sunday Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 2 hours ago, sunday said: Interesting. Could make sense. There is an answer that addresses some of the questions raised https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022.88943/page-288?post=23237016#post-23237016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R011 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 14 hours ago, sunday said: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-white-house-physician-says-biden-not-cognitively-fit-deal-russia-crisis Worrying. I'm not putting a whole lot of stock in what some Republican politician says about Biden. I don't like him much myself and would have preferred Trump had won, and he's certainly no FDR or JFK, but Biden so far hasn't done much wrong since the invasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandeb48 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 situation on the donesk front: https://t.me/boris_rozhin/25359 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R011 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 3 hours ago, crazyinsane105 said: Yeah, that's not how aircraft swaps work. The Ukrainians have never once piloted an F-16, nor have they maintained one, hence giving them an F-16 will be useless. As for Mig-29 compatibility with AWACs, any idea if they have been upgraded with Link 16? That's also not something you can just throw on an aircraft if it isn't there in the first place. Finally, the variants of the Mig-29 in possession of NATO countries varies widely, and Ukrainian pilots can't just sit in one and learn all the nooks and crannies in a few minutes. Typically pilots have to go through specialized training when going from one variant to another. Probably one contributing factor why the aircraft were withheld from being given to Ukraine. I think the idea is to give Poland etc. F-16s to replace MiG-29s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Couple of pro-Ukrainuan T-80 near Mariupol https://t.me/oldminerkomi/985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 7 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said: Ok, so why walk away from a perfectly useable tank in a war zone then? Did you ever see Americans throw kit away like this, except in bug out fever in the Bulge or Korea? And they aren't retreating, they are advancing. And it's not just this tank. There are dozens of AFVs abandoned the same way. BMP3s, T80s. Some in singleton, others in platoons. The Ukrainians are even putting up Tiktok videos for the populace, to exploit this unexpected bounty from Vladmart. It's not an assumption. Want to know what Russian morale is like? This "screen" is well-known fake, actually it was intercepted by pro-Russian hackers on pro-Ukrainian chats before it was released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, 17thfabn said: The US uses about 20 million barrels a day. So less than 1/2 weeks use. Nope - More than two months of Russian imports into USA. https://www.afpm.org/newsroom/blog/oil-and-petroleum-imports-russia-explained - Edited the time period, oil trade is notorius for volatility Edited March 1, 2022 by John T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Central square of Kharkov, where Azov Nazis were planning their mobilization meeting, was hit (lookd like airstrike). https://t.me/boris_rozhin/25446 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 OSCE mission left Donetsk, while pro-Ukr heavy artillery is shelling central part of the city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) Withdrawn this till I can get confirmation. Edited March 1, 2022 by Stuart Galbraith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaro Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRW Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said: How good an idea is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Excelent situation maps by dragon-first-1, that were so helpful in 2014, are back! High-res Link https://dragon-first-1.livejournal.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejandro_ Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Quote As for Mig-29 compatibility with AWACs, any idea if they have been upgraded with Link 16? That's also not something you can just throw on an aircraft if it isn't there in the first place. No. MiG-29s used by Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria were kept in service with very limited upgrades (communications and navigation system). They are not capable of firing missiles like R-77 or AIM-120 (active air to air). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaro Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 13 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said: Regarding Slovakian MiGs, that pure wishful thinking.. we have 12 of them, yes, but only 4 are flying.. rest of them were used for spare parts mostly and would be of no use.. besides, our "clever" government signed a treaty with Russia some time ago, so actual Russian technicians were "maintaining" them... besides, our current ministry of defense said that Slovakia's MiGs wont be sent to Ukraine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ink Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) Quick couple of questions about the insanity of this invasion: The Russians moved troops into Belarus and to the Ukrainian border how long ago? That gave them weeks to plan every aspect of their attack. To train troops on how to move in groups, how to respond to ambushes, to find targets for artillery and the air force... And all that planning amounted to, "let's just drive in and see what happens"? Btw, same goes for providing justification for the war, working out media messaging at home and abroad, getting people on side, having diplomatic strategies worked out and in place on time. It's just all such a sh!tshow that it beggars belief. Edited March 1, 2022 by ink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaro Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Kharkov, post hit - building stands, lots of dead civilians who were driving by.