Kraft

A nail in the coffin in mid February 1945? Sir, Nazi Germany was dead and buried by then. Those bombings may have had a real effect on the war in 1942.. not 1945. They only denied the Soviets those factories, for the price of close to 35 000 women and children.

Regardless if terror bombing works (nuclear does).. I dont think any target, even if purely military, makes it worth to risk goodwill and clear perceived moral high ground in the supporting nations. With debris and such, its just bad luck until a drone wreck crashes into a family car/.. there are hardly targets worth risking that image damage. Im sure those drones could have hit another oil depot somewhere in Russia and done more

Production and procurement are the issues, money moves these factors but with diminishing returns and hard physical limits. Btw, if anyone here has a 3d printer you can send fins, tails and bodies for drone dropped munitions (VOG, M430,..), these are always needed. All info is in subreddit /r/Fins4UA

What a quality assessment.

The clip at the very end where they gun down the Wagner in his hole, is from before 23rd April, thats the date when I downloaded it from their TG. I am sure other clips from the video appeared earlier but I cant find them, I have too many muddy trench videos.. Pretty sure this is a fight over the road of life, not flank counter attacks Interesting to note, there are 2 released drone POVs as well as GoPro footage of this single engagement, maybe even the thermal drone too.

Wasnt this source discussed before as pushing pro-russian narrative in disguise? Like all the 'deeply concerned for Ukraine' western media outlets

Debt has very little to do with "75 years operating beyond its means playing 'global superpower'". Vast majority of it has come with the last 3 presidents, so from 2009 onwards, which mostly saw a downscaling of outside commitment.

? Can you clarify your point here?

Does history also teach what it leads to when one side arms up and the other doesnt? Not aimed directly at you but china has been massively building up its navy in the past decade, while the US one has been downsizing, I guess now people are more willing to accept that a nation that put terratorial conquest of its independent neighbour island into their constitution may not seek peace with its new aircraft carriers and just because we pretend all is and will be fine doesnt change the reality that some despots dont care how many soldiers end up dying if they can get what they want.

The same could be said about the Su-25, yet it still flies on both sides daily combat missions a year+ into the war.

Sadly google has nuked the comments/pictures

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I dont get why Russia picks such targets. Either their missiles suck so much that they fail to not hit a city - or they do it on purpose. But nobody can be dumb enough to think terror bombing ever worked so the only conclusion I see is that Russians like to behave as @kraze describes.

Arent the approaches to Kherson similarly open terrain? I have doubts a massed attack will fair any better than the initial (costly) attemps last year, on a position that was arguably less fortified and supply wise worse off than any other front right now. No idea if the troop concentration is different now though, especially when it comes to arty and air as these I think were the main drivers behind the failures to break through. Unless there are just so many attacks all across that Russia cant stop them all. But I do not know if there are the resources for that left and 100 Leo1s fresh out of training and some dozen newer ones wont cut it Im afraid.

Russians have been testing anti-thermal imager clothing.

Special Extraterrestial Operation has already failed!

Drone video/interview with subtitles from a soldier who was shot 3 times during an assault on a Russian trench near Bakhmut

Age restricted tweets - Its asking me to make an account, maybe thats why?

It was also uploaded to the combatfootage subreddit Obvious NSFW warning, corpses etc https://v.redd.it/8us6jmd22nta1 https://v.redd.it/xeyn7jqo0ota1

The 2nd video is worth watching the full /uncut 20 minute version to get an idea about the reality of trench fighting. You cant even tell anymore whos dead body they are walking on, with soldiers from both sides laying on top of eachother in different stages of decay, limbs sticking out of the ground in collapsed trench sections and all the guys in the video know life expectancy is dropping rapidly. I hope this **** finally changes with the offensive

The leaked lone dutch commando collecting 298 patches somewhere in occupied territory

This is the statement from the actual Russian Volunteer corps. t.me/ russvolcorps

Korea had US boots on the ground, Vietnam too, with millions dead in years long wars.

He has a buddy in the dugout who he orders to reload his rifle and give him his weapon. Possibly wounded, otherwise Id think he'd be out in the trench as well. Overall very chaotic, I hope the full GoPro will be released, I want to see what happens to the other 3 Russians that approached+BMP crew

M777 with anti-lancet netting, I wonder if that is all that effective (not against lancets, they get caught good) but once a gun position is found it shouldnt take too long to get artillery on it and finish it despite the netting - atleast in theory.