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The Navy couldn't have given a crap. They have their own air defence. Nope - an army smoky room.
The War in Ukraine
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Eight 'capability coalitions' are rushing arms to Ukraine. Here's who will donate what. (EXPLAINER) - Breaking Defense
NATO has established eight different capability coalitions designed to get critical systems or ammo into Ukrainian hands quickly. Here's a deep dive into how they're all faring.
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The Coalitions
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You left out:Eight 'capability coalitions' are rushing arms to Ukraine. Here's who will donate what. (EXPLAINER) - Breaking Defense
NATO has established eight different capability coalitions designed to get critical systems or ammo into Ukrainian hands quickly. Here's a deep dive into how they're all faring.
The Coalitions
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could go in the tank thread too
lack of parts availability for 2A4 a problem for Ukraine, Canada and others. Will it get better or is the 2A4 at an end
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I hope it’s not too late.
Putin has elected to replace Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. The new minister is Andrei Belousov, who is a civilian and an economist by training.
Which brings to mind one of my favorite jokes that came out of the Soviet Union:
The annual Victory Day parade is marching its way through Moscow. Row after row of infantry pass by the reviewing stand, and they are soon followed by an increasingly impressive array of military hardware. First trucks towing guns, then tanks, helicopters and fighters, then massive missile launchers roll past. Finally, bringing up the end of the parade are a group of men in suits and carrying briefcases.
The Secretary General asks the KGB chief, "are these your people?" The KGB chief shrugs his shoulders and looks at the Minister of Defence, who is equally confused.
The Minister of Finance leans over to the Secretary General and whispers, "Comrade, those are our economists. They may not look like much, but in a few days they can devastate an entire country!"
Which brings to mind one of my favorite jokes that came out of the Soviet Union:
The annual Victory Day parade is marching its way through Moscow. Row after row of infantry pass by the reviewing stand, and they are soon followed by an increasingly impressive array of military hardware. First trucks towing guns, then tanks, helicopters and fighters, then massive missile launchers roll past. Finally, bringing up the end of the parade are a group of men in suits and carrying briefcases.
The Secretary General asks the KGB chief, "are these your people?" The KGB chief shrugs his shoulders and looks at the Minister of Defence, who is equally confused.
The Minister of Finance leans over to the Secretary General and whispers, "Comrade, those are our economists. They may not look like much, but in a few days they can devastate an entire country!"
Oof. That’s a technique.
Taking open country and small villages forward of the main defensive lines is one think. Taking a major urban centre and transportation hub is another. I don’t think the city is at risk of overrun.
I have seen one or two OSINT sources who believe that the moves towards Kharkiv may be a feint to suck in Ukrainian reserves prior to an attack elsewhere.
Difficult to say for sure. The publicly available information isn't exactly trustworthy.
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FTFY
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Maybe more than just IT support ....
Estonia 'seriously' discussing sending troops to 'rear' jobs in Ukraine: Official - Breaking Defense
The national security advisor to the Estonian president is the latest NATO nation official to weigh into the debate over the wisdom of foreign forces in Ukraine, while a senior British officer said it's still "not a path that the [UK] Prime Minister wants to go down."
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NATO member Estonia is 'seriously' discussing sending troops to fill non-combat roles in Ukraine, security advisor says
Madis Roll, national security advisor to Estonia's president, said discussions centered on sending troops to fill "rear" roles amid Ukraine's manpower crunch.
Defense minister: Ideas about sending soldiers to Ukraine have gone nowhere
Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) said the idea to send NATO soldiers to Ukraine has not gone anywhere, either in Estonia or the European Union.
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Estonian defence minister denies “serious talks” to send European troops to Ukraine are underway
Hanno Pevkur, Minister of Defence of Estonia, has said that the suggestion to send troops to Ukraine has not found support neither in Estonia nor at the European Union level.
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Guaranteed to be high - it's almost a truism that kill claims exceed the real losses by a large number. The question is by how much they are overstating true losses.
The OSINT aggregators who count up destroyed vehicles are probably the most reliable openly available source, but they don't necessarily agree with each other and they are of uncertain quality. Right now the ones I have been following have Russians down by about 2600 tanks and 6000 IFV/APCs, and maybe 1000 artillery systems (gun or rocket). Basically 50 motorized rifle brigades worth of equipment.
Some of the OSINT crowd have also taken to looking at the Russian storage bases to count up the equipment that is sitting out in the fields now as opposed to two or three years ago. Quite a bit of guesswork goes into this, but it is clear that very large numbers of old Soviet-era equipment has been consumed. My general observation is that this appears to confirm the loss estimates from the OSINT aggregators above. That said, the Russians still have lots of BMPs, BTRs and older tanks in storage. How many of them can be made serviceable is hard to guess.
Personnel casualties are harder to estimate, really it's not much better than educated guesswork. I know there is a Russian media source that is counting up inheritance claims and obituaries, which is certain to be lower than the real number of KIA. They had the number at 85,000 killed as of last month. Assuming a reasonable killed/wounded ratio, this would put total casualties at over 300,000.
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I wonder if the prison guards in Russia have cotton on to the fact that, once the majority of Russians in Prison have been finally all combed out and sent to the front as canon fodder that they, the Guards are surplus labour and they will be next in line to man the line in Kherson, Melitopol, Andrivvka and Dontesk?
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Shhh !
Don't ruin the surprise.
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I would think so too except there is evidence from Russian budgetary expenditures in favour of that number being accurate for KIA not KIA and WIA which it is sometimes stated that the UKraine graph is. I posted this before, who knows how accurate it is but it claims to be based on Russian budget
