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Maybe he was not very good marksman?According to the piece, he shot himself five times in the chest. One question, HOW.
He had to pause to clear a jam.According to the piece, he shot himself five times in the chest. One question, HOW.
Well whaddaya' know. There is a war on crime.There is even no need to read about all of the previous achievements of these 'Russian World' heroes, just look at their faces would be enough:
Three Russian crime bosses recruited by Wagner Group are killed in Ukraine
Three Russian crime bosses recruited by the Wagner Group Private Military Company in the colonies were killed in the war in Ukraine. They are 59-year-old Sergei Maksimenko, 55-year-old Andrei Berezhnykh and 55-year-old Igor Kusk.www.yahoo.com
He used a Stechkin in full auto.He had to pause to clear a jam.
Agreed 100%. There's a certain cynical, appalling logic behind Putin's actions - actively weakening the internal opposition, reducing the numbers of 'undesirable' elements, insulating the 2 'critical' populations centres (Moscow and St. Petersburg) from the harsh realities of the war ....... I am still hoping it all comes crashing down ASAPThere's something really insidious going on with Russian conscription/recruiting in this war. It probably deserves someone more insightful to do an analysis, but here's my take.
Putin and/or the higher ups in the Russian MoD are using the war as a meatgrinder for minorities (cultural, ethnic, religious and social), as well as a way to get rid of political enemies and 'undesirables' - which are defined as any individual belonging to a group or organisation that is determined to be harmful to Russian security & defense, or constitutional and social order.
In doing so, Russia is emptying its prisons. The US and the Ukrainians estimated in early December that at least 40,000 Russian prisoners have been sent to the front lines as active combat troops. That's about 10% of Russia's prison population. Estimates by NGOs range from 30,000 to more than 70,000.
That includes political dissidents serving jail time. More than 15,000 anti-war protestors have been arrested, detained or sentenced in the last 12 months. They are now being conscripted to fight in the very war they were opposing.
The net effect is that while Putin is weakening Russia overall with this war, he's strengthening his overall political safety by eliminating opposition to his rule within Russia. And, he's also eliminating the most likely core of future political discontent that a weakened Russia will produce, while minimising casualties in the areas where support is most important.
Russia's version of the "Final Solution"?Agreed 100%. There's a certain cynical, appalling logic behind Putin's actions - actively weakening the internal opposition, reducing the numbers of 'undesirable' elements, insulating the 2 'critical' populations centres (Moscow and St. Petersburg) from the harsh realities of the war ....... I am still hoping it all comes crashing down ASAP
NATO never planned on expending thousands of shells per day, since their artillery offensives would have been accompanied by overwhelming air superiority. If we want Ukraine to use its artillery sparingly then they need the missing advanced tech air force component.U.S. focuses on training Ukrainian troops to use less ammo
Western nations are growing concerned over their ability to quickly replenish stocks.www.politico.com
NATO never planned on expending thousands of shells per day, since their artillery offensives would have been accompanied by overwhelming air superiority.
Well yes, to clarify I meant NATO plans in this century - in this era when +4 and 5th generation fighter/strike aircraft along with modern MBTs and IFVs would work alongside mobile artillery and MLRS, using technological superiority to overwhelm a Russian invasion of Europe. Up to now we've been asking the Ukrainians to do the above but without the complete NATO capability package - just artillery and MLRS. They need F-16s or similar NATO fighter/strike aircraft to to support the soon to arrive modern MBTs.NATO did plan on expending thousands of shells per day, potentially tens of thousands or more. Depends on the time period though.
Because the UAF quickly exchange them for Ukrainian POWs, whereupon the Russians may be murdered by their own side.Why would all the dissident conscripts not just surrender when they get to the front?
Also, NATO artillery pieces were not designed for extensive usage as this war demonstrated.NATO never planned on expending thousands of shells per day, since their artillery offensives would have been accompanied by overwhelming air superiority. If we want Ukraine to use its artillery sparingly then they need the missing advanced tech air force component.
It's very difficult. Before that conscript reaches the Ukrainian lines, he can be shot in the back, step on a mine, get under an artillery barrage or a drone attack and so on...Why would all the dissident conscripts not just surrender when they get to the front?