Posted on 10/29/2022 3:27:02 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
On the screen of a thermal imaging camera, the Russian armored personnel carrier disappeared in a silent puff of smoke.
“What a beautiful explosion,” said First Lt. Serhiy, a Ukrainian drone pilot who watched as his weapon buzzed into a Russian-controlled village and picked off the armored vehicle, a blast that was audible seconds later at his position about four miles away.
“We used to cheer, we used to shout, ‘Hurray!’ but we’re used to it now,” he said.
The war in Ukraine has been fought primarily through the air, with artillery, rockets, missiles and drones. And for months, Russia had the upper hand, able to lob munitions at Ukrainian cities, towns and military targets from positions well beyond the reach of Ukrainian weapons.
But in recent months, the tide has turned along the front lines in southern Ukraine. With powerful Western weapons and deadly homemade drones, Ukraine now has artillery superiority in the area, commanders and military analysts say.
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The off ramp is Russia leaves Ukraine with security guarantees for a neutral Ukraine.
No, that was Russia AND China. China was not supplying AKs, 130mm artillery, SAM systems, MIG 21s T-55 tanks etc and etc. At the time China was unable to supply this stuff. That, plus commodity aid that came straight from Russia, is why mining Haiphong harbor was such a big deal. Also note that Russian ships used to sail right by the US 7th fleet, into Haiphong.
A little bit of research would do you a lot of good.
Long but worthwhile.
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/vietnam/hist-2nd-indochina-ussr.htm
A bit of STFU would do you a world of good.
Mother Russia frowns on warfap.
Western weapons means U.S. weapons and they have no place in the Russo-Ukraine conflict. To hell with both of those beggars and the mothers that whelped them.
You do not want to admit your laziness?
I hate lazy people btw. I despise them. They enrage me.
You could have checked, in seconds, but you didnt.
Why not? Explain yourself, if you can.
Hate-filled little twit, aren't ya?
Western weapons include a lot more than US weapons btw. In actual numbers the bulk of military aid Ukraine is getting is ex-soviet designs from Eastern Europe and elsewhere, and also newly manufactured ammo from these countries.
“Western weapons” in Ukraine are actually few in number but very important due to their capabilities.
And why do they “have no place”? What is the source of your pique?
Well, I hate you, for one.
You insist on doing things that I hate, or rather, you are not doing things that you should, which I hate.
Work hard, and I will hate you less.
Be a better person, and I will hate you less.
I suspect these policies may also help with some of your other problems in life.
Day-um!
I do dislike and have disdain for a few people on this forum, but hate?
Hate is more a leftist thing. They spew hate and anger all over the place.
Happy to say I don’t hate anybody here. Hate comes from a dark and evil place.
I hope you can overcome whatever drives that. I really do.
Do you work at being a weirdo, or does it just come naturally?
Yeah…like China has ever taken the side of Vietnam. That would be a nice trick. They have despised each other for about 1,000 years.
You’d have a better chance getting the Turks to hang out with Armenians.
And why do they “have no place”? What is the source of your pique?...........
The corrupt Russian government is trying to up end the more corrupt Ukrainian government and our participation is not to the benefit of the U.S.. Enriching our oligarchs is not in our national interest.
Your medical and educational and financial industries are vastly more lucrative sources of political graft and oligarchic revenues than this little war. But I have never seen anyone in the US get worked up by them. And certainly not in FR.
Its like passing up a $100 bill, and fighting like wild dogs over a dime. There is something else going on in your minds.
LOL, with "friends" like that who needs enemies. Russia is not on the side of the Ukrainians. The Russians just want to seize the resources in Ukraine and rebuild their empire.
Sure: Monoey laundering, chjld trafficking, white slavery, biowar labs... basically all of the kinds of stupid shit that the Bible says idiots and wankers go to hell for. But then, you should know that, you're obviously a demopoop....
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