Very good

The Monty Python is superb.

Yeah, but ...

The biobirds of Ukraine

have been busy today.

In the north, Ukraine closed the Lyman pocket, and in Crimea another Russian airbase spontaneously combusted.

Putin is having a very bad no good day so far.

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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:

In the north, Ukraine closed the Lyman pocket, and in Crimea another Russian airbase spontaneously combusted.

Putin is having a very bad no good day so far.

No kidding.

https://www.reuters.com/world/...military-2022-10-01/

War is Hell

... especially for Russian boys these days.

First person testimonies. Could all be made up, of course, but it rings true. This is the kind of stuff you miss when you look mostly at maps and high level discussions of strategy and tactics.

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Like hunting squirrels in a pecan orchard

This is what Ukrainian troops have trained for, and why they are kicking butt these days. Small and independent groups with some combined arms elements (APCs, maybe a tank or two, along with infantry) in good communication with other elements, roving independently in the contested spaces between the main armies.

They've had fun with the goddess Mara ...