Certainly not what this BS story is claiming anyway.
I've all human history behind me. You could do with growing up. The current NI is a British state. It is not run by nationalists.
Look at the current state of affairs to see that.
The ideology of hardline unionists in a UI would be untenable and they would become a minority overnight.
If you don't think they'd be marginalised and treated poorly you need your head checked.
Nonsense.
50:1 killed to wounded ratio's don't happen to battalions of over 500 men in rocket attacks.
Crimea won't be taken back in the near future
I am always intrigued as to how one can be so definite re , eg, numbers killed / wounded on a particular day / period when both sides are into misinformation / spinning , etc. And when both sides are into blackouts, will not allow pep orders near front lines, etc. - unless some posters have a ‘hotline’ to some senior soldier AT THE FRONT LINE or were there themselves to ‘DO THE COUNTING’
I am befallen as to how some boardies can de so certain re numbers killed, etc.
Britain and America are their main backers, both sides in America are ponying up and Labour are still a few years from power and even in them a large group support Ukraine.
End result, not much change.
Some posters make the point that Ru is sending insufficiently trained conscripts to the front line IN WAVES to exhaust the energy of the UKr and their supply of arms. If this is correct than there is a MAJOR piece of ‘COLLATERAL’ damage not being highlighted - and that is the impact that the return of Ru dead soldiers has back in Russia. IMO Russian Mothers/ families have a limited tolerance for this type of thing and will add to other aspects of the war such as was it necessary in the eyes of some Russians, is the army happy with the mission, are all the olegarcs happy, is China very happy with its continuation , etc So putting all this together ALL ADDS UP re putting Pressure on Putin
Indeed. Nearly as horrific as being hit by solid roundshot.
I'm not saying whether it's true or false. just that, mad things can happen in warfare when the circumstances align to allow it, so while I wouldn't automatically believe it and in fact would take it with a big spoon of salt, I wouldn't be dismissing it with the kind of certainty you seem to be able to summon. But perhaps you can present your rocket attack data set that has led you to your conslusion?
Human waves tactics have always been a core military tactic by every Communist country at war.
They are not going to stop now.
Russia is a more open and relaxed country today compared to the Soviet Union but it won't tolerate protests like that building and it's rebuilding the pure totalitarian State that was the Soviet Union at a speed of knots.
It depends on the type of attack. In a shootout the ratio might be 1:2. But if troops are concentrated in a small area the ratio might well be 50:1 if they were annihilated, with a few lucky ones escaping. The figures have to be adjusted depending on the circumstances of the attack. I have often heard of whole groups of soldiers being wiped out but there's always a few who escape.
Russian orthodox priest, who encouraged Russian women to have more children so they wouldn't feel bad having their sons sent to war, has been killed on the Ukranian front line.
Donbas is a nonsense?
I wonder how many sons his mother had?
And that's the unionist line anyway - Irish unity leads to the bogeyman.
Northern Ireland exits only while enough from the nationalist community support it. Why would they support it - because they are running it, from education, law and civil service. Your lot are still hoping Harland and Wolff comes back to life.
No, the loyalist people have been treated very badly in Northern Ireland - but, they've yet to realise they can't eat flags, nor can their children. There should be no fear for the unionist community - and I would see within not too long a time that the loyalists will be lifted out of their relative poverty. You have nothing to fear, and a lot to gain.
This is how Russia won a lot of wars not just WW2, Basically get into a slugfest where they're being bet out the gate but the other side realises they can't afford to take anymore punishment and gives up.
29 survivors from 500 is more like 16:1 and quite plausible given how Russian "troops" are being sent into the meat grinder.
Crimea is on the Ukrainian radar. It's a legitimate target once they get within range. We all saw the images of cars fleeing after the air base explosions. We've seen the damage taken to the Kerch Bridge. If you were a recent Russian settler there, would you hang around?
