Russo-Ukrainian War Thread - Page 847

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SC-Shield

Bulgaria820 Posts

9 hours ago

#16921

I know there are better things to do than to argue with zeo, but let's try for a change. Let's suppose zeo is right and Russia is good, then why:
1) did Russia do nothing militarily to help Serbia against Kosovo?
2) did Russia help but still let Assad fall in Syria?
3) did Russia let Iran be bombed by US and Israel?

How does lobbying for Russia help in any way? They clearly can't defend their allies, they're after their own interests only. Unless zeo wants Serbia to be consumed by Russia and wants to be ruled by Russian masters, then it's perfectly logical to lobby for imperialists.

spets1

69 Posts

8 hours ago

#16922

Can you guys post some reputable military analysts the I can watch? All my current ones are predicting Ukraine doom and gloom on the battlefield

hexhaven

Finland935 Posts

5 hours ago

#16923

Ideally you'd follow analysts from a wide range of different sources. Russian sources will want to push their own narrative, Ukrainian sources will want to push their own narrative, and then you have a whole bunch of third-party sources who might have their own agendas. Various Ukraine-adjacent or Russia-adjacent analysts will have their own blind spots and biases.

It's also very difficult to get an accurate idea of the strength of the different forces. Parts of the front might be favored towards Ukraine, or favored towards Russia, or undecided. This might change very rapidly. Or it might not.

In the last year or so, the Russian advance, when you look at certain sections of the frontline, has been slow, but has been an advance. Whether that'll translate into an actual operational breakthrough or not remains to be seen. Ukraine's recent issues have seemingly been rotating units away from the front, and bringing fresh units in, but it's hard to say how big of a problem this actually is. Russia's recent issues have been about bringing enough manpower and materiel to launch offensive operations. There's been a whole bunch of talk of small infiltration units breaching the Ukrainian front line near Pokrovsk, but whether that's led to a bigger breakthrough remains to be seen.

And more generally, are your analysts predicting doom and gloom in certain tactical sections, or at an operational level, or throughout the Ukrainian battlefield?

Manit0u

Poland17289 Posts

1 hour ago

#16924

Well, it seems that Trump's administration wasn't very good for US arms dealers while European producers are surging rapidly. Also, Europe has scaled production very heavily, including sharing of components so that a single bottleneck doesn't break the supply chain.

pmp10

3334 Posts

1 hour ago

#16925

On August 23 2025 06:43 spets1 wrote:
Can you guys post some reputable military analysts the I can watch? All my current ones are predicting Ukraine doom and gloom on the battlefield

Free content almost always skews towards propaganda of one side or another.
If you are willing to pay for more serious analysis I'd suggest starting with Michael Kofman and his podcast.
You can check recent free update as an sample.

Yurie

11858 Posts

1 hour ago

#16926

Is a pretty neutral look at things. Though it is 2 months old by now, not much has changed on the actual front.

Ukraine keeps targeting logistics behind the lines, especially oil in recent periods. Russia fires larger drone/missiles attacks past the front then ever.

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