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Die erste Rezension zu meinem Buch "Überfall ist erschienen, veröffentlicht in der @DIEZEIT und geschrieben von @fraeuleinfroehl.
Franz-Stefan Gady
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Franz-Stefan Gady
@HoansSolo
Modern Warfare | Military Analyst | Author of ‘The Return of War’ & ‘How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory‘
- Short summary: 🇺🇦 defenses have held; its air force is still flying; air-defense still in parts intact; troops are digging in in Kyiv. Morale is high. No signs of imminent collapse. A very bloody day/night ahead I am afraid to say. 🇷🇺 will massively step up military pressure.
- “The Russians are fighting like Zhukov. They send wave after wave but our guys figured out they fight just like Soviets. The tank commander is always in the first tank, so we shoot it. Once you shoot the first and last tanks, they’re immobilised.”
- Interesting interview with the CEO of Rheinmetall: "When it comes to tank ammunition, we have the largest production capacity in the world. There is no problem." Re: 155mm art. shells production: "We can currently produce 450,000 shots..per year..."
- With the exception of the U.S, no other Western-style military can conduct sustained combined arms operations at scale. So Ukrainian forces are attempting to do something at the tactical level no other European NATO member is currently capable of.
- Nazi Germany's 'Blitzkrieg' in the West in May & June 1940 was fueled by Soviet energy & food exports. In May, June 1940, the Soviet Union supplied Germany with 163,000 tons of petroleum & 243,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat.
- The 🇺🇦 mayor of Kramatorsk: “Let me give you my professional opinion as mayor: if we don’t get heavy weapons in two or three weeks, we’re fucked.”
- Short summary of the military situation in Ukraine 👇🧵 Russia has moved around 75% of its forces it had previously deployed along the U. borders into 🇺🇦 (per US DoD). Appears that only a fraction of these have been engaged in combat yet.🇷🇺 forces are massing for assault on Kyiv.
- New🧵: @konrad_muzyka , @RALee85 , @KofmanMichael,& I spent some time this month visiting the frontlines in Ukraine to gain new insights into the ongoing counteroffensive & the war overall. Here are some general observations.
- Real-time intelligence sharing: „The US gave Ukrainian forces detailed intelligence about exactly when and where Russian missiles and bombs were intended to strike, prompting Ukraine to move air defenses and aircraft out of harm’s way…“
- Short summary of the military situation in Ukraine (March 2) 👇🧵 ~80 percent of the combat power that 🇷🇺 had pre-deployed along the 🇺🇦 has now entered the country (per US DoD). Overall operational picture has seen some change over the past 24 hours (caveat: the fog of war).
- “Russia has lost nearly half the combat effectiveness of its army,” 🇬🇧’s Radakin said. “Last year it fired 10mn artillery shells but at best can produce 1mn shells a year. It has lost 2,500 tanks and at best can produce 200 [new] tanks a year,” he said.
- Hey @CNN, Germany has not been bordering Italy since 1945 when Austria was still part of the Third Reich.Germany is currently not considering closing the country’s borders with Italy due to the coronavirus outbreak, its foreign ministry said cnn.it/2uqYU9V
- Is there a German word for wanting to travel and knowing you can't? Asking for a friend.
