For all that added armor, they are still vulnerable to attack by artillery, heavy mortars, mines, anti-tank missiles, rockets, etc. Not to mention they cannot move very fast.
Once the really cold weather starts, infantry attacks will be much harder and sustaining any force in exposed and isolated positions will be really awful, particularly if there is any wind. Drones will not be the only things immobilized.
This article would have you thinking that Ukraine is kicking ass and that they are winning the war……..which simply isn’t true.
I wouldn’t trust any information coming out of either country so long as the war continues.
Only after the war will we start to understand the scale of loss on both sides. But Ukraine recruiting 40 and 50 year olds for frontline combat should be a very telling indicator that most of the young soldiers are already dead or critically injured.
Ukraine is not foolish enough to fly their remaining few fighter aircraft near the frontline, because such aircraft would most likely get shot out of the sky.
Wiser to keep the few remaining expensive aircraft defending Ukrainian cities with stand-off missiles from the far west, away from the frontlines.
For all that added armor, they are still vulnerable to attack by artillery, heavy mortars, mines, anti-tank missiles, rockets, etc. Not to mention they cannot move very fast.
Once the really cold weather starts, infantry attacks will be much harder and sustaining any force in exposed and isolated positions will be really awful, particularly if there is any wind. Drones will not be the only things immobilized.
Case in point WRT mobility issues: https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/one-after-another-six-russian-vehicles?r=2lcbos&utm_medium=ios
Command detonated 250 pound HE should do the trick. Once a turtle has been flipped on it's back...well, that then would be it's fate.
This article would have you thinking that Ukraine is kicking ass and that they are winning the war……..which simply isn’t true.
I wouldn’t trust any information coming out of either country so long as the war continues.
Only after the war will we start to understand the scale of loss on both sides. But Ukraine recruiting 40 and 50 year olds for frontline combat should be a very telling indicator that most of the young soldiers are already dead or critically injured.
This is when they need to paint them with a target so an F16 can destroy them.
Ukraine is not foolish enough to fly their remaining few fighter aircraft near the frontline, because such aircraft would most likely get shot out of the sky.
Wiser to keep the few remaining expensive aircraft defending Ukrainian cities with stand-off missiles from the far west, away from the frontlines.