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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:22pm On Jun 15, 2023
Honlucas:
Bro I shame for u..

Na nairaland I see people Dy talk without sense
Very pathetic to be reading such comments. So childish.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:19pm On Jun 15, 2023
Whitehorse:
Reading some comments here, one sees a lot of childish behaviour with insults all over the place instead of having mature discussions.

I don't know why this platform attracts such characters.
When some people decide to reason with their emotions, what do you expect. I don't even bother replying such people. Just read, shake the head and move on. Kids will always be kids.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:15pm On Jun 15, 2023
Ibime:
Clowns, they don't know that USA is more advanced in this hacking game and have just been holding back. If they enter cyber warfare, they will find out
Stop deceiving yourself: no one is King or hacking. Anyone can hack, and be hacked. Priority is what matters. Even North Korea hacked the US.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:05pm On Jun 15, 2023
Globetrot:
The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.

The guy above is one of the proverbial trees in the forest.
cheesy
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:33am On Jun 10, 2023
WriterrNig:
⚡A 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 (A4) tank and a T-64BV tank were destroyed by the Russian Army in 🇷🇺 Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

A Ukrainian Oshkosh M-ATV MRAP, M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA IFV and another 🇩🇪 Leopard 2A6 were damaged and abandoned nearby.
One western channel on YouTube calls it the "Graveyard of Tanks". One thing I have noticed from this current phase of the war is that the Russians are underreporting their success and losses of Ukraine. Satellite photos shows so much damage to the Ukies that you wonder if it were humans or pigs fighting this war.

How can you just send in APCs loaded with infantries and tanks into a wide open terrain to attack the enemy without any air support? The clowns and psychos in Kiev should be hanged for Mass murdering of young and poor Ukrainian men. I almost cried watching one of the footages. It was a slaughter. sad seeing how helicopters and artilleries pummeled those vehicles and tanks and the people in it.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:19am On Jun 10, 2023
Alamkir:
I still dnt get d fuse about this leopard 2 tanks, why is everyone waiting to see them. Is it because of its speed, or d laser or d fact dat u can use it at night. All this doesn't make it any special from been destroyed by Russia, unless its immune from bombs
My brother, I thought I was alone on this one. It's funny how they rate the German Leopard 2A tank when it's just like most other tanks out except for it's speed, which unfortunately sacrifice alot of firepower for sheer speed.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:14am On Jun 10, 2023
Hamxas:
That's true because we have seen reports where leopard tanks where blown by land mines don't know which other tanks his talking about US owned Abram tanks or which. From what we are seeing right from day 1 Ukraine engaged there most advance equipment . i can see pro US masturbating on this , Ukraine shouldn't rush in pushing all its military tools yet is a trap d more Russian give up some positions d more Ukrainian military and equipment day loose
True.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:19am On Jun 09, 2023
Vl3ly:
🇷🇺🇺🇦 The enemy has not yet thrown tank wedges into battle: a serious threat of a powerful offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remains

This was stated by Dmitry Rogozin, who is at the front with a group of military advisers.

“I do not share the joyful reports about the “defeat of the enemy”.
Yes, we repulsed the first attack. Yes, well done. But the enemy has not yet introduced the main forces of the breakthrough, primarily large tank wedges, has not driven them into our forward positions. And they are only in the vicinity of Orekhov in the most tank-dangerous direction - about 600 tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, not counting the infantry fighting vehicles.

Therefore, it is too early to rejoice, gentlemen. First, let's win, and only then we will "throw caps into the air."
Mind games. cool

All people in the know across Europe knew that from the very start, the Ukie so-called counteroffensive is room to fail from a lot of angles.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:14am On Jun 09, 2023
WrriterNig:
⚡️🇷🇺 Russian oil shipments through the Druzhba oil pipeline will increase by 16% in June compared to May. This is reported by Reuters.

The 🇪🇺 EU is worried that there will be disruptions in transit.

Hungary's MOL Magyar Olajes Gazipari Nyrt, the main buyer in 🇭🇺 Hungary and 🇸🇰 Slovakia will buy about 900,000 tons, up from 750,000 in May.

The Unipetrol refinery in the Czech Republic also plans to increase purchases.

This is strange, of course. It seems like a long time ago Europe got rid of the wrong kind of dependence. And became fully independent. But here.
There is no replacement for cheap.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 1:31pm On Jun 08, 2023
WrriterNig:
😂 🤣 🤡 Ibime 🤡 👆🏻
grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 1:15pm On Jun 08, 2023
stanluiz:
Look at UK and France cheesy cheesy

Local government that want to sanction Continent.

Uk and France that is still sucking Africa dry. Without Exploitation of Africa resources. Uk and France will slide down to third world countries.

