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politics, seeing what russia does before they follow through, and telegraphing what's coming next is Russia doesn't GTFO.
I guess they finally received the shipment from NK and it's making it to the frontlines. >

How pathetic do you have to be to go groveling to NK for weapons? >

NK actually makes a lot of its money through arms manufacturing and sales from what I've read before. >

And wish.Com makes a lot of money selling shitty knock off stuff.  Russia is going the knock off version of wish for military hardware. >

Yeah. Nobody said NK's weapons were good. Just that they made them (and a good number of them). Sometimes cheap and plentiful has its own level of impact. >

That’s what I was getting at.  How pathetic do you have to be to rely on NK weapons? >

There's only one way to get better at making weapons though. Test them in the field. US weaponry in 1941 was almost trash compared to 1945. >

I've heard that US airplanes in WW2 weren't nearly as good as the nazi ones, except that we could crank them out at insane speeds and we just overwhelmed them. >

Thats a bit of an oversimplification, US aircraft were excellent albeit in different areas than the Germans. Requirements were quite different - the Germans never could build bombers or escort fighters that were equivalent to what the USAAF used for instance.
The Germans were also more willing to essentially use prototypes on the field because they were desperate. A Me-262 looks futuristic, because it was at the time and was incredibly unreliable. Its even worse when you look at the rocket propelled Me-163, nobody in their right mind would mass produce such a thing except a country desperate for a secret weapon. This has the side effect of making them look more advanced vs countries that did not risk their pilots with machines that were not ready for mass production. >


A Me-262 looks futuristic, because it was at the time and was incredibly unreliable

Just wanted to add that its engines were rated for just 15 hours running time between major overhauls. >

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Russia has begun its "Big revenge" for Ukraine's resistance to its invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, as Russian forces claimed a series of incremental gains in his country's east.
Zelenskyy has been warning for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault on Ukraine after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.
Zelenskyy is urging the West to hasten delivery of its promised weapons so Ukraine can go on the offensive.


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It doesn't look good, but they came back from worst so I'm still hopeful.
It's been a year of rollercoaster and if it's exhausting to watch I can't imagine how much it must be on the battlefield. >

To say they came back from worse is a huge understatement. We're talking about Ukraine maybe losing one settlement after months and months of bitter fighting. 
At the beginning of the war there were troops like 15km from the heart of Kyiv. There were murder squads running around the capital looking for Zelensky. Ukraine was given three days to survive. There's no comparison. >


"We're talking about Ukraine maybe losing one settlement after months and months of bitter fighting."

And around 40k dead ruzzians. >

Western officials estimate Russian deaths at more than 100,000. >

150k-175k Russians and 100k Ukrainian losses
10% of what Russia has active or reserves
20% of what Ukraine has active or reserves
Russia has a military treaty that in theory can activate and ask for soldiers from other countries  EX Belarus >

I don't think they'll get much from any other countries >

they wont.The war is deeply unpopular throughout the world and they didnt abide by the treaty and help Armenia >

With the one year anniversary of the war coming next month, I think Putin is desperate to save face and show some kind of gains >

I mean he's taken a decent chunk of Eastern Ukraine already. Sadly this is pretty par for the course in terms of Russian warfare. You don't even need to look at WWII just look at their conduct in Chechnya and Georgia. The first year is always a shitshow and then they just throw artillery and bodies at the problem until they win.
I think Ukraine will eventually win but this isn't going to resolve fast. Russia typically keeps fighting until they can't and at this point Putin probably feels he has nothing left to lose. I don't even think assassination will end the war, Putin isn't even the most extremist person in the Kremlin if you can believe that. >


he first year is always a shitshow and then they just throw artillery and bodies at the problem until they win.

Could you list the numbers of confirmed destroyed tanks, arty and so on from the Russian side vs their self-claimed stockpile numbers for me? The numbers might shock you to learn that they're at a burn rate that is completely unsustainable unlike Ukraine. >

It takes Russia something like 3 months to build a tank right? So…. >

Are they even capable of building tanks at the moment? >

Unfortunately you can Frankenstein weapons pretty easily if you're desperate enough. Won't be amazing but can still cause damage. >

Revenge for what ? For defending their homeland ? Or for being Ukrainian? It’s not revenge it’s terrorism >

Revenge for making Putin look bad.
Think like a Narcissist and it makes sense. >

Bingo >

the Fascist tactic of 
DARVO = deny + attack + reverse victim and offender >

And I thought the DENNIS system was fucked. >

Revenge for what, exactly? >

All them sweet western tanks.  The more than 100 tanks from various countries recently promised lit a a fire under Pooties ass. >

Makes me wonder why they announced it before they were on the ground