This is what war looks when you donāt have overwhelming air superiority coupled with the ability to employ smart bombs and cruise missiles at will. Ukraineās forces are doing well given their limitations.
I think a lot of people here, particularly from America, donāt get that Zelensky was an arsehole before Ukraine was invaded, he will be if and when Russia is defeated, and heās an arsehole now, just one whose enemies are also mine.
But heās a fucking dick.
ETA
When. When Russia loses. Look I canāt help think āifā about Ukraine winning, but Russia is losing. That Iām confident of.
But the right dick for the job.
If this is true Iām going to send all my cardboard recycling to Australia and or Ukraine from now on.
ā¦From Ukrainian sideā¦early on 27 August, the SBU should have run an UAV-strike on Kalino Air Base/Kursk International. Reportedly, up to 16 Australian-made Spypaq were deployed to strike one radar of a S-300/SA-10 SAM-system, two Pantsyr/SA-22 SAM-systems, four Su-30s, and a single MiG-29. However, so far, havenāt seen any kind of evidence for such a success.
A Spypaq UAV, made of cardboard and rubber, and powered by an electric engine giving it a range of about 120km. De-facto undetectable by radar, and very hard even to hear.
Thatās pretty interesting. Iām surprised that they canāt get the cost down even further than $3500. I guess thatās the cost of the āmilitary-grade guidance systemā inside them.
Link from @anon48584343.
Scroll down for a scathing criticism of US reactions to, and analysis of, the way Ukraine is fighting the war.
That is not unsurprising. A lot of wartime leaders were real assholes, such as the one rightwing Americans worship: Churchill. One of the biggest assholes ever to walk the earth, but his dickishness was legendary. And he was piss poor at everything before as well as after the war.
I suspect with Zelensky it will be similar. But who knows, maybe heās clever enough to pull a Cinncinatus and retire? I wouldnāt hold my breath.
