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[Gooner1]

And how is the F-16 better than the MIG-29 or SU-27, which Ukrainian Air Force pilots fly today?
This is the first.
Secondly.
The appearance of F-16s in the sky over Ukraine will only lead to the fact that the Russian Air Force and air defense will learn to shoot them down in the same way as the high-precision HIMARS missiles and AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles are being shot down today.
If the situation develops as you suggest, then apparently in two or three years the Russian Air Force and air Defense, and all other branches of the armed forces of Russia will become the most experienced in the use of modern means of armed struggle.

For the first there are a lot more qualified people than me to say, but I think the 76:1 kill ratio for the F16 speaks for itself. https://migflug.com/jetflights/the-comb ... ly-in-use/

If you want to believe that the Russian air defence are shooting down most of the GMLRS and HARM that come their way, there is nothing I can say.

[Gooner1]

[Russia is currently engaged in a proxy war with the USA and to a lesser extent NATO.

A fantasy of dribbling mong Putin fans everywhere.

There is no evidence Russia is running short of anything and if you had to pick one area where she clearly had a massive advantage it is in munitions.

[Michael Kenny]

The You Tube film above is a pro-Ukranian propaganda outfit that has been churning out the same 'Russians have no equipment/no guns/no ammo/no food/all deserting' films for over 6 months. Its videos have low viewing figures around the 2-4k mark One or two have made it big-time but overall an obscure and not much viewed outfit. If they keep peddling the cold-war warriors wet dream of 'Russians are running out of ammo' for long enough they are bound to get it right one day.
Keep dreaming!

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western press was in Chasiv Yar a few days ago, the place is filled with a polygot of western vehicles.

This soldier from a Ukrainian Spetnaz battalion is equipped with a SAW and there are various western arms on the ground. This battalion was sent into Bakhmut recently.

[Tom Peters]

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The Russian pilots involved in the drone incident over the Black Sea will receive a special award. This was reported by Russian Defense Minister Shoigu via the state news agency RIA.

It once again shows how retarded these people are

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Or perhaps the Russians just really want to meet Ukrainians flying F16s

The RU airforce is like the NASCAR of airforces.

Mad Dog

[Tom Peters]

There is no evidence Russia is running short of anything and if you had to pick one area where she clearly had a massive advantage it is in munitions.

[artillery]....other than the noted decline in both RU cruise missile attacks and decrease in artillery strikes (via FIRMS)
[men]....other than recruiting from prisons
[tanks/IFV]....other than refurbing and using tanks and IFV from the 1960s
[drones]....other than frantic purchases from Iran

This is all clear evidence of RU running short of various items. You dont recruit prisoners if you have enough men. You dont refurb T-62 is you have T-72/80/90 available. Etc. Etc.

The combined efforts of NATO are unable to match that Russian expenditure so why Sid went straight to this area to try and claim they are 'struggling is a bit of a puzzle.

NATO isnt even trying. The US, tomorrow, could ship millions of rounds of artillery shells if we wanted to. NATO nations could ship more planes and tanks today.

Its not "unable". Its "unwilling".

If they are 'struggling' then it must be the same way the USA struggled to keep its 14 Armored Divisions in NWE Europe up to full strength given they had a shortage of tanks. It must have been a relief the Germans when they realised the US Armored Divisions facing them had only 90% TOE and this gave rise to a hope that their Panzer Divisions, operating at 40% TOE, could overwhelm the 'struggling' under-strength American Divisions.

The big difference is that the US could ship plenty of up to date tanks to make up for losses. RU is using T-62 to try and keep up. The WW2 analogy would be more correct if the US had to ship M2 light tanks in place of SHermans. But we didnt. RU does have to in this analogy.

Mad Dog

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[Gooner1]

The You Tube film above is a pro-Ukranian propaganda outfit that has been churning out the same 'Russians have no equipment/no guns/no ammo/no food/all deserting' films for over 6 months. Its videos have low viewing figures around the 2-4k mark One or two have made it big-time but overall an obscure and not much viewed outfit. If they keep peddling the cold-war warriors wet dream of 'Russians are running out of ammo' for long enough they are bound to get it right one day.
Keep dreaming!

That really shows you up. The guy speaking, Yury Mezinov, a Russian, was on a Wagner affiliated Telegram channel.

That's what dmitri@wartranslated https://twitter.com/wartranslated an Estonian living in London does; translate Russian, mostly negative, pro-Kremlin sources on Telegram.
Funny how Russians can deal with this negativity about their failing war but pro-Kremlin extreme left mongs in the West can't.

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https://ria.ru/20230317/artemovsk-1858712767.html

DPR claims Bakhmut is controlled 70-60% by Wagner now with 10,000 Ukrainian troops left in the city. Also notes the massing of Ukr forces in Chasiv Yar, intending to counterattack.

[Gooner1]

[artillery]....other than the noted decline in both RU cruise missile attacks and decrease in artillery strikes (via FIRMS)
[men]....other than recruiting from prisons
[tanks/IFV]....other than refurbing and using tanks and IFV from the 1960s
[drones]....other than frantic purchases from Iran

This is all clear evidence of RU running short of various items. You dont recruit prisoners if you have enough men. You dont refurb T-62 is you have T-72/80/90 available. Etc. Etc.

And body armour, helmets, small arms ammunition, first aid kit etc etc.

It is highly likely that Russian artillery shell expenditure still far far exceeds their current production.

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A Russian 767 aircraft that suffered an engine failure when trying to take off from Phuket airport in February had reportedly gone 3 years without the engine being inspected, due to Western sanctions.

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[Michael Kenny]

The guy speaking, Yury Mezinov, a Russian, was on a Wagner affiliated Telegram channel.

That's what dmitri@wartranslated https://twitter.com/wartranslated an Estonian living in London does; translate Russian, mostly negative, pro-Kremlin sources on Telegram.

As I said a pro-Ukrainian propaganda outfit that panders to the wet-dreams of the old cold-war warriors. Porn for pensioners. No different than the Germans watching Kolberg in April 1945 and hallucinating about the (inevitable) day The USA comes to its senses and follows a re-equipped SS against Russia.

[Michael Kenny]

A Russian 767 aircraft that suffered an engine failure when trying to take off from Phuket airport in February had reportedly gone 3 years without the engine being inspected, due to Western sanctions.

That could never happen in The West. Standards are much stricter and no chance is taken on safety issues. Russia could never hope to match the high-tech western firms that look with horror on such risky behaviour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_73 ... 0airliners.

[Yuri]

There is no evidence Russia is running short of anything and if you had to pick one area where she clearly had a massive advantage it is in munitions.

Videos about the so-called "shell hunger" at the PMCs Wagner repeatedly posted the chief of this company - Prigozhin.
There are also numerous videos with collective appeals of members of this company to the General Staff of the Russian Federation, which set out the problem of "shell starvation".

However, when viewing such videos, you should keep in mind the following circumstance.
Before the appearance of complaints the Wagner PMCs about the so-called "shell starvation", six or seven shells from their Russian opponents flew in response to one shell fired by the AFU gunners.
After the appearance of all kinds of reports about the "shell famine", the Ukrainian side receives only some three or four shells from the Wagner PMCs in response to one of its shells.
When Ukrainian servicemen operating on the front line hear (read) that the Wagner PMCs is suffering from "shell starvation", then they undoubtedly recall the famous Russian proverb:
Сытый голодного не поймёт = A well-fed hungry will not understand.