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The more I think about this, the more I am wondering if it is tied to the potential missile attacks to be made on Israel and the potential for that region to get very messy very quickly. That whole region is a tinder box and the Biden team are trying to keep a lid on it with no help from the extremists in control of Israel.

Maybe the White House is trying reverse psychology on the Republicans... A cunning plan? (I doubt it)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68788110 Well the uckers were eventually going to get through... I hope our friends in Ukraine are OK and at least summer is on the way... Wind Turbines and Solar with extra Grid connections to Europe are I hope on the cards for you.

Gun boat diplomacy against an non peer threat... Cheaper and a shot across the bows tends to make non peer ships stop...

Ok why are they still attacking?

Cheaper and more accurate... Now if we could find a Kremlin bodyguard who would put a fire under the Dicktator at the head of this BS...

This is a right wing anti EV trope that Erwin is throwing into the pot, as is his Hydrogen BS as a viable (it's not) alternative to EVs. He has been watching too much FOX news and has made a Mish mash post... I bet if I spent some time down a dark rabbit hole I could find the people spewing this nonsense... But of course Erwin could back up his post with some proof and prove us wrong...

The naval drones could be used from other ships? You just need to get them to the vicinity in a mother ship. Interesting times...

The usual Russia blaming Ukraine for it... I tend to think Ukraine have better targets to go at. Russia perhaps using it to stoke up the threat? Let's hope they leave it alone... BTW I saw some footage of the Russians blowing up the dam that they said Ukraine did... Will have to dig out the link for checking if it is valid footage... FWIIW

Just fixed that for you.. This war is giving the West a serious edge against China and its Russian knock off copies... We can see what is working and we can re-tool and re-arm quicker than China. This war has stopped China dead on its plans to invade Taiwan as they have seen how badly a 3 day war can go. We are getting real time updates on what works and does not as we are embedded with Ukraine. How close are the Chinese military with Ukraine? Do you think China can magically change it's whole military based upon the Russian knock off kit? The weapons America had in store have now been disposed of at a fraction of the cost it would have needed to The kit was designed to deal with Russia and less so China so it is being used for what it was bought for. American jobs and economy is winning because we are buying more of the kit and it works!!! You really do need to think through this - It is a no brainer for America!! Finland / Estonia / Poland are not going to stop giving support any time soon. France and Germany are another thing but currently show no sign of backing down...

Yep, Ukraine to win just has to stay in the fight... What game plan does Russia have to win this? Time is on the Ukrainian side, they just have to keep fighting. Afghanistan is the model to look at... If and it's a big IF Ukraine can weather this year and generate enough new force they might have options next year... In the meantime keep poking the Bears eyes out and making it costly (oil refineries) for Russia to continue...

Soldiers would be the top of the list. I can see an argument that they have less available than they had. Maybe better trained less soldiers are enough with better drones. I guess we will find out this year... Ammo is another concern but that again is potentially fixed but not ideal so worse than last year. I think that Ukraine will hold, but compared to the optimism we had last year we could say they are in a slightly worse position?

Yep this at the end is the pay off.... Not. He offers no idea on how Ukraine should have done it differently. Ukraine was desperately trying to stop Russia and all energy and thought spent on that. If they had the means to encircle the Russians they would have. They did well to stop the Russians. To think Ukraine squandered a chance to end the war is utter BS... He offers no evidence on how they should have done it. Magic...

For those that don't regularly check the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68722542 Interesting article on how hackers are being recognised by Ukraine as important to the war effort. Some interesting points made. Those being honoured are potentially now open to Russian retaliation. If it was me I would keep this quiet until many years after end of the war. On the other hand I guess it might encourage more to join in if they know they are being valued?

BTW for anyone interested Check out his responses via clicking his ID on the forum. He has one supporter who has interesting views on Steve... I seem to remember that person having a similar debating style...

This little mini documentary shows how lucky Wittmann was. Excellent work by the tank museum!!!!

Hmmm I wonder if the limited drones they have had up to this point had other more important targets on the actual front line.... Russia has had trouble even hitting stationary targets. Ukraine has only just had the manufacturing capacity and capabilities to hit Russian oil facilities these things take time to develop, test and then manufacture in quantity. It will no doubt happen at some stage but to say it should have been done already is a bit naive... I have had clients like you and I just smile... If it was easy it would have been done already... Humans you gotta love them...

What's your point? What have you added? Humans you gotta love them...

So why do it and then expect no response!!! Defence doesn't include mass murder of innocents. I'll just leave it there...

You said it... But keep barking up the wrong tree...

That Russia is suffering a shortage of fast response armed units as they have been busy elsewhere. That decent command and control staff are busy elsewhere (if even alive). Ukraine is going to be blamed for anything bad happening in Russia whether or not it can be tied back to Ukraine or the evil 3rd party (British, CIA, FBI, America) depending on the whimsy of the Russian elite at the time... It really doesn't matter what Russia thinks, it's what the real world thinks... Russia already lives in a Fantasyland so who cares how they spin it...

Lot's of folk here not very happy with this either.... I am all for sending Ukraine everything we can from the Uk. No point in having it sat here in warehouses when we have a fire to put out in Europe. I will be writing to my MP, not that I expect it will do much but it's something I can do. Europe has realised that we shouldn't be dependent on foreign countries for energy and key commodities so we are on a trajectory to remove the strangle hold of OPEC and Russia. If Ukraine can produce it's own weapon systems with European help, American Aid will become less important. We need to keep you in the fight this year.... Ukraine needs to work out how to recruit folk to keep the front lines manned...

If America could only ween itself off Oil... There is a pathway but too many on the right are against anything "green". A topic not for this thread but it would help the world and stop Americans being held hostage to oil price pressure. I wonder if Ukraine will listen to this advice from Biden or will take the Israeli position. Europe really needs to up it's involvement as I despair of some Americans who hold power.

Looks like the AD did a good job if true? Hopefully it didn't disturb our friends in Ukraine?

This chap is doing fairly decent videos trying to explain attacks and the context of them. His content on the incursion into Russia has been useful for me to understand exactly where the videos have been taken. His analysis is not military grade but by adding maps and context it is useful, to me anyway... Looks like Russia might have lost some long range bombers?