Posted on 05/01/2024 3:53:05 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russia is intensifying its efforts to seize Chasiv Yar, a crucial stronghold in eastern Ukraine, as exhausted and under-equipped Ukrainian brigades struggle to hold the line while waiting for US military aid.
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Chasiv Yar is seen as a key prize for Moscow, with senior Ukrainian commanders claiming the Russian general staff has ordered its forces to seize it by May 9 when Russia celebrates the end of the second world war.
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It took the Russian military nearly a year to advance six kilometres from the ravaged city of Bakhmut to the edge of Chasiv Yar.
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Maybe like at the Azov plant, they will successfully execute the evacuation maneuver and leave victoriously in the Team Z buses.
They will “advance on all fronts” in every direction instantaneously, it’ll be a blast.
“It took the Russian military nearly a year to advance six kilometres from the ravaged city of Bakhmut to the edge of Chasiv Yar.”
Yeah, and if we don’t watch out, why, they’ll be on the English Channel before you know it. Make up your mind. Either they’re incompetent doofuses, or the greatest menace Europe has ever faced. Which is it?
They’d be better off sending in whatever is left of Azov.
Rumor has it Azov indicated, hell no, we won't go.
Disobedience Spree? Azov Militants Refuse to Defend Chasov Yar – ReportOleg Burunov
14:09 GMT 10.04.2024Taking control of the Donetsk town is thought to be a matter of time for Russian troops, who recently approached the outskirts. An Azov* battalion assault brigade has again refused to comply with the Ukrainian command's orders, the Russian Telegram news channel Voenny Obozrevatel (Military Commentator) has reported.
According to the channel, the Azov brigade subverted an instruction by Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky to send them to Chasov Yar in an attempt to hold the town in the face of the Russian offensive.
The order was sabotaged because brigade commanders reportedly consider Chasov Yar to be lost for the Ukrainian military, amid reports that Russian forces entered the suburbs.
The Azov brigade earlier refused to enter the key city of Avdeyevka near Donetsk, which was liberated by Russian forces from Ukrainian nationalists in February.
Last week, Yan Gagin, an adviser to Donetsk People’s Republic head Denis Pushilin, said that “from Russian troops’ positions to the town itself there is about half a kilometer; sometimes this distance is more, but in principle it is about this.”
According to him, the enemy has built a rather serious fortification in the city itself, so the advance of the Russian military is carefully calibrated and the main task is to protect the soldiers.
"One should understand that the enemy had retreated to Chasov Yar after we [Russian forces] captured Artemovsk. The [Ukrainian] grouping in Chasov Yar has been being reinforced for over a month. They had about a year to prepare for this assault. This is a considerable period of time, and they have prepared. One should understand that there are engineering fortifications and minefields there," Gagin pointed out.
In August 2022, the Russian Supreme Court designated Azov as a terrorist organization. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said that Azov militants used prohibited means and methods of warfare and were complicit in the torture of civilians and killing of children.
*Terrorist organization banned in Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnV_IrbuDI4&ab_channel=MilitarySummary
Azov Brigade Refuses to Go to Chasiv-yar: Behind the Frontline ConflictMilitary Summary/Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe3L_SDqsU4&ab_channel=MilitarySummary
The Bloom | Ukraine Is Heading For Defeat | Azov Refused To Go To Chasiv Yar. MS For 2024.4.17Military Summary/Youtube
They should compel them to go.
After all, our media portrayed them as elite fighters and downplayed the neonazi nature of them.
Seems like they were only tough when they were shelling civilians.
When will the ukraine give Hungary its land back?
Poland too!
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Not so long ago, the same image was labeled ‘reinforcements for Bakhmut’, then ‘reinforcements for Adviivka’.
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