Maybe true or maybe a cover story. Seems regular rounds should be easier to manufacture and thus replenish the stockpile.
Anyhow, Russians find a way to deal with everything thrown at them. There is no Russian defeat on the horizon and Ukraine cannot sustain this rate of loses.
NATO is still looking for that game changer weapon that will defeat Russia. First were Javelins, then drones, then Himars, then Leopard tanks, now cluster rounds, soon F16'S. Fucking idiots with a complex, who are really a threat to the world.
Russians celebrate capture of Bradley vehicle. There are large rewards offered by the Russian NGO's for such trophies.
I am sure if Ukrainian crews would assist in these captures, they will get a nice cut of the reward.
Zelensky is definitely losing it. Chronic drug use, pressure and realization how he was played by the West are taking their toll. He has been lashing out at a number of world leaders who are on the Ukrainian side for not doing enough. The latest was in Bulgaria.
He is turning into liability for...
Russia can hit any target in Ukraine without its airplanes entering airspace over Ukraine. No fly zone will be an escalation without benefit.
https://www.rt.com/russia/579491-kinzhal-hypersonic-missile-series/
It's a lip service. Ukraine still needs to meet the conditions and be approved by ALL members. Neither is going to happen. Zelensky can't even spin this as a victory for domestic propaganda.
Zelensky is an idiot with zero experience in diplomacy. He let the West run his country into the ground and got nothing in return. He turned his people into war slaves owned by the West. He could have played one side against the other, instead of being a puppet.
NATO tells Ukraine to piss off. No membership until Ukraine wins the war.
Zelensky is barking at NATO.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/07/11/zelensky-criticizes-nato-for-weighing-conditions-to-invite-ukraine-into-alliance-unprecedented-and-absurd/?sh=5330b5571708
Russia pulled out of WWI and didn't participate in Versailles Conference, which did cheat Germany out of more than just territory.
Since Russia didn't take part in this theft or received any of the spoils, your gripe should be addressed towards US, Britain, France and Italy.
The funny thing is with all the squealing by the West about Budapest memorandum, it was very hard to find the actual text. When I Googled it few years ago, what would come up are the summaries by Western institutions which focused only on territorial aspect.. Only after reading the actual text...
1994 Budapest Memorandum was also signed by the United States. In paragraphs 1 & 3 it guaranteed Ukraine its political independence. This memorandum went out the window when U.S. government staged a violent coup and overthrew democratically elected president of Ukraine, handpicking (midwifing) a...
At some point Russians figured out this was incremental dismantling of their country. Little steps, which in their totality constitute an aggression.
When Western leaders were romancing Gorbachev, did they tell him this will lead to CIA/NATO directing attacks on Moscow while sitting in Kiev with...
There are International inspectors at Zapp. Nuclear Power plant monitoring the situation. They disagree with Ukrainian claims. There was an interview to that effect on YouTube.
Putin can actually have an intelligent conversation with his people and the press even when disagreeing. Unlike most American presidents who speak in cliches and slogans that either don't make any sense or stopped being relevant decades ago.
Kramatorsk is in Donbas (Donetsk Oblast). Foreign interlopers were always the target in Donbas or the rest of Ukraine since beginning of this conflict. Russians are not shy about it.
Bizarre claim of 2000 Wagner mercenaries killed by Russian forces came from Prigozhin without any evidence which he could have easily provided. This is why this claim can be discounted.
It doesn't even look like they were trying hard to make it look real. Prigozhin makes accusatory video while drinking tea ?????? Confrontation in Rostov looked more like old friends get together.
The interesting thing is neither Putin, nor Prigozhin name each other as the villain.
There are lots of questions and things that don't make any sense.
There could be a real plot in the works and Prigozhin is taking charge to derail it.
There are a number of possibilities here.
Another thing...