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ink Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Just an additional aside. What's up with encircling Kiev? It's the 21st century - who does that? Civilians will suffer. The world will see that. Ukrainians will hate Russians forever. Forever. And they will always have to live next door to one another so they will always be reminded of it. (goes for Kharkov too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaro Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, ink said: Quick couple of questions about the insanity of this invasion: The Russians moved troops into Belarus and to the Ukrainian border how long ago? That gave them weeks to plan every aspect of their attack. To train troops on how to move in groups, how to respond to ambushes, to find targets for artillery and the air force... And all that planning amounted to, "let's just drive in and see what happens"? Btw, same goes for providing justification for the war, working out media messaging at home and abroad, getting people on side, having diplomatic strategies worked out and in place on time. It's just all such a sh!tshow that it beggars belief. plus, if they think Ukrainians will just submit when they completely occupy them, they are badly mistaken... there will be insurgency, and i dont think it will be limited only in occupied areas... keeping control of 40milion country... that will be quite costly, especially when huge majority of people hate the invaders. So yeah, maybe Putin still has some financial reserves left, but they are hardly enough for next few years of dwindling Russian economy plus cost of keeping occupation force in Ukraine... and on top of that, every single NATO country will now increase military spending, will build up new units, new capabilities, new weapons... Germany already plans to drop the proposed F/A-18F deal and instead buy F35 as nuclear deterrent force, and will heavily invest in its military... Europe is united like never before... Edited March 1, 2022 by jaro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, ink said: Quick couple of questions about the insanity of this invasion: The Russians moved troops into Belarus and to the Ukrainian border how long ago? That gave them weeks to plan every aspect of their attack. To train troops on how to move in groups, how to respond to ambushes, to find targets for artillery and the air force... And all that planning amounted to, "let's just drive in and see what happens"? Btw, same goes for providing justification for the war, working out media messaging at home and abroad, getting people on side, having diplomatic strategies worked out and in place on time. It's just all such a sh!tshow that it beggars belief. As for "weeks to plan every aspect" - as we see, Russian troops were on the outskirts of Kiev on Day2, key strategic gains also achieved very quickly - and it looks like the strategy of moving firvard as fast as possible did worked. Looks like organised resistance of Ukr Army only acting as army, not separate units, only exist in Donbass now. All other territory is isolated pockets of resistance with armed civilians shooting each other and local officials urging civilians to prepare Molotov coctails.... Giving troops extra training? I’m afraid making that will also disclose the plans of operation, and making it would cost more lives than few drivers lost their way…. Re media messaging - you are absolutely right, media campaign is total loss (amateur journalists of Novorossia are making much better job then high-paid professionals on TV in Moscow. Reason for that is simple: as i have said many times, "media people" here in Russia are mostly pro-Western liberals, and even when they are ordered to make something "patriotic"- they deliver subquality product, willingly or unvillingly. We need to fly Graham Phillips back from UK to replace them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 47 minutes ago, WRW said: How good an idea is this? Please disregard, its a fake. Galina Tretyakova (or Tretyakova Galina) doesnt even seem to have an twitter account. Call it Russian agitprop. Sorry about that, Id just woken up. Edited March 1, 2022 by Stuart Galbraith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 12 minutes ago, jaro said: Kharkov, post hit - building stands, lots of dead civilians who were driving by.. See above - there was Azov nazis mobilisation meeting planned there. But the meeting was planned to 10AM, and ste strike was earlier -probably to minimise the number of casualties and limit it to Azov leadership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Meanwhile DNR forces are providing "green corridor" to Mariupol residents, as the city is likely to become the scene of street battles (a lot of pro-Ukraininians have retreated into the city). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 For those who complain about slow progress and logistics problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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