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Foreign Affairs / Re: Malian & Burkinabe Troops Arrive Niger Amidst Cheers From Nigeriens by Emma15678: 4:05pm On Aug 21, 2023
mysticwarrior:
A wizard challenging a warrior to a battle of war analysis, The north Vietnamese were able to withstand and subjugate southern Vietnam who were supported by the USbecause they had backup from the Russians. The Russians have indicated that they had no interest in the tension in Niger, central Africa has agreed to work with ECOWAS on their intervention intentions In Niger, there would be heavy blockade, Once Guinea is blocked from the sea then forget it, the would Mali and Burkina Faso cannot get food supply, medical supply and ammunition supply from the sea.

Bro ECOWAS would blocked every entry and exit to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger and there would be food shortage, can a starving man fight?
US-Vietnam war is not an effective comparison! The US Army is not allowed to seize lands in North Vietnam, they weren't allowed to bomb airbases.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Niger: Resolutions Of The Extraordinary Meeting Of ECOWAS by Emma15678: 1:39am On Aug 17, 2023
Penguin2:

What’s the difference in how those guys came to power in Niger and how Tinubu came to power in Nigeria?
Well Tinubu is the result of an electoral process; these guys are no better than armed robbers. Tinubu's election is being challenged in a tribunal; can the power of these juntas be challenged in any court? Why are you guys in love in dictatorship?
Foreign Affairs / Re: Niger: Resolutions Of The Extraordinary Meeting Of ECOWAS by Emma15678: 11:39pm On Aug 10, 2023
Penguin2:
When Russia was invading Ukraine, we were here condemning Russia for invading a sovereign country.

But guess what, the mentally retarded ijiots are now championing Nigeria’s invasion of Niger Republic, were the greatest supporters of Russia.

They swore by their ancestors grave that Russia would capture Kyiv in 72 hours.

It’s more than a year now and Russia is losing grounds in Ukraine instead of gaining grounds. Kyiv is still standing and might never be captured by Russia.

Now, like deja vu, these fools are swearing that Nigeria would destroy Niger in 13 hours.

Like we warned Russia, we are now warning Nigeria against ill fated choice, but the idiotic fools who call themselves patriots are urging them on.

Fuel price is about to hit N700.

Dollar is nearing N1000.

Prices of essential commodities are beyond the reach of the average Nigerian.

These are the things that the Nigerian government should rather spend money on, but it’s rather choosing to go waste billions invading Niger.

And fools are cheering them on. Comparing Nigeria Generals with Nigerien Generals.

No wahala!

Like we are telling Russia “we warned you” now, that’s how we will be here to tell Nigeria and the war hungry urine dispenser “we warned you”.
1. Are you comparing the Niger crisis with the Ukraine war? Nigeria would be backed by a coalition of more than 10 countries.
2. I don't understand what you mean by Russia losing ground while Ukraine is gaining ground. Are you referring to an inch a day advance in Zaporozhye by Ukraine or the meter a day Russian advance in Kharkov? BTW, I don't know what made you think Putin is regretting Ukraine.
3. Are you suggesting ECOWAS should close her eyes to unconstitutional takeover of power?
4. It's important to note that Nigeria has no probs with Niger. Nigeria only has problems with the junta occupying Niamey.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Why Should A Nigerian Soldier go Die In Niger? by Emma15678: 12:01am On Aug 05, 2023
Dvdpity:

