Maybe this has been asked, but CNN is talking about cluster bombs and ‘vacuum bombs’, which are banned, If the Ukrainians should capture these weapons (and they have), would it be acceptable for them to use them against the Russians? On one hand, the weapons are banned, On the other hand, the Russians were going to use them against the Ukrainians, so why wouldn’t the Ukrainians use the Russians’ own weapons against them. ‘All’s fair in love and war, and you brought the weapons!’
No. They should be moved to a NATO country where they can be used as evidence in the (hopefully) war crimes trial for Putin in the Hague.
No ‘hoist by their own petard’, eh?
You know trying Putin for War Crimes isn’t going to work. He’s only going to be able to stand trial if forced out of power. He is unlikely to survive such.
Can we put his corpse up in the prisoners dock and have a trial with that?
It wouldn’t be the first time a corpse “stood” trial.
Our friend’s son is talking about doing just that. Single guy, mid-30s, ex-reservist, no kids, job he doesn’t much care about.
The weapons that are banned are generally banned because they’re mostly effective for anti civilian terror campaigns rather than military on military engagements. So they wouldn’t be much use to Ukrainian forces anyway, because the Ukrainians have no desire to burn city blocks or remove all the oxygen in a building.
There has to be an error in this number. I can find no source that claims Ukraine has such a massive number of S-300s. I’d be surprised if they had a hundred.
They may have 600 missiles, to go amongst all the launchers.
Yeah, a ceasefire seems to me to be just what Dr. Putin ordered. Granted, a ceasefire also gives Ukraine more time to bring their varied weapons donations to bear.
Not to mention food deliveries to isolated cities, etc.
I was going off another poster’s numbers, which I may have misinterpreted, and they later clarified.
Either way, it seems pretty clear that Russia does not have air superiority and it doesn’t look like it will be easy to obtain for them. Part of that is because their main line aircraft don’t have a lot of good options against Ukraine. As was mentioned later, 250 launchers is plenty to make Ukraine a hotly contested airspace.
Kherson is the first major city to fall. Mayor makes a Facebook post and the Russians are in control. Apparently that’s how occupying a city is accomplished. 280,000 people controlled by a few thousand troops.
Four strategy experts assess the Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine and what might happen next.
Well… Let’s see what happens with insurgents.
I guess it was a strategic decision to pull Ukrainian troops out of Kherson?
I’m not familiar with Ukraine’s factions. Kershon may have a large Russian population.
China asked Russia to delay war until after the Olympics.
A Western intelligence report said senior Chinese officials told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, according to senior Biden administration officials and a European official.
Sounds like it’s time to drop some sanctions on Jy-na.
I’ve spoken to survivors of the WWII siege of Leningrad.
First the food is eaten…
Then the dogs and cats…
Then the mice and rats…
Hope the rats don’t run out.
OK, how are civilians doing that? Or are there sufficient professional soldiers bolstered by civilians to make a difference? Do they really have that many anti-tank weapons?