Russian Train Wreck?
They’ll be firing them into the air and where they land they do not care
“U.S. officials say Ukrainian leaders have told them that American and other allied weaponry is making a difference on the battlefield. Ukrainian soldiers armed with shoulder-fired Javelin anti-tank missiles have several times in the past week attacked a mileslong convoy of Russian armor and supply trucks, helping stall the Russian ground advance as it bears down on Kyiv, Pentagon officials said. Some of the vehicles are being abandoned, officials said, because Russian troops fear sitting in the convoy when fuel-supply tanks are being targeted by the Ukrainians, setting off fireballs.”
“The convoy has also come under attack several times at different places along the column from another weapon supplied by a NATO member state. Armed Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones, which the Ukrainian military used for the first time in combat against Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine last October, are now hunting Russian tanks and other vehicles, U.S. officials said.”
“Even the elements have sided with the Ukrainian military in the war’s early days. Bad weather in northern Ukraine has grounded some Russian attack planes and helicopters, a senior Pentagon official said. Many Russian vehicles that have driven off the main roads to avoid the stalled convoy have gotten stuck in the mud, making them more vulnerable to attack, officials said.”
Too bad this is the NY Slimes otherwise I might believe it.
Maybe it’s not a good idea to make information like this public? Maybe the NYT is aiding Russian? Maybe Estonian will pay a price for this?
Having never been in the military myself, that sounds like a lot.
The core limitation right now is cargo capacity. Every Polish airport along the border is clogged with Globemasters filled with supplies.
Zelinskyy emptied the prisons, and gave guns to the cons. I wonder if any weapobs will end up on the black market.
Where is the Ukrainian army? 250,000, 300 aircraft, 800 tanks?
“Two Big Four accounting firms KPMG International and PricewaterhouseCoopers to suspend operations in Russia and Belarus.
KPMG has over 4,500 partners and staff in Russia and Belarus.
PwC has 3,700 partners and staff in Russia and has operated in the country for 30 years.”
Russian economy slowly grinding down. Another 8000 unemployed.
I am no expert on the Javelin, it does appear to work well and I know it has the two methods of attack.
That being said I would think that the closer ranges that must be dealt with in urban settings would lend itself to the Panzerfaust 3.
I heard Germany sent 400, I would think they are going to need a lot more.
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Who is paying for these javelin missiles and other weaponry “the US and NATO are pushing over the border”? We’re going to be paying for the Afghanistan f-up for decades financially, and now we may be funding this shit show?
A senior U.S. defense official early Sunday evening in Washington, D.C., released an updated assessment of how the war is going in Ukraine.
Among the latest updates:
The U.S. has observed limited changes on the ground over the past day. Russian forces’ continued efforts to advance and isolate Kyiv, Kharkhiv and Chernihiv across the north and
east are being met with strong Ukrainian resistance.
Russian troops remain outside these city centers, though there were no specifics on how far away they were. Russian forces do not appear to have made any significant advances along their lines of attack. The 40-mile long Russian convoy headed for the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv continues to be stalled.
The U.S. assesses that somewhere near 95% of the combat power Russia had amassed along the border is now in Ukraine.
The U.S. has observed fighting in the south near Kherson and Mykolaiv, but can’t independently verify reporting of Russian forces firing on protesters in Kherson.
Senior U.S. defense officials have not observed an amphibious invasion in or near Odessa, nor do they believe that one is imminent.
Fighting continues as the Russians continue to attempt to encircle Mariupol, and there continue to be reports of widespread utility outages (water and electricity).
The airspace over Ukraine continues to be contested. Ukrainian air and missile defenses remain effective and in use. The Ukrainian military continues to fly aircraft and employ air defense assets.
The U.S. assesses that both sides still possess a majority of their air defense systems and capabilities.
As of Sunday, approximately 600 launches of Russian missiles of all sizes have occurred since the invasion began.
Defense officials believe the Ukrainian people in most parts of the country still have means of communication, access to the internet and the media.
Russian Train Wreck?
More wasted money on weapons the Russians will destroy.
Praise God! That’s more Anti-tank missiles than they’ve got total tanks.
Russia claims to be a superpower. It isn’t. It claims it has almost 20,000 tanks. Over half of them are in storage, non-operational, or awaiting parts/repairs.
No wonder they are demolishing Russia’s armor wholesale. They’ll never get through that buzzsaw.
How much is Ukraine buying the weapons for?
What is the profit margin for the sellers of the weapons?