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

[Admiral Beez]

Given that there's a renewed offensive in the northeast, I wonder if the Ukrainians have enough manpower to both defend the Donbas and retake Mariupol.

This suggests if they had the weapons Ukraine's armed forces would move on relieving Mariupol.

Zelensky says Ukraine hasn't received enough weapons to unblock Mariupol.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-genocide-1.6447550

But what do they need and is it realistic?

 

[SaparotRob]

It seems to me they need time. Logistics.

 

[special ed]

You had to go there.
And here I was congratulating myself on my restraint.

There are reports of them dipping into the dumb bomb stash, maybe they will have to dip into the dumb plane stash. After all, we gave them thousands and they keep and store everything.

 

[Greg Boeser]

I thought they gave a bunch to Mao back in the day.

 

[Admiral Beez]

It seems to me they need time. Logistics.

Time? Those guys in Mariupol have been trapped since March. How much times does he want?

 

[Glider]

And yet more crappy tactics by the Russians.

You're under artillery fire as you proceed down the road in a tracked IFV. Do you:
(a) Stop on the road in clusters to make yourself an even better target?
(b) Use your TRACKED IFVs to disperse off the road, thus reducing the chances that major elements of your unit won't be hit?

Can I phone a friend or go 50/50

 

[wlewisiii]

And yet more crappy tactics by the Russians.

You're under artillery fire as you proceed down the road in a tracked IFV. Do you:
(a) Stop on the road in clusters to make yourself an even better target?
(b) Use your TRACKED IFVs to disperse off the road, thus reducing the chances that major elements of your unit won't be hit?

I would be curious to know if the off road terrain has dried up yet. If it has, no excuse, but even if it isn't. pop smoke and/or smoke generators then back up move around, make yourself hard to see and hard to hit.

 

[at6]

I wish one of Putin's missiles could have self detonated during his sh!t parade. There would have been no loss to the world.

 

[wlewisiii]

2S1 for the win. "Welcome to Ukraine!" Boom!

 

[at6]

From what I've seen of the Russian performance to-date, I think they're actually playing "George Jones' Greatest Hits"...or perhaps just Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" on repeat.

Why not the song where they sing "I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you"?

 

[JDCAVE]

Found this feed: Russian news in English:

Sputnik News - World News, Breaking News & Top Stories

Sputnik International is a global news media keeping you updated on all the latest world news 24/7. Browse Sputnik for breaking news and top stories on politics, economy, social media and the most viral trends.

sputniknews.com

Evidently they are on the radio in Washington DC.

 

[wlewisiii]

 

[SaparotRob]

Time? Those guys in Mariupol have been trapped since March. How much times does he want?

How much time does it take to transport, train, form up and deploy with newly received equipment? It's been about less than two months since equipment first started arriving. Ukraine is a big place, as Putler is finding out. Massive military airlift of troops and materiel to where they're needed isn't practical at the moment so it's trucks or rail. Putting MiG-29s back together would probably take a bit more than a couple of days. I wouldn't throw in newly formed units in drips and drabs.
I want to see a whole bunch of Leopard IIs, Challengers and Abrams under an F-16 and M-777 umbrella liberating Kherson and Mariupol too.

 

[wlewisiii]

No idea on the accuracy of this but it's an interesting thought.

 

[fubar57]

Pity WHERE'S THE DAMN SARCASM EMOTICOM?

 

[Greg Boeser]

I like this one.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I would be curious to know if the off road terrain has dried up yet. If it has, no excuse, but even if it isn't. pop smoke and/or smoke generators then back up move around, make yourself hard to see and hard to hit.

What I have read indicates it's still pretty muddy.

 

[buffnut453]

I would be curious to know if the off road terrain has dried up yet. If it has, no excuse, but even if it isn't. pop smoke and/or smoke generators then back up move around, make yourself hard to see and hard to hit.

Agreed...plus it's possible the road had embankments or other obstacles (which may be why it was selected as a kill zone). However, as you rightly point out, they should have done SOMETHING. Instead, they just clump together and sit there waiting to be hit. Doesn't make sense to me. Then again, if you've indoctrinated your soldiers to wait for orders before acting, you may end up with exactly the sort of response we saw in that video...just a complete lack of tactical gumption.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

How much time does it take to transport, train, form up and deploy with newly received equipment? It's been about less than two months since equipment first started arriving. Ukraine is a big place, as Putler is finding out. Massive military airlift of troops and materiel to where they're needed isn't practical at the moment so it's trucks or rail. Putting MiG-29s back together would probably take a bit more than a couple of days. I wouldn't throw in newly formed units in drips and drabs.
I want to see a whole bunch of Leopard IIs, Challengers and Abrams under an F-16 and M-777 umbrella liberating Kherson and Mariupol too.

Yep. Fight the defensive battle to buy time to get these units up to snuff on their new gear, get them together, and then hit 'em with a Sunday punch. Half-assed offensives have a bad habit of stalling out.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

What I have read indicates it's still pretty muddy.

Especially for HEAVY vehicles with ground chewing treads and differential steering.