SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Now I want a "Don't On Tread Me" flag (in Cyrillic).
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"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (5 Viewers)
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Thumpalumpacus
Major
I'm not so sure about this part. Art informs culture and society in important ways.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Yes, but is it extreme-right?
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Speaking from my experience, living through the revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1978-79 as a 12-year-old boy, I can attest to this. I grew up much too fast for my own good thanks to bullets and shells.
Wars of any sort inflict scars that last a lifetime.
About economics. Russia has a population of around 145,000,000 people and their economy is roughly as big as the BeNeLux (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg combined) which has a population of a little less than 30,000,000 people.
So in comparison, Russia isn't all that rich. I don't think they can sustain a longer war, which is either a good or a bad thing.
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
You can try "не ме тъпчете" which is close: "don't trample me".
And for the bonus, this is Bulgarian, not Russian
This reminds me suspiciously of a similar incident that took place in 1938, annexing territory that has a dominant ethnic group as a pretext to greater action. It began with annexing the Crimea and it continues with the Donbass/Luhansk/Donetsk regions. Paratroops attacking strategic points of interest bodes ill and warns us of the real intent behind the Russian advance. Securing the Antonov production facility makes tactical and strategic sense for Russia. "Peacekeeping troops", huh.
On the day Putin made the announcement I was writing an article on military exercises the Ukrainian air force was holding in the country's west, this was named Zemetil (Blizzard) and involved the two Tactical Aviation Brigades that operate Su-27s, as well as MiG-29s, Su-24s and Su-25s. It was a close support, interdiction type exercise against simulated Russian armour. It'll be interesting to see how the UAF get on, as the biggest threat to low-level strikes will be Russia's formidable mobile anti-aircraft batteries. During the 2014 Donbass conflict, the UAF's helicopter brigades suffered high losses to separatist groundfire.
Whilst I am sceptical that Ukraine could defeat a full-blown invasion by Russian forces, particularly with deployable forces already based on Ukrainian soil - there are masses of Il-76s based in Crimea waiting for the signal to deploy troops as we speak, but I do believe the conflict will naturally break down into guerilla warfare, which could be to the defenders' advantage. The most obvious take-away is that either way the civilian population will suffer the most from this.
An excuse to dust off these images of UAF Su-27s...
Su-27 take-off
Su-27 approach
Su-27 static
On the day Putin made the announcement I was writing an article on military exercises the Ukrainian air force was holding in the country's west, this was named Zemetil (Blizzard) and involved the two Tactical Aviation Brigades that operate Su-27s, as well as MiG-29s, Su-24s and Su-25s. It was a close support, interdiction type exercise against simulated Russian armour. It'll be interesting to see how the UAF get on, as the biggest threat to low-level strikes will be Russia's formidable mobile anti-aircraft batteries. During the 2014 Donbass conflict, the UAF's helicopter brigades suffered high losses to separatist groundfire.
Whilst I am sceptical that Ukraine could defeat a full-blown invasion by Russian forces, particularly with deployable forces already based on Ukrainian soil - there are masses of Il-76s based in Crimea waiting for the signal to deploy troops as we speak, but I do believe the conflict will naturally break down into guerilla warfare, which could be to the defenders' advantage. The most obvious take-away is that either way the civilian population will suffer the most from this.
An excuse to dust off these images of UAF Su-27s...
Thumpalumpacus
Major
I don't think so. ~190,000 troops is roughly 20% of Russia's active-duty army, in a huge country with long miles to guard. Expanding into other former SSRs will require equal if not larger troop commitments -- look at Kazakhstan, much larger than Ukraine.
As for fighting an insurgency in Ukraine without any other expansionism, they're still going to be hard-pressed economically, especially after the sanctions come into play.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
No! It's "Anything not forbidden is MANDATORY-right"
Or left. Whatever I'm feeling.
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
I didn't know you live in Minnesota.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
My son and I were talking about this earlier and I told him the same thing: this is no different than Hitler's ploy for the Sudetenland and then digesting the rump Czechoslovak six months later -- same justification, same playbook, perhaps accelerated in pace.
Putin's problem is that he was betting that a Chamberlain would show up, and since none has, his hand has been forced. I think that's why he courted Macron so.
Admiral Beez
Captain
I'm surprised over the last year that Ukraine's mikitary wasn't upgraded from their Soviet surplus kit. They need F-16s and Leo IIs from surplus Nato stocks.
Admiral Beez
Captain
I expect Putin expected that to be Trump, but didn't count on his man losing.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Putin's buddies are not going to think he's so awesome, now.
Canada and the U.S. just froze their assets and it appears the UK is doing the same.
Canada and the U.S. just froze their assets and it appears the UK is doing the same.
Glider
Captain
I just found this photo of Russian tanks that are supposed to be entering the fighting. The top cover looks hastily fitted and I wonder if the Javelin AT rockets are making their presence felt
buffnut453
Captain
I suspect that structure has a couple of functions: (1) to provide additional stowage, and (2) to deflect hand grenades, molotov cocktails etc. I don't see it having any effect on the efficacy of Javelin missiles.
fubar57
General
World Juniors are slated to be rescheduled for August. Time to do some un-inviting.....that'll learn them
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I swear, I thought it crashed through a gazebo at first glance.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I thought I read something about that a few years ago. Neither NATO nor the Ukrainians wanted to tick off Putin.
