I like the storable flotation! Like a Top Gear challenge minus the slapstick.The ferry is kind of wild.
Whatever the Ukrainian casualties, the Russian ones are much higher, but it's not about the body count as much as the equipment, logistics and ammo destroyed count. There a plenty of mobiks, Vlad is like the King of the cockroaches in that respect, plenty more where they came from, but without equipment and training they are just meat holding guns and 2 spare mags, who would be lucky to have body armor and a proper helmet. Feeding all of them will be a problem for the Russians and for the Ukrainians if they should capture large numbers of them.
And Russia has three times as many people and has no problem throwing their lives away. Defending is not as reliant on skill, stick a person in the trench and give him a gun and he will likely shoot in the right area. They just have to hold the Ukrainians off for a month and it might be a stalemate. With Orban and the new Slovakia government being Russian boosters they can squeeze the taps for weapons and money, the Republicans limiting American help, the Ukrainians could be in some trouble.Whatever the Ukrainian casualties, the Russian ones are much higher, but it's not about the body count as much as the equipment, logistics and ammo destroyed count. There a plenty of mobiks, Vlad is like the King of the cockroaches in that respect, plenty more where they came from, but without equipment and training they are just meat holding guns and 2 spare mags, who would be lucky to have body armor and a proper helmet. Feeding all of them will be a problem for the Russians and for the Ukrainians if they should capture large numbers of them.
And he says in the clip he does not see the helicopter getting hit.Vlad's summer home is in Sochi by the sea...
Ukrainian Drone Hits Heliport at Sochi Airport, Russia
Probably GPS guided from commercial, or US satellite intel and the helicopter was moved or on operations when the drone arrived.And he says in the clip he does not see the helicopter getting hit.
The main point is Vlad can't use his summer home anymore and Moscow could get uncomfortable too, he has a bunker in the Urals, but he can't control anything from there and needs to be in Moscow or close by. The war is affecting Vlad in many ways other than being an international war criminal and fugitive from justice, he just had to dispose of Progie and might have another target in mind who was reported near death, but recently met with him. There are rumors of political trouble for him and perhaps it might end in a coup, he is clamping down hard, so he's bracing for a shit storm. Vlad can put a lot of meat in the field, but that is all they are, is meat in the face of modern arms and effective airpower using cluster munitions in particular. Untrained with small arms and limited ammo, they are no better than armed civilians, not even effective holding a trench and useless for maneuver warfare.And he says in the clip he does not see the helicopter getting hit.