- 1210 KWIA
- 19 Tanks
- 11 APVs
- 37 Artillery systems
- 1 MLRS
- 54 UAVs
- 101 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
- 1 Special equipment
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Too bad the tanks weren’t sold out. Looked promising over the weekend.
Yes, one has been waiting for it for a long time but unfortunately it seems they can still bring more to the front.
I have seen information that RU would have had a total of 14,000 at most, if they continue to lose 19 per day, they will be completely out in six months.
Positive with 19.
Now they are sold out, last 19 pieces they had 👍
Operational information as of 08.00 on 17.03.2025 on the Russian invasion
A total of 112 combat engagements took place yesterday.
#Kharkiv 5
#Kupyansk 11💥
#Lyman 10💥
#Siversky 3
#Kramatorsk 3
#Toretsk 14💥
#Pokrovsk 21💥
#Novopavlivka 10💥
#Huliaipil 6
#Orikhiv 6
#Kursk 14💥
According to the updated information, yesterday the AFRF🇷🇺 launched one missile and 81 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, used one missile and dropped 135 guided bombs. In addition, they engaged 2,534 kamikaze drones and fired 5,794 times at the positions of AFU🇺🇦 and populated areas.
Over the past day, missile troops and artillery of the AFU 🇺🇦 hit six areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as one artillery unit of the AFRF🇷🇺.
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Thank you 205
Soon it will no longer be Russia’s fault that the war restarted if Trump gets his way.
“U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion
The decision is the latest indication of the Trump administration’s move away from holding President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accountable for crimes committed against Ukrainians.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-ukraine-invasion-accountability.html
https://kyivindependent.com/us-to-withdraw-from-group-investigating-putin-for-crimes-against-ukraine-nyt-reports/
Lovely guy!
Trump is terrified of China and that Russia will become even more allied with them, so he throws everyone under the bus to not be left standing when the train has left.
The worst part is that the Dems are so damn bad and weak that right now there is only one party in the USA.
USA should stand up for itself. For the free world and the Western view of right and wrong, and good and evil. It just becomes strange if the USA is supposed to be friends with RU for game theoretical reasons. Yes, it is counterintuitive. And it absolutely earns zero respect from a country like China. I think that those in the USA must reconsider DEI and woke. They are a scourge not only for the USA but also for Europe.
Trump is acting like an asshole, but you think the worst is the Democrats? Please tell me what you would like to see them do about it right now?
Do you mean it’s good with a one-party state, comrade Mats?
Isn’t it obvious that it’s terrible that there’s no opposition? An opposition that can argue against, oppose, come up with counterproposals, etc.
Stop getting offended and stop reading into things that only you see. Read again and stop misinterpreting everything!
If you think it’s good that the Dems are weak, then I wonder how you think Trump and Co. should be stopped? Can you tell us that?
Of course, I don’t want to see a one-party state (I would rather see the USA with more and stronger parties) and of course I don’t think it’s good that they are weak because I would have preferred them to win the election (so now you are misinterpreting), but the fact is that right now they have virtually no political power.
Sure, they could certainly protest more loudly than they do, but the most important thing is probably that they gather themselves together for the midterm elections, and until then they also need to decide which candidate to promote. They will also need to renew themselves. They cannot win solely by arguing that Trump is terrible. They must come together and present their own policies. It will probably take quite a long time before they figure that out.
It is also obvious that they are far behind in terms of the channels they use. It’s not enough to reach out through CNN and newspapers. Today, news is consumed in a completely different way, and Trump is far ahead there as well, so they need to pull themselves together in that aspect too.
In any case, if they are not done with their renewal work and have put forward a candidate they all support by the fall, I might start to agree with you that their prospects look bleak.
Of course, there is a risk that they rely on Trump digging his own grave and that their strongest argument will be that he must go, but then they would be making the same mistake they did in this election. Of course, many of us think that should have been enough in itself, but about half of US voters didn’t even think there was a reason to go out and vote.
See there, you think just like me that misinterpretation is not so fun. Maybe we should leave that to other comment fields that deal with it all day long.
You think just like me that it’s tragic that the Dems can’t, won’t, or currently don’t have the energy to be a proper opposition, regardless of the power they have or don’t have. Then we are in agreement. What’s the fuzz about?
That it’s not the Democrats who are the worst but that Trump is as Trump is!
It’s a bit like saying that it’s the police’s fault that crimes are committed. Sure, they are there to prevent and solve the crimes that are committed, and if they were better at it, crime would decrease, but it’s still the criminals who commit the crimes and not the police. Furthermore, it’s not the police themselves who decide how much resources they get, if people were more engaged and demanded more resources for them, it would contribute, just as it would be better for the USA if people were more engaged in politics and also took part in shaping it.
