Here we go again-Ukraine once again

[Skybird]

^ Hreadlines puts it too early. 60 Ukrainian soldiers arrive din Germany and today began trainign on the PZH2000, thats all. Training will last for aorund 6 weeks.


Still no word whether or not the Ukrainian military can make use of the howitzer's integration into digital networks, which is one of the trademarks of this thing, and an "effect multiplier".

[Skybird]

Die Scholz Gang kotzt mich einfach nur noch an.



The German government is apparently to delay the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine by keeping the government in Kiev in the dark about the procedures. This is reported by "Welt" with reference to government circles. So far, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has at least not informed the Ukrainian government that Kiev would have to order the Gepard anti-aircraft tanks itself from the Krauss-Maffei Wegmann arms company. Instead, she said, Ukraine had been told that it would receive the tanks directly from the German government.

Lambrecht's statements to the Ukrainian government thus differ fundamentally from those made in public. One day after the announcement of the delivery of Gepard tanks to Ukraine, the minister had announced on ZDF that it was a "contract between Ukraine and the company." The German government was merely granting approval for it.

In response to an inquiry from Die Welt, the German Defense Ministry confirmed this position. "It is not a matter of giving away Bundeswehr material. The negotiation of the scope of supply (Gepard, ammunition, training, ...) takes place in a direct exchange between the company and Ukraine," it told "Welt." Up to and including May 6, the ministry also had "no knowledge of when the announced Gepard anti-aircraft gun tanks will be delivered to Ukraine." That is according to the ministry's response to a question from CDU member of parliament Serap Güler.

Confusion also reigns at Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. The defense company had also assumed a different approach. Before the Gepard tanks can be delivered, they must be repaired, a spokesman told The New York Times. However, the company is waiting for an order confirmation from the German government before it can begin.

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Scholz is playing a double game, quite clearly.

[mapuc]

^ Was about to write Thank God we have USA and other NATO member who doesn't having problem sending heavy weapon to the Ukrainian.

Not so much mumble mumble more action action

Markus

[Skybird]

Ukraine has destroyed a ponton bridge during Russian river crossing. Around 60 tanks should have been destroyed, Ukraine claims to have killed 1500 Russian, the number is jnconfirmed, but it is a very severe loss for the Russians.


Edit. Reports now said the attack wiped out at least a complete batallion, possibly almost two.

[Skybird]

Finland's leaders have clearly said the country should and must join NATO as quickly as possible. I think its fair to say that now the proposition is "official" and that it will happen for sure. We can expect Sweden to follow.
Welcome to the club!

[Skybird]

Manfred Lütz is a German psychiatrist who is known to the public through repeated media appearances and several popular-scientific books. He recently commented Bubble-Olaf's pitiful handling of the Ukraine war.



The psychiatrist said: "To the question of Der Spiegel: heavy weapons, that was the question. And there comes in the answer, his fear of the Third World War and the atomic bomb. At that moment, Mr. Lavrov's corks pop, and he says, yes, it worked."

According to Lütz, nuclear weapons are psychological leverage. The Americans, for example, "react completely professionally, namely absolutely cool and let it drip off like that, don't react to it at all," the psychiatrist said. Scholz's statements, on the other hand, would fuel fear among the population.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[Skybird]

Say what you want, but youc annot say the Russian were not innovative.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...fect-military/

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Scholz is playing a double game, quite clearly.

He's certainly not enhancing the reputation of his country on the international stage.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

He's certainly not enhancing the reputation of his country on the international stage.

He doesn't have to. He is already completely taken in by himself - what does he need the world for?

[Jimbuna]

Finland's leaders have announced their intention to join the Nato defence alliance "without delay"

Russia's invasion was a turning point and upended decades of public support for military non-alignment, the country's foreign minister tells the BBC

Given Finland's 800-mile border with Russia, it is a matter of having protection, Pekka Haavisto says.

Application for membership is expected next week after parliament approves it.

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says Finland would be "warmly welcomed" into the alliance, where members pledge to defend each other.

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the "unfriendly steps" taken by Finland were a cause for regret for Russia.

And Ukrainian forces have been pushing Russia's army further back around the second city of Kharkiv.

[Jimbuna]

Russian soldiers seen shooting dead unarmed civilians

When Leonid Pliats and his boss were shot in the back by Russian soldiers, the killing was captured on CCTV cameras in clear and terrible detail. The footage, which was obtained by the BBC, is now being investigated by Ukrainian prosecutors as a suspected war crime.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61425025

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

[Skybird]

^ Slavic championship in Turret High Throw?


Was it really a Russian tank? The truck in front of the camera did not have the infamous Z logo.

[mapuc]

A clear example on Jack-In-The-Box effect

Markus