Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[Wood]

Interesting video. Makes the observation that all Russian drones captured by Ukraine are made of consumer grade electronics from US, Japan and China.

 

[Type59]

Well, bear in mind, the west and US is supplying Ukrainian with asset, and you are talking about a draw down on the Northern front, which will eventually release some Anti-Air asset for Ukraine to deal with threat freely.

Time is not on Russian side actually, because you need time and money to prepare for war, and everyday this war is ongoing, it is bleeding out Russia economy, this war is not cheap, you can see the equipment loss on both side, on the other hand, US and the West is supplying Ukrainian, which mean it cost the Ukrainian nothing. But everything Russia lost they will need to pay for it.

Not to mention the further the war drag on, the more Ukrainian can be mobilised, sources already said they have had enough trained TDF member for the first stage, which is 200,000, that is on top of whatever Ukrainian regular troop that still able to deployed. Hence you are seeing Ukrainian starting a pushback. Russia on the other hand have to be able to gather those troop and then ship them to Ukraine if they have any sort of mobilisation. And that would depends on how much troop they can transport to battle, judging from the build up, it took Russia 3 months to get everyone in place....So that advantage are going to be on the Ukrainian as well.

I don't want to get too deep into discussion because situation is Fluid. When it comes to war, accurate information is hard to find. Were relying on open source information, which most likely is wrong.

I suspect in next few months both sides will want a ceasefire. When guns fall silent, both sides will prepare for next conflict. This current conflict, I don't see UA getting Donbass and Crimea back and similarly Rus forces won't be able to take well defended cities in North, Central and Eastern Ukraine.

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1508929512993656836

 

[gambit]

You can buy new equipment only if you lose them in the war.

You cannot keep increasing the equipment without losing them as someone would question the need to keep building.

How many fighters and choppers can you crash in peace time vs during war time.

Obviously war provides greater opportunity.

You can buy new equipment to replace what inevitably will fail from usage, and upgrade as technology improves. If you lose the war, the MICs die. So in the end, MICs make money in peacetime, not war.

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1508958306186022915

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1509025831376592897

 

[thetutle]

Well, as I said, if it bounced off, you will only see the flame coming out of the top

it looks like it disintegrated. and the residual fire of what was left of the missile continued to burn.

Also NLAW work by HE shape charge penetrate the top side,

the problem is that there was no high explosive to propel the shaped charge. so the only way to penetrate the armour is a sabot, which the NLAW is not.

 

[Viet]

Hasan is right and you are wrong. It is you who is not understanding the situation correctly. What do you mean Gazprom "gives" money to Putin gov? is he going to give cash personally to Putin by hand? it has to go Russian central bank

If Germany pays in euros the money remains in the book of the European Central Bank. Gazprom or Putin himself can withdraw the euros to pay for imports. It’s you that doesn’t understand. Putin wants unfriendly companies to pay in rubles so the money can be created or printed by Russia central bank. He wants to print money. That’s it.

 

[kingQamaR]

So a country with the largest reserves of oil, gas, gold, Tin, Titanium, other minerals, and food self sufficient will not have enough money? Give me a break. Let us see in 2 decades, and see where the Rubble is and where the Dollar is. By disconnecting the Rubble from the US dollar to Gold, Russia under Putin has started the process of rendering the fiat money useless.

The sanctions have no time limit. Biden was misquoted. What he said was that the sanctions i.e more sanctions, would be imposed over the next year. Not all at once. This makes the bite harder as they don't know what additional sanctions are coming down the line.

 

[Apollon]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1508490490349436929

https://twitter.com/x/status/1508988268699811840

1. Its not sanctions, its special economic operation.

2. Sanctions are never illegal. Evryone decides himself who he trades with

 

[kingQamaR]

How Russia was setback in decades when no single bomb fell on Russia? According to Putin, US and Western sanctions is something they learned to live with. Guys, look at the facts, and not mere slogans. Russians knew what is ahead of them when they entered this conflict. When they established the SFPS financial system and moved most of their funds from the West, they were preparing for this.

Besides, do you realize the significance of having a land corridor from Russia to Crimea? That is a gain and not a lost.

It's achieved its targets? Thousands of dead Ukranian women children and grandparents, thousands of brave Ukranian men dead, hundreds of thousands of Ukranian homes and businesses destroyed, the Ukranian economy obliterated, tens of thousands of young Russian conscripts dead or wounded, the Russian economy plummeting, Russia turned into a pariah state for decades to come, and a worldwide food and fuel crisis. Well done indeed

 

[thetutle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1508564718721675269

we call that fishing for information. wouldn't russia like to know this,

 

[Apollon]

Btw regarding treatment of russian pow...

According to Putin this is no war. Its Special military operation. The word war is even banned in Russia.

This makes the russian military staff plain and simple terrorists and no convention protects them.

 

[sammuel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1509025831376592897

I take it Chechens did bring motorbikes with them , so this person simply stole the bike and took it for a joyride.

Disgraceful
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[kingQamaR]

Whole Russian army are looters and rapists they are known for this

Like Indian army in occupied Kashmir oppression on the Kashmiris