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    panzermartin got a reaction from __Yossarian0815[jby] in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Yes it's always nice to call for a World War when others will do the fighting on distant lands beyond the oceans. 
     
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    panzermartin got a reaction from Commanderski in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Haha but a bit more like this 

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    panzermartin reacted to CHEqTRO in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Some people were asking where were the Ukranian armored units. Well, some incredible battle footage of a single ukranian tank engaging a whole column of russian BTR80A/82A and some tanks has recently surfaced:
    Impressive stuff. Seems like situational awareness and proper spacing is an alien concept to russian commanders.
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    panzermartin reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
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    panzermartin reacted to Ultradave in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Could we maybe knock off these racist accusations? Russian is not a race. Ukranian is not a race. It's the same as saying American or British or French is a race. That's just nonsense and all it's doing is inflaming passions.
    Plus it's tiresome to wade through while trying to catch up.
    Dave
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    panzermartin got a reaction from LongLeftFlank in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Oh, I was thinking about that movie too, (after seeing so many Soviet tanks on my screen for a month) . 
    Not sure where this war will lead us but I suspect a lot of movies /series /docs (and games) will follow 
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    panzermartin reacted to LongLeftFlank in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    If you need anything, just nod....
    You know, that old movie is starting to seem like a documentary, not fiction.
    There's only one way out of this valley, back through that pass you came through.
    Or....
    You know our standing orders: Out of commission, become a bunker; out of ammo, become a pillbox; out of time, become heroes....
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    panzermartin got a reaction from Lethaface in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Yes, I hear you. But I have to give some credit to people that have been bullied by Russia for almost a century. I was never in their place...But again the only thing I havent read here yet is that russians eat their toothpaste or something, we are heading in that untermenschen, russophobic rhetoric again it seems. We can do better...
    The funny thing is out of everyone, germans were the most murderous "species" in the recent history but being a part of our world we never treat them like we would treat Russia. They are respected, are the head of EU etc...We must come to realize fascism is an illness that comes from external factors primarily and not rooted in the genes of people.  
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    panzermartin reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    А grotesque: Commander-in-Chief of AFU general Valeriy Zaluzhnyi (left) and Minister of Defense Oleksiy Rieznikov (right)

