Yeah, the Russians have been expanding rail networks. They're also building a rail system right along the coast to supply the southern flank. THETI Mapping on YT! was talking about this a good bit this past week or last week sometime, even had some diagrams drawn up that he'd been piecing together over time. Good forward thinking from the Russian perspective, they know eventually that bridge has high probability of going down.This is not a major surprise since the focus of Russian combat operations has been in the east for some time. They also probably want to minimize its attractiveness as a target given it is a huge PITA to fix.
If Ukraine had been properly supplied in 2022, then the offensive may have landed before Russia dug in and fortified the land bridge.Yeah, the Russians have been expanding rail networks. They're also building a rail system right along the coast to supply the southern flank. THETI Mapping on YT! was talking about this a good bit this past week or last week sometime, even had some diagrams drawn up that he'd been piecing together over time. Good forward thinking from the Russian perspective, they know eventually that bridge has high probability of going down.
There had to be a build up period. The Ukrainians, I don't think, were able to take all the west could have given them in 2022 (if we had tried to). The real issue, IMHO, is that some of our congress critters delayed weapons shipments this year. That, and the fact that the west hasn't been producing enough of certain weapons classes need to win a ground war. We (NATO) expect a land/air/sea campaign and have planned accordingly. The UA doesn't have an integrated combined arms strategy. We have, in some ways, limited the capabilities of our weapons systems that we have given to UKR. We have had a sort of 'prove you can use wisely' approach before we up the ante. It's unfortunate - but geopolitics is a serious game.If Ukraine had been properly supplied in 2022, then the offensive may have landed before Russia dug in and fortified the land bridge.
As things stand, it was too little too late to make a difference. Through our slow trickle approach, the Land bridge is firmly secured by Russia.
Now it's simply a matter of pasting enough Orcs quickly enough that they start to lose cohesion and resolve. Only then will anything turn or look favorable for the West.
We need mass production of weapons on a scale not seen since World War 2.
Replace with how dumb do you have to be if you are an American citizen going to Russia; land of detain all USA citizen.
To be fair they seem to be fine with only killing a lot of their neighbors and just subjugating the remainder like after WW2. But yes, the people running Russia believe it must be a great power and you show you're a great power by conquering your neighbors. They will never stop.In case anyone BSs around why Finland joined NATO.
Russia makes its intentions... obvious.
Russia intends to kill ALL its neighbors, and this still holds true to this day.
Russian propagandist Solovyev: "I've always felt that Finland wanted to go back to the Russian Empire."
To be fair they seem to be fine with only killing a lot of their neighbors and just subjugating the remainder like after WW2. But yes, the people running Russia believe it must be a great power and you show you're a great power by conquering your neighbors. They will never stop.
I think people sometimes look back at the 10 years or so after the Cold War ended where there were thoughts/hopes Russia might turn away from that path but I think in retrospect it was just that Russia was too weak to do anything. As soon as they rebuilt some they went right back to attacking their neighbors.
"love" can make people do stupid things, especially when you're young and far away from your family, i guess
Shocking news that North Korean missiles are garbage.
This. Fight them now (by proxy) rather than fight them later. Britain learned its lesson. After 20 years of war, we are a bit gun shy. We (the US) also have a slight possibility of causing Moscow to escalate by our involvement, but, politics.^^^ Yesssss! You can tell which country had it's homeland bombed by fascist totalitarians in WWll.
I think I heard the shooter was originally from Ukraine, maybe a sleeper? Or just piss drunk with a grudge? Who knows. Maybe he was sick of living with criminals and those that dabble in cannibalism.
Supposedly guy waited until they were asleep, then gave each sleeper a blast center mass. If that's true they were probably drunk (not hard to believe). Shooting a rifle with a suppressor, in a room or bunker no less, still makes a lot of noise. I can see guys waking up.
Regardless, may that guy make it to surrender to the AFU, live to kill more orcs one day.👍 Russians can redeem themselves by killing other Russians far as I'm concerned.
Macron, with Xi nearby, evidently felt compelled enough to offer this gem, "we are not at war with Russia or the Russian people, and we have no desire for regime change in Moscow."