell me that all those newish tanks and SPG's left on roads were not operational? I guess Russian military is mainly made from junk that doest work of thats true.
The War in the Ukraine
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You tell me that all those newish tanks and SPG's left on roads were not operational? I guess Russian military is mainly made from junk that doest work of thats true.
I have sensed a general inability from some people to answer simple questions.
So, as people proclaim that this is a NATO-Russia war, I respond back:
To make it even simpler, how many F-35 is Russia currently fighting against over NATO, Ukrainian and Russian airspace?
Your attempts to portray the enemy strength so great that it makes Russian losses tolerable are childish and borderline propaganda. Call me back when the RuAF will be fighting NATO airforce, until that happens, everything that you just wrote is hot air.
In Tyndal when the hurican hit only two third of the F-22s was in flyable condition, to limp out from the base.
In a war, if the enemy stormed the airbase then third of the F-22s been lost permanently.
Similar case here, all heavy weapon need maintanancce.
And now with video confirming the Ukrainian Army is in Izium in the city center
Why would the Ukrainian army need galvanising? They don't seem to have any major problems with morale. Western media is full on fascist controlled and only putting out a pro-Ukrainian narrative and are happy to burn their economies to keep the Ukrainian war machine going.
If the territories were so important to the Ukrainians why give them up a few months ago? They could have carried on reinforcing and resupplying units and it would have been much better.
The only reason why this suicidal offensive could be considered a good idea is to demoralise Russians into a complete collapse. That's why as well twitter and forums like here have been bombarded with bots. I think it has worked to a degree, but not enough to cause the regime change they want.
When the Russians gather their thoughts they will find themselves in a very favourable position. If reinforcements do come I hope they aren't all sent to Donbass and they actually consider opening up a new front in western Ukraine again.
A good sum-up thread on the ineffectiveness of the Russian Air Force in supporting their ground forces and wage effective war against Ukraine.
I don’t think they would have in the first place anyway. The Russians never really seem to put much emphasis on drones within the military until more recently.
For better understanding of recently developed situation in other words the debacle that has happened to the Russian Army this maps is more useful to comprehend that the Northern most part of the front do not exist anymore
I have given this analysis before but I will put it here. if there are other members here with actual military experience and training in the winter, they will agree with my points.
1. most of ukraine's draftees were drafted and trained in the summer, seeing as they were brought in in a hurry, likely did not get any winter training or acclimation. on aggregate, russian soldiers are not draftees, they should have more experience and training operating in the winter, so they are less prone to cold injuries compared to their ukrainian counterparts.
2. winter is logistics-intensive. whereas in the summer, a soldier can survive days off of his rucksack, in the winter a soldier require winter tents, fuel for fire and light, extra food and clothing, just to survive. also note that because of the need for warm food and water, there is a higher risk of being exposed by infrared sensors.
3. because of these logistic necessities, the small team tactics that worked in the summer no longer works in the winter, forces have to be concentrated to be resupplied. so battles will favor the side with superior firepower and situational awareness. ukrainian artillery lags that of russians, as for situational awareness both sides benefit from drones, but the bulk of russian forces are often further back from the front lines so they benefit slightly more. if russia does have iranian drones coming in, then this would further tilt the balance in their favor.
4. what ukraine had going for them the last winter was that the russian forces in the north bypassed cities and settlements, allowing them operate out of these urban strongholds to hit the russian supply line. the fighting in donbass now has turned into positional warfare and barring some crazy turn of events will remain so for the winter, so the factors I have listed above will play a more critical role. ukrainian units are likely going to prefer to pull into cities rather than freeze in trenches, which will give the russians better freedom of movement. as I have said before russians can exploit this only if they have a bigger force, which is why between now and the winter when the ground hardens again russia would be well served to train up additional units specifically prepared for winter fighting.