rocketman

you think they actually read?

exactly what I've been wondering.  So a pile of rubble once called Andiivka is lost?  As TheCapt says, it's doesn't give RU any more operational or strategic options.  Putin will act like they just won the war, like w Bakhmut.  Hold it while it makes attritional sense, fall back when that's no longer the case.  
And maybe the f--ing criminals in the US House of Reps could stop doing the bidding of Putin and send the gear that will make a difference.  We all saw Tucker Carlson in Moscow recently.  He was the public voice of these folks.  Tells me a lot.  
EU doing its part.  We need enough GOPers to do the right thing and override the Putin lackies -- there's not many of them.  This could all end if just a small minority of GOP house members did the right thing, right now.  I believe most of them very much want to do the right thing but think they'll be punished for it -- but that's why it's called courage.  The other choice is called cowardice.

Forbs article claims Russian Lancets attacks were significantly reduced since September 2023, presumably because of August explosion on Zagorovskiy optic&mechanical factory, which produced cameras for Lancets.

"A whale is a shark built to Admiralty specifications."
-Old Royal Navy saying.

Apparently this baby is finally leaving the delivery room. Should ease the pressure on GLMRS stocks.

Isn't it great that we live in a time where third-person plural possessive can spark social controversy?  

Using "their" in a sentence like that has been around for decades, possibly over a century.  Its not some new development. And not exactly on topic either.

There isn't a listing for the big maps I made for the DF module included anywhere, but I'll attach some images of each them here for some visual reference for people looking to use them for their own purposes. These were either chopped up for the campaigns, QB's, and for the Rethem scenario that I made. There's a good deal of territory that wasn't used, as well.
Rethem:

Cologne/Koln:

Heister:

Kleve/Materborn:

Remagen:

Kranenburg:

Erft Kanal:

Elsdorf:

One way to do it:
 

Croatian court rules to transfer seized yacht 'Royal Romance' belonging to Medvedchuk to Ukraine (odessa-journal.com)
Royal Romance, very nice name for a yacht Mr.Medvedchuk. Now she can be called more money for Ukraine. Don't think the Ukrainian Navy will be using her.
Also did find it kind of interesting that Ukraine has a government organization called ARMA, as this is a wargaming forum I doubt I need to explain why. 😄🇭🇷
arma.gov.ua

It’s most frequently used by frightened old white people who cannot properly shout, “Yo mama!” insults.

His stupid expression as the video featured image is the not-so-subtle indicator of pure tripeness.

Two locked threads related to that topic attest to that.
This thread needs to stay open, as it is the damn source for following this war on the internet.

Maybe they should make it illegal then to disrupt the electoral vote in Congress... oh wait..  🙃

The bottom line is that Mike Johnson's caucus at this point will be against anything they think will get Biden reelected. So...they are against  a border deal they support and similarly they are against a Ukraine deal that also most of them support. The countervailing weight is that most of the Senate GOP realizes this is a complete electoral disaster and is urging a better strategy. We'll see.

In an age of uber-industrialized addiction, lack of affordable & indigent housing, lack of any real systems of drug treatment, lack of adequate mental health support, WTF do we expect?  I see & hear lots of people s--ing on the homeless (not you, Bulletpoint), but this is not all just due to being lazy & immoral like many folks seem to think.  This is a symptom of our society's unaddressed problems, not the underlying disease.

UKR drone operator spotted with thermal camera wounded UKR soldier in grey zone. Because of evacuation team can't reach him, operators in next fly dropped him hot tea and a note "Pal, drink it and crawl follow the drone". They pointed him a way back. Soldier was resqued
 

I've read UKR tankers have very good opinion about Stridsvang 122 - Sweden version of Leo2 and many issues about German ones, because German Leo2 are "too tender", less stable for cold, dirt and to combat overload in that time that Sweden tanks are more appropriate for real war.  

Hi All!
During the Cold War one of the hottest places where the Baltic Sea, and still is to this day, Lot of tension.
Wouldn't it be interesting to see some DLC being about the Scandinavian country's and NATO VS Soviet/PACT? Say Mid 80's?
There's the Scandinavian peninsula, the islands of the Baltic sea. 
Maybe include some kind of naval action in some way?
 
Thoughts?
 
 

Turkey Follows China in Move Likely to Infuriate Putin (msn.com)
Turkish banks have started to refuse to work with Russian banks, according to a Russian media report, which follows a similar move by institutions in China to avoid secondary sanctions linked to Vladimir Putin's full-scale Ukraine invasion.
Russian business newspaper Kommersant reported on Wednesday that Turkish banks had terminated relationships with almost all Russian credit institutions and suspended payment processing, although there was an exception for foreign subsidiary banks in Russia.
Sources told the paper that dealings between Turkish banks and Russia were complicated by U.S. President Joe Biden's executive order in December imposing secondary sanctions against foreign firms that help Moscow in the war.
Biden's order allows U.S. authorities to disconnect foreign banks from the U.S. financial system that violate sanctions imposed against Moscow.
Logistics companies working with Turkey told Kommersant that cross-border payments have become much more complicated and that more data and documents were required to confirm that sanctions rules were not being violated.
A source in Turkey's banking sector told Russian state news agency Tass that Turkish institutions were "in a holding pattern." This was because Biden's order required additional clarification, as it was "very broadly worded" under the rules of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
 
 
Meanwhile, independent Russian language news outlet The Bell reported that the move by Western countries to block Russian firms from circumventing sanctions "so far looks strong" and that it now meant that "Russia was in trouble with its largest trading partners, China and Turkey."
The Bell said that "problems with international settlements should also be expected" in other countries that Russia terms "friendly" potentially adding to transaction costs and the prices of imported goods.
 
 
 

Does it count as biological warfare if you sell old food to a country?
Food is not even sanctioned. 
On the other hand, Russia will certainly buy the cheapest option to save money, and quality control is expensive. What's a little botulism if you can buy more ammo instead?
 
 

'Sabotage' as raging inferno rips through plant producing armour for Putin's troops (msn.com)
A massive fire near Moscow has destroyed a plant that supplies body armour for Vladimir Putin’s troops.
Video footage shows flames engulfing the plant on Entuziastov Avenue, Obukhovo, in the Moscow region this morning, and no casualties have been reported.
Law enforcement in Russia is investigating whether the inferno was caused by an act of sabotage or arson.
The fire has destroyed 86,000 feet of a warehouse and a workshop.
Workers were evacuated from the plant just as it took hold and more than 100 firefighters tried to save the key production line.
It has been sanctioned by Ukraine for its production of polymer products as well as body armour, helmets, protective shoes and other items.

And this, at least on the face of it, gives the US a huge edge ... it is a net exporter of food (and even with climate change probably won't end up suffering from famines) while China is a net importer and could well end up, demographic cliff or not, in serious food shortage territory due to climate disasters.
And buying up agricultural land in far off places will do them no good since the locals have actual physical proximity to said lands and China has no realistic way of forcing them to starve so China can be fed.