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   ChrisO_wiki (chriso_wiki@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 02:53:00 JST ChrisO_wiki

   1/ Russian forces in southern Ukraine appear to be experiencing an increasingly desperate shortage of water. Water rations for all personnel – from soldiers in the trenches to fighter pilots – are now limited to only 1 l (36 oz) per day, as little as 8% of what they need. ⬇️

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     Viking Chieftain (vikingchieftain@krigskunst.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 02:52:57 JST Viking Chieftain

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     And it certainly doesn't help that the Ukrainians have stepped up their game in terms of destroying logistics vehicles.

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     🚗🚗📢 (drive_by_commenter@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 02:52:58 JST 🚗🚗📢

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     It's insane.

     They're asking for/getting 110 litres per day for the airfields (3300/30=110 and 23000/7/30=~109.5). Either 10 litres for 10 pilots or 1 litre for 100 personnel. That'd fit in any car. Even x10 is only an IBC of water.

     I suppose if the tankers/logistics are busy getting 1 litre to the thousands of front line troops they can't be spared for extra trips to the airfields.

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     elCelio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (elcelio@mastodon.uno)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 02:52:59 JST elCelio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

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     is it huge?
     23.000 liters is about two tank truck.
     are they really so desperate?🤔

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     2/ The Fighterbomber Telegram channel last week posted an appeal to Russian companies to supply Russian Air Force regiments with bottled water. 3,300 litres have now been donated to one airfield – enough to last a month.

     However, seven more regiments still need a total of 23 tonnes of water (23,000 litres / 6,000 US gallons). The huge shortfall almost certainly indicates a major breakdown in Russian logistics across the region, exacerbated by drought and the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam.

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     Viking Chieftain (vikingchieftain@krigskunst.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 03:30:25 JST Viking Chieftain

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     Yes, Napoleon and/or Frederick the Great realized that.

     It certainly doesn't help the Russians that the Ukrainians are blowing up 500+ of their logistics vehicles every week.

     https://lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/dfbcec47-7b01-400e-ab21-de8eb98c8f3a/page/p_wdrgjv1iyc

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     @VikingChieftain @elCelio @ChrisO_wiki

     Logistics wins wars. / An army marches on it's stomach.

     And consistently, from the convoys on day one to the last RORO ferry, we've seen Russia can't do logistics and Ukraine will punish them for it.