Jokes apart, numbers are important, you need soldiers yes, but modern war is a lot about quality. So, modern weapons can kill plenty of people in very little time which means that throwing meat into the trenches does not make a defence, it makes hamburgers. Ukraine has enough troops to cover the frontline plus attacking.

Didn't noticed your post, my bad. It's true that these things shows how brittle Russian air defence in Crimea is. I would relate it with one of their most advanced S-400 system destroyed few weeks ago.

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FPV drones is very important weapon in this war. There is lot of videos where these drones is used to attack various targets, but this video shows something what I haven't seen before. What level of precision from drone operator:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/16qxgzf/ukrainian_fpv_drone_flies_into_a_russian_dugout/

So, it is not a proof, it is not official, it does not say what you say it says and it does not reveal anything that is not public knowledge.

It is just some "conclusions" article from an that is actually NOT linked, so ... I do not even have proof it exists. I think this falls under the category of biased opinion, even in the German article (linked) says that the "Greens" asking for further spend in weapons is "not pacifist" - who the f*ck would be a pacifist when Ruzzia, a nuclear power with a seat on the Security Council and veto power send half a million "green men" to invade a much weakly armed neighbour??? Get real!

To part of it I can give credit, as it seem like a classic defence strategy layout for a weak country against a stronger one - making the costs of an invasion so high that it is just not worth it. I guess now Putin is effectively getting a feeling of how it works in practice.

Similar to Taiwan, if fully committed, China might take the island... but they might also have an insurrection at home and be completely ruined in the process.

BTW among other information in the article, 12000 pounds to study in the LSE seems far too cheap. That's more like a term.

SERIOUS MATTERS:
- Confirmed, the US will send a "limited number" off ATACAMS to Ukraine with a side of general purpose munitions.
- 3 stormshadows hit the HQ of the RF baltic fleet. Rumour is that quite a few members of the high command were there right at that time.

So... I guess someone made of it what they wanted.

What I find most difficult is to believe that someone can actually manage to get expelled from Canada -  that would be something to be seen.

Anyway back on-topic, in the last 24 hours, Ruzzia has lost an inordinate amount of warfare material. Even if you do not believe the exact figures, it is an indication of how quickly Ruzzia is self-demilitarising quite effectively. If this continues, it may be possible to have a couple of decades free of Ruzzian wrongdoing around Europe - even may loose the ability to intervene in other regions.

Just some info points to: 624 soldiers, 23 tanks, 23 BMP and 31 artillery systems. I have even seen a video of an expensive HIMARS being used to take a quite WW II howitzer - not your typical high value target.

See Branko, talking is free and you can say whatever you want, but when people vote with their feet reality catches up.

For what I know, a few million left Ruzzia looking for the nearest Mc or Apple Store. Or maybe went to a country that would rather not force them to fight and die without any particular reason. Or maybe there are actually other things in Ruzzia that are more fundamentally wrong in the way it is run.

Remember when the mouth breathers fell for  "the dead bodies in bucha are fake" and then "the dead ukrainians in bucha were killed by other ukrainians, Russia was just occupying the town, that's all"

God that feels like forever ago.
Wonder what they would've said if someone predicted that in summer 2023 the special operation would be a war and crimea and Moscow would be facing regular strikes.

They will never learn.

Intercepted phone call between Russian soldier and his girlfriend from spring 2022:

Sergey: "They told us that, where we're going, there's a lot of civilians walking around. And they gave us the order to kill everyone we see,"

Girlfriend: "Why the fuck?"

Sergey: "Because they might give away our positions. ... That's what we're fucking going to do, it seems. Kill any civilian that walks by and drag them into the forest. ... I've already become a murderer. that's why I don't want to kill any more people, especially ones I will have to look in the eyes."

Oh, and here are the long awaited peace talk negotiation team from Ukraine images that so many Ruzzians wanted to see. The meeting will take place somewhere in the occupied territories.

1. Ukrainians fight for a variety of reasons. These include patriotism, money, their land, their families, their freedom and many other as good or as bad.
2. US is unlikely to send soldiers to Ukraine but certainly would not ever send conscripts. You are spreading fake information and trying to scare people - I guess some of them are stupid enough to believe such a thing.
3. Considering Germany after WW II is precisely why Ruzzia needs to be stopped here and now, to avoid them spreading their influence over half of Europe. Cold war was extremely costly, only a fool would want to repeat it. The cheap and smart alternative is to drive Ruzzia back to their borders while it demilitarises and destroys its economy itself in the way so that the do not come back for more.

