The War in the Ukraine

Also fall and winter will mostly likely cause the forests of Kharkov to shed most of its leaves, exposing large swathes of land to Russian observation so could also explain the rush of the offensive.

A lot of the cover will be gone.

sheogorath said:

Also fall and winter will mostly likely cause the forests of Kharkov to shed most of its leaves, exposing large swathes of land to Russian observation so could also explain the rush of the offensive.

A lot of the cover will be gone.

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Are most of the trees deciduous?

siegecrossbow said:

Are most of the trees deciduous?

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According to this site, it is mostly English Oaks and Pines, with Spruce, Maple and Lime also being fairly common

Maybe I am the only one, but WHAT?

When IRan become the country that supply "game changing" drones to Russia, that counter the weapons and inteligence supplied by the WHOLE NATO and USA?


The sanctioned IRan, that not capable to make anything, at least by the description of the USA media and political establishment.


What is the next step, North Korea supply radhard semiconductors and satelites those rival the ones made by USA ?

How deep is the rabbit's hole ?

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How deep is the rabbit's hole ?

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I'm glad I'm not the only one amused by the idea that a bunch of iranian drones are bigger "gamechangers" than HIMARS, Javelins, et al.

It's almost as if there is no such thing as "gamechanger".

The Iranian drones actually bring a new capability to the field. HIMARS and Javelin are not any better than systems the Ukrainians already had. The Vilkha MLRS has about the same range and also optional GPS guidance and the Stugna ATGM seems to have been more effective than the Javelin.

Which is ironic because the Stugna's sights were belarusian. And we haven't seen more of them, so I'm guessing they ran out or saving them for another offensive.

I was thinking maybe the recent set back in Kharkiv would make people be concerned that if Russians cannot hold ground then they need to worry about reprisal by Ukrainian government should Russians also get pushed back elsewhere but doesn't seem like that's having much of an effect. Looks like a done deal.

Just a day after the EU decides to delay putting a price cap on Russian gas, there are two leaks on Nord Stream 1 and another one in Nord Stream 2, right in front of Poland

Will probably put even more of strain on the EU economy and industries and Russia won't probably give two hoots.