British weapon supply flights, the first taking off before the invasion started, continue day and night to supply Ukraine with weapons with which to defend itself against invading Russian forces.
The supply flights started before the invasion and have not stopped since. However, they now land in Poland near the Ukrainian border.
Last night, as most of us were sound asleep, a British C-17 transport aircraft delivered weapons and supplies to Ukraine via Poland. British weapon flights, the first taking off before the invasion, continue to supply Ukraine with weapons with which to fight Russian forces. pic.twitter.com/vsCbF3OgDM
— George Allison (@geoallison) September 12, 2022
The UK recently announced that it would supply “scores of artillery guns, hundreds of drones” plus 50,000 rounds and more anti-tank weapons to Ukraine in the coming weeks.
“The delivery of the new equipment will significantly step up the UK’s support as the country fights to repel Russia’s brutal and unjustified invasion.”
More than 20 M109 155mm self-propelled guns and 36 L119 105mm artillery guns will soon arrive from the UK, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced in an update to Parliament today. Counter-battery radar systems and more than 50,000 rounds of ammunition for Ukraine’s existing Soviet-era artillery will also follow, he added.
“This equipment will bolster the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russia’s indiscriminate use of artillery. The UK will also send more than 1,600 more anti-tank weapons in the coming weeks, along with drones, including hundreds of loitering aerial munitions.”
So far 6,900 NLAW, Javelin, Brimstone and other anti-tank weapons, as well as 16,000 artillery rounds, six Stormer vehicles fitted with Starstreak anti-air missile launchers and hundreds of missiles have been sent to Ukraine. The UK has also supplied maritime Brimstone missiles, multiple launch rocket systems, 120 armoured fighting vehicles and large quantities of non-lethal aid including more than 82,000 helmets, 8,450 sets of body armour and over 5,000 night vision devices, say the MoD.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said:
“The scale and range of equipment we are providing demonstrates the strength of our resolve. Together with our international partners, we will ensure Ukraine has the tools to defend their country from Putin’s illegal invasion.”
It comes after the UK launched a major training operation for Ukrainian forces, with the potential to train up to 10,000 soldiers.
Hoping and praying that the Russian presence west of the Dnipro is soon snuffed out so that the Kremlin can announce another glorious repositioning of its forces.
It’s not a defeat or withdrawal. It’s a repositioning of forces. 😂😂
The propaganda is unbelievable, it would be hilarious if so many people weren’t dying.
Sooner Russia withdrawals from all of Ukraine the better for all involved. Russia will be forced out of all of Ukraine eventually so they would be better saving the lives and just leaving.
Perhaps Russia could negotiate to hold Crimea for a few years if it stopped all hostilities and pulls troops out of all of Ukraine apart from Crimea.
Such a pointless waste of a conflict.
And you would trust Russia to honour any agreement?
I know this will rub some the wrong way but: I think the best way to end this barbaric war and the ongoing accusations from both sides is for Ukraine to announce that the Donbas will be offered a referendum on its future as a part of Ukraine or as an independent state within the next 5 years. Monitored and delivered by the UN and based on the people who were living there before 24th February. Unless this happens, Ukraine will be suffering the same fate as we did with Northern Ireland. Russia has been totally humiliated by its invasion… Read more »
If the Russian military cannot see a method of winning the war then surely the only solution is to arrange for Mr Putin to spend a little more time with his family. If we had embraced Gorbachov all those years ago and allowed a true democracy to develop perhaps all this death and distruction could have been avoided. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but perhaps if the opportunity presents itself …..
Please explain your NI comment.
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The Ukrainian advance over the weekend is quite significant. I get the impression that the attack in the south was timed to draw off Russian forces and was very effective allowing the attack in the east to be very successful.
This suggests a stragetic planning ability that is very impressive and coupled with western weapons suggest that the advantage has shifted to the Ukrainians. Lets hope this is their El Alamein moment.
CR
Indeed. However, JohninMK will soon appear and convince us all why the recent Ukranian advances are, in fact, an important improvement for the Russian situation.
Well he can try. Sometimes withdrawals can improve a defensive position such as the German withdrawal to the Hinderberg Line in 1917 / 18. However, the Russians have clearly suffered a serious local defeat given the amount of abandoned equipment and the speed of the advance after a series of hard fought initial engagements i.e. the Ukrainian advance has accelerated over the weekend once they broke through the Russian lines. Furthermore, the Ukrainian’s are now in a position to threaten the Russian right flank along the northern border of the Donbas leaving the Russians in a difficult position. Either they… Read more »
Slava Ukraini.
https://i.postimg.cc/6pHcx3s9/image-2022-09-12-160044368.png
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The Russians are calmly retreating, while the Ukrainians are advancing in sheer panic!
