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Bahahaha! Yes. Exactly.
Russia is about to have some really bad days. 🍿
New post can be found here >

FDP and Greens are already in favour and said publicy that the tanks will be delivered. If SPD turns down the request, this would mean a Govermental crisis in Germany. >

How many KA-52's are left at this point?
And I have hardly heard about MI-28 losses. I wonder what the reasoning is behind that? >

They made around 130 if them. 20ish went into the Ka-52M programme, so I would say they had a 100 in operational condition. We have 31 confirmed destroyed, so roughly 70 left. >

Only 11? I remember this is not the first day of multiple Ka-52 losses, though to be fair the last one was Kherson. Still, I thought the total would be higher. >

Apologies - got the wrong number from Oryx - 11 Mi-28, 31 Ka-52. Corrected. >

I feel it's honestly better to just keep quiet until the deal is actually done >

40k dead to take a town with population 10k. >

Not all died and not all casualties are from Bakhmut. Many deserted and Wagner has no idea of their whereabouts. Some POW and WIA 
It was a failure man force wise, but also Moscow saw it as a means to hold the front while mobiks "trained". >

Estimated Russian losses from 24.02.2022 to 24.01.2023 (Day 335):
|Category              |Change*|Total     |
|:---|:---|:---|
|Personnel             |+690      |122170    |
|Tanks                 |+2      |3152      |
|APVs                  |+8     |6284      |
|Artillery             |+2     |2148      |
|MLRS                  |+1      |448       |
|Anti-aircraft Systems |-      |220       |
|Aircraft              |+2      |289       |
|Helicopters           |+4      |281       |
|UAVs                  |+3    |1897      |
|Missiles              |-      |749       |
|Warships / Boats      |-      |18        |
|Other Vehicles        |+8      |4944      |
|Special Equipment     |+1      |194       |
*Change since the previous day.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine >

Holy shit, Kreminna/Svatove must be a shitshow for Russia.  Usually they only have their pilots take big risks like this when they're about to lose major areas. >

There's also the failed offensive in the south that was talked up in milblogger circles but has apparently already sputtered out. >

All the aircraft losses were in the east so it means things went poorly for them on 2 fronts. >

It was all Gerasimov attempting a quick PR win by claiming a "victory" this early. 
The reason why not Surovikin or Zaluzhniki ever thought of it was that those villages are completely destroyed and in the middle of the no men's land for months. Any troops there are open to artillery fire, and the front can't be pushed either way without an extremely coordinated campaign that would be telegraphed weeks before. 
But for Russia propaganda machine it doesn't matter. Ru MoD is already saying forces are being "regouped to more favorable grounds" which is falling back after being heavily damaged. 
ISW, Defmon3, and even Strelkov were doubtful of this "offensive" and calling it for what it is a sad propagada attempt at the cost of hundreds of mobik lifes. But in >

Typical Russian tactics. Using untrained meat shields to buffer while they try in vain to fix the endemic structural issues of the Russian military apparatus. End result being needless losses for no gain. Russia needs to be rebuilt from the ground up like we did with Germany. Sometimes the only way to fix things is to start from (roughly) scratch. >

Germany had to literally be rebuilt from scratch after all the Allied raids and firebombing of German cities. Russia has largely been untouched aside from some attacks by Ukrainian forces.  The US and other NATO allies have largely conditioned their aid to Ukraine on the premise that Ukrainians strictly use their aid to defend their country and not attack Russia proper.  Most of the mobilized Russians are from the poor areas of the Russian Federation unable to get themselves exempt from service, ethnic minorities, or prison dregs.   Essentially people that count for nothing in Russia. >

ronpaul.gif >

Oh gosh, oh darn. >

Hilarious, they’ll be the next forcibly mobilized >

Obviously 18 is better, but it would have been nice if they made 17 their initial order. >

Vehicle, belonging to local collaborator Valntyna Mamai, has exploded in Berdiansk
Another one bites the dust. >

It's incredible how the flow of weapons supplies perfectly tell the story of this war.
The invasion and defense of Kiev: Javelins, NLAWs and small arms.
The war of attrition: HIMARS and 155 m Howitzers.
The indiscriminate bombing of civilians: Patriot and other anti-air.
And now we're into the Bradley+MBTs stage... Which probably means the big counter offensive. >

So now all of a sudden Germany is delivering Leopards and Switzerland is freeing up ammo. This is a good day. >

Source about Switzerland? >

Money is no use if your home is overun with baby killers. >

And a reminder that for putin's birthday, 
they blew the fuckity out of the Criean bridge
and Luka gave him a tractor >

*salivating* >

Abrams, Leopards, rumors about F16 in February... I guess Russia is soon gonna get a short trailer on what fighting the West might feel like. >

Well, the West of the 80s at least.
More than enough, and should be just enough to put the fear of F-22, F-35, etc. into them for future ideas of invasions. >

Abrams tanks finally get to fulfill their purpose. Blowing up Russian tanks >

Abrams have blown up plenty of Russian tanks... they just didn't have Russian crews. >

So those tanks were probably a bigger threat, better crewed and equipped since they weren't subject to the corruption in the Russian defense ecosystem. >

Abrams wrecked Iraqi Republican Guard T-72s in both Iraq Wars, but the T-72s did not have advanced optics and other bells and whistles we could expect from modernized Russian T-72s. Though in one battle in the the second Iraq War a couple of Abrams engaged 7 T-72s in close range urban combat and destroyed all of them without suffering any losses. >

People need reminders that this war did not begin in February of 2022.  They need to see that appeasement and ignoring Russian aggression does not lead anywhere except more pain and suffering. >

Saw this tweet and held off sharing information on it until casualty numbers are established. >

Added to the Live Thread! >


The application is correct and complete.

The best kind of correct. >

a single f35 just to clarify to russia they cant see much less engage it lolol >

A single F35 to draw sky penises over The Russia? >

"It could take years" for them to arrive. Well, better than never I guess. >

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will announces the delivery of German Leopard tanks to Ukraine. >

And there was MUCH rejoicing. >

“yaaaaay” >

You know you royally fucked up when Switzerland sides against you.