Jesus Christ, why are they bombing there? Let's hope it's just a communication issue.
Not too sure. The friend said that the center of the village was destroyed. The mayor of the village released a statement on the villages telegram channel saying it was cluster bombs. Wife's parents are a couple minutes away from there.
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Javelins are really demoralizing Russian tank crews. You guys hear about their new anti-javelin slat armor "cope cages"?
Apparently Russians are so poorly supplied, they appear to be building "cope cages" out of mattress box springs now. Here is a recently captured T-72 example. lol
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I like to concentrate on the positives...as dire it is that civilians are being killed and targeted, the fact of the matter is should Ukraine lose, it will be way way worse for civilians with mass genocide expected.
This reminds me of the Battle of Britain, where Hitler started bombing London and civilians instead of military targets. This change of tactics inevitably doomed the Battle of Britain with the RAF being able to recover...had Germany concentrated specifically on military targets, the Battle of Britain could have ensured German air supremacy throughout the war, which they did not have for Russia eventually (the Luttwaffe never fully recovered).
This is an existential war, and as such every step towards Ukraine winning is a step that must be cheered.
From this alone, Russia has already lost 4 Su-34 and 6 Su-25
We also know that the amount of helicopters destroyed is much higher, but with just photographic evidence (where you can see them actually partially destroyed or worse), is already up to 32.
Needless to say, Russia's attrition rate is unsustainable.
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Not really. Just because it is the best Russian fighter doesn't mean it is equivalent to the best American fighter
Su-34 is at best 4+ generation fighter, not 5th generation like the F-22 or F-35. It is a Su-27 Flanker derivative. The Su-34 first flew in 1990, it is a 1980's redesign/update of a 1970's aircraft.
As a ground attack variant of a 1970's air superiority fighter, it is most similar to the F-15E Strike Eagle.
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Not really. Just because it is the best Russian fighter doesn't mean it is equivalent to the best American fighter
Su-34 is at best 4+ generation fighter, not 5th generation like the F-22 or F-35. It is a Su-27 Flanker derivative. The Su-34 first flew in 1990, it is a 1980's redesign/update of a 1970's aircraft.
As a ground attack variant of a 1970's air superiority fighter, it is most similar to the F-15E Strike Eagle.
Fair! Still, great to see. Russian air power seems to be much less effective than advertised. I was thinking of the SU-57!
Russian forces really do seem like the most inept military on the planet right now
The Russians really do seem like they are at least an entire generation of tech behind. They're rolling in mass amounts of armour, but being stifled by locals exploiting cell phone and drone technology.
Russian forces really do seem like the most inept military on the planet right now
If they put as much effort into normal, on the ground, technical things, as they do deep fakes, cyber attacks, and propaganda, they would be unstoppable.
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Not really. Just because it is the best Russian fighter doesn't mean it is equivalent to the best American fighter
Su-34 is at best 4+ generation fighter, not 5th generation like the F-22 or F-35. It is a Su-27 Flanker derivative. The Su-34 first flew in 1990, it is a 1980's redesign/update of a 1970's aircraft.
As a ground attack variant of a 1970's air superiority fighter, it is most similar to the F-15E Strike Eagle.
The SU-34 is very good, but yeah, its not close to the capabilities and survivability of the F-22 or F-35. There are video sightings of the Felon from Ukraine, I saw a video of a 3 bird flight.
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