Well to be fair to JIMK, he has commented but on the Aid given to the Ukraine and not on the matter of the huge set back Moscow has suffered across the Kharkiv oblast. On that note, I spent a bit of time over the weekend availing myself to the noise coming out of the pro-Russian camp. Oh my giddy aunt its not something they are happy about. On Thursday they (across the board) all claimed that this was nothing and that Moscow was sending real Russian Para troopers to reinforce the town of Balakliya and they would teach the… Read more »
Golly
That is an interesting lesson from the history books.
Ah! The Paulus counter attack. Yes yes. Snapped those Russian spearheads before the summer 42 offensive.
Its shaping up to be a classic. The Ukranians seem to have a few good staff officers that know their trade. Unlike Putin’s rabid rapists.
Interesting- from the apparent arrows the Ukrainians waited until the Russians had been lulled into the pretence of thinking the front in this sector was weakly defended. The Russian’s advanced exposing their flanks and leaving their logistics and prepared defensive positions and then at that precise moment the counter attack come in. Russia beat Ukraine to the punch but Ukraine’s punch was better prepared and far heavier. Classic Blitzkrieg technique. Well done Ukraine. On a side note- we are not hearing anything within the UK about replacements for all the hardware and ammunition we are supplying Ukraine. I’m hoping that… Read more »
It was already announced ammunition and so on replaced is funded by HMT Contingency Reserve.
MLRS replaced by Norway.
Stormer HVM. We’ve dozens we don’t use as only 1 regiment of regulars is available.
There used to be two with 130 plus.
NLAW being restocked by Belfast, new Javelin units ordered too.
Yes, the number of people on twitter and in Mainstream News who haven’t been able to resist using terms like “Blitzkrieg” and “Achtung Panzer” in their takes on the Ukraninan Counteroffensive would be weird, if it wasn’t entirely predictable.
Well, the situation of the Russian soldiers has improved in that they are no longer in the T series mobile coffins provided by Mad Vlad.
The T series coffin provides no offensive or defensive functions.
Yet the 100-200 Polish T-72AM plus others from other countries, were gratefully received by the Ukrainian Army. They, who one would have thought should know perhaps a bit better than your good self, must believe that they have a function.
Interestingly, according to Ukrainian sources, only one Russian T-72 was destroyed in the operation, among 30 odd tanks captured.
https://i.servimg.com/u/f20/20/39/08/89/fcaan410.jpg
Well, when you have nothing something is more useful than nothing. Anyway the Russian don’t have Javelin or NLAWS so the other way round is fine.
I must congratulate Mad Vlad on his generosity now as Ukraine largest arms donor – quite an incredible turnaround.
PS I hope all the sixth floor windows in the Kremlin have been prepared for Mad Vlad to show the world that he can fly?
Jury Prize.
JIMK wrote: Interestingly, according to Ukrainian sources, only one Russian T-72 was destroyed in the operation, among 30 odd tanks captured. Which highlights the complete rout the Ukrainians forced on the Russians who rather than stay and fight for Putin and washing machines decided to say “F this for a bag of spanners” and headed east. Plenty of videos/pictures on social media of abandoned Russian equipment I mean theres one of a Russian army dining area with plates of uneaten food on tables, sleeping bags still on beds (I always , after airing mine on a morning whislt having a… Read more »
As SB’s comment was on the T-72 that was the half I linked, ignoring the trucks etc page.
Ah thanks for that. Just a little bit of addittional information regards those Polish supplied tanks, they also include roughtly 50 PT91 tanks a vastly improved version of the T72 (still a T72) which the Poles started producing around 27 years ago, after they realised that the bog standard Russian ones were as effective as a chocolate fire guard. Maybe that explains the effectiveness of that 15 tank armoured fist which the Ukrainians used to great effect
Didn’t know about the PT91, thanks. Apart from a few limited areas its seems as if the UA was pushing against an open door at the weekend with few casualties on either side. The next 2-3 weeks seem to be critical. There is a SCO Summit meeting in Samarkand Thurs/Fri with Putin and XI among the leaders present, not by video. So we might get a better idea of Russia’s intentions at the weekend.
‘So we might get a better idea of Russia’s intentions at the weekend.‘
Beyond murder, rape and attacks on civilians? Go on!?