We are not stupid...why don't you mention Gaddafi? Sankara? Military built and manage the refineries in Nigeria, today Nigerians are running away from their country. Security in Nigeria is in comatose. Don't just let me talk about the poverty.. don't even start will how tinubu killed a lot of civilians who came out to vote and stole their vote...to become illegitimate president... don't worry... soon you will see what will happen in Nigeria.
Who is Gaddafi? A man with a big vision but a big eyes. If he stepped down and organized elections when his people told him to do so; he would have been a hero. Instead he chose to fight to the last and bring Libya to ruins. Wait a minute, while the military rule supported industrialization; you haven't mentioned the fact that military leaders stole the country blind! Do you remember how a particular military administration (Kogi) looted his treasury blind? Nigeria was going on well until Nzeogur and his cohorts staged a coup and turned the country in a battlefield. Military rule is one of the worst things that happened to Nigeria. Do you care to know about Ken Saro Wiwa? The execution of Ogoni Human right activists? I am sure you are only supporting this coup because you want Tinubu over thrown, not because you truly support military rule.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Why Should A Nigerian Soldier go Die In Niger? by Emma15678: 3:37pm On Aug 04, 2023
Well, I would answer your question.
1. Coups are bad and are orchestrated by evil people. This particular coup was carried out because Bazoum wanted to sack a General; it was after the coup that the junta is faking a people friendly approach.
2. Coup are contagious, since Nigeria turned a blind eye to what happened in Mali; more coups have taken place. Turning a blind eye to this would allow the creation of two blocks in West Africa — Democratic and Autocratic blocs.
3. Mutinous soldiers have to be punished to deter others from following suit. If we legalize coups, it means we have legalized foreign interference. As if that's not enough, it would destabilize the region and we would go back to square. Have you forgotten how Nigeria regained democracy? Where are all the journalists and human right activists that disappeared in the days of IBB, Abacha, Buhari? Have you forgotten Idi Amin?
Foreign Affairs / Re: UK Not An Amazon Delivery Service For Weapons To Ukraine, Says Defence Secretary by Emma15678: 5:17pm On Jul 15, 2023
obedience4:



Are you wrote are mere speculation nothing to back your outrageous claims.
The turkey bayatar drones that were destroying Russian tanks for fun when they attack keiv, Turkey's drones that have successfully conducted operations deep inside Moscow, yet you claim they are not successful.

Show me a quote were the USA military command said they were not planning to give Ukraine tanks,
Just one link sir,?, you think weapons are just throw into battle the Ukrainian will have to train on it first.

I see you quoting prices on weapons, you forget when the USA made cheap javelins were knocking off Russians T armanda tanks Worth's billions of rubles.

I will like to see when the Germany chief of staff said they weren't sending tanks ti Ukraine because of its loses In the battle field.

Please list the USA Middle East allies sitting on the fence, I guess you will say Arabia. The suadi kingdom is still the USA military biggest customers of weapons, till date, they are over 25k USA military troops in Arabia
The USA Air Force operates the largest forgien military airbase in the Middle East the king afahid airbase In Arabia, or is it isreal? Or Egypt??
1. Which Turkish drones have conducted sorties "deep inside Moscow"? What targets did they hit? No Turkish drone came 300km close to Moscow talkless of conducting sorties deep inside the city. The early success of Turkish drones was due to the lack combat experience in engaging and downing them. The Russians learnt to successfully engage and down the drones after some encounters.
2. No Javelin ATGM destroyed a T-14 Armata, neither does any tank cost billions of rubles. Instead, there are several videos of T-90 tanks surviving hits from different kinds of ATGMs
3. Israel, America's greatest Ally in the ME sits on the fence.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia Destroys $1.1billion US Patriot Missile System In Ukraine by Emma15678: 8:00pm On May 16, 2023
TenQ:

Picture of what was destroyed in Kyiv. The hypersonic missiles didn't target residential buildings as usual?
you saw the vudeo
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia Destroys $1.1billion US Patriot Missile System In Ukraine by Emma15678: 7:01pm On May 16, 2023
TenQ:

You don't listen to news. Six hypersonic missiles and dozens of drones were shot down by Ukraine.

Ukraine doesn't need to win the war. They just need to defend themselves: is that a crime?
Pics of the missile please. Or is this another Ghost of kyiv

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia Destroys $1.1billion US Patriot Missile System In Ukraine by Emma15678: 6:47pm On May 16, 2023
Staphylococcus:


Give us the total figures of the US soldiers killed in Afghanistan in 13 years, and let’s compare it to what a Russia lost in one year 🤣🤣🤣. I want you to give the figures cos you won’t be able to lie about it!

Stop hyping that wack Russian military, that is still struggling with a nation that it shares land boarders with!

I thought your lots said Russia had reserve tanks and where keeping them from major war? How come only one old Soviet Union artifact was paraded in last parade?

Hello! When it comes to warfare, the US is light years of Russia. The statistics are not hidden which I will allow you to present.

Comparing a shithole, to the The United States of America! Russia needs food and not war. They need good heating systems for cold and not tanks!

If not for nukes, even Nigeria will defeat Russia!

