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According to the official Ukraine received over 230 T-72M1 tanks from Poland and 40 tanks from the Czech Republic. The tanks from Poland and the Czech Republic were handed over in varying technical condition.Dynamic protection systems 4C20 "Contact-1" for the tanks were handed over by Czech company STV Group.Big_Gazza, kvs, GunshipDemocracy, Hole, Broski and Urluber like this post
calripson wrote:
I was around in 1990s when the USSR collapsed. You are correct that virtually no one in power or among the people (under age 65 anyway) lifted a finger to stop it..
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Belisarius wrote:Russia is doing this with 200k men, a peace time economy. Russia has not mobilized. Russia has employed 20% of its capability.
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Backman wrote:This propaganda piece says Russia will hit civilian infrastructure. Not just decision centers.
sepheronx wrote:I think at this point, any Ukrainians going to Russia will need to be placed in closed communities (they can have hotels and shit) but limit their movement beyond the community until either after the conflict or they are vetted.
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The only reason the USA lost in Vietnam was a lack of political will. If the war had gone on longer Vietnam would have lost. There were also self-imposed rules about going into to the north, kinda like how Russia is trying to wage a brotherly war which will eventually lead to their defeat.
The only thing that can save Russia is that if the war drags on enough, like Afghanistan the west will abandon Ukraine
Ukraine will NEVER be friendly with Russia it's either total war or defeat
It's even possible the US & EU will come around to the idea of serious negotiations and compromises on their part in a bid for a lasting accord with Russia and to save the assets they have left in the Ukraine.
Sure, there will be "teroborona" units, but these are not real soldiers and
are mostly useful for terrorizing civilians.
That is the only way a minor power can defeat a major power.
THat is still huge, but only if we take for granted the US based propaganda about how they had <400 men lost in the Desert Storm.
But even if we stick to the same base propaganda, we will see the casualty ratio for the 2003+ invasion as much more on pair, what is even more bizarre as the Iraq was brought to a state of non-existence due to long time embargo and aerial campaign.
Still, this is about a number of yearly road accidents in Russia victims.
The Ukrainians don't realize it yet, but they will - that they have much to resent Washington, and London and Brussels and Berlin and Warsaw and the rest of them for. They were used as willing pawns, then egged on into a war they couldn't win, and then abandoned, while their patrons cut their losses after the experiment at bringing down Russia went awry.
This carcass will be pushed for some kind of reintegration with Poland, and we see that quite obvious.
Cheburashka MLRS systems manufactured in Donbass
The U.S has moles in high places, lots of them. Plenty of traitors were to be had after the collapse of the Soviet Union lining up and volunteering - the cash and "guarantees" are just a bonus. It will take a generation at least for those moles on CIA's books to be phased out by nature itself. One of the many lasting damages to the dissolution of the Soviet Union is clearly that... no matter the "clean up" under Putin, there will always be a few that survive, usually the best of them, highest up the chain. They're clearly leaking big time.
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GarryB wrote:
The tubes are not rifled at all and the rockets are short so I would think this is a 10-12km range system... which would be very good for supporting operations and provide heavy HE fire power, but not for long range or counter battery fire.
Nice looking system.
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Backman wrote:So we have rumors that Kiev is emptying out. This has the same feel to it as the start of the war. Why does it seem like US knows when a decision like this is made. There could be a rat at a high level but there could just as easily be one inside the US too.
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sepheronx wrote:I think at this point, any Ukrainians going to Russia will need to be placed in closed communities (they can have hotels and shit) but limit their movement beyond the community until either after the conflict or they are vetted.
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Backman wrote:So we have rumors that Kiev is emptying out. This has the same feel to it as the start of the war. Why does it seem like US knows when a decision like this is made. There could be a rat at a high level but there could just as easily be one inside the US too.
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nomadski wrote:Should Russia liberate all areas of Ukraine ? Or just areas with majority Russian speaking populations ? By majority , let's suppose about 70% Russian . What are these regions ? Apart from Odessa ? What is the area of these regions in square kilometres ? Does anyone know , what square area of Ukraine has been liberated as a function of time ? How many square kilometres per day or month ? Then we have a good idea of how long it will take .
Some say the advance in LDPR has been slower than other areas , because of fortifications there . But advances along other fronts have been at a similar pace , with very similar square area liberated , even those without fortifications . The speed of advances , in all fronts , is due to other factors ( other than fortifications ) and is uniform . Hole has been posting regularly about daily advances . It will be very useful if someone could draw a graph of area liberated against time .
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Russia should have taken out all the Ukrainian decision making centers on February 24 already.
That's why the Nazi's and there handlers in Brussels, London and Washington are getting bolder and bolder by the day
Just like Skripal was a false flag by the British secret services (or something they were monitoring and decided to let happen), where also intel appeared very unbelievably quickly about who was to blame. And also not quick enough to prevent an assassination of a single person, whose death serves so many geopolitical objectives and is just right for the regime's propaganda.
I no longer believe anyone on any side. I always assume the worst case scenario is the actual truth. Humans already have a horrible nature. Humans with power are pure evil on earth. They all lie. They all have bad intentions. They all kill in the name of their goals.
Humans that don't crave power, are the ones that should be in power. Right now that's impossible. And Capitalism "meritocracy" only makes it even worse. And until we find a different system, we'll have war and terrorism, crisis and inequality, coups and fake news, and lions for lambs.
Since 2014, the real figure may reach 10 million, among which there may be several hundred potential saboteurs. Is it worth subjecting 10 million people to deprivation for fear of missing out on a few hundred? I very much doubt it's worth it.
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