Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Possibly because they wanted Ukraine as an 'intact prize'.

Just look at the test firing results, they would have been pretty confident, otherwise it wouldn't have been put in service.

Note how incredibly low it comes in at, probably causing damage that extends below the waterline - glug, glug.

A real indication of the amount of Combat air patrols being conducted at the moment ( tonight) is the number of KC-135's in the air. There are currently 4 air-refuelling aircraft operating (3 over Poland, 1 over Romania). That's an incredible amount of Avgas.

Latest clip from the Russian talk shows. Interesting to watch the changing narrative - they admit the Moskva was sunk by Ukraine, but intriguingly, are starting to concede for the first time that Russia is up against it now and even that it has a big battle on its hands. This guy appears to hint the Ukrainian army are better equipped than the Russians :

"Work on the questionnaire to acquire the status of an EU candidate is almost complete, and soon the answers will be transferred to representatives of the European Union."

They aren't messing about.

What did they expect attacking and invading another sovereign state,

They are not fighting Nato , Ukrainians but not Nato ,

Yet !

And the idea that NATO is their "equal" is laughable. All the indications are that the Russian armed forces are second rate, poorly led and not very disciplined. You'd wonder when the penny is going to drop that they are probably going to lose this war.

I think one of the main reasons Biden upped the ante with arms to Ukraine this week is that he sussed that the Russians were no great shakes (despite their size) and could be beaten.

Might be getting to the time where the west should retaliate first so to speak!

I have to say that figure is far far below what I would have guessed at this stage of the war; although it's still 2,500 to 3,000 too many. It's also not clear if that includes TDF and volunteer battalions and so on.

Since most of the figures released by Ukraine have seemed to have at least some basis in fact I don't see any reason this figure wouldn't be the same.

Probably underestimating troop cut off in isolated or Russian occupied areas like Mariupol.

And not gonna happen - he could have easily dropped a tactical nuclear warhead on Kyiv when things started to look bad for Russia, leading to a retreat, but then he would lose his only friend China, which would isolate the country from the rest of the world

"In Russia stops production of new tanks due to financial problems and the lack of imported components

▫️At the Russian "Uralvagonzavod" are trying to overcome the crisis arising from the imposed sanctions. "Uralvogonzavod" (Nizhny Tagil) is a Russian manufacturer of armored vehicles, primarily the main tank of the Russian Federation "T-72".

▫️Despite the well-publicized "import substitution", The Russian Federation is not able to independently continue the production of high-tech weapons without continuing the supply of imported components.

▫️Therefore, the plant is forced to look for a solution to financial problems, including requiring a 100% subscription under government contracts. Production of new equipment, including T-90 and T-14 (Armata) tanks, is halting.

▫️The created "operational headquarters" the main direction of work was the repair of military equipment damaged in the war with Ukraine.". https://t.me/s/operativnoZSU

That's a shame, no more tanks for the horde.