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I'm reading a book I found in my local library which contains citations from letters home, stories from soldiers and quite a few poems as well. This book is surprisingly good and I'll buy it when I've read this copy from the library.
https://i.ibb.co/G2h40SC/Screenshot-20230716-205839-Firefox.jpg
Among the poems is one written by a man named Charles Pritchard Clayton which I think could have been written by a Ukrainian serving on the front today if any of them writes poems.

Dedication Before Battle

Legions of better men than I
Have died that freedom I might have
Shall I, because I dare not die,
Condemn my son to be a slave?

My life is forfeit to the past,
No favour will I ask or give.
But, steeled in purpose to the last,
Gladly to die if freedom live.

Or they drove the tank under-manned, I have heard that they do that quite frequently, probably due to a lack of tank crews and the fact that there is very little tank vs tank combat.

I am following a live stream with a guy that is following Russian news live, he seems like he knows what he is talking about.
 
 

I am following a live stream with a guy that is following Russian news live, he seems like he knows what he is talking about.
 
 

It is also a nice question to Putin, does he have the courage to stand a few 100 meters from the drone strike during the Victory parade? Or will he chicken out?

I would be surprised if there were burn bags, that sounds like a bad solution, I would expect that hard copies are shredded instead to destroy them instantly when they are no longer needed.
That is how we do it from where I am from, we also have to register all S and TS hard copies and sign for them to be able to take them away. I thought that was common sense, but apparently not.

I would be surprised if there were burn bags, that sounds like a bad solution, I would expect that hard copies are shredded instead to destroy them instantly when they are no longer needed.
That is how we do it from where I am from, we also have to register all S and TS hard copies and sign for them to be able to take them away. I thought that was common sense, but apparently not.

https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/01/russiandraft
One newly mobilized Russian shares his experience, he is not impressed with the amount of training or the equipment issued.

And we are now on the 1337 side, where all the really cool kids hang.

And we are now on the 1337 side, where all the really cool kids hang.

And we are now on the 1337 side, where all the really cool kids hang.

And we are now on the 1337 side, where all the really cool kids hang.

And we are now on the 1337 side, where all the really cool kids hang.

Apparently the Ukrainians don't think they are good enough because the pictorial evidence shows they assigned tanks in support of the IFVs that they're using.
Are they, though? We see the Ukrainians repeatedly capturing stocks of Kornet and Fagot/Gaboy ATGMs. They may be short now, but they certainly weren't at the start of the war.
Yes. But both are capable of defeating modern armour, which is what matters for this argument.
So, why were you bringing up UGVs in the first place as tank replacements in this context? Which nation fields UGVs or is prospectively fielding UGVs that can replace tanks in the near future?
Sure, but why are we comparing the logistics and support issues of a tank to that of a platform only built to resist 14.5 mm heavy machine gun fire that is going to be extremely vulnerable to even IFV autocannons and that lacks the firepower of a tank? 

Would not a more fair comparison be for example between Centauro and C1 Ariete, or the Japanese Type 16 and the Type 10? Why do these two nations persist in maintaining (very expensive) tanks when they have developed some of the most capable wheeled combat vehicle platforms out there?
You were talking about their failure to break through at Donbas.

As I recall, the eastern prong of the Russian Kyiv offensive was stopped at Chernihiv. I wonder who was fighting there? Oh, that's right, it was the 1 OTBr, one of the best tank units in the entire ZSU.

Which unit was it that destroyed the 4th Guards Tank Division at Trostianets, thus ? The 93 OMBr. What does their unit use?
Apparently tanks are so useless to them that they've started using captured Russian T-80BVs and T-80BVMs just to show how useless they are.


 
This is a strawman. At no point was I claiming that tanks are the single most important factor for success. I merely said that they play an important role in securing a breakthrough that can then be exploited. The Ukrainian forces involved in  the fight have themselves have said so.

He ent no more.

He ent no more.

He ent no more.

I am 46 myself and that guy looks as old as my dad.

I am 46 myself and that guy looks as old as my dad.

I am 46 myself and that guy looks as old as my dad.

I am 46 myself and that guy looks as old as my dad.

With the discussions about the maintenance and oversight required to maintain nuclear capabilities, I thought I would post a link to this old video from John Oliver. Of course, he's going to cherry pick certain situations and events to highlight his points, but the very fact that he can even make some of those points and support them with anecdotel evidence says something.
Granted, the video is roughly seven years old and a lot may (or may not) have changed since then within the U.S. Military; however, if the U.S. military has these kinds of issues, just imagine the kind of Job that Russia has likely done in maintaining their nuclear weapons and capabilities. - craptastic is probably an understatement.
 
 

90% FUNDED!
(I got excited and forgot I'd increased the level to $1500)
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/get-haiduk-a-laptop#
 

Well, if you are running low on troops you have to put the DPR conscripts somewhere...