War in Ukraine, technical and military aspects only

[Roman Alymov]

13 minutes ago, Yama said:

I don't know if Yak-52 has any kind of hardpoints for external stores: if it has, then something like 7.62 helicopter gun pod should be fairly simple to install. 50cal will probably get bit too large and heavy.

Valmet Vinka, which was somewhat lighter and weaker than Yak-52, had four underwing hardpoints, although they were scarcely ever used.

See above, it is quite possible if time and effort dedicated to that - but, as we see, it is not done.  Or, another option, we only see the cases when intercept is not exactly successful because of poor kit, while success cases by good kit are not showm. Who knows....

[Roman Alymov]

T-80-based "barn-tank" https://t.me/infomil_live/16306

T-62-based "barn-tank" https://t.me/infomil_live/16287

[Roman Alymov]

RusTV report about "barn-upgrade" of T-62 https://t.me/swodki/475558

[alejandro_]

Analysis of operations in Kursk from Ukrainian point of view:
 

According to most of the officers interviewed by UP, the operation command made a mistake by placing weaker units on the flanks of the Kursk salient, while leaving the stronger ones, in particular the 95th, 80th, and 82nd brigades of the Airborne Assault Forces, in the center of the Ukrainian salient – on the railway in the direction of Lgov and the road in the direction of Kursk.

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"Because the Russians were blowing up the bridges, we left some of our equipment across the river. Everything heavier than 15–17 tons couldn't get out. In general, since mid-February, we have been practically unable to pick up our faulty equipment - there was no way to bring a tractor, people refused to go to repair it ," says Dmytro, a member of the Ukrainian Army

https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2025/03/21/7503853/

[MiGG0]

56 minutes ago, alejandro_ said:

Analysis of operations in Kursk from Ukrainian point of view:
 

According to most of the officers interviewed by UP, the operation command made a mistake by placing weaker units on the flanks of the Kursk salient, while leaving the stronger ones, in particular the 95th, 80th, and 82nd brigades of the Airborne Assault Forces, in the center of the Ukrainian salient – on the railway in the direction of Lgov and the road in the direction of Kursk.

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"Because the Russians were blowing up the bridges, we left some of our equipment across the river. Everything heavier than 15–17 tons couldn't get out. In general, since mid-February, we have been practically unable to pick up our faulty equipment - there was no way to bring a tractor, people refused to go to repair it ," says Dmytro, a member of the Ukrainian Army

https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2025/03/21/7503853/

 

Cannot be true, According to Stuart Russian dont attack flanks (Just little jab for Stuart) 

[TrustMe]

2 hours ago, alejandro_ said:

Analysis of operations in Kursk from Ukrainian point of view:
 

According to most of the officers interviewed by UP, the operation command made a mistake by placing weaker units on the flanks of the Kursk salient, while leaving the stronger ones, in particular the 95th, 80th, and 82nd brigades of the Airborne Assault Forces, in the center of the Ukrainian salient – on the railway in the direction of Lgov and the road in the direction of Kursk.

...

"Because the Russians were blowing up the bridges, we left some of our equipment across the river. Everything heavier than 15–17 tons couldn't get out. In general, since mid-February, we have been practically unable to pick up our faulty equipment - there was no way to bring a tractor, people refused to go to repair it ," says Dmytro, a member of the Ukrainian Army

https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2025/03/21/7503853/

No army can be strong everywere.

[mkenny]

A drone targets a pick-up but gets swatted by small arms. 

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

15 hours ago, MiGG0 said:

 

Cannot be true, According to Stuart Russian dont attack flanks (Just little jab for Stuart) 

Oh wow, and it only took them, what, 3 years, to figure out what they had already figured out in the first year of the Great patriotic war.

[alejandro_]

Spanish newspaper El País has published an interview with April Huggett, a Canadian military doctor in 93 Brigade. Some excerpts:

I take care of the soldiers' health. When they arrive, I find out if they have any pre-existing conditions, allergies, hepatitis C, HIV... Many have health problems, and I have to give them medication. I also train with them and make sure they're okay.

