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I follow several Americans from a military background that put out videos or articles every day and they were zipped up no comment until the lad was arrested and a general statement was given. No deviation they all just went dead. This tells me theres a proper propaganda war on that most of us aren't aware of.

The Russians live and die by stuffing nonsense and lies down their own populaces throat but how do they handle a gift when it might not be a gift?

Unless I'm mistaken when people talk about those high ratios they are talking about Bakhmut.

I've never once heard someone claim that the overall war has a ratio anything close to what's happening there on a localised level.

I would think there has to have been a propaganda war going on related to this conflict for some time so have always been skeptical about what figures are being talked about and what events are being discussed more than others. The regular talk that Bakhmut is about to fall seems very likely to me to be a ploy to suck more moskovyte resources into that area and lessen the attacks on other areas and even lessen their ability to react when Ukraine makes its move to reclaim its territory. The way the moskovytes are so used to dealing with lies may make the effect of disinformation less effective on them but guess there is no harm trying anyway. It will be interesting to see who has been duped by the efforts to misinform some time in the future when independent sources look at the real evidence of the course of the conflict.

@Wolf359f So no 180k dead on both sides like you claimed earlier.

"which suggests " is what I said based off dividing the figures ,

Suggested not claimed

I wonder is the leak causing a delay with the UKranian counter offensive.

I know they are conducting probing attacks and retook some small villages more North East, but i thought we'd have seen something far more substantial by now.

Possible they feel they do not have the ability to conduct this attack or know its a one shot chance so they need a perfect roll of the dice?

I believe they are still waiting on the weather and other supplies to be in place first, there's another Rammstein conference due shortly where protecting the skies and forming an IronFist is the topic for discussion, forming an IronFist was mentioned at the last conference too

In lot of areas they are still struggling with mud and boggy conditions ,. making vehicle menuvers difficult

I'd say the leak has nothing to do with it. The slow rate of supply of weapons has ruled out an early offensive. Just today the last of the Canadian leopards were offloaded in Poland and Spain promised 6 after Easter, the first 2 being sent on 9/4 with the other 4 some time after that, presumably. And in news today, Denmark is sending leopard ones 'very soon'.

And so on and so on.

Exactly.

Gatling has joined the dark side.

What a shame.

Cigarette packets need yet another warning; about not smoking near concentrations of ammunition.

Not a Hope,

I'm More Pro Ukrainian than any of the johnny come latelys in the last 12 months.

See I live in the real world, where Ukrainians are dieing along with Russians and definitely not at odds of 10-1 or 7-1 ,

If you apply the claimed on here 10-1 just in bakhmut the majority of Russian total loses happen In bakhmut in the last few months, which goes against everything we have seen .

Some one took an opinion given in the media and hold on it like a life jacket in a cold bath

I have always been sceptical of the pledges of serious military equipment. It's easy to promise delivery a year down the line to gain brownie points at home and some crumbs in between when they know deep down what way this is likely to end up. Those pledges will never have to be seriously delivered on.

This conflict has been a foregone conclusion since the start. Yes the Ukrainians are fighting bravely, doing all they can and it's disgusting what is happening but we, in Europe, need to face the inevitable and think about our own security in the aftermath. Ukraine could just be the first victim of Russian expansionism.

A counter offensive is clearly a one shot deal. Ukraine's last chance. It has to work. Imagine the planning and knowing that's it if it fails basically. It just has to go right.

And in the real world losses are 1-1 according to you ??

Mad reality ur living in then