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Russia has been screeching so much about this because they have no real plan to win the war in Ukraine via attrition. They've lost too much gear and don't have a meaningful advantage in personnel numbers. Their only exit strategy would be that Ukraine runs out of ammo because the West loses interest. 
Long term commitments of armor and 155mm mean that's not happening.
New post can be found here >


“It is obvious that Washington is purposefully trying to inflict a strategic defeat on us,” Antonov said in remarks published on the embassy’s Telegram messaging app

Well duh >

What gave it away?
“We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine,”
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, April 2022. >

Estimated Russian losses from 24.02.2022 to 25.01.2023 (Day 336):
It was a good day for Ukraine.  
|Category              |Change*|Total     |
|:---|:---|:---|
|Personnel             |+910      |123080    |
|Tanks                 |+9      |3161      |
|APVs                  |+23     |6307      |
|Artillery             |+6     |2154      |
|MLRS                  |+2      |450       |
|Anti-aircraft Systems |-      |220       |
|Aircraft              |+1      |290       |
|Helicopters           |-      |281       |
|UAVs                  |+5    |1902      |
|Missiles              |-      |749       |
|Warships / Boats      |-      |18        |
|Other Vehicles        |+23      |4967      |
|Special Equipment     |-      |194       |
*Change since the previous day.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine >

910 personnel, 9 tanks, and 23 APV's. Damn! It's been a busy day in Ukraine. >

If it is the Dutch sending like 10 fighter jets then it most certainly is not an escalation because Russia has nothing to fear from the Netherlands. So good ol murica can just send  200 more >

We're replacing them with F35 anyways. >

It says a lot about Russia that these scumbags are getting released after 6 months of not being dumb enough to die, while volunteers and conscripts are having their contracts force renewed. >

They have military experience now.  I bet it’s a matter of time before mobilization. >

Spain is so based. It’s having small members that cooperate and do their part that is part of NATO’s strength. >

Nah, Spain’s contribution has been a disappointment until now. It’s not a small member of NATO by any means, it’s somewhere between the 6th and 8th strongest army of the alliance, and its contribution has been proportionally one of the smallest ones. While the ruling party and anyone to their right have been quite supportive of providing weapons, the far left and Catalan/Basque nationalist parties are keeping their idealistic ‘pacifist’ position and opposing weapons deliveries. >

Did they also talk about the quantities of Russian military equipment at the ZNPP? >

13 million per tank? Damn, Abrams is expensive! >

Ammo, parts, training, shipping & handling. >

The Fed X guy’S face when he comes to pick up an Abram! >

Just reading the article now at El Mundo. It basically says that it would be part of the older variants in storage that were discussed months ago. Apparently they have been assessed and, contradicting previous info, 20 are in good enough condition to go and 30 more could be sent afterwards after some maintenance. Spain is unlikely to send the active ones because they are needed in the land borders with Morocco though. >

Scholz now has officially confirmed that Germany will send 14 Leo 2A6
Also he has mentioned that the aim is to quickly build up two Ukrainian Leo 2 tank bataillons - that would equal about 88 Leo 2 in total (44 per German tank bataillon) >

I thought the best we in Ukraine can hope for is 2A3. And they are sending 2A6!