Cult Icon Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 The situation is moving fast, so far today the coast got linked together and the North is getting encircled. Multiple encirclement pincers elsewhere. Russian forces massing in front of Kyiv. Quote
Cult Icon Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 6 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said: "Denazification!" 9 killed, 37 wounded, including 3 children as result of Russian army shelling on Kharkiv today - Kharkiv Mayor Terekhov Quote
Cult Icon Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 Interesting up-close set of photos of Russian T-90 (with Z -markings) , and also the Infantry squads sitting on top of them. A weird war where both sides are using equipment that look like each other, and the way they distinguish each other is to paint Z's on them : Meeting the Russians on a woodland road: Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 47 minutes ago, Cult Icon said: Interesting up-close set of photos of Russian T-90 (with Z -markings) , and also the Infantry squads sitting on top of them. A weird war where both sides are using equipment that look like each other, and the way they distinguish each other is to paint Z's on them : Meeting the Russians on a woodland road: These long columns without proper air support would be easy pickings for the Ukrainians, if they still had enough air capabilities themselves (including drones). Quote
Cult Icon Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 27 minutes ago, SympathysSilhouette said: These long columns without proper air support would be easy pickings for the Ukrainians, if they still had enough air capabilities themselves (including drones). I have seen so many tank, AFV, and vehicle wrecks these past few days. Modern AT weapons are just too strong for tanks, they don't have the power that they used to. Tanks and vehicles of every type are now a disposible asset, just like the infantry. That is probably why the Russians are using a lot of "old" tanks and other vehicles, a Ukrainian Anti-tank weapon doesn't distinguish between cold war and modern vehicles, it destroys them all the same. Yeah, there are a lot of news reports of the 35 KM and 16KM long columns massing near Kyiv right now. Also the Ukrianians have claimed some drone/artillery successes today. Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 The U.S. air force completely obliterated such tank columns during the second Iraq war. Even with the limited aerial capabilities that the Ukrainians still possess at this point, this is tactically incredibly poor from the Russians. Quote
Cult Icon Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 3 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said: The U.S. air force completely obliterated such tank columns during the second Iraq war. Even with the limited aerial capabilities that the Ukrainians still possess at this point, this is tactically incredibly poor from the Russians. The Russians' military culture/combat doctrine "operational art" frequently violates common-sense tactical principles (taking obvious hits) in order to achieve operational results. This is why the Soviets/Russians have a reputation for having a great disregard for the lives of their soldiers in war. They think in terms of the operation result, and the tactical efficiency is less important to them. The structure of their military reflects this, a large heavily equipped force with 2nd rate training/professionalism with a tendency towards mass tactics and a small, heavily equipped elite force. It is very likely that they will reinforce all their losses of personnel and equipment prompty. So their philosophy is that the end result (Victory and destruction/capture of the enemy force) will justify the losses. A certain amoral "ends justify the means/cost-benefit calculus". I believe that a lot of the convoys getting ambushed- reported and phone-captured- are of the classic russian infiltration tactics. The big question to me is "Why are the Ukrainians not launching a counteroffensive?" It's probably due to the Russian air superiority. IF they start massing and assembling, the Russians will attack their groups and inflict high losses. But there is no other way. They must counterattack. If they constantly hold with static defense they won't have a country anymore. They know all of this so are trying to make a deal with the Russians. If no deal happens, the counteroffensive might happen. I bet the Russians threatened them with destroying their cities- particuarly Kharkiv and Kyiv, that's why they were attacking the civilians today. Quote
