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DT12 said:
Russian trolls pretending to be commanders in Ukraine's 47th Mechanised Brigade speak to Russian propaganda outlet CNN:

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/29/europe/ukraine-war-us-tanks-intl/index.html

"The Ukrainian crew expressed frustration the tanks were made for a NATO style of warfare, in which air power and artillery prepare the battlefield before tanks and infantry advance. Kyiv has long bemoaned its lack of artillery and air power.

“They would never do it,” Joker said, of NATO soldiers undertaking the same advances they make without air support. He switched to English to mimic a NATO soldier: “‘Call the aviation, call the artillery,’” he said. “We have no aviation and artillery. We have only tank. And it’s the problem.”


CNN should be banned for peddling Putin's propaganda like this.
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I mean he's literally regurgitating the same thing that everyone already knows?

Why are you so bitter and invested in this? You, quite literally, have no skin in the game.
 
DT12 said:
Russian trolls pretending to be commanders in Ukraine's 47th Mechanised Brigade speak to Russian propaganda outlet CNN:

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/29/europe/ukraine-war-us-tanks-intl/index.html

"The Ukrainian crew expressed frustration the tanks were made for a NATO style of warfare, in which air power and artillery prepare the battlefield before tanks and infantry advance. Kyiv has long bemoaned its lack of artillery and air power.

“They would never do it,” Joker said, of NATO soldiers undertaking the same advances they make without air support. He switched to English to mimic a NATO soldier: “‘Call the aviation, call the artillery,’” he said. “We have no aviation and artillery. We have only tank. And it’s the problem.”


CNN should be banned for peddling Putin's propaganda like this.
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These are all well known issues that have been discussed for a long time already. Artillery ammunition, air power and ground based air defence systems are the 3 things that Ukraine needs the most right now and it's been like that since the start of the war.
 
calodo2003 said:
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This is just an excuse - If a horde of ICBM's went into the sky, there are about 50 detection methods, and early-warning radars are simply one of them.

Also, this doesn't make sense on a military level.

Early Warning Radar's are just giant fixed arrays on elevated positions that run extremely low frequency signals. This allows for extreme range but high wavelength.

What this means is that EW Radar's are useless on a tactical level because they cannot provide a strong enough signal to provide a weapons targeting solution.

The article's allusion that these EW radar's that were targeted by AFU were dual purpose, tactical and strategic EW's, does not pass the basic military eye test.

It's just a poorly cooked up excuse.
 
I love Putin's cynicism. Dont strike into Russia cause it would mean escalation and we're ready to talk about peace all the while progressing in Kharkiv reagion and bombarding Ukraine daily.
 


I don't see how either side can keep up these loses for much longer.
 
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VorZakone said:
Survivors say Russia is waging a war of sexual violence in occupied areas of Ukraine. Men are often the victims

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/30/...violence-occupied-ukraine-intl-cmd/index.html
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Have you heard of the concept of Didovshchina?

Military "hazing" is so bad in the Russian military, usually contract soldiers hazing conscripts, that it basically amounted to mass rape. And it was accepted as part of the culture.

Given Russian soldiers literally raped their own men in peacetime, expect this to extrapolate into wartime against the opposition especially.
 
AfonsoAlves said:
Have you heard of the concept of Didovshchina?

Military "hazing" is so bad in the Russian military, usually contract soldiers hazing conscripts, that it basically amounted to mass rape. And it was accepted as part of the culture.

Given Russian soldiers literally raped their own men in peacetime, expect this to extrapolate into wartime against the opposition especially.
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Yeah, I've heard of that term.
 
Permission to use US weapons for counter-fire purposes to defend Kharkiv.

 
Real Name said:
Should we get worried?
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Not really. International supporters long had a policy of not giving Ukraine new capabilities but just improve quantity and quality of their existing capabilities. As Ukraine has now proved to be able to hit deep inside Russia this is a sensible move that doesn't really change a lot in the grand scheme of things. But definitely helpful nonetheless as Ukraine now doesn't have to take into consideration which of it's units use Western weaponry and which uses their own old stock.
 
Blinken has confirmed US weapons for use inside Russia. Things should get interesting in the coming weeks.
 
the hea said:
Some US weapons, not all. ATACMS missiles for example can't be used inside Russia.
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Ugh, what's the point of all these limitations? Can't strike further than the areas close to Kharkiv, can't use ATACMS...
 
Compliance with INF by the West really screwed with tactical level GLCM's.

Should have done what the Russians did with Iskanders.
 
AfonsoAlves said:
Compliance with INF by the West really screwed with tactical level GLCM's.

Should have done what the Russians did with Iskanders.
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And everyone knew that the Iskanders official range was bullshit just to comply with the INF treaty. Western leaders have a long history of bending over to Russian lies and threaths so no surprise really how toothless they are acting now.
 
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It's bonkers to me, holding one arm behind their back while the sharks circle.

Can just imagine a situation where they find a perfect target, only have US atcms available and have to postpone because it's 2 miles outside of the allowed region, all the while they're being genocided.

You can certainly see why certain countries smell blood and are starting to get bolder and commit more resources to Russia.

Whether it's due to Western greed & inaction or the fact that Trump has any chance is mind boggling while the alternative is likely to be in a carehome by the time his 2nd term is up.

It's genuinely a little scary.
 
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