The promises are very nice, but I've been to Siversk, where there's one of our artillery units for five of the Russians. Then there's an announcement saying they're going to send more artillery, and the guys use all their reserves because they believe it. But it doesn't arrive for six months, eight months... Everyone is giving Ukraine just enough to hold off the Russians, but not enough to win. If we had all the equipment committed, we could do something, but it's very difficult to plan battles when you don't know what you're going to get. And maybe you think something's going to arrive, for example, from the United States, because they've committed a certain amount of aid, but then it's cut off because a new president comes in, and all the military planning for the next six months goes out the window. How can you do that? I'm totally disappointed.

If we were in a Canadian or American army, we'd all have night vision goggles. But we don't get enough money even for that, let alone uniforms, boots, first aid kits, vehicles... Ninety percent of the drones come from donations. We don't have enough money, and all these things are consumables. They get destroyed. People die. It's horrible. I don't know how many times I've collected first aid kits from wounded people and we don't even have enough to buy a new one. So now you're giving a guy a kit that's stained with blood or ripped with a bullet hole. It's not good for morale, but you keep going. Other soldiers get uniforms that have bullet holes sewn up. Isn't that amazing?

https://elpais.com/internacional/2025-03-25/una-medica-de-combate-canadiense-en-ucrania-mire-a-mis-hijos-y-pense-que-tenia-que-hacer-algo.html

Edited March 25 by alejandro_

[sunday]

13 minutes ago, alejandro_ said:

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https://elpais.com/internacional/2025-03-25/una-medica-de-combate-canadiense-en-ucrania-mire-a-mis-hijos-y-pense-que-tenia-que-hacer-algo.html

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April Huggett cambió su vida de ama de casa en Canadá por las trincheras de Ucrania para defender la democracia y la libertad frente al afán expansionista de Rusia

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April Huggett traded her life as a housewife in Canada for the trenches of Ukraine to defend democracy and freedom against Russia's expansionist ambitions.

One of the most Pacifist, left-wing Spanish newspaper, El País, into the warpath. Live to see.

[urbanoid]

Great, so the shitlibs were psyopped into supporting something decent for a change. I want more of that, I'd like to make them scream 'MASS DEPORTATIONS' when they see an undesirable thirdworlder. Maybe they could be the ones rounding them up and putting them on trains planes, e.g. for being 'misogynist' or 'antisemitic'. Hey, as long as the job gets done!

[sunday]

More plausible is that they continue to support things that are deleterious for Western civilization.

[Roman Alymov]

First-hand view (from pro-Rus side)of how traffic under constant drone strikes looks like https://t.me/opersvodki/25849

[Roman Alymov]

52 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

Great, so the shitlibs were psyopped into supporting something decent for a change. I want more of that, I'd like to make them scream 'MASS DEPORTATIONS' when they see an undesirable thirdworlder. Maybe they could be the ones rounding them up and putting them on trains planes, e.g. for being 'misogynist' or 'antisemitic'. Hey, as long as the job gets done!

Let me remind you, my Untermensch Slavic brother, that some of people (including your compatriots) who have luckily survived the visit of "Western civilization" in its ultimate form are still alive. Good luck demanding crackdown on thirdworlders, but don't let your pale skin to led you into illusion you are firstworlder.

[urbanoid]

2 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

Let me remind you, my Untermensch Slavic brother, that some of people (including your compatriots) who have luckily survived the visit of "Western civilization" in its ultimate form are still alive. Good luck demanding crackdown on thirdworlders, but don't let your pale skin to led you into illusion you are firstworlder.

It wasn't much of a Western civilisation, much less its 'ultimate form'.

I'm about as enthusiastic about third world migrants infesting Europe as you are about them doing the same in your country, so I don't really get much out of your post other than signaling a possible inferiority complex.

[Roman Alymov]

2 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

It wasn't much of a Western civilisation, much less its 'ultimate form'.

  Was it Asian? Or African? Or may be this white boys thinging Christmas Carols and knowing Ghoete by heart came from Mars? Face the reality, they were exactly Europeans, product of centuries of European civilization, from one of the most technologically and culturally advanced regions of Europe. May be not so much Europeans as Greeks or Italians, but still Europeans.

7 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

I'm about as enthusiastic about third world migrants infesting Europe as you are about them doing the same in your country, so I don't really get much out of your post other than signaling a possible inferiority complex.

The differnce is i am not complaining about "thirrdworlders". The ophtalmologist who was treating my Father the other day was definitely migrant (i think, Syrian) - and it is not coming to my head to demand him being replaced with Aryan doctor. I have nothing against migrants as long as they are following the rules and integrate into local society. More over, significant part of indeginous population of Russia are hardly different from "thirldworlders". 

