Apparently the Russian Army, having lost more T-72s, T-80s, and T-90s than it can afford to spare, is now deploying T-62 tanks, last built by Russia in 1975. It's worth noting that what's going on here is that Russia is putting untrained crews into obsolete tanks, as you could bury what remains of most crews of destroyed T-72s in a thimble due to an incredibly stupid ammunition loader--a ring of high explosive and propellant around the edge of the turret. The only nice thing to say about this design is that presumably death comes very, very quickly.
That noted, it appears that the Russians are, slowly but surely, advancing. I'm guessing that if the free world figures out a way of dealing with Russian artillery in the way that they've learned how to deal with Russian tanks, there will be a huge humiliation going for the Russians. And quite frankly, I think that it may be time for the western world to say, very slowly and coldly, We are losing patience with a Russian war effort whose targets are primarily civilian.
And of course, Putin delenda est.
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