These are the ones that want to fight Russia and China grin

Clowns cheesy
The one when pain me pass na UK. Country that cannot even put ordinary communication sattelite into space what's to Goliath for a David like Russia. Clowns in deed. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:52pm On Jun 08, 2023
okeysoninv:
I have wrote up Ukraine enough, how the Russia will destroy cities of Ukraine even as it appears Ukraine is gaining upper hand. So everything is happening as it was shown to me
grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:51pm On Jun 08, 2023
Alamkir:
How can Ukraine commander say "Russia is losing ground near Bakhmut?" Shouldn't it be, " Ukraine is gaining ground near Bakhmut".

U sef, u no sabi form lie. Why nt stick to ur prophecy
grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:49pm On Jun 08, 2023
seunny4lif:
The answer is no again, after 2 hours of meeting with MBS
Blinken return to US with Disappointing face.

Blinken could not made Saudi sanctions Russia and stop Iran from reopening its embassy in Saudi.

USA tried to make Saudi supply more oil to market to cut off Russia oil but instead Saudi will be cut more oil output and increase buying of Russia oil and Saudi will be increasing the price of oil sells to USA for first time in years.
Russia and China has given the boldness to dozens of nations to stand up to the US and live by their own interest aligned with the interest of multpolarism. It's funny and good seeing so many nations for the first time ditching the US dollars enmass in favour of local and alternative currencies in settlements of trades.

The Biden administration has made US to lose respect worldwide.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:43pm On Jun 08, 2023
Kingsnairaland:
Does not seem logical for russia to blow up a dam that affects the crimea region and a nuclear power station it controls.Hard to believe anything you are being told by your masters.
The guy is too emotional to accept logical reasoning. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:36pm On Jun 08, 2023
okeysoninv:
Russians are losing ground near Bakhmut – Commander of Ukraine's Ground Forces
grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:34pm On Jun 08, 2023
WriterrNig:
😂 🤣 🇬🇧

🤡 Ibime 🤡
grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:38pm On Jun 03, 2023
WrriterNig:
⚡Europe will pay 10 times more for sanctions against 🇷🇺 Russia than for supporting Ukraine. Josep Borrell, head of the 🇪🇺 EU foreign policy service stated this.

"The average amount of support European governments have had to pay to help their families and businesses cope with high electricity and food prices is 700 billion - more than ten times more than support for 🇺🇦 Ukraine," Borrell told a security conference Shangri-La Dialogue in 🇸🇬 Singapore.
Imagine. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:37pm On Jun 03, 2023
Shoodboi:
There is no way Russia would have higher losses than Ukraine. It is impossible. Ukraine has higher losses in terms of personnel and equipment losses. It was a few months ago that the lady that leads the EU revealed that Ukraine had suffered over 100k casualties. That was the moment Western media switched from claiming "Russia is losing" to "Russia is fighting a war of attrition and both sides are losing".

As you correctly stated, the rule says the attacking force needs 3x more troops than the defender, if both armies are equal. But the figure could be reduced if one side is more powerful. Russia is the more powerful force here. Ukraine has lost the bulk of its navy, armor, and all of its air force. It currently relies on "defensive" weapons like anti-tanks rockets and manpads to counter Russia's offensive weapons like tanks and aircraft.

At this point, Ukraine easily has over a million troops in the war. It was like 600k before the war but they heavily mobilized. The numbers soon gave it an edge over Russia's 150k troops, which forced Russia to mobilize another 300k. Those 300k are not fighting. They're only used in defensive and rear roles to erode whatever advantage Ukraine got/will get from the massive mobilization.

That said, casualties are based on one thing only, which is firepower. The more powerful side has more firepower and can attack from longer ranges. This results in lesser casualties for the powerful side and more casualties for the weaker side.

But this strength factor can be affected by one other thing, which is "Who is attacking?" Let us assume the stronger side has 1 casualty for every 10 on the weaker side. When the stronger side is attacking, its casualties can easily go up to 2 for every 10 soldiers killed on the weaker die. If the weaker side is attacking, its casualty can easily go up to 15 soldiers for every one killed on the stronger side.

Now, you will be wondering, how is Russia still in the war despite being outnumbered by Ukraine?

It is because Russia prevents Ukraine from using its large army to its advantage. If you look at maps from this war, you will notice that Russia isolates battlefields. When it attacks an area/city, It blocks the flanks (sides) and then enters from the middle. Think of it as Russia drawing a letter U around a city. Ukraine can only send in reinforcements and resupply the battlefield using the open gap at the top of the U.

That is hard for Ukraine as Russia monitors the roads leading to that open gap and uses long range missiles, kamikaze drones, aircraft, and artillery to destroy any Ukrainian resupplies and reinforcements its spots.

The weird thing is that the strongest Russian units are the ones responsible for blocking the flanks. They are rarely deployed into the city to do the actual fighting.