Ok, so let’s say that…….
I have always sympathized with the Democrats for many years. I just loved it when Obama was elected president. But they have a lot to work on now when it comes to what is commonly referred to as identity politics. Above all, all forms of quotas based on group membership (gender, skin color, ethnicity) for jobs and education should be abolished. And other absurdities like deciding one’s own gender and how one wants to be addressed. Such as he and she should be abolished and replaced with ze. There is something called classical liberalism that they can return to.
Yes, Dem. has stepped wrong in one direction and Rep. is stepping wrong in the other direction. We have had the same thing in Sweden but the USA is as usual a bit bigger and worse in most things which makes it very wrong!
Obama ensured that the Democrats became more top-down controlled, which undermined the next generation of politicians. It’s no coincidence that they couldn’t come up with anyone better than Biden and Harris.
The Democrats have through their actions *chosen* to collapse and thereby pave the way for Trump.
Obamacare was also a contributing factor to people no longer trusting politicians. The idea was good, but the implementation was not good and well thought out. It dug holes in the treasury.
However, nearly two-thirds of the population has a positive attitude towards Obamacare (ACA).
“Nearly two-thirds of adults (64%) hold a favorable view of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA)”
When it comes to Medicare and Medicaid, twice as many people think the government is spending too little on them than those who want the expenses to be reduced.
“Across both programs, the share of the public who say the government isn’t spending enough is more than twice the share who say the government is spending “too much.”
https://www.kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-public-weighs-health-care-spending-and-other-priorities-for-incoming-administration/
Positive 2025 yes, but there were not positive vibes when it was introduced. You have to read carefully before you write!
Many did not want to pay as it was too expensive for those with lower incomes, so it was subsidized, which made the next income bracket upset and they refused to pay, and so on. The paperwork required a lot of staff to make it work, which meant that small players didn’t stand a chance against the big ones, reducing competition and increasing prices.
If a Swedish version had been implemented, where everyone participates and pays according to income, it would have been less chaotic in the beginning.
Here you can read more about the advantages and disadvantages of the system.
https://bildningsforbundet.fi/vad-ar-problemet-med-obamacare-och-varfor-vill-republikanerna-slopa-den/
https://timbro.se/smedjan/vad-ar-obamacare-och-varfor-fungerar-det-inte/
Relax now, my post doesn’t contradict yours, but rather complements it, and since people are satisfied now, it shouldn’t have had a significant impact on the election this time.
Identity politics is a real rabbit hole of proto-racism. It is not enough to equate or even prioritize innate qualities over acquired qualities. By doing so, one legitimizes race-based ideology with the dubious argument that it is right when we do it.
Off-topic maybe, but probably an explanation for why they have ended up askew in life. They need to rediscover their values.
Not just for Lynx, but “Reply” was removed by the admin in the posts above (which I understand). – Had to edit here, CB500Four, wrote at the same time.
We need to move away from the person and focus on the matter. – Trump has no new foreign policy. He is conducting foreign policy á la US standard since Harry S Truman 75 years ago. The commentators have understood that the difference in foreign policy between Biden and Trump is only superficial. – How one behaves, the surface, that’s the only new thing about Trump’s US administration.
Trump is not a fascist, not an orange man, not crazy, etc. Let it go. However, he is an eccentric personality, with a long history in the media, and has assembled a team that deviates from what is usually found in a presidential administration. They will do things differently. – The lack of democracy in the US is essentially a media duck. Let the US handle its domestic politics on its own, but consider what Trump must do for his voters (yes, in a democratic manner).
The Oval Office debacle? Think of it like this and try it: Z knows in advance that with 98% it will go to hell. He understands Reverse Kissinger and that the US is screwed. Z knows that it’s his moment in the media that he has to make the best of. Two media pros both with their goals and going all in. – Z actually wins, achieves his goals, because he gets Europe on his side. – Plausible?
Other forums (a bit of criticism against MXT here) are echo chambers where one gets completely stuck in one’s own bubble, reinforcing each other’s feelings and everything just goes off track. So, the novelty of Trump’s US administration is how one behaves. (Those who have read know my rhinoceros analogy, but I probably need to revise it. I was obviously right that Trump is a buffalo/rhinoceros that roars, but I probably didn’t have much else right.)
