gotta save money on fuel.
It is not just that. You save on wear and tear by using rail transport too.
I do not think that is Russian military hardware though. It looks Belarussian to me.
They might be getting ready in case any Ukrainian military tries to attack Belarus to hit Russia's units there.
I can see how that’s a strategy but it just seems extremely cruel. Sending in troops in weak vehicles and not providing sufficient air support. The exploratory push should’ve been done in the first day and drones should’ve been used.
Well, tanks do not have good visibility, and have poor gun elevation. BMP-3 also does not have good gun elevation. Arguably best vehicle you could use for this is BTR-82A with new turret.
I assume they are doing reconnaissance with light units first and this way, with light armored vehicles, the enemies with light arms will expose themselves. Since most Ukr don't have proper ATGMs, they weren't distributed widely yet and most were in warehouses, they would hide from heavy armor vehicles. So this will flush them out more quickly, but is dangerous in terms of casualties.
Air units would be of limited use since there is plenty of cover in cities.
They don't have enough of them. Due to their shaky industrial base, they are behind in drone development and procurement. They also do not want to buy from China. I think it is because they have a defense export business and therefore a reputation to keep. If they start buying everything from drones to destroyers from China, it might cause even more drop in arms sale.
They have finished construction of a production line for Orion recently You should start seeing them in service soon enough.
Yeah I think EU said they would sanction Belarus equally for facilitating Russian logistics.
Yes. Europe's largest potash supplier. Russia captured one of the world's main agricultural exporters which is Ukraine.
Russia also is one of Europe largest natural gas suppliers, which is used to make nitrogen fertilizer. Most fertilizer plants in Europe have been shut down for months already because of high natural gas prices. So, if natural gas supply from Europe dries up, and Russia doesn't export fertilizer too, oops. The EU are a bunch of idiots.
People who are talking bs about how great or normal life in Russia is going to be after this invasion are simply retarded, sorry for the foul language. I will gladly exchange places with people who really think that way but I am pretty sure you will rather keep living in China, US, UK or whatever country you reside in rather than move in to Russia, right? You don't want to bear the consequences because you deep down understand that behind all the bravado the blow to Russian economy is going to be devastating.
Yes it is. They have been basically sanctioned like if they were Iran. They are the world's #2 oil producer.
Sure they will suffer. But you know what, the EU is going to suffer way more, remember when they gloated over the blackouts in China?
Europe's blackouts and industry shutdowns are going to be much worse.
We are going to see rouble crashing down further, banking system crumbling, full tech embargo, trade evaporating, and political isolation - QoL will drop drastically. There was nothing genius about Putin's move, it was pure desperation and the result of Russia not having enough clout to solve the problems otherwise. Stop sucking his cock for a moment, and look at situation objectively - he sacrificed average citizen for geopolitical objectives, that's it. Whether you consider these geopolitical goals worthy enough is up to you.
No country would put financial well being over security. Once Poland and Ukraine were in NATO and fully armed it would put Russia in an extremely dangerous position.
