Russian special military operation in Ukraine #39

Guys, can I ask a math question? Per Newspeak uh Newsweek (same thing, the US press is all Orwellian to me), Russia has 97 percent of its army in Ukraine. Here is what I don't understand. Russia invaded with what 120,000 to 180,000 and they did a call up of 300 to 350 thousand. The Russian Army is a force of about 1.15 to 1.5 million with 2 to 3 million in reserve. Lets say the Russian Army does not rotate troops out of theater, they do but lets say they don't, and Russia has sent all 300 to 350 thousand call ups to Ukraine, they have not but lets say they have. How is 520,000 97 percent of 1.15 million? I admit, in high school math was always the last course of the day so I didn't pay nearly as much attention as I should have, but seriously in what universe is 520,000 97 percent of 1.15 million?

In any case I wonder what such an expansion would look like - missile strikes already occur at high frequency, maybe more traditional combined arms tactics? Aerial strikes, and more classical forms of war

There will be literally millions of targets they could be hitting but choose not to.

As the west escalates they can add targets to their list that they would not previously consider hitting...

I wont believe any claims unless photos like this destroyed russian smerch are provided

How can you tell it is Russian... the orcs put fake V and Z symbols on vehicles and pretend they are Russian all the time... usually with photoshop.

Maybe some pro nato belorussians ?

Or maybe some pro Russians who want to kill some nazis too.

The Nazis were nice and gentle in Belarus during WWII so nazis are obviously revered and respected there.... NOT.

The attack on the military airfield near Minsk is confirmed. The strike likely targeted the Russian A-50 early warning aircraft.
Whether the aircraft was hit, and how seriously, it's still not known.
Ukrainian sources report "medium damage".


Escalation?

Excellent... drone attacks against intel gathering unarmed aircraft on non combatants territory... that justifies Russian attacks on HATO intel gathering aircraft in HATO countries supplying weapons to Kiev doesn't it?

And Article 5 does not count because those HATO countries are participating in this conflict so this would be a response and not an attack.

Daily reminder that AFU was and is being trained by "the West civilised society" which trains terrorists around the globe...
Ukrainian sources publish a video of the transportation of Western military equipment inside civilian trucks

Like I said regarding members asking why the Russians are not spotting them moving armour by satellite... satellites only work if they pull back the things hiding them...

Russia must prevent ALL vehicles coming into the Pukraine from GATO countries.

There would be tens of thousands of trucks carrying goods into the east of Ukraine from Europe... they don't have enough ammo to destroy them all... the best option would be to pick a line and destroy any that go near that... the line needs to be far enough behind the front that it is out of artillery range and means to get to the front any armour delivered would need to drive exposed and vulnerable but even then it could have a tarp over it.

Otherwise Russia MUST destroy the vehicles that are acting with hostile intentions.

All the trucks transporting weapons and ammo will look the same as the trucks transporting food and other things for the civilian population to live normally... destroying all the trucks wont work because they likely don't have enough ordinance so things would still get through.

The spinsters at Slavyangrad are repeatedly saying that there was no attack at Machuliskchy or on a A-50 plane. So its unlikely that it happened.

That is a shame because it would be a very useful escalation from Russias perspective because it would mean third parties to the wars territory has become fair game and Russian missiles are vastly more effective than little drones.

There has to be a middle step between doing nothing and going apeshit.

Monitor the traffic and the heavy trucks carrying lots of cargo that stop in the middle of nowhere or military areas should be targeted... whether on their way in or on their way out... even if you don't kill armoured vehicles destroying trucks will be a logistics problem for them moving forward.

The way zelensky and west are playing this the only result that's reasonable is taking 75-80% of Ukraine leaving small enclave of pro neo Nazis in the far west, and taking whole of Moldova

No need to take Moldova unless the people want to join the RF... the breakaway regions border the Ukraine so those regions joining the Russian federation would suffice... no need to invade or occupy Moldova unless they invite HATO or the EU in and then consider it...

But, it's complicated. Romania is NATO, Moldovans have a peculiar sense of independence, Transnistria is awkwardly situated, Gagauzia while Russophile hasn't really said much, etc.

Not complicated at all... if Moldova remains neutral and doesn't join the conflict Russia has no reason to occupy their territory, but if autonomous Moldovan regions like Transnitria want Russian troops in then they can invite them on their territory... as long as the Ukrainian territory between the RF and these regions is neutral then there should not be any problems... they are no longer isolated and can trade and I suspect open trade with Russia will be profitable and if Moldova had any brains they would stay neutral as energy supplies could continue to come from Russia making life easier for the people there... trade might help their economy too the way open free
trade with Russia was cut for the Ukraine and their economy suffered for that.

Romania and Hungary and other countries siding with Kiev should not be allowed to gain from their interference unless they want to refund the money stolen by the west and of course a few trillion in compensation for all the damage done and sleepless nights caused for Russia and new Russian territories ....and then they can talk about it for a decade or two... where Russia has no intention of agreeing but they don't need to know that... every few years Russia can claim they are not holding up their end of the agreement like a Minsk 4...  

BTW @Limb all those comments about sending stuff to the front line... buying drones commercially and sending them to the boys was a bit of a waste of time when they mention that HATO jamming equipment renders commercial store bought drones pretty much useless.