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according to this article he is the 53rd Russian Colonel to be killed thus far. I think I am missing a few. Putin loses 53rd colonel in Ukraine war as Russia’s toll of commanders grows (msn.com)

heh more than one eventually...... it gets pretty addictive. and once you give it a spin make sure to hit the scenario and mod depots.. https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/cm-mod-warehouse/

Heh China has a couple aircraft carriers they are still learning how to use. Japan had 6 fleet carriers and the most experience using them of any Navy. To counter them the US had 5 fleet carriers and now has 11 and over 75 years of experience. Taking Taiwan would make the Normandy landings look like child's play. The channel from Portsmouth to Normandy is 100 miles. The Germans were restricted to pretty much the mk 1 eyeball and were mislead as to where a landing might take place. The US had experience doing multiple amphibious landings. China has never done one. The moment a fleet even starts organizing we'll know and Taiwan can reach pretty far out into that strait. Militarily it is a suicide mission.

I'm not in the grouping that expects China to do anything soon about Taiwan, but the rationale for doing so may be more dependent on how much the state feels it is at risk. China has some major demographic issues that are going to be due before too long. States that feel they are at risk tend to make decisions that are more desperate than rational.

Really, worried about collective punishment... then maybe Russia can explain where all those folks went. Thousands of Ukrainian children reportedly have gone missing since the start of the war on Feb. 24. A growing body of evidence suggests that some of these children have been forcibly taken to Russia. According to Ukrainian Permanent Representative to the U.N. Sergiy Kyslytsya, more than 234,000 children had been transferred to Russia by early June. The kidnapping of minors is a violation of both the U.N. Genocide Convention and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet recent research suggests such tactics have stark precedents. In the past, authoritarian regimes in Spain and in Argentina, among others, resorted to child kidnapping to target their opponents — just as these regimes entered their most lethal and repressive phases. These historical cases offer lessons about how Ukraine can hold perpetrators accountable. What do we know about Ukraine’s missing children? Rumors about the abduction of Ukrainian minors date to March 19, when the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that Russian forces had taken 2,389 children from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Simultaneously, Pyotr Andryushchenko, assistant to the mayor of Mariupol, reported that around 4,500 city residents had been taken against their will across the border into Russia. Although the exact numbers of kidnapped adults and children remains unclear, growing evidence suggests these are large numbers. In mid-April, an Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe report detailed claims by Ukraine officials that Russian troops had deported approximately 500,000 civilians. The numbers have grown since then, with Ukrainian authorities recently estimating that 1.2 million Ukrainians have been deported against their will. These claims have yet to be verified, and locating specific children and families has proved difficult in wartime. But the reports of forced deportations to Russia and the threat to Ukraine’s most vulnerable citizens have raised alarm in the European parliament. Why Russia may be taking Ukrainian children (msn.com)

“they that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind”

Putin: "%&^@#^%*&^%&##@!!!!!!!!"

There is an old joke referencing not risking getting an ugly camel.. Clausewitz, Clausewitz blah blah blah The important bit is the GOAT IS BACK!

a lot of things wrong with this article but this one is the main one. Russia slowly inches its way towards its goals What exactly are Russia's goals at this point? I doubt the Russians even know anymore. I'm just waiting for the moment that Putin decides the number of toilets stolen or destroyed is how to evaluate victory.

yeah that is the more likely outcome. But hey now Zelensky can smack all 3 in the back of the head at once and tell them to get their act together... or better yet, send them to the front.

well it is Afghanistan and that does seem to generally be the normal state of affairs unfortunately

You know you learn something new every day. I never realized the US had any real interests in Serbia much less a strategic interest to intervene and grab.. umm resources? However now I know and I'll be combing through news articles and analytic papers to make sure I understand the US colonization of Serbia and our exploitation of their vast mineral resources!

wake up to 3 more pages on this thread almost all of which I could ignore as it is all irrelevant. All caught up and it is only 6:30 am! @LongLeftFlankthanks for bringing this back to topic.

The interesting thing is lately there have been a number of lurkers who have decided to join the conversation and every one has commented they'd been a lurker and some history on how long they've been playing combat mission etc. So I'm just wee bit curious at a brand new joiner that has a completely different approach and a decidedly Russian apologetic bent. Oh and yeah I'm skeptical too.

"We are the natural heirs of the Golden Horde" Well yeah I'd say they got that about right.

regarding this ongoing commentary about rounds expended, Ukraine has the entirety of NATO coughing up weapons and ammo with an industrial base to crank out more. Russia has... lots of decrepit ammo stocks in questionable state in storage.. so who do we think is gonna run out first?

While your posts are always thought provoking and informative, I have to admit to a guilty pleasure looking for little tidbits like this. You haven't mentioned the goat in a while.

LOL Putin getting owned again.

don't even start on the note that the British Empire was fueled by an Opium trade forced down China's throat with military force. The British Empire makes El Chapo a small time street coroner thug. All of which has nothing to do with Ukraine. How about more pics of those T 62s showing up?

Is China Slowly Turning Its Back to Russia? (msn.com)

heh I think it is less about the kill and more what it is, Gotta wonder what the Russian soldiers saw when it rolled up. "we are fk'd"

Russia Fills Ukraine Meatpacking Plant With Bodies of Dead Soldiers: Report (msn.com)

with some additions it makes total sense.

LOL can't believe they actually complain about opsec. WTF?! So far Ukraine has done a stellar job with what they had and what's been sent. Don't argue with a plan that is working just because you aren't included in the "need to know". We aren't paying the price so we kind of lose a vote anyway.

4' 8" Drunken fool yells to the whole room 'C'mon, I'll take you all!" never noting most of the patrons of the bar are linebackers on a professional football team.