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The War in Ukraine

Might be a sign Russia has started running out of (willing) steam. The next 2 quarters will be interesting to see.


That's the great thing about conscription - we won't take 'no' for an answer!

tv show hello GIF by Animal Kingdom on TNT
 
They had to drop enlistment bonuses due to the economy - but Vlad will just find more distasteful people (asiatic Russians, North Koreans, Chinese etc ) to prop up the RuAF
Is Kadyrov & his merry band of Chechens running out of resources to help in the fight? There’s another gang that can set the bar quite a bit for distastefulness, for sure.
 

You'd think this kind of thing would piss the Americans off....but these days who knows?
 

You'd think this kind of thing would piss the Americans off....but these days who knows?

Probably crewed by volunteers from the USA ;)
 
Is Kadyrov & his merry band of Chechens running out of resources to help in the fight? There’s another gang that can set the bar quite a bit for distastefulness, for sure.
I am hearing the Chechens are unhappy and not wanting to play. I suspect he does not want all his followers killed off in the meat grinder and wants to keep them for the post war festivities.
 
I am hearing the Chechens are unhappy and not wanting to play. I suspect he does not want all his followers killed off in the meat grinder and wants to keep them for the post war festivities.
He bailed out several months ago, the cosplay stuff he was fine with, but the real fighting made them squeamish.
and maybe it has reached the casualty point where everyone has a neighbour or a friend who will never come home again and has decided that the bonuses aren't worth it.
He still will get North Koreans, Chinese and a bunch of folks from Africa, Latin and South America who are either duped or need money.
Plus while volunteer conscript soldiers may be drying up, he re-wrote the rules to allow conscripts to serve in New Russia (the territories he claims from Ukraine).
 
Actually you can absolutely demolish the Russia gas sector with 8-10. Due to sanctions they are having a extremely tough time fixing what the Ukrainian strikes have done already.
That is their piggybank for the war -- kill it, and Russia doesn't have the ability to generate much foreign currency.

2 More for the Drone factories: While that would be able to be repaired it would really crater the drone production for several months.

4 for the Kerch Bridge (2 each side, Road and Rail): Both symbolic (severing the land bridge to Crimea), but also would cause issues with the supply of forces along the occupied regions by the Sea of Azov (Kherson, Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, and southern Donetsk, especial when combined with:

4 for the Volga-Don Canal (1 to the entry and exit locks, and 1 to each Lock 8 and Lock 9): Not only would this seriously degrade Russian forces south (think Georgia) It would also sever the Sea of Azov to Caspian Sea channel (which is a large logistics channel for supplies from Iran) and cause further issues to Russia proper.

- I would avoid targeting anything near China - which would be nice, but would involve flying over folks who may not appreciate it - and risk making the squeeze a lot more than the juice.

Now admittedly that basically creates an atmosphere of simply slowing their economy and ability to project UAS - but doesn't help with the manpower issue -- that would also require renewed support from the Coalition of the Willing for AD, C-UAS, more Rockets and Artillery ammo etc .

How many vodka/anti-freeze/hydraulics fluids plants are there?

Couldn't they be considered military targets as well?
 
How many vodka/anti-freeze/hydraulics fluids plants are there?

Couldn't they be considered military targets as well?
Low priority targets,
When the away team has been using more bicycles, mopeds, dirt bikes, and dune buggies of late than IFV/MBT's, the focus is on other things.
Better to hit the Russian state pocket book, I am not sure hitting the Vodka distilleries would help, probably better have them drunk than sober, angry and mean (well meaner than typical for Russians)
 
More info on this including the the only photo of one, which shows that they have at least 2.



So who is Milanion and what else do they do?



AGEMA UGV, ALAKRAN SP Mortar, USVs, Warble Fly LAM, FP-5 Cruise Missile, Magia Swarm System

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And allied with the Avibras group

On 31 January 2025 the company announced that it is in advanced discussions with Black Storm Military Industries of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to facilitate a potential investment aimed at the financial recovery of Avibras. The terms and conditions of the investment are being finalised, according to Avibras.<a href="Avibras - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a> Talks between the Brazilian defence and aerospace conglomerate Grupo Akaer, the Abu Dhabi Investment Group (ADIG) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Brazilian private investment bank Brasilinvest Banco de Negócios, and the US private capital investment firm GF Capital are currently taking place for the potential acquisition of 100% of Avibras.

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A landmark agreement between the UK and Ukraine to share battlefield technology has been reached today, boosting Ukraine’s drone production and linking up the UK’s defence industry with the cutting-edge technology being developed on the front lines in Ukraine.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Zelenskyy reached the agreement during the Ukrainian leader’s visit to Downing Street today.

Technology data sets from Ukraine’s front line are set to be plugged into UK production lines, allowing British defence firms to rapidly design and build, at scale, cutting edge military equipment available nowhere else in the world.

Ukraine is the world leader in drone design and execution, with drone technology evolving, on average, every six weeks.

The agreement will allow that data to be shared with UK firms to quickly build and produce large numbers of drones for Ukraine’s front lines. It will also ensure a defence dividend continues to be delivered across the country - boosting Ukraine’s defence with deliveries of new equipment, while also supporting British jobs.

Initial agreements between defence firms in both countries are expected to be rolled out in the coming weeks, with the aim of delivering Ukraine large numbers of battle-proven drones to continue to stave off Russia’s barbaric invasion over the coming months and years.

 
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