I fiind this quite interesting. 33 airstrikes in one day. One would have thought that a priority of the Russian AF would have been some form of Suppression of Ukranian air assets.
It's extraordinary that the Ukrainian Airforce ( mainly su-25's) still have some potency this far into the War.
Today was SOOOO Bad, even the Russian bots can’t even muster enough BS to type a ‘Best for Ukraine to surrender now to avoid the inevitable Russian victory’ troll post.
When the Kherson offensive began there was lots of talk from the Ukrainian Channels that there was a media blackout. People are not to be posting anything online etc.
Now it appears to be a faint to take the north east back. Russia have been absolutely merked. They spent months fighting for that territory and lost it in 3 days.
Amongst others,in operation Fortitude it was actually both,but part of a bigger operation bodyguard its was several,but Norway was a key objective since Hitler had 400k troops placed there thinking the invasion would come?
But other countries,like sweden,Bulgaria and even soviet union was involved
Are you a secret Russia supporter to be posting such defeatist ideas?
If that isn't spin after the fact and it looks like it's not, then the Ukrainians played a blinder and the Russians took the bait, hook, line and sinker. If they can keep this momentum going the Russians can't hope to claim they've done anything but royally fúck up. Though they will try. Bless.
What makes it better? The putinbots were hopping up and down excitedly pointing to the reports of Ukraine being hammered in Kherson as a win for them. 🤣
I'd be holding my whist a while yet, both until the fog of war & disinformation lifts a bit. And till we see how other Russian forces in the region react, a wounded dog is dangerous and they've still got serious firepower. If the Ukrainians can strangle supplies to the south though, they really strengthen their hand.
Just saw that - is there any info on location/time? The Russian morale must be so low in the East they want this to end as soon as possible or else they had to flee so fast they just wanted out of there and didn't have time to destroy the hardware or plant traps. It's bizarre.
But it's not on the news anymore 😂😂😂
Do you remember people saying it was getting very slow in here and moving off the front page no one cares stuff like that. 😁
My God Christmas has come early for the Ukrainians.
The last few pages on this thread have been epic read and hot damn I'm enjoying the Orcs getting destroyed and one can only imagine how embarrassed Putin is feeling and surely he must be hanging on by a thread at this point
At least with Irish women you can see it coming. With the Czechs you need to watch the mushrooms you are been served!
This has to be more than just out of position troops. It's clear they just ran. Probably following the local commander out.
More military hardware being donated to Ukraine
Not sure of who said it but a former NATO general months ago said August was going to the 'month of reckoning' for this conflict.
His analysis was that with the NATO training of new recruits and the influx of modern NATO weapons during the summer that the Ukrainian army would be kicking the Russian army 'in the feels' by the end of August. This was back in June when the Russian army was shelling the sh1t out of Severodonetsk and most western analysts feared that Ukraine was going suffer death by a thousand cuts shells.
But the Ukrainians must have been reading their Sun Tzu
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
1st they made a big fuss about re-taking Kherson, goading the Russians to flood this area with reinforcements.
2nd they blew the bridges trapping the Russian defenders and their reinforcements in the Kherson Oblast.
3rd they unleash holy hell on the now poorly defended eastern front, while half the Russian army is trapped in Kherson holding their член
Disinformation campaign you say...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/10/ukraines-publicised-southern-offensive-was-disinformation-campaign
Can't believe the amount of people who are still spouting the treat them with respect, or they're from impoverished areas shite.
This is the equivalent of a knacker with a drug habit breaking into your house, raping your wife, killing one of your kids and he's coming at you with a knife, yet you are expected to negotiate with him and treat him well because he's from an underprivileged background.
Fcuk off, bullet to the head is all he'd get or beat to death with the heaviest implement to hand.
Maybe if they surrender en masse you treat them well until you've investigated all their actions. Anyone running away gets a HIMARS up the ass.
They might get the type of education Wellington (then still Gen Wellesley) received during the hopless Walcheren campaign in 1809.
"I learned what not to do, and that is always something".
Highly likely.
Also they are receiving real time nato and American intelligence,
Remember all those nights tracking forte 11 and other intelligence aircraft over Ukraine and the black sea.
We know now what they were doing
What's the secret?
Last time we spent a week in Prague I nearly came back with concussion due to slaps to the head ,you don't look at me like that ,
My punishment for putting a ring on a redheads finger
I'm pleasantly surprised by the Ukrainian success but not even close to being shocked. I (and others) did say some time ago the it was a possibility given the poor morale, uninspired leadership, badly maintained equipment, tactical incompetence and lack of supplies being suffered by Russian forces. An army in that state is already half beaten and never mind how the numbers stack up. It takes a very special commander to be able to get the best out of demoralised troops and turn them around such as Napoleon and the Army of Italy in 1796, or Zhukov/Chuikov at Stalingrad in 1942. The Russians don't seem to have anyone capable of that, or maybe they did but were killed going too far forward to sort out the mess.
Also, and I don't mean this in a polyanna sense, I was a bit surprised at that Washington post article, not so much to hear that the Ukrainians were having a tough time, but to read about them talking so freely about how terrible it was...almost as if it was part of a Ukrainian maskirovka to "big up" the Russian performance and perhaps encourage them to strip units from other sectors in order to quickly finish off the Ukrainians near Kherson. All that said, war is an even "funnier" and older game than football, and as chess players say, there still plenty of play left in the position and the fat lady probably hasn't even left her dressing room yet. Do I win an award for most mixed metaphors in a single sentence?
Hopefully we will get more definite news from Kherson soon. If the Russians there really are showing some backbone combined with some tactical and operational nous, it's a little worrying.
So are these 3 battle groups the 'new model army' that was trained and equipped by NATO?
And as you say - these have surprised Russia.
You love to see it. It's only a pity that the Ukrainian forces and Ukrainian people had to endure such a brutal period of attrition warfare before these current advances could take place. Praying that any and all Russian retreats hasten and that they're chased all the way out of Ukraine and that Vladimir Putin has a freak shaving accident.
Lots of high quality copium on offer there. The fcukup with not taking Kyiv was bad, but they convinced themselves it was a tactical ruse, they can't use that here.
Can't blame you for that....I know plenty of Slavic women too, but I'm long vaccinated.........🙄
The current one is Czech too!!!! 🙄 What can I say, I'm a sucker for Slavic looks!
Could we pause for a moment to offer sincere thoughts & prayers to Sabina Higgins in these obviously trying times.
Read this about 4 hours ago, he analysed the Ukrainian army as been organised into 3 groups and predicted a 3rd attack within days. I dismissed it, it appears I may have been wrong to do so.
https://twitter.com/secretsqrl123/status/1568440394123288578
If you think Russia cares about the animals they have in Ukraine then you are sorely mistaken.
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