The matter, the matter, the matter, the matter – not the person…
I realize, after being absent from the No.1 forum for a few weeks, that even this forum is a bubble where we become a bit one-track-minded. Be a bit alert to this, dear commentators, as this is the BEST comment section I have seen! We can elevate it further by focusing on the matter, Ukraine and Russia, and what the world is doing about it.
Do we have any military personnel (or former) here? Johan No.1’s dark posts lately, relevant in themselves, but with military strategic flaws, can someone address them? (Yes, I know it has been done, but more in principle, how to choose the battle, calibrate retaliation/deterrence, always avoid unfavorable terrain, etc.) We need to raise our thoughts a bit.
Will write a round later this week if the comment section does not steer back to the matter.
Check out my comment, last in yesterday’s comment section.
The analyst, we have not removed any “reply” link at all, it is a limitation in how “deep” the structure of the comments is allowed to be.
If you allow too many levels, there will eventually not be enough space left for the text because there is an indentation for each level.
(It’s the same on Cornucopia).
On a computer, there is of course plenty of space, but on mobile, it eventually becomes hopeless if half of the page is taken up by indentation. When the line length decreases, the texts take up significantly more space vertically, and it becomes long to scroll, and if the line length is too short, it also becomes very difficult to read. Now that we have reached the maximum level, it is indeed a good opportunity to check how it looks and possibly allow one more level (or allow a smaller one).
Ok. I thought you were cutting to prevent it from derailing. – With that information, I think the original number of levels (5?) is sufficient.
It would take much worse things for me to stop something (e.g. if someone repeatedly is really unpleasant and starts threatening others with murder).
Maybe so. This forum is light years better than most (than for example Cornu) because we avoid personal attacks and emotional outbursts. I thought you liked that too and therefore expected low tolerance for rudeness.
But, keep up the style and don’t let crap through! You’re doing this really well! It’s possible to disagree and challenge opinions without personal attacks and belittling.
Sex levels worked ok, have increased to seven now let’s see.
I think there is a certain difference between Biden and Trump regarding Ukraine.
Biden’s tactic was to bleed out the Russians while Trump is inviting the Russians back to the superpower table because he believes that pushing down China is more important. The problem that Trump sees is that RU + China become too strong (enormous natural resources + enormous production capacity). So far, I can understand Trump, but I don’t think he will succeed. Instead, I believe that China and RU will now try to strengthen the wedge being driven between the USA and Europe while continuing to cooperate.
The difference is rather that the Biden administration played under the covers while the Trump administration operated openly, in front of God and everyone? – At least that’s how I perceive the matter, right or wrong.
I (and a few others) wanted to believe it was a bleeding-out tactic, advocated that view, while No.1 argued differently and was fiercely scolded for it. One of the reasons why this website exists today, if I may guess a little.
Response to the Analyst
That may be the case, the question is what would have happened next? “Bleeding out” without the Russian Federation collapsing, i.e. some form of balancing act or bleeding out that leads to a collapse. Right now, it feels like the former. As I have written before, war is about twisting the other party’s arm until they give up or come back to the negotiating table. Trump is trying to expedite this process by himself twisting arms on both sides if they do not do as he says, with the justification that too many people have died.
I have heard from several sources where they seem convinced that Harris would have gone in the same direction as Trump is doing now.
So I am prepared to agree.
It may be that the Trump administration believes that the balance began to tip too much towards collapse (wrong from a US perspective), as our No.1 often points out. That there is a difference in the assessment of how bad things are in Russia and that the current assessment in the US (Trump administration) is that one must hurry, so that the house of cards in Russia does not collapse.
It’s incredible how quickly this is going downhill. Just when you thought the bottom was reached, some new devilry appears, and then we don’t even know everything that’s going on in the background. If those who still have their wits about them don’t put a stop to this triumvirate as soon as possible, it will soon be too late. Just like Caesar seized power in Rome, and Hitler in Germany, through bullying, violence, and harassment of opponents, and collaboration with like-minded individuals, democracy will disappear from the country that has fought for democracy for hundreds of years. He meant what he said when he said they won’t need to vote in four years. Worst case scenario now, and if they continue in this manner, it could actually be likely, is that they will probably declare a state of emergency as soon as possible, and ban the democratic party, or possibly threaten them into silence. Ban all media that has ever written negatively about Trump, which is the majority. Education is subjected to the triumvirate, instructions are received from above on how it should be carried out. Foreign policy will be such that the globe is divided into 3 parts, where uza, ry, and ki get to help themselves. They might deliver weapons to ry, and let them wreak havoc in Europe, thinking they will get good contracts for reconstruction, just like during their golden age 45-70. Divide and conquer…
Why should the world be divided into three parts now when Russia is so weak and needs to be supported by the USA to avoid imploding?
