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Well that sounds like a pretty... sound scenario. The thing that bothers me, is that so far those same spineless people had organized swift, minimal risk operations In Crimea and Eastern Ukraine , (green men, invisible tanks through the border etc,) defeated ISIS in Syria, earlier had turned Chechenya from a nightmare to a reliable bodyguard force and so on...All precise operations with guaranteed success and calculated risk. They even lost a jet to Turkey and didn't actually bother. What happened this time. Overconfidence or a screw turned in Putins head, to bet all in a gamble like this that could doom Russia...I knew from the moment they crossed the borders, that's a huge mistake. And on the spineless behavior you mention, I'm worried, if this extends to the nuclear forces chain of command. Or in that case self preservation will prevail Because we are heading that alley, I'm almost convinced. Negotiations so far seem like people from different galaxies trying to find common language.

Something is suspicious to me about the false intelligence. Even we knew, that Ukraine with NATO training, modern equipment, and a good percentage of population absolutely hating russians, would be a deadly opponent to any force. Heck even the US army would probably suffer heavy losses there. How on earth did his advisors fail to grasp that. They even had people in Ukraine for years that shared Intel. I have a theory that this could be a setup with the hope of weakening Putin. He is talking about traitors and you are talking about corruption. What if these people were bribed or infiltrated by the West to lure Putin into a dangerous military adventure.

The thing is, does Putin realize that now the West views him as Sadam Hussein, and actually nobody will actually aggre to sign anything with him, especially Ukrainians that hate him ? He must have known that, that is all or nothing now, a total war. And actually I don't see him getting out of Russia for the rest of his life if he is considered a war criminal and could face the fate of Milosevic.

Yes of course, just wanted to point that unless an agreement is reached somehow, there is no end in sight militarily

I think as he threatened, maybe a russian Kristallnacht is underway. And targeted oligarchs are fleeing?

Putin is determined, he is already sending reinforcements from Armenia, Far East, Osetia etc to replenish losses. Unless there is a coup or something, I dont see this ending soon. And if the reinforcements dont work, maybe we can expect some sort of reserve mobilisation. He has no way out.

I remember when playing Digital integrations's super realistic Tornado back in 1990s, they had some some pretty sophisticated loft bombing mode on the HUD, that achieved some accuracy with lobbing dumb bombs from a distance like artillery. But I guess thats not a system intergrated in an attack helicopter and especially in unguided inaccurate rockets.

It's of no use in the tactical scale of CM but can we have it as a flavor object pls

I second this. The aftermath of a possible Putins loss could be a russian weimar republic. Possibly they will emerge opposite forces in Russia, like the communists vs nazis in the 20s and what if a more radical leader takes over in Kremlin? Germanys hatred towards the world was mainly built from isolation, national humliation, and ultimately poverty, and I'm already seeing Russia taking that route. That's why West must be careful how to handle a defeated Russia. Since you can't kill it and you can't cage a wild animal forever, you have to somehow pet it. But maybe things will be more straightforward, although the first attempt in 1990s after the collapse of Soviet union didn't go very well judging from today's unprecedented crisis.

I read that even the Germans didn't inflict so much damage on Kharkiv. This war will stay as a monument of stupidity of Slavic people killing each other for the sphere of influence of foreign powers. Ukraine is becoming Syria and Russia will be back to the 90s. And rest of Europe will sink in economic crisis when it was obvious its future lied in coming closer with the East . Well whoever planned all this, well done.

About the T 14, even if they had a hundred of them I'm not sure they will be sending these. I think they were meant to face NATOs up to date tanks, not guerilla warfare in cities. And I'm guessing they will be as easy pray to the javelins as the T-72, unless they have some vey sophisticated specific defense against top attack missiles.

Lend lease was important but nowhere as near as that. And I dont remember winning a single CMBB or CMRT battle with lowly shermans

If NATO intervenes, he will have the excuse and adress to his people that this is a war of survival for Russia and they will go full scale war with millions and mass war production ala WW2. I hope this does not happen.

Posted mainly for the second video. How on earth did that SU-25 return to base?

This is like ostfront all over again. Russians advancing vs tactically superior, better organized and equipped pockets of defenders that inflict heavy losses on them but ultimately withdraw under sheer numbers and mass artillery firepower. Germans couldn't find an antidote against the massive use of Soviet artillery,it's the same story.

I just realized that if you put all the Z together you get the cause of the slow russian advance. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz..... Thanks for the insight Haiduk, Kraze and all. Probably yes, there are more infantry battles than we can see on our screens. The other thing I guess is that the russian army still is on tactical maneuvering around cities trying to encircle and secure roads rather than clear house to house with infantry.

Are Russians only fighting inside vehicles stuck in highways ? I haven't seen any foot soldier action inside towns and cities. If I was playing a CM battles and was facing a myriad of very capable AT weapons I would use a heavy infantry force to counter that. Seems they have only limited special forces and conscript infantry with no clue how to fight in cities. Also, are Kadyrov's men still fighting around Kiev or after the initial losses they have withdrawn. Haven't seen any reports on that.

I wonder, has anyone here studied the steps of nuclear war with Russia. In case of someone pressing the button, does that mean that everyone goes full nuclear the exact moment launching all his arsenal at once to all cities targeted to overwhelm defenses ? Or will it be like, I start with a tactical nuke to terrorize you, you either back down or respond and then it escalates step by step to the bigger bombs and the end of us all.

Putin needs a lot more to have a chance to move deeper in Europe imo. I'm sure he is aware of this. The moment he crosses the Poland borders or Baltic states he will suffer catastrophic losses. And if his troops aren't motivated enough to "liberate" Ukraine what makes you think they will be willing to invade NATO countries. I don't see this happening. He will settle with a neutral Ukraine. That's why I'm not a fan of NATO intervention at the moment.

Yes, I answered myself that way too. No hard info but still she admits the existence of these (it was denied in the beginning as false ) and she is worried russians might get them. Plus China is asking questions on them. Still I agree, mostly invaluable material for the conspiracy theorists.

I really thought this was some kind of conspiracy theory from the anti jab crowd. But makes me wonder: 1. Why from all the places in the world did US had many biological labs in Ukraine. 2. Why is it so important to not fall in russian hands. 3.Why they were denying as false russian propaganda the existence of such labs some days ago.

This is horrible

I think our government should not be willing to send those. We can't use them against our seller (Russia) Plus we are in constant threat from Erdogan. Last time Turkey did a "mini Putin" in Cyprus, (and still holding north with 40.000 troops) nobody really cared.

I think this conflict defies somewhat the assumptions here that russians "live for war". I think war has knocked their door more times than they invited it. One thing I have understood is that they don't behave like a professional army, especially when they lack motivation. I have seen it happen in the past, even in WW2. Germans were calculating and methodical killers, russians only decided to resist when it was clear that Nazis were serious about ethnic cleansing them and replacing them as an inferior race (and no step back order was issued). But when that happened they defied death to achieve victory. I can't say I don't admire their sacrifice in WW2, the women in the frontline, the night witches squadrons, all this was of mythical scale. Unfortunately though the Ukrainian invasion will put a big stain on Russia's history...

Yes it's true. And If this war ends as a russian meltdown, Erdogan would probably become wiser and less rogue on his actions.