Posted on 02/09/2023 4:06:27 PM PST by thegagline
RUSSIA has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, thousands of tanks, and hundreds of warplanes preparing for a new assault, Ukraine has warned.
Vladimir Putin is believed to be preparing for a massive new offensive in the coming weeks to coincide with the first anniversary of the war in February 24.
Ukraine has been monitoring the military build up as they continue to plea for Western support - including during Volodymyr Zelensky's visit yesterday to London.
Zelensky hailed the UK for its support - but warned it may not be enough, and called for modern fighter planes.
The new assault is feared to be "much bigger" than the first wave which stormed across the country towards Kyiv almost exactly one year ago.
Russia is believed to be massing 1,800 tanks, 3,950 armoured vehicles, 400 fighter jets and 300 helicopters for the attack, according to a Ukrainian official. ***
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Advance pictured in the south from Crimea is not possible. Russia hasn’t got the naval strength or transport to do that, certainly not against proven antiship missile defenses, and it would take an enormous engineering and logistics effort to cross the Dneiper in any strength.
1800 tanks is not as much as it seems, and overstated. That’s what Russia went in with in the first place, in Feb-March, against vastly less numerous and capable Ukrainian forces. Also there are problems of logistics and concentration. Russia advanced on many axes at the same time (9-10 by my count, Kiev, Chernyghiv, Sumy Kharkiv Izyum Luhansk Donetsk (2 main), Mariupol from the East, Mariupol from the West, Kherson), using as many principal highways. Some of these ran into logistics problems through congestion, trying to support too much on single roads. This time it seems they will try it on 2-3 axes, multiplying their congestion problems. And then there are vulnerabilities from concentration.
That’s a lot of hardware.
This may be similar to the Winter War where the initial invasion by the Soviets failed but the Soviets kept pouring troops until the Finns had to surrender some land and sign an armistice.
“This is extermination. “
Hyperbole much?
Why did Pelosi impeach President Trump for talking to Zelensky?
Answer it.
Where, exactly, did Macho cheer on Putin?
"This is it. Russia’s blitzkrieg on Zelenskyy and none of those billions upon billions of dollars are going to help."
This is a statement on the tactic about to be executed by the Russians against their enemy in this war, Ukraine. Second, the point is made about how all of the money poured into the "defense" of Ukraine has been wasted.
The money was never intended to "save" Ukraine. It's kickback for being willing participants in numerous shady dealings by certain elements of the United States government and the West as a whole. From election fraud to illegal research facilities, dealer's choice.
No where in this was Putin "cheered on". This Geobbels-esque tactic on FR lately of being accused of being a Russian sympathizer if you dare to point out uncomfortable truths about this war needs to end.
Better not. The kill ratio of a direct conflict between Russia and NATO Is about 30:1. Nobody likes that as it brings nuclear weapons to the table. The fact that that ratio is in NATOs favor do s not help. Btw. Poland is next.
Or these unthinking violent slobs will just watch the football game.
They are indeed using large numbers of T62’s. About 50 have shown up destroyed on Oryx.
There’s quite a few non American posters that are paid provocateurs.
Another military loss for Brandon is brewing up. Can you say Afghanistan 2.0?
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As the infamous Obozo pastor Jerimiah Wright is want to say, “The chickens are coming home to roost.” Between Ukraine and Nordstream, Old Joe is cooked. The only thing Obozo was right about is if you want something screwed up royally, Joe is the guy to do it.
A Kursk redux?
A Kursk redux?
Russia would in Ukraine in any event. The same way they are in Belarus with a friendly govt. As for this being planned. Why in the world would anyone look to start up with a nation wih 6,000 nukes and a demonstrably meglomaniacal leader at the helm. From 1953 to the collapse of the USSR every single leader of the CPSU was constrained by the Politburo, and somehow that body with disparate members like Marxist zealot Suslov and the practical and wordly Dobrynin managed to avoid plunging the Rodina into war. No such group limits the former KGB thug leading the country. So why would anyone go out of his way to confront him? My friend spent 30 years with the DIA as both an analyst and operative with emphasis on Russia, Ukraine, and the ‘stans. 20 years ago when Putin was being portrayed as a good guy on Don Bellisario’s JAG my friend warned me that Putin is both evil and insane. He’s about to try and reenact Kursk with modern weapons and similar casualties on both sides and you’re cheering because Zelensky likes Soros and Barky.
Whomever decided in 1995 that Ukraine was not worthy of NATO membership should get a talking to, that would be Bill Clinton, but he was busy chasing skirt.
The deal then should have been, Giver up nuclear weapons, Get nato bases with nuclear weapons lockers, let EU encase Chernobyl problem, get nato membership with everyone else that was former WARSAW PAC in 2000.
If Pootie-Poot has 1800 tanks left, I’ll wager there’s more than a few T-34s mixed in.
2,700 artillery tubes, 800 MLRS and 1,800 tanks is a LOT of hardware. 400 jets. 300 helos.
2 to 3 million shells per week.
The SU-24 is supersonic, low level and carries approx 20,000lbs of bombs and rockets. The SU-34 is a much new version, supersonic and carries up; to 30,000lbs of bombs and rockets. They have hundreds of each.
Along with 500k men with rifles, mortars and grenades?
I wouldn’t want to have to fend that off even with the most cracker jack professional army in the world. That’s enough hardware and ordnance to make anyone damn nervous.
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Didn’t we already find that out when Kiev didn’t fall and Kherson was liberated?
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Not sure.
From my perspective, It looked like Russia approached their invasion with “kid gloves” towards their Historic Slavic Neighbor.
As Zelensky moves his country farther & farther towards the West, the Russian position should become more & more ruthless.
Also, when I was in a relationship with a Ukrainian woman from 1998-2002 neither her or her family were anti Russian. (I’m sure this position has changed since the Russian invasion)
In fact I can still hear her mother saying “What’s so great about America?”.... While conjuring up conspiracy theories about the way Russia was treated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
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