Posted on 03/16/2023 6:20:02 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
I wonder what his FR handle is.
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Could be anyone of the Putinistas - especially the Hardcore and the self-admitted Russians.
B52 Noble 41 just changed changed direction and now heading in Moscow direction over Lituania.
ISW’s RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 15, 2023
“The overall pace of Russian operations in Ukraine appears to have decreased compared to previous weeks... daily Russian ground attacks have decreased from 90 to 100 attacks per day to 20 to 29 per day.”
“The Russian offensive operation in Luhansk Oblast is likely nearing culmination, if it has not already culminated”
“ISW has been unable to confirm the commitment of the 2nd Motor Rifle Division (1st Guards Tank Army, Western Military District) to the offensive in Luhansk Oblast” (that is their Reserve force, presumably still waiting to exploit a breakthrough).
“The overall Wagner Group offensive on Bakhmut additionally appears to be nearing culmination... Russian forces would likely have to commit significant reserves to prevent this culmination. They may be able to do so, as ISW has observed elements of Russian airborne regiments in and around Bakhmut that do not seem to be heavily committed”
“International journalists reportedly obtained the Kremlin’s long-term strategy document for destabilizing Moldova and reintegrating it back into the Russian sphere of influence by 2030.”
“Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin commented on the reports about the dismissal of the Russian Commander of the Airborne (VDV) Forces Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky (first reported on January 20) - likely revealing Teplinsky’s affiliation with Wagner.” (Surovikin was also considered a pro-Wagner General, and was replaced around the same time)
“Russian forces did not conduct any confirmed ground attacks northwest of Svatove and conducted limited ground attacks on the Svatove-Kreminna line.
Russian forces continued advancing in and around Bakhmut and conducted ground attacks along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.
A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces attempted to conduct offensive actions across the Kakhovka Reservoir in Kherson Oblast.
The Kremlin reportedly tasked the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) to recruit 400,000 contract servicemen starting on April 1.
Ukrainian partisans killed a Russian collaborator in an IED attack in Melitopol, Zaporizhia Oblast.”
It must make you heartsick to know just who are dying, just who are being maimed and those who have lost everything. They are all regular people, innocent people, mostly kids on both sides. ALL of this, the entire CF did not have to happen. Without the coup, none of these people would be dying. Had the damn Uniparty (R) Judases taken action when everyone who would be responsible for the corruption and escalations that caused this quagmire went on parade during the Trump “bad phone call impeachment”, Putin’s hand wouldn’t have been forced. I get so damn tired of watching people keep score of casualties, “yippee!, our side is winning, we killed more than you”. Innocent kids.
Poland is off the hook about arming up...
@visegrad24 1h
BREAKING: The U.S. State Department has approved Poland’s request to purchase 800 HELLFIRE missiles.
The tank-busting missiles will be fitted on the 32 AgustaWestland AW149 multi-role helicopters that Poland bought last summer.
Poland is also buying 96 Apache attack helicopters.
Putins hand was forced? Trading with EU, severalNATO countries on its border, no attacks. Again trading, getting richer…. But his hand was forced?
Nah ego maniac wanted his empire and legacy
The deaths are on his hands and the others that call for killing ALL ukrainians( of course who don’t really exist, but we have to eliminate them…. Amazing logic) women children babies. Burn them drown them. This is Russian TV
But sure Putin/Russians innocent victims /s
“155mm shells, Bradley’s Strykers abrams are not going to be used to fight China. If it comes to that it is already over”
That seems correct. A fight with China will be Air Force and Navy.
US SUBS were critical in the war games that some research institute recently performed.
I said RuZZia’s spring offensive had already peaked. Bakhmut MAY fall, but they have peaked.
““The overall pace of Russian operations in Ukraine appears to have decreased compared to previous weeks... daily Russian ground attacks have decreased from 90 to 100 attacks per day to 20 to 29 per day.””
“Putin’s hand wouldn’t have been forced”
Little Pukin’s hand wasn’t forced. This is a war of Choice.
And he chose badly. Very badly.
200,000 RuZZian casualties so far and counting.
“Poland is off the hook about arming up”
Poland and Ukraine will be the military powers of NATO in the future.
Second Army of the World.
“An anecdote about a Russian regiment that didn’t have enough helmets for its mobilized soldiers, so their families bought them themselves. But 5 soldiers who were raised in orphanages were fighting without helmets until a Telegram channel purchased them.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1636476494217203722
“Seems as though Russia lost a Ka-52 helicopter today. The crew didn’t survive.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1636467525905948692
“Seems as though Russia lost a Ka-52 helicopter today”
I saw that too.
Also, an Su-24 (Close Air Support) jet, where only one of the two crew ejected.
Russians threw a lot of Aviation assets into the fight in recent days. 40 sorties in one day around Bakhmut.
The demil of Russia continues apace.
China has to cover 100 miles to Taiwan if they want to invade. Even for airborne that is a long haul and once there they would be pretty much on their own
Now if China just wants to wipe the island off the map that is a different story, but again the argument that we need the arms being shipped to Ukraine to fight China is just plain false.
To repeat myself Bradley’s, Strykers, abrams artillery were designed and built to fight the soviets and now Russia, not China and not as Macgregor claims to protect our borders though I guess I have found something I agree with him on lol
What is the point in holding on to stockpiles of these things when there is an actual war of aggression by Putin?
Will this war expand, most likely, but the alternative is to kick the can down the road like chamberlain did “peace in our time “
@visegrad24 39m
A Russian 767 Boeing aircraft from Azul Air suffered an engine failure while taking off from Phuket airport in February.
The plane had gone 3 years without an engine inspection, due to Western sanctions
Russian planes won’t be able to operate much longer
@visegrad24 13h
Turkey has decided to stop servicing the planes of Russian airlines.
Russian Boeing and Airbus aircraft will also no-longer be refueled in Turkey.
The Western sanctions are starting to affect more and more segments of the Russian economy.
The prep for the Crimea will be started in the adjacent Zaprizhizhia and then into all adjoining Kherson areas.
Meanwhile, the FSB building burns.
CAS missions are flown whenever artillery or armor cannot support the ground troops.
An increase in aircraft missions is a clear sign that RU has a shortage of artillery shells.
If the U.S. decides to support Taiwan with personnel and material, then the U.S. Army and U.S.M.C. will also play an important role...Ground Based Air Defense (Patriots, etc.).
My hope is the U.S. has pre-positioned enough equipment to survive the initial thrust (most likely cruise missiles).
Also, don't forget the U.S. Army artillery employs the MGM-140 Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)... a surface-to-surface missile that has a range of up to 190 miles (more than enough to reach mainland China).
My guess is the U.S. Army is hesitant to provide ATACMS to Ukraine because their entire inventory is committed to defense of Taiwan.
If the U.S. enters the conflict, China doesn't stand a chance. Period.
“An increase in aircraft missions is a clear sign that RU has a shortage of artillery shells.”
The day approaches, when they will have a shortage of aircraft as well.
Tick tock Putin. Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
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