Russia Ukraine war, page-120568

Hi Crom.

An old Vietnam vet I knew always said that combat involved firing as much sheete as possible in the other direction.

Like the gatling guns before it, the Maxim was designed to deal with human wave attacks from a fixed position. AKA the flanks around Bakhmut.

On an important tangent, the Indian Express is talking up Russia's unequal marriage with China.

The article notes that smaller Chinese companies have filled voids left by departing Western companies while larger Chinese firms steer clear to avoid sanctions.

Russia's oil trade with China, India and Turkey is booming but revenues are down by 42%.

China wants Russia to become a weakened, non-western vassal partner.

That Erdogan uses cheap Russian energy to build materiel for the UAF mirrors the proxy war in Idlib.