We saw this happen in Bakhmut where Russia used its powerful armored units and the elite VDV to cover the flanks while Wagner entered the city. The same happened in Mariupol where Russian armored units, Marines, and VDV units covered the flanks while the Chechens entered the city. It also happened in Luhansk where Russian Marines, VDV, and armor covered the flanks while the Luhansk People's Republic and Chechens and Russian infantry soldiers did the fighting. Even the elite 1 Tank Army, which is responsible for protecting Moscow, was deployed to cover the flanks in Luhansk.

Mind you, the Wagnerians, Chechens, and Russian infantry fighting inside the city were outnumbered but they didn't have to bother about being attacked from the flanks, so they were able to focus on the battle. They had had heavy firepower too - way more than what Ukraine has. At the same time, the Ukrainians in the city had to put the Russians in the flanks into consideration cos they're even more powerful than the ones they were fighting with inside the city.

So how can Ukraine counter this?

Interestingly, the only way Ukraine could have won or at least prevented its destruction in Mariupol, Luhansk, and recently, Bakhmut, was not to focus on attacking the Chechens, Wagner, and Russian units inside the city but to focus on attacking the powerful forces protecting the flanks.

If those powerful units fall, the ones inside the city (Wagner, Chechen, and the Russian motorized infantries) will retreat. This was why the Wagner commander was shouting and fighting with the Russian general staff weeks ago. It wasn't because he wasn't been supplied as he claimed. It was because the Russian general staff planned to, and later withdrew the VDV from the flanks and sent in motorized infantry units as replacements. Motorized infantry is no match for mechanized infantry or armor.
Extremely informative and educative.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:41pm On Jun 02, 2023
Alamkir:
Ur case is a lost one, I thought I can help u and bring u back to reality. I just hope u dnt enter that ur prophecy realm one day and never return to reality again.
grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:13pm On Jun 02, 2023
WrriterNig:
⚡️Claims of 🇷🇺 Russia's defeat are hasty, Russian leader Putin has not lost a single war, 🇵🇱 Polish President Duda said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

He mentioned neighboring Germany and reminded its leadership that the Russians were in 🇩🇪 Berlin and told his "colleagues from France" that the Russians were in 🇫🇷 Paris during the Napoleonic era.
It's good you know.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:12pm On Jun 02, 2023
WrriterNig:
⚡️A 🇲🇽 Mexican cartel member spotted with a US-made Javelin anti-tank missile

These were the missiles the 🇺🇸 US flooded into 🇺🇦 Ukraine in 2022.
It's all over the place right now in Africa. Ukrainian sources are selling those weapons out to any one who wants to buy in the black market.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:32pm On May 31, 2023
WritterNig:
⚡The UAE has withdrawn from the 🇺🇸 US-led Joint Maritime Forces operating in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.

The 🇦🇪 UAE will prefer other means to achieve regional security and stability, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
Everyone is abandoning the US-led gunboat diplomacy ship. The Ukraine war has opened their eyes.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:24pm On May 31, 2023
WritterNig:
⚡People in prison:

🇺🇸 United States — 2,068,800
🇨🇳 China — 1,690,000
🇧🇷 Brazil — 811,707
🇮🇳 India — 478,600
🇷🇺 Russia — 471,490
🇹🇭 Thailand — 309,282
🇹🇷 Turkey — 291,198
🇮🇩 Indonesia — 266,259
🇲🇽 Mexico — 220,866
🇮🇷 Iran — 189,000
🇿🇦 South Africa — 147,922
🇪🇬 Egypt — 120,000
🇦🇷 Argentina — 109,405
🇧🇩 Bangladesh — 83,107
🇵🇰 Pakistan — 82,139
🇵🇱 Poland — 71,907
🇳🇬 Nigeria — 68,556
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — 68,056
🇫🇷 France — 62,991
🇩🇪 Germany — 58,004
🇪🇸 Spain — 55,433
🇮🇹 Italy — 53,930
🇰🇷 South Korea — 53,920
🇯🇵 Japan — 47,064
🇦🇺 Australia — 42,909
🇨🇦 Canada — 38,570
🇻🇪 Venezuela — 37,543
🇦🇫 Afghanistan — 28,240
🇮🇱 Israel — 19,376
🇵🇦 Panama — 18,942
🇵🇹 Portugal — 11,603
🇸🇬 Singapore — 11,198
🇬🇷 Greece — 11,001
🇧🇪 Belgium — 10,808
🇳🇱 Netherlands — 10,542
🇦🇪 UAE — 9,862
🇦🇹 Austria — 8,132
🇸🇪 Sweden — 7,607
🇨🇭 Switzerland — 6,316
🇩🇰 Denmark — 4,227
🇳🇴 Norway — 3,304
🇫🇮 Finland — 2,743
🇱🇺 Luxembourg — 548
🇸🇨 Seychelles — 285
🇲🇨 Monaco — 13
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein — 12
🇻🇦 Vatican — 0
The US is the world most confusing and abnormal state among the committee of developed nations. cool

Imagine China that is almost 5 times the population of the US has fewer people in prison than you have in the US. The worst part of it is that, more than half of that population in incarceration are black people despite representing just 13 of the the total US population. Yet, some some ignorant folks and plantation niggaz, Hollywood zombified myopic thinkers here on Nairaland wants us to now and worship the country with the most racist and and diabolic justice system in the world.

