Posted on 09/29/2024 9:06:05 AM PDT by Kazan
Two and a half years since the war began, we’ve finally come to the point where most of the Mockingbird Media is ready to call it quits, and openly admit the obvious: Russian Federation troops are winning the war.
Even in their cheerleading for Kiev, they have to admit that ‘if Ukraine and its Western backers are to win, they must first have the courage to admit that they are losing.’
The Economist reported:
“A measure of Ukraine’s declining fortunes is Russia’s advance in the east, particularly around the city of Pokrovsk.
[…] Ukraine is also struggling off the battlefield. Russia has destroyed so much of the power grid that Ukrainians will face the freezing winter with daily blackouts of up to 16 hours. People are tired of war. The army is struggling to mobilize and train enough troops to hold the line, let alone retake territory. There is a growing gap between the total victory many Ukrainians say they want, and their willingness or ability to fight for it.”
Another unmistakable realization is that abroad, ‘fatigue is setting in’, be it in Germany and France or in the United States.
“If Mr Zelensky continues to defy reality by insisting that Ukraine’s army can take back all the land Russia has stolen since 2014, he will drive away Ukraine’s backers and further divide Ukrainian society. Whether or not Mr Trump wins in November, the only hope of keeping American and European support and uniting Ukrainians is for a new approach that starts with leaders stating honestly what victory means.”
It’s become obvious that he does not have the men or arms to turn the war around.
In a different report, the same The Economist has to state that “With his army gradually losing ground, his people’s enthusiasm for the war flagging and Western support in doubt, Mr. Zelensky is in a bind.”
The article reminds Western readers that ‘since Ukraine recaptured the city of Kherson in late 2022, it has made almost no progress repelling Russia’s invasion’.
The summer offensive in 2023 was a failure, and now Moscow is closing in on several more Ukrainian strongholds in Donetsk, including Pokrovsk and Ugledar.
Another harsh reality they start to face is the attacker’s huge advantage in firepower, especially now with glide bombs, which are guided munitions of up to 3 tons that can flatten defensive positions and slaughter troops.
“Russia [has launched] nine waves of attacks from March to August against Ukraine’s power plants and electricity grid. It has hit targets in almost every province under Ukrainian control, according to a recent UN report. This onslaught took out some 80% of Ukraine’s coal- and gas-fired generation.”
At this point, 77% of Ukrainians say a friend or acquaintance has died in the war, while 22% have lost a relative.
That is not all, because Some 6.5m people – almost a fifth of the population – have fled the country.
And who are the people that Kyiv expects to turn this around? Old – for war – conscripted people with an average age of 45 years old, whose training standards have reportedly been so poor that not all of them know how to hold a weapon.
Military Watch Magazine reported:
“The Ukrainian Army is suffering from a continued decline in the capabilities of its frontline units, as losses among trained and experienced units have fuelled a fast growing reliance on conscript units with very limited operational capabilities.”
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi says that recruits ‘have consistently proven to lack necessary training for frontline operations’.
Senior conscription officer: “Out of 100 people who joined the units last fall, 10-20 remain, the rest are dead, wounded or disabled.”
Financial Times reported:
“Ukraine’s troops and their commanders are growing concerned over manpower problems, particularly the quality of new recruits and the speed at which they are injured or killed in combat.
[…] The new conscripts lack basic combat skills and motivation and often abandon their positions when they come under fire.
[…] The commanders estimated that 50 to 70 percent of new infantry troops were killed or wounded within days of starting their first rotation.
‘When the new guys get to the position, a lot of them run away at the first shell explosion’.”
Since the a new conscription law in May, Ukraine has managed to to draft about 30,000 soldiers a month – mostly by force.
“But commanders on the ground and military analysts have warned that the newly drafted troops are not highly motivated, are psychologically and physically unprepared — and are being killed at an alarming rate as a result.”
The remaining seasoned soldiers die too quickly and are being replaced by older men without experience and in worse physical shape.
“’Some of them don’t even know how to hold their rifles. They peel more potatoes than they shoot bullets’, he said, adding that he had bought paintball equipment to replace rifles and live rounds so that new recruits could get more practice without wasting precious ammunition.”
CNN — Russia appears on track to produce nearly three times more artillery munitions than the US and Europe, a key advantage ahead of what is expected to be another Russian offensive in Ukraine later this year.
Russia is producing about 250,000 artillery munitions per month, or about 3 million a year, according to NATO intelligence estimates of Russian defense production shared with CNN, as well as sources familiar with Western efforts to arm Ukraine. Collectively, the US and Europe have the capacity to generate only about 1.2 million munitions annually to send to Kyiv, a senior European intelligence official told CNN.
Agreed Putin should withdraw
lol
You post this on a kazan thread, precious
Wait a minute... Putin has been trying to win for 2 and a half years, and he is not even close! He has let Ukraine into his country and can’t kick them out. Putin has lost all the original soldiers he started with when he invaded Ukraine.
And now the attacked party should give up all their land and lives and become slaves to the Russians? Better to fight for a hundred years than to give up to the immoral Russians.
Europe knows if Ukraine surrenders Poland and all the other countries in Europe would be attacked then.
Of course!
The news will evoke this response from zeepers.
And since our ping list exists to laugh at the reality of Zeepers, nothing could be more fitting!
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Why are you calling Russians Neocons? Everyone knows all Putin has done since he became president is attack and invade other countries, including Ukraine.
It’s heartbreaking. :( Those are human beings with people who love them and they’re being used as mere cannon