And, again providing biased information. Czechoslovakia is not "gone" it is two states Czechia and Slovakia, which by the way have very good industrial bases, an educated population and growing economies in the context of the European Union. You know why? Because they are free from Ruzzia stealing from them and governing from Moscow - does this ring a bell to you???

Do you really think Putin didn't expect help from UK and USA after they blocked a peace deal that he signed?  

Use your brain and get your fantasies in order man - you're embarrassing mother Russia.

We know that Ukraine is an independent country but still they do not enjoy full sovereignty because it is surrounded by Russia. Russia does not want Ukraine to be against it.That's why Russia continues military operations, they are increasing the rate of attacks one after another, the goal is not to make any relationship with the West, especially the important places in Ukraine.There Russia is always attacking their important nuclear facilities, and they are threatening to attack one after another Russia occupied the Crimea in 2014 we may now be thinking that Ukraine wants to join the drama, so Russia attacked but not really the year of the start of war should be 2014 because since 2014 one after another These actions continue and when Ukraine is unable to accept they are considering joining NATO to build a strong presence against them.And Russia's weak point is Ukraine, that's why when Ukraine is in danger, the Western world countries have seized the opportunity, and they are helping Ukraine with various tools.Russia is fueling the Ukraine war to keep the war going and weaken Russia's position
I don't think that the current leader of Ukraine is a qualified leader because every policy he has taken in the past year has been wrong, and he has not completed a single policy As a result, the policy has increased the danger and the aggression of Russia is increasing and the way Russia is launching missile attacks one after the other, destroying the critical facilities of Ukraine and destroying them.The economic condition of Ukraine is suffering due to the way civilians are being killed, and they are going to see a terrible day of danger in the coming days No one will help when it comes
Russia is continuing their aggression in one phase after another, they have destroyed important places like Don Bus Kaj Setu etc. Now they are moving towards the capital. And Russia should remember Ukraine But they are one of the strongest and largest country in the world, so it won't be so easy to deal with them, so they should negotiate peace with them and avoid Russian aggression.
One area Russia fears is that the countries around Ukraine are all NATO members, so Russia does not want Ukraine to act independently and if Ukraine joins By joining NATO, they pose a serious threat to Russia. If the Western world continues to surround Ukraine with its energy and military equipment, it poses a serious threat to Russia.I don't fully agree that Russia is invading Ukraine because aggression only happens when the other side is very weak.Bombs Missiles and other military equipment NATO countries are constantly increasing the scale of war as a result of war Russia's aggression is increasing on them, as a result of this aggression, their economic condition, infrastructure, past terrible damage, social family disaster, acute food shortage, etc. have reached extreme levels and this aggression To stop the western world should be flexible and Russia should be flexible and take a decision through planned discussions so that people are not deprived of their basic rights.And the human rights guaranteed by the United Nations can be fully enjoyed by all citizens

A small kitten like Ukraine can't do anything to a powerful military like Russia and a nuclear-capable state, so Ukraine should get out of its wrong foreign policy and get right To protect the nation in one's own country The President of Russia is now a dictator who has turned his country into a state of injustice through various unjust actions which have made the common man helpless reached the stage
Finally I can tell Ukraine to come out of their wrong actions through constructive dialogue with their country people and Russia should give peace to the common people of Ukraine from their behavior and this aggression is very bad Stop it  I personally think this aggression is not allowed to continue, and it is a scandal and unpleasant and intolerable.

What happened?

So, not a crack, just a dude having that type of happy moment in public - not only not an official posture or comment, but something that he had to take back minutes after he said it.

Let's speak of cracks, real cracks: But BA, which of 39 felonies indicted to Trump would you say is going to be the easies to prove? I am saying this because they are using the RICO legislation - this is used for drug gangs, pimps & slavery networks and many other crimes committed by an organised group.

This means that penalties are around 20 years per each individual involved and as of now the count is around 19. Tell me BA, how many "cracks" do you think are going to happen here? How many will start speaking for immunity?

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