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So the corruption sweep feels very satisfying. I don't see a lot of resources that list the people along with the allegations, so here's what I can find:
The only one with no allegations or details I can find is the Deputy Minister of Social Policy Vitaly Muzychenko. 
Deputy Defence Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov resigned following reports he oversaw the purchase of military food supplies at inflated prices from a relatively unknown firm.
Deputy Prosecutor General Oleskiy Symonenko went on a 10-day European vacation for New Years, driven in a G-class owned by a rich guy from Lviv.
Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories Ivan Lukerya and Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories Vyacheslav Negoda both went down for their connection to Deputy Infrastructure Minister Vasyl Lozinskyi, who was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of accepting a bribe worth over $350,000 (£285,000) over the supply of electricity generators. 
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Zelensky's deputy head of office, drove around in a Chevy Tahoe that had been donated for humanitarian purposes, and took excessive trips for photoops while overseeing the restoration of destroyed housing and infrastructure. Note that he switched to the Tahoe after earlier in 2022 he was accused of driving around in a Porsche Taycan given to him by some other rich businessman. 
Four out of five regional heads, Valentyn Reznichenko from Dnipro, Oleksandr Starukh from Zaporizhzhia, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi from Sumy, and Yaroslav Yanushevych from Kherson all went down for their ties to Kyrylo Tymoshenko and his photoops. 
The firth regional head, Kyiv's Oleksiy Kuleba, is the only one with no allegations. He's resigning so he can take Tymoshenko's post.
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. >

Bahahaha! Yes. Exactly.
Russia is about to have some really bad days. 🍿 >

Western MBTs won't have an immediate effect due to training and logistical issues, but they will massively increase the Ukrainian Armed Forces' land warfare capabilities in the medium term and, coupled with its considerable number of IFVs and artillery, turn it into one of the stronger militaries in Europe.  Russians should take note and retreat from Ukraine. Sadly, I don't think they will. But they will suffer terribly in the process. >

I wonder if in the short term it will also make the AFU less risk adverse to use their current available tanks if offensive opportunities will manifest themselves in the winter >

It might take time to get the Abrams sorted, but the key thing is this unlocking the leopards, which might appear on the ground much faster. >

Nova Kakhovka is across the Dnipro from the liberated part of Kherson oblast. It's one of the most important crossings.
Ukrainians were able to make it across the water, launch a raid, and swim back with a prisoner. That's an incredible feat for Ukraine, and a yet another giant fuckup for the Russians. >

What is "absorption rate" in this context? >

When an army is influxing new units and new equipment (especially pertinent in Ukraine's case as its getting all this western equipment as opposed to the soviet stuff they have doctrinal and institutional knowledge of) the bottleneck of how much it can take in at any one time usually has to do with how many people they have trained to use it and how many people they have trained to fix, store, transport and maintain it.
If the army in question does not have all that in place then having the equipment will do it no good at best and will be actively detrimental at worst. >

Corruption is bad enough, but there is a special place in hell for those engaging in it while their country is fighting for its very survival. >

There's a special place in hell for websites that do force redirects back to the original page when you try to do a google translate page. >

50 as a start would be good if the keep on delivering more like with the Bradley's. >

US Set to Provide Ukraine with M1 Abrams Battle Tanks - Bloomberg headline >

I guess if WSJ, Politico and Bloomberg are all talking about this, then it's pretty much all but confirmed >

It's tanking time boys.
Der Spiegel reporting that Germany is going to deliver tanks, and allowing allies to hand out theirs too.
This will most likely include Americans to send out theirs too. Possibly some Leclercs too? >

These are Leopard 2A6's thats great before everyone talked about 2A4's thats a 20 year upgrade thicker armour more damage and better Systems >

Seems like there’s a massive spring offensive coming if these, Challengers and Abrams are rolling across the border. 
Could this be a sign for jets too? Western doctrine is pretty much focused on the synergy of jets and tanks right? >

I think it will pass, but it's going to take time. There's a built in waiting period even after passage to allow opponents to correct signatures for a referendum. >

There have been rumors of an offer to Russia to withdraw to the de facto borders of 23 feb 2022. It seems Putin has turned this down. >

The problem with returning to pre-23 Feb 2022 borders is that both sides know it won’t stay that way. Ukraine wants all their territory back as they should. >

Ukraine can not rest on any security as long as Crimea is held by Russia.   Ukraine MUST control Crimea, or they will simply get invaded again.  It's a strategic sink-hole.