Posted on 11/27/2023 9:04:35 AM PST by bimboeruption
When the Siege of Avdiivka started, I wrote that, according to what we learned about the similar sieges of Mariupol and Bakhmut, we could expect three things:
First of all – advances will probably be slow.
The second important lesson from past sieges in this war has to do with the coverage by the MSM.
All the time, it is stressed in their how horribly failing the Russians are, how they don’t have a chance, while papers sing praises for the impenetrable Ukrainian defenses.
Meanwhile, the Russians will be losing the war in the headlines but winning in the ground, until they finally take the city.
The 3rd feature is: when Russians do, a key defensive bastion like Avdiivka will be rebranded as a minor non-strategic place.
But if we dig a bit, it’s easy to find good information.
For example, Ukrainian soldiers now say that they fear losing a ‘war of exhaustion’ [attrition] against Russia ‘as Kyiv struggles to replenish its battle-weary forces’.
Telegraph reported:
“Units on the front lines are commonly 20 to 40 per cent below strength as Ukraine counts the costs of its summer counter-offensive, a retired Ukrainian lieutenant general told [the media].”
It was hoped that the ‘Nato-trained brigades equipped with Western tanks’ would liberate vast amount of territory occupied by Russia as part of the much-hyped counteroffensive.
But in reality, Ukrainian troops ‘battered and bruised’ Russian forces, but the heavily fortified front lines barely moved in months of brutal fighting.
“[Private] Bohdan Lysenko, of Ukraine’s 47th Brigade: ‘We don’t have a chance playing [a] war of exhaustion with Russia. We need a fundamental change in our army’.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Or until every able-bodied Ukrainian is dead.
DemonRatz have no use for White People anyway.
Yep
Russia is now using cluster glide bombs dropped from aircraft which cover a much larger area than the Ukrainian shell ones
The Russians using cluster munitions is obviously a war crime!!!
Ooops, the Ukes are using US supplied cluster munitions so it is not a war crime for now in this particular conflict at this time. But that may change. Depending.
“The Russians using cluster munitions is obviously a war crime!!!”
Neither Russia or Ukraine are parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions so any claim of a ‘war crime’ by either is not going to be held up by the facts.
https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-6&chapter=26&clang=_en
Lol
Exactly.
Whites are expendable. Especially, White Christian males.
Nearing time for re-escalation.
Austin promised.
This whole mess is much like WW1. European Christians are killing each other in large numbers over relatively minor things. And neither side will budge. Just one more big push should do it!
But here’s how it’s different. Unlike in 1914, Islam is on the march today. They will happily pick up the pieces.
Biden wants to be seen as a ‘leader’, but not when it comes to the Ukraine/Russia conflict.
“Unlike in 1914, Islam is on the march today.”
Turkey fought in WWI, but lost a lot of territory.
And all for nothing but the destruction of Ukraine and Russia and the deaths of hundreds of thousands - by design. Welcome to Biden's proxy war.
so stupid
russia is 28 times larger than Ukraine and in one and half years hasn’t been able to defeat a bunch of farmers and miners
face it, putin is an evil loser
And when that happens, Poland should be prepared to be "ukrainized."
They will be the next people forced by the US/NATO/EU globalists into sacrificing themselves in a conflict with Russia
Right. But the Ottoman Turks did not have any serious designs on Europe proper. It’s far different with the Islamists of today. They really do want a Shariah Europe. And given that most of Europe is so weak, the Islamists just might get their way.
Some of you might wish to read about this very significant war:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877–1878)
I bet if the Europeans implemented a draft they wouldn’t have the immigration problem they have today....
The Poles have the toughness of Ukrainians, but are supported by a far better nation state.
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