Answer: Thousands can't be dying while you have a luxury parade at home. Simple.

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Politics / Re: ISWAP Set To Use Drones, Advanced Tech by Emma15678: 7:40pm On Apr 13, 2023
Rapmoney:
'If terrorism persists in a country for more than a day, it has the backing of the government' - Late Gen. Sani Abacha
You forgot to tell us the ruthlessness of the Abacha regime. According to your line of reasoning, the IRA was supported by the Brits. The Taliban was supported by the US and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was supported by the US
Politics / Re: Soldiers Kill 11 Bandits During Intense Battle In Birnin Gwari, Kaduna (Photos) by Emma15678: 2:03pm On Apr 03, 2023
Bontafa:
Why blur the image ?
Because we are humans NOT vampires. We respect human life.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Death Knell Sounds For AGM-183 ARRW Hypersonic Missile Programme by Emma15678: 10:55pm On Mar 31, 2023
Elisonken24:
whose satellites?
Russian and Chinese satellites.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Ukraine War: Germany Sends Much-awaited Leopard Tanks by Emma15678: 10:53pm On Mar 31, 2023
obedience4:



No amout of Intel or intelligence gathering can decode what's In someone heart,
The USA and the west were sounding that the military build up in the Russian Ukraine borders and in the berlaus Ukraine borders,
Yet the Russian military and even the forgien minister larov denied that they were going to invade,
Nobody believe that Putin will try to invade Ukraine, and even if they were to invade it will be limited to the donbass region, instead Putin went for the big price keiv,

The Ukrainian were I'll prepared for a large scale incursion into Ukraine especially an attack against the government.
That's a big lie. Ukraine knew right from November 2021. The US transferred lots of Intel. Even when thousands were massing up on the Belarus border. They even knew when the attack on Hostomel was impending.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Death Knell Sounds For AGM-183 ARRW Hypersonic Missile Programme by Emma15678: 4:37pm On Mar 31, 2023
MMempire:
Russia will not be fooled to believe the narrative of uncle Sam. I believe the project was a success, but they want to conceal it and fool other countries.
They can't hide it, satellites will tell the truth.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Ukraine War: Germany Sends Much-awaited Leopard Tanks by Emma15678: 4:35pm On Mar 31, 2023
obedience4:



The early success the Russians had was because of the shock of the Russian surprise invention,
The Russians military is wack.
As soon as the war stabilises and the Ukrainian were able to regroup and the battle theater was defind the Russian military weakness was visible to all to see.


The question is this in the last 7 to 8 months has the Russians made any single advancement, the Ukrainian took kershon, took the entire northern Ukraine from Russia, took the strategic transport hub of Lyman took kharviv,
What major success has the Russians have since,
Solder A small town in over 9 months,
The Bakhmut still In Ukrainian hands after almost a year trying to capture it.

The dombas the Ukrainian people has taken more of the territories the Russian took when the war started,


It was NOT A suprised invasion. Ukraine prepared for 8yrs with US military Intel and weapons. Russia will launch offensives in the spring.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Ukraine War: Germany Sends Much-awaited Leopard Tanks by Emma15678: 4:34pm On Mar 31, 2023
obedience4:



Lol, funny

Those tiny towns you just mention 😀😀😁😂
When did the 2nd most powerful nation nation Russia took a major city since muripol..
This is one is hyping little small towns with no military significant,

Please no tanks even the USA Abram's will survive a direct hit from a javelin, go google the the javelin, it hits the top of the tank were there is little protection
The javelin anti tanks missles shots two projectiles one hitting the rear and the other the top a little google will help you.



Please google the attack on the criema airfield the tupolev bombers were destroyed, I don't have anything more to say to you, you have a phone help yourself.


You are comparing the hirmas to the Russian smerch 😀😀😁😁😂😂😂😃🤣😀🤣😀🤣
Lol, first of go check the ranges of the hirmas missles
We are talking about accuracy with its GPS geolocation platform this one is talking about an outdated rhssain rocket systems.


Since the fall of the city of muripol what major city has Russian taken, yet the Ukrainian has taken kherson, kharviv, taken the entire northern Ukraine from Russia.

