Jel Shaker posted:

i was going to say you’re probably better off long term planning things with the bosses of these “temporary workers” i.e. the heads of major industries, but now it’s really just a mish mash of huge private equity funds who all own various huge slices of the same companies, and a conversation with them is almost certainly like talking to a fish with a memory that only lasts from quarter to quarter

Weka posted:

China proven to be correct once again in it's policy of doing diplomacy with cybernetic capitalism as the other party.

fits my needs posted:

https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1719781281821569079?s=20

Starsfan posted:

what the loving hell is he even talking about

Starsfan posted:

what the loving hell is he even talking about

Delta-Wye posted:

it focus grouped well, what more do you want

quote:

Having launched the large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine on February 24,
2022, the russian federation provoked the beginning of an unprecedented global security crisis, the largest since the end of the Second World War. russian great-power chauvinism multiplied by sick imperial ambitions gradually turns the military conflict it began in the
centre of Europe into an armed confrontation between democratic and authoritarian political regimes with the prospect of its spread to other regions of the planet with similar geopolitical models (Israel and the Gaza Strip, South and North Koreas, Taiwan and China, etc.). The
insufficient effectiveness of the existing global political regulatory mechanisms, primarily the UN and the OSCE, leaves Ukraine no choice but to restore its territorial integrity after the
large-scale armed aggression within the internationally recognized borders of 1991,
exclusively by military force, in which its Armed Forces (AF) play a decisive role.

Having entered the war with a stronger enemy, which has a lot of weapons and a much
greater mobilization capabilities, Ukraine was not only able to stop it, but also to conduct a successful counteroffensive in 2022 and stave the enemy off along many axes. The people of Ukraine have demonstrated their willingness not in words, but in deeds to lay down their soul and body for their freedom. However, due to many subjective and objective reasons, the war at the present stage is gradually moving to a positional form, a way out of which in the
historical retrospect has always been difficult for both the Armed Forces and the state as a whole. At the same time, the prolongation of a war, as a rule, in most cases, is beneficial to one of the parties to the conflict. In our particular case, it is the russian federation, as it gives it the opportunity to reconstitute and build up its military power. Therefore, the issues of
understanding the causes of such a situation, finding possible ways out of it and changing the nature and course of this war in favour of Ukraine are of particular relevance in modern
conditions.

An analysis of the current situation in which the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other
components of the state Defence Forces are placed shows that in order to find a way out of the positional form of warfare, it is necessary to: gain air superiority; breach mine barriers in depth; increase the effectiveness of counter-battery; create and train the necessary reserves; build up electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. Therefore, the determination of the reasons for the transition of hostilities to the positional form and the search for possible ways out of this situation should obviously be carried out according to these main components.

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Reasons for the transition of hostilities to the positional form

As for gaining air superiority.

...
The Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the war with 120 tactical aircraft, out of which
only 40 were considered to be technically suitable for utilization, and 33 medium and
short-range anti-aircraft missile battalions, of which only 18 had fully serviceable equipment. Due to the material and logistical assistance of the Partner Nations, Ukraine has strengthened its aviation and air defence system. In particular, fighter and attack aircraft, as well as
Soviet-made helicopters, were received. The number of anti-aircraft missile systems was significantly increased mainly due to Western-made assets, in particular, "Martlet",
"Starstreak", "Javelin", "Piorun", "Mistral", "Stinger", "Grom" man-portable air-defence
systems, "Gepard" self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, "Skynex" air defence gun systems,
"Avenger", "Stormer", "Patriot", "Hawk", "IRIS-T", "NASAMS", "SAMP-T", "Crotale-NG"
air defence systems. Due to this, since the beginning of the large-scale armed aggression, the russian federation has lost a number of aircraft that roughly corresponds to the number of aircraft of one air army, and helicopters – about 13 regiments (brigades) of army aviation. In addition, the losses of enemy air defence systems of various types already exceed 550 pieces. Despite such losses, today the enemy continues to maintain significant air superiority, which
complicates the advance of our troops and is one of the key factors that transforms the nature
of hostilities into a positional form.
...

As for mine barriers breaching in depth.

...
As of February 24, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had a limited capabilities
package designed for breaching mine barriers. There were technically outdated pieces of
equipment in service. Due to Western partners in the course of hostilities, it was possible to
slightly augment the capabilities of engineer units (elements) on breaching using such assets
as M58 MICLIC, Wicent 1, NM189 Ingeniorpanservogn, but given the unprecedented scale of
these barriers, even such capabilities are objectively lacking.

Today, the enemy mine barriers along particularly important axes have a high density
and reach a depth of 15-20 km. Their cover is conducted by reconnaissance UAVs, which
effectively detect our obstacle-clearing detachments (teams) and target fire at them. In case of
successful mine barriers breaching, the enemy quickly restores minefields in these areas by
such engineering system of remote mine-laying as "Zemledeliye". At the same time, the
Armed Forces of Ukraine are no less effective in using mine barriers and reconnaissance and
fire complexes to detect and destroy the enemy`s engineer equipment for demining.
...