If Trump’s goal is to divide and conquer, then it’s excellent if Russia as a nation collapses. A fragmented Russia with many different oblasts trying to make deals will surely keep the CIA busy trying to control the mess, and of course, China will grab a piece of the pie.
Europe can take over Kaliningrad, install a friendly regime in Belarus, and put an end to Russian influence in Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia.
Certainly, some nuclear weapons will end up in the wrong hands, but considering that Medvedev threatens to use them daily, it can hardly get much worse.
Yes, I believe it depends on a couple of things, Trump’s mentality, the types of people he has behind him, and Putin’s ability to manipulate. Below is a simplified “babble” of how I perceive the state of affairs in the White House.
– Trump is the greatest, the best, and the most beautiful, all who do not believe in him shall be humiliated and punished up to the 7th generation, and if it concerns a leader, the whole group shall be punished collectively. But if you kiss his behind, a dreadful thought, you will be greatly rewarded.
– Trump admires and respects people with power, the kind of power a bully has over their victim. Kindness is weakness.
– The group around Trump understands all this, they walk around with brown tongues and provide Trump with what he wants to know so they can get what they want (power). When they feel they have control, they get rid of him, thinking it’s enough to tell him they were planning to betray him, then he loses control, and he is no longer “fit to rule.” Enter Emperor Vance.
– Trump believes Russia is strong because his BFF Putin has told him so, and everything he says is true because he has great power, and the country is large. You can also see that on the globe from the 80s that Trump received as a gift, and there it’s clear that Ukraine is not a separate country.
– China, on the other hand, they are foolish, his butt-wipers have said, they have taken all the jobs. BFF Putin has promised that if only Trump helps them with the foolish Europeans and stubborn Ukrainians, he will help him with China.
– Europe is, for Trump and Putin, a bunch of small countries, as seen on the globe from the 80s, which usually act like a flock of sheep. However, recent events have made them start simulating a wolf. Putin and Trump are now trying to stop this as soon as possible. A flock of sheep can be managed, but a wolf, that’s not so easy, especially for the imagined Russian bear, which after latching onto Ukraine has reduced to something more like a shriveled tick, still clinging on but dying from uranium.
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“When they feel they have control, they get rid of him, they think it’s enough to tell him that they were planning to betray him, then he loses control, and then he is no longer ‘fit to rule.’ Enter Emperor Vance.”
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Sounds a bit imaginative.
Well, perhaps a bit far-fetched, but looking at what they have done so far since taking office, there are probably some things that I could not have imagined in my wildest dreams.
@CB500four
“-Trump believes that Russia is strong, because his BFF Putin has told him so, and everything he says is true, because he has great power…” – My impression now is the opposite. Trump realizes that Russia is weak (borrowing phrasing from another writer here), Russia couldn’t even take Ukraine, “a militarily weak country,” so caution is necessary. Truly supporting Ukraine is not on the agenda, as Russia would just collapse like a house of cards. Every time things have gone a bit too well for UA, support from the US has been cut off. I actually believe that the US is completely confident that they can “close the shop” whenever they feel like it (but are they right?).
According to the reverse Nixon doctrine, Russia must be kept strong enough so it cannot be annexed by China, openly or covertly. UA is just a pawn that the Russian idiots couldn’t resist attacking. Presumably, the worst-case scenario for the US is a big win for UA and the collapse of Russia. The US just wants things to calm down, the Russians to go home, focus on China, and behave. That’s why Putin is being coddled. The location of the border between UA and Russia is a non-issue. – Do I think it will work? Putin would just sit down like a good dog and be petted? No, but it seems like the US believes so. I wonder what the Trump administration knows that we don’t? (I really wonder what Trump and Putin are talking about now and how it would sound, in the same conversation in step two?)
Don’t think that the intelligence is lacking in the White House or that Trump decides everything. He is just one man, it’s not possible, it’s an administration. They make misjudgments just like we do, misunderstand the other side’s motives, make grand plans that don’t work, try things that fail.
