Or they simply leave it un-rebuilt like they did much of East Berlin and East Germany until the East and West reunited.
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Yes, and then they'll have the cost of rebuilding that entire area. They've totally destroyed much of the existing infrastructure such as the steelworks in Mariupol. They'll need to rebuild houses, industries, roads, bridges...how on earth do they think they'll manage that if they're chained down by sanctions? If they simply "print more money", it'll send inflation skyrocketing.
We've commented before about the poor quality of operational planning by the Russian military. However, there's a bigger problem at play: the total lack of strategy is breathtaking.
The will be able to digest whatever parts of Donbas and the north coast of the Sea of Azov they hold when the fighting stops. The Russians will depopulate/relocate the Ukrainians and any questionable Russian speakers and bring in new people loyal to the Kremlin. That's exactly what they did to the Germans living in what became Kaliningrad in 1945.
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Just thought I would try get this back on track.....sorta
It must be rare that an actor goes from the screen to president in one step. Reagan was governor of California before becoming POTUS.It's sort of ironic. The Ukrainians elect a comedian to be president and now the Russians have to realize that he's no joke.
Or they simply leave it un-rebuilt like they did much of East Berlin and East Germany until the East and West reunited.
T-62s? That's obsolete trash, especially if there's no ERA - but has any Russian tank's ERA worked yet? Jeez, it'll be T-55s next.Oh Boy! They really are running low on modern tanks...
Wow! If true.Oh Boy! They really are running low on modern tanks...
T-62s? That's obsolete trash, especially if there's no ERA - but has any Russian tank's ERA worked yet? Jeez, it'll be T-55s next.
Maybe the Ukrainians can get some upgunned Centurions to match them. Mind you, if the UAF had Sho't Kal Israeli-spec Centurions they'd clear the battlefield of anything T-72 or older.
maybe your analysis is a bit too simple?Putin invaded because he didn't want NATO along Russia's borders...and yet, by taking over parts of Ukraine, he actually pushes Russia's borders closer to NATO...and that's before we look at the unintended outcomes like Finland joining NATO. Like I said...zero strategic vision.
Unless they're aplenty, I'm not sure I'd want my guys wasting the latest Stinger, Javelin and NLAW MANPATs on T-62s. FYI, MANPADS are air defence weapons. But you have it right, night time, up close with a good old school anti-tank weapon like ex-USSR 9K32 Strela is just the ticket.T-62 has a targeting range of 800 meters at night/low visibility. That's pathetic, and truly asking for night-time hit-and-run attacks by small forces equipped with MANPADs.
Unless they're aplenty, I'm not sure I'd want my guys wasting the latest Stinger, Javelin and NLAW MANPATs on T-62s. FYI, MANPADS are air defence weapons. But you have it right, night time, up close with a good old school anti-tank weapon like ex-USSR 9K32 Strela is just the ticket.
I'd rather fight a T-55 than the T-62. It wasn't much of a step forward and with the 100mm ATGM, the T-55 is better.T-62s? That's obsolete trash, especially if there's no ERA - but has any Russian tank's ERA worked yet? Jeez, it'll be T-55s next.
Maybe the Ukrainians can get some upgunned Centurions to match them. Mind you, if the UAF had Sho't Kal Israeli-spec Centurions they'd clear the battlefield of anything T-72 or older.
Taking out a Russian asset, regardless of make or type, is not a "waste" - it is one less asset the Russians have available to them.Unless they're aplenty, I'm not sure I'd want my guys wasting the latest Stinger, Javelin and NLAW MANPATs on T-62s. FYI, MANPADS are air defence weapons. But you have it right, night time, up close with a good old school anti-tank weapon like ex-USSR 9K32 Strela is just the ticket.
Now would be a good time to get the German government to donate those Leopard 1'sT-62s? That's obsolete trash, especially if there's no ERA - but has any Russian tank's ERA worked yet? Jeez, it'll be T-55s next.
Maybe the Ukrainians can get some upgunned Centurions to match them. Mind you, if the UAF had Sho't Kal Israeli-spec Centurions they'd clear the battlefield of anything T-72 or older.
As a Canadian I should know, but I wonder what we did with our Leopard 1s. Ukraine needs some Abrams. I hope the US is training some UAFs on them now in Poland. Imagine how many T-62s a single squad of Abrams could kill.Now would be a good time to get the German government to donate those Leopard 1's