Even Bakhmut the Russian are still trying to capture for over a year now 😂😁

When the Ukrainians starts their offensive this year, just has they did last year, the shortcomings of the Russians will be front roll sit comedy


1. Territorial gains
Yes they are tiny towns but which tiny towns have Ukraine taken since November? In order to make up for her failure to make territorial gains, Ukraine took Novaya Kakhovka on Twitter only to make U-turn later🙃🤣🤣🤣.
Apart from Mariupol, Russia took Severondonetsk, Lysyschank and most of the other smaller towns that make up Luhansk. FYI, Russia still holds 1% of Kharkov and 60% of Kherson.
2. Russian weapons
As I can see you have been brainwashed inti the belif that Western weapons are better than the Russian ones. The screenshots below will help.
3. No strategic bombers were taken out in Crimea. Only tactical fighters — Su-24 Fencer, Su-30 and the like of it
4. Javelin
Javelin works beause it uses a tandem warhead which detonates Explosive Reactive Armour which guards the tank, ERA can be mounted ANYWHERE on a tank. Relikt ERA is very effective is defeating tandem warheads.
Right, so, first things first. Explaining tandem warheads.


Not the best image, but it will suffice.

Tandem charge missiles, are designed to defeat ERA by detonating it early. The forward charge is usually a much smaller shaped charge as compared to the main one.

When the warhead hit, the forward charge triggers, behaving like any other shaped charge warhead does for the purposes of setting off the explosives in the ERA. Since the ERA charge is expended, there isn’t really anything that can stop the main charge from attempting to pierce the vehicles armour.

As for building an ERA that can defeat a tandem charge warhead, this is where things get really interesting.

In normal ERA, you send an outer plate outwards at an angle. The movement of the plate disrupts the movement and formation of the metallic jet generated by the shaped charge, degrading it’s performance. Simple explosive, simple reaction.

Now, Relikt, from what I can tell, works a little differently. In the case of Relikt, it appears that the explosive layer is instead comprised of several shaped charges.


The shaped charges within the armour are built as channels, essentially forming blades of molten metal that fly out from the ERA package in combination with the top plate. These blades also appear to trigger in sequence, with the channels closest to the one damaged popping first.

This delay means that, in all probability, the missiles main charge will be in position to get sliced apart before it can detonate. Shaped charge warheads are also delicate items. There’s very little actual explosive charge, with the penetration instead being dependent on how well the explosive can actually shape the molten penetrator. Slicing the main charge and it’s metallic liner into two or more sections renders it substantially less effective.

This also has the benefit of being really effective against sabots, as the sabot is sliced apart, rendering it a fraction of the threat it initially posed.

Of note, that appears to be the direction most ERA development is going, as Russia is far from the only country with a patent for this kind of system.


https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidegnss.com/russia-unveils-new-glonass-guided-200-km-range-missile-squadrons/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjnwdi3vYb-AhULoaQKHRoiBD0QFnoECAEQAg&usg=
Foreign Affairs / Death Knell Sounds For AGM-183 ARRW Hypersonic Missile Programme by Emma15678: 4:09pm On Mar 31, 2023
Death knell’ has rung ending a much hyped US missile program
By Boyko Nikolov on March 31, 2023
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WASHINGTON, US — The US Air Force will not benefit from the AGM-138A ARRW hypersonic missile. The missile has been in development for the past few years, but a series of failed tests sounded the death knell, ending the program. The failure of Lockheed Martin, developer of the AGM-183A ARRW was disclosed by the US Air Force [USAF] Acquisition chief during a congressional hearing.

Unknown problem: Lockheed's AGM-183A missile didn't launch again
Photo credit: Wikipedia
To Moscow in minutes – the US tested a LEO missile warhead
US AGM-183A hypersonic missile test unsuccessful
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Earlier that week, the final test of the missile, which was meant to compete with Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons, was conducted. However, the test was again a failure and was confirmed by US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. He said the tests were unsuccessful and the military did not get the necessary data that was needed.

A ray of hope appeared for Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force when the US B-52H Stratofortress bomber successfully launched the AGM-183 AARRW late last year. This missile was developed to meet the needs of the Air Force to engage heavily defended enemy targets at long ranges. The missile was designed to hit military bases and surface warships at a distance.

However, this was one of the few successful tests against the background of most of the failed ones. The failed tests and the end of the AGM-183A ARRW program have already given rise to new rumors in the US. Efforts are said to be focused on America’s next promising weapon – the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile [HACM]. This program is different and again under the supervision of the US Air Force.

