Meanwhile In The Baltic Republics And Poland...

[glenn239]

3 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

I'm sorry but at what point your thoughts became my problem?)

He's trolling you.  Anyone with 5 minutes knowledge of warfare in Ukraine understands why donkeys might be useful for supply runs.

[Roman Alymov]

15 hours ago, glenn239 said:

He's trolling you.

Yes i know, i just wonder why he is doing it in such an obviously illogical and misinformed way. There are so many real problems in Russia that one could point his finger at, but for some reasons they are not filtering into Stuart's world - while he for some reason pick up the least of many, and one that rases memories of his own glass house....

[Stuart Galbraith]

18 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

I'm sorry but at what point your thoughts became my problem? While you was living on some "Putin stronk" planet created for you by your MSM (the same planet where Trump is Russian agent, NHS is magically saving from all-deadly Novichok etc), i was repeatedly telling here Russian Federation was created as de-facto colony of West, controlled by compradoe pro-Western administration, and it is only because of arrogance and incompetence of collective Western leadership "collective Putin" have to stay in war and even sometimes do something for Russian Army, instead of surrender "Russian elite" is dreaming about. 

     Reality is, your army, in allience with "first army of the world", have lost to "a gang of ill educated, ill disciplined terrorists with nothing but fanaticism to keep them going". It is reality, and this "gang" having donkeys is just sidenote (no doubt it was not because of donkeys, with all my respect to them, Taliban won). You may say you were not really trying etc. - ok, it is up to you, after all it is your problems with this people, not mine. But as for me this simple fact might make you think twice before jumping on donkey topic.

    By the way, since you insist, here is fresh update from Arestovich. According to him, RusArmy brigade do have 2.5 times the number of transport units vs. UkrArmy number. But he specifically mention this units is trucks (not donkeys as you think)

 

I would address the points you were so kind enough to address to me, however Im unable to find a point other than a general rant and lamentation on western perfidy and your inablity for your military to find its arse with both hands. 

Suffice to say I think First Guards Donkey Army sounds perfectly fine, and you shouldnt be at any point ashamed of it. im sure they will look magnificent marching through Red Square en mass. Be good for the rose gardens if nothing else.

15 hours ago, glenn239 said:

He's trolling you.  Anyone with 5 minutes knowledge of warfare in Ukraine understands why donkeys might be useful for supply runs.

Yes, all their lorries with all terrain capability were blown up.

As for trolling, considering how many threads you liberally urinated over with your vapid ruminations, that really is peak humour.

[Roman Alymov]

3 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Suffice to say I think First Guards Donkey Army sounds perfectly fine

Current Russian joke about it is "First Guards Tractor Army" as T is the same for "Tank" and "Tractor" and fits into acronym, following their loss of nearly all their kit because of command negligence.  Nothing you say is even close to level of criticism of regular Russian Army and state system in general that is common in pro-Russian circles. Having you done your homework and learned Russian to be able to read local discussions, you will be humiliated by understanding how weak are your efforts to produce what you believe is critical about Russia. You are still not even on "guardian" level of criticism.

[Roman Alymov]

Nothing new is new

"The upcoming blockade of the Baltic (https://t.me/ejdailyru/301657 ) continues to cosplay the Crimean War. 

We read (https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/acta/44/01_Zubkov.pdf for example, the literary historian Kirill Zubkov wrote about the British fleet near St. Petersburg in his work "Defeat as Victory: A Narrative of the Crimean War": 

"Nicholas I's reaction to the appearance of the Anglo-French squadron in the Baltic was so strong that it attracted the attention of even observers who did not personally know him. This is evidenced by Avdotya Panaeva.:

“We were living in a country house between Oranienbaum and Peterhof, on the seashore, when the enemy squadron appeared near Kronstadt, and one steamer appeared on a foggy morning almost at the fortress, while everyone was sure that it was impossible to pass because the channel was flooded with ships.

<..."I saw Tsar Nikolai Pavlovich galloping towards Oranienbaum on a troika in a carriage, followed by several generals.

The emperor had a gloomy expression on his face, but he looked around at the troops marching along the road with his usual majestic calmness.

