Roman Alymov Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 https://youtu.be/yv_37gCtDqo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaro Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 The An-26 aircraft of the Russian Air Forces crashed in the Voronezh region, the crew died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Thats a bit close to the front for such a system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETAC21 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 10 hours ago, Ssnake said: Unfortunately, their calculations apparently came to a different result. Yes, I will be the first to admit I was wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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On the way Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Are Russian troops mostly conscripts? Or have they gotten away with their conscript system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) Half and half. VDV are mostly regular now, but the rest of the army still has lots of one year conscripts. Putin tried to cut the practice because it makes a political issue sending back lots of dead young conscripts. But they could never get enough people wanting to join the Army to do it. Don't know about naval infantry. Mark Galelotti claims you could tell regulars in Chechnya, because they all ride on the lead PC. All the conscripts rode in the ones behind, so they wouldn't take casualties... Edited February 24, 2022 by Stuart Galbraith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 21 minutes ago, On the way said: Are Russian troops mostly conscripts? Or have they gotten away with their conscript system It's a mix, with I think roughly 2/3 professional force, generally all the front line troops if I understand correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) Picture of Su-24s allegedly attacking Antonov airfield late in the afternoon: Edited February 24, 2022 by Daan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Let's hope St Petersburg will again lead the struggle against tyrrany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Just now, Daan said: Picture of Su-24s allegedly attacking Antonov airfield late in the afternoon: Only a Muppet turns above the target, as you well know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 A view of the current developments by a pro-Putin blogger I think the exposition of the objectives of the invasion is worth a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Russian heliborne forces attacking Antonov airfield: [img]https://i.imgur.com/En5hLHK.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Falcon Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Daan said: Russian heliborne forces attacking Antonov airfield: [img]https://i.imgur.com/En5hLHK.jpg[/img] Those last two photos remind me of movies and TV episode made about the US airdrops during Operation Market Garden. An easy landing, but hard fighting to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 hour ago, On the way said: So many things don't make sense here. Why the heck would the Russian want to take Chernobyl? What is there of strategic importance? Its an irradiated wasteland there. Road net goes across the Pryapet river just south of that. It's a power generation facility too so strategic. It's the next river crossing over the Dnieper River north of Kiev. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chernobyl+Reactor+%234/@51.2834826,29.901967,9.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x472a7d16e5dbf3ff:0xf6987f427fd05d6a!8m2!3d51.3892676!4d30.0983586 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Soviet Radar Outpost during the cold war iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahawk Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 This will be over in the morning. The fascist government has no support and will be rounded up by brave Russian paratroopers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Dark_Falcon said: Those last two photos remind me of movies and TV episode made about the US airdrops during Operation Market Garden. An easy landing, but hard fighting to come. Supposedly the Airborne (I've a suspicion it's a unit of 45 Spetsnaz Brigade, which is part of the VDV) is surrounded by the Ukrainian 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade, which has a battle hardened reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn239 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said: It's going to take a while, I don't think they have the airlift for more than a regiment at a time. If they're shipping in an air regiment then Ukrainian AD must be down, hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, seahawk said: This will be over in the morning. The fascist government has no support and will be rounded up by brave Russian paratroopers. No reason to expect quick end - both sides are Russians, and it means stubborn resistance. See Russian Civil war 100+ years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Falcon Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Just now, Stuart Galbraith said: Supposedly the Airborne (I've a suspicion it's a unit of 45 Spetsnaz Brigade, which is part of the VDV) is surrounded by the Ukrainian 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade, which has a battle hardened reputation. To be fair, they're paratroopers; they're supposed to be surrounded. Bravado aside, part of the value of such an air landing is the motivation it provides to the relief force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 15 minutes ago, rmgill said: ...t's a power generation facility too so strategic.... It does not generate power since 2000 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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