ughhhh posted:

If the Russians are going back to the military structure they had during the USSR and ditching the new BTG structure, I hope they do the same for their economic and political structure too

Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:

Just lol that Putin's biggest political opponent is the still the Communist Party.

Danann posted:

Between the OG discord leaks demonstrating that intelligence uses OSINT and the UKR government as sources, doctrine people being on reddit, and this video of presumably a rehearsal for breaching:
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1661670760459431937

The planners may legitimately have incorporated NAFO assumptions that a show of force with their great western wunderwaffen (super nightvision/thermals, LEOPARDS, and FPV drones) would cause the demoralized and ill-equipped orks to flee before them and put the Crimean land bridge in jeopardy.

Chillgamesh posted:

Just as a pointless hypothetical how do you think this war might have turned out if NATO had given all the poo poo they eventually gave Ukraine in March 2022 instead of drip-feeding it over a year and change

Frosted Flake posted:

Actually it's much funnier than that, because the abstracted model for infantry attacking prepared positions requires you have superiority of artillery, in addition to that, to even work out how the attack might succeed. The reason being that your 3:1 advantage in infantry will be negated as your infantry is engaged by artillery prior to contact:


Now, the math elaborating this is a bit insane, but those 7 steps encompass the whole theory


and this is of course supported in both of the foundational manuals all artillery officers must know, Land Operations and Field Artillery Doctrine



Which is a very long way of saying, you couldn't even proceed with all of the staff planning, at least as it's laid out doctrinally, without enough of an artillery concentration to achieve at least a local, temporary superiority. You couldn't plan breaching obstacles, the break-in phase, exploitation etc. if the expectation is that you're outgunned the whole time

The Chad Jihad posted:

Captioning "Ukraine is exhausted" over General Revil and then being hunted down in the woods like a dog

tazjin posted:

I keep telling Westerners about this and it blows their minds because they think it's Navalny.

sleep with the vicious posted:

When was the last time zelenskyy was even in Ukraine. Isnt it really bizarre that he hasn't been there in forever and is just going around begging for support.

Mr Teatime posted:

Cao Ni Ma posted:

Optics rear end war.

Mr Teatime posted:

Рыбарь posted:

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Map of AFU losses in Zaporizhzhya direction over the last week

Having analyzed the photos and videos posted in the Net, Rybar's team made a map of losses of the AFU equipment in the Zaporizhzhia direction over the past few days.

A total of 77 tanks, BMPs, APCs, and armored vehicles of the enemy in the areas near Orekhovo and Vremievka were taken out of action by Russian servicemen. The list includes only those vehicles whose destruction or destruction is confirmed by open sources: in reality there are clearly more.

The map does not show vehicles whose location could not be unambiguously geolocated. In particular, one of the AMX-10RC wheeled tanks abandoned by the AFU, three Leopard 2A4s knocked out by FPV drones, one M2A2 ODS Bradley, and about a dozen other vehicles are missing on it.

Much of the enemy's vehicles were hit on the approach to Russian positions, which is the result of tight mines and good cooperation with aviation and artillery. The latter is also supported by the complex defeat of the advancing columns: the detected and uprun vehicles were destroyed by artillery, helicopters, APCs and FPV drones.

📌 All this clearly confirms the high losses of the AFU and refutes the reports about the alleged "insignificant damage". Although by no means all of the equipment was destroyed, a significant portion of it is in the firing range and cannot be evacuated by the enemy to the rear.

At the same time, it is not worth getting overconfident: the Ukrainian formations still have considerable reserves and have not yet carried out a major strike by the 9th and 10th Corps. Nevertheless, over the course of a few days, Russian forces have clearly inflicted substantial damage on them.

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Mr Teatime posted:

Ytlaya posted:

Remembering that video of all the Ukrainian soldiers going "shh"

Also that recent AI image of the leopards (cats) in front of the army.

They're so loving dumb lol. Like dumb in a "some random 50 year old guy posting on Facebook" sort of way.

If I had to guess who runs that account, I'd go with Reznikov. He definitely gives those vibes.

samogonka posted:

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

It's because they're alcoholics.

www.state.gov posted:

At the 2023 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris, France, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez announced the United States fully supports the OECD Country Program for Ukraine and is pleased to commit $437,000 for its implementation. The OECD country program will support Ukraine’s agenda for reform, recovery, and reconstruction.

The U.S. donation will fund an economic survey of Ukraine to identify gaps and prioritize reforms needed to ensure broader recovery efforts. The United States has thus far contributed $19.25 billion in budget support to enable the Government of Ukraine to pay salaries of first responders and government officials, meet pension obligations, and operate hospitals. The United States and the OECD continue to further deepen and strengthen our cooperation with Ukraine to support its recovery.

Learn more about the OECD’s launch of a four-year country program for Ukraine.

To stay updated, follow Under Secretary Fernandez on Twitter: @State_E, Facebook: @StateDeptE, and LinkedIn: @State-E.

samogonka posted:

antipattern posted:

Well it turns out these new wundertanks are just like other tanks: lovely steel boxes on tracks that can be disabled pretty easily. Who would've thunk it.

Alpha 1 posted:

You know things are going well for Ukraine when western media is already blaming any failures on a lack of F-16s.
https://twitter.com/insidermildef/status/1667542237205393412

Alpha 1 posted:

You know things are going well for Ukraine when western media is already blaming any failures on a lack of F-16s.
https://twitter.com/insidermildef/status/1667542237205393412

Raskolnikov38 posted:

just going to breakthrough to a depth of several kilometers entirely without tanks lmao

cncgnxcg posted:

goverment approval at all time lows

nazis at 18% federally

hmm what to do

Frosted Flake posted:

Someone already tried using dive bombers as flying artillery against entrenched Russian positions. Just like they already tried running headlong into them with heavy tanks.

genericnick posted:

Well, don't worry. Those 18% are going to NAFO the gently caress out if ever required. They first appeared as a fake opposition under the banner of "Merkel shouldn't save the Greeks".

Frosted Flake posted:

I did not expect NAFO to react this way.

https://twitter.com/RedDawn141/status/1667226630870257664?s=20
https://twitter.com/PKazandzhii/status/1667219866556743696?s=20
https://twitter.com/larrykim/status/1667277383181664256?s=20

1stGear posted:

A counter-argument for the counter-offensive's progress

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1667648741740892161

Regarde Aduck posted:

IS that the defense line? I thought that was all no mans land and the defense lines were further back?