Russian intentions? Easy, run like duck back to Nazi Russia or be killed by the Ukrainians! Simple really. But the big question is how fast can they run dragging stolen washing machines and looted children’s toys, on their few remaining wagons or in their back packs! Let’s hope the Ukrainian women and children keep low until the rapists have fun off!
All without swearing, thanks to predictive txt!
Well, that’s probably not true. There was a video yesterday showing multiple T80’s captured and at least two were looking quite unwell. unless, by some chance this video caught the only two tanks badly damaged, there must be many more. I am hoping the Ukrainian farmers are in a convoy right now to collect these Russian gifts. Added to those collected around Kyiv, I suspect Ukraine has more Russian armoured vehicles now than it did before the war. The Russian trolls have been telling us all that Russia has some mythical military with super weapons just waiting it out –… Read more »
I read one usually reliable source who claimed captured Russian tanks are being sent west out of Ukraine to be either used for spares or repaired for further service with Ukrainian forces.
No matter what chuff you come out with, even you cannot put any sort of positive spin on the current arse whipping the Ukrainians are giving to your scared rapists! That fact that the vehicles captured significantly outnumber the destroyed ones is simply a mark of just how shit, useless and scared your orc raspsist are Johnny boy. But I’m sure you will tell us its a tactical reorganisation which is SOP on the current special military operation yes?
I came across this video yesterday of another solitary T72B3 tank doing its ” I’m harder than you” bit against Infantry on the Kherson FEBA. The tank commander is looking out of his open hatch. Now watch that roof to the right of the tank 5 secs after it gets hit
Yes just clocked it after watching a few times! Did see the footage a couple of days ago, but didn’t see the what I presume was the tank commander failing at his first free fall jump! Throws himself up in the air for 200 feet, losing body parts in the process, and then landing with a hard splat……current Russian tank commander extraction drills at the moment mate!!!!!
That is a very sobering video as to the total uselessness of the T72 against NATO weapons systems. From the angle of attack that didn’t look like a Javelin or NLAWS? It isn’t a top down attack profile. That the video has been deliberately blurred as it doesn’t even look like 720p so it is hard to make out. Maybe Putin has been watching Goldfinger too many times and has decided to fit the T72 with an ejector seat for the most useless crew member? Some of the drone footage, if you saw it in a war film, you would… Read more »
In pretty much every conflict they have been in T72s had a pretty poor reputation for crew survivability. It was always thought that maybe the export versions had less safety and crew protection systems…clearly not. Considering how much effort the west puts into crew survivability, clearly the USSR and later Russia did not.
I know that well.
The Ukrainians are doing an amazing job of cutting Mad Vlad down to size. With some great UK and US assistance.
The next question is, ‘what is the endgame?’
Answers on a postcard….?
Yes what next is question I think everyone is worried about. it all depends on if Putin would ever meaningfully come to the negotiating table. I think the honest answer is no he will not. The so called liberation of greater Russia,control of the near abroad and sovereignty of the Russian state over all Russian people’s is something he is completely bound to. So any peace would be simply another move in the game to realise these. This peace would simply be the gateway to more hybrid warfare and another major conflict in the future. Which means the only ways… Read more »
Previously I would have said option 4.
However, given the pace of Ukrainian gains and the inability of Russia to do anything about HIMARS (or any semi decent system) this **appears** to be going to the border.
Ukraine will have zero interest and no NATO support to go over the border as entering Russia itself would be a red rag to a bull.
I’m both pleased and amazed at what the Ukrainians have achieved ably aided by the master strategist Putin.
Agreed, If I was putting money on this I suspect that at some point Ukraine will gain back control of almost all of its Mainland boarders apart from Crimea ( logistically it’s functionally an island so unless Ukraine could get air and sea superiority it’s different). I suspect though Russian would not give up its claims of “supporting“ the separatists and we would then see some form of hybrid campaign until Russia restarts a major military campaign when it’s ready again…unless Putin is somehow removed and there is a change in direction and relationship with the west….or until China gets… Read more »
I’d say the chances of conflict or Russian financial strangulation by China are very, very high.
The Crimean / Ukrainian adventure will ultimately destroy Russia.
Russian mineral resources going to China is not good.
So how Russia is coaxed into the real world is pretty important. Sans Putin but given a path to set itself right as Germany was post war.
