Suleyman

Belarus has around 10K professionals in its army from memory, not much of an offense either. I guess they could help the Russians by defending the lines with manpower. They could also generate more manpower to hold ground, it would help the Russians free up some more offense. I don't think Belarus is gonna tag in though. I'm guessing (Voronezh reinforcements) those 17 tanks are T-72Bs and the 60 IFVs are old BMP-2s, I guess decent enough against Ukraine's current equipment. Honestly probably better to use older equipment since the Ukrainians eat tanks for breakfast lunch and dinner. Keep the newer equipment for later.

Relax bro. I’m not saying every Russian soldier is evil, most of them aren’t. But there is documented war crimes. I never said the phone calls are real but if they are it’s disgusting, I don’t go off those. Actually, a lot of western countries in support of Ukraine have committed atrocities in other regions of the world but I don’t bring those up because it’s not related to Ukraine. I go off actual pictures/videos of dead and the analysis behind it. I understand that there will be info wars it is a war tactic, but Russian soldiers have done evil things not only in Ukraine, but in other conflicts as well, and there is evidence. The reason why they highlight the Russian crimes is because they are the aggressors in this war, which makes them wrong. With all due respect, some Ukrainian units committed crimes as well. That doesn’t make them the wrong side in the conflict though, because they are defending their nation. (Mutilating POWs is the main one that stands out)

No western mindset here, I'm a Muslim American. I know how evil the Russians can be, what they did in Chechnya, Afghanistan and many other places. It's the fact he would call his family to tell them, is what's crazy to me. Although, you have a point, there's many examples of people killing innocents and bragging about it. In the moment I was just caught in surprise.

That's actually a big win. That tank is the M1A2 SEPs counterpart, at least the only one that got a chance toe to toe. If they lost it while performing a counter attack, most likely an ATGM took it out in my opinion.

@Battlefront.com I see that it’s a common theme in major powers, and the Russians do have a brutal history, although not relevant to Ukraine even we (US) done a lot of wrong too. China might actually be worse than Russians when it comes to crimes. Considering what they do to over a million Uyghurs. Back on to topic, are the Ukrainians in Mariupol expected to hold out for another few weeks? Those guys aren’t gonna give up.

That's their best tank too. I don't see an open LOS to them for Javelins, must have been TB-2 or arty?

Although I know Russians as well as other major powers commit atrocious war crimes on innocent people during war, it does seem off that they would almost brag about it to their family. I don't know if those phone calls are real, but I know there are war criminals on the Russian side that commit evil acts. If those phone calls are real, it means there's psychos enlisted within their ranks. Which is not good for anyone, like how crazy do you have to be to brag about it to your family? Disgusting. I read the Russians use 2S7s for counter battery roles. I wonder if the M777s will get into duels with those systems, since the Ukrainians are good at firing and changing positions. It's funny how the Russians don't even want to attempt complete air superiority, they're content with strong AD bubbles, and low sortie rates. Good for the Ukrainians though.

The Russians are completely wrong for invading Ukraine, and are the aggressors which makes it blatant. Not up for argument. But as far as strategy goes. It seems they’re doing, a slow grind to keep casualty rates low, after the L around Kiev. From the sources I’ve checked, their main focus in the Izyum area is probably Slaviansk. I believe they will succeed there, the terrain is right for them. Artillery and firepower is on the Russian side. The Ukrainians could fall back to better defenses, if they want to play the long game. I believe if they hold out, in this medium intensity offensive (so far) the artillery threat is too much. I don’t think our shipments of MLRS, and M777 is gonna do much yet, the precision those weaponry bring is amazing but they will be exposed to counter battery fire, and airstrikes. I still think they’re going to hurt the Russians with it. In the Izyum area, the Ukrainians are probably better off with infantry in trenches, dug outs, with ATGMs, using artillery to push back infantry. Those Javelins should help, Stugnas, NLAWs. I’ve been seeing footage, from Russian forces during night engagements, since some of their forces have thermal sensors, they seem to be doing successful probes at night too. Either way, these are small gains. Ukraine can definitely bleed them out in a long war. Plus I just read they pushed the Russians back in the Kharkiv area, a good sign.

Hey guys, I've been playing combat mission for a while. On and off actually. Decided I come onto the forum. Keeping up with this conflict, I've noticed both sides are inflating the damage they do on each other, for good reason too. If I was Ukraine especially I'd make it sound more brutal than it already is, to mess with the Russian morale. Ukraine has done a lot of damage to Russian armor from what we can see. We have more access to Ukrainian information than the Russians. Besides the humiliating defeats the Russians took (Withdrawing from Kiev oblast, various defeats on the Eastern front, losing their flagship) I've come to see that they targeted a lot of Ukrainian logistics, command units, bases, and so on with cruise missiles as well as other precision weaponry. Are these having any effect on the Ukrainian military? The Russians don't have a numerical superiority, but I wonder if those strikes are lowering their conventional combat effectiveness.