David Clapson
Well-Known Member
He's stoking up the nationalism by giving a medal to women who have 10 kids https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/17/russia-ukraine-putin-mother-heroine-award-children/
Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24
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SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Mud is less of an issue if the Russians are mostly just staying put and hammering everything with artillery than if they're trying to get a thousand tanks into Kyiv.
Long term the bigger problems will be supply lines, morale, desertion etc. The Ukrainians (or careless Russians having a crafty fag at a munitions depot) must have put a serious dent in their ammo supplies by now.
andysays
Love and solidarity
I'm not a military strategist, but I would have thought that if mud is an issue for tank advances, it will also be one for re-supplying even stationary artillery positions with ammo, food etc.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I'd imagine that, come rasputitsa time, Ukraine will be all about defence.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Maybe but at some point they need to destroy Russian forces - they’ve been mostly defending and hitting logistics since the start. It’ll be a judgement call as to when the Russians logistics are in the toilet enough to start cutting them off and advancing. Or even if they are going to.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
I don't think it has really apparently they have shitloads of ammo. The point of blowing up the ammo dumps is it stops them from being able to resupply until they ship more ammo out.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
There does seem to be a lot of that going on in Ukraine.
Which raises some interesting thoughts. In cultures (particularly, I suppose, military cultures) where there is scope for innovation, this kind of thing is more likely to happen. Perhaps partly because working in such environments will be more appealing (or less unappealing, anyway) to the kind of lateral thinking problem solving mentality that comes up with stuff like this, but perhaps also because in the opposite culture - and Russian military culture would appear, rigid and orders-based, to be antithetical - anyone coming up with "You know what, why don't we...?" is likely to be silenced very rapidly.
But also, perhaps, because in Ukraine's situation, these unconventional solutions to problems become more significant: if you haven't got 1,000 guns and unlimited ammunition, but your opponents do, there's a lot more incentive to get creative, assuming you've a) got people in your military capable of coming up with such ideas, and b) a command hierarchy that is at least sympathetic to taking on such ideas (or happy to turn a blind eye).
teqniq
DisMembered
It would seem there may be a possibility that the U.S. could give Ukraine A!0 Warthogs and with this in mind an officer in the Ukrainian army has developed a flight simulator for them:
time.com
Exclusive: Ukraine’s Secret Effort to Train for U.S. Jets
The program shows how Ukrainians are using invention, social media and disregard for protocol against Russia.
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Christ. After ten kids, you'd want something a bit more practical than a medal. Like a lifetime supply of incontinence pads.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
It would seem there may be a possibility that the U.S. could give Ukraine A!0 Warthogs and with this in mind an officer in the Ukrainian army has developed a flight simulator for them:
Exclusive: Ukraine’s Secret Effort to Train for U.S. Jets
The program shows how Ukrainians are using invention, social media and disregard for protocol against Russia.
They aren't using the Su-25s they already have so what exactly are they going to do with A-10s that they can't do today with the Frogfoots?
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
You only have to have brought up four kids to get one in France and because France is progressive it can be given to male parents and caregivers such as partners in same sex marriages and Roman Catholic Priests.
You can't get it if you don't bring the kids up in the state-sanctioned manner, so that probably excludes Jews and Muslims whose commitment to Republican Values might be questionable.
France honours parents who raise large families
Cid
Proper break this time
It would seem there may be a possibility that the U.S. could give Ukraine A!0 Warthogs and with this in mind an officer in the Ukrainian army has developed a flight simulator for them:
Exclusive: Ukraine’s Secret Effort to Train for U.S. Jets
The program shows how Ukrainians are using invention, social media and disregard for protocol against Russia.
A10s eh? Starting to believe that theory that they're intentionally limiting UA's combat effectiveness...
nogojones
spelling is overrated
I've heard the Americans have wanted rid of their A10's for at least a decade, but sentimentality seems to have kept them in service. This would be a good way of getting shot of them.It would seem there may be a possibility that the U.S. could give Ukraine A!0 Warthogs and with this in mind an officer in the Ukrainian army has developed a flight simulator for them:
Exclusive: Ukraine’s Secret Effort to Train for U.S. Jets
The program shows how Ukrainians are using invention, social media and disregard for protocol against Russia.
The only problem might be that they're slow and vulnerable to air defences. Fine if you're shooting up Afghan shepherds and wedding parties, but a bit risky if you're up against a more modern army who have operational fighter jets and SAMs.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
That is true, though use of things like this has been going on for years - IIRC the Bulgarians buried a load of WW2-vintage tanks as part of their border defences against Turkiye, leaving only the turret above ground. Loads of them were subsequently dug back up and are now in museums.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
The Germans were fond of the tank turret "Tobruk" bunker as well. They were manned though.
Necessity etc.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
John Harding appeared last week in court in the DPR along with 4 others ( two UK, a Croatian and a Swede).
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
Russian ambassador in Vienna last night. A swift backtrack after a LOT of responses.
BTW his English seems perfect and he is supposed to be a diplomat:
BTW his English seems perfect and he is supposed to be a diplomat:
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
Alexander Dugin’s daughter has been blown up in a car bomb.
Oh dear what a shame.
Oh dear what a shame.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
There's times when I forget Alexander Dugin is a real person. He's so appalling it's hard to remember he isn't just some internet trope.
No idea about his daughter's politics.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
She was a chip off the old block and actively cashing in on it too.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Intended for him, it is being said.
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
Maybe but his daughter would be a more symbolic target.
This is allegedly him at the site of the bomb. Enjoy his shock and horror as he experiences a fraction of the pain he has agitated for in Ukraine. The cunt.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Yes, catching up on what a piece of work she was.
Pieces of work, Pickman's model would say.
Lots of speculation about who's behind it and who was the intended target.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Doubt they will want to credit Ukraine with the ability to strike in Moscow.
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