Indeed, it’s very interesting how Putin and the Russian leadership have somehow worked themselves into a blindspot in regards to China and the almost inevitable conflict. Essentially Putin has made almost exactly the same error as Stalin made, seeing another authoritarian dictator as a kindred spirit and not an existential threat. For the west that’s a problem as you say, how do you stop all those resources and land falling into the hands of China…..strangely I can see a time and scenario where by the west (including Ukraine) ends up supporting Russia in future Sino Russian conflict. After all we… Read more »
That’s a close run competition as all three crew will be pretty shit!!!!!
Great video- the Russian tank commander for a second looked like he might know his trade eg fire and then manoeuvre to avoid the counter strike. Movement is life. Nope clearly shows him sat still for too long after firing off a main gun round- probably trying to assess for battle damage. Daft bugger- who cares about that assessment? you can worry about if you hit something later- once you have manoeuvred out of the way of the counter strike. A lone T72 will last precisely 20-30 seconds against an advancing combined arms unit with ATGW. Where was the infantry… Read more »
Jesus…..It is horrific and awful to see and yet the dark side of me with the sick SOH is laughing my head off. Go home, Orcs. Go home. ( Said Sgt Steiner with a dismissing wave of his hand )
Absolutely correct as to the collapse, Borners. This a game changer. However, I am certain our Moscow correspondent will see this for the tactical master stroke that it isn’t.
We all await his next prediction using his extensive tactical and strategic knowledge……..aka say what he is told to say 👍
Captured is better, they can be used by ukraine to slaughter more of your orcs.
“Interestingly, according to Ukrainian sources, only one Russian T-72 was destroyed in the operation, among 30 odd tanks captured.”
hahahaha……I know that’s the new orc talking point but surely not even you believe that. I know you have twitter where there are many pictures and videos all geolocated to the Kharkiv offensive with almost countless pieces of destroyed and abandoned Russian equipment. Including some of Russia’s newest tools
the deception of telling your enemy fake plans and having them believe it worked for Boney at Austerlitz.
CR, Have to agree with you in how, Kyiv pulled off a huge bluff in stating they were going to launch a huge summer offensive against the Russians in the Kherson Oblast (region) whilst hinting at the same time that having seen Russia capture the Luhansk Oblast (one of its prime objectives) they didn’t see much activity coming from that direction and so had decided to dig in (in effect stating that they wouldn’t contest the stolen ground and go and fight elsewhere) That seeding of the Russian mindset saw Moscow deciding it wasn’t going to give up Kherson and… Read more »
Yes the advances by the Ukraine forces have been impressive, to say the very least.
I suppose the one bit of caution in my mind, is that they don’t expand far too quick, expand beyond their supply lines.
I hope there are calm heads at the top, and I’d suspect they will be receiving advice and intelligence from the West too.
Anyway, I just hope they advance, consolidate, advance, consolidate, etc, etc.
Cheers,
That’s true- but I think the Ukrainian army has been mobilised and given strategic mobility courtesy of all the IFVs, APCs, Wheeled logistics vehicles, ammo resupply and fuel bowsers NATO have donated- in essence we have supplied Ukraine with what Russia’s army lost in the first 2 weeks of the war (in the North near Kyiv) all the logistic enablers to succeed in a combined arms mobile warfare battle plan.
Now will Putins top generals react by moving some or all of those (better trained) troops that they moved to Kherson back to the Donbas? Past experience shows that Putins top military clowns might just fall into that trap! I can imagine the next meeting with Xi, Putin and Un. Xi and Un looking at their shoes and nudging each other when Putin speaks.
Better trained troops? Those must be the ones who did the extra 2 day package, to include the correct carriage and stowage of stolen zanussi washing machines, plasma TVs and household furniture!
Part of the special military washing machine liberation operation. It would be interesting to hear the conversation between an ex Russian army soldier making a warranty claim for the Zanussi washing machine he stole from Ukraine.
You is a bad man Dave 😂😂😂
Well if the ‘better’ trained troops are on the wrong bank of the river they are going nowhere! Another good tactical move by the Ukr to cut the supply lines.
Their advanced over the last 2 weeks have been stunning. Its one thing defending heavily fortified defense lines but quiet another sweeping away enemy forces in a counter attack. If there wasn’t nukes involved, you could easily imagine ukraine pushing into Russia and building a defensive buffer. Just amazing how terrible russian forces have been so far in this war.
