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Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments PART 2

Russian Federation began to hit the critical infrastructure..main power plants and railroad structure
 
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Vergennes said:
I would add the other problem is what do you expect from an army that lacks NCOs.... where the decision making is centralized in the higher command and where they don't let any trust,freedom of movement and decisions making to those at the bottom of the command chain. Truly inherited from the soviet era and Russia hasn't evolved. The time a decision comes,the enemy is already far away...

Add to that an army where nepotism and corruption are the rules and you get this kind of disaster.
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When I was active duty, a chief explained the US model of the NCO this way...And he once lectured at the Air Force Academy on leadership issues.

An officer is supposed to maintain the 'big picture' at all time. It does not matter where they are in the chain of command, just keep the 'big picture' at all time. Then chop that 'big picture' up into smaller pieces and trust your NCOs to do their jobs, which is to chop their pieces into smaller pieces among themselves. The officer's job is to make sure those small goals meshes with each other back into that 'big picture' originally started out with, find any difference, and hold accountable those who created the differences. So in order for that to work, you must have the institution to start. Without the NCO corps, and the faith and trust that come with it, the officer would be overloaded with work, mentally and physically.

I paraphrased what he told our squadron before he retired. People thinks that just because the words 'non commissioned' mean the person has lower IQ, not well educated, and less refined as an individual. But I would say that the US military NCO corps fit only one out of three: they are not so refined. :lol: Even with the more genteel Air Force, our sergeants are just slightly more refined than our Army, Navy, and Marines colleagues.
 
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zartosht said:
Good for you Sven Gates.

I am extremely happy for you and your immense wealth. I have tremendous awe and respect for those who flaunt their supposed wealth on the internet. Thats why i specifically included the “average” wording for a good reason.


the average person whos not an internet millionaire is deeply struggling with the increase in energy , food and everything.
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An average working person in Scandinavia brings in atleast $3000 after taxes per month. $100 extra on fuel doesnt really hurt most of us. People depending on transfer income might have a hard time - as always - but they are not the average people.
 

Ukraine Signals Major Weapons Request for Long-Term Offensive Against Russia​



WASHINGTON—Ukraine has signaled that it will make major new requests for weapons from the US and its allies, including a long-range missile system Washington has declined to provide, as Kyiv presses a successful offensive that has reclaimed thousands of square miles from Russian forces .

A document shared with US lawmakers and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal lists dozens of types of armaments the Kyiv government says it will need to press its offensive into 2023.

Among them are the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, which has a range of about 190 miles. The Biden administration, which has dispatched more than $15 billion worth of weapons and other security assistance to Ukraine, has declined to provide that system over concerns Ukraine could use it to strike Russian territory and spark a wider conflict with the West.

Ukraine’s list of requirements for “offensive operations” includes 29 types of weapon systems and ammunition. Among them are tanks, drones, artillery systems; more Harpoon antiship missiles; and 2,000 missiles for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or Himars, which the United States began providing earlier this year.

Ukraine’s requests come as its forces have routed Russian troops in northeastern Ukraine.

It follows the recent publication of a strategy statement by Valeriy Zaluzhny, the commander in chief of Ukraine’s forces, and Mykhailo Zabrodsky, a member of the Ukrainian parliament and a senior military officer who led the most significant Ukrainian counterattack in the 2014 war with Russia.

They argued that Russia has long-range cruise missiles that greatly outdistance the systems in the Ukrainian inventory. A turning point could come if the Ukrainians also had longer-range systems, they argued, specifically mentioning the ATACMS.

“The only way to radically change the strategic situation is, without a doubt, for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to launch several consecutive, and ideally, simultaneous counterattacks during the 2023 campaign,” they wrote.

The Kyiv government says it has taken back about 3,500 square miles of territory in the Kharkiv region.

Ukraine’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Asked Friday why the US remained reluctant to give Ukraine the ATACMS missiles, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the US was committed to giving the Ukrainians what they need to beat back the Russian forces, but said “It’s not just about one particular weapon or weapons system .”

“It’s about how you integrate these systems and how you integrate the efforts of various elements in the inventory to create effects that provide advantage to the Ukrainians,” he said in Prague alongside Czech Minister of Defense Jana Cernochova. “And we’re beginning to see that.”

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WSJ News Exclusive | Ukraine Signals Major Weapons Request for Long-Term Offensive Against Russia

Ukraine has indicated it will make new requests for weapons from the U.S. and its allies, including a long-range missile system Washington so far has declined to provide.
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MeFishToo said:
An average working person in Scandinavia brings in atleast $3000 after taxes per month. $100 extra on fuel doesnt really hurt most of us. People depending on transfer income might have a hard time - as always - but they are not the average people.
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Your facts mean nothing and will fall on deaf ears to any person swallowing the offical Moscow line. Particularly some of the Iranian forumers, who are quite convinced that europeans will be starving and freezing to death this winter. Its just cluelessness together with wishful thinking.
 

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