Interesting, well, I may have exaggerated a bit, but much of what Trump says and does is so confusing that one sometimes doubts the mental competence of the leadership. But as J1 usually points out, the US policy towards Ukraine has always been restrictive, it’s just more open now, and Biden was never heard praising Putin and disparaging Z like this type does, but then they are also completely different personalities from the start. The USA wants things to be calm, yes, we all do, but does Putin want that? Yes, maybe, only if he can add the entire former Warsaw Pact area to Russia, or something, and that’s not going to happen. We know Putin, we can probably be quite sure of that after these 25 years, and probably even the US intelligence service knows him even better, but who does Trump listen to? Trump doesn’t decide everything, but he and the triumvirate have probably already gained too much power unnecessarily. The idea behind presidential decrees was probably good enough originally, but with a president who is completely “unhinged” and also has a majority in Congress and the Senate, it could probably end in disaster. So what is it that the USA is so afraid of if Russia collapses? Nuclear proliferation? Yes, maybe some republic becomes Islamist and has nuclear weapons in the backyard. There’s a risk. China taking over some in the east? Yes, maybe, but China is not imperialistic and glorifying violence like the Russians, they expand their positions through trade, economy, and infrastructure. Not through weaponized violence and supporting the worst imaginable sadist dictators like Russia specializes in. Well, I don’t know, but I feel like I’d rather have a collapsed Russia transformed into a number of small states as neighbors than a Greater Russia continuing to cause trouble for the foreseeable future, but the USA sees it differently, there on their side of the Atlantic.
If the USA is to wage a war against China, China has over 200 times the shipbuilding capacity of the USA. China is a factory and they will be able to adapt. Right now, there is talk, for example, that the USA does not have the capacity needed to transport fuel to Asia if a war that the USA must engage in breaks out there.
RU is not just a gas station, they also have other natural resources, natural resources that China and the USA need. RU and China must not become BFFs.
China has four times the population of the USA, if the USA is to keep its distance from China, it will require a lot from the USA, and if one can then slow down, or at least not let China accelerate as much, much is gained.
And not to forget, if Trump can force Ukraine and RU into peace, he has shown who is in charge.
N Eklund. I think you are close to the truth. China has problems with all kinds of raw materials, ore, oil, coal, food, etc. If China can secure a supply that cannot be shut down by a fleet of submarines and a few aircraft carriers, then it could be dangerous from a US perspective (or mostly Taiwan’s…).
RU is a gas station with its own flag, someone said. Not a superpower.
USA has gone very wrong – but the USA always goes wrong.
After WW2, the USA went against Churchill and created the Cold War.
The difference now is that the USA, compared to the EU, is not orders of magnitude stronger.
Then the new USA is actually China – what they do will be crucial in determining whether we will have a new world war or not.
Nja, the US is right sometimes and wrong sometimes in foreign policy. Possibly wrong more often, but in the really big issues, think world wars, they have still ended up on the right side. – The US became magnitudes stronger during WW2, they were not before.
The USA usually does what the USA considers to be of national interest. It has sometimes coincided with Europe’s interests, but not always.
The people usually make sure that the most competent narcissist is elected, but this time, for the second time even, it was probably a mistake. The definition of insanity is to make the same mistake twice and expect a different result, and indeed there was a different result, but not necessarily better.
A united EU probably annoys Trump immensely, it’s not as easy to take that apple-polisher off the scrawny third-grader when he has the whole gang from the extra math class with him.
China is probably, as you say, the next USA, considering its significance for the world; otherwise, they are quite different. They have emerged for different reasons from different foundations. The USA grew up as a democracy, emphasizing individual freedom, while China, as a global player, has emerged from a communist dictatorship, but unlike other communist states, has combined it with capitalism and globalism, for better or for worse.
The USA probably benefited greatly from World War II, let’s hope that’s not what Trump wants to repeat when making it great again.
Yes – when I wrote that they are going the wrong way, I mean of course for us, not for themselves.
“86% of 🇫🇷French citizens support the return of conscription, over 53% for mandatory conscription”
💪🏻🌟!
Perpetua, ~1:1.
https://bsky.app/profile/andrewperpetua.bsky.social/post/3lkkfw4pgac24
“The Russia-Ukraine War Update for 15-16 Mar 2025
Territorial changes:
🟣Kursk: Russian forces south of Guevo
🟣Kursk: Russian forces confirmed in Goncharovka
🟣Kursk: Ukrainian forces confirmed in Gogolevka
🟣Kursk: Fighting on the northern edge of Basivka (Sumy)
🟣Russian forces pushed south of Fyholivka [Kupiansk AO]
🟣Fighting continues in Zahryzove/Bohuslavka [Borova AO]
🟣Ukrainian forces reach SW Shevchenko [Povrovsk AO]
🟣Failed Russian assault in southeastern Udachne
🟣Ukrainian advance north of Novielyzavetivka
+ More posts in the thread.
https://bsky.app/profile/malcontentnews.bsky.social/post/3lkkdiorzks2h“
“Ukrainian drones attack fuel facility in Russia’s Astrakhan Oblast, governor claims.
