They ate too much moldy grain? 
Meanwhile, Russia’s senseless and brutal targeting never ends.
Are they hitting every target they have every day with their current supply of HIMARS? (No). So why wouldn’t more help?
Is Ukraine shooting at any targets in Russia? If not, is it for lack of range? Or is it for political reasons? I suspect/think I heard the latter, but I’d just like to be clear.
I’ve seen a few reports of ammunition dumps and supplies blowing up just inside Russia’s border. I posted video of a drone attack a few weeks ago. Some construction workers were commenting about it.
AFAIK HIMARS haven’t been used inside Russia. The other attacks haven’t been formally acknowledged by Ukraine.
A British Aid worker died in custody. I looked around and haven’t found any organizations that Paul Urey is affiliated with. He should have received proper care regardless.
Ukraine has hit inside Russia with drones and special forces raids. I’m not sure if they’ve used anything else. The US has requested they not hit Russia with HIMARS to avoid escalation.
M270s are now in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Minister of Defence:
Russian recruitment billboard for Wagner mercenaries.
https://nitter.it/pic/orig/enc/bWVkaWEvRlhzWWVZNFZFQUVDOFByLmpwZw==
I’m not sure what the figure in the middle is carrying, but it looks suspiciously like a compact washing machine.
I haven’t heard or personally figured this out yet, but are all the NATO MLRS systems being provided to Ukraine (HIMARS, M270) armed with the conventional 6-pack of lighter guided missiles (like the M30 or M31) or the bigger (and longer-ranged) unitary ATACMS missiles?
I don’t think the Ukrainians have access to long-range ATACMS yet, but that may change in time.
ATACMS were withheld out of fear Ukraine might strike deep into Russia proper, Russia would blame the US, etc. Ukraine has now shown they’re ok working within the constraints the US wants, so longer range munitions are more likely now. Would be nice to threaten bases in Crimea.
Reports and photos show Ukrainian troops training with M777A2 howitzers. These are capable of firing the GPS enable Excalibur 155mm shells. NY Times reports the 1,000 precision shells in the latest aid shipment are Excalibur, not the less precise M1156 fuzed standard rounds.
Also M270 MLRS have arrived in Ukraine and are in use.
Latest fires activity shows a dramatic drop in Russian artillery activity - lots of ammunition storage has prematurely detonated.
I don’t know if anybody remembers from earlier in the thread when I was wondering aloud about remote control tanks, and whether they would be useful on the battlefield.
Opening the link just posted by smithsb, in the article it mentions M113s arriving in Ukraine, and it’s a link. If you open the link, it’s not about Ukraine at all. It opens this:
Looks like the US has been working on the concept diligently for years. I find it a little unsettling that instead of going full remote control to be used by infantry in the area like I was thinking, they are also working on autonomous, unmanned AI control. Apparently a prototype just showed up in the wild for the first time. Yikes.
I wonder if we should send a sympathy card to Russia, what with all that ammunition spontaneously blowing itself up.
Britain is training fresh Ukrainian troops and Russia has a large recruitment drive. Imho The Ukrainians will receive broader and more useful training.
34,000 fresh Russian troops is still a lot to deploy.
Site: Russian Volunteer Units and Battalions | Institute for the Study of War
It’s real cannon fodder stuff.
HOW LONG WAS BASIC TRAINING FOR THE VIETNAM WAR?
Age up to 60? That’s insane.
Not exactly a bug but more like a feature, considering part of the point is to saturate the battlefield and make it more difficult for Ukraine to accurately identify and attack targets of legitimate value.
I haven’t seen any reports about the number of weeks training the Ukrainian troops will get in the Uk.
I’d hope they understand the value of investing enough training that the troops are effective on the battlefield. Survivability is crucial for morale of the soldiers and the country. No family wants to see their children turned into cannon fodder.
The Russians can waste men because their country isn’t being shelled into oblivion. Their propaganda will reassure the families their children fought well and died heroically.
I apologize if this has been asked and answered already-how mobile are those vehicles? I was under the impression Ukraine was relying on firing then quickly moving to a new location.