“I see nothing special in their return. Wagner is no longer a powerful force. Those who returned are far from being in a good fighting mood, as they know what to expect here,” Cherevatyi said. “Furthermore, they are now under the control of the Defense Ministry.
That's pretty important. It seems like Wagner had an effective command structure that allowed for successful offensive capabilities. The Russian military will just mindlessly march them into Ukraine's meatgrinder.
It has begun! Hopefully we'll see many new trophies added to Ukraine's armoury as they start to retake more territory.
There was such a funny quote from an officer during the Kharkiv counter-offensive last year: "we started off as an infantry brigade, but now we've become a mechanised brigade".
Nice! I love seeing Ural trucks getting turned to scrap. They're the backbone of Russian logistics, and every one they lose means a unit somewhere isn't getting any food or ammo that week.
I had to take a break from painting for a few weeks due to a lack of motivation and life getting in the way.
This week I got the itch again, so I've been painting Death Guard plague marines from the space marine heroes collection. Painting plague marines is basically my hobby comfort zone. I've been saving them for just such an occasion.
Next up, I need to finish a unit of Thousand Sons terminators for the Burning of Prospero board game.
If I can get those 9 minis all painted this month I'll be very happy.
This indicates that Ukrainian efforts at attrition warfare have delivered over the summer, and that they're well positioned to start up manoeuvre warfare again.
It's worth saying that these elite Russian forces are about as well-equipped and trained as Ukraine's offensive brigades. There were some fairly well researched reports from last year by the ISW about how these air assault divisions have been getting badly beaten up since the start of the war, and have taken significant losses on multiple occasions against regular Ukrainian troops. Not to write them off completely, but the Ukrainians are perfectly capable of taking on these guys.
None of them seem to understand that Russia can stop these attacks at any time by leaving Ukrainian territory.
XCOM 2012 is my favourite turn based stratedy game, I really like the Long War mod. Saving earth from an alien invasion is such a cool fantasy.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey because I love Greek history and mythology, so being able to explore that part of the world is really appealing to me.
Warhammer 40k Dawn of War. It's just the best 40k game. I wish Relic would remaster it.
Sunless Sea. It's one of my favourite visual novels, and it has RPG elements. The writing is hilarious, and weird. It's like halfway between Charles Dickens and HP Lovecraft. Pilot a ship around a vast underground sea, fighting monsters and talking to Victorian wierdos.
Spelunky. I've been playing it for 10 years now, and completed it hundreds of times. I'd recommend it a lot.
STALKER Call of Pripyat. It's an alternative history first-person shooter set in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl power plant. It's semi open world, and unlike any other game I've played for its story and atmosphere.
Even better! Each one has 4 engines. So they'll need to start working on 16 replacements. I'm sure that'll be no problem at all with all of those sanctions and their currency becoming worthless. These daily humiliations are getting expensive.
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