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buffnut453 said:
Yep, it's a T-72. The T-55 and T-62 both had 5 main road wheels, albeit with different spacing. The T-72 has 6 large road wheels.
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In between they tried 6 small roadwheels on the T-64. While they never changed them on those tanks, they never used that pattern again so I can bet it wasn't especially successful.

Roadwheel number & spacing is one of the best tells of which tanks are which till you get to the T-80/T-90 era.
 

T-80 is a young sibling of the T-64, the family of 'advanced tanks'. Outward similarity are the small wheels.
T-90 is a young sibling of the T-72, the family of 'run on the mill' tanks. Those have the bigger wheels.
 
The U.S. is sending up to $100 million in additional military aid to Ukraine as Russia's invasion of the country continues.

The State Department and Pentagon announced the military funding in statements Tuesday evening. The money will go toward Javelin anti-armor systems, according to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he authorized an immediate drawdown to address Ukraine's need for more anti-armor systems. Drawdowns allow the president to help countries during emergencies without needing approval from a legislative authority or budgetary appropriations, according to a Defense Department handbook.

Tuesday night's drawdown marks the sixth such allocation the U.S. has made for Ukraine since August, according to Blinken. The U.S. has provided Ukraine with more than $1.7 billion since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in late February.

"I have authorized, pursuant to a delegation from the President earlier today, the immediate drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $100 million to meet Ukraine's urgent need for additional anti-armor systems," Blinken said in a statement.

US to send $100M in additional military aid to Ukraine

The U.S. is sending up to $100 million in additional military aid to Ukraine as Russia’s invasion of the country continues. The State Department and Pentagon announced the military funding in state…
thehill.com

Nice, but not enough.
 
A small cul de sac in Lithuania's capital Vilnius did not have a name, and the only address in this street belonged to the Russian embassy. Once formalities are finished, the embassy's new address will be "Ukraine's Heroes 2", in Ukrainian – "Улица Героев Украины 2".

"Every Russian embassy's workers' business card from now on will have to honour Ukrainian heroes," the city mayor wrote in his Facebook post.

"Everyone who writes a letter to the embassy will have to think about Russia's aggression and Ukrainian heroes," Šimašius added.

Street with Russian Embassy in Vilnius to be renamed ‘Ukraine’s Heroes Street’

www.euractiv.com
 

SINGAPORE, April 6 (Reuters) - China's state refiners are honouring existing Russian oil contracts but avoiding new ones despite steep discounts, heeding Beijing's call for caution as western sanctions mount against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, six people told Reuters.

State-run Sinopec (600028.SS), Asia's largest refiner, CNOOC, PetroChina (601857.SS) and Sinochem have stayed on the sidelines in trading fresh Russian cargoes for May loadings, said the people, who all have knowledge of the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the subject.


Chinese state-owned firms do not wish to be seen as openly supporting Moscow by buying extra volumes of oil, said two of the people, after Washington banned Russian oil last month and the European Union slapped sanctions on top Russian exporter Rosneft (ROSN.MM) and Gazprom Neft (SIBN.MM). read more

Exclusive: China state refiners shun new Russian oil trades, teapots fly under radar

China's state refiners are honouring existing Russian oil contracts but avoiding new ones despite steep discounts, heeding Beijing's call for caution as western sanctions mount against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, six people told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
 
A stark message for the EU about the relative expenditures of their support for Ukraine -vs- the money they've given to Russia for oil and gas (Source: BBC):

The European Union has spent €35bn (£29bn) on Russian fuel since the start of the war, compared to an outlay of just €1bn to Ukraine in arms and weapons, the EU's foreign policy chief has said.
"We have to help [the Ukrainians] defend themselves... We have given Ukraine €1bn. It might seem a lot but €1bn is what we pay Putin every day for the energy he provides us," he told the European Parliament.
His remarks come as EU ambassadors meet to consider a fifth round of sanctions against Moscow – including a ban on imports of Russian coal.
"Today we put an end to coal but this is only a small share of the bill," Borrell told MEPs.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU is "working on" additional measures including restrictions on oil imports.


And a related commentary:

It shouldn't really come as much of a surprise that the EU has spent more on Russian energy since 28 February than on supporting Ukraine's war effort.
The EU's 1bn euros (£830m) of military assistance is hardly an insignificant amount, particularly when combined with other Western commitments (the US total is now around $1.7bn).
But when the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell mentioned the figure earlier today, he clearly meant it to sound shocking, to concentrate vexed European minds on how the EU can wean itself off Russian fossil fuels.
It's an anguished debate on a continent where Russian energy is so crucial and where many voices, notably German, are warning of the economic damage that could be wrought by rapid sanctions on oil and gas.
Today, the EU is poised to end imports of Russian coal, but as Borrell says, this is only "a small share of the bill".
Coal imports are dwarfed by purchases of Russian oil and gas.
 
Isnt it paid into a euro controlled account? Thats more or less frozen. Can get in but not out..
 
Snautzer01 said:
Isnt it paid into a euro controlled account? Thats more or less frozen. Can get in but not out..
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I don't think so. I believe the oil and gas are still being paid, albeit in Euros, to Russia to maintain contracts. If Russia wasn't getting the cash, it would be straightforward for Putin to claim breach of contract and shut off supplies.
 
I found this video analsis intersting.


The premise is that much of what Russia spends on its military has no relevance in its war with Ukraine, which is odd considering that Russia chose the conflict but invested in areas that had no utility. For example the huge investment in maintaining its nuclear arsenal (boomers and silos), its navy and developing wunderwaffe (hypersonic missiles, stealth fighters, etc.) gives no capability in this war. Meanwhile Ukraine has a focused military, with one purpose, to counter a Russian invasion, so they need no navy, no development of wonder weapons, etc.
 
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