Makes me think of Korea where both sides kept taking/retaking ground hoping to influence the final armistice.
Russia-Ukraine war has begun
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Pretty funny posts on X. A lot of the pro-Russian bots are claiming the Ukes are clearing out some Russian units so they can have a smoother withdrawal from Kursk. lol
I don't think they'd be pushing farther into Russia, if that was the case.
Off topic, but my dad was a generator mechanic in Korea. He was there for about a year when they assigned him to the peace talks at Panmunjom.
He only told 2 stories about his time in Korea and both of them involved his time there. One was, they ran searchlights and his unit was in charge of them. Every so often, they had to stop shining the lights to change bulbs, because they ran so hot. When they turned them off, they turned them down, so the lights shone on the ground. Well, the guys that turned the lights down turned them on the N. Korean/Chinese units that were in the hills. He said you could hear our troops firing away at them. That got a complaint filed with the peace talks and created a big stir.
The other was, he was assigned guard duty one time and they walked the perimeter in groups around the buildings where they were having the talks. The N. Koreans did the same thing. Dad's unit had dogs and one time one of he dogs went after a N. Korean and bit him. The N. Koreans said they were going to kill the dog (and probably eat it). Dad said they told them if they killed they dog, they'd kill them. Evidently it was a big standoff and, again, complaints to the commissions.
Those peace talks were total mind games.
I have heard the story the N Koreans broke into the main room and sawed the legs off of the American chairs so that the North Korea s were seated higher
Yep, I've heard that, too.
It took Americans a while to adjust to the N. Korean tactics, but eventually they learned to play the game.
And why I think negotiations with Ukraine and Russia are impossible.
Putin has bet his life, literally, on taking at least parts of Ukraine now, and probably the whole thing in the future.
Ukrainians aren't going to capitulate, even if US aid is cut off. Europeans will continue to provide arms and aid because they'd rather back Ukraine now than face the same thing themselves in 20 years. And I don't think the US will cut off aid if Putin refuses to budge at all - and I don't think he will.
Ukraine Begins Testing KF41 Lynx IFV Following Rheinmetall Delivery
German defense company Rheinmetall has already delivered the first KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle to Ukraine.
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That is one bad-ass vehicle. 44 tons?!?!?! Holy crap.Ukraine Begins Testing KF41 Lynx IFV Following Rheinmetall Delivery
German defense company Rheinmetall has already delivered the first KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle to Ukraine.
By comparison, the Bradley Fighting vehicles is 30 tons and 600 HP - less than half the Lynx 1400 HP.
Bradley Fighting Vehicle - Wikipedia
"The Lynx heavy infantry fighting vehicle, which weighs about 44 tons, was first publicly presented by Rheinmetall in 2018.
Its main weapon is a 30- or 35-mm automatic cannon mounted in the LANCE turret. In addition, the vehicle is armed with a machine gun and an anti-tank missile launcher, which can be equipped according to customer requirements."
