The War in Ukraine

[HavokFour]

Interesting read on how Ukraine has been dealing with a specific threat, the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missile.

Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song

A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.

www.404media.co

 

[PuckChaser]

If we can't keep the politics part (peace deal, etc) in the politics thread, we'll lock this up.

- Milnet.ca Staff

 

[HavokFour]

Update on what the tank situation might be looking like in Russia, specifically the oldest T-72 variants.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Uh oh. New Russian drones units taking first place in the battle. Of note:

“Within a week, he said, his unit had lost most of its vehicles, drone launch sites, antennas, and communications equipment. From the beginning of the war, the Russians have tried to target Ukrainian drone operators. Rubicon units have taken that to a new level.

The conflict is now “a saturated drone operating environment,” according to military analyst Mick Ryan, who was recently in Ukraine.

Ryan said frontline officers had told him that Russian innovation in drones probably now just outstrips that of Ukraine.

“Within 15 kilometers (9 miles) of the front line, vehicle movement is difficult to impossible. Infantry soldiers must march to their positions for 10-15 kilometers (6-9 miles),” Ryan said”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/22/europe/russia-rubicon-unit-drone-revolution-ukraine-intl-cmd

 

[daftandbarmy]

He's back to the 'Ungrateful wretches' script ...

Closing summary​

• US President Donald Trump accused Ukraine’s leadership of having “zero gratitude” for US efforts to end the war as talks were underway in Geneva between delegations from the US, Ukraine, and some of its European allies.
• His comments came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there was now an understanding that the 28-point US-proposed plan could take into account Ukraine’s national interests (revisions are expected to be made to the provisions after negotiations).
• The plan, details of which have been leaked, has widely been seen to favour Russia as it endorses some of Moscow’s key maximalist positions.
• There is particular concern in European capitals about provisions that Ukraine agree to not join Nato and also limit the size of its armed forces.
• Poland’s president, Donald Tusk, asked where Trump’s “peace plan” came from, after reports suggested an apparent admission by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, that the text was originally drafted by Moscow.
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he is “sceptical” the deal can be reached by Trump’s Thursday deadline, which may be extended after the US president said it was not his “final offer”. Merz rejected the provision in the plan that says Russia would rejoin the G8.
• The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said Ukraine’s borders could not be changed by force. A limit on the country’s armed forces would leave it “vulnerable to future attack”, she said.
• Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said he would have a phone call with Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss efforts to bring about an end to the war and said he will ask the Russian president to restart a deal for the safe passage of grains via the Black Sea.
• The Russian defence ministry said this morning that Russian troops captured three villages across two regions of Ukraine: the villages of Tykhe and Odradne in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Petrivske in the Donetsk region.

Trump blasts Ukraine for ‘zero gratitude’ as Germany says deal to end war unlikely to be reached by Thursday deadline – live

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says ‘we are still a long way from that’ as Trump blasts Ukrainian leadership on social media

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rifleman62]

• US President Donald Trump accused Ukraine’s leadership of having “zero gratitude” for US efforts to end the war as talks were underway in Geneva between delegations from the US, Ukraine, and some of its European allies.

Much like the USA won World War One and Two by themselves.

 

[Eaglelord17]

Much like the USA won World War One and Two by themselves.

‘where were the Kurds on D-Day?’