When he was driving back, he was unrecognizable, he was sitting in the carriage with his head bowed, and his eyes were closed, as if he were asleep. The pallor of his face was ghastly. […]

One competent person in military affairs, D. A. Milyutin, often went to our country from Peterhof. He was still not in high rank at that time. When asked if we were ready for war, which, in the course of diplomatic relations between the French court and the Russian, was inevitable, Milyutin replied: “According to the papers, we are quite ready! But from the very first military actions, a terrible flaw in everything will be revealed..."

Unfortunately, all of Milyutin's predictions came true during the Crimean War... Milyutin was constantly in the literary circle and was generally respected for his education, and most importantly for his liberal views. He talked a lot about the need for fundamental transformations in all parts of the military department."

https://t.me/intuition2036/17436

[Stuart Galbraith]

15 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

Current Russian joke about it is "First Guards Tractor Army" as T is the same for "Tank" and "Tractor" and fits into acronym, following their loss of nearly all their kit because of command negligence.  Nothing you say is even close to level of criticism of regular Russian Army and state system in general that is common in pro-Russian circles. Having you done your homework and learned Russian to be able to read local discussions, you will be humiliated by understanding how weak are your efforts to produce what you believe is critical about Russia. You are still not even on "guardian" level of criticism.

You see, im not being remotely hard on you at all.

Nah, I dont humiliate easily, ive been here nearly 30 years now.

 

[Rick]

42 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

Current Russian joke about it is "First Guards Tractor Army" as T is the same for "Tank" and "Tractor" and fits into acronym, following their loss of nearly all their kit because of command negligence.  Nothing you say is even close to level of criticism of regular Russian Army and state system in general that is common in pro-Russian circles. Having you done your homework and learned Russian to be able to read local discussions, you will be humiliated by understanding how weak are your efforts to produce what you believe is critical about Russia. You are still not even on "guardian" level of criticism.

What is the Soviet reaction to Viktor Suvorov's book in the West titled "Inside the Soviet Army?"

[Stefan Kotsch]

55 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

Nothing you say is even close to level of criticism of regular Russian Army and state system in general that is common in pro-Russian circles.

The difference in the reviews is that you and your Russians want to transform the war into a Total War.
We just want the Russian army to leave Ukraine again.

[glenn239]

5 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

Yes i know, i just wonder why he is doing it in such an obviously illogical and misinformed way. .

Right, because Stuart's usual MO is illogical but informed. :^)

Edited February 12 by glenn239

[Stuart Galbraith]

I see Sun Tzu has got me in his crosshairs again.

[Roman Alymov]

5 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

You see, im not being remotely hard on you at all.

  I'm sorry but you are completely lacking the position to be "hard on" me. I live in real world where not only people i personally know are killed from time to time on frontline, despite of our daily efforts to crowdfund/DIY basic kit to assist their survival (like, for example, "anti-drone" MG tripods we, tank musemum community, produce), but where officials are doing their best to obstruct our work. For example, couple of days ago the founder and owner of major Russian IT company, the man who was the driving force behind civilian volunteer project that reequiped hundreds of RusArmy tanks and APCs with modern digital communication (instead of analogue Soviet-time radio stations they originally had) , not the mention major sponsor of other projects and father of mobilized RusArmy soldier, was arrested by local officials in one of the regions on fake allegations.

    How do you think, could few letters on the screen of chat platform be something "hard on me" in this real life situation?

[Roman Alymov]

5 hours ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

The difference in the reviews is that you and your Russians want to transform the war into a Total War.

Let's start with trsnsforming "SVO" into "war", for starters. 

5 hours ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

We just want the Russian army to leave Ukraine again.

You are not the first people in history who want Russian Army to leave part of Russia. For most of this people, this desire ended badly.

[Roman Alymov]

12 hours ago, Rick said:

What is the Soviet reaction to Viktor Suvorov's book in the West titled "Inside the Soviet Army?"

If you mean official Soviet reaction back in 1980th, then it was not on this or that book but general reaction on runaway agent who is writing something under control of British intelligence (the same community that decades later produced "Trump-Russia dossier").

   If you mean opinion on his books by modern Russian historians, then they find them mostly fiction. It doesn't mean really was better - as by late 1970th-early 1980th USSR was already badly (if not gravely) "ill", but reality was different. Note Western intelligence was not able to detect this internal rot untill the very end, and this by itself is indication people like Suvorov-Rezun were not able to communicate anything really useful.

