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It`s still not fixed in 1.2.6. The disbanding party of my wife is endlessly travelling back and forth between 2 castles.

The Antonovsky bridge has been hit several times and is closed for traffic. Very bad for the Russians at the northern side of the Dnepr as there is only the dam at Nova Kakhovka left (which has been hit as well).

Duh_TaleWorlds said:

Got covid fam. It's hit me pretty gut. Probably gonna return to office this week though.

In any case, afaik this is still being worked on. It is a high priority for us, but simulation balance is finnicky and can take time.

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We might see another Kiyv (same place as before) afterwards:
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/05/27/we-ll-grind-them-down-in-the-end

According to CIT the Russian regiments were ordered to prepare their 60-70 lower readiness battalions which might be finished in mid-June.
https://te.legra.ph/Svodka-za-26-maya-05-27

Meanwhile there are more and more videos of Ukrainian units complaining about their poor equipment and training:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/26/ukraine-frontline-russia-military-severodonetsk/

There even was a request by three members of Zelenskiy`s party to remove the part that explicitly forbade to shoot deserters and soldiers who refused orders:
https://www.unian.net/politics/skan...rtirov-otozvali-novosti-ukraina-11840007.html

All in all not looking that good right now.

Lord Grindelvald said:

In other news.. Russia deported nearly 1.2 million Ukrainians, including 200.000 children. I've never heard of something like this happening. What is the goal of Russia with this? To skim the country or to indoctrinate those Ukrainians in camps like the Chinese are doing with the Uyghurs? Wouldn't it destabilize Russia itself by inviting enemies into your country?

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I have bad news for you:
https://ridl.io/en/the-folly-of-shoigu-s-new-siberian-cities/
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/21/7341244/

Lord Grindelvald said:

Punished by Putin and send to the front lines?

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I think Putin wants to get the **** done and sees Gerasimov as most capable of doing this.

He might even be realistic enough to see that it was his own unrealistic objectives in the beginning that had the worst impact on their invasion.

According to Ukrainian media, Valeri Gerasimov (chief of general staff and deputy defence minister) arrived in Izyum to command the coming offensive.

https://www.uawire.org/top-russian-military-chief-arrives-in-ukraine-to-oversee-the-offensive#

Seems a bit unusual to me, but ok. ?

@Adorno

There`s only one problem with the Gepards: only 23.000 rounds of ammo available at KMW. Same problem with the ammo for the potentially up to 100 Marder. Both are produced in Switzerland and they don`t want it to be delivered to Ukraine.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/deut...epard-panzern-doch-es-fehlt-munition-100.html

Lol. Even the US seems to run low on Stingers now.



Two companies worth of Leopard 2 on the move in Hemmingen. If I see correctly it`s close to Hannover and almost certainly from Panzerlehrbrigade 9 in Munster.



Btw. Only coming back from a manoeuvre for the Nato Readiness Force. First time training with Puma VJTF and Leopard 2A7V together. Hopefully this stuff (Puma VJTF) is going to be delivered much faster now. So far only one battalion fully equipped.

That is way more than I expected to learn today! Absolutely didn`t know that Hetzer, Marder III and Grille weren`t German made and always thought the 35(t) and 38(t) were either normally bought or Beutepanzer.

BenKenobi said:

Sorry, my reply was meant to hit at the fact that the last time the Czechs made tanks en masse, it was to support the invasion of Russia. It was a joke.

As much as I like to poke fun at the Germans for seemingly doing nothing meme thing (thanks god the German Nordstream *****ing stopped for now, though), this was not it.

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The 35(t) right? But didn`t they get looted instead of willingly produced for the invasion? At the moment it`s more likely you (or Switzerland because why not) are going to loot our stuff than the other way round..

BenKenobi said:

Is it a coincidence that it is again to support an invasion of Russia?

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I tell you a secret: The 22+ Russian Battalion tactical groups currently in Izyum are better equipped than the whole German ground forces if we talk about quantity.

We have ~24 mechanized/motorized infantry battalions in our armed forces (9 Panzergrenadier, 8 Jäger/Gebirgsjäger, 1 Seebataillon (naval infantry) and 2 Fallschirmjäger regiments). Our 6 tank battalions and 4 artillery battalions would barely be sufficient to reinforce them with even one company/battery after the Russian BTG model.

And now about our anti-air forces: 14 Patriot, 2 MANTIS, 3 Ozelot. No, not battalions, systems.

