NATO recognizes that Ukraine has big problems in carrying out the offensive, Stoltenberg said.

The alliance's response "should be increased military support for Kyiv."


This guy is a clown, the west has burnt through all that money and all it's stockpile, there is nothing left. Putin started ramping up production April last year when he saw the west was not serious about peace, the west did nothing, and are now critically short on supplies.






9 Jul 2023
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for July 9, 2023:

- Ukraine’s offensive is headed toward week 6 - at one and a half months, Ukraine still has not breached any of Russia’s primary defense lines;

- The US and its allies are attempting to replace lost Ukrainian equipment amid the ongoing offensive;
(28 min)

Russia refrained from using cluster munitions - Sergei Shoigu

When Kyiv begins to apply them, we will be forced to respond. "The range of such ammunition we have is wider and more diverse, they are more effective than American ones," Sergei Shoigu said.


Ukrainians ( or is better to say, the West and their acolytes) are trying to turn their country into a desert!

Zelensky Official.
Zelensky criticized the NATO countries for an uncertain position regarding the invitation of Ukraine to the Alliance.

"We have received signals that language without Ukraine is being discussed. It is unprecedented and absurd when there is no time frame for both inviting and for Ukraine's membership. It seems that there is no readiness to either invite Ukraine to NATO or make it a member of the Alliance. Therefore, it remains the opportunity to bargain Ukraine's membership in NATO in negotiations with Russia, and for Russia this means motivation to continue its terror.

Frontline Update. Russia moving forward in the east, AFU attacks in the south beaten back.








German stock of artillery shells down to 20,000, reminder that Russia has been going through 50,000 every day for the last 18 months, US only have cluster shells left and the UK has none. Ramping up the production rate will take well over a year.



And yet there are still clowns who believe the propaganda that NATO could step in and win this tomorrow. The truth is that western govts have been running down their armed forces for the last 20 years, western politicians are running on total bullshit.

They go there, getting paid for killing people. Now we should feel sorry for them, for whatever reason? I definitely don't!

Ogee wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 3:55 pm

That NATO training in Germany for Ukraine troops in full.


General Surovikin
@_Surovikin_
Ladies and gentlemen, NATO training!

A thread about training in Germany.

So I was in a reconnaissance platoon, trained by American Rangers. The program was aimed specifically at reconnaissance. There were three main instructors. The three of them were equally fat. Wake up call at 6 a.m. just to find out that training starts at 9 a.m. Why? Simply because the Americans love this rule: "arrive early to wait longer." The first day, we got acquainted with the weapons. We were told in detail about the M-16, the entire design and basic mechanisms. The lesson was quite useful, it was clear that they have been working with them for years. The instructors quickly realized that there were many people with combat experience among us. Some of us were fighting for months. Then they realized that their program was not designed for people with combat experience. They thought that new recruits would come. We immediately described our capabilities and what we needed (shooting, teamwork with other branches of the military, sapper work, drone flying, etc.) They promised that they would revise the program to adapt to us, but spoiler alert, almost no changes were made. The training lasted about 6 hours, and in the afternoon we were free. We could spend our free time as we wished. But there was not much entertainment. We did not know about the gym/recreation are in the neighboring camp, and no one told us that we could go there. The next day we were supposed to have drills and weapons firing. Had to wake up at 5 am. We gather in full combat gear, line up and learn that the exercise starts at 9am.

We continue to realize that creating schedules is not a strong feature of Americans. The advantage of getting up early was the opportunity to have a normal breakfast and exercise.

At 9 we arrive at the shooting range, a couple of kilometers from the camp. We were told about safety precautions, and the machine gunners were told that they had to go to another shooting range at 11 o'clock. They were very happy and went back to the camp. After the briefing, we went to the shooting range. Now we had to wait for all the platoons in front of us to shoot. 3 hours of waiting in the field. It was good that we had a heated tent, tea and coffee in thermoses.

So, we woke up at 5 to shoot at 13. Why? I don't know. The training is absolutely standard, one magazine, a special target, and an explanation of how to set up the sighting device. Then we went to shoot at targets at 100-200-300 meters. Two more magazines. After that, I didn't shoot a gun for more than a month. The second day ended, and we finally could sleep out. They finally made some kind of schedule, and we could sleep until 7, have breakfast, and go to class at 9.

Then we had orienteering and cartography. For a week, we were taught how to read maps, how to read coordinates, how to take azimuth, how to translate azimuth from compass to map and vice versa. When we told them that we use electronic maps on our tablets and phones, they didn't take us seriously. They don't rely on electronic devices at all, and the fact that we go on missions with Chinese smartphones and tablets was wild for them.

Yes, the equipment can have no batteries left, break down, but you will always have a paper map with you (if it is not damaged). But after Kropiva, I don't want to go back to paper maps at all.

The same goes for quadcopters. The concept of Mavic and the use of civilian drones was simply not in their plans. Of course, they are studying our war, but they are still surprised that we use them.
(editor's note: Kropiva is their digital mapping tool)
For scouts, it is absolutely normal to climb a hill, use a paper map and azimuth to find the coordinates of a point, call the artillery to it by radio, make adjustments by radio, and return back.

Of course, they have UAVs. Aircraft of different types, but only on brigade level.