Update from Ukraine | Finally Leopard 2 tanks delivery to Ukraine | Ruzzia advances to Bakhmut

Youtube ^ | 12-8-2022 6:00 p.m. EST | Denys Davydov

[kiryandil]

If the Ulrainians had armor, they could have armored infantry.

If they had infantry.     

[Forward the Light Brigade]

I believe the Leopard Tanks will have a short life on the battlefield. We shall see.

[PIF]

Russians have been stymied in front of Bakhmut for months. Even if they begin a major push it will be a very tough nut to crack, with large areas given to house to house fighting. Doubt the Russian conscripts have much taste for that sort of thing.

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The troops on that from are Wagner mercenaries, they are the most effective troops that Russia has because they are not bound by regular Russian army rules, tactics or paperwork. They take a common sense approach to war.

That said, the troops they are using are all Russian convicts taken from prisons on the promise of having their sentence commuted if they fight for a certain period, else if they retreat they will be shot.

As of a week of so ago he owner of the Wagner Group said Bakhmut is NOT the objective, rather it is to kill as many Ukraine troops as possible in this war of attrition. The mission of the convicts has been stated as kill and die. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner said, ‘we are exchanging low value material (the convicts) and clearing out our prisons for as many lives of high value material (UA troops) as possible’.

Since they cannot retreat, they can be sent on frontal attacks on strong holds, fulfilling their purpose to kill and die.