They arent exactly making stellar progress toward crimea. They still have to take kherson, after which there will likely be substantial geographical barrier to their advance in the form of the Dnieper river.
Crimea itself has 3 very narrow access points to mainland Ukraine - these would be very difficult to attack also. Ukraine marching into crimea is so far way as to be fantasy
Would this be the same fantasy that the world's 2nd military power would be retreating against the poorest European nation, which is also their next door neighbour?
'cause I gotta tell yeah, that shocked the fook outta most people. A nice shock, mind.
So, if you were a recent Russian settler in Crimea, would you hang around?
Sure I already am. Myself and all the Putin bots live in a big villa on the south crimean coast
The same Ukraine with the 2nd largest military in Europe by # of soldiers as of 2021 (pre invasion). Poor yes, but with a large military and a ton of ex-soviet stock of tanks, aircraft, AA launchers, etc etc
Comparing GDP and relative poverty are not great metrics for measuring military might - sure Ireland has over double the GDP of Ukraine, and that is before this year and the invasions catastrophic effects on Ukrainian economy. But an invasion of Ireland would be trivial compared to one of Ukraine.
This unscientific article ranks Ukraine as 10th strongest military in Europe area, with Russia ranking (then) as #1. Poorest european nation maybe, weakest european nation - not a hope.
I've no idea where to even begin with this. NI exists at Nationalists discretion?? What are you smoking.
Anyway, we'll leave it there, if we're both still alive when a UI happens we can revisit and see who was closer to the mark.
He was an FSB agent, as well.
Some posters here [about 2 or 3] are struggling with the idea that Russia is losing 400-500 soldiers a day. well, how might they react if Russia is losing half of that number due to their own Barrier Units?
It is conceivable that a lot of those young men panic like mad on the front line and run for their lives. They are best advised to surrender to Ukraine troops as otherwise, they will die at the hands of their own deqth squad units.
Anyone want a used AT4 launcher that took out a Russian tank?
You just have to donate the largest amount - which currently stands at 40,000 hervy, hives, ah, Hryvnia - or €1,098.12.
OK, but that changes nothing about what was implied.
In modern war, numbers of soldiers don't really matter past a certain point. What matters is leadership, intelligence, combined arms operations, training, equipment, etc.
Ukraine has an annual budget of about $5bn - though until very recently, it was far lower.
Russia has an annual budget of $50bn.
No matter what way you try and paint it, it's an utter humiliation for Russia. If their armed forces were functioning correctly they should have rolled over Ukraine in the first few days.
But they are not. Everything about their armed forces, from the training, to the gear, to the tactical ability, to leadership structure, is rotten.
What's happening in Ukraine would be like the UK fighting the USA to a standstill and pushing them back in a conventional war. It was unthinkable, but it's come to pass.
In a couple of years when you read the latest editions of "The Worlds Worst Military Blunders" Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be in there, standing tall.
This works in both directions, If Ukraine controls the two narrow necks of the Crimean isthmus (and their two rail lines) then Russia becomes reliant on the Kerch Bridge to supply Crimea, and last I checked, thats still mooonlighting as the worlds longest pier. That leaves supply from sea, the Black Sea Fleet is being converted into aquarium decorations when they stray too far from home, so that's probably not going to work out too well. This is why the Russians really don't want to lose Kherson, all roads will lead to Crimea then.
It's a matter about who can retain sufficient resources while gaining ground. Russia seems to have problems sourcing artillery, which is fairly mindblowing, but they're holding stocks in reserve for other contingencies. I assume the cannon fodder that are pushed out to die right now are buying time for other conscripts and more capable units to be trained and fitted. Perhaps not.
If Ukraine keeps being supplied with enough accurate long range fires, then Stalins maxim of quantity having a quality of its own is out the window. Along with Russias method of waging war. There's a reason that the Russians blatting the **** out of civilian targets. Thats their only Plan B
Ukrainian forces just 90km from Mariupol now
Did he die fighting or was he there to give last rites to the dying or what?
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