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Possibly. But I was not sure clusters could cause big fire in buildings. (unless incendiary?)

Back on this, I'm reading some info that probably is an intercepted with Buk Russian missile debris that hit the castle. Makes sense, as the damage doesn't look like from a direct hit and mainly the roof is burning. Also makes sense as it really didn't make sense for Russians to waste a missile on it.

Probably Russians are pissed with the latest ATACMS strikes and hitting in blind revenge mode

Harry Potter couldn't save this. Is this considered an attack on western culture. And why Russians did hit it?

You think a "double floor" cage be able to defeat a tandem RPG round falling from an FPV?

More about smoking. This video says this thing can produce a ton of it for hours. Probablly thermal blocking as well. But what a nice sitting target indeed who ironically can't hide itself.

Yes, who would have thought after 100 years , masses of infantry with gas masks , trenches, absent tanks and massive artillery. And godamn Rats! The only good thing out of this that hopefully the new CM will be infantry heavy and more focused In these tactics. No more all seeing killer tanks and APCs. All bow to the weary infantryman.

So after WW1, we will now see again photos of men in gas masks in trenches. Are we really moving forward

So the Russians keep pushing despite losses. Some questions. Have they really calculated they can take every small Ukrainian settlement in slow fashion while taking losses of precious equipment, even from hits in their airports well behind lines? Could they win the ground war and lose in the big picture in the end. Or they have certain city goals like Kharkiv and Kramatorsk - Slaviansk that think will bring a domino blow in the UKR political/military structure. Where are the precious toys Ukraine has received from the West. I see some scattered Bradleys here and there but no news about Leopards, M1s, Challengers etc. Artillery systems are also not much visible anymore. Is Ukraine holding them for a bigger counter operation, or they have suffered heavier losses than actually reported.

I suspect the main problem for Russians are the myriad simple FPV drones that Ukraine is using. These rely on plain cameras mainly. Smoke can make them less effective at some percent. Guess that would be small. They seem to be producing the smoke on ground level. I think it could be more effective perhaps with real time satellite intelligence the UA is getting from the West. But I have no accurate idea how "real time" it is in a moving battlefield.

6. I hope they have good graphics card BTW otherwise the offensive might stall I agree overall. Looks like it's more psychological for own consumption. Though I think the primary weapon of Ukraine are myriads of small market non IR FPV drones that may have some problems. If I was serious as RU, I would also think of decoy smoke too. Not sure if they have the luxury though. This kinda reminds me of the rather unsussesful zukkov's use of searchligts in the battle of seelow heights.

Not sure if this pro russian account is trustworthy but this looks like preparation for RU wide scale offensive. Could this be actually effective against drones, I wonder.

First Tu-22 kill? Pilots reportedly bailed out.

Who knew, motorcycles (and sidecars) would finally make it in CM BS2 as an assault element

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