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It is simple, you can capture settlements and land in Kursk for "x", if you want to gain or hold that in other parts is "10 x ".
I am not interested in you views about glide bombs and I am not going to bother on the numbers you have given nor comparing it with HIMARs, a completely different animal nor go over the Ukrainians use of the french equivalents. It is a problem for Ukraine, like drones hitting oil depots and other targets on a daily basis is for Ruzzia. Perhaps the only worth note is that throwing a glide bomb is much more expensive than just the bomb.
Boris is a private citizen AFAIK and is not even in the current governing party in the UK. His influence in Europe and UK is not much at the moment.
The reason why US does not escalate is so that Ruzzia does not escalate. However Ukraine is absolutely ok with using anything they can invent and produce to maximum effect. And they do. I guess that if Ruzzia can use "western components" - while promoting hate to "the West" - Ukraine can do the same. You are free to suspect stuff, as you usually do, but try to differentiate between what you "think" versus what is actually there in all evidence.
It is simple, you can capture settlements and land in Kursk for "x", if you want to gain or hold that in other parts is "10 x ".
I am not interested in you views about glide bombs and I am not going to bother on the numbers you have given nor comparing it with HIMARs, a completely different animal nor go over the Ukrainians use of the french equivalents. It is a problem for Ukraine, like drones hitting oil depots and other targets on a daily basis is for Ruzzia. Perhaps the only worth note is that throwing a glide bomb is much more expensive than just the bomb.
Boris is a private citizen AFAIK and is not even in the current governing party in the UK. His influence in Europe and UK is not much at the moment.
The reason why US does not escalate is so that Ruzzia does not escalate. However Ukraine is absolutely ok with using anything they can invent and produce to maximum effect. And they do. I guess that if Ruzzia can use "western components" - while promoting hate to "the West" - Ukraine can do the same. You are free to suspect stuff, as you usually do, but try to differentiate between what you "think" versus what is actually there in all evidence.
I guess we can totally ignore the strategic value of the lost land in Donbas and the consequence that it should lead to in the near future. Also, outside the PR benefits can you explain how holding land in Kursk would be 10x easier militarily than in other parts
Right, Ukrainian ballistic missiles are coming in scale real soon, right after they test them on a mission to Alpha Centauri. Plus it won't change anything, ATACMS have a max range of 300km and their production is very limited, RU will just adapt and use airfields beyond that range, guess UA will have to ask for ICBMs next.
Well, the land in Kursk has been x100 easier to take for Ukraine. Do I need to explain that the losses were minimal, the number of soldiers captured large, that there are more than 1000 km2 taken in a couple of weeks? And make no mistake, Ukraine is very active there still, but the command is just not publishing anything at all.
It has taken thousands of dead soldiers, 11 months and innumerable resources for Ruzzia to take a similar chunk of Donbas. I am not ignoring that Ruzzia got land in there - shattered, mined and ruined land - I am just saying that Ukraine took, and is still taking, a chunk of Kurst at much less cost. You do not get points for effort on this, if you want Kursk back, then you will have to keep the war going for another year and hope your economy and society holds or... give back part of what you took.
Ukrainian ballistic missiles are a possibility, it is largely irrelevant if you try to ridicule the idea, they will come. I mean, the base technology of a ballistic missile is from the 1940's, it practically taught in any engineering institute o and you do not need anything really sophisticated to hit stuff... even a 100k drone can destroy a landing ship or a few destroy an billion oil facility or blow up a few su-34s...