re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Europe has gone all in on dependence on Russia

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My sauces in Ukraine have been telling me the same thing. They are also telling me to wait . . . . Only the Russian Air Force is stopping the Ukrainians from blitzing south from Dnipro.

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Ukraine retaking Kherson and melitopol seem crucial to me in terms of bringing everyone to the table to find an end to this war. But honest question - if the Russian Air Force is preventing that today what is going to change that in the next few months?

Weather? Their ability to fly or fight in low visibility seems pretty sketchy.

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Tells you the world has gone to sh*t when you have to decide between a Commie or a Nazi

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Quit pissing on 1940s America it was the greatest generation donchaknow.

Granted not everybody has to be a PT stud. OTOH if you're on a ship you had better be fit enough to fight a fire and do damage control, regardless of your assigned job. Same with being deployed in a combat zone or even overseas in general. You may not go out on a patrol, but you might get rocketed and have to drag somebody to safety. I believe some people I see in uniform nowadays would have trouble doing that.

Then there's morale, esprit de corps, whatever you want to call it, and that includes a fitness standard that's higher than the average guy on the street. Obviously it can and sometimes does get taken to absurdity, but someone who joins the military ought to want to be a cut above. Even if they're just manning the tech support help desk.

Igor Girkin is still dumping on Putin for not ratcheting up the war.

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If this change doesn’t happen, Putin will at best end like Milosevic, in the worst case – like Qaddafi.

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It’s also cold here – in the first winter we’ll have so many casualties that… no war has brought as many. So I hope there is at least some good sense remaining, and we will see the change of leadership, at least partial, and the martial law, and mobilisation, and generally adequate actions on both military and diplomatic fields. If that doesn’t happen, this “great team”, it can only steal, loot and lose. And won’t bring anything but the total defeat.

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15-20 years ago I encouraged people to join but I would no longer do that today.

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Too late. I filled out the paperwork for the Army reserve last night.

British Defence Intelligence
UPDATE ON UKRAINE 16 June 2022
INTELLIGENCE UPDATE
All of the main bridges over the Siverskyy Donets River, which link the contested town of Sieverodonetsk and Ukrainian-held territory, have now highly likely been destroyed. Ukraine has probably managed to withdraw a large proportion of its combat troops, who were originally holding the town. The situation continues to be extremely difficult for the Ukrainian forces and civilians remaining east of the river. With the bridges highly likely destroyed, Russia will now likely need to either conduct a contested river crossing, or advance on its currently stalled flanks to turn tactical gain into operational advantage.

Russia's combat force in the Donbas is highly likely operating in increasingly ad hoc and severely undermanned groupings. As claimed by the Ukrainian authorities, some Russian Battalion Tactical Groups (BTGs - typically established at around 600 to 800 personnel - have been able to muster as few as 30 soldiers. For both sides fighting in contested towns, front line combat is likely increasingly devolving to small groups of troops typically operating on foot. Some of Russia's strengths, such as its advantage in numbers of tanks, become less relevant in this environment. This is likely contributing to its continued slow rate of advance.

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Israel does the same thing and it's saved their country. I used to work with this girl from Israel and she said they all look forward to turning 18 so they could join.

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Western (i.e., US) money saved their country. It's the only reason their country even exists.

I know dozens of people from Israel and they said it's bullshite service. None of them "looked forward" to turning 18 or enjoyed their time in the military.

South Koreans, on the other hand...

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#Kharkiv Axis - #Russian forces have declared the start of a new offensive to attack Kharkiv city. The short term objective is to capture the #Ukrainian defenses in Dementiivka and Rus'ka Lozova. There is reported fighting in Prudyanka, indicating that RU has recaptured Tsupivka.

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