Matt! Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Cult Icon said: .... Ukrainian ambassador says Russia used 'vacuum bomb' that is 'prohibited by the Geneva convention' Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova said Monday that Russia used a bomb "prohibited by the Geneva convention" in Ukraine. "They used the vacuum bomb today, which is actually prohibited by the Geneva convention," after a briefing with members of Congress, according to Reuters. "The devastation that Russia is trying to inflict on Ukraine is large." Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 9 hours ago, Cult Icon said: The Russians' military culture/combat doctrine "operational art" frequently violates common-sense tactical principles (taking obvious hits) in order to achieve operational results. This is why the Soviets/Russians have a reputation for having a great disregard for the lives of their soldiers in war. They think in terms of the operation result, and the tactical efficiency is less important to them. The structure of their military reflects this, a large heavily equipped force with 2nd rate training/professionalism with a tendency towards mass tactics and a small, heavily equipped elite force. It is very likely that they will reinforce all their losses of personnel and equipment prompty. So their philosophy is that the end result (Victory and destruction/capture of the enemy force) will justify the losses. A certain amoral "ends justify the means/cost-benefit calculus". I believe that a lot of the convoys getting ambushed- reported and phone-captured- are of the classic russian infiltration tactics. The big question to me is "Why are the Ukrainians not launching a counteroffensive?" It's probably due to the Russian air superiority. IF they start massing and assembling, the Russians will attack their groups and inflict high losses. But there is no other way. They must counterattack. If they constantly hold with static defense they won't have a country anymore. They know all of this so are trying to make a deal with the Russians. If no deal happens, the counteroffensive might happen. I bet the Russians threatened them with destroying their cities- particuarly Kharkiv and Kyiv, that's why they were attacking the civilians today. I saw some people begging NATO to destroy the column. Obviously they won't do that because it would be a huge escalation. But it would be so easy to do. I'm sure a lot of the top brass in the various NATO countries are feeling incredibly frustrated. This operation is being waged so tactically poor by the Russians that they could utterly decimate the Russian forces with ease, and they would only need to use a tiny fraction of their combined operational capabilities to do so. Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 There is no "likely" about it. They would inflict massive damage just with a fraction of their drone capability. Let alone if they involve long-range missiles/air force operations. Quote
Cult Icon Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 Russian armor spotted, moving towards Kyiv from the Southeast Quote
Cult Icon Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 4 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said: I saw some people begging NATO to destroy the column. Obviously they won't do that because it would be a huge escalation. But it would be so easy to do. The Russians are deploying like this because they know the West won't help in a serious manner. They don't expect a massed air offensive from the West and Putin is threatening WW3. Deploying like this makes it more straightward to continue the offensive. Armies live and move by the roads/lines of communication. If they pull off road, and conceal themselves the offensive momentum will slow. They have been attacking Zhitomir with bombings yesterday and the day before, which is basically the Road to Kyiv. Quote
Cult Icon Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 23 hours ago, Cult Icon said: Russian army loses 29 aircraft, 191 tanks, 5,300 personnel in Ukraine in four days – Defense Ministry In addition, according to her, during this period the aggressor lost 191 tanks, 816 armored combat vehicles, 291 vehicles, 60 tanks, and two ships. Of the weapons, the Russian army lost 74 guns, 1 Buk anti-aircraft missile system, and 21 Grad multiple rocket launchers. Ukraine's claims for 2/27 is 1000 casualties inflicted for one combat day plus 44 Russian tanks knocked out. New set of claims from Ukraine for 2/28. So for combat day 2/28 the Ukrainians claimed 410 Russian personnel losses plus equipment (7 tanks, 30 armored vehicles, 14 vehicles, 3 artillery guns, 3 rocket launchers, 6 AA systems, etc) : https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/804396.html The Russian army lost 5,710 personnel killed and wounded, some 198 tanks and 29 helicopters, seven air defense systems in five days of fighting in Ukraine from February 24 to March 1 (as of 06:00), the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. According to the General Staff, also 200 Russian soldiers were captured. In addition, 846 armored combat vehicles, some 77 artillery systems, some 24 multiple launch rocket systems, some 60 tanks with fuel and lubricants, three operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, two boats, 305 vehicles were destroyed and damaged. Quote
Cult Icon Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 Russians are advancing down Zhitomir highway, this took place right outside Kyiv. In the South, Kherson is under attack Quote
Cult Icon Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 some missles just dropped into Kyiv, hitting the TV tower Quote
Cult Icon Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 Russian tanks engaging in street fighting, attacks on Ukrainian media Russians launching numerous air strikes today on towns and cities. Quote
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Matt! Posted March 2, 2022 Posted March 2, 2022 10 hours ago, Cult Icon said: some missles just dropped into Kyiv, hitting the TV tower That was a pretty d*ck move by the Russians. Quote
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