Posted on 02/14/2023 7:12:31 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
“First Bradleys left Bremerhaven and are under way to the east. “
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1625574614649765889
“I see that the Russian offensive in Bakhmut continues be the same as usual. Russian bodies littering the ground, all for nothing (or Putin’s palaces).”
https://twitter.com/herooftheday10/status/1625506976292651011
The RuZZian attacks with a few thousand missiles/drones over the past months has been a waste of resources.
“3rd day in a row, most Ukrainians have electricity all 24 hours, for the 1st time since Oct”
https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1625540041949777920
Vuhledar, the gift that keeps on giving.
“A destroyed Russian BMP-3 in....
Three guesses”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1625546728064663556
“”President Joe Biden has said the US will not send F-16s but American officials concede they are likely to provide Ukraine with more sophisticated air power as the war drags on — or at least give a green light to the transfer of F-16s from other powers.””
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1625607778461949972
Far from over? Jon Boy was posting that Bakhmut was surrounded. Hmm.
“Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Kremlin-controlled Wagner Group, whose mercenaries, along with the Russian regular army, have been attempting to capture Bakhmut, says the battle for the city is far from over.”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1625599469214474240
I’m honored.
“This drone was delivered to the 1st Tank Brigade a few weeks ago, they named it “Texas”.”
https://twitter.com/TonyaLevchuk/status/1625517441278259202
This could get interesting. Might need to add RuZZian aircraft to the daily counts in addition to Tanks/Artillery.
Why do I have a feeling this is going to end badly for the RuZZian boys?
“Russia is pulling combat aircraft to Ukraine’s borders as its ground forces are depleted - The Financial Times.
NATO representatives believe that the Russians are preparing to launch an “air campaign” and therefore are trying to disable Ukraine’s air defense.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1625597392799105024
“Western intelligence shows Russians amassing aircraft on Ukraine border”
https://www.ft.com/content/3fd6e91f-71e4-4c02-9360-be20a2a78763
Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems
“Ukraine update: The obscure, unheralded weapon that won the Battle of Vuhledar”
They can carry air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground bombs including LGBs and JDAMS, as well as air launched cruise missiles.
I believe the U.S. cannot prohibit the UK from providing the Eurofighters.
What Girls Want for Valentine’s Day:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1625362042030022657
I read about that earlier today. And some of those have an “expiration date”. That’s amazing, and deadly, tech.
M9 ACE
Poland Made A Better Russian-Style Tank—And Gave It To Ukraine
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/02/14/poland-made-a-better-russian-style-tank-and-gave-it-to-ukraine/
“Poland’s first post-Soviet tank was the PT-91 Twardy. A faster, better-protected version of the Russian T-72M1 that, most critically, also boasts a new fire-control system with high-end optics.
Twenty-seven years after the PT-91 entered service with the Polish army, the tank went to war for the first time ... against the Russians. In the summer of 2022, just a few months after Russia widened its war on Ukraine, Warsaw began transferring to Kyiv many of the roughly 230 Twardys in the Polish arsenal.
The PT-91s Poland has been donating to Ukraine represent just a small part of Warsaw’s wide-ranging military support for Kyiv. Poland has gifted to Ukraine, or pledged to gift, no fewer than 330 tanks. Old T-72M1s. PT-91s. Even a small number of German-designed Leopard 2s.”
At the outset of the Special Military Operation Ukraine had a larger army in the field than Russia. That is no longer the case. Russia destroyed Ukraine’s tank brigades and now Ukraine is begging desperately for replacements. Ukraine’s Army has been decimated by the Russian tactic of using artillery to attack and destroy fixed entrenchments. Even if NATO decided to mobilize and send its own troops to reinforce Ukraine, that would not be enough to “expel” Russian forces. Russia is fighting for its homeland.
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Russia’s so-called “conscripts” are military reservists, plus an estimated 100,000 volunteers who signed up. Ukraine, by contrast, is kidnapping 16 year old boys and 60 year old men off the streets in places like Kiev and Odessa. I find it hard to believe that Milley really believes the crap he is spewing. If he does then the United States military is in grave danger with a moron like that in charge.
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Russia enjoys advantages in personnel, tanks, artillery, ammunition, electronic warfare, combat aircraft, helicopters and hyper sonic missiles. There is zero evidence that Ukraine has more courage, resilience or tactical skill than the Russians. In fact, the real asymmetry is that Russia has more trained soldiers than Ukraine by a vast margin.
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Ukraine, with the help of the West, is sleep walking into the slaughterhouse. Ukraine and NATO’s refusal to wake up and grasp the reality of what is happening is likely to lead to the destruction of both.
What a concept.
Brilliant!
And some of those have an “expiration date”.
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Yes they do. Generally speaking, they expire when Russian troops and vehicles rush in to see what the fuss is all about.
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