The Ukraine Crisis Part 1 The initial Battles

AK’s aren’t difficult to operate. I wouldn’t want a novice firing at me from 20 yards. Your right though, ammo could be an issue.

 

Oh bloody 'ell, that's all we need, another bloody gung - ho Gen. Westmoreland !!!

 

Re: your last. Cue music from fifty years ago in 1970 as background for that. You spoke once of 'getting up-to-date'. I'm done responding to rabbits to chase.

 

Not yet its not . I dare say it will be . As will all the cities. Then the fun starts the guerrilla war of which the Ukrainian forces are more suited . It will erode the Conscripted Russian military with their fragile morale . The West will be supplying them with plenty of weapons very suited for this type of warfare such as the shoulder mounted anti tank missiles and Anti Aircraft missiles. I am sure the Russians will remember the Afghanistan war of 79-89 and how the Soviets were driven out . Their Soviet army was much better then as well . All this coupled with a very much damaged economy which will prevent them from replacing losses of materiale .

There is no way Putin can hold a country down of 41 Million people with the force he has at his disposal .Most of whom hate him and his regime .

This is doomed for failure .

Russian kid in tears . A captured conscripted kid forced to fight in a war he clearly doesnt want to be involved with .

 

But the toll it will take is a damn shame.

 

A link to an article on Sky News as to why the West will not sanction a no flight zone .

What's a no-fly zone and why won't the West enforce one in Ukraine?

 

Yes I agree

My hobby is wargaming and I study a lot of Military History ,hence the knowledge I have on the subject .

But even I am find this difficult to stomach at times .I cant believe its happening in 2022.

 

Yes, there’s been concern expressed here that attempting to enforce a no fly zone over Ukraine would trigger a hot war with Russia.

 

Cannot happen, too close to call.

 

For you folks in the UK and Europe, it's a shame that it's 1:30 and 2 am, just as our two reliable news networks are running better in-depth interviews with informed, experienced military folks ( Gen. Barry McCaffery 30+ yrs as strategist, Gen David Petraeus past head of US Central Command.) and their realistic assessments of the evolving situation. You'll only get short clips later in the morning.

Also, more time being spent on longer cell-phone and vid interviews with refugees and those still hiding in Kyiv and other cities. Facts, not BS.

Finally without so many damned commercials.

 

GOP senators push back hard on Trump's praise of Putin | TheHill

 

The U.S. has approved the direct delivery of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine

 

Just remember this is the same Moscow Mitch who accepted millions of dollars from a Russian Billionaire, and blocked FBI efforts to protect 2020 US elections from further election hacking.

I wouldn't trust that snake for a minute

 

Since Putin is being compelled by God he doesn't have to take personal responsibility for his actions - yeah, sure.

 

So China knew in advance.

 

I'm no fan of McConnell and I don't trust him either, but he seems to be the best way to have Trump ultimately discredited and defeated. Once that's done we can work on doing the same to him.

 

The Petraeus interview was excellent. Especially informative about the steady flow of arms making it deep inside Ukraine from the west.

 

It’s time to confront the Trump-Putin nexus | Rebecca Solnit

 

Over 2,000 Ukranian civilians have been killed, over a million have fled the country and the UN has condemned Russia. And still Putin remains resolute.