From an apparently humble ad hoc initiative to resist the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there might arise an opportunity to rewrite military strategy. Based upon recent battlefield reports, there is a possibility that Russia could be bled white during this conflict, to the extent wherein unable to conduct conventional warfare on a significant scale for an indeterminate period. Factors include a motivated indigenous population capable of significant resistance, organized training on a sufficient scale provided to participating population, a practically unlimited multinational resupply network, excellent Intel support, probable collaboration in tactical planning between NATO and subject country, and of course,… Read more »
I agree, but I think the attrition element is very interesting. It appears that Russia has counted on their bottomless war stocks being just that, bottomless. But apparently burned through them at a rate that now requires them to buy ammunition from North Korea. The West has been able to keep Ukraine supplied, arguably with superior weapons, but only just. Since it seems Russia cannot replace their losses, whereas Ukraine can, I wonder if Ukraine has gained the upper hand if the situation freezes to a more static situation?
Concur. Sorry, should have been more explicit or chosen better terminology than bled white. Intended to convey massive losses of both materiel and personnel.
Ah yes, I saw it now, sorry. Yes, it would appear that Russia, apart from their nukes and maybe their submarines, are in the process of making themselves irrelevant as a military power. How will they project influence in e.g. Africa? And who will buy their gear?
Believe there is almost an inevitable bias to overestimate the capabilities of potentia/actual potential adversaries by intelligence organizations worldwide. Why? Said organizations are seldom fiercely critiqued if reality proves more benign, however, if adversary underestimated, it could prove to be hazardous to one’s own career or indeed health…,🤔😎😳
er… potential/actual adversaries…🙄
There is an edit function. Do it quick enough and no one notices 😀
This table is reasonably up to date and puts our contribution into perspective. Note the French. https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/27278.jpeg Looking at pledges of military aid to Ukraine between Jan 24 and August 3, the U.S. government has committed to providing the most arms, weapons and other equipment by far. $25 billion in military aid was pledged up until the given date, according to the Ukraine Support Tracker by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The second-ranked country, the United Kingdom, has pledged far less – just over $4 billion – in the given time frame. In relative terms, however, both military… Read more »
Gotta love the French😎
And you just know, as soon as the War is over the French/Germans will expect a large share or the value of the work/contracts being offered by the Ukrainians…
‘I sincerely hope that the Ukrainians will concentrate their future dollars on those who contributed the biggest share of their gdp….
That table is wrong, at least in relation to the Australian contribution:
https://www.dfat.gov.au/crisis-hub/invasion-ukraine-russia
The latest published figures here in Australia are:
* A$388m – (US$266.53m) Military assistance
* A$65m – Humanitarian assistance
* 70,000t of thermal coal ($32.6m value)
Plus other support including:
* Duty Free access for Ukrainian imports to Australia
* Priority Visa applications – More than 8,500 visas granted
So far approx A$500m in support, we are doing our bit from the other side of the world, and there will be more to come.
I think the Russians are currently the biggest contributors of materiel to the Ukrainian war effort.
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/
Predictable deflection. As the Russians retreat from the towns and villages they occupied around Kharkiv and Kherson regions, yet more evidence becomes clear of their brutal treatment of Ukrainian civilians, summary executions, torture and rape. About which you will say precisely nothing.
Deflection? I provided some information that I thought would be of interest to this community that it might not come across.
I trust you will provide some sources to your claims.
Well how very altruistic of you to provide a table of statistics that no one else with access to a modem or the internet could ever find out.
It’s beyond parody you asking for sources considering that all you have for reference is baseless Kremlin BS. They’re not my claims, they’re Ukrainian claims, and verified by the EU, by NATO, the UN, Amnesty International, the Red Cross and any number of NGO’s.
You still cannot acknowledge or accept the self evident truths of Russian warcrimes .
So the upshot of your response is that you are unable to substantiate your yet more evidence claim.
You attack me and my sources at every available opportunity (I wasn’t aware that the Univerity of Keil was Kremlin BS) yet waffle when pulled up yourself.
You really must have overdosed on the Kremlin kool aid or spent too much time under your rock if you think that the facts about Russian military murders and rape of Ukrainian civilians needs some form of further substantiation. It’s not my job to find links for you, find them yourself with those ‘special Internet research tools ‘ you previously bragged about. Or turn on the news.
Do you think the facts about Ukrainian civilians being murdered by Russian soldiers are false??
You hold me to a standard of qualifying my statements. If you make claims you should at least base them on something other than thin air. If, as you have, you make a claim, it surely is your job to find links to substantiate it.
