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Posts posted by Holien
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As others already noted yesterday, now the BBC reporting in the murder of the Russian pilot.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68337794
Another Russian killed by the Mafia running Russia.
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Is that now 5 aircraft in recent days?
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33 minutes ago, Maciej Zwolinski said:
But maybe I am wrong somewhere in this reasoning, or the Ukrainians surprise me with something. Hopefully they will.
I hope so, the Glide Bombs seemed to be the key in breaking the Ukraine defences.
The loss / reduction of artillery to break up attacks didn't help.
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On 2/1/2023 at 7:38 PM, panzermartin said:
Probably this war won't be won on western equipment alone but how many personnel Ukraine will have left in the end.
We are bashing Russia for sending ill prepared troops in human wave style assaults but I haven't seen mentioning that a lot of UKR troops were lost in encircled traps like in Mariupol, Severodonetsk, Soledar, Bakhmut etc while they could have withdrawn to fight another day with better chances.
On the contrary RU has shown much more preservance reflexes(at least in defense) , pulling out of unfavorable situations instead of fighting to the last man. I understand the different mentality of someone defending his homeland but it seems these "no step back" decisions are coming from above.
A lot men have left Ukraine as well. And a lot have deserted to the east or joined the DPRs and LPRs and some videos of enforced recruitment have been circulating lately. How many can Ukraine sacrifice and how many losses can the foreign volunteers replace as the war widens.
@Grigb A post from Panzer Martin a year ago after Bakhmut.
He has form...
Just FYI
Hey maybe he will be right one day...
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3 hours ago, Lille Fiskerby said:
the russian army is learning from their mistakes, just as they did in 1941-42-43-44.
Really? Would you like to expound on this nugget a tad further.
I am genuinely interested in how in 2022, 2023 to 2024 the Russians are learning from their mistakes.
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3 minutes ago, panzermartin said:
But the Ukrainians can
Nope and they won't have to with the right support (ammo, equipment, ISR and airsupport) and training, but alas this year will not be the year when all the stars will be aligned.
Ukraine needs to survive this turbulent year and if the American situation improves then maybe next year.
The continued damage to Russian control of Crimea and their rear areas (manufacturing, petrol, gas) production will cause Russia serious issues that might bring down the house of cards...
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6 minutes ago, kimbosbread said:
Biden’s admin had almost a year where they could have done almost anything they wanted in terms of aid… but they didn’t.
Ahhh the beauty of hindsight...
Do you realise how difficult it is to do stuff in government and you are blaming them for not doing it all in one year....
What a joke....
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Ukraine has recognized it needs a reorganization and perhaps it could have been started earlier but hindsight is always a wonderful thing....
We have seen they are looking at changing things let's see how it pans out....
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11 minutes ago, Rokko said:
fact that UKR is basically cut off from foreign assistance and is likely going to be for the foreseeable future does not help in this matter
Hmm that's a fact huh? What about Europe, Australia we've cut them off?
13 minutes ago, Rokko said:RU has been running circles around UKR in terms of force generation
Ahhh Russia recruitment from Africa and Nepal is running rings around Ukraine, nice to know...
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10 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
So now an industrial complex that has been focused on big, expensive and few, has to design counters for small, many and cheap - this outta be just great
Yep, the RN with it's two new white elephants have arrived just in time.
Mind you easier to defend them when they are sat in dry dock being repaired as they can't even be trusted to sail to Norway.
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16 minutes ago, hcrof said:
This video shows drones almost making 90degree turns only a few hundred meters from its target.
It looks inefficient but it clearly works, does anyone know more?
I think it is more likely one of these or a mixture of sea state and currents / wind which makes it hard to handle, that and command delays with the controls so not perfect handling as we might expect.
We need a naval grog who plays with remote control replicas on boating ponds.
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3 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
That's pretty much all this thread needs to know. So let's move back on topic.
Steve
I appreciated the diversion as it was useful to understand the possible risks.
Thanks for letting it divert a tad...
Lots can happen from now to November so it is not certain the Orange liar can win.
The good out of this is that Europe seems to still be engaged and supporting Ukraine and will realise that they might have to go it alone.
