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https://mastodon.social/@ragnarbjartur@masto.ai/112381829171883096 Reported Russian personel losses are at an all time high. The losses are around 3 to 400 higher than 2 weeks ago. Now up to 1200 per day for the 7 day average. I think that means that new or expected munitions are already having an impact. Before the US aid package Russian losses were in decline. Now they are through the roof https://lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/dfbcec47-7b01-400e-ab21-de8eb98c8f3a?s=kEpzTUNCBK0

https://masto.aidon.social/@ChrisO_wiki/112359154927283225 Not so positive view inside Ukraine. From this view it's currently the hardest time for Ukraine since March 2022.

https://forbes.ua/ru/news/ukrainskiy-virobnik-gotue-seriyne-virobnitstvo-analoga-dji-mavic-shmavik-forbes-diznavsya-yogo-kharakteristiki-ta-tsinu-17042024-20603 Via: https://mastodon.social/@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl/112296332321909985 I still don't know why Ukrainians allies don't seem able to get projects like this on the way. The cost of development is a fraction of the cost of a leopard... Peanuts to what else is being sent.

https://mastodon.social/@ChrisO_wiki/112279689602601908 Russia is discussing how to deal with the destruction of their refineries. The proposed lowering of standards would seriously damage their more modern vehicles.

https://harpers.org/archive/2024/03/the-pentagons-silicon-valley-problem-andrew-cockburn/ I think many here also ride the Ai hipe train. Might be an interesting read @The_Capt

That's why putting lots of cpnscripts on a ship that is not expecting to fight a peer naval war but mostly in the support role and freeing up marines for the trenches wasn't the worst idea of the Russians. Only problem for them is that Ukraine can kill their ships without a navy.

https://mastodon.social/@ragnarbjartur@masto.ai/112041991563168020 Well as reported by Ukraine. But Russian advances are not cheap for the Russians.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240302-europe-battles-powder-shortage-to-supply-shells-for-ukraine Money quotes: Well it sounds like there is work being done on substitute materials

That does sound encouraging. Hopefully he can reform the command staff away from the Soviet mindset. We have seen complaints from Ukrainian soldiers for a long time.

Does someone have a good statistic of Russias missile camping? There were only a couple big strikes this winter. Not like last year with a strike every half a week. So maybe Ukraine doesn't need to have all their air defense assets around Kiev right now. That might also explain why the shoot downs only started now

https://mastodon.social/@Ukrainenews/112011138304920773 The resistance is still going on. We haven't written about it here lately. Well I am also sure lots of Ukrainians have left the occupied areas in the last 2 years. Anyone got some numbers on that?

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/26/europe/sweden-nato-accession-hungary-intl/index.html Sweden is finally in NATO

https://kyivindependent.com/der-spiegel-germany-india-ammunition/ Well looks like proper sourcing of all world wide ammunitions is actually happening

https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/111994404908604461 https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/O8wx8A/trycket-okar-om-jas-till-ukraina

https://www.reuters.com/world/zelenskiy-says-31000-ukrainian-soldiers-killed-during-russias-invasion-2024-02-25/

I recommend ublock origin

Well think about how much fun we are making about bad Russian targeting with their missile campaigns. We will see if autonomous systems will do any better

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-russia-canada-artillery-shells-1.7120329 Well I hope that goes through. It would help Ukraine right now when it needs any shell it can get

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-20-2024 ISW has not seen any indication of that. Besides the cenit position

Sure driving faster is not keeping you completely safe. But that was not my point. The counter measures you suggested certainly work but are making the whole targeting process a lot more complicated. The relative speeds and distances mean that being able to go faster on the road does matter.

I just wanted to point out how much ISR value these drones give by not being autonomous. As long as you can send a video back you want to do that. Adding to the discussion about the speed of those drones. Imagine if the drone goes with 80km/h and the vehicle at 40km/h. If the vehicle is 5km away from the drone and both start moving at the same time the drone catches up to the vehicle at the 10km mark from starting point of the drone. If however the vehicle is going 60 km/h the drone would catch up only at the 20km mark. In this example a 50% speed increase is a 100% increase of distance to catch up. So going faster absolutely makes sense as a defense against drones. It also decreases the time you can get detected.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/19/7442486/ Another loophole is closing

https://archive.is/2024.02.18-043310/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-ukraine-war-soldier-uk-insider-9wbs2kf8q Behind the lines from the Russian perspective. Not quite up to date but still very interesting

Has anyone seen any content for the security guaranties Ukraine has signed with so many countries recently? I hate this journalism where essential information is left out all the time....

Well what do you think those over the Dinipro in Krynky are thinking? There it's either by boat or not at all. Sure if you have the option to have someone care for the patient that's great. But we are talking about combat situations where getting out alive is what counts. As was already stated EW and jamming can be very much reduced and should not be a mayor problem from an engineering point of view.