Russo-Ukrainian War Thread - Page 941

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Billyboy

2016 Posts

July 15 2026 20:49 GMT

#18801

They are not going after military ships, just tankers , tugboats, a few commercial cargo and ferries.

Ukraine had Fedorov step down as defence minister. None of the guys I read or watch have anything good to say about the decision. They believe it is corruption winning. Most think he was great for the military and modernization of it. I guess we will see who replaces him and if he ends up somewhere.

Lots also think Fedorov will end up as a future leader of Ukraine.

Yurie

12120 Posts

21 hours ago

#18802

Fedorov's removal is interesting. His appointment seems to have been good for damaging Russia itself with a large focus on logistics. It has also been a period where they cannot handle the Russian drone/missile attacks which I assume is very unpopular (though I don't see how they could do it).

Jankisa

Croatia1482 Posts

17 hours ago

#18803

I think the latter is simply the consequence of them running out of munitions for Patriot and other interceptors.

I think they have been excellent in shooting down drones, most of the recent big casualty events and explosions in Ukraine seem to have come from Iskanders and various KH- family anti ship + the new(ish) Zicron cruise missiles, plus they began leaning more on Garan family of jet powered drones that are much harder to intercept.

Manit0u

Poland17792 Posts

16 hours ago

#18804

An interesting brief overview on how drone tech is advancing because of war in Ukraine:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da1EgUBR9WH/

CuddlyCuteKitten

Sweden2841 Posts

14 hours ago

#18805

On July 16 2026 14:12 Yurie wrote:
Fedorov's removal is interesting. His appointment seems to have been good for damaging Russia itself with a large focus on logistics. It has also been a period where they cannot handle the Russian drone/missile attacks which I assume is very unpopular (though I don't see how they could do it).

Nah he's extremely popular overall.

The more nuanced view is that he has his view of how things should be done and Syrski and the top military brass has their view.
It's easy to dismiss the army as corrupt fossils but they also have points. Fedorov has not giving them what they have asked for and instead focused on things like long and medium range strike capability. It's easy to point at the recent success and say that's the correct move and that the current army leadership is set in outdated soviet style thinking.

However Syrski is also on record several times saying that he expects the endgame to be a Russian mobilisation of over a million men in September and the push that follows. Being a soviet era fossil has the advantage that he at least knows how Russia will make their moves.
From that point of view improving mobilisation and providing things like artillery ammunition and options for counter attacks to plug holes has merit even if it's not useful now.

The problem is the two sides cannot reconcile and a decision had to be made. The army won out. I don't know if it's correct but if sacking Federov can still maintain the current drone momentum and it's positive for holding the lines post-September (or even maybe that it doesn't introduce a massive extra risk before that by reorganising the entire army command) things can still work out very well for Ukraine.

Jankisa

Croatia1482 Posts

12 hours ago

#18806

Seems like a Air Force Deputy Commander stepped down over this:

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-air-force-deputy-commander-announces-resignation-over-fedorovs-dismissal/

So it really seems, to me, from a very layman perspective that there was a big schism between Syrskyi and Fedorov over what the focus should be.

For Fedorov, he had all the big successes that have been hyped up in all the media, squeezing the Russian gas production, making Crimea an unlivable hellhole.

At the same time, the truly heroic and bloody efforts that the rest of the Ukrainian forces put in to hold off the Russian advances kind of seem to be buried and under appreciated, and usually, this means that money that might have been appropriated for ammo or new vehicles or whatever to reinforce those troops now might go to the drone program that has more visibility.

So my theory is that Syrski clashed with Fedorov over this and the conflict came down to "me or him" and given the relatively recent departure of Zaluzhnyi and genuinely good job Syrski's been doing, Zelenskii didn't really have any other option then to remove Fedorov.

Again, this is all speculation based on very surface level understanding of the military situation and Ukrainian politics, so take it with a ton of salt.

ETisME

12766 Posts

1 hour ago

#18807

Its an impossible choice.
They can't win the war with drones alone.
And russia isn't exactly behind in drone tech.

Manpower will always be a serious issue, and recruitment is only going to get worse if they can't show enough support for the front.

Billyboy

2016 Posts

1 hour ago

#18808

Yes Russia is, wtf are you talking about?

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