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The USA is shifting $ millions of dollars in military aid from Egypt to Taiwan.

Taiwan and Japan have inked a mutual strategic partnership for defense. The end goal is to forge a Pacific Rim Nations pact that mirrors NATO for common defense and other purposes.

WSJ

The defected Russian Mi8 chopper pilot is said to be providing the Ukraine military with invaluable aviation information on the Russian air corps including areas of relative strength and weaknesses.

WSJ, The Hill

We never learn

Imagine Whirled Peas.

Huh?

World peace.

Is it your contention that smaller countries have no right to defend themselves from bigger countries that have clearly shown aggression and employed their aggression?

Have the smaller countries no right to ally with other like countries for interests in common?

Or should everyone just lay down and allow themselves to be run over by any aggressor?

More missile attacks overnight in Crimea have forced Russia to close the Kerch bridge again.

Ukraine missile attacks have been steadily ramping up with more accuracy and ability to evade Russian air defense systems.

WSJ

It was the Ukranian Air Force that carried out the attack on the Navy base, launching Storm Shadow cruise missiles and damaged two russian war ships. I believe a diesel electric submarine and a landing ship, either tied up or in dry-dock...

Phil

You mean like Ukraine was with Russia?

You mean like Ukraine did with the CIA?

The International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened a war crimes unit in Ukraine gathering war crimes data on Russia and on specific Russian individuals not necessarily all military personnel.

Further international arrest warrants have been issued for Russian individuals.

France 24, Reuters

everybodys favorite, the Russians losses report

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html

By Jakub Janovsky, naalsio26, Aloha, Dan, Stijn Mitzer, Joost Oliemans and Kemal

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then lost in service with its new owners, it is only added as a loss of the original operator to avoid double listings. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it's not included in the list. The Soviet flag is used when the equipment in question was produced prior to 1991. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.

Russia - 12147, of which: destroyed: 8327, damaged: 488, abandoned: 454, captured: 2878


Tanks (2315, of which destroyed: 1502, damaged: 130, abandoned: 135, captured: 550)

the world's best tank
34 T-90A: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, destroyed) (8, destroyed) (9, abandoned and later destroyed) (10, destroyed) (11, destroyed) (12, destroyed) (13, destroyed) (14, destroyed) (15, destroyed) (16, destroyed) (17, destroyed) (18, destroyed) (19, destroyed) (20, destroyed) (21, destroyed) (1, damaged) (1, abandoned) (2, damaged and abandoned) (1, captured) (2, captured) (3, captured) (4, captured) (5, captured) (6, captured) (7, captured) (8, captured) (9 and 10, captured)
1 T-90AK: (1, captured)
7 T-90S: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3 and 4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (1, damaged and abandoned) (1, captured)
40 T-90M: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, destroyed) (8, destroyed) (9, destroyed) (10, destroyed) (11, destroyed) (12, destroyed) (13, destroyed) (14, destroyed) (15, destroyed) (16, destroyed) (17, destroyed) (18, destroyed) (19, destroyed) (20, destroyed) (21, destroyed) (22, destroyed) (23, destroyed) (24, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged) (3, damaged) (4, damaged) (5, damaged) (6, damaged) (7, damaged) (1, damaged and abandoned) (2, damaged and abandoned) (3, damaged and abandoned) (4 and 5, damaged and abandoned) (6, damaged and abandoned) (1, captured) (2, captured) (3, captured)

Armoured Fighting Vehicles (977, of which destroyed: 646, damaged: 27, abandoned: 36, captured: 268)

i believe it is only 10 Terminators' that Russia has
2 BMPT Terminator: (1, destroyed) (1, damaged)

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (2781, of which destroyed: 1907, damaged: 110, abandoned: 150, captured: 613)

Armoured Personnel Carriers (351, of which destroyed: 236, damaged: 9, abandoned: 15, captured: 91)

Command Posts And Communications Stations (251, of which destroyed: 164, damaged: 2, abandoned: 2, captured: 83)

Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Missile Systems (41, of which destroyed: 17, damaged: 1, abandoned: 4, captured: 19)

Artillery Support Vehicles And Equipment (107, of which destroyed: 53, abandoned: 2, captured: 52)

Towed Artillery (299, of which destroyed: 170, damaged: 27, abandoned: 5, captured: 97)

Self-Propelled Artillery (521, of which destroyed: 377, damaged: 30, abandoned: 7, captured: 107)

Aircraft (90, of which destroyed: 82, damaged: 8)

Helicopters (105, of which destroyed: 91, damaged: 12, captured: 2)

Naval Ships and Submarines (16, of which destroyed: 11, damaged: 5)

Russia lost their flagship, the Moskva and a Kilo sub, Rostov on Don to Ukraine, who doesn't have a navy. Priceless!!!!




