“one-time payments to veterans and the families of deceased servicemembers”
That is what they are calling “GDP”.
“New record 1,950 (Russian casualties in a day), or 1.35/min”
That, they are calling GDP growth.
In reality, it is a giant bonfire of Russia’s wealth and human capital.
All because of Vlad, the disaster.
Not sure about all the fronts, but I would say Kursk is responsible for a large part of these losses
The way the Russians disregard the Kursk operation from the beginning reminds me of many of the claims that have been made over the nearly 3 years
Putin went in easy.
Putin does not want to destroy Ukraine
Russia has huge reserves being held back
Russia will never run out of ammunition and equipment and manpower
Europe will freeze
Sanctions have had no effect
Economy great, GDP great
Kursk is a distraction and will have no effect on the war….
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Today [ Nov 12 ], there are a lot of interesting updates from the Kursk direction.
After over a month of preparations, the Russians initiated a new wave of counterattacks to recapture Malaya Loknya from 2 axis of advance with the engagement of North Koreans.
However, Ukrainians took advantage of the operational pause, enabling them to fully prepare some of their most elite units to face the Russian assaults.
The Russian plan in this area was to advance 4 km along a paved road toward Malaya Loknya aiming for the town near the settlement of Pogrebki. A second route was planned to the west of Malaya Loknya, advancing via the road from Novoivanovka.
Gaining control of Malaya Loknya would allow the Russians to cut off Ukrainian forces position north of the town and secure a large northern area, thereby extending their counter offensive southward toward Sudja
Some of Ukraine’s most elite and experienced units, including the 47th Mechanized Brigade 82nd airmobile Brigade 17th Mechanized Brigade and 80th Airmobile Brigade, were tasked with defend in this area. Given these units expertise and strong leadership, they anticipated repeated large-scale Russian mechanized assaults along the paved roads to Malaya Loknya.
Recognizing that the Russians could only attack from 2 directions, due to the limited road access, Ukrainian commanders prepared by deploying substantial drone units and implementing remote mining along these roads to counter the assault.
As anticipated, the Russians launched a major assault north of Pogrebki, along the road to Malaya Loa, deploying around 15 BTRs and over 150 soldiers from the Russian 810th Marine Brigade, reportedly with North Korean troops.
The assault hit landmines immediately, wiping out the first 3 vehicles and an entire platoon before reaching Ukrainian controlled areas. By the time Russian forces entered Pogrebki 5 of the 15 BTRs had already been destroyed destroyed by landmines alone.
Ukrainians then destroyed 9 more BTRs around Pogrebki, using a combination of drones, landmines, and RPGs, forcing a desperate Russian retreat. Only 1 BTR managed to reach the rear, but was soon eliminated, marking the total destruction of the Russian column.
Published footage by the Ukrainian troops from the area, reveals that North Korean Type 73 machine guns were discovered scattered around the eliminated column. This implies the gradual inclusion of North Korean soldiers in Russian storming operations, as their number of deployed fighters are slowly growing in Kursk
Anticipating a coordinated Russian assault from Novoivanovka to align with the attack toward Pogrebki, Ukrainians deploy tanks from the 17th Mechanized Brigade to disrupt Russian force concentrations preparing for the offensive.
Combat footage shows Ukrainian tanks conducting a raid on Russian positions in nearby forests, after effectively neutralizing these assault forces and eliminating the threat, the Ukrainian tanks withdrew without incurring any losses
Overall, the Russians launched their largest assault in the direction of Malaya Loknya, in hopes of repeating the success of their previous operations in Kursk and failed, as their entire assault units were wiped out
As the intensity of Russian attacks in Kursk are growing with a relatively low number of troops for broader offensive operations, they are hurrying up to include North Korean troops in their further offensive efforts, however with disastrous efficiency so far.