According to comments from the Pentagon, the ARRW will continue to exist, at least until the tests are completed. But there is no money for the program and no orders. Those are the words at the congressional hearing, which literally read: “we currently have no money planned in the five-year budget for ARRW.”


However, Andrew Hunter, who is the assistant secretary of the US Air Force, said the remaining two tests would be completed. He believed that the ARRW should be prototyped, although the Air Force refused to buy it. Hunter says the tests will be necessary at least as much as possible to gather as much information as possible. At some point, this information would be useful for future developments in the field of hypersonic weapons.

At least another $150 million is expected to flow through the program, however. At least that’s Hunter’s pleas, as this money will be needed to complete the tests. When the program is over, that money may turn out to be quite wisely spent, as it will have provided tests, assessments and data from them. I.e. this money can be a kind of boost for the next projects.

It appears that one of Lockheed Martin’s competitors, Raytheon, will be pleased. With ARRW gone, it means more money for their HAWC program and more attention to their testing.

To Moscow in minutes - the US tested a LEO missile warhead
Photo credit: Lockheed Martin

Thus, the Boeing and Raytheon HACM project comes to the fore. This program should provide a hypersonic missile, smaller in size with a shorter range than the ARRW but with a different principle of operation – by air-breathing propulsion. The interest in this missile is already evident because just days ago, on March 28th, Frank Kendall said exactly this: “At this point we are more committed to the HACM than the ARRW.”

HACM has one quite tangible advantage over the previously advertised ARRW – it is smaller. if the ARRW due to its size is limited in which carriers to launch it, such as the US strategic bombers, the HACM can provide an opportunity for tactical and combat aircraft to also be included in its carrier list. This clearly increases the combat capability of the US Air Force.

According to preliminary information, for example, the F-15EH fighters of the Air Force will be the first to take on board the HACM. Some have speculated that it could be the F-35, but those familiar with the two fighters know that the F-35’s chance of mounting the HACM is slim to none due to its smaller payload capacity compared to the F-15EX.

Undoubtedly, the cancellation of the ARRW is not good news for the Air Force. Sooner or later the US will “break through” this technology and produce a hypersonic missile, there is no doubt. But with their biggest hope to date on hold, the time for that breakthrough is lengthening even further. And it comes at a time when China is beginning to bitterly oppose the US, at the same time beginning to openly talk about war.


All eyes are now on HACM. If everything goes well and the tests turn out to be successful, it is expected that sometime in 2027 the first missiles of this model will enter the inventory of the Air Force.

Source:
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2023/03/31/death-knell-has-rung-ending-a-much-hyped-us-missile-program/
Foreign Affairs / Re: Ukraine War: Germany Sends Much-awaited Leopard Tanks by Emma15678: 5:39pm On Mar 30, 2023
obedience4:


You see the problem with most of you guys is that you don't learn,

The javelin is an anti tank missles, a portable one, it is used for close combat against tanks at close range,
When the Russians invade Ukraine, and tried to take over keiv, the javelin was instrumental in pushing back the Russian offensive,
The javelin fitted the early encounters because it was used to ambushed tanks when they tried to navigate through the streets of keiv..
The javelin has done its part, if the Russians foolishly attack keiv again through a landed offensive with tanks and infantry vehicles the javelin will be brought to the fall front of the battle,

Now the war is being fought in the flat Plains of the donbass the javelin is not needed,

I don't need to tell you the amount of effect the hirmass is causing in Ukraine, wasn't it not in last year Russians bombers the tupolev were taken out of action in deep criemea, or the over 80 Russians soilders killed when the hirmass destroyed a training facility in kershon,
Or the death of Russians infantry soilders when the hirmars brought down a platform bridge drowning them in their tanks and infantry vehicles.
Or the numbers of command station taken out by the hirmass,
Was it not just a month after the introduction of the hirmars that the Ukrainian took the northern city of karhiv took lyman, and took kershon, yet you claim it didn't change anything 😀😀😁😁😁
The hirmass is a game changer, and still is.and will continue to be.
Wasn't not here in nairalnad your fellow punks were celebrating a fake news that the hirmars was destroyed by rhssain military..

