"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (8 Viewers)

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NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front line in Ukraine on Friday, even after Moscow said it had ordered its troops to stop shooting for a unilateral truce that was firmly rejected by Kyiv.

President Vladimir Putin ordered the 36-hour ceasefire from midday on Friday to observe Russian Orthodox Christmas. Ukraine has said it has no intention to stop fighting, rejecting the purported truce as a stunt by Moscow to buy time to reinforce troops that have taken heavy losses this week.


"What ceasefire? Can you hear?" said a Ukrainian soldier using the nom de guerre Vyshnya, as an explosion rang out in the distance at the front line near Kreminna in eastern Ukraine. "What do they want to achieve if they keep on shooting? We know, we have learnt not to trust them."

Russia's defence ministry said its troops began observing the ceasefire from noon Moscow time (0900 GMT) "along the entire line of contact", but said Ukraine had kept up shelling populated areas and military positions.

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One witness in the Russian-occupied regional capital Donetsk, close to the front, also described outgoing artillery fired from pro-Russian positions on the city's outskirts after the truce was meant to take effect.

The Ukrainian governor of the frontline eastern Luhansk province, Serhiy Haidai, said that in the first three hours of the purported ceasefire the Russians had shelled Ukrainian positions 14 times and stormed one settlement three times.



My feelings: if the Russians want to stop shooting, great. I don't blame the Ukrainians for still fighting to evict the invaders.
 

With luck he was one of the ones severely injured on the new years day HIMARS attack and will go back to his family and bitch for the rest of his life about how karma caught up with him
 
With luck he was one of the ones severely injured on the new years day HIMARS attack and will go back to his family and bitch for the rest of his life about how karma caught up with him
Better still, Ukraine finds out who he is and awards him a special commendation for his helpful collaboration.

Nature street justice will take it's course.
 

Bradleys are good kit, and it seems to me telegraphing the Abrams not far behind. Again, warming the frog.
 
Has anyone heard anything about foreign Gepard operators (Brazil/Romania,Jordan?) willing to sell (or exchange) or donate their Gepards to Ukraine?
Does anyone know if Germany and the Netherlands have still some of theirs in storage/mothballed that can be reactivated?
Regarding the swiss-made ammo for the Gepard we (our government) should either ignore the swiss export block and donate them anyway or oficially donate them to Romania (and train was guided to wrong track leading into Ukraine). Or romania could hold some "exhaustive military maneuvers" expending all their Gepard ammo and asking for more.
 
Now we just need Macron, in typical French "go our own way" manner to get a jump on Biden and his MBT plans and announce he's sending fifty LeClercs to Ukraine by end of January.


Unlike the manual loading Lepard and Abrams, the LeClerc's auto loader and three man crew will require the same manpower as the T-72s Ukraine operates now. Here's a winter-camo Leclerc at exercises in Lithuania.



Success in Ukraine could also help France and Nexter Systems market and sell the LeClerc to countries looking to replace their now demonstrably rubbish Russian tanks.
 
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