The_MonkeyKing

In general I have been starting to wonder what is the actually definitions of the limitation at this moment? Armored vehicles that look like western and have manned turrets? (because we already have remote turret western APCs and PT-91 is a modern tank made in the west that just looks eastern)

Mad burns going around. For the Americans; Usula is little like the prime minister of European Union. Her "roots" come from Germany, from the Merkel administration. Making the burn even hotter.

well, at least US has managed to move its goals this far.

Tactically it is not meant for any significant off-roading in Finland(only for bad roads). Battle taxi

New APC type emerging in Ukraine. Patria Pasi XA series. A good pick. Lots of them made and becoming available now that they are starting to be replaced.

Good pic. Accurate hit by the Russians. I am sure the keep hitting until they get the results they are after.

Indeed, I am waiting for some actions by the Russians in the near future. My guess is a retreat from the north side of Inhulets River

Seems pretty bad, the target is clearly the dam and strike could have taken it out. There are going to be successive strikes until Russians get the result they want. The destruction seems limited so far so I am guessing this is maximum emergency release to empty the basin as fast as possible in somewhat controlled way, before more strikes that could cause a catastrophic near instant failure.

All depends on the situation on the ground. This could be an enabler for Russians to retreat orderly from all or part of their positions. Or if Russian situation is good enough they could indeed remove Ukrainian Bridgehead and so one of the three attack directions. Given that the news of the dam keep developing to a worse direction.

Some more footage. Some nice flooding would indeed be a critical help for the Ruskies. May very well just be controlled emergency release from the dam. But same effect of flooding the river.

The dam: The river: I say braking this dam would be a big help for the Russians Kherson defense.

seems the difference is that in the chucks map areas vacated by the Russians are presumed to be under Ukrainian control. While many other mark it as unknown or neutral.

Indeed, one think everyone has agreed is UKR dominates meeting engagements in this conflict.

some interesting pointers from this: The Kharkov operation was wildly successful and likely also surprised Ukrainian planners The southern and northern operations are coordinated and interrelated, but different. Kherson is not a faint. for big part Kherson OP enabled the successes of the Kharkov OP Threat to Slovyansk and Kramatorsk has disappeared Most of the personal managed to get away thanks to the total rout (still significant POWs) but extreme equipment losses this is not enough yet, but couple of more operations like this will make the RUS war effort untenable Western military district has (finally) ceased to exist Russian past piecemeal solutions are starting to cumulate hard. (manpower and its retention ext.) Ukraine now has demonstrated strategic level offensive capability and this will happen again. War will now change from what it has been for past months. Ukraine could press the advantage in the north or swing to a new front Most likely again in the weakest spot(s) of the RUS lines. UKR has the advantage of interior lines of movement. Meaning UKR moves troops from North to South in two days when it takes RUS around a week min. Ukraine can keep pushing Kherson and also have another major offensive operation ongoing simultaneously. Smart options for Russia (Mike thinks RUS will again not choose the smart options) Smartest thing for Russia would be to retreat from the west side of Dnieper and consolidate start partial mobilization with stop-loss policies. These would start bear fruit in 2023

I have been waiting for these news. For sure Ukraine will want bridge heads (at least) and collapse the front all to way to Sievierodonetsk by threading the rear.

Newest from War on the Rocks and Kofman https://warontherocks.com/2022/09/ukraines-kharkhiv-operation-and-the-russian-militarys-black-week/

I am sure the main problems in the negotiations are that the Russian would like to retreat but Ukrainians would like them as POWs. Maybe compromise of retreating without any ammo or armaments could be made. This could be profitable deal for Ukraine.

interview from the weekend with Frederick Hodges, retired commander of the United States Army Europe

Interview of a Ukrainian colonel right out the oven: https://podcast.silverado.org/episodes/like-ants-to-wet-sugar-how-ukraine-won-the-battle-of-kharkiv-t1YYUr8n

Yeah, still was fun while it lasted

JUST TO FURTHER POINT OUT. MOST LIKELY A FAKE An interesting rumor mill going on

Russian vendetta.

I one were to take this in good faith: Negotiations are always good, doesn't mean anything has to be agreed on. Like the negotiations when the war started...

definitely, especially mothballed ones that would have to be "oiled up". Or send the new ones to Ukraine and start upgrading mothballed ones for the US forces. That would leave only a small capability gap for the US and fast delivery for UKR. Even if US didn't have any "spare" ones it would still be easily justified. Some capabilities of US are "earmarked" for land war in Europe and against Russia. What would these donated capabilities be doing in Ukraine? -> taking care of that thread they exist in the first place for. This means US can let some of its capabilities decline by giving the to Ukraine cause that action decreases the threat that justified those capabilities in the first place.