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This is such a f... disgrace. 😑
Ukrainians should just drive over to Rheinmetall with flatbed trucks and take the stuff.

In case anyone is wondering:
Nothing really new from Scholz re: heavy weapons shipments. Supposedly there's a list of items Ukraine wants to receive, and German industry can deliver with Germany paying for it. No clear statement if the government would approve Leopard / Marder or other heavy systems from that list.

This is such a f... disgrace. 😑
Ukrainians should just drive over to Rheinmetall with flatbed trucks and take the stuff.

This is such a f... disgrace. 😑
Ukrainians should just drive over to Rheinmetall with flatbed trucks and take the stuff.

I understand you... We have the same in France... All this will give a very bad image of our countries and ridicule ourselves

On that front, we're expecting a press statement from Chancellor Scholz at 18:00.
Not sure if he's capitulating to Russia, resigning, or sending the entire Bundeswehr stock of Panzers, but something is happening. 😄

I'd say that's realistic. That APS ain't going to work anyway either due to sanctions or corruption or both. Let's just consider that it was replaced with a wooden brick.

You beat me to it  Here's a twitter thread describing the conference:
 
 

Capitulation seems reasonable. You give away all your weapons straight away (Poland will take them and transfer to Ukraine for you). Russia can get Germany if they are able to drive there 🤣

On that front, we're expecting a press statement from Chancellor Scholz at 18:00.
Not sure if he's capitulating to Russia, resigning, or sending the entire Bundeswehr stock of Panzers, but something is happening. 😄

Slovakian artist Rado Javor, illustrator of Total War games series issiued two new artworks about the war in Ukraine. Recently he has drew series "seasons in Ukraine" about war of 2014-2015.
Seasons:
Spring in Ukraine (fighting around Sloviansk)

Summer in Ukraine (Ukrainian July offensive)

Autumn in Ukraine

Winter in Ukraine (Donetsk airport)

Also two other artworks
Sunflower fields (tank ram of sen.lt Abramovych 12th of August 2014)

Winter war (campaign of winter 2015)

And new arts:
The general

Moskva

More his arts on history, military, game, sci-fi tematics you can find here: https://www.deviantart.com/radojavor

Sorry mate, there is no way that does NOT end up as 'ethnic cleansing'. And that's just about the worst direction Ukraine can possibly take postwar.
Remember, well over half of Ukrainians have some form of Russian ties, ethnic, linguistic or marriage. Especially in the East. You want a huge chunk of your own citizenry looking nervously over their shoulders wondering if some dirtbag will denounce them to take their home?
Anyway, Ukraine is like Russia, a declining birthrate country. Who will resettle those 'cleansed' areas? Turkish migrants?
.... I would suggest the reverse. One great way to defang Russia is to brain drain it -- offer visas to their young technorati.

History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

I think you spelled "Manuela Schwesig" wrong. 😄

I think you spelled "Manuela Schwesig" wrong. 😄

45°10’43.39″N, 30°55’30.54″E
 

45°10’43.39″N, 30°55’30.54″E
 

You bribe an underpaid railway worker to put a package in a certain railcar when the next train with artillery munitions is scheduled to go across the bridge.

I about to say the major flaw in CMO is lack of integrated multi-player. Playing against another human is what would take it to the level of Combat Mission-that’s what sets CM apart. No AI can match another human.
I get bored with CMO after a while because I can predict what it’s going to do…
There is some PBEM out for it but I haven’t tried it yet and there is little on the matrix site so seems like it’s not officially supported.
I’ve asked for wego and MP features but in surveys seems like most players are more interested in the “chrome” stuff.

OK, one more meme, then I'll shut up. It was a nice looking ship though.
 

Shh, don't warn the Russkies  It is a brilliant idea though, even simpler then the ship, just use DHL ( or whatever shipping company is operating there.