This war is like a combination of WW1 style stalemate, WW2 numbers, and modern day technology at this rate.

Thanks. Wishful thinking on my part that they'd potentially change the momentum of the conflict. I remember shortage of air support, in order to soften Russian artillery positions, being cited as one of the reasons that the most recent counteroffensive hadn't been as effective as hoped...

I also heard recently that the average age of a Ukrainian soldier is now over 40 - how long can their military sustain? At this point I fear Russia may win through sheer numbers. F16s are a small W I suppose, but could really do with a big one at this point. Hopefully Putin chokes on his cornflakes!

I'd say the only chance for Ukrania is a massive increase in delivery of long-range guided missiles and equally massive delivery of drones. To fend off the incoming Russian attack, it probably would take hundreds of droness a day and dozens of missiles a day.

Not going to happen, though. Also Selenski is rapidly becoming a burden as well, his constant torpedoing the military leadership is detrimental.

That's the thing though, no single weapon is going to change the momentum of the conflict, it will be a combination of weapons which does the job, from the MLRS to Long Range Missiles to Drones to Artillery to Aircraft, etc. Russia managed to blunt Ukraine's counteroffensive last summer because of the minefields, artillery and Russia's own air support (particularly, the Ka-52). I also don't know if it was a smart idea for Ukraine to attack the most heavily fortified position (Tokmak) because every single person expected that move, even Twitter users, I had figured they might pull another Kharkiv surprise but they never did. 

But it's all linked together, the MLRS, the Long-Range Missiles, the Drones, the Artillery, the Aircraft, they all play a vital role and they all need to work in tandem, the better versions of each of these equipment which Ukraine receives, the stronger their overall force becomes. Alongside that, like I said, there's some pretty sophisticated weaponry that the F-16's can be attached to which current Ukrainian jets can't be without ugly jerry rigging solutions and Ukraine being more up to date on NATO standards makes it easier in the long run to transfer them to further upgrades. So the F-16 won't change the war on its own, but it's still a big upgrade over what Ukraine currently uses.

As for Ukraine's average age, I had read that Ukraine's military wants to conscript thousands more troops but in the younger bracket (early 20s) which apparently Zelenskyy doesn't want to do yet, partly because these people are the backbone of Ukraine's economy right now and without them, Ukraine's economy will collapse to absolutely nothing and if Ukraine's economy collapses, they can't pay manufacturers to build weapons, they can't pay soldiers to keep fighting. It's a complicated situation although I don't know how true it is because for the past half a year now we've heard about how Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyi are fighting and Zelenskyy is going to fire him today, but today never comes.

I don't envy the position Zelenskyy is in, I see the argument about not conscripting younger men, I see the argument about the economy, I understand why Ukraine leadership was pissed off about Zaluzhnyi's article because it made Ukraine's allies nervous as well, but on the flip side, Zaluzhnyi is very popular in Ukraine and seems to have mostly done a good job (aside from maybe Tokmak decision), Budanov has reportedly refused to replace him and Syrskyi has a bit of a Soviet fighting mentality, Zaluzhnyi is more of a NATO thinker and there's still a lot of Soviet-era dudes in Ukraine so it's hard to say who could possibly replace Zaluzhnyi unless it's someone young without that Soviet mentality.

America is reportedly fine with Zelenskyy replacing Zaluzhnyi. I blame the West's slowness partly for the current issues though.

Having said that, if Ukraine can just get through 2024 by staying on the defensive, if Biden wins and Democrats win House, then we'll be back on schedule with tens of billions from America, tens of billions from Europe, guaranteed support for the next 4 years at least and I think things will start looking up but Ukraine will have to get through a rough 2024 first. Don't stubbornly hold onto territory. The Russians themselves are nervous of the tactic of Ukraine just defending, killing Russians and blowing up equipment and then retreating when the ratio becomes unfavourable and repeating that move, at least until America gets its shit together, Russian blogs even are panicking about how much equipment they're losing lately.

Now that's a steel grinder!

Russia is throwing everything they have into this battle, their losses amount to about 80% of what they can produce in an entire year in terms of tanks and about half of the APC iirc. That just ain't sustainable over long periods of time, especially since due to lack of sophisticated western tech, newly produced tanks and IFV may well be inferior in some regards to those that they currently have.

With Europe strongly ramping up their shell production, Russian losses during offensives will get even higher, while it also allows fur Ukraine to counterattack. Unless Russia wants to risk bleeding out their youth, they will not be able to continue fighting for more than 2 additional years once the supply from Europe is achieved, doubly so after the new armament factories in Ukraine build from western companies come online.

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said Tuesday he had secured an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin that he plans to publish in the near future.

The sit-down will mark the first time a member of the Western media will interview Putin since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine that sparked the ongoing war between the two countries.

"We are not encouraging you to agree with what Putin may say in this interview," Carlson said in a video posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "But we are urging you to watch it. You should know as much as you can. And then, like a free citizen and not a slave, you can decide for yourself."

Tucker Carlson Confirms Interview with Putin | The Hill

This absolute rat, traitorous fuck.

Genocide? Is it ethical or not? Decide for yourself!

You know Musk will signal boost this shit on Twitter too.

let me guess: the "interview" will be a few fake questions to sound neutral and some more questions which let Putin look good and then Musk will obviously recommend to watch it as well and throw it on everyone on X as recommended video? How many points do I get in advance?

Edit: ohh lol you mentioned Musk as well already^^

That Tucker Carlson already mentions how they don't encourage us to agree with Putin already tells you what kind of interview this will be. If it would be an interview where Putin looks bad, he wouldn't have to mention that. He mentions that because the interview is all about "not everything Putin did the last years was great (Putin himself will say that a few things could have been better)...but Putin isn't that bad as you think and Russia has good reasons for what they do"

Could play bingo with this shit.

• "Woke West"
• "Just Defending Ourselves"
• "Ukraine Nazis"
• "Putin Didn't Want This"
• "NATO Bad"

Something about how Putin won't work with the USA and there won't be peace unless Trump is President.

This MF would interview Hitler if he was still alive and then tell people "like a free citizen and not a slave, you can decide for yourself."

Republicans going from despising Russia, calling it a scary communist hellhole to bending over backwards for them has been a wild U-Turn and it's all because Putin is as filled with hate as they are and represents everything they love in a person, a bigoted motherfucker who pretends to be strong but is really a bunker coward, just like Hitler was.