My respect for Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky’s courage is growing day by day. The man is out there leading and inspiring his country. He’s only been a politician for a short time. Churchill had been elected to Parliament in 1900 and had military experience before that.
Unverified reports claim there are Chechen kill squads looking for Zelensky and other Ukraine officials. There are also Russian guided missiles that can target rooms in buildings. Similar to what the US used in Iraq.
I hope Zelensky can avoid capture or death and continue to lead his countrymen. It is making a difference in building international support.
Biden just approved a 350 million Ukraine military aid package. I don’t believe that was even a option last week.
I dunno about the supposed IL-76/78 shoot downs. Those are big aircraft and if they have been shot down then there definitely would have been some video of burning wreckage.
The Flanker which was destroyed left lots of video and debris and it’s small compared to the Ilyushins.
So it’s sort of like the Battle of the Bulge – launching an attack with a minimal amount of logistics – only the Russians don’t have the excuse of using everything they had on hand. If true, it’s a clusterfuck beyond all comprehension.
An army marches on its stomach – Napoleon
The line between disorder and order lies in logistics – Sun Tzu (maybe)
Can anyone provide an easy link to whatever Google Maps has on this? I have read news stories saying that the road traffic information is useful, for example. But I have rarely used Google Maps and so cannot find what I want.
I haven’t seen any reports of catastrophic Russian food and fuel supply problems. I am not sure I believe a meaw.com report. Maybe wait until it’s confirmed elsewhere?
Well, here’s articles from before the invasion about how troops stationed on the border weren’t being fed.
And a similar one about the Russian soldiers in Belarus (right across the border from Chernobyl, from which the push for Kiev has originated) selling materiel for booze and cash.
Twitter thread about the possibility (supported by reports of breakdowns, no fuel, supplies, etc.) that Russia planned a blitzkrieg attack and logistically was totally unprepared for the resistance met:
As a professional military logistician, I find this focus very satisfying. And if it’s accurate, it’s kind of shocking how incompetent the Russians have been so far.
I’m seeing speculation that Putin might resort to high-power thermobaric weapons.
Would that be considered crossing a moral line? Would the use of that weapon against troops or a city be a war crime?
It’s a bit of a problem for the US. We used one against the Taliban. It’s my understanding it was a rural area and a few hundred fighters. We didn’t create massive casualities in the thousands.
I know Putin is considered ruthless. Would he cross the line and become a war criminal by wiping out a defenseless Ukrainian city?
I would hope that Putin’s political base would revolt against committing atrocities.The Ukraine was a cofounder of the Soviet Union. Russians and Ukrainians share a lot of common history.
