Kinophile

The house-cleaning continues.

Omnomnomnom

Australia as a potential source of Abrams? https://breakingdefense.com/2024/02/ukraine-asks-australia-for-tanks-transport-vehicles-new-authorities/

Zelensky is sticking by 13... Still, some proofs would be preferred.

11 th! This is nuts.

You know what we haven't had in here for a short while? A nice nuclear punch up.

No delivery date so likely months.

I posted previously about Japan promising aid. Well they came through in nicely timely fashion. Norway too!

So... It's so great and stealthy it had to be escorted by a flight of Su35s... And it's oh-so-special Missile faceplanted into a field. Pretty sure the 35s were intended as meat shields to literally take a Missile hit, not just engage UKR aviation /AD.

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1762822972111282686?t=uP6IUSsZdyMYJ13XLolToQ&s=19

Follow up

https://twitter.com/anno1540/status/1762413281933709718?t=p1K73kamQpdNPgK7p9QpfQ&s=19 Singing the CV90s praises. The barracuda coating works. Western tech living up to the promises.

Hmmm

Macron for the rhetorical win. I had regained some hope in Scholz, but man, fool me once...

Very salient last point, for sure. Also, the no A50s have flown since the 2nd downing.

Seriously, 10 in 10?

Danger close...

An offensive south out Krnky could also be a lure for the BSF. If Ukraine starts doing coastal ops to support/link up then the BSF might come out and play. https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3832273-no-russian-missile-carriers-in-black-and-azov-seas.html

I suspect Ukraine will not regain the initiative if it fights like Russia needs it to. If ZSU can be truly imaginative and break the offensive formatting, like @The_Capt is suggesting, then the RUS will not be able to adapt fast enough or at scale to counter it. IF they redo the same types of heavy metal assaults then they will be fighting like Russia and Russia will inevitably, through sheer numbers, beat off the attacks. But an assault formatted differently, that has a deep flexible, mobile FLOC and heavy back-up as needed, could work.

****ing hell. Imagine these on reaction standby, hitting anything approaching so goddamn fast. And they're only going to get faster. Im impressed by the range - at that speed it went almost 6km. Doesn't sound much but they could probably get it out to 10-15km at 200-300kmh and hit a VIP in seconds of identification. Not just one, but a whole cheap flight of them.

Didn't someone make a game about that exact scenario? Dammit, what was it called again...tip of my tongue...gimme a sec...

"In Ukraine, Russia Is Inching Forward Death by Death" - One line description of Russian "strategy" in a nutshell. NY Article

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1762218401122976092?t=ldDz4GL2md9ZbXGgDwDFWw&s=19