Ukraine is losing the war

[AkMike]

The testosterone deficient Commander in Chief has whimped out AGAIN!

US Army Puts Off Ukraine Training in Effort to Preserve Ceasefire

Military.com Mar 17, 2015 | by Richard Sisk


The U.S. Army has delayed sending U.S. troops to western Ukraine on a training exercise to avoid giving Russian President Vladimir Putin an excuse to have Moscow-backed rebels violate a tentative ceasefire, the U.S. Army commander in Europe said Tuesday.

Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges said plans were set to have a U.S. armored brigade in Europe by the end of the year with 1,000 vehicles, including 220 M1A1 Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles and self-propelled 155mm howitzers.

"I believe the start of training (in Ukraine) has been delayed to try to provide more space" to diplomatic efforts  aimed at shoring up the ceasefire agreed to last month in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, said Hodges, commander of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR).
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/03/17/us-army-puts-off-ukraine-training-in-effort-to-preserve.html

[lordtiberius]

More smart diplomacy

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Why we are losing

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile/opinion/article/russian-propaganda-exploits-western-weakness/518092.html

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http://conflictreport.info/2015/04/05/the-battle-of-shyrokyne-escalation-is-looming/

The attack on March 31 included the notorious 2S1 “Gvozdika”, a self-propelled artillery piece, which held and important and finally decisive share in the attack on the Ukrainian line around Debaltseve in February.

From analyzed drone footage it concluded that no less than 15 Russian main battle tanks – supposedly T-64 and T-72 are stationed “in areas around Shyrokyne”, indicating a large-scale attack is planned during the coming days or weeks.

Looking at the Ukrainian side, some interesting as worrying developments could be seen during the last 48 hours. There is no doubt that Ukraine’s regular army proved in several cases (/battles) over the last months that is is either not able or – rather – not allowed to battle the Russian invasion force with the necessary endurance and – yes – harshness to inflict enough damage to stop or at least significantly slow its Western advance. This is no critique to the troops, fighting on the ground, but to the officers and especially general staff, giving dubious orders to say the least. At the same time, (partly former) volunteer troops from the “Battalion Donbas”, “Regiment Azov”, “Pravy Sector” and others turned out to be much more persistent and free in their decisions to use tactics and means to hold back the Russian aggressors in meaningful ways. Thus, it is no miracle that those troops hold several sectors of the front, including the one East of Mariupol and along the Kalmius river northwards. However, these troops seem to have been reinforced by even more remarkable or rather irregular forces, more specifically foreign fighters from Chechnya and the Chechen diaspora in Europe, willing to settle outstanding scores from earlier wars with Russia.

This is something I have been saying for months.

Russia has concentrated enough forces in the area to pierce the Ukrainian line of defense and return to the city limits of Mariupol. It has demonstrated more than once during the last 6 weeks that it does not regard its signature under the Minsk 2 treaty as limiting its territorial aspirations in Eastern Ukraine and especially along the Azov Sea cost.

[lordtiberius]

Russians and Ukrainians are still killing each other:

[lordtiberius]

Poroshenko's MoD fails procure US fortifications that would have reinforced Mariupol.

http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/04/21/7065450/

[lordtiberius]

Kill video of the Free Syrian Army with a US made TOW missile against 3 T-55 tanks.



Its too bad Ukrainians don't have this kind of firepower.  Of course, lots of Muslim armies even irregular or very irregular militia have our weapons (LOL oversight) but the Ukies are their own.  Sometimes it sucks being poor and heterosexual.