Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Not just Excalibur rounds, Ukraine have proven more accurate with artillery than Russia. There's been reports of Ukraine firing just 1 shell to hit a target, like sniping with a 155mm round. Russia of course could have fire control on the parts they think Ukraine will attack. Ukraine could decide to attack just outside of artillery range, meaning the Russians have to move their artillery loosing fire control etc...

Russia's tactic has been to pepper the area with indirect fire, it may work when your sieging a town/village but not really for defending. Buildings can't move, vehicles can.

Russia has also reduced the number of shells it fires daily, plenty of reports of shell shortages on the line. Not to mention they had to get 300k from Iran. Does that sound like Russia is also suffering from a shell shortage?

According to the Ukrainians it takes nine Hits to a target when using drones, if Russia has counter drones that number it comes increase possibly multiples of nine to hit a target,

The best artillery the Ukrainans has is the HiMars or m270s but like that limited ammunition could come into effect,

Your not grasping the basics on the argument,

It's well documented that if the Ukrainans don't make large gains during the counter offensive they could we end up in a position where international backers don't have the supplies or vehicles to keep a long offensive going,

Here's simple one for you, ukraine were promised 1 million artillery rounds for the whole of 2023 ,were into may this week and Ukraine has only received a fraction of the 1 million shells promised I think 40,000 ,if they are going through 7000 shells rapidly how long do they have before those artillery strikes get restricted,they don't have unlimited aircover,so the thousands of new armoured vehicles including tanks and Ifvs will he heavily reliant on artillery to cover their advances the same applies to mass infantry movements,

But before you mention nato and the eu France is currently blocking the production and purchasing of artillery and other ammunition,

If Russia has more guns and more ammunition and can source more than nato can , what then ,

Russia can still reduce cities to rubble with artillery and air strikes they are still dangerous no matter how incompetent there leadership is

I think people confuse Russia with the Soviet Union.

In Soviet times, I'm sure they could mass produce pretty much anything, they done it with artillery and tanks, but this it's just Russia now.

Where's all the modern tanks? The T-90 & T-14 are Russian tanks, I'm sure they can mass produce them yeah?

No, they are dragging.... (checks history book) 70 year old soviet tanks out of the scrap yards.

Artillery is great at a stalemate, where both sides are dug in and little movement, but (excluding the quick land grab in the first 2 months of the war, with less artillery used) Russia have gained **** all despite their artillery advantage. With (insert multiplier) x more artillery shells fired by Russia in the past 12 months. Russia gained 0.55% of Ukraine.... but Ukraine gained 8.13% back. (net Russian loss of 7.58%) So with all this artillery benefit.... how come Russia can't gain land?

I certainly agree with the holding back of key weapon systems to Ukraine, ATACM's/Jets/Cluster munitions.... I'd even add in cruise missiles. Are the West waiting for Ukraine to fall or fail before they give them everything they need? Or afraid of it being seen as an escalation?

"We do not know who Finbar Cafferkey was, except that for whatever reason he was fighting in a foreign land"

Disgraceful comment from the Embassy of Russia in Ireland to our Tánaiste. It would be great if Micheál Martin would ask the Embassy of Russia why his country is fighting in a foreign land.

Not what I said at all ,

They were promised 1 million shells for the the whole of 2023 we're 5 months in and they have only received 40,000 shells, France has blocked production and purchasing of shells for ukraine,

If they had 1 million shells ready to go they would be a great position but they only have a fraction of that,

While there is claims they fire less thats going to have to change for the coming counter offensive, you cant have mass movement of men and vehicles with no aircover without massive artillery barrages to protect them as they move forward, because the Russian run artillery at timea no stop around the clock,

If you can't counter that artillery men and vehicles out in the open will face the exact same problem the Russians faced at Vuhledar and bakhmut crossing open ground and getting anilated with artillery

Just strange you reference a photo being recently released showing 155mm shells not detonating on a thread about a war in Ukraine, which also use 155mm shells which Russia don't use, with zero reference made to the photo not being related to Ukraine.

Wagner fighting in Sudan.

Time to take the head off that particular snake, seize all its assets, stop any money flowing and take over control of its information technology. Wagner must cease to exist.