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Oh I did not know there was another neo nazi group operating

25th Air Assault Brigade captured a live Rusich member (Robotyne-Verbove?) In case you missed the signs, its a neo nazi group. They cut off the head of a PoW with a knife, then removed his hands and filmed themselfs for evidence(censor.net, not a direct link to the video). Their (ex?)leader Yan Petrovsky is currently held in Finnland and not being extradited for fears his treatment would be below skandanavian levels.

"Ukraine’s Pokrova Spoofing System Tells Shaheds To Get Lost" - Forbes Most likely active since 3rd of February.

I know people will meme like they did with the ali express dragon teeth but if they are filled with something and welded good luck getting past that in whatever maneuver phase one finds himself in. Oh and I bet its mined. I forgot to add, anti tank ditches made by the usual digging vehicles can be overcome with bridge layers or some heavy duty earth movers fairly quickly. This frankenstein construct seems immune to that.

CNN claims as many as 15000 Nepalis joined the russian army https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/10/asia/nepal-fighters-russia-ukraine-families-intl-cmd/index.html

From 13000 to 2500 soldiers stationed when Biden took over, according to wikipedia.

But he did that in Afghanistan and his base loved him for it. I am sure putin would encourage redeployment early enough to avoid awkward situations. Putin would likely stay local and limited in scope, not try to reach Berlin, so it would be fairly easy for the commander in chief to avoid having troops in that area, long enough for facts to be made.

I am legitimately curious how Donald Trump could be forced to send troops against his will, as he does not uphold the law per se. Especially if he has majority republican support

I'd add that through the last months, losses have been higher than replacements. With little to no pledged armaments An offensive cannot happen this year or it will end in an even greater disaster that could upset the balance swiftly.

Worry not because he has verbatum said just that before, removing unecessary doubts. Specifically mentioning the small NATO Eastern border countries, he would not help.

I read a book by Anthony Beever (dont know his repuation) a decade ago in which he claimed the 13th guards rifle divisions that arrived to Stalingrad river bank had at the end of fighting ~300 out of 10000 of the original soldiers left.

Im not trying to get pulled into this discussion too much but there have been significant changes in the way infantry attacks due to the prevelance of artillery, drones and low amount of soldiers. These sort of small groups were already used to great effect by wagner more than a year ago, attacking with just small squads of 5-8, a waste for artillery and without drones they still manage to overcome small group defenders often enough. Progress is just at a snails pace. There can be no "breakthrough" as the front is not static because of massive fortifications but because of the all seeing drone, that relays the location of any significant gathering and minutes later that gathering is gone, unless ofc republicans decide to block shells. Not much you can do about drones atm, besides crawling 2km through a sewer pipe or dig tunnels as russians did - both times surprising defenders. Until jammers are widespread on vehicles and infantry can be given a chance to clear mines somehow, the bog continues.

110th. russian assault being destroyed. Some new footage, I think? Definetaly less cuts than whatever ends up on twitter I think. There will be another part showing all the casulties

Interview in german, automated subtitles not really great though

I am not arguing for attrition or maneuver. My point is, if a change is needed in leadership/innovation and a non-political decision needs to be made who is best to replace what makes him the best pick? Obviously we dont know enough inside details among the generals for a fair assesement but I am also questioning whether this was a non-political decision with that aim to begin with. But I also dont want to slander with the little information I have which is why I deleated my original comment.

To be fair, I do not know how much of this defense was up to him and how much it came politically "hold at all costs". Same with the counteroffensive which I think after week 2 should/would have been called off but I am 100% certain this was politically not seen as an option. As for Bakhmut there are many reasons why street fighting evened the playing field between wagner convict mobs and defenders. Personally I have never seen so many dead defenders in russian channels than during the city fighting, especially including Soledar and afterwards, even if I 'account' for this being the biggest battle of the war, towards the end I would say it was 1:1 dead for both sides (not overall) Trying to supply this nightmare over a road that several times fell into enemy hands and caused dozens of vehicles to be picked off didnt help. Maybe associating him with this is wrong, as it may have been a political decision to hold but I dont see how this grinder and his repuation in any way makes him a better candidate to solve the issues under shell shortage, russian ewar, fortifications/minefields, endless russian assaults and lack of vehicles/... We will see.

Deleate

I find it interesting that instead of creating a propaganda piece for americans to consume with simple talking points, he spends it on a repetition of his bent-history lesson starting in 900AD.

I dont think Zaluzhny needed out, he clearly understood the reality of the situation and what needs to be done to change it. Without being given the necessary capabilities there is no way to even judge performance. I think there will be less of a concern for casulties going forward, which I completely disagree with.

This is a misunderstanding of russia. He was pulled *exactly* because everyone should see that putin is the big dog who can make people dissapear in foreign countries, remove them from ballots, or drop them out of windows. There was and is never any attempt at being subtle when you suicide reporters with several shots to the back of the head. Making it fail because not reaching pathetic number of signatures just to drive home the point

Mobilisation needs to happen sooner rather than later. Not acting because its unpopular is just brushing issues under a rug until the issue spills out and someone pays for it, either because mobilised dont get full training to hurry them to the front or formations that are spent and need rest having to stay despite worsening performance and dropping morale because russia outnumbers everywhere in men, machine and ammo.

New Ukrainian fixed wing drone with jet engine, claimed 300km range

It might be worth considering that the AA net on the front has become *thin*. Theres a reason it took a redeployed Patriot to reduce the uncautions nonstop over months glide bombing campaign, and russian air losses being mostly friendly fire for some time now.

I'd argue it is faster and safer than a pickup truck driving through mud, dodging shell craters and mines, artillery and fpv drones - although the latter have a chance of taking this thing down. Also it doesnt put a driver at risk, so for hard to reach places this can have valuable use. It probably costs a lot more than a simple truck though.

Being ahead in an oryx excel is only useful if the few Bradleys, Leos,.. that are lost are actually replaced. Russia can replace these losses for another 2-3 years. The toll is paid by the units that have to weather these assaults with rationed shells. The loss ratio wouldnt be as much in favor were support available that could end up on oryx, while endless mechanized hordes break over trenches held with blood alone. I am fairly confident this war will end before one side is reduced to conscripts sharing a rifle and ammo, towns and cities matter, especially if they contest a Region russia wants to claim its own.