As for counter-battery.

In the russian-Ukrainian war, as in the wars of the past, the role of missile forces and
artillery in fires remains quite significant, and depending on the conditions, axes and areas of
operations varies from 60 to 80% of the total volume of tasks executed. The success of the
troops' operations directly depends on the effectiveness of strikes and fire, so the "hunt" for
the enemy's fire is a priority for both parties. Counter-battery is becoming an important
component of the armed confrontation. And despite the statements of some so-called
"military analysts", various publications, including in the russian media, regarding the
gradual weakening of russia, we have no right to belittle the importance and capabilities of
russian weapons, its ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) and
countermeasures, the ability of the military-industrial complex of the aggressor state to
supply the troops with a significant number of both outdated and modern weapons and
equipment. We must realistically assess threats, analyse experience, and draw conclusions.

Immediately after receiving Western missile and artillery weapons, the Armed Forces of
Ukraine gained a significant superiority and significant success in counter-battery. Thus,
precision guided munition e.g. Excalibur (155 mm shell) proved to be quite effective in the
fight against self-propelled artillery and counter-battery radars. However, over time, their
capabilities have significantly decreased, since the targeting system (using GPS) is very
sensitive to the influence of enemy electronic warfare, which leads to a loss of precision of
ammunition.

The enemy quickly learned to apply new tactics: dispersal (by guns); fire from the
maximum range; use of new electronic warfare assets (the“Pole 21” electronic
countermeasure system), etc. Also, the enemy quite widely and effectively began to use the
Lancet loitering munition with target “illumination”, the Orlan, Zala UAVs and others for
counter-battery, countering which is quite difficult.

In order to maintain and increase the duel superiority, the russians, through the use of
outdated artillery systems (D-1, D-20, etc.), significantly increased the artillery density and
its ability to massively use conventional ammunition. The enemy has also increased the
production and intensity of the use of 122 mm Krasnopol precision guided munition, which is
aimed at targets by target illumination with a rangefinder from ground-based observation
posts.

As a countermeasure to the enemy, we were forced to utilize rocket artillery systems
e.g. "HIMARS" to defeat his artillery. However, a significant part of the existing set of
missiles was utilized for hitting these targets (artillery, MLRS, etc.). Currently, we have
managed to achieve a notional parity with the numerically prevailing enemy artillery due to a
smaller number of higher-quality (accurate) fires.

As for creation and preparation of the necessary reserves.

Compared to Ukraine, the russian federation has almost three times more mobilization
human resources. Having failed to succeed in the initial period of the war, the enemy began a
partial mobilization by the composition of the armed forces of peacetime in September 2022,
which continues to date. But he fails to take advantage of the mobilization of human
resources to create a significant superiority in the combat strength of task forces directly
fighting against Ukraine.

The main reasons for this state are political, organizational and motivational in nature.
Thus, on the eve of the presidential election, the president of the russian federation, putin, is
afraid to conduct a general mobilization in connection with the possible risks of growing
social tension in the state and turning it into a political crisis. The enemy has limited
capabilities to train mobilized citizens and provide them with the necessary weapons and
equipment. Due to significant losses of personnel, the civilian population of the russian
federation seeks to evade conscription and participation in hostilities.

At the same time, it should be taken into account that despite the fact that the command
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is constantly working to improve the procedure for creating
and preparing reserves, some issues remain problematic. In particular, we have limited
capabilities to train reserves on our own territory, since the enemy has the ability to launch
missile and air strikes on training centres and training grounds. The prolonged nature of the
war, limited opportunities for the rotation of soldiers on the line of contact, gaps in legislation
that seem to legally evade mobilization, significantly reduce the motivation of citizens to
serve with the military. We are aware of these issues, we see ways to solve them and are
constantly working on it. Thus, this leads to the lack of Ukraine's ability to achieve
superiority over the enemy in reserves by increasing their number.

As for electronic warfare.

...
Even before the events of 2014, the military and political leadership of the russian
federation paid considerable attention to the development of electronic warfare. An
illustrative example of this is the creation in 2009 of a separate branch of the armed forces of
the russian federation – the electronic warfare troops. In addition, as part of the russian armed
forces, a powerful air component of electronic warfare has been created, which ensures the
effective employment of troops (forces) and high-precision weapons. The enemy adopted
about 60 types of modern electronic warfare equipment, which have better characteristics,
high mobility, increased security, short set-up and tear-down time, the introduction of new
technical solutions, automation tools, special software, etc. Almost the entire fleet of obsolete
equipment has been updated.

The main advantages of russian electronic warfare equipment also include the
establishment of serial production of the so-called "trench electronic warfare" ("Silok",
"Piton", "Harpoon", "Piroed", "Strizh", "Lisochok"), which the tactical level of the russian
troops is saturated with. Despite the fact that since the beginning of large-scale armed
aggression, the enemy has lost a significant part of this equipment, today it continues to
maintain a significant electronic warfare superiority. Along the Kupyansk and Bakhmut axes,
the enemy actually established a layered electronic warfare system, the elements of which
constantly change their location.

As for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, by 2022, such modern electronic warfare assets
with UAVs such as "Bukovel-AD", "Enclave", "Khmara", "Nota" were adopted, which later
proved themselves well in combat. But despite this, at the beginning of the war, about 65% of
jamming stations types in units (elements) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were produced by
the former Soviet Union, and there were only 25 new ones.
...

mila kunis posted:

weird that they didn't tell the ukrainians that they had to win quick or they'd get bored when they cajoled them into escalating and subsequently refusing all peace negotiations

V. Illych L. posted:

this really is the tragedy of the late-zelensky style of international politics. he was always saying corny stuff like this, but for a while he held universal commentariat sympathy which gave his platitudes a patina of heroism and somehow elevated them. now that it's gone it's just all cringe again

Officer Sandvich posted:

MODERN POSITIONAL WARFARE AND HOW TO WIN IN IT, Valerii Zaluzhnyi

Officer Sandvich posted:

MODERN POSITIONAL WARFARE AND HOW TO WIN IN IT, Valerii Zaluzhnyi

it is necessary to: gain air superiority; breach mine barriers in depth; increase the effectiveness of counter-battery; create and train the necessary reserves; build up electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. Therefore, the determination of the reasons for the transition of hostilities to the positional form and the search for possible ways out of this situation should obviously be carried out according to these main components.

mila kunis posted:

a wizard will come and fix it is the traditional response to the contradictions and outcomes of neoliberalism

Zaraf | Z posted:

_{(Click thumbnail to open video)}
Our fighters using MANPAD "Verba". It was adopted relatively recently. This MANPAD has a three-spectral homing head. Verba is better than its predecessor "Igla". MANPAD hasa long target capture range - from 500 to 6000 meters. In general, the thing is good, I would like to see their use more often.

Zaraf

Weka posted:

Welcome back Tankbuster, free from a bullshit break

There is no competition, Israel gets top priority and knows it, they just can't piss off Russia too much because then Russia will increase their support to Syria.

Given Zelensky had already done a 180 on policy due to pressure from some podunk fascists, it was pretty predictable that when America leant on him he would do exactly what he was told, especially given that those fascists interests were lined up with the USA's.

Officer Sandvich posted:

Speaking of Time magazine



The only "Man of The Year" who died in his own piss

Jel Shaker posted:

According to reports in the Italian press, the callers were two Russian comedians, Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, jointly known as Vovan and Lexus, one of whom presented himself to Meloni as “an African politician”.

fits my needs posted:

https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1719781281821569079?s=20

Dokapon Findom posted:

https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1719799261313802657

huehuehuehuehuehuehue

CODChimera posted:

but that would mean the last 600+ days of death and destruction have been pointless!!

CODChimera posted:

new theory: zelenskyy sinks a US carrier and blames it on Russia

crepeface posted:

why come.... why come I'm 'pposed to support Ukraine

antipattern posted:

I see he still believes Ukraine will be let into the EU, any day now

antipattern posted:

I see he still believes Ukraine will be let into the EU, any day now

Xaris posted:

he's dumb and maybe still does believe that, but the big reason is using it as propaganda. liberals have utterly massive catnip boners over the EU and love "self-determination" buzzword that they suddenly learned on twitter a few years ago. Like i really cannot understate how much libs love EU and don't see why every country shouldn't join it and infact it's dastardly reactionary CHUDDDdd to be against it. telling liberals "putler is denying ukraine their self-determination to join the EU" is very potent move crafted specifically to tickle the feeble brains, despite being entirely wrong.

CODChimera posted:

new theory: zelenskyy sinks a US carrier and blames it on Russia

Scarabrae posted:

sunk cost zelensky

supersnowman posted:

It's incredibly stupid because Putin wasn't against the Ukrainian move to join the EU anyway. He might have started a war halfcocked but he's still intelligent enough to know the issue would come with NATO and not the EU.

Ardennes posted:

The issue was also on the slide with the EU, eventually Ukraine would be integrated in a Western security structure. Euromadian started because the government was ready to drop an EU association agreement for entry in the Eurasian Union, it is about both the EU and NATO.

January 6 Survivor posted:

Ukraine joining the EU is a non starter anyway because of all the stuff that would need changing (anything from institution reform to road signage) to satisfy the membership requirements, and that was before the war even started.

I mean I'm sure the EU capitalists would love nothing more than several more million people to exploit for low, low wages but here's the thing, those reforms will end up making it easier, not harder.

fizzier posted:

乌克兰的坏消息 - 乌克兰总司令瓦列里·扎卢日尼将军表示，战场让他想起一个世纪前的伟大冲突。 “就像第一次世界大战一样，我们的技术水平已经达到了让我们陷入僵局的程度，”他说。 将军的结论是，需要巨大的技术飞跃才能打破僵局。 “很可能不会有深刻而美丽的突破。”


https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/11/01/ukraines-top-general-on-the-breakthrough-he-needs-to-beat-russia

Ukraine’s top general on the breakthrough he needs to beat Russia

Punished Turtle posted: