The most modern Western equipment is just entering the war after rounds of training. This includes F-16 and ATACMs. As a result of the recent Russian offensive in Kharkiv, western governments have given the green light for Ukraine to use western equipment to attack troop, aircraft and equipment aggregations on Russian territory. This disastrous new Russian offense has resulted in 8-1 equipment losses and the minimal territory originally gained has now largely been recaptured. In opening up this new front Russia now does not have sufficient troops in reserve to support any of the fronts. Russia’s exterior lines take 3x the distance to support as Ukraines interior lines.

Ukraine has steadily degraded Russian air defense in Crimea over the past months. Its vaunted latest generation S-500 missile defense systems have not intercepted a single ATACM. With the F-16s entering the battle, the situation does not look pretty for Crimea. Ukraine is waiting to fully degrade Crimea missile defense and then will blitz the Crimean bridge, destroying Russia’s only ability to resupply the peninsula. The panic among Russian occupying citizens and vacationers will be palpable as the seek to flee back to Russia across the occupied land bridge by Mariupol entirely in the war zone.

Russia’s Black Sea fleet that has been decimated by a country without a Navy will not be able to support Crimea either. Over 1/3 of Russia’s navy has been destroyed by Ukraine including a Submarine!!!

They sent “slaves” to liberate free people. Russia soldiers fight for nothing, while Ukraine fight for freedom and democracy. Ukraine is the thin line on the fight of democracy against autocracy. We should all be invested in Ukraine’s defense. Should Ukraine fall, China will be emboldened to invade Taiwan. Russia will invade the Baltics, Poland. The is must not happen.

Western mainstream media puppets Putin’s nuclear rhetoric. While Putin’s useful idiots in congress (Gaetz, MTG, Boebert) sought to block funding US funding and lost. Putins bot farms and paid Russian shills on Twitter have been neutered by ground roots citizen groups such as NAFO.

Putin’s 3 day war has turned into a multi-year genocide campaign where he is forced to randomly attack Ukrainian civilian targets due to Russia’s failed kleptocracy being unable to develop or produce modern weaponry. Russia has kidnapped over 100,000 Ukrainian children in the temporarily occupied territory. It’s children’s minister Maria Lvova-Belova has been declared a war criminals This war will be the downfall of Putin and his brutal kleptocratic regime. The west must not waiver in its support of Ukraine.

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The Knicks have hired Casey Smith, longtime athletic trainer for both the Dallas Mavericks and USA Basketball, as their new vice president of sports medicine.

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Smith was with the Mavs for 20 years, with the Suns before that and is a big name inside the industry.

The only way I move him is for a superstar.

I don’t think it quite works though. I think we’d have to unload Bojan to a third team because I think him + Randle is a hair too much money.

If we could get Charlotte involved and trade them Bojan and move Bertrans to LA with Randle that would work.

If PG3 is leaving anyway, Randle is a good get for them and I wouldn’t expect to send many or possibly any picks.

If it costs a lot I’d pass because while he’s an upgrade on Randle he is older, more injury prone, and more overpaid. But for one protected pick + maybe the fugazi Washington one I’d do it. But that’s the most I’d offer.

I bet you do.

you sort of make that sound like a bad thing clarence, i’ve had a keen interest over time to military history and the art of warfare…

not at all related to not so latent anger issues coupled with violent desires…nope, not even a little bit…

seriously though, i loved watching pbs’ world at war when i was a kid…

Wasn’t it Ukraine that ground down the German war machine. At massive cost. Beyond reckoning actually.

Review your history of WWII. I’m sure it isn’t taught as much anymore. The Battles of Kursk and Stalingrad are where the Red Army ground the Germans down. Kursk is about 60 miles and Stalingrad about 150 miles from the Ukraine border inside Russia.

There were Ukrainian citizens in the Red Army, for sure, but they were nowhere near the majority.

Russians specialize in this sort of charnel house conflict.