Too many sick days? Front lines.
Looked at the boss the wrong way? Front lines.
Re: Ukraine
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2026 12:27 pm
by Alex88
This was really interesting. Wargame exercise pitched 6000 NATO troops against a 300 person Ukrainian drone unit. The Ukrainians won, easily.
To be fair, it was an exercise to establish how a conventional NATO unit would perform in the modern Drone era, but fascinating to see how things have moved on in just the past few years.
Re: Ukraine
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2026 12:47 pm
by Mito Man
Ukraine are massively reducing sending troops abroad for training for this reason. Apparently NATO training methods are too dated and don’t reflect current warfare. I guess it’s no real surprise though.
Re: Ukraine
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2026 6:33 pm
by Beany
Yeah, it's weird seeing people frame it as some sort of break up between Ukraine and NATO, whereas in reality, Ukraine are just ahead of the curve due to being on the (literal) bleeding edge of a conflict using the absolute latest tech, en masse.
Re: Ukraine
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2026 9:04 pm
by RobYob
Grim but interesting.
Re: Ukraine
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 8:05 am
by Gavster
Interesting summary of the stalemate in Ukraine in today's Observer newsletter, as Russia is struggling to get through Ukraine's wall of drones defence, while also sending long-range drones up to 500km into Russian territory, attacking a site in Moscow.
It's like the situation has now been reversed thanks to the leaps Ukraine has made in drone tech. The longer the war goes on, the more it favours Ukraine. Ukraine's killing Russian men and materiel faster than it can be replaced. The more it hits targets inside Russia, the more the Russian general public are going to realise they're not winning and they're being lied to.
Re: Ukraine
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 3:00 pm
by mik
I heard a rumour that Putin is spending the majority of his time hiding in bunkers for fear of assassination, I so want this to be true.
Re: Ukraine
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 3:49 pm
by Matty
mik wrote: Tue May 12, 2026 3:00 pm
I heard a rumour that Putin is spending the majority of his time hiding in bunkers for fear of assassination, I so want this to be true.
Apparently worried more about an inside job, rather than Ukranian interference. He's increasingly restricting his inner circles access to phones, internet and other resources.
Question is whether it would make any difference anyway. Russian economy is fucked when the war ends.
