Close to zero I would have thought. They were more than willing to carry out his thuggery against protestors after he stole the election.
Zelensky too. He was regarded as a bit of a joke at one time but if he manages to come out of this alive they’ll be putting his face on banknotes. Balls of steel.
Bet vladamolf hitputin wishes he had pervitin on hand
Some Russian spin (there were heavy fighting in Kyiv last night and Russian attacks on many other fronts):
So in the above video where she says she addressed military officials ,she more likely wasn’t speaking in person to them,more communicating through other forms.Her pleas falling on deaf ears no doubt .
I don’t know if @Magnus posted this already, but I thought it was interesting when I read it last night. Thread on tanks in urban warfare.
The 21yr old, who is guarding a bridge by himself!! I have so much admiration for the Ukrainian people.
If you look at his responses, people who actually know what they are talking about tell him that it is nonsense. Tanks hunts in packs. What one does not see, another one does. Most all angles covered. Tanks are very good in urban combat.
And yes, I saw it yesterday and was greatly unimpressed. What he says is simply not true I am afraid.
She’s actually in Warsaw now. It would be nice to think her words might have some effect in her homeland but that fucker Lukashenko is almost as unassailable as Putin himself … for the time being.
the 13 border guards on Zmiinyi Island telling the Russian Navy to go fuck themselves is the ultimate team of badasses
Would you describe yourself as “buzzing” for them?
Minor salt needed, but we have seen much video evidence of Russian troops pillaging and foraging fuel and food.
As a former US Tank commander I’ll say this isn’t 100% true in my own humble opinion. Tank units don’t want to be the only ones in an urban environment. You have to decrease your spacing, tighten your angles, and the views from inside a tank with a sealed too hatch aren’t great. Add in the fact Russian tanks only have 3 crew members compared to US 4. Urban combat is not where Russian tank crews are going to see much success. They’re great supporting assets to an infantry force conducting urban operations but as stand alone units, not the best equipped
Yes, but tanks are an asset in urban combat. I respect your knowledge there, but previous in Ukraine/Syria elsewhere, Russians use them in hunting packs to demolish urban resistance. A does the US from what I know. But of course, yes much more precarious in urban areas. Many ATGM nests that you can’t have 100% overview over. But Russian doctrine involves heavy use of them in urban combat.
100% on the doctrine aspect, just saying ultimately they can be a combat multiplier or a massive liability in an urban environment. Russian command and control doctrine doesn’t exactly help their cause either.
Also really depends on the model of tank as well the T-14 and some of the upgraded T-90s have been adapted to do better in urban environment but I haven’t seen a ton of those yet in the links you’ve posted so who knows what they are using
And they’ve had their asses handed to them in Hungary back in the day and Chechnya. Unsupported armour in urban combat is simply not viable. Even the Americans and allies found out the armour in urban settings does not fill the niche that they are trying to; even older RPGs fired from above a tank is likely to achieve penetration and even a mobility kill on the lead tank of a column leaves the others trapped in a kill zone, again as demonstrated time and time again in Chechnya.
Yes, but they are used with infantry support. Tanks don’t hunt alone. Many nests, machine gun and sniper nests, needs a tank to take are of them. We have seen this again and again previously in Ukraina and Syria that RU uses armour like this. Demolish buildings where they are getting shot at from.
But of course, it is precarious for the tanks in regards to ATGM. Not disputing that. Just saying that the Russians have used armour with success before and their doctrine for urban combat calls for it.
This is note worthy so posting again: