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MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Maybe she had drinks with the Azov ladies and consumed more than was wise. Good result whatever the cause
‘We’re out of money’: US exhausts security funds for Ukraine
Administration officials had issued warnings about this outcome for months.
www.defensenews.com
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
What a crap article.‘We’re out of money’: US exhausts security funds for Ukraine
Administration officials had issued warnings about this outcome for months.
Yes, the last bill that was passed has reached it's limit for funding.
The new bill (which is being hijacked - as usual - by "pork bellies") hasn't passed yet.
But in the larger picture, they are not "out of money" - the aid to Ukraine is a small fraction of the overall budget and a large share of the equipment being sent has long since been payed for and would most likely be sold or donated to other countries.
I honestly think that "journalists" who post articles like this should be beat with a rubber hose filled with sand.
Venomstick121
Airman 1st Class
- 239
- Dec 21, 2023
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Thumpalumpacus
Major
NEAR KUPIANSK, Ukraine, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Rows of white concrete barricades and coils of razor wire stretch across an open field for more than a kilometre. Trenches with rudimentary living quarters are being dug under cover of darkness. Artillery rumbles not far away.
New defensive lines visited by Reuters near the northeastern city of Kupiansk on Dec. 28 show how Ukraine has stepped up construction of fortifications in recent months as it shifts its military operations against Russia to a more defensive footing.
The defences, which bear some similarities to those rolled out in the Russian-occupied south and east, aim to help Ukraine weather assaults while regenerating its forces as Moscow takes the battlefield initiative, military analysts said.
"As soon as the troops are moving, traversing fields, you can do without fortifications. But when the troops stop, you need to immediately dig into the ground," a Ukrainian army engineer with the call sign Lynx told Reuters near Kupiansk.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Ukraine was "significantly enhancing" fortifications on Nov. 28 after a counteroffensive that it launched in June was unable to rapidly punch through Russian lines.
Kyiv says it is unswayed in its ambition to retake all remaining occupied territory, but for now is focused on politically sensitive conscription reforms to replenish manpower and on addressing artillery shortages at the front.
Russia has been ramping up offensive pressure around eastern towns such as Kupiansk, Lyman and Avdiivka, and no longer needs to hold back its reserve troops for fear of a possible Ukrainian breakthrough, the military analysts said.
New defensive lines visited by Reuters near the northeastern city of Kupiansk on Dec. 28 show how Ukraine has stepped up construction of fortifications in recent months as it shifts its military operations against Russia to a more defensive footing.
The defences, which bear some similarities to those rolled out in the Russian-occupied south and east, aim to help Ukraine weather assaults while regenerating its forces as Moscow takes the battlefield initiative, military analysts said.
"As soon as the troops are moving, traversing fields, you can do without fortifications. But when the troops stop, you need to immediately dig into the ground," a Ukrainian army engineer with the call sign Lynx told Reuters near Kupiansk.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Ukraine was "significantly enhancing" fortifications on Nov. 28 after a counteroffensive that it launched in June was unable to rapidly punch through Russian lines.
Kyiv says it is unswayed in its ambition to retake all remaining occupied territory, but for now is focused on politically sensitive conscription reforms to replenish manpower and on addressing artillery shortages at the front.
Russia has been ramping up offensive pressure around eastern towns such as Kupiansk, Lyman and Avdiivka, and no longer needs to hold back its reserve troops for fear of a possible Ukrainian breakthrough, the military analysts said.
Venomstick121
Airman 1st Class
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- Dec 21, 2023
I feel that if Ukraine defending very well. If they just keep Russians from advancing for a little longer they could probably for a surrender. The only issue I see is cruise missiles and artillery
Thumpalumpacus
Major
I think the Ukrainians will need to forcibly expel Russian troops for this war to end. The other scenario I could see would be Putin being deposed due to the war getting long and turning into a quagmire -- but that, I think, will take years.
Venomstick121
Airman 1st Class
- 239
- Dec 21, 2023
Yes, but would'nt the russians eventually run out of armor to use against the ukrainians? In modern warfare armor is key or am I wrong
Thumpalumpacus
Major
The Russians still have a few thousand tanks in backstock. Those tanks won't help punch through the defenses mentioned in the article I quoted, anyway; such defenses are ideally penetrated by infantry, after which armor is fed into the gap for exploitation.
This war will be much more about artillery and drones, imo.
Venomstick121
Airman 1st Class
- 239
- Dec 21, 2023
Could you also include standoff weapons?
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Of course. Drones are standoff too.
My point is that I don't think an infantry/tank assault will be decisive unless and until the Ukrainians use arty, drones, longer-range missiles, etc to destroy Russian logistic nodes. The Ukrainians seem to understand this, which is why all three routes into Crimea (seaborne, Kerch bridge, overland rail) are under regular attack.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
And here's a similar view:
nationalinterest.org
Ukraine Needs a New Counteroffensive to Beat Russia
The Ukrainian conflict has a long way to go. However, a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive could shorten the war against Russia significantly. Kyiv needs to sit down with its Western partners and plan the conditions to achieve that result and win.
nationalinterest.org
Warspite63
Senior Airman
- 337
- Dec 8, 2022
Good question, though I would not include the M-R Pact in the list: from Stalin's perspective, it bought precious time. Germany was temporarily sidelined as a threat, allowing Stalin the opportunity to get really busy with another priority: purging his military leadership. That turned out well......
RogerdeLluria
Staff Sergeant
- 1,300
- Jul 5, 2015
"By providing our support, we cannot prevent the destruction of facilities on the territory of the aggressor in order to slow down the advance of Russian troops. And therefore there should be no restrictions on the weapons that are transferred to Ukraine,"
Estonian President Alar Karis.
That's the attitude.
I always though that the "don't use ATACMS / Storm Shadow / put your favorite weapon on Russian territory" is a stupid constraint.
Estonian President Alar Karis.
That's the attitude.
I always though that the "don't use ATACMS / Storm Shadow / put your favorite weapon on Russian territory" is a stupid constraint.
With that alliance forming the two Ukrainian ex-UK minesweepers could be temporarily transferred to any of the three nations to take part in this operation.
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
I still don't see why they can't just send them up the Rhine, through the Rhine - Danube Canal, and down the Danube to the Black Sea.
With that alliance forming the two Ukrainian ex-UK minesweepers could be temporarily transferred to any of the three nations to take part in this operation.
