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According to this interview, these are ages of some of the volunteers (Google Translation) https://www.kp.ru/daily/27416.5/4615321/ What is the age of the volunteers? - Our with you, Alexander. Well, different ages: 50+, there are up to 50 years old - 46, 47. Volunteers have no age limit - you can join these units until retirement. Also in this interview: - Why - "Tiger"? Who came up with it? Governor? - These are the volunteers themselves - they offered several names, and now they consulted and decided to choose this one.

I think the video from Austria was talking about more than just the Donbass, but all the areas of Ukraine that Russia occupies, and the 80-90% was for if Russia succeed in capturing Odessa, also. ... but I see now that others have covered the details of this in the above posts better than I did.

Speculating on what is the new type of 155 millimeter artillery ammunition to be supplied by the US, 1000 rounds, with greater precision, suppose it's not Excalibur(too valuable and expensive), nor the German SMArt 155 (not American), nor Copperhead (no laser designators in theater, really), what's left? The M1156 Precision Guidance Kit? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M982_Excalibur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMArt_155 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M712_Copperhead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1156_Precision_Guidance_Kit

The transcript for today's DoD background briefing where they talk about the additional HIMARS is now posted: https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3088129/senior-defense-official-holds-a-background-briefing/

This Russian newspaper offers a mildly-critical editorial expressing the view that Russians will continue to follow Putin down the path he is leading, whether that is a rational thing to do or not. Here is an excerpt as translated by Google: https://www.ng.ru/editorial/2022-06-26/2_8470_red.html

As someone who enjoyed followed https://twitter.com/canadianukrain1 and now misses his posts now that he has gone, let just say that comments like the above are proof how easily rumors get started on social media. From what I saw, he never asked for donations, encouraged people to donate to legitimate channelers of donations. Additionally, he said he was still in Canada, from where he was tweeting, but his two or three buddies, ( I can't remember how many), we're actually fighting in Ukraine. They emigrated as youngsters from the former Soviet Union to Israel, served in the Israeli army, then he eventually emigrated to Canada. I don't have any proof of the above, beyond what I remember him tweeting over the last few months.

Here's a few videos looking at the training of Ukrainian troops on artillery systems in the UK. The must have had a press day earlier this week:

So is there a better, more up-to-date poll somewhere or is this still the best we have?

Is there a better source for judging the sentiments of various regions of Ukraine towards belonging to either Ukraine or Russia than this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Ukrainian_independence_referendum#By_region

What about a long range drone turned into a kamikaze drone?

In this video at about the ten minute mark, the general being interviewed says the primary advantage of the Pzh 2000 to the Ukrainians, compared to other systems, is it's fast ability to shoot and scoot. Thereby, it can be more-prudently employed closer to the front lines bringing more of the Russian artillery units in range of counter-battery fire. Anyone know how much better the Pzh 2000 is at quick shoot and shoot compared to the other artillery Ukraine now has?

Some US senators are urging Defense Secretary Austin to speed up the delivery of more HIMARS systems to Ukraine. They seem to be getting a little frustrated with the Biden Administrations slow pace. https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-floor-portman-highlights-ukrainian-victory-black-sea-sheds-light At this crucial time in the battle for freedom, democracy, and the ability for countries to decide their own future, America cannot afford to be tentative.

There lots of food for thought in this article: https://warontherocks.com/2022/06/strange-debacle-misadventures-in-assessing-russian-military-power/

This website is cited as a source for casualties by region, if you can get someone to translate the charts and tables for you: https://zona.media/casualties Actually, look at the graphics on this one: https://zona.media/translate/2022/05/20/casualties_eng And here are some, rather dated, news articles: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220517-young-poor-and-from-minorities-the-russian-troops-killed-in-ukraine https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-61638530

I didn't read that NYT article the other day complaining about the lack of visibility into Ukraine's military operations by US intelligence. That's because I'm not a NYT subscriber. However, the NYT does offer a free podcast and today they looked at that same issue. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/podcasts/the-daily/ukraine-war-intelligence.html The reporter's argument is that Ukraine should provide more information to the US in order for the US to know whether the aid they are providing is being properly used - and what is truly needed. I'm not sure I agree.

Below is a similar complaint from a source many are skeptical of. Question: If you were commanding the Ukrainians would you counter-attack in the Kherson and Kharkiv region in order to pressure the Russians to divert resources from the Donbass salient, or would you take a defensive posture almost everywhere in order to conserve your artillery ammunition until more substantial stocks are delivered from the West?

Saw this yesterday: https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukraine-to-receive-additional-military-assistance-from-finland/ Ukraine to receive additional military assistance from Finland According to Wikipedia, Finland has quite a number of former Soviet artillery pieces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Finnish_Army#Field_artillery Hopefully, they can spare some rounds to give to Ukraine.

Looks like the same one to me:

According to this interview, the software was updated by a joint German-Ukrainian team: 6:16 Auch hier hatten wir auch ein Joint Venture mit ukrainischen IT-Spezialisten,

I wonder if these recent losses in the International Legion occurred in Severodenetsk? https://www.facebook.com/ukr.international.legion/posts/pfbid0YdFUktSM4hB3ue3Fsk7zNCt38VFe5nnnVX2bAnBTbcqo6rtYHuNKvFM1AoD9f6Bxl

I saw this this Russian propaganda performance first via the Canadian Ukraine Volunteer account, but here is the original. Wow! Seems to be the song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacred_War

It probably was this group of trainers: https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/2883015/washington-guard-accomplished-many-missions-in-2021/

Interesting, thoughtful discussion: https://warontherocks.com/2022/05/what-the-experts-got-wrong-and-right-about-russian-military-power/

Nice! I found the link from the source, Radio Poland: https://polskieradio24.pl/5/1222/Artykul/2968446,Polskie-armatohaubice-KRAB-trafily-do-ukrainskiej-armii