Another Su-30 has fallen... not in combat
The War in the Ukraine
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Another Su-30 has fallen... not in combat
Update from Ukrainian Energy Ministry, damage to energy infrastructure is now at 40%.
Looks like the targets are mainly the power distribution nodes serving Central and Western Ukraine this time.
Per Ukraine, power knocked out in 670,000 households in Khmelnitsky Oblast, 180,000 in Nikolaev Oblast, 240,000 in Cherkassy Oblast, 170,000 in Rivne Oblast, 100,000 in Volyn Oblast, 60,000 in Kirovohrad Oblast, 10,000 in Odessa Oblast. A total of 1.45 million households.
Per Ukraine, power knocked out in 670,000 households in Khmelnitsky Oblast, 180,000 in Nikolaev Oblast, 240,000 in Cherkassy Oblast, 170,000 in Rivne Oblast, 100,000 in Volyn Oblast, 60,000 in Kirovohrad Oblast, 10,000 in Odessa Oblast. A total of 1.45 million households.
Do the Ukrainians freeze to death without power or all their food go bad without fridges, you gotta choose one. Either way it's hard for one of the largest grain exporters in the world to starve.
It’s pretty easy when there is no food stored away, a war is happening right now, the electric grid is all but done, the only port there being Odesa is likely to not only a target but the grains have to go out to help the EU whilst leaving not much for themselves. So yah, if this war continues and the USA gets physically involved, well maybe it will be quite easy to stave to death under those circumstances if Zelensky doesn’t stop with his nuclear talk and start negotiating and stop being backed doored by BoJo. Heck given that Russia is most certainly not sending fertilise their way nor fuel and such, how in Gods name are they going to plant grain for the next year or the year after and not have these fields blown up by missiles and drones
Russians are forming a territorial defense unit in Kherson for remaining civilians. Ironic I know.
But anyway this points at Russians not withdrawing from Kherson. One interesting analysis I've read this morning about transfer of civilian is that supplies to the cities for the civilians also take up the same limited capacity over the Dnipro as military supplies and by reducing civilian numbers in the city this frees up capacity for the military.
But anyway this points at Russians not withdrawing from Kherson. One interesting analysis I've read this morning about transfer of civilian is that supplies to the cities for the civilians also take up the same limited capacity over the Dnipro as military supplies and by reducing civilian numbers in the city this frees up capacity for the military.
Now we know who's gonna use those new T-62M. With the upgrades, Russian prob learn that T-62 "as-is" is not adequate and needs things like night fighting capability at least.
It is mentioned only indirectly in the media, but a major strategic impact of the low cost Iranian drones/cruise missiles is the redirection of limited Ukrainian AA assets from the battlefield towards urban environments.
In WW2, the relatively cheap V-1s significantly strained UK’s air defense. A US Air Force general estimated them to be the most cost effective strategic bombing instrument of the war.
In WW2, the relatively cheap V-1s significantly strained UK’s air defense. A US Air Force general estimated them to be the most cost effective strategic bombing instrument of the war.
Ukraine's agricultural production scenario is now one of lower production than the pre-war period and yet Ukraine is exporting grain in almost the same amount as in the pre-war period, the amount of food that each Ukrainian is managing to bring to table is clearly being much smaller, there is no way to have the same production as in the period before the war, even more with the invaded lands, and what they manage to produce they still export almost the same amount as before, that is, unless there is an import clear in an attempt to offset this export, Ukrainians will have less food brought to the table. I've seen some newspaper articles these days and it showed a family that depended on food donations to survive, she lives in Kiev, this may not be so common, but it's starting and in winter it tends to get worse.