www.bbc.com
Love this part:Here's more reporting from Bucha....lotsa hardware that will never return to its garrison:
Ukraine war: Bucha street littered with burned-out tanks and corpses
A BBC team witnesses utter devastation in the town of Bucha, after Russian soldiers pulled out.
I suppose you meant "Europe" and the answer is pretty much no.
They were, but as mentioned, Putin is now demanding payment in Rubles and contract nations are refusing to accept any fuel deliveries, as the change in payment currency is a breach of their terms.
Strategically this is a major loss for Russia as they will now have to go cap in hand to other countries to try to get their sales back up.
I don't think that's the case exactly. Putin's demand was rejected for the second time, but I have not seen any news articles saying that governments were refusing deliveries. They were refusing to pay for gas in rubles because it is a breach of contract as you pointed out. As far as I could tell though, the pipelines have been flowing and are continuing to flow. That's why Germany and Austria are planning gas rationing programs in case Russia turns off the tap in response to their refusal to pay in rubles.
Good point. My suggestion is that we collectively assume that all vids are likely to be fake until we can find a third party that's made at least a cursory claim at verification, even if it's Fox or right wing nutbar affiliated.
I don't think China is going to be making any moves on Taiwan until years after the dust has settled and things are analyzed in Ukraine.re the US supplying or helping others supply currently combat capable aircraft such as the Mig-29 etal.
The distance from Kyiv to Moscow is only ~540 miles (870 km). A Mig-29 loaded with DTs and a couple of bombs, flying from Antonov Airport, could easily reach Moscow. Whether they could return safely (fuel wise) I do not know.
There is no way (I think) that the US is going to give Ukraine weapons that can accomplish something like that - not unless the theater situation changes in a very significant way.
Even supplying weapons like the US M270 MLRS system, capable of operating at the grand tactical level, is unlikely (I think). Properly targeted, a single MLRS launch vehicle salvo (12 missiles x 644 HE/AT submunitions each = 7728 potential targets hit) is designed to effectively take out a tank battalion (30+ vehicles) and any support vehicles (AA, ICV, soft skins, etc), in tactical road column or off-road tactical formation capable of mutual-support. Because the M77 submunitions are dual purpose (ie HE and AT) any unprotected infantry would be decimated as well.
Maybe non-land attack capable anti-ship weapons like the RGM-84 Harpoon? "The U.S. Delays Delivery of Harpoon Coastal Defense System to Taiwan - Naval Post- Naval News and Information"
