re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Makes one wonder if Russia is running out of modern or modernized tanks or if they just trying to over power Ukraine with numbers?

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Historically, this is Russia’s schtick. Raw numbers and excessive brutality, with a sprinkling of advanced weapons strikes to make for intimidating optics. The ends always justify the means

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Lot of smoke here but still unconfirmed. Would be a huge deal because Russia has some elite guys in this area.

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After a month of combat, I think it’s safe to say that Ukrainian spetnaz are better than Russian spetnaz.

Also if your post is true and the circled area is accurate. The Ukies have cut off the only road and rail access to the Russian forces west of Kyiv. Those Russian troops would be trapped in the Kyiv suburbs with only a nature preserve bordering the reservoir north of Kyiv as there way of escaping encirclement. I have been to that nature preserve before and it’s rugged and overgrown. I would not want to be one of the poor conscripts trying to make my way through through it in full military gear with a pissed off enemy shooting at them.

The world is destroying itself over a small regional conflict that would be over by now if it had been left alone.

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NEXTA @nexta_tv #Russia's only tank manufacturer, Uralvagonzavod, has stopped its production. The main reason for this is a lack of component parts.

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Pro-Ukraine source so TIFWIW, but they're usually pretty accurate.

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Or is the NCO role completely disregarded?

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Pretty much. In the Soviet army NCOs were conscripts. They'd take a few guys who seemed a little smarter than the rest, give them a couple weeks extra training and pin stripes on them. They'd serve their standard two year enlistment and the process would start all over with the next batch. Supposedly the army is more professional now but as it turns out, not so much.

Traditionally, the officers consider enlisted men to be children incapable of independent thought and action, who need a strong whip hand to keep them in line. And the government elites see the armed forces as a potential rival, so there's a disencentive to actually have a strong, well functioning military.

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Pretty much. In the Soviet army NCOs were conscripts. They'd take a few guys who seemed a little smarter than the rest, give them a couple weeks extra training and pin stripes on them. They'd serve their standard two year enlistment and the process would start all over with the next batch. Supposedly the army is more professional now but as it turns out, not so much.

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Ah, thanks. Reminds me of the KATUSA's I worked with in Korea, except I think they were promoted to NCO (CPL) automatically at 18 months. They were only treated as NCO's when filling the duty roster.

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Ok men we are attacking follow me, Rostov get a haircut, Zalinsky pick up those cigarette butts

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That actually made me laugh out loud.

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After a month of combat, I think it’s safe to say that Ukrainian spetnaz are better than Russian spetnaz.

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I have no idea why Putin hasn't unleashed Steven Seagal yet. Makes no sense.

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How do you think we got to the point where we were ok with shutting down our businesses for months on end over Covid? If they had told us what they were actually going to do instead “15 Days to Slow the Spread” there would have been mass riots immediately.

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Amen. All of this shite happened under Trump. As we know when something happens under a president its that president's fault right?

Or does it all depend on whether people like that president or not? Im sure what you mentioned above was not Trump's fault.. But anything bad that happens under Biden is 100% his fault.