"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (5 Viewers)

buffnut453 · Dec 1, 2023

GTX said:
The Russians Just Blew Up A Hard-To-Replace Ukrainian Attack Jet. Too Bad For Them, It Was A Fake.

Two months after losing planes in back-to-back drone strikes on a southern airfield, the Ukrainian air force has swapped out real planes with at least one fake.

www.forbes.com

Not sure I buy that. Looks like a pretty real Su-25 to my eyes. If it was a decoy, they went to a lot of trouble replicating the wing pylons and even adding a couple of drop tanks.

GTX · Dec 1, 2023

Ukraine blows up 2 railway connections between Russia and China

Kyiv’s saboteurs strike deep in enemy territory, with Russian media reporting that authorities are investigating it as a terror attack.

www.politico.eu

GTX · Dec 1, 2023

Putin’s buddy Orbán pushes EU to the brink over Ukraine

This month’s summit will be a decisive test of how far Budapest will go to thwart EU support for Kyiv.

www.politico.eu

GTX · Dec 1, 2023

Raising, Training, Sustaining and Adapting Military Forces for War

The Ukrainian Ground Forces and the challenges of training soldiers for battle

mickryan.substack.com

Admiral Beez · Dec 1, 2023

GTX said:
Ukraine blows up 2 railway connections between Russia and China

Kyiv’s saboteurs strike deep in enemy territory, with Russian media reporting that authorities are investigating it as a terror attack.

www.politico.eu

The single railway bridge between Russian and North Korea must seem an inviting target.

Korea–Russia Friendship Bridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Escuadrilla Azul · Dec 1, 2023

Admiral Beez said:
The single railway bridge between Russian and North Korea must seem an inviting target.

Korea–Russia Friendship Bridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

A railway Bridge too far?

Admiral Beez · Dec 1, 2023

Escuadrilla Azul said:
A railway Bridge too far?

You jest, but IDK. Considering that the majority of the half million dead and wounded "Russians" from this war come from the ethnic communities of Siberia where this bridge is located, there may be some opportunities for civilian resistance.

GTX · Dec 1, 2023

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_GAUkjjXLw

MiTasol · Dec 1, 2023

buffnut453 said:
Not sure I buy that. Looks like a pretty real Su-25 to my eyes. If it was a decoy, they went to a lot of trouble replicating the wing pylons and even adding a couple of drop tanks.

Given the fairly good optics on modern drones, unless it looks pretty close to the real thing I think a good FPV drone operator is going to recognise it is a dummy and keep looking for the real thing.

GrauGeist · Dec 1, 2023

Ukraine has used out of service aircraft as decoys.

This Su-25 may have been one of them.

ThomasP · Dec 2, 2023

Interesting bit of side info, not directly related to the war in Ukraine (at least I hope it's not), but if true does involve EU/NATO matters of security that could have effects on future continued or new hostilities.

"'Everything indicates' Chinese ship damaged Baltic pipeline on purpose, Finland says"

Escuadrilla Azul · Dec 2, 2023

buffnut453 said:
Not sure I buy that. Looks like a pretty real Su-25 to my eyes. If it was a decoy, they went to a lot of trouble replicating the wing pylons and even adding a couple of drop tanks.