We will see the fruits of the US 82nd airborne training in Poland fairly soon, get the popcorn.
Indeed, I stopped posting the military updates, to have more fun later. I have some prosecco chilling already in my fridge
ach and check this one out:
harpoons are ready for some time already
and the weather does not help in running away (russian source):
Polish anti-dron systems allegedly already deployed in Ukraine (same as Israeli, Israel officially does not send any weapons to Ukraine, they send it to Poland to send it to Ukraine)
There is so much happening, that I would totally flood the thread.
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Here is a comment from last hour, from one of the guys close to NATO systems, expert on the situation - I cannot give the name
Let us call it "my Polish source":
How many artillery systems Russia still has in working order is no longer important because the Ukrainians found a way to get them. In war, equipment has no absolute value only relative value. 2s1 can certainly inflict death and makes a lot of bang and its rating in absolute values (just like e.g. Grad) can be arbitrarily high. But in relative valuation you have to take into account what the Ukrainians have.
And then it sucks, because there is no medal for second place in war. You can only win or lose. In Africa 2s1 or 2s3 would make a furore, in Ukraine it's a trash and equipment of a losing army. Because there are no prizes for second place.
And how did the Ukrainians dismantle the Russian artillery?
First, logistics, lots of barrels means lots of ammunition, lots of imprecise ammunition means heaps of shells, primitive propellants means big devastating explosions for everything. The Ukrainians have cut off Russian artillery from ammunition. Their greatest potential asset (the firestorm) turned out to be a stone's throw away. They went down.
Second, the range. Simple logic dictates that if you're firing at 20km you can't destroy a system firing at 30km. And the Ukrainians learned to exploit the advantage of their own new artillery. The Russians can have any number of barrels and it won't do them any good if Ceasars, M777s or Krabs are out of range of any of them and capable of unpunished and effective counterbattery fire. You can't punch a wall with a rubber mallet, supplying five more rubber mallets won't change anything.
Thirdly, targeting. Ukraine is becoming a power in terms of the number and effectiveness of UAVs used for cooperation with artillery. And these are different systems than those civilian drones used to drop stones or grenades on the heads of Russians, which so often make cool videos. These are systems with great geolocation capabilities, good day-night optics, and stable datalinks. Good military grade devices from the best world producers. The helicopter currently flying on Mars was made by a company that supplies the Ukrainians with reconnaissance drones. We are waiting for the already declared medium-sized unmanned aerial vehicles of Boeing, equipped with modern systems localizing emissions of Russian radios and radars. This is not the end of the growth of the Ukrainian artillery capabilities.
Another advantage is given by radars recognizing the positions of an active battery. These are already very high. We are reaching a hundred of counter-battery radars there. For comparison, we have seven in the whole Polish Army.
The Russians do not have anything to shoot at, and when they do, they fall victim to counterbattery fire, to which they cannot respond because the range is too short. Any number of mobilized barrels can come from the warehouses and it will not change anything. The advantage is already on the Ukrainian side and will only grow. Besides, we are observing it almost live. The Russians have stopped firing, and it is becoming more and more difficult for them to support their own artillery or aviation.
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The picture of the Russian army is pathetic (second army of the world xD).
Look they are even calling desperately for air support using... Telegram...
It is in Dudchany area of fights:
It is truth, or UAF already intercepted Russian mobiles and are proceeding with PsyOps
The key in my opinion would be clearing the West bank of Dnieper. There is approx 25k orcs there cut off from supplies already.
OK so let us enjoy the developments
Was I saying that today is Ukrainian Territorial Defense Day?
