Seeing that he ( Putin) is having problems keeping his military forces in Ukraine up to strength, hard to see how he can increase them in other places, not only in Syria. Maybe banking on the forthcoming 400'000 next mobilization? But I guess, he also needs the hard cash that Assad is paying him? Caught between a rock and a hard place !!! 😂
Iranian drones hit multiple target's in Ukraine including a large oil storage facility in the City of Novomoskovsk,
Why doesn't it stack up?
Just because it's the most difficult battle for Ukraine doesn't mean they have to be loosing more troops than the Russians.
Which means the loss ratio can still be correct.
It was mentioned Russia had 1k dead in a week there, which means Ukraine would have had 200. That's a terrible loss for Ukraine. Most likely nowhere else on the frontline had a similar figure. So of all the battles right now on the front line, Bakhmut is the most difficult.
See, it can stack up. The 5:1 being quoted is for Bakhmut, not the entire Frontline over the entire year, which is the 120k/200k figures you mentioned.
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The Wapo article I posted a few days back has Ukrainian casualties at 120k, Russian casualties at 200k (from US/European officials). If Bakhmut is supposed to be the most difficult battles for Ukraine, a 7:1 or 5:1 loss ratio just doesn't stack up.
-23:14 Russian envoy blames the Ukrainans for placing anti aircraft missles and heavy weapons in residential areas then claiming civilians wouldn't be in the Crosshairs,out army strikes with percision againt energy and transport infrastructure 😂😂😂😂😂🤥🤥
Guess you can argue the 'order of magnitude less' definition.
5:1 ratio has been quoted by western officials (not analysts) recently. The 7:1 ratio I believe from the Ukrainian official side. Quoted recently, not last month like your wildly quoted analyst tweets.
And yet a lot of his posts are shared from other accounts
That doesn't say 7:1 or 5:1.
Rob Lee is a widely quoted analyst.
Guess we can all link to random tweets.
According to who exactly un-named sources on social media,the same sources predicted the fall of bakhmut 7 months ago,the same sources claimed Ukraine couldn't hold bakhmut and the Ukrainans losses were unsustainable in bakhmut,
Yet 7 months later they are all wrong
yeah, but the oldest rashist is still here commenting
Really,as i didnt know,however nobody have played the political game for their own political interest like Erdogan and Orban have before.
This view is not uncommon.
Putin is the biggest coward in the world, scared of own shadow even, he sits in bunker, he will die in bunker. Very soon.
The other criminal though - Maria Lvova-Belova - a prime retard. Only 38 years old, if not executed by Ukrainians after the war, will have to spend rest of her miserable life in the sh1th0le ruSSia.
The court has also issued a warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's Commissioner for Children's Rights, on the same charges. She responded to the news with irony, according to RIA Novosti agency.
"It's great that the international community has appreciated the work to help the children of our country." -she says now, cool as cucumber. Lets all guess what story she will compse for later. "oh, it wasnt me, I was forced" or something like these lines. Hope her forehead meets the bullet soon and all the children are returned back to Ukraine.
... like the US.
You mean a photographers opinion
A teacher I had in PS, I learned decades later was a communist. I am not even a socialist.
I think the mods have been doing a good job with our resident re-reg.
He bursts in, causes some minor chaos, and then gets wiped from the records.
Can’t be fun mopping up the crap to keep the thread clear.
Best ignored and flagged. This gobshite just loves the attention.
Yes pronudo, I understand your idea, and the reasons behind it. But it contradicts itself like, if you cannot post until you have say 10 posts, how do you get the first one to start the count? There is a kind of limit on some forum's where you cannot upload pics until you have minimum of 10 written posts. So you bang off the 10 posts, and bingo, you are in. Unfortunately there's no real way of stopping re-regs and scammers until they get kicked off the thread, and then,, re-reg and off we go again. Thats it unfortunately. I don't know if there's a way Boards can stop re-regs, by the details a poster supplies. If the same details keep showing up? Email etc?
5:1 is the NATO intelligence estimate. BBC showed a reporter in Bakhmut interviewing Ukrainian troops doing the shooting and they were quite emphatic it's 7:1.
So your claim of copium is weak.
A culture war is brewing within Ukraine’s armed forces. It is being waged between top-down Soviet military thinking on the one hand, and bottom-up Western military culture on the other. This intellectual tussle is hindering Ukraine’s adaptation and learning. It is also hurting Ukraine’s performance in the war against Russia. This is one of my main lessons from a recent research trip to Kyiv and the frontlines of eastern Ukraine, which I conducted alongside some of the leading Western military experts on Russia.
It looks like the folks at The Economist have joined you in promoting the same "pro-Kremlin" point of view on this matter.
The biggest seems to be the lack of staff for a better word around these parts, seems to be a one man show,and he can't be in here 24/7 dealing with this nonsense.
The idea has already been suggested and rejected by moderators. It seems logical but I suppose the idea is to confine these spam accounts to particular threads rather than have them spam dozens of other threads to get their post count up to the required level.
Only on certain threads that seem to attract more than their fair share of re regs and spammers.
Corner boys of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains.
There is a large number of countries in Africa and Asia who are chomping at the bit to tear down the world order and it's Western focus on democracy, rights, rule of law etc.
Friend of mine was in Damascus, he was on tour with the UN, lot of Russians there.
I see Putins buddy in Syria was asking for more and larger Russian forces to be permanently deployed to syria Along with building bases across syria,
More Russians and Iranians building close to Israel is going to go down well in that part of the world
Body armour, drone parts and "hunting rifles" going from China on a global tour before ending up in Russia.
How much is really going and will the Chinese Communist Party step up Solidarity with the Comrade in the Kremlin. There are few with a similar world view to them in leadership globally, will they allow an alternative, unlikely.
There are ways for Russia to receive significant arms from Communist States like China, North Korea, Cuba and others who have leanings in that direction.
Pronudo, you might want to re-think that suggestion, I know exactly what you mean, but if you cant post the first one, how are you going to make the quota that allows you to post?
I agree if Ukraine can cut into Russia during Spring and Summer time with their offences then Russia are in trouble but if Russia stop these offences then I believe Ukraine are in a very bad position and the war will likely drag on for years. Might drag on for years anyhow but if Russia weather the storm come autumn then Ukraine might be in a tricky situation. I think we will see come the autumn time which way the lay of the land is in regards this conflict.
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