Do FR really expect this kind of soldier to win?
Posted on 12/16/2022 12:30:49 PM PST by Cronos
An elite Russian military brigade suffered so many losses while fighting in Ukraine that it was essentially "wiped out" and is expected to take a long time to rebuild, according to a new report.
When it was first sent into Ukraine, the 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, stationed in northwestern Russia near its border with NATO-leaning Finland, had more experience, newer equipment, and better training than many other Russian units, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
But despite these advantages, the 200th suffered greatly in the months of combat that would follow.
Shortly after the invasion, units belonging to the 200th were attacked and ambushed, leaving numerous soldiers dead and equipment abandoned, according to the report.
The 200th spent the following weeks defending positions in the Kharkiv region and fending off Ukrainian attacks. By late May, documents obtained by the Post revealed, hundreds of soldiers had been lost in Ukraine from two battalion tactical groups. Several months later, the 200th was routed during Ukraine's lightning counteroffensive in the northeast Kharkiv region.
One soldier serving in the 200th after being drafted as part of Russian President Vladimir Putin's September mobilization order told The Post this month that "the unit is in a state of decay" and he was given "painted helmets from 1941 and vests without plates." Western officials told the paper that the brigade was riddled with dysfunction,. hindering its combat capabilities.
...Paratroopers from the country's elite airborne force, known as the VDV, took substantial loses as they encountered numerous failures during the early weeks of Russia's campaign. One VDV unit saw its commander killed, and another was ambushed during a patrol in the Kyiv region.
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I don’t believe stories like this anymore. I feel they are published by Ukraine to keep the money flowing..
So if the stories are not true why do the Russian keep getting forced back .....
With an impeccable source like business insider? /s
Ukraine Update 12/16/22:
Another Russian Missile Strike. Ukraine Top General Admits Possible Defeat.
“I feel they are published by Ukraine to keep the money flowing..”
And repeated on FR ad nauseum out of a selfish, stunted sense of patriotism.
Meanwhile Russia is dismantling the entirety of the Ukraine, no electricity, fuel, sewage, food, etc. The Ukraine is being gutted with artillery and missile strikes similar to what we did in the Iraq War and in Kosovo. Now that General Winter is here there will be floods of refugees to Europe.
Sure and inflation is just transitory.
Ozaryanivka, south of Bakhmut. Footage of disposal of Russian manpower by unknown shrapnel shells. pic.twitter.com/vfoUTWuy9i— NOËL 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 16, 2022
Wiped out twice — impressive
The whole bunch of NATO countries will be looking for those warm clothes issued to German soldiers during invasion of Russia in WWII.
Do FR really expect this kind of soldier to win?
This is like the drive-by journalism.
One MSM source “reports” something, then a bunch of other sites quote that, using the words “according to a report”
(which leads the reader to believe it was a confidential Kremlin report heroically obtained by OUR TRUSTY SELFLESS REPORTER WORKING FOR YOU™).
What a crock.
The Press Is The Enemy Of The People.
They’re just pining…
Where is the “Cranked” Russian troll? Asleep at the wheel? At least give us his replacement!
If they were elite they would not be wiped out. This does not pass the smell test on many levels.
Yes, I see another apartment building in Ukraine was destroyed today by Russian nazis. You must be so proud.
It is called “war” for a reason and it is nothing that we haven’t been doing ourselves since WW II. Hypocrisy is not a good look Lodi.
That’s circular reasoning. Always fallacious.
It’s a meat grinder.
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