Posted on 05/02/2022 8:12:53 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.
(Excerpt) Read more at oryxspioenkop.com ...
Several of them do, Speedy. Read them and you will understand what happened in Kviv.
So RuZZia lost the Battle of Kyiv? You agree?
“Popular Russian telegram channel says “We fucked up in the Kharkiv direction”, inspires a 1400+ comment meltdown.”
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1521182739713736706
“in Donbas, the Russians have gone from 3-men tank crews to 2-men tank crews, according to reports!”
“Overall mood on russkies social media accounts is quite gloomy. They try to explain failures on the Eastern front by citing two main reasons: Ukrainian forces have 8 years to prepare; they are deploying the most experienced troops in this area..”
“Twenty Ukrainian soldiers began receiving training yesterday on how to use the new Phoenix Ghost drone. The unmanned aircraft is a loitering munition that can be flown directly into Russian vehicles or troop formations.”
Battle of Kharkiv is turning towards Ukraine.
“NEW: Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia near Kharkiv has pushed invading troops nearly 25 miles outside of 🇺🇦’s second-largest city: senior U.S. defense official
“They were hoping to get Kharkiv and hold it” to push down into the Donbas, the official said.”
“So RuZZia lost the Battle of Kyiv? You agree?”
Of course, as that soldier in one of the posts I linked for you said: In the first few days they lost a lot of people, 500. That is why 156 officers are in prison.
That is also why they changed their battle plan to the current slow moving one that is resulting in very few casualties.
My father was an engineer for the Dept. of the Navy; he worked on various aspects of ship design and logistics. I’ve been hearing about the obsolence of surface ships since the late ‘60s. When he was working on subs, those folks would call surface ships “targets,” as in, “Can you believe it? We’re still building targets!”
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/05/ukraines-army-is-in-very-bad-state-more-fighting-will-only-destroy-it.html
(Read the whole thing...it is very sad.)
Ukraine’s Army Is In Very Bad Shape - More Fighting Will Only Destroy It
The French news agency AFP has published a report by Daphne Rousseau from near the Ukrainian frontline. It allows us to gain some realistic view of the state of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Packed with exhausted Ukrainian soldiers with clenched jaws, the truck drives away at full speed. The troops from the 81st brigade have just received an order to withdraw from the eastern front where Russian forces advance.
The brigade walked 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) Saturday, camouflaged in the woods and under crossfire, until their point of retreat at Sviatoguirsk.
The 81st Airmobile Brigade consists of 3 infantry battalions equipped with BTR-70 armored personnel carriers that can be loaded onto a plane. It also has a strong artillery group with 3 gun and missile battalions, and the usual hodgepodge of support units.
As the Ukrainian troops had to walk 12 kilometers a question arises. Where are their armored carriers? Even when infantry is deployed in dugouts and trenches its transport should always be nearby (~3 km) to be able to quickly pick it up when necessary.
The most likely answer is that those BTR-70, as well as the brigade’s artillery, no longer exist.
For a month, the 81st — whose motto is “always first” — battled to push back the Russian advance in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region where Moscow’s troops move forward slowly, taking villages one by one. “Everyone understands that we must guard the line here, we cannot let the enemy move closer, we try to hold it with all our force,” says lieutenant Yevgen Samoylov, anxious that the unit could be hit by Russian fire at any point.
“As you can hear, the enemy is very, very near,” he says, pointing to the sky. The line of Russian tanks is on the other side of a hill, around seven kilometres (4.3 miles) away.
At the start of the war, they spent a month defending Izium, which fell on April 1, before joining the fighting around the village of Oleksandrivka.
“Some really difficult battles,” says the quiet Samoylov. In this brigade, like the others, they don’t say how many people have been killed. When the subject comes up, Samoylov’s gaze becomes misty. The pain is raw.
Dont be sad, be happy. Ukraine will win.
Its like Vietnam. Vietnam could lose more dead than the US. Ukraine can lose more than RuZZia. They are fighting for their country.
Next is to liberate Kharkiv. Then Donbass. Then Kherson. Then Crimea.
Kill, the invaders by the thousands every month until they leave Ukrainian land.
“Czechia has declared its interest in participating in the expansion of the LNG terminal in Świnoujście, Poland.
The terminal’s capacity will increase from 5 bcma to 7.5 once the expansion is completed in 2023.
The planned gas pipeline Stork II would then let some gas flow to CZ”
Those cities that you mention are between 65-75% Russian speaking. They don’t see this the way you do.
By the way, they had a vote in Crimea at the time it was annexed to Russia. 95% voted to separate from Ukraine.
Ukraine is a very divided country. The areas should never have been put together 30 years ago when the country was formed.
This guy does a pretty good job of reporting, imo. He’s pro-Ukraine but is mostly objective:
Ukraine: military situation update with maps, May 1, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDiVpKcA214
Crimea only gets to leave if Ukraine approves. Otherwise, any referendums are void.
Can Quebec leave Canada with Canada’s authorization? No.
Ukraine is no longer embargoing TB2 videos like the past few weeks. Now they are showcasing them.
“Two hours before the ZU-23-2 strike, a Ukrainian TB2 struck a Russian Strela-10 short-range air defense system on Snake Island.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1521264087174426632
“More explosions heard in Russia’s Belgorod region.
Russian state-controlled media RIA Novosti reported the sound of a loud “clap,” similar to an explosion of medium strength, in the center of Belgorod.
A series of explosions was also reported on a local Telegram channel.”
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