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Ukraine counter offensive
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Yea, stupid unreasonable voters eh. Invade them I say, make them see sense..
EU mentioned 100,000 Ukrainian troops, Too round a number so who knows either way,
I think people are inclined to think WWII tank to tank battles. They aren't as effective as they used to be and in WWII case more used when Germany was in trouble and trying to go away. Artillery had a lot to do with that - and supply lines plus an enormous number of troops and many many dead.
Azov 300 nooooo it had contained way way more at times. Stanford on the subject
cisac.fsi.stanford.edu
The same is mentioned in a number of places - all together in that one.
MMP: Azov Battalion
The same is mentioned in a number of places - all together in that one.
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yep 300 in 2014 rising to 600, today around 1800.Azov 300 nooooo it had contained way way more at times. Stanford on the subject
MMP: Azov Battalion
The same is mentioned in a number of places - all together in that one.
Ukraine conflict: 'White power' warrior from Sweden
The appearance of far-right activists, both foreign and home-grown, among Ukrainian soldiers fighting in east Ukraine is causing unease, the BBC's Dina Newman reports.
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Preparing for War With Ukraine's Fascist Defenders of Freedom
On the frontlines of the new offensive in eastern Ukraine, the hardcore Azov Battalion is ready for battle with Russia. But they're not fighting for…
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Profile: Who are Ukraine’s far-right Azov regiment?
The regiment, which has been accused of neo-Nazi ties, has since been absorbed in the national army.
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Every part of this is wrong.
You might be thinking of the Africa campaign, but that wasn't the reality for most of WW2, where tanks were used heavily in conjunction with supporting infantry and artillery. Just like now.
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Well, obviously. We all would take issue with many things he says. But one needs to listen to the rest of it.
The guy is informed. And he's motivated to make a cogent case, or bunch of cases. It's always worth hearing all that sort of person has to say. Amongst the crap there will be the best of arguments that do exist - it's in his interest to include them.
If you only listen to the "Russian military is useless" rhetoric, you don't get that.
If you go along with the apparently objective observers, Russia is currently moving forwards, not Ukraine. If all that Russia-is-useless rhetoric were right, they'd be going backwards everywhere.
I cited tanks as one metric. As the guy in the video above emphasizes, you need a lot more than that, though not the same as in WW2.
A tabloid estimate of what Russia has assembled does include a lot more than tanks:
It'll certainly be interesting to see how it pans out.
On the other hand, if they outnumbered their opponent, say 5-to-1 in men, tanks, missiles, artillery usw, and weren't useless, perhaps they would have done rather better.
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Russian budget revenues for the last 12 months rose 28% to 35.5billion
Oil production rose 2% to 535 million tonnes and exports of oil derived fuel rose 7.5%
Gas exports obviously fell because of the terrorist attack on europe's energy suppky by the US
A drop in natural gas flows were offset by an increase in LNG up 98% to 852,000 tonnes
Russia is now larger than Saudi as a world supplier of oil derived energy
Last week more sanctions were added in relation to petrol and diesel supplies to Europe so once again, Russia just turns to China and India and they buy all they can, the only ones suffering is you and I
Actual fuel shortages and massive price hikes by summer? That’s worth a £5 ladbrookes bet
Friday's news about missile strikes
Ukraine’s Air Force said that at least 71 cruise missiles were fired by Russian long-range bombers and navy vessels from the Black Sea. Most of those missiles were shot down by air defences, it claimed.
Ukraine’s energy operator, Ukrenergo, has confirmed that several of its high-voltage sites nationwide were hit. The company said it had to implement emergency shutdowns to pre-empt possible damage to the power grid from overload.
Oil production rose 2% to 535 million tonnes and exports of oil derived fuel rose 7.5%
Gas exports obviously fell because of the terrorist attack on europe's energy suppky by the US
A drop in natural gas flows were offset by an increase in LNG up 98% to 852,000 tonnes
Russia is now larger than Saudi as a world supplier of oil derived energy
Last week more sanctions were added in relation to petrol and diesel supplies to Europe so once again, Russia just turns to China and India and they buy all they can, the only ones suffering is you and I
Actual fuel shortages and massive price hikes by summer? That’s worth a £5 ladbrookes bet
Friday's news about missile strikes
Ukraine’s Air Force said that at least 71 cruise missiles were fired by Russian long-range bombers and navy vessels from the Black Sea. Most of those missiles were shot down by air defences, it claimed.
Ukraine’s energy operator, Ukrenergo, has confirmed that several of its high-voltage sites nationwide were hit. The company said it had to implement emergency shutdowns to pre-empt possible damage to the power grid from overload.
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Irrelevant. Vlad the Invader has led an illegal invasion of a sovereign country. He should be stopped.
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either we need to stand up to Putin, at a cost.
or we allow him to do as he wants. Which do you think is best for the world longer term ?
Cut straight from Russia today.
Interesting that you didn't include the plans to cut Russian oil production by 500,000 barrels per day in March.
Or mention that the last few months have seen dramatic falls in oil revenues compared to before the invasion.
No. Russia's WWII advance. A favourite way of wrecking tanks then involved small artillery 100mm from memory..
Russia's idea of tank support now seems to be 1 or 2 terminators with each one. Number dependent on the situation. Reason. it can fire antitank missiles and deal with troops. You may have noticed that a single soldier can deal with a tank although one Russian method needs 2. Oh I know these things can only deal with Russian tanks.
You're thinking of the GERMAN 88mm flack cannon used in direct fire mode.
They have a very small number of terminators. They use BMPs for support.
You keep claiming tanks are past it, I doubt you can find many military commentators who supports that argument.
russia have 10 BMP-Ts in service, designed in 1998, based on a T-72 tank from the sixties, it's not some modern wonder weapon, it has missiles stuck on the top of a soviet era tank.
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