Update from Ukraine | Frontlines are Boiling Ukraine Advances on the South Ruzzia sends more forces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjElWt-iU2w
Offensive through the eyes of a soldier November 17, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-630-summary/ Offensive through the eyes of a soldier Company commander of 47th Mechanized Brigade speaks about the unit and combat in the south.
Mykola Melnyk is an officer of Ukrainian Armed Forces, owner of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Order. In 2022, he joined 47th Mechanized Brigade (back then a battalion) and became company commander. He recently gave an interview to Ukrainian Front 18 channel, where he speaks about the brigade and the offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
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“Victory is just around the corner.”
General Westmoreland
Ukraine is about to lose Avdiivka. This post is caca.
Are you related to Baghdad Bob?
I spent some time touring websites that rank nations of the world in terms of military capacity as of April 2023.
Russia has about 142 million people, and the Ukraine hopes to win a war of attrition with it's 43.5 million people, many of whom have left the country (refugees or escaping conscription), been injured or killed.
The disparity's in capacity are laughably obvious, even though we are bombarded with propaganda that portrays this war as a close call. Here's a table showing which side has the advantage - I think the Ukraine has the geographic advantage in that it is fighting on it's own soil. Other than that, nada.
I know that this is actually NATO's war, but I recall the early memes of the Ukraine bragging that it alone was more than a match for Russia. And now NATO is pressuring Z for peace negotations.
Russia has 70 submarines, and the Ukraine doesn't have any. It certainly puts a different light on the massive Pro Ukraine celebrations about damaging Russian subs - the Ukrainians didn't have any of their own to be damaged so in their eyes, that's a big win - a sign of their military prowess??? Russia has over 4000 aircraft, the Ukraine has 312. We know the Ukraine's aircraft are no match (too old, lower tech) for Russia's and by now, some countries will have shipped their old fighters to the Ukraine. On and on it goes, and just now, another shilling thread touting the YOUCRAINE's supposedly imminent victory, as internationally the Ukraine has lost financial backing and is being pressured to negotiate.
The Global power website ranks Russia and the Ukraine among all militarized nations overall, and on a piecemeal basis. It counts able bodied (able to serve in military) and troop levels etc.
https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-comparison-detail.php?country1=russia&country2=ukraine
That website's data was used create the following table on Statista:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296573/russia-ukraine-military-comparison/
Indicator Russia Ukraine Personnel - - Estimated total military personnel 1,330,900 500,000 Active soldiers 830,900 200,000 Reserve forces 250,000 250,000 Paramilitary units 250,000 50,000 Air force - - Total aircraft 4,182 312 Total helicopters 1,531 113 Fighters 773 69 Dedicated attack 744 28 Attack helicopters 537 33 Trainers 524 71 Transport aircraft 444 26
Special-mission aircraft 147 5 Aerial tankers 19 0 Land power - - Armored vehicles 151,641 37,000 Tank strength 12,566 1,890 Tower artillery 4,336 889 Self-propelled artillery 6,575 953 Mobile rocket projectors 3,887 647 Naval force - - Total military ships 598 38 Corvettes 86 1 Submarines 70 0 Patrol vessels 59 13
Mine warfare 49 1 Destroyers 15 0 Frigates 11 1 Aircraft carriers 1 0 Nuclear weapons - - Total inventory of nuclear warheads* 5,977 0
Pure, unfiltered Ukraine Propaganda. Nothing more.
