This Z TV reporter doing a great job for the Ukrainians.😀
Also anyone able to decipher the word painted on the side of the machine?
Yeah I remember that now. Maybe add on another 3k dead since then and probably 30k to 40k injured and probably about 3k to 5k captured since all this began.
100%
While we all can look back on it now and say it was terrible error, but for a man that was in the upper echelon of American politics for as long as he has been, it simply was a game changer. However, at the beginning of the invasion the talk of war seemed to freak out the American public and he probably went out to ensure them, which all came from the biggest fiasco of his term, that bizarre withdrawal from Afghanistan. It simply added to Putins window of a good time to invade.
There was also a reference to 80/90% of those injured being back to active duty, a pretty high %. I cannot see the Russian % being as high, seeing as how it's just a 'training exercise' or 'special operation' that is optional for the Russians and most just want to get paid and go home.... or rape, murder, steal, get injured, get paid and go home. Bit of a contrast there.
I don't think the Ukrainians have had anything like 30k to 40k injured. As I said, it's much easier to defend their own country, as they know their own terrain so well - the huge numbers of deaths and injuries are coming on the Russian side, as they are so exposed in a foreign land they are not familiar with and are coming up against an equally well armed force.
Yeah your probably right on the injured amount. I suppose there not advertising it to the world so Russia won't know. For sure the Russians having the much greater amount dead and injured compared to the Ukrainian military.
That's a huge amount getting back into the field if it's 80 to 90% and yeah the Russians wouldn't be getting to that number that's for sure.
Scared of them haunting their dreams?
I can't find the link, I think it was just a news report or an answer from a question. As you know Ukraine have been quiet with losses (soldiers and equipment etc..) for obvious reasons. But back to the field may not mean front line. But it's less attrition than the Russians have. There have been plenty of phone intercepts from Russian soldiers who survived a counter attack and say they all fled and left their dead and wounded behind them.
Russia halts gas supplies to Finland
Reading Oryx Russian confirmed equipment losses are 4000 compared to 1000 Ukrainian. That would be including the 300 Russian backlog they mentioned on Twitter yesterday evening.
The UA keeps asking for MLRS systems. They say they need these for a strong offensive. Some talk of them getting them. The Russians have been in Izyum for ages and have not been able to make a big breakout. See the link I provided I you haven't already - Ukraine update: A Russian volunteer's story lays waste to the myth of the Russian 'BTG' (dailykos.com)
The Ukrainian Army in their briefing this morning talked about ongoing battles in 3 villages well beyond Popasna. It's not a virtual offensive.
https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/22-may-at-bakhmut-direction-with-the-help-of-artillery-russian
Russians surrendering? https://twitter.com/Ukraine_SID/status/1528313468591423488?s=20&t=GFlJOCaKz8f0ixXkpeQRpw
A lot. Both sides are suffering huge losses, Ukrainians primarily civilians but military too. As we settle into a bloody war of attrition the question seems to be who loses the most and is ready to compromise. A shocking waste of life all because of one vile scumbag in the Kremlin
He is only a front for more of his likes.
Czech firestarter https://twitter.com/BlaszczykArtur/status/1528313085311721472?s=20&t=GFlJOCaKz8f0ixXkpeQRpw
тюльпанчик tulip
The only thing I worry about Ukraine is in the long run is will countries as such just get get bored if this conflict drags on. I mean stop giving as much weapons and support to Ukraine say if there ends up been a recession or the likes. Does time more favour Russia in this regard if this drags on a few years or will countries still give the same military and financial support to Ukraine say if this dragged on another year or 2. More can countries keep up this amount of spending to help Ukraine or will there come a point if this does drag on that its outta site outta mind. Just look at the war in Syria on the news at the beginning it was all over the news stations 1st stories for ages and now hardly anything. Ukraine is still tons in the news but definitely not the top stories as much anymore. If the longer this drags on will it suit Russia more I wonder.?
The man that got the idea for reporting this live stream is some tulip alright😀
Can the world afford to keep a war going over Russia's ability to wage war. Yes.
The countries in the Syrian war never even obliquely threatened to nuke the West. The West has been on and off at war with Russia for nearly a century. They are enemy #1, especially now that they've gone Hitler/Nazi like.
The common man/woman may have their heads turned by the latest Kardashian antics, but military types will not.
Putin must be raging a little bit more every day. His own army is turning away from his orders. No matter what RT news says the world knows Russia is going down a plughole of infinity.
the encirclement of the Ukrainian army is entering its darkest hours
There is always hope. Good chance they can break out if needs be.
A lot of the weapons that NATO has are specifically for these kind of threats, while the media might get distracted, the governments and armies of NATO won't and will keep the supplies coming for as long as needed as their usage is exactly what they were built for (even if it wasn't expected they'd be used in the hands of Ukrainians).
NATO also keeps ratcheting up the complexity and effectiveness of the equipment being supplied which is good to see as it leaves Russia with very little to complain about as their "special operation" drags on.
NATO logistics are quite remarkable. As are US logistics. Probably the best in the world. They can easily use that doctrine to sort UAF forces around to prevent mass encirclement and move heavy weaponry into an area to help bogged down forces.
I think many countries, both Russia's longstanding adversaries and those under threat, are fully committed to a Ukrainian win for short, medium, and long-term reasons. This is a pivotal time for the World, and it seems obvious that a much depleted Russian military would make it a safer place.
A simultaneous loss of contentious territories at this point may be welcome as it would flag the end of an empire and force them to see themselves in a more realistic light - a big country. Once the schoolyard bully is on the ground, there may be a queue of those, with long memories, eager to get the boot in.
People underestimate this about the American forces. While people might coo about Chinese or Russian firepower (with fancy looking gear that may or may not work), there is no integrated military force in the world that can move war materiel around the globe securely into conflict theaters at a couple of days notice like the US.
Russia were trying to get their gear to the line of contact via rail like it was the American Civil War or the Russo Japanese War.
The US have an astonishing fleet of heavy lift and transporters. Transport nodes in every corner of the world.
They're like Amazon for war. Indeed, it's not unusual for US forces logistics people to take high paying roles with Amazon and the like after retirement.
THE Ukrainian army will not be encircled. Don't get too giddy. A section of it might, but as Russia is the Spurs of world armies, good chance Russia will fůck it up and I wouldn't bet on it happening or lasting long if it did.
Remember Putin is at war with the entire west. He is militarily attacking Ukraine at the moment but he is at war with every single one of us. Every time you pull up at a Fuel pump or pay an electricity bill or buy food you are paying more because of Putin and it’s his full intention to make sure you pay more and more. And it is his full intention to stay going until he wipes all people like us off the face of the earth so either Ukraine are winning or Putin is getting closer to us and tightening the screw. It’s not going to just drop out of the news. People may lose interest but the existential threat will remain.
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