      
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    panzermartin got a reaction from Nektoman in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    We are acting like we (the people I guess) are going to win something from this war, while it's far from the truth. West is not as united as it seems. And this will be highlighted once the media gets bored from the war as its already starting . Many people at the states are angry with the handling of the Ukraine crisis since 2014 and have started facing shortages in food items and skyrocketed prices. Here in Europe...I don't want to think about what is coming but I can see the first signs. Gas is over 2e per liter, electricity is half a monthly wage. Ukraine is angry with NATO for letting their country get destroyed and I'm wondering how they imagine the day after the war is over, betrayed by the West and flattened by their neighbours. Germany clearly wasn't happy cutting painstakingly built ties with Russia, refused to embargo oil, and now it has to rely on ridiculously expensive LNG from the states. I bet France won't win really anything from this and will continue to get bullied from AUKUS like in the submarine torpedoed deal. Turkey, a pseudodemocracy/autocracy while always two faced and keeping close ties with Russia, is emerging as a respected key player and seems to win the impressions game, probably getting back on track with F35s *and* S400. While at the same time bullying NATO member neighbors and occupying northern Cyprus, wow! Lastly, it's an illusion that Europe can survive pretending that Russia doesn't exist on the map. I'm sorry but this what every serious analyst will tell us. Maybe people of the military and weapons industry can feel happy about the resurrection of NATO and army spending over welfare but the rest of us, not so.
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    panzermartin got a reaction from DavidFields in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Yes, I hear you. But I have to give some credit to people that have been bullied by Russia for almost a century. I was never in their place...But again the only thing I havent read here yet is that russians eat their toothpaste or something, we are heading in that untermenschen, russophobic rhetoric again it seems. We can do better...
    The funny thing is out of everyone, germans were the most murderous "species" in the recent history but being a part of our world we never treat them like we would treat Russia. They are respected, are the head of EU etc...We must come to realize fascism is an illness that comes from external factors primarily and not rooted in the genes of people.  
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    panzermartin got a reaction from waffelmann in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Yes, I hear you. But I have to give some credit to people that have been bullied by Russia for almost a century. I was never in their place...But again the only thing I havent read here yet is that russians eat their toothpaste or something, we are heading in that untermenschen, russophobic rhetoric again it seems. We can do better...
    The funny thing is out of everyone, germans were the most murderous "species" in the recent history but being a part of our world we never treat them like we would treat Russia. They are respected, are the head of EU etc...We must come to realize fascism is an illness that comes from external factors primarily and not rooted in the genes of people.  
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    panzermartin got a reaction from rocketman in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Yes, I hear you. But I have to give some credit to people that have been bullied by Russia for almost a century. I was never in their place...But again the only thing I havent read here yet is that russians eat their toothpaste or something, we are heading in that untermenschen, russophobic rhetoric again it seems. We can do better...
    The funny thing is out of everyone, germans were the most murderous "species" in the recent history but being a part of our world we never treat them like we would treat Russia. They are respected, are the head of EU etc...We must come to realize fascism is an illness that comes from external factors primarily and not rooted in the genes of people.  
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    panzermartin got a reaction from Sarjen in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Yes, I hear you. But I have to give some credit to people that have been bullied by Russia for almost a century. I was never in their place...But again the only thing I havent read here yet is that russians eat their toothpaste or something, we are heading in that untermenschen, russophobic rhetoric again it seems. We can do better...
    The funny thing is out of everyone, germans were the most murderous "species" in the recent history but being a part of our world we never treat them like we would treat Russia. They are respected, are the head of EU etc...We must come to realize fascism is an illness that comes from external factors primarily and not rooted in the genes of people.  
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    panzermartin got a reaction from LongLeftFlank in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Yes, I hear you. But I have to give some credit to people that have been bullied by Russia for almost a century. I was never in their place...But again the only thing I havent read here yet is that russians eat their toothpaste or something, we are heading in that untermenschen, russophobic rhetoric again it seems. We can do better...
    The funny thing is out of everyone, germans were the most murderous "species" in the recent history but being a part of our world we never treat them like we would treat Russia. They are respected, are the head of EU etc...We must come to realize fascism is an illness that comes from external factors primarily and not rooted in the genes of people.  
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    panzermartin reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    About Izium area fighting, Kharkiv oblast form the man, who either directly involved there or have a comrade from there:
     
    Translation: "Hi! For these two days RFia bypassed Izium on the left and come to Kamyanka. Then they advanced on Sukha Kanyanka - Studinok [direction], but died. Yesterday they dropped spetsnaz behind Oskol [river], part of them captured Yaremivka and died. But most part deploys somewhere in Olexandrivka direction. We recaptured a part of Rubizhne city, but lost a part of Izium. "
    Here is a map of this area, which meant the author. Russians have two pontoon crossings through Siverskyi Donets near Topolske village (directly near pontoons is small village Donetske situates). 
    Izium area became most critical now. Russians try to breakthrough our defense to cut off at least part of our troops on Donbas,  and the maximum objective - to make a pocket for all troops on Donbas. 