Barely any of your posts are within a country mile of verisimilitude, yet you expect me to trawl news sites for a link that your handlers will sneeringly dismiss as ‘mainstream media ‘. I note that once again, you refuse to answer the basic premise of Russian crimes against Ukrainian civilians in areas under Russian occupation. You don’t need me to provide any link, you know I’m right, but you avoid and deflect with your non sequitur about providing links. Turn on the news, look for the reports about summary executions of civilians by Russian soldiers in Zaliznychne. Or, as… Read more »
Could you please verify which border you said the Orcs could reach any time they wanted? If you really believe that only1/2 tanks have been destroyed in this offensive you really are barking mad!
Sources? Ha ha ha brilliant, sources? Great one liners troll boy.
Shit is rolling downhill for your rapists johnskie, oh dear how sad ever mind.
The Americans while being the largest donors do seem to like to bulk out any figures to the maximum possible.
Task and purpose YouTube channel did a video about how the US aid breaks down.
https://youtu.be/sLkgRJqij4k
So proud of all the countries giving help to a country in need.
Cheers Monsieur Macron- France doing what France usually does- sweet bugger all. Although I’m not sure of the accuracy of those details JohnskiMK- France have donated 120mm mortars, CESAR 155mm SPG and other key assets- all of which you’d think would equate to more than £230 million- perhaps your data is inaccurate? After all with the sanctions in Moscow and banning of all free Western news media you’re not getting the accurate information anymore in the basement of the Kremlin. Sorry to have to tell you that. Please ask your handler who is standing behind you with a loaded pistol… Read more »
Tbf to the French I read they have donated almost a quarter of their active Cesar artillery that’s quite a contribution in itself and a decent weapon system.
When I visited lviv in July I did notice lots of US, UK planes on tamac at other end of rzesnow airport in Poland when I flew in there. Thing that did strike me was when chatting to people in Ukraine that seemed in the know they all commented on the amount of stuff UK, USA, Poland has given. I saw stuff myself and did think to myself Is the amount of stuff that’s gifted different to amount that’s done through the books?..as even I noticed certain things that made me go Hmmm Oh and visit lviv 👍👍 been there… Read more »
The RAAF have been flying C-17As from here in Oz, to the UK and then onto Poland delivering military equipment.
Here is a video showing three different RAAF C-17A into Prestwick, before continuing on:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CFd7p5KUA54
Really a worldwide effort. Well done to the countries far away from the conflict for helping. They could of said it’s not our problem but instead they helped a country in need.
Hopefully if anything comes from the conflict it shows all of the world that democracy and our way of life is the best we have just now and beats authoritarian system in every measure.
Agree Monkey old bean. China will be watching the strategic enablers on display by NATO countries and our allied partners and be seriously thinking whether an invasion of Taiwan is possible or not. I wonder if US/ Japan/ South Korea/ Australia/ Canada have prepositioned material ready to dump on Taiwan the minute any plausible threat is made to the country? Weve seen the effects of tens of thousands of ATGW have on an invading force. Add some mortarts/ artillery and plentiful supplies of ammo and China’s ambitions to invade the sovereign and democratic country of Taiwan suddenly doesn’t look soo… Read more »
They’d need to be prepositioning direct in to Taiwan now. Would be pretty difficult to supply during the invasion without getting fully involved
If your going to invade a country it will always Normally fail eventually unless what you bring to the country is substantially better than what they had before. Also that the majority of the population want what you are offering over what why currently have.
Without that you have to stay for at least 70 years to allow the population to know nothing else apart from the invaders way of doing things. On top of that if the invaders aren’t really really nice and make the country to continually get better the population will not be happy
Yes indeed the capacity of the western world to push, weapons, money and intel into a conflict, has been a very clear message to other authoritarian regimes.
Hi folks, for those intrested you can follow what is happening in the Ukraine at https://liveuamap.com. It does seem like the Ukranians are pushing hard.
I also hope that the MoD are going to replace everything that we are giving the Ukraine.
I think that is the map Denys davadov uses on his YouTube channel. He has posted updates everyday and I have very much enjoyed his content.
https://youtu.be/Lyf3t2BgvPs
They have been doing that for weeks!. The flights returned to Brize very early in the morning, coming in very low over the Totterdown hill campsite during RIAT.
I dont know how true this is (but I did hear snippets yesterday) but if true this will be huge seeing as there are currently around 27 BTGs in the Kherson Oblast
https://i.postimg.cc/sDWBVsnC/Untitled-1.jpg
Taken from here
Unit dispostions from here:
Well I hope it’s over soon in Kherson as the local population will be in the same situation with regards to supplies.
The Russians have been deployed now for over 6 months and must be getting fed up.