“Overnight, the Ukrainian Armed Forces again attempted a massive drone attack on facilities located in the region, including a fuel and energy complex,” Astrakhan Oblast Igor Babushkin claimed on March 17.”
You Mats, who have been thinking about a competition – an idea is to try to make a forecast on the number of tanks/artillery/soldiers that will be taken out the next day. Then you need to have some knowledge about the fronts, the weather, etc.
Is there any other good source that lists the night bombings of airfields, weapon depots, etc.? It would have been really nice to have in the morning report as well, but I understand that in that case, a very simple way to include it would be required.
Yes, that might be a good idea for a competition! I will think about how it could work.
Unfortunately, there isn’t a nice and neat compilation of other events. It would probably take too long to try to put it together myself early in the morning, but one idea is to add it gradually during the morning. I will consider that too!
Unfortunately, I can’t promise anything, it depends a bit on how things go when I have time.
“Ukrainsk tung drönare av typen Baba Yaga förstör en rysk anfallsgrupp”
https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com/post/3lkkmeqmd422v
“At night, the Ukrainian military shot down 90/174 Russian UAVs, another 70 UAVs were lost in location due to EW action”
JvM on Kursk:
“1. The reason why UA has started to withdraw from Kursk is about logistics, not because the USA stopped sharing intel on March 5, even though it didn’t help UA overall, the problems started already in mid-Feb. The video below is RY and shows attacks between a Checkpoint at Pysarivka and the village of Yanakivka.”
2. The main supply route into Kursk is about 10 km from the RY border and is attacked all day by FPV drones. About 80% of these are wire-guided, which means there are no countermeasures. They now have a range of up to 25 km. I have driven this road stretch many times.
3. This led to the inability to bring in new FPV drones and ammunition to the frontline units in Kursk. Batteries couldn’t be charged, soldiers couldn’t be rotated, or wounded evacuated. Transport could only take place in really bad weather, fog, or heavy snowfall. The situation became untenable.
4. The smaller the area became, the more RY could concentrate attacks with KAB bombs and drones and increase attacks on locations inside Sumy. Many units had to walk long distances as they couldn’t bring vehicles or be picked up. I have been in contact with most of the units in the area.
5. and have seen how the situation has deteriorated during the spring. Kursk is the front line I have prioritized the most lately to try to help as much as I can. UA still holds an area south and west of Sudzha, and we’ll see what happens in the near future. The battle is not over yet…
6. The Kursk offensive has reduced the pressure on other fronts in UA during the winter as RY doesn’t have enough equipment and soldiers. It has also led to many of RY’s best units being destroyed in attempts to retake the area.
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The excursion to Kursk has definitely not been a failure even though there has been a need to retreat from a large part.
It has shown the Russian population that Russia is vulnerable.
Russia has been forced to move troops from other fronts that have been relieved.
The war has been fought on Russian territory and it is Russian buildings and property that have been destroyed.
Putin has forced the Russian army into great losses as he has wanted to see a quick withdrawal.
A large number of prisoners of war were taken, which could be exchanged for their own.
The thing about signals intelligence I have probably believed all along, for example, Starlink has never worked in Russian territory and other intelligence concerns that type of intelligence activity that affects strategic depth but hardly local frontline conditions like Ukraine manages with drones, etc.
Still, somehow comforting to have a credible source that brings forward that it was the drone activity that was the decisive factor, my fear and guess was that there were political pressures behind it. Bad enough that the Moscow realm manages to disrupt the logistics.
UA staff have been on the UA side of the border, right?
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lkiaoyycls2x
I don’t know where the movie is from, but it’s obviously an attempt to create a tunnel of nets over roads as protection against drones.
Works less well against KAB.
There you go. Interesting information. Engineers in the West should stop fooling around with advertising agencies, mobile games, and a bunch of crap and instead focus on building countermeasures against wired drones.
Fiber optics use silicon that can withstand over 600 degrees, making it difficult to melt the cables. Cutting or capturing the fiber doesn’t feel easy, so we will probably see AI-controlled hunting drones in the near future.
Currently, the only protection is fishing nets and the only remedy is mechanical control. – Detect in time and take two quick shots with a shotgun, magnum load US 0 or 1. It would have been nice with a really light machine gun, like the Ksp 90, with a clever sight, for control at a slightly longer distance than 20-40 meters.
Sweden has decided to donate Bofors Tridon MK2 to UA, let’s hope that it is delivered before the war is over.
Does the fibers have any opaque shell? I thought it might be possible to follow the signal with a drone, if it can see the infrared light in the fiber? There’s probably some light leaking out, especially in bends. And bomb the transmitter, or lead a different type of attack.
UA has done this and followed the fiber to the operator. Nowadays, the operators are located in bunkers.
Ok, why didn’t they wait two more weeks so that Putin’s hand would be weaker?
Why did they leave the days before the US flew to Putin?
“Russian Yakutsk. Russia is unable to stop the flood of sewage because the money is spent to produce missiles for strikes on Ukrainian cities. Meanwhile, a Yakut “sculptor” Ivan Boppósov has made a “Statue of Liberty” out of what leaks from the sewage⤵️”
😂
…🤢…
Zelensky signed a law that provides for the possibility of sending units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to other states to ensure national security and repel armed aggression.
https://bsky.app/profile/theukrainianreview.bsky.social/post/3lkkrqghgd22h
This allows UA to enter both Transnistria and Belarus.
Russian troops in, for example, Zapad 2025 may get a visit.
Finally, it is signed 👍
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio called Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó, urging him to back down on vetoing EU sanctions against Russia. Following the call, Hungary relented and voted to extend anti-Russian sanctions for another six months.
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3lkl3cxcdas2o
Well done by Rubio, although it’s a bit embarrassing that it’s the USA lecturing Hungary on an issue concerning the EU.
I can’t make this add up. It’s like the USA is playing on all fronts at the same time.
It is also a show of power towards the EU, we can control Hungary, don’t forget that when there is a trade war.
Not me either, and that’s probably the point maybe 😀
Trump polls show increased support or am I reading it wrong?
In that case, does it mean that we will get more of the same, I wonder?
It depends on which issues are at stake, he has neither support for the trade war with Canada nor for his approach to Russia, and they provide too little support to Ukraine.
Most Americans disapprove of President Trump’s approach to the country’s relationship with Russia and his handling of the situation in Ukraine, according to a new survey published on Friday.
The CNN poll, which was conducted by SSRS, found that 59 percent of respondents disapprove of Trump’s handling of Washington’s relations with Moscow. Some 41 percent said the opposite. Regarding Ukraine, 55 percent of U.S. adults disapprove of the president’s managing of the situation in war-torn Ukraine, while 44 percent said they approve of it, according to the survey.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5195985-trump-russia-ukraine-cnn-poll/
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lklaqah3oc2b
In this matter, Trump is far from being a populist.
Where are you looking?
This was updated on the 13th but maybe something has happened since then (or if there are other larger, more accurate surveys).
https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker
Maybe someone has a better link?
46% favorable and increasing is pretty okay for being Trump, right?
I interpret it more as a decline, that there are over four percent (4.4) more who are unfavorable, and that dissatisfaction has increased since mid-December when there were actually 0.9% more who were favorable than unfavorable. (Then they rounded off a bit so 51 – 46 doesn’t quite match with 4.4)
So the zero line represents that 50% are for and 50% are against, if it goes above, there are more in favor, if it goes below, there are more against.
Or maybe I’ve completely misunderstood!
We still have a few days left, but he is performing better than last time and is indeed below other presidents, but they are not catastrophic numbers – and maybe he has been the toughest of them all?
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/presidential-job-approval-ratings
Interesting that the “no” option has decreased from 20% to 3%. We are heading towards a society where it’s black or white.
66.8% voted but 97% have a clear opinion.
I can see that you are grasping at straws… 😄
I looked at another survey where about ten relevant questions were asked, and in all of these questions, he received lower ratings than what the final assessment of those surveyed was.
I don’t think they missed asking any crucial questions, so why is he getting a high rating? Is it because they believe Harris would have been even worse, or is it because they still want to support their president who is getting some flak in the media after all?
In a remarkable feat of collaboration, the Swedish Air Force, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), and Saab together with partners have successfully evaluated concept “Loke” in a mere 84 days. This innovative new capability is designed for detecting and countering hostile drones, marking a significant advancement in counter-drone technology.
https://www.saab.com/newsroom/stories/2025/march/from-concept-to-impact—saab-and-the-swedish-air-force-deploy-loke
Loke was quick and cunning, so we hope that reflects in it.
That weapon station with a ksp58 and a heavy ksp cal.50 must be able to operate against a target 3-4 km away with radar-guided fire support 👍🏻.
Wonderful
Fine. In other contexts, I have pointed out the need for technicals (heavy machine guns on pickups) and manpads within the Army and the Home Guard (which in practice is Sweden’s territorial defense). A radar on a regular jeep/SUV and a couple of pickups with machine guns, nice things that seem financially feasible.
