if article 5 is invoked, US sure kena nuke. theres no way russia will not shoot US.

Hmmm

Prigozhin is at it again

Trouble in paradise?

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Jul 12 2023, 10:19 AM

it would be interesting to see how they will do now.
considering all the incident of the mutiny, how will russian MOD trust this mercenary group and how it even get cooperation from other military units...

unless russia is really desperate...

Why is it so hard for them to grant UA Nato membership?

direct confrontation with russkies = WW3

"Amoral degenerate" lol

Note this guy met Zelensky last month

The plot thickens

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Jul 12 2023, 10:54 AM

Cue discussion on how 'war is not for women'

Tens of thousands of women across Ukraine have bravely taken to the battlefield to fight alongside their male counterparts amid Russia's ongoing war — but many of these women are defending their country in uniforms several sizes too large, according to a new Daily Beast report.

There are approximately 60,000 women serving in Ukraine's Armed Forces, the outlet reported this week, citing several female soldiers who described a widespread lack of women's resources in the military that has exacerbated the dangers already faced by Ukraine's military volunteers.

Women described wearing ill-fitting uniforms and body armor, stumbling in "huge" men's shoes, suffering a shortage of sanitary pads, and developing health problems due to an inability to properly relieve themselves on the battlefield.

"Try to go to the toilet in the woods at 4 degrees Fahrenheit," a 24-year-old female soldier identified only by her first name, Julia, told the Beast. "All of us got cystitis or inflammation of the ovaries and back pain. After a year of the war we have a bouquet of all sorts of health issues."

Ukraine's female soldiers are being outfitted in uniforms that are several sizes too large and are often forced to sport "huge" pants that can hinder their speed and mobility during critical moments on the battlefield, they told the outlet.

"The hardest is to run in the army's standard, 30-pound-bulletproof vest — which just never fits snugly to the body with boobs like mine," Alina said. "If I take the army armor off and get wounded or get killed, there would be no compensation paid to me or my family. Our lives, our security, often depend on what we wear on our body and our feet, how healthy we are."

Runa, a 28-year-old volunteer who once was a florist in Kyiv but now commands an artillery unit, said she has been wearing uniforms that are four sizes too big for her petite frame.

More than 100 female military members have died since the war began in February 2023, according to the report — either in the fighting directly or during evacuation or press missions.

Offensive in Robotyne direction not looking so good

well, i am 50/50 on this but i agree that if a sizable numbers are serving in the army, basic equipment or clothing should be fitting for women.
i don't think majority serve at frontlines but most of them probably security or medical or logistics support.

regarding this, it seems both sides have suffered misinformation with one military twitter saying all seven credible sources got info from one video which was taken down after the confusion it caused.

if joining NATO is so easy it would have expanded by tons.
the requirements are actually very hard and would have taken years and a lot of changes.

technically, by 2014, Ukraine would have ZERO chance of joining NATO until russia decided to change that by Feb 2022 lol

edit: it could apply but it would never get approve.


This post has been edited by chaosneo: Jul 12 2023, 11:11 AM

Russian units drop pamphlets on how to surrender on Ukrainian positions and gets a positive response!

This would last a full week I think

A foreign volunteer from Ireland tells reporters of his experiences in Ukraine

dam... Lancet3 assemblies need to do OT ....

It's happening my dudes

quote from one comments:

NATO themselves stated a country in conflict cannot be granted membership