So silly putting such a large number of troops over the river. Russia could of covered Kherson region from south of the river with artillery.
Time for the Russians in the south to back off to Crimea and get many defensive lines set up. Mind you then they have the water supply problem all over again.
Logistic issue yet again, as the report is say they are short of ammo,fuel and food
Blimey getting 27 battle groups trapped against the Dnieper is pretty catastrophic. Especially if as reported they are the better Russian units left. It’s looking like russia may be close to a really big collapse if they loss that side of the Dnieper without being able to extract their units. Losing all those battle groups to mass encirclement and surrender is not something seen since WW2.
Great video of abandoned Russian equipment and ammo.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SGu8AhMKIQo
The Russian’s fled with no apparent attempt to destroy what they left behind. Baffling!
Yes, the Russians certainly got the hell out of Dodge in a bloody big hurry.
Still, if I was the Ukraine forces, I wouldn’t have been ripping into those ammo boxes, etc, as fast as they did.
Even average retreating armies take a little time to set booby traps in things they leave behind.
If the Russians didn’t, which appears to be the case, It just shows how badly they are being led.
BMP 1 in one part of the video, very old vehicles. Russia is scraping the barrel
I think the Ukraine war has proven that if Europe increases it defense budgets like they promised to they will be able to defend themselves for the most part and let America shift more combat power to the Pacific and the Chicom threat. If Ukraine can hold off the Russian onslaught and even push them back which they are now doing I think the EU countries and Britain can handle Russia without a continued massive American ground force in Europe. But that would depend on Germany stepping up and actually taking their defense seriously which they haven’t done in over… Read more »
It’s clear by now that just eastern Europe can take care of Russia nevermind the UK and Scandinavia getting involved.
The way Poland are going they could handle Russia’s army on their own, once all their plans are in place. It will be interesting to see if Germany follows through with their big statements on defence.
Seems the Ukrainians are giving Putin’s rabid orc dogs a good hammering- well done.
I hope they can continue the pace of advance and put the Russian army on the back foot. If they suffer a serious and irrefutable defeat then there just might be an insurgency or coup that will overthrow monsieur Novichok.
Started already:
I can’t help this is the end for Putin I’m just more worried what will replace him. They all seem to have lost their minds in the Duma
Yes we should be. There seems to be growing dissatisfaction with what is happening in Ukraine. The people are starting to demand that it be done properly, like the US would have done it and forget being nice. If Putin goes it is unlikely he will be replaced by a more Western friendly person.
Being nice?
If it had been the West going it it would have been over very quickly. Western and civilian casualties would have been far lower,than current Russian and civilian ones.
The reason it has dragged on is Russian incompetence and corruption. They have already tried the brutality route with mass murders of civilians, rapes and torture. It has just strengthened resolve across Ukraine and the West.
What are you suggesting they ‘should do properly’?
‘Going in’ sorry.
Yes, because mass shootings and rapes are of course “being nice” as is regularly bombing civilians.
You are pathetic, disgusting, inhuman, scum.
“…Being nice.” ?
You and your spineless and cowardly Russian fellow travellers are beneath contempt.
I suppose that you have a link to prove Russia being nice?
Pathetic old timer.
Growing dissatisfaction, really? What the hell are you gibbering about now! When Putin goes you will need a new set of calendars with whatever Nazi takes over to crack off to! And he won’t be worrying about the West, he will be needing to look to China, and their intentions as Putin has shown Russia to be, for want of a better phrase, a fucking bag of military shit!
Agreed 👍
I’m concerned that Putin may decide its time to go for the shit or bust option at this point!.Its a nervy time atm I reckon. OT but heck od a lot of QRa activity out of Leuchars tonight.
Good find. Those politicians had an election last Sunday. They are reflecting how their electorate feel, very unhappy about Kharkov.
They sound like they are very unhappy with the invasion but cannot say so due to the laws. But they can tell the president he’s a knob.
What would replace putin I don’t know.
Fingers crossed it could be some people that can be democratic and get a grip on the corruption. Not try to rule for ever.
Russia could be a great country and if they could get leaders that want to work together we can all get along.
Throbber, clutching at straws now pal, quietly no longer commenting on the strategic situation for your Nazi orc rapists I see.
We can hope, but I would bet good money it’s going to take more than this. If they are making public statements it probably means they don’t have the political backing or weight to remove Putin.
If that is true then they are very brave given the likely repercussions. Fingers crossed it inspires others to step forward, hopefully not out of a hospital window.