Ukraine now needs to cut it's cloth to what they have on hand and if we can keep on supplying enough long range missiles and perhaps new airframes the corrosive warfare can continue to hurt Russia even if the possibility of regaining terrority is less likely.
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13 minutes ago, Fernando said:
1. If you don't have enough information, so you move basically in the dark, your move is not bold, but reckless.
Hmmm you think that battlefield commanders have a fully illuminated battlefield?
Even with today's battles with modern ISR it is hard to bring all that information accurately together in a way that is easily understandable.
It certainly was not possible before now, so by your statement every commander was reckless?
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12 minutes ago, Fernando said:
Bold means you may take risks, but if your move fails, then you are still alive and you can still react.
You rarely have all the information to hand as a leader to know if you are being bold or reckless.
That's what Historians determine
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7 minutes ago, Maciej Zwolinski said:
If that war goes badly for the Russians, a single nuke to the other country's capital would turn that into a Russian win.
Do you not think there might be a bit of fallout for Russia from other countries which might put in doubt the "win"...
Anyway enough of that rabbit hole, thanks for explaining it....
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15 minutes ago, Maciej Zwolinski said:
Winning a war through atomic bombardment is possible
Winning - really?
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Yep all starts at the top of any organisation. Let's hope it's the right decision.
In WW2 the early years there were numerous military leadership changes made.
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15 minutes ago, Kraft said:
This is a misunderstanding of russia.
He was pulled *exactly* because everyone should see that putin is the big dog who can make people dissapear in foreign countries, remove them from ballots, or drop them out of windows. There was and is never any attempt at being subtle when
Sorry I disagree, Putin wants a veneer of an election where he wins comfortably.
Yes sure he can waft his bigus dickus with a raft of mafia like measures but for the election he needs to be seen as winning.
He needs battlefield victory hence the current pressure on military meaningless bits of Ukrainian soil.
Removing a candidate that was allowed to stand indicates further weakness.
If Putin felt strong he would declare himself the ultimate ruler and dispense with the sham but for some reason he needs an election victory.
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4 minutes ago, The_MonkeyKing said:
Would it not make sense for the weapons come from the USA with cost split fairly between Europe and the USA?
Yep, the one good thing coming out of the current T mess in America is that Europe seems to be stepping up and in the short term until Europe has internal production sorted America will gain more sales.
It would be good if deals on key ammunition could be done at cost plus small % profit.
Ukraine needs to keep Russia at bay and we (Europe) have to provide them with at a minimum the ammunition to do so. Even if that means spending money in America.
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Nadezhdin use for us is an indication of the problems Putler is facing.
He was never going to win, but he was needed to make a sham election "look" like an election.
The fact he has been pulled speaks volumes about Moscows lack of control of the sham.
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6 hours ago, billbindc said:
That was either blind dumb luck or lessons being learnt by the Russians are being passed on to Iranian client militias in the ME.
I'm not a big believer in luck.
Or a smart opponent who has been watching SOP of the base for long enough to work out the security flaws.
Or some one on the base passing information to the wrong people.
I would love to blame Russia for everything but this one seems a bit of a stretch.
For sure Iran, China, North Korea and Russia will be learning off one another but how quickly and what lessons are passed on is open to discussion.
It would be a gold mine of intelligence if the west could spy on those WhatsApp discussions...
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2 hours ago, The Steppenwulf said:
it's wrong to compare it to the west as it's on a different order of magnitude -
Hmmm any evidence on that?
I know a certain Lord is being investigated and assets frozen for rather a large sum of British tax payers money.
So for you to say the corruption in Ukraine is a different order of magnitude seems to indicate that you have some figures or evidence to prove that?
Love to hear / see it?
Humans are humans and an element will try and get rich off the backs of others, no matter what country you care to mention.
What matters is how it is policed and a consistent law applied to everyone in that country.
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Yes corruption exists in all societies, so likely true.
In WW2 people were involved in corruption and other crimes.
During the national COVID crisis there were many who ripped off the UK, hopefully some are getting justice now...
To think that in Ukraine there will be no corruption is naive.
It is good it is being tackled and those caught dealt with.
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27 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
Given the delays in collecting video such as this compared to the real time collection going on, perversely this video may be more secure than other data.
Fair point...
Maybe not for the Russians if there ISR is still pants....
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