The tanks and the infantry Bradley vehicles will make significant impact in the Ukrainian offensive Been cooked up.

You said also that Ukraine president is complaining about the west be angry about the cost of the WAr
Like we're do you get your info from,
The same west who approved sending more weapons just last month during the NATO meeting in Brussels
We're even Germany first reluctant is agreeing to send it's tanks,

Even the EU approve over 300milion euros for ammunition for Ukraine.. Just last week here

Nawaoo .. The west will keep spending, a Russian backed regime in keiv is more expensive than sending military aid to keiv
1. So because Kiev is not the target, ATGMS have become useless. I don't need to argue on this, go and learn the art of warfare. What happened is that Russia deployed advanced T-90M to the front, this tank can survive Javelin hits because of it Relikt ERA.
2. Wait a minute, which tupolev bombers were destroyed in Crimea? I would like to know them. Last I checked only tactical fighters were destroyed, similar to when an Iraqi scud hit King Abdulazzi Airbase in Saudi, destroying some US aircraft.
3. I don't need to argue to insignificance of "HIMARS" on the battlefield. My question is, Where is HIMARS when Russia took:
1. Paraskovievka
2. Soledar
3. Gryanikovka?
Note that the focus of the war is on attrition. HIMARS is no Wunderwaffe. It's just a rocket launcher similar to Tornado and Smerch systems are

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Ukraine War: Germany Sends Much-awaited Leopard Tanks by Emma15678: 5:30pm On Mar 30, 2023
obedience4:



Funny boy
The dynamics of the battle has change thus the need for different weapons to meet each battle needs.

When the Russians invade keiv, it was an urban warfare, as Russia wanted to topple the keiv government, thus the javelin was used by the Ukrainian as the Russians tanks and infantry vehicles tried to navigate the busy and clusted keiv streets, the javelin anti tanks missles and the bayatar drones were effective to curtain the Russian from capturing keiv.

When the Russians shamefully retreated and focus on the donbass the javelin anti tanks missles are useless, bescuse the war of donbass when it started was more of an artillery war, hence the Ukrainian started asking for weapons that fit the nature of battle been fought,
They asked for the USA military artillery weapons like the howizters and then when USA hirmass to hit Russian targets..

After Russia failure in the donbass, or such I put continued failure, when winter approached, the Russian stated attacking energy facilities, thus the Ukrainian government started asking for anti missles weapons hence the deployment of the USA patriot missles defence systems.

Now the war is in a critical state, the Ukrainian has talked about a counter offensive, thus they are asking for jets and tanks, you can't mount a successful offensive without tanks,

The weapons the Ukrainian are asking are weapons tailored to fit present need of the military needs in the battle field.
Abeg which failure in the Donbass? ¾ of Donbass is under Russian control and you are talking crap. Of course, everyone with a brain knows that no army fighting this kind of war will be on the offensive forever. In the Korean war there are several offensives and counteroffensives. I don't know why you are blind to this. So who won this first round of offensives and counteroffensives? The answer is Russia. In a year of war, Ukraine lost 15% of her population and 17% of her land mass to Russia.
Foreign Affairs / Ukrainian Commander Reveals The Magnitude Of Ukrainian Losses And Pays The Price by Emma15678: 7:02pm On Mar 18, 2023
Ukraine has demoted a top battlefield commander after he admitted his unit had been decimated in fighting around the city of Bakhmut.

The battalion commander, known by his call sign Kupol, gave an unusually frank assessment of Ukrainian losses in an interview from the front lines earlier this week.

He revealed that all of the original 500 soldiers in his unit had either been killed or injured, a rare acknowledgement from inside the Ukrainian ranks, where losses are kept strictly confidential.

The Ukrainian high command is at pains to present a positive spin on the increasingly bloody defence of the east of the country. US officials have estimated that the Ukrainian army may have taken 120,000 casualties compared with 200,000 by the Russian army.

Kupol told the Washington Post this week that the Ukrainian army training was often poor and that some of the rookie replacements didn’t know how to throw a hand grenade or fire a rifle.

Others had abandoned their positions shortly after arriving at the front line, he said.

