I Already Expressed ...

 ... my displeasure with wrong portrayal of my ... drinking. I drink Jack ON THE ROCKS. Where is ice, I ask you))

On a more serious note. The fate of 404 tanks. 

Nima asked me today a poignant question, on how Russians view 404 soldiers. Here is response of my friend Colonel Oleg Shalandin to butcher Zaluzhny.  

I will oppose Zaluzhny.

1. Capitulation will most likely happen; we know how to coerce. If you do not want to negotiate amicably, it will be unpleasant.

2. Our terms have long been conveyed to Kyiv; Zaluzhny cannot be unaware of them. Fulfill our terms (they are achievable), and we will establish peace by signing a treaty. In that case, you will preserve your people and state. And we do not care how you treat us; you crossed the point of no return long ago.

3. Do not turn everything upside down with cheap manipulations—when you were preparing to join NATO, it was you who threatened us, and we warned you. And forget the myth that you are protecting Europe from Russia; you know the truth.

4. Only we can give you security guarantees, no one else.

5. You will never be able to defeat us; practice has shown this. You have already committed betrayal by engaging in a hopeless military confrontation—betrayal, first and foremost, of the Ukrainian people. I will remain silent about us; it is clear enough.

6. There is no strength in your soldiers, let alone military valor; there is only ordinary hatred and villainy—do not confuse these concepts. Although they have been elevated to the rank of valor.

7. Peace will indeed come through victory. Or through surrender. Only then will you rid yourselves of illusions. 

Ridding oneself of illusions is a valuable gain.

Enough said by decorated combat veteran and a man with superb operational and STEM background.