Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[Signalian]

Russians don't use BTR-3, except it's captured. ^^
For tanks I saw only T-72B3M and T-80BVM - what is funny, I thought they only wanna use the T-80 series in the REALLY cold regions.

They have almost the same weaponry so both know weaknesses of MBTs/IFVs used by other side.

 

[Hack-Hook]

#BREAKING: Ukraine files case against Russia at the International Court of Justice at The Hague. “We request an urgent decision ordering Russia to cease military activity now and expect trials to start next week”, says the Ukrainian President.

ICJ only can participate in case of war crime , not in case of war , that's the duty of UNSC

 

[Brainsucker]

Why has Russian performance been so poor ? I am watching videos of their equipment and troops being destroyed and humiliated respectively , on reddit.

What do you make of that ? Do you think there is a possibility RU can fail in achieving its objectives given covert and overt support given to Ukrainians by the west ?

It easy, because they didn't cripple Ukraine's command and communication, and let the Ukrainian rally their troop. They should destroy all important assets first, like electricity, radio and TV stations, etc first. To make all Ukrainian doesn't recieved information from outside world. Make them separate from the world, like cave men, then strike them with propaganda and intimidation, to destroy their morale. But when they can get information from outside world, and get rallied by their leaders, then their morale will raise, and they will become massive danger for the front line army.

 

[RescueRanger]

When you live in your own collective bubble of ignorance failing to realize that Russians use GLONASS.

 

[gambit]

Can NATO bog down Russia through Ukraine in this war till Russian economy is drained out as the war prolongs ?

Like post 5494 said about the 'War chest' factor, how large and deep is Russia's apportioned out for this war? Did Putin correctly estimated global response and appropriately funded the war? Did Putin anticipated the loss of Russia's participation in the global finance and trade market? Right now, not buying/selling Russian vodka may sound silly, but what if that consumer level boycott gain traction into other Russian products? Maybe even Russian mail order brides will be boycotted, although, I would find that sector difficult to avoid.

So yes, the West can turn Ukraine into a pit of economic quicksand for Russia. There is a list of countries that support Russia but Putin know he can count on none of them, notably not wealthy China. In short, Russia is quite alone, except for worthless verbal support on various internet forums.

 

[pkuser2k12]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1497859581183205378

 

[jhungary]

Alright, welcome back.

Not back, at least not completely.

I am just seeing this as a very good talking point, so I come back up here.

Well, how frequent do you see Russian conventional war? You see a lot of how NATO and US fight conventional war. But this is probably the first since Soviet Union fight Afghanistan in the 80s, and to be honest? I am disappointed. And I think most military analyst would have say the same thing.

Anyway, thank you for your post.

 

[RescueRanger]

Ghost of Kiev flying Mig-29 who has reportedly shot down 6 Russian fighter aircraft in 30 hours making him Europe's first ace fighter pilot since World War 2 ? Rumor only ?

Brother that "myth" was busted on day 1:

'Ghost Of Kyiv' Fighter Pilot Blowing Up Russian Aircraft In Trending Clip Actually From Video Game

Fake footage from Digital Combat Simulator fueled rumors of Ukrainian super pilot

kotaku.com

 

[jhungary]

Why has Russian performance been so poor ? I am watching videos of their equipment and troops being destroyed and humiliated respectively , on reddit.

What do you make of that ? Do you think there is a possibility RU can fail in achieving its objectives given covert and overt support given to Ukrainians by the west ?

Two things.

1.) Russia no doubt (At least in my mind) underestimated Ukraine warfighting capability. Notice that even with light anti-tank weapon like N-Law the British give them, and Javelin (From the US), those are still quite capable weapon if they were used in a right condition. Now, we all know the Ukrainian have those weapon, that is not even a secret. But I sincerely think the Russia either do not think Ukrainian know how to deploy them effectively, or even worse, they either discounted them or ignored them.

2.) Ukrainian have been adapted to how Russia fight, and Russia did not change their playbook any. Bear in mind Ukrainian has been fighting and resisting the Russian for 8 years, they should be more than adapted by now. And what Russia doing now is no different then when they were doing in Donbass, they are only doing it on a bigger scale. Which mean the Ukrainian still know where and when to hit the Russian to make it hurt.

 

[Hack-Hook]

If Iran support Russia, Iran can always attack Germany in support of Russia. Other than that, you have to live with the laws as is.

which law , why you guys won't live with it , how many neutral countries european attacked in WW1 and WW2

 

[kingQamaR]

Fighting house to house in a city is a different type of war and will be bloody. The Russians must know this from bitter experience in Stalingrad. and in Chechnya Ukraine is now heading the same way for them fight there way in

 

[BigMelatonin]

Two things.

1.) Russia no doubt (At least in my mind) underestimated Ukraine warfighting capability. Notice that even with light anti-tank weapon like N-Law the British give them, and Javelin (From the US), those are still quite capable weapon if they were used in a right condition. Now, we all know the Ukrainian have those weapon, that is not even a secret. But I sincerely think the Russia either do not think Ukrainian know how to deploy them effectively, or even worse, they either discounted them or ignored them.

2.) Ukrainian have been adapted to how Russia fight, and Russia did not change their playbook any. Bear in mind Ukrainian has been fighting and resisting the Russian for 8 years, they should be more than adapted by now. And what Russia doing now is no different then when they were doing in Donbass, they are only doing it on a bigger scale. Which mean the Ukrainian still know where and when to hit the Russian to make it hurt.

They didn't underestimate them, they are trying to minimize harm to civilians. In Kiev the people still have power, telephone, etc. because Russia is targeting only military targets instead of infrastructure. If they wanted to minimize their own casualties they could simply fight US style and level Kiev and Kharkov.

 

[Vergennes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1497917403304452097

russian convoy annihilated in Kyiv

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1497918446239055873

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

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When you live in your own collective bubble of ignorance failing to realize that Russians use GLONASS.

This is quite a hilarious comment