Members of a Ukrainian army tank crew check the vehicle at a military base in Zaporizhzhia
Members of a Ukrainian army tank crew check the vehicle at a military base in Zaporizhzhia CREDIT: Kateryna Klochko/PA
“I get 100 new soldiers,” he said. “They don’t give me any time to prepare them. They say, ‘Take them into the battle.’ They just drop everything and run. That’s it. Do you understand why? Because the soldier doesn’t shoot. I ask him why, and he says, ‘I’m afraid of the sound of the shot.’ And for some reason, he has never thrown a grenade. … We need Nato instructors in all our training centres, and our instructors need to be sent over there into the trenches. Because they failed in their task.”

Kupol said what was left of his unit was also facing ammunition shortages.

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“You’re on the front line,” he said. “They’re coming toward you, and there’s nothing to shoot with.”

Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are being trained by the British Army and other Nato countries but thousands more receive more rudimentary training in Ukraine.

Kupol said that he had been motivated to speak out to try to improve training levels but furious Ukrainian generals instead demoted him. The Washington Post said he had consented to have his picture taken but admitted he could face “personal blowback” for his honest assessment.

Kupol told the Washington Post this week that the Ukrainian army training was often poor
Kupol told the Washington Post this week that the Ukrainian army training was often poor CREDIT: The Washington Post
Valentin Shevchenko, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military, accused Kupol of “disseminating false information”. “The losses announced in the unit of which he had command are significantly overestimated,” she told Ukrainian media.

Shortly after his demotion, Kupol quit the Ukrainian army.

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Within hours of his reassignment to a training camp, dozens of Ukrainian soldiers, politicians and journalists had voiced their support for the battalion commander.

“One of the armed forces finest commanders has just been removed,” Yuriy Butusov, a well-known Ukrainian war correspondent, wrote on Facebook.

“Instead of analysing mistakes that will defeat the Russian army, honest comments are suppressed and those who make them are punished.”

The leak on casualty numbers will be deeply embarrassing for the Ukrainian military which has diligently built up a narrative of its outnumbered but highly motivated and well-trained army taking on hordes of Russian soldiers and convicts.


Source:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/17/ukrainian-commander-has-revealed-true-scale-losses-paid-price/
Foreign Affairs / Re: U.S Notified Russia Of Biden's Ukraine Visit (Photos) by Emma15678: 11:58am On Feb 22, 2023
[quote author=loswhite post=121107367]Can't answer yes or no to a senseless question. It is only a kid that will fail to acknowledge that fighting Russia in an all out war is MAD. Ukraine as a non NATO member is not worth it.[/quote🤣🤣Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction, didn't they? Why won't the US invade Russia the way she invaded Iraq? Again, was Kuwait a NATO member? Btw, Russia's war in Ukraine has killed two poles.
Foreign Affairs / Re: U.S Notified Russia Of Biden's Ukraine Visit (Photos) by Emma15678: 5:29pm On Feb 21, 2023
loswhite:
Why would NATO involve in war that is not an attack on his territory? Your powerful says the war is about NATO but he us fighting a non NATO member....lol. NATO doesn't need to prove anything....We know children like you always feel the need to prove yourself.
Was Kuwait a NATO member? Answer Yes or No.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Biden Visit Ukraine With Putin Permission by Emma15678: 5:17pm On Feb 21, 2023
obedience4:


S400 lol, we're was the s400 when Ukrainian missles took out Russian bombers in criema,
They play,
And president Biden used train from Poland to Ukraine.
You are highly misinformed. During the Iraq war, Iraqi Scuds once hit a US airbase destroying Military equipment. Aircraft is different from Missile. Biden received security guarantees before the visit and as for the Air raid sirens, it was due to the take-off of Russian A-50, and MiG-31 Foxhounds from the territory of Belarus.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Senior Israeli Diplomat Expelled From African Union Summit - Report by Emma15678: 3:10pm On Feb 18, 2023
How do expect Africans to relate well with you when you are terrorizing Palestinians with Military force. #FreeGaza

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Who Will Succeed HIMARS In The Ukrainian Military? by Emma15678: 9:02pm On Feb 05, 2023
okeysoninv:
another Lori lo story, the new Biden package has HiMARS missiles, same HiMARS that killed 600 recruits of Russia in military barrack recently. too much propaganda. Biden has approved atacms. who knows una next propaganda will be.
Wait, did you just say Biden approved atacms? You are joking to say the least. Even BBC and CNN won't engage in this magnitude of misinformation

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