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    panzermartin reacted to MikeyD in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Ukraine is winning the war with Russian legacy equipment, or derivatives thereof. Russian and Ukrainian artillery are basically the same. Russian and Ukrainian drones are both loitering over the battlefield. Infantry on both sides carry AKs. But the difference in outcomes is stark. Its the difference between a surgeon performing an operation and the town drunkard attempting the same operation.
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    panzermartin reacted to John Kettler in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Couldn't delete this part.
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    panzermartin got a reaction from Vanir Ausf B in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    On the army effectiveness. I'm not sure a US force like in 2003 Iraq, would have captured Kharkov, Kiev or Odessa etc in less than a month, facing urban warfare and the same determined UKR defenders. Probably casualties would be way less but ground gains? Not saying the russian army is not poorly led, organized and under motivated but this is the most symmetrical large scale offensive we have witnessed since WW2. I remember how some 23mm ZU stopped dead a large swarm of 40(?l Gunship helicopters inflicting damages in most that put them out of the operation for weeks. And Iraqi army was bombed and sanctioned for a decade and was already crippled in 1991. Iraq, a much smaller country than Ukraine , fell after more than a month. But there were quite a few bloody battles afterwards, like Fallujah etc. ( But maybe the Russians should have studied this war after all).
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    panzermartin got a reaction from Fenris in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Mariupol is in ruins and I regret I never had the chance to visit south coast of Ukraine. The greek community there dates from the ancient times, and expanded after the fall of Constantinople and Byzantium from people that fled the ottoman purges. So much history lost in a few weeks, so sad. I wonder how trapped people there can still cope with no water, food or heating. The greek consul there was the last EU diplomat to leave Ukraine, and he compared Mariupol to cities that were wiped out from war, like Guernica, Aleppo Grozny, Stalingrad...
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    panzermartin got a reaction from Bulletpoint in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Mariupol is in ruins and I regret I never had the chance to visit south coast of Ukraine. The greek community there dates from the ancient times, and expanded after the fall of Constantinople and Byzantium from people that fled the ottoman purges. So much history lost in a few weeks, so sad. I wonder how trapped people there can still cope with no water, food or heating. The greek consul there was the last EU diplomat to leave Ukraine, and he compared Mariupol to cities that were wiped out from war, like Guernica, Aleppo Grozny, Stalingrad...
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    panzermartin got a reaction from CAZmaj in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Mariupol is in ruins and I regret I never had the chance to visit south coast of Ukraine. The greek community there dates from the ancient times, and expanded after the fall of Constantinople and Byzantium from people that fled the ottoman purges. So much history lost in a few weeks, so sad. I wonder how trapped people there can still cope with no water, food or heating. The greek consul there was the last EU diplomat to leave Ukraine, and he compared Mariupol to cities that were wiped out from war, like Guernica, Aleppo Grozny, Stalingrad...
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    panzermartin got a reaction from DavidFields in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Mariupol is in ruins and I regret I never had the chance to visit south coast of Ukraine. The greek community there dates from the ancient times, and expanded after the fall of Constantinople and Byzantium from people that fled the ottoman purges. So much history lost in a few weeks, so sad. I wonder how trapped people there can still cope with no water, food or heating. The greek consul there was the last EU diplomat to leave Ukraine, and he compared Mariupol to cities that were wiped out from war, like Guernica, Aleppo Grozny, Stalingrad...
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    panzermartin got a reaction from Sarjen in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Mariupol is in ruins and I regret I never had the chance to visit south coast of Ukraine. The greek community there dates from the ancient times, and expanded after the fall of Constantinople and Byzantium from people that fled the ottoman purges. So much history lost in a few weeks, so sad. I wonder how trapped people there can still cope with no water, food or heating. The greek consul there was the last EU diplomat to leave Ukraine, and he compared Mariupol to cities that were wiped out from war, like Guernica, Aleppo Grozny, Stalingrad...
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    panzermartin got a reaction from sburke in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I don't see how Russia and current administration will ever restore relations with the West after all this mess. After some point they may not care at all. Now most of the media depicts them as orcs, hitlerisks, institutions boycott swan lake or Dostoyevski and so on. Imagine after some more months of shelling Ukrainian cities... They are down the road of no return. I don't think any other nation has done more harm to itself with a single military action in human history, and it seems it was due to tragic miscalculations. 
    Besides Ukraine, I'm actually very sorry about Russia too. My father was a kid under the Nazi occupation of Athens, the famine killed hundreds of thousand people here, and his only hope was listening with a forbidden set, to BBC radio Moscow. The victories of the red army and liberation marked his life, and he was the one that made me a WW2 buff.  He introduced me to the series, "unknown war" with Burt Lancaster, that was a brilliant doc on the eastern front, and I got hooked. I grew up with an admiration for the sacrifice of russian (and all Soviet people) ,(despite my nick 😏) This war has put a big stain on Russia, that perhaps is not what it's people, rich culture and achievements like sending first man in space, really deserved. 
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