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Ukraine/Russian Conflict - General Discussion
it is not true. Ukraine has been bombing Donetsk for several days. From conventional MLRS, without any guidance. Dozens of people died, including children. But the top media won't tell you about it. Or they will lie that it is Russia that is shelling a city that it controls. Because you don't need the truth. You need to impose the right opinion. -
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Ukraine/Russian Conflict - General Discussion
Very interesting story about Ukraine targeting Russian ammo dumps: The Ukrainian army systematically is demolishing Russian ammunition supplies. The strategy could have big implications as Russia’s wider war in Ukraine grinds into its fourth month. Firing new, American-supplied GPS-guided rockets—plus a few old, ex-Soviet ballistic missiles—the army in just the last two weeks has targeted no fewer than a dozen Russian ammo dumps. The Ukrainians have concentrated their ammo strikes in the east, where Kyiv’s brigades have been staging a fighting withdrawal west along a 40-mile-deep pocket of Ukrainian-held terrain anchored in the east at Siversk. On June 16, Kyiv’s forces blew up an ammo dump in Krasny Luch. Strikes on ammo stockpiles in Iyzum and Svatove followed on June 25. Two days later they hit dumps in Zymohiria and Rodakove. Ukrainian troops hit Russian ammo supplies in Perevalsk on June 28 and in Stakhanov on June 30. July 4 was a banner day for attacks on munitions stocks in Snijne and Donetsk. Not to be outdone, Ukrainian forces in the south hit a Russian ammo dump at Melitopol airport on July 3. To be clear, Ukrainian and Russian forces have targeted each other’s logistical infrastructure since Russia widened its war on Ukraine on Feb. 23. But the Ukrainians have stepped up their raids in recent weeks—and they’re getting more accurate, too, as more Western-made rockets arrive at the front lines. The first four American-made High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems—truck-mounted, six-round launchers for 44-mile-range, GPS-guided rockets—reached the eastern front the last week of June. Not coincidentally, that’s when the Ukrainians narrowed their focus on Russia’s ammo supplies. The wheeled HIMARS shoot farther, faster and more accurately than Ukraine’s ex-Soviet rocket-launchers can do. Traveling along roads and firing mostly at night, the four HIMARS are having an effect that’s entirely out of proportion to their small numbers. Four more ex-American HIMARS are on the way. The Ukrainians also are getting 18 tracked Multiple Launch Rocket Systems from the United States, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Norway. The MLRS are somewhat less nimble and reliable than the HIMARS are, but their rockets are the same—and travel just as far and strike just as accurately. The Ukrainians also are squeezing every possible mile they can from the HIMARS and MLRS’s GPS-guided M31 rockets. Forty-four miles is the official max range, but with careful planning it’s possible to squeeze an extra six miles from the rockets. Indeed, the HIMARS launcher that blew up the Russian ammo dump at Melitopol on July 3 apparently did so from 50 miles away. As strikes escalate and losses mount, Russian logisticians could struggle to keep front-line units adequately supplied. Don’t underestimate how heavily this could weigh on the Russian war effort. Ukraine’s interdiction of Russia’s supply lines after all doomed the Russian army’s attempt to encircle Kyiv back in February and March. Zeroing in on ammo dumps deep inside Russian-held territory, the Ukrainians clearly are hoping to repeat that winning strategy. Ukraine’s American-Made Rockets Are Blowing Up Russia’s Ammo Dumps (msn.com) Makes sense for Russia to prioritize killing these units, and why they might have hit two of them. The M270 MLRS besides firing the same rockets, also carry double the amount. From 6 for the HIMARS, to 12 for the MLRS. The other four HIMARS are due to arrive in Ukraine by mid July, they are already in Poland with their crews training. I had read this next story last week and didn't think much of it, but now it seems to tie right in: Belarus is supplying Russia’s war effort in Ukraine with ammunition, with the latest consignment of 20 wagonloads being sent from Belarus to the Russian Federation. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Quote: "According to the information available, the government of the Republic of Belarus is continuing to offer military support to the Russian Federation; in particular, another consignment of ammunition – up to 20 wagonloads – has been sent to Belgorod Oblast." Belarus sends up to 20 wagonloads of ammunition to Russia General Staff (yahoo.com) -
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News Forum - Thai health authorities insist latest Covid-19 wave is controllable
The wave may turn out to be a tsunami. Half of Canadians were infected with Omicron in only five months: report (msn.com) -
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News Forum - Sri Lanka PM tells bankrupt nation to prepare for ‘difficult journey’
To be fair, he's the guy who took over for the guy who ran the country into the ground. You have to feel for them as Sri Lanka is going to have a very long and hard climb out of this hole. Their economy is mostly tourism, with textiles and some agriculture products thrown in. They have no money and tourism isn't coming back for them anytime soon. They can't pay their existing loans and have little chance to pay back any new loans. If they can't get the existing lenders to take a HUGE haircut (yes that means you too China), and restart their economy, they will become a failed state. Canary in a coal mine. -
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News Forum - Sri Lanka PM tells bankrupt nation to prepare for ‘difficult journey’
Don't look like he has missed any meals
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