What i complain about is our Government doing their best to import as many radical Islam followers from Central Asia as possible to replace locals who are seen as source of trouble and "Russian nationalism". Do you know, for example, that wearing "Islamic" closing or specific beards is illegal in most of post-USSR Central Asia states, while in RF public demands to implement the same rules here are highly likely to result in criminal case for "incitement of national hatred"? Result is we allready have millions of people who ignore local law and live under own rules, imposed by their ethnic/religeous informal leaders.

[RETAC21]

2 hours ago, urbanoid said:

Great, so the shitlibs were psyopped into supporting something decent for a change. I want more of that, I'd like to make them scream 'MASS DEPORTATIONS' when they see an undesirable thirdworlder. Maybe they could be the ones rounding them up and putting them on trains planes, e.g. for being 'misogynist' or 'antisemitic'. Hey, as long as the job gets done!

[RETAC21]

28 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

  Was it Asian? Or African? Or may be this white boys thinging Christmas Carols and knowing Ghoete by heart came from Mars? Face the reality, they were exactly Europeans, product of centuries of European civilization, from one of the most technologically and culturally advanced regions of Europe. May be not so much Europeans as Greeks or Italians, but still Europeans.

The differnce is i am not complaining about "thirrdworlders". The ophtalmologist who was treating my Father the other day was definitely migrant (i think, Syrian) - and it is not coming to my head to demand him being replaced with Aryan doctor. I have nothing against migrants as long as they are following the rules and integrate into local society. More over, significant part of indeginous population of Russia are hardly different from "thirldworlders". 

What i complain about is our Government doing their best to import as many radical Islam followers from Central Asia as possible to replace locals who are seen as source of trouble and "Russian nationalism". Do you know, for example, that wearing "Islamic" closing or specific beards is illegal in most of post-USSR Central Asia states, while in RF public demands to implement the same rules here are highly likely to result in criminal case for "incitement of national hatred"? Result is we allready have millions of people who ignore local law and live under own rules, imposed by their ethnic/religeous informal leaders.

But, but, but the logic of invading Ukraine is that they are Russians, if it doesn't matter who is a Russian, why invade Ukraine???

[Yama]

50 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

 The ophtalmologist who was treating my Father the other day was definitely migrant (i think, Syrian)....

[mandeb48]

1 hour ago, Roman Alymov said:

 

The differnce is i am not complaining about "thirrdworlders". The ophtalmologist who was treating my Father the other day was definitely migrant (i think, Syrian) 

 

By chance, is he skinny, tall, and has a mustache?

[Roman Alymov]

4 minutes ago, mandeb48 said:

By chance, is he skinny, tall, and has a mustache?

If you mean Assad-Jr. then not, it was definitely not him.

[Roman Alymov]

56 minutes ago, RETAC21 said:

But, but, but the logic of invading Ukraine is that they are Russians, if it doesn't matter who is a Russian, why invade Ukraine???

   Being Russian is not about ethnicity. There is a popular saying here "Russian is the person who is called Russian by the enemies". 

Edited March 25 by Roman Alymov

[RETAC21]

2 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

   Being Russian is not about ethnicity. There is a popular saying here "Russian is the person who is called Russian by the enemies". 

Explains so much.

Anyone that Russia calls Russian is a Russian...

[Roman Alymov]

1 minute ago, RETAC21 said:

Explains so much.

Anyone that Russia calls Russian is a Russian...

That definition is lacking the key part of what is Russia. RF is not Russia (and the very name "Russian" was de-facto banned from public use here for decades because of "threat of nationalism"). That is why i have repeatedly said here war in Ukraine is also war against "collective Putin" aka ruling elite of RF.

[RETAC21]

11 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

That definition is lacking the key part of what is Russia. RF is not Russia (and the very name "Russian" was de-facto banned from public use here for decades because of "threat of nationalism"). That is why i have repeatedly said here war in Ukraine is also war against "collective Putin" aka ruling elite of RF.

But Russia doesn't have a defined border:

Finland = Russia

Baltic republics = Russia

East Prussia = Russia

Poland = Russia

Azerbaijan = Russia

you get the gist by now...