[Stuart Galbraith]

17 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

  I'm sorry but you are completely lacking the position to be "hard on" me. I live in real world where not only people i personally know are killed from time to time on frontline, despite of our daily efforts to crowdfund/DIY basic kit to assist their survival (like, for example, "anti-drone" MG tripods we, tank musemum community, produce), but where officials are doing their best to obstruct our work. For example, couple of days ago the founder and owner of major Russian IT company, the man who was the driving force behind civilian volunteer project that reequiped hundreds of RusArmy tanks and APCs with modern digital communication (instead of analogue Soviet-time radio stations they originally had) , not the mention major sponsor of other projects and father of mobilized RusArmy soldier, was arrested by local officials in one of the regions on fake allegations.

    How do you think, could few letters on the screen of chat platform be something "hard on me" in this real life situation?

Sounds to me you ought to get out in Red Square and protest for the end of the war then, if you are so concerned about guys you know dying in a war you cant win with inadequate equipment. Thats what normal countries do you know. End wars they cant win.

As for whether you are bothered or no, frankly I really dont give a shit. Im more concerned about the Ukrainian civilians you kill with regularity in your illegal war. So, Crimea River.

 

 

[Roman Alymov]

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Sounds to me you ought to get out in Red Square and protest for the end of the war then, if you are so concerned about guys you know dying in a war you cant win with inadequate equipment. Thats what normal countries do you know. End wars they cant win.

That is exactly what significant part of "appeasement of the West party" is working for: make Russian society so tired of war and losses that they would accept any surrender deal "collective Putin" will arrange, and kill as many pro-Russian activists and volunteers on the frontline as possible to remove any prospects of armed opposition for them to sell Russian interests to get their London palaces back. That is why, for example, Moscow city officials are focused on the project of constructing new building of circus in central Moscow (not only ugly, but hugely expencive) while frontline soldiers are crowdfunding money to buy rusty Ladas to convert them into improvised battlefiels transporters to move quicklu across drone-controlled space....

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

As for whether you are bothered or no, frankly I really dont give a shit. Im more concerned about the Ukrainian civilians you kill with regularity in your illegal war. So, Crimea River.

If you are so concerned about the fate of "Ukrainian civilians" - protest to your Gov to make them press their puppets in Kiev to open the border and allow Ukr males out of the country, for example to UK (or you prefer males from Pakistan to live in your cities?) 

[seahawk]

Anybody concerned about the deaths, should end the help for the separatists in the Russian civil war.

[urbanoid]

Not the official stance of the government, but still... an interview with Colonel Piotr Lewandowski, lecturer at the Territorial Defense Forces Training Center, participant in seven Polish missions in Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iraq (autotranslated)

Quote

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What lessons can be learned from the war in Ukraine?

The main lesson is that the state is fighting, not just the army. The Ukrainian army is not in retreat only because of the impairment of operational art, but because the state with its mobilization and financing system has not fulfilled its function. Despite this, Ukrainians have been fighting for three years and maintain morale. It is worth looking at how it looks in other countries. Germany has no desire to serve in the army, France is a little better, but Great Britain does not either. Belgium and the Netherlands are countries whose citizens do not want to serve in the army.

Should Poland consider reintroducing conscription?

In principle, I am against compulsory military service. However, currently, if we want to have an army capable of stopping the Russians, the only option left is conscription. If a citizen does not want to fight, but the country does, it must force the citizen. I do not like this solution, but I do not see any other.

What could such a draft look like in practice?

Combination of compulsory and voluntary service. Compulsory shorter (3-6 months), voluntary longer (6-12 months) and better paid. Conscripted service is more expensive the shorter it is, because you have to equip subsequent conscripts. Short service would be less of a burden on society and the labor market, but more expensive.

How long before the Russian army can pose a real threat to NATO?

If the Russians maintain their army and pay huge amounts of money to contract soldiers, endangering their shaky budget, they will have to return to war after two years at the latest. If they start firing contract soldiers and replacing them with conscripts for much less money, their army will shrink - then we would have a window of up to five years. I am not saying that they will definitely go to war. Their movements will show us whether they decide to go to war. But regardless of what Russia does, we must act as if they have decided to go to war. If we wait with action until we have a clear picture of the situation, it may be too late.

https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/weteran-polskich-misji-dla-money-pl-jestem-przeciwnikiem-poboru-ale-innego-wyjscia-nie-widze-7127645683931936a.html

[urbanoid]

LOL

We have a new Baltic state

https://x.com/BismarckLover/status/1899471353851400507