Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES) - Please put sensitive content behind a spoiler

MonkeyLove said:
Ultimately they need to hold territory wherever they are or the risk of encirclement comes in and/or partisan actions behind the lines.

Unless Ukraine ultimately surrender Russia need to be able to militarily secure all territory as they progress or they will be susceptible to what happened in Luhansk and Kharkiv where Ukraine attacked their flank, managed to get fire control over their supply lines, starved them out and then counter attacked causing huge Russian men and equipment losses
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I'm not sure that you guys understand what's going on in front of your eyes. There is too much talk of territory, strategy, tank battles etc.

There is no need for any sort of sophisticated analysis of this sort. Just two words are needed to describe the current war and Russian tactics - meat grinder. Bakhmut and Soldedar just happen to be the location for this, it could be happening anywhere else on the frontline.

Russia has more men and is simply using artillery and the lives of its own men to kill Ukrainian soldiers. Its crude but having some success as undoubtedly large numbers of Ukrainians soldiers are dying in the grinder. Ukraine desperately needs a way to move away from this sort of engagement. Control of the air, and the ability to take the Russians out from the air and support any tanks on the ground, would seem to be one way. Or more artillery power to keep the Russians at arms length. Himars clearly can't do this at Bakhmut or shells are too expensive. Something needs to change. I think that NATO changing gear to now discuss supplying planes is an acknowledgement of this.
 
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What Ukrainians have to deal with until NATO tanks arrive

“The Russians are hoping that if they bleed out Ukraine’s better units now they will hold onto the territory they have seized. For the next couple of months at least Ukraine must avoid these threats with the equipment it already fields.“

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Russia wants to bleed Ukraine dry before its tanks arrive

The decision by Kyiv’s international partners to send Nato-designed main battle tanks to Ukraine is a pivotal moment in the Russo-Ukrainian War. The tanks may be the focus of attention, but they were part of a much larger range of commitments – Ukraine’s partners have now committed to enabling...
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Germany donating Reconnaissance Drones

https://twitter.com/x/status/1619796059949244416

“Boris, I don’t want to hurt you but I could blow you up with a missile in a minute”

www.bbc.co.uk

Ukraine: Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike

Boris Johnson says he had an "extraordinary" call with President Putin before the Ukraine invasion.
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Big rise in explosives and gun related crime as mobiks smuggle their weapons back into mother russia

https://twitter.com/x/status/1619719624853176323
 
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Charmless Man said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1619793905171714048

Yes technically not the same conflict but of interest.

Could we have an Israel vs Iran thread soon? Locals report the sound of aircraft ahead of the explosions.
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Israel vs Iran is a matter of time.

Iran has had no interest in getting involved in a conflict with Israel whilst the balance of nuclear power lies in Tel Aviv.

But Iran are supposedly now in a position to make nuclear weapons and once they have levelled the playing field their behaviour will clearly change.

The West have allowed another North Korea to occur under our noses

A nuclear armed Iran acting with impunity because it has a nuclear threat will be very dangerous for the region

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Iran’s amassed enough material for ‘several nuclear weapons,’ says IAEA chief | CNN

Diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon should restart, said International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi, who warned that Tehran has amassed enough material for “several nuclear weapons.”
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