To some extent off-topic but am Intrigued: How does the British Army train 10,000 individuals who speak a foreign language? Understand that a certain percentage of Ukrainians have varying degrees of fluency in English and there are fluent translators available. Believe however, there is a material difference between small group static instruction and larger groups in dynamic real-time scenarios. Request a knowledgeable trainer explain method. Thanks.
How come everytime we see the amount of what weapons we have sent to ukraine it remains the same? for the last couple of weeks it hasn’t gone up but we are supposedly sending more every night? Are they trying to keep it hush hush?
I just hope that the Nation is not involved directly with a war as the arms we are shiping is presumably denuding the Armys weapons on a massive scale
Not necessarily. It has been reported that much of what the UK has donated has been specifically sourced from the international arms market
No.
Great to see Putin getting a kicking ,and our weaponry making a difference in this sick crazy war .But how it all ends is the worry.🤔
Indeed. Ukraine, quite understandably, wants to throw Russia out completely, even from Crimea and areas of the Donbas they held pre Feb’22.
How this unfolds who knows, it looks good at the moment for the Ukrainians. If it does all fall apart for the Russians, how does this play out in Russia itself and what would a desperate Putin do with his back against the wall?
There seem to be too many like minded figures in the Duma for a complete change of tack, but maybe they have seen enough to try and save face.
If anyone wants a different opinion on what is going on this is an interesting, if a bit long, but comprehensive analysis.
https://bigserge.substack.com/p/special-military-operation-season?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
What an absolute load of crap. Your capacity for self debasement and self delusion is bottomless. Sheer unadulterated nazi propaganda.
I said it was different!
That excuses nothing, who in their right mind cares what a sneering nazi apologist mil- blogger thinks? There is no such thing as alternative facts, there’s the truth, or there’s Kremlin inspired, unmoored to reality lies. Sad that you would take the time to unearth that garbage, but you cannot acknowledge the facts about Russian military warcrimes throughout Ukraine (Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, Mariupol etc.).
But not surprising.
What the Russians say is part truth. What the Ukrainians/US/UK say is part truth. Do you accept that?
I don’t speak for the US , UKR, or UK governments. But I can confidently state that not one thing that the Russians have said in the lead up, or during this war has been even the third cousin of the truth. Whether it’s their bullshit about nazis, bio labs, NATO, EU expansion, nuclear weapons, Russian language, special military operations or exercises , every time it’s utter lies. Always. They’ve lied about political assassinations, shooting down civilian aircraft, deployment of WMD, you name it, the Kremlin’s behind it. You trying to justify the ravings of an obscurantist Russian nazi ideologist… Read more »
OK so you don’t, which makes you pretty much brainwashed. So Kiev couldn’t have lied regarding the Ghost of Kiev pilot propaganda? Or our MoD never told a teeny weeny porkie pie?
Incidentally, that “Russian nazi ideologist” is actually an American Orthodox Christian with a history hobby who clearly has an open mind.
There is no equivalence whatsoever between statements that come from say the UK MOD and those that emanate from the Kremlin. In the case of the former, if they’re wrong, they can be freely challenged and if evidence exists proven otherwise, you see, you can do that in a pluralist country that protects freedom of expression. Feel free to challenge anything they’ve said, you won’t end up murdered or jailed. In the case of the latter anyone challenging their baseless bullshit will end up being summarily jailed (how are those Russian anti war protesters doing?) or murdered. So they can… Read more »
Ha ha haaaa you are so desperate now troll boy!
Pathetic!
Your “sources” are so weak, random and fucking wrong that you make Kim Jong whatever seem rational! Grow up, cut out the sad sad propaganda efforts and condemn this illegal (failing) invasion you coward.
It appears the Ukraine forces are enjoying the use of the 60 (so far) Bushmaster PMVs we’ve sent to them from Oz.
They were proven in Afghanistan and Iraq.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1569530398962745344
The Russian Army must be the worst trained and Worst led army in the Western World. What on earth do the Russian Generals do with regard to training, both themselves and their Soldiers. They are really pathetic.
previous experts prediction all turned to be wrong 1 On the 24th february All the military experts predicted a rapid collapse of Ukraine ( one week to one month) 2 July : a slow but steady grinding of Ukraine territory 3 august : a stale mate till winter that’s why its so difficult to predict especially about future but the last 7 months showed the growing list of the russian army shortcomings poor intelligence hierachical mode of decision slowing the decision process mediocre combat branches coordination poor strategy logistics failure equipement quality ( corruption issues) Lack of discipline ( war crimes rapes… Read more »