During the cold war, we had 18 anti-air battalions and 83 (!!!) artillery battalions with 1,100 howitzers and 400 MLRS. I did my 9 month duty in 2006 at the Panzerartilleriebataillon 515. Of course it has long been dissolved since then as everything else within up to 80 kilometers from where I live.

For the up to 100 requested Leopard 1A5 there would be 4,000 105mm rounds available. It`s absolutely useless to ask Germany for heavy weapons if it`s about immediate availability.

Here is what Germany can and has delivered to Ukraine:

• 1,000 Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank weapons on 26 February 2022, breaking a long tradition of banning weapon exports to active warzones.[108][109]
• 500 Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, on 26 February 2022[109][110]
• 2,700 9K32 Strela-2m anti-aircraft missile systems, on 3 March 2022.[111][112]
• 5,100 MATADOR anti-tank weapons via Dynamit Nobel[113]
• 2,000 additional Panzerfaust 3 were announced on 23 March 2022.[114]
• 100 MG 3 machine guns[110]
• 5 million 7.62×51mm NATO rounds[110]
• 3 million 5.56×45mm NATO rounds[110]
• a total of over 16 million rounds by mid-April 2022[115]
• 14 armored cars[110]
• "Vector" reconnaissance VTOL drones via Quantum-Systems[116][117]
• 23,000 combat helmets[110]
• 20,000 protective-vests in 2014[118]
• 1,300 bullet-proof vests[110]
• nightvision devices[110]
• 1,000 anti-tank mines and 100,000 hand grenades by mid-April 2022[115]
• €1.83 billion in bilateral aid since 2014[119][120]
• approx. €4 billion via the EU in the form of grants and loans since 2014.[119]
• €240 million via the EU in loans in 2022.[119]
• Loan over 150 million euros via KfW in April 2022.[121]
• €425 million via the 'Stand Up For Ukraine' pledging campaign and an additional 70 million for medical aid via the EU[122]
• €1 billion additional military aid to Ukraine for weapons purchases in April 2022[123]
• One mobile field hospital worth €5.3 million and associated training of medical staff in February 2022[124]
• Evacuating and treating wounded Ukrainian soldiers in Germany since 2014[125][126]
• Deutsche Bahn initiated a "railbridge" in March 2022 and began delivering over 10,000 tons of food[127][128]
• 50 medical transport vehicles[110]

Nodice83 said:

I've heard this morning that regular Ukrainian infantry has reached Mariupol to reinforce Azov.

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https://novynarnia.com/2022/04/13/m...yna-ishla-na-proryv-bagato-potrapyly-v-polon/

They were Marines from inside Mariupol. One part joined up with Azov at the Azovstal facility, one part stayed at Azovmash plant (meanwhile captured) and one part tried to break out and got captured or worse.

https://novynarnia.com/2022/04/13/k...-zapysaly-video-pislya-uspishnogo-zyednannya/

"One group, led by Brigadier General Volodymyr Baranyuk, decided to break out of the encirclement towards the front line with a column of equipment. As a result of the fire, she was dispersed, partially surrounded and taken prisoner. The fate of most soldiers in this group remains unknown. Some of the fighters were killed or wounded. The second group, about two hundred fighters, successfully merged with the regiment of the Azov National Medical University in Mariupol, moving to its position at the Azovstal plant. The largest group at the Azovmash plant was taken prisoner by Russian troops and DNR members."


Btw: Prophetic interview with Zelenskiy`s military advisor from 2019. Absolute must watch to understand the whole scale:

Adorno said:

Looks like Mariupol is falling and conquering Odessa is next on the list. Black Sea dominance.

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Why? They can`t take it as long as Nikolayev is not taken, especially if Ukraine gets anti-ship missiles. Everything that I read so far suggests that they are going for the JFO + Dnipro and Zaporizhia.

You can`t grab a naked man in ze pockets.

https://soldat-und-technik.de/2022/04/streitkraefte/31199/erklaerstueck-marder-ukraine/

Seriously. Our Puma fleet is being upgraded right now. If we give Ukraine 100 Marder we have 1 (!!!) operational mech.inf. battalion left. If we give them the 100 (wtf?) requested PzH 2000 we have 8 left. EIGHT. And the new ones wouldn`t arrive before 2024. What the hell is everybody thinking we`re hiding?

Russian volunteer battailon seems to reach an operable size quite quickly.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/belaru...om-at-home-11649325276?mod=world_major_1_pos9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"Freedom_of_Russia"_Legion