Looks a bit odd with the stock on the ksb58an, but it can be clever if you can change the barrel without special solutions.
“The German government has financed and delivered 1,600 protective gabions to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. This is enough to reinforce 8 kilometres of fortifications along the border or to better protect critical infrastructure.”
“A sniper from the 🇺🇦3rd company of the Mainland battalion shoots down 🇷🇺Russian UAVs/drones with a .308 caliber rifle in the direction of Vovchansk”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3lklal4kpec2m
“Epic explosion of a 🇷🇺Russian ammunition depot hidden in a house by an FPV drone of 🇺🇦SOF operators in the Zaporizhia direction”
“ASTRA rapporterar att ukrainska drönare slog till mot Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant under natten och skadade en arbetare. Cirka 10 drönare sköts ner, med okänd skada. Anläggningen attackerades tidigare den 3 februari 2025.”
“In Kherson region, Russian drones continue to hunt civilians, including children. A boy shared that he and his friends were playing outside and saw a drone approaching. The kids ran towards their homes across the fields. When the Russian drone closed the distance, it dropped the bomb. Shrapnel flew at him.”
🤬🤬🤬!
Interesting but also very confusing:
The NBC News poll shows 49% of registered voters think Trump sympathizes with Russia in its war against Ukraine, while only 2% support Russia themselves and 61% back Ukraine.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-americans-are-rooting-ukraine-think-trump-prefers-russia-rcna196163
“Lithuania suspects Russia behind arson attacks in Vilnius and Warsaw last year.
Lithuanian authorities suspect Russia’s intelligence services of orchestrating arson attacks on an IKEA warehouse in Vilnius and a shopping center in Warsaw in 2024, the LRT broadcaster reported on March 17.”
https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com/post/3lklehfnne223
https://kyivindependent.com/lithuania-suspects-russias-military-intelligence-behind-arson-attacks/
“This is the IKEA that Russian intelligence burned in Poland last year.
And Europe still has no idea they’re at war.”
https://bsky.app/profile/jayinkyiv.bsky.social/post/3lklf2g3flc2k
Herrejisses!
“Trump derangement syndrome”: US lawmakers push to classify criticism of President Trump as a mental illness.
https://bsky.app/profile/euromaidanpress.bsky.social/post/3lkle25lt5t2m
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/03/17/trump-derangement-syndrome-us-lawmakers-push-to-classify-trump-criticism-as-mental-illness/
😳
I think there were too many words there, “criticism of” should be removed
😄👍
“Ukrainsk tung bombflygplan som bär en tung bomb.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3lkldxsebxk2o
“The Russians published a photo of an unknown Ukrainian FPV drone interceptor!”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lklervoebc2j
“DIE, B*STARDS” — Ryska propagandister hyllar Trump för att stänga ner Radio Liberty & VOA. Kreml-talespersonen Solovyov firar, gläds över tystade amerikanska journalister och kräver deras DÖDAR.”
https://bsky.app/profile/kyivpost.com/post/3lklhkddx6k2g
A spontaneous, perhaps naive thought; why can’t the EU + friends just take over with continued funding and a minor change to Liberty & VOE?
Kajsa Kallas will investigate if it is possible. Not a small radio station, they have a budget of approximately 1.5 billion SEK.
👍
UA has tested a drone with a range of 3000 km.
Should be about 3000 km to Murmansk and Olenja?
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lklt37w4522h
@MatsExtrude for today:
Operational information as of 08.00 on 18.03.2025 on the Russian invasion
In total, 155 combat engagements were recorded over the past day
#Kharkiv 1
#Kupyansk 9
#Lyman 10💥
#Siverskyi 3
#Kramatorsk 7
#Toretsk 25💥💥
#Pokrovsk 44💥💥💥
#Novopavlivka 14💥
#Huliaipil 10💥
#Orikhivsk 2
#Prydniprovsky 1
#Kursk 18💥
Yesterday, the AFRF🇷🇺 launched 90 air strikes on the positions of AFU 🇺🇦 and populated areas, dropped 139 UAVs, and used 2,506 kamikaze drones to attack them. The AFRF🇷🇺 also made 5771 artillery attacks, including 145 from multiple launch rocket systems.
Over the past day, the aviation, missile troops and artillery of the AFU 🇺🇦 hit eight areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, two command posts, one air defense facility, three missile troops and artillery facilities of the AFRF🇷🇺.
Got a little later than usual but now there’s a new post.