"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (21 Viewers)

[SaparotRob]

Plan for Russia to rejoin Olympics sparks disgust in Ukraine

Russian “athletes and officials are part of the state propaganda machine,” Kyiv warns new International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry.

www.politico.eu

Nauseates me too.

 

[Warspite63]

Plan for Russia to rejoin Olympics sparks disgust in Ukraine

Russian “athletes and officials are part of the state propaganda machine,” Kyiv warns new International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry.

www.politico.eu

The Olympics are rapidly making themselves unwatchable and irrelevant, sadly

 

[MiTasol]

I geolocated your place!

Uluru - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The other side - this side has a pub and drunken patrons

 

[GTX]

Anti-Drone Nets Now Being Used To Protect Buildings In Russia

The nets are being installed after thousands of residents of the Russian border city of Shebekino have fled Ukrainian attacks.

www.twz.com

 

[GTX]

Ukraine identifies new Russian kamikaze drone

A new type of Russian one-way attack drone has been identified following recent strikes on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, located close to the front line. Images of the wreckage were published by Serhiy Beskrestnov, a Ukrainian radio technology expert known by the callsign Serhiy Flash, who...

defence-blog.com

 

[GTX]

Images emerge of strike on Russian helicopters in Belgorod

Russian social media channels have circulated images reportedly showing the aftermath of a U.S.-supplied HIMARS strike on Russian military helicopters stationed in the Belgorod region on March 24. The footage, posted days after the attack, reveals visible damage to at least two helicopters — a...

defence-blog.com

 

[GTX]

A Russian Jet Just Bombed A Russian Dam With A Thermobaric Munition

Ukrainian positions near the dam were the apparent target.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

Look At What 720,000 HIMARS Fragments Did To A Russian Helicopter Base

A Ukrainian HIMARS raid peppered Russian helicopters with 720,000 fragments, potentially destroying four of the rotorcraft.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

Mine Craft: Ukrainian Drones Add A New Dimension To Mine Warfare

Precision placing of anti-tank mines on roads and tracks behind enemy lines has helped cut Russian supply lines, isolate frontline units and make any movement hazardous.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

Traveling An Obvious Route, A Russian Company Rolled Into An Ambush

A Russian assault group was apparently trying to avoid minefields—and rolled right into an ambush. A shortage of mine-clearing equipment may be to blame.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVgf-iFDIjQ

 

[GTX]

Russians fight to clear Kursk as Ukrainians hole up in monastery, war bloggers say

 

[Jabberwocky]

Traveling An Obvious Route, A Russian Company Rolled Into An Ambush

A Russian assault group was apparently trying to avoid minefields—and rolled right into an ambush. A shortage of mine-clearing equipment may be to blame.

www.forbes.com

It amazes me that 1,100+ days into the war, Russian forces are still failing to heed lessons learned in the first few months of the conflict.

To revive a quote from a Ukrainian solider in 2022: We are very lucky that they are so %^&@#%$ stupid

 

[Ascent]

It amazes me that 1,100+ days into the war, Russian forces are still failing to heed lessons learned in the first few months of the conflict.

To revive a quote from a Ukrainian solider in 2022: We are very lucky that they are so %^&@#%$ stupid

It feels like they're set up not to learn. the high casualty rates means people may not be building experience in the first place, they're seems to be no incentive for officers to do things differently, they don't care what casualties they take, there seems to be very little trust between units, or even within units, it's every man for himself. Nothing about that encourages learning or passing on lessons learned the hard way.

 

[ThomasP]

To fight a war like this one from the Russian side, it requires either a very well trained army that is there because they are willing to be, with that willingness based on positive motivation - or an ignorant army, there because they do not understand what is happening.

The propaganda machine in Russia has done its job quite well for a significant part of the population, which is where most of the recruits/conscripts are coming from. The rest of the population have twigged to what is going on and many are attempting to avoid conscription. But for most, regardless of which group they are in:

Here dead lie we because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose;
But young men think it is, and we were young.
A.E.Housman
b:1859, d:1936

 

[swampyankee]

The Olympics are rapidly making themselves unwatchable and irrelevant, sadly

At least in the US, I don't think it's the IOC so much as NBC, which has done a terrible job for every one the broadcast.

 

[Dimlee]

Ukraine’s 2-Ton Strike Missiles Are Back In Action

A fresh batch of Tochka-Us reached the front line around January.

www.forbes.com

Good find, GTX. Tochka-U becomes a Phoenix of this war, disappears just to be reborn again.

 

[Dimlee]

When the radio waves are spammed with the blabbering of amateurs in suits...
It's refreshing to hear the soldiers talking. And the ex-soldiers as that senator who mentioned her service in Iraq on one base with a Ukrainian unit.
Interesting conversations.
Good assessment by Gen.Cavoli, sober, no panicking. He said a few words about F-16s.

Generals Testify on European & Africa Combatant Commands

www.c-span.org

By the way, the roles of Gen.Cavoli and Gen.Donahue in this war were highlighted in the recent NYT article.

The Secret History of the War in Ukraine

This is the untold story of America’s hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russia’s invading armies.

www.nytimes.com

Real men with real jobs in their hands.

 

[GTX]

It amazes me that 1,100+ days into the war, Russian forces are still failing to heed lessons learned in the first few months of the conflict.

To revive a quote from a Ukrainian solider in 2022: We are very lucky that they are so %^&@#%$ stupid

Well, with so many being killed they have to relearn with every new batch.

 

[GTX]

A Canadian Dreamed Of Being A Fighter Pilot. Now He Dogfights With Russian Drones

A Canadian volunteer flying interceptor drones in Ukraine talks about the changing drone war, and becoming the first foreigner to down a Russian Lancet attack drone.

www.forbes.com