Many weapons systems like MANPADS are designed to be used by conscripts, i.e., the lowest common denominator, with a minimal amount of training. Others like tanks and aircraft require more training and especially specialized maintenance. Either Ukrainians have been trained to do so or contractors have been brought in to do the maintenance. Some equipment may be returned to Poland, repaired, and shipped back. The notion that their are significant numbers of ex-NATO troops fighting in Ukraine is simply absurd: there are a few units with a few thousand foreign volunteers. That's all.
Despite its enormous advantage in numbers of aircraft on paper, Russia can't even enforce air supremacy over Ukraine. And this despite the fact that Ukraine has only a few dozen aircraft.
The Ukrainians have learned how to do defense in depth very effectively: whatever small gains Russia makes cost it an enormous number of losses. If they can keep doing so, Russia may simply run out of men.
My belief is that Putin will try to capture all of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia. The first is likely, the second possible but unlikely and the third and fourth very unlikely. He simply does not have the men and equipment necessary to do so.
| In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Press review: Ukraine gets ready to host foreign troops as US prepares for trade war , pierrem15 wrote: |
| Many weapons systems like MANPADS are designed to be used by conscripts, i.e., the lowest common denominator, with a minimal amount of training. Others like tanks and aircraft require more training and especially specialized maintenance. Either Ukrainians have been trained to do so or contractors have been brought in to do the maintenance. Some equipment may be returned to Poland, repaired, and shipped back. The notion that their are significant numbers of ex-NATO troops fighting in Ukraine is simply absurd: there are a few units with a few thousand foreign volunteers. That's all. Despite its enormous advantage in numbers of aircraft on paper, Russia can't even enforce air supremacy over Ukraine. And this despite the fact that Ukraine has only a few dozen aircraft. The Ukrainians have learned how to do defense in depth very effectively: whatever small gains Russia makes cost it an enormous number of losses. If they can keep doing so, Russia may simply run out of men. My belief is that Putin will try to capture all of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia. The first is likely, the second possible but unlikely and the third and fourth very unlikely. He simply does not have the men and equipment necessary to do so. |
Western operators are sent with advanced equipment. NATO boots are on the ground, along with CIA and other Intel agencies.
You're saying Russia is helpless and can't win even though Russia defeated NATO and even the Ukraine's Rada is saying so. The death rate has always favored Russia - NATO gave Ukraine old obsolete hardware until NATO ran out of it. You make the point that Ukraine doesn't have military assets and then you say they are winning? I will be glad when the Ukrainian lying stops - all you're doing is extending the deaths of whatever Ukrainians remain.
NATO/Ukraine lost the proxy war. I believe Trump, not you.
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Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada, officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 deputies, who are presided over by a speaker. Wikipedia