Pathetic.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:13pm On May 31, 2023
WritterNig:
⚡️ Dead and wounded NATO soldiers from a Russian strike on a command center in Lviv. They were transported to 🇩🇪 Germany
Western losses in Ukraine are increasing.

Transport of heavily wounded NATO officers (among them it is reported that there were also generals) was carried out from 🇵🇱 Poland to Berlin, as these were in a command center in Lviv that was destroyed by the 🇷🇺 Russians on Sunday , with massive hits from Russian strategic bombers.

From Lviv the wounded were transferred to the Polish airport Rzeszow and from there to Germany.The number of injured is unknown, while there are also many dead . The 🇺🇸 Americans did everything to hide the presence of NATO in 🇺🇦 Ukraine, but it finally leaked.

The number of casualties among Western military personnel is skyrocketing as a result of precision attacks on the command centers where many of these officers are based.
We all knew before now that NATO regulars are on the ground in Ukraine masquerading as mercenaries. Poland has suffered the most from this debacle. Hundreds of unmarked coffins had been returned to Poland under the cover of night to avoid prying eyes across airports. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:04am On May 31, 2023
Antiochus:
I think that's what US told Zelensky to be saying if he wants uninterrupted flow of arms into Ukraine from America. America is using the war to hype its own military equipments by telling Zelensky to be lying. This is just a strategy to get more arms buyer and also win Russia's customer to its own side.
That is exactly what I meant. He is intercepting the incoming missiles by embracing them with the targets, see? grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:58pm On May 30, 2023
WritterNig:
⚡The CAR wants to place a 🇷🇺 Russian military base on its territory.

The authorities of the Central African Republic want to host a Russian military base of 5-10 thousand soldiers, the CAR ambassador to the Russian Federation, Leon Dodonu-Punagaza, said. The republic intends to use the base's contingent in other countries if necessary.

Mr. Dodonu-Punagaza called the raising of the Russian flag at the former 🇫🇷 French base in the CAR a sign that the country "finally kicked the French out" and that "now Russia will be with the CAR.

"You know, when I came and met Shoigu for the first time, I told him that instructors are a good thing. Because our country was the first in Africa to confront the French. But now we need a 🇷🇺 Russian military base where 5 to 10 thousand soldiers can stay. At the same time, if necessary, they could be deployed to other countries. We asked for this," Dodonu-Punagaza said.
I'm loving my African brothers. No dulling. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:56pm On May 30, 2023
WritterNig:
⚡️The new 🇷🇺 Russian radar 🛰 satellite will conduct reconnaissance of Ukrainian military facilities, regardless of the weather and time of day, an informed source told RIA Novosti.

"On average, it will pass over 🇺🇦 Ukraine twice a day and is capable of shooting military installations in the radar range with a resolution of one meter."
A nation fighting 32 nations combined still have the resources and capability to launch new technology while one useless formal empire called UK cannot even launch an ordinary communication sattelite last month. Yet, it feels it can take on Russia, the grandmother of rocket technology. cool

Just one Poseidon and the UK is history. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:51pm On May 30, 2023
okeysoninv:
I can smell painment hahahaha.
I don't expect you to understand irony. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:50am On May 30, 2023
WritterNig:
⚡The President of 🇹🇷 Turkey, Erdogan had a telephone conversation with Putin.

The 🇷🇺 Russian president became the first world leader Erdogan called after being re-elected.
He knows how true friends. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:41am On May 30, 2023
WritterNig:
⚡️🇺🇦 Ukraine says it intercepted 77 out of 89 🇷🇺 Russian drones and missiles in the last day.
The way Ukraine usually intercept all the missiles and drones with the targets is always impressive. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m):
WritterNig:
⚡️🇷🇺 Russia will not go into a negotiation without winning the war in Ukraine, EU's top diplomat says.

“I am not optimistic about what will happen in 🇺🇦 Ukraine this summer. I see a concentration of troops on both sides, I see Russia's clear intent to win the war, (Russia) will not go into a negotiation if it doesn't win the war,” Josep Borell said, speaking in 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain.
Russia had already won this war. NATO is just fighting a lost battle using Ukraine.

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