and for all you Putinsuckers, the Ukrainian report

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html

By Jakub Janovsky, naalsio26, Aloha, Dan, Stijn Mitzer, Joost Oliemans and Kemal


Ukraine - 4436, of which: destroyed: 2990, damaged: 342, abandoned: 152, captured: 952

Tanks (648, of which destroyed: 421, damaged: 53, abandoned: 31, captured: 143)

7 Leopard 2A4: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged) (3, damaged) (4, damaged)
9 Leopard 2A6: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged) (3, damaged) (1, damaged and abandoned) (2, damaged and abandoned) (3, damaged and abandoned)
1 Challenger 2: (1, destroyed)

Armoured Fighting Vehicles (325, of which destroyed: 228, damaged: 9, abandoned: 8, captured: 80)

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (747, of which destroyed: 531, damaged: 49, abandoned: 50, captured: 116)

3 M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3 and 4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, 8, 9 and 10, destroyed) (11, destroyed) (12, destroyed) (13, destroyed) (14, destroyed) (15, destroyed) (16, destroyed) (17, destroyed) (18, destroyed) (19, destroyed) (20, destroyed) (21, destroyed) (22, destroyed) (23, destroyed) (24, destroyed) (25, destroyed) (26, destroyed) (27, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged) (3, 4, and 5, damaged) (6, damaged) (7, damaged) (8 and 9, damaged) (10, damaged) (11, damaged) (12, damaged) (13 and 14, damaged) (15 and 16, damaged) (17, damaged) (18, damaged) (19, damaged) (20, damaged) (21, damaged) (1, 2 and 3, damaged and abandoned) (4, damaged and abandoned) (5, damaged and abandoned)

Armoured Personnel Carriers (345, of which destroyed: 207, damaged: 25, abandoned: 21, captured: 92)

Command Posts And Communications Stations (17, of which destroyed: 13, captured: 4)

Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Missile Systems (21, of which destroyed: 8, abandoned: 1, captured: 12)

Artillery Support Vehicles And Equipment (23, of which destroyed: 10, captured: 13)

Towed Artillery (159, of which destroyed: 88, damaged: 51, abandoned: 2, captured: 18)

Self-Propelled Artillery (215, of which destroyed: 145, damaged: 47, captured: 23)

Aircraft (71, of which destroyed: 70, captured: 1)

Helicopters (35, of which destroyed: 30, damaged: 2, captured: 3)

Naval Ships (27, of which destroyed: 9, damaged: 1, captured: 17)


hmmmm.........i wonder where all the HIMARS went? i seem to remember Russia said that he destroyed them and the Ukrainian Air Force as well. just sayin, to believe what Putin says is not reality.

US and allies to sanction another 150 entities supporting the Russian war effort.

WSJ

Ukraine uses drones to destroy Russian radar systems then uses Neptune missiles to completely destroy Russian s300 and s400 Triumph air defense systems deep in Russian held Crimean territory.

BBC, The Drive

No sir, it is my contention that Europe and Asia have been making war for thousands of years and we cannot afford to nor have any reason to jump into every fight they get going on. There is enough on the North American continent to keep us occupied and for that matter supplied. Thomas Jefferson advised to have "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations-entangling alliances with none''. I really cannot help what goes on over in the western Pacific or Europe and time and history has proven we as a nation cannot pacify Asia or Europe and we would now be trillions of dollars ahead had we not allowed ourselves to be drawn into their wars. If only we could have stopped our expansion with the Alaska purchase. But as my brother is wont to say ''that ship has sailed".

But we could quit compounding our error and only enforce our right to sail the seas in commerce with nations agreeable to trade with us.

"There are dumbshits out there that will believe anything we put on the internet."

WSJ, The Hill, Reuters

That’s a great fairy tale for sure.

Isolationism in today’s world is unthinkable except in fairy tales. The whole world is joined together at hip, not always moving in lockstep and communicating at the speed of light.

Dominant powers have always struggled with each other and always will. Can’t have 2 roosters in one hen house. One will prevail either by proxy or by direct means.

Where the USA vacates, that void will be filled by China and/or Russia.

Just the way it is, like it or not, there she be.

And just what is the problem with us letting Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, Russia, NATO, Africa row their own boat? Do you think they would have the ability to launch a cross ocean invasion and takeover of North America?

What has our interventionist policy gotten us in the last 125 years? How are we better off for our meddling?

Your last paragraph is amazing.

The to be cross oceanic launches won’t be with troop ships.

You may have noticed that all of the G7 nations ann many in the G20 are increasing their military spending. You may have noticed Finland and Sweden joining NATO.

Apparently many nations realized that threats to their security is real.

Of course we can just turn our backs and say it ain’t real.

Look at Russia aligning themselves with Iran, China and now north Korea. That’s quite a block of bad guys unless you feel that their intentions are “honorable “ and sounds like you may think that.