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I'd assume those type of tactics will be used. I expect the Ukrainians to allow the Russians to advance along the roads a distance and then start to pick them off again once their logistics lines are stretched.

Apparently it has been raining a bit in that region so the fields are nice and muddy which the Russian armour can't handle.

I don't expect the Russians to alter their tactics too much and the artificial deadline of the 9th of May might force them to take risks and make bad decisions.

It's a fascinating plane alright.

2 interesting facts about the crate which may be true:

the preflight checks take around 45 minutes,

when carrying a consignment of skydivers it takes 1 hour to reach 10,000 feet.

Can Ukraine attack from the outskirts of Donbass so the Russians are fighting two fronts as in the ones who fought in KYIV?

Surely they won’t be left on their own encircled?

Weapons, weapons, weapons!

I hope to God that enough of the promised "better" weaponry has got through to the east of the country. It's the one thing that will make the difference as Ukraine has the numbers to take the fight to Russia, but without the hardware to back them up then.....

Either way there's going to be a lot of deaths tonight, but even if the Ukranian defenders are shelled into oblivion there will still be hundreds, it not thousands of pockets of resistance everywhere. They know their land and all are willing to die for their country, so a hell of a lot more Russians are going to breathe their last breath over the next few days/weeks.

What a needless war though. So many lives lost. So many more to follow. And all because of one mans evil desire.

The problem here what the Ukrainian military and zelenskyy have is this is more then likely the area that Russia might end up with if they loose land after this is all over. So do they pour the majority of their military in their to stop Russia in their tracks as if Russia takes the donbass region more then likely Ukraine will loose this area more then likely forever when peace talks do happen or do Ukraine gamble and pour the majority of their military into there and try and stop the Russian tide and try and kick them fully out of the region. If they can do that I cannot see Russia been able to continue properly in this conflict. I say putin might claim a victory and stop his advances afterwards and say he will pull out of other parts of Ukraine once Ukraine cede the donbass region or if not he will rain more death and destruction and continue the war. Ukraine right here if they can win this battle and soundly defeat the Russians probably have won the war otherwise this is where Russia gains big if they can win in the donbass region.

Russia's 4000k plus aircraft will be busy for the next month, I expect Ukraine will find it hard to come out of this with much of a victory

Yeah, how much of them are operational and not Styrofoam I wonder.

One thing worth noting is that Ukraine have outsmarted Russia at every turn. They haven't just had a good war tactically, but a quite brilliant one. Fingers crossed they can keep this going.

"Willing them on" and "hoping" sounds like one step up from "thoughts and prayers". Weapons,weapons, weapons is what they need, more, better,faster.

Yet another reminder of just what this war is doing to normal Ukrainians. Not a professional soldier, but a philharmonic pianist with wife and kids forced to take up arms to defend Mariupol. So sad As if Finghin Collins were to die in the battle for Dublin:

Another reason Russia should be left to its own devices - have nothing to do with it, how could ANYONE have any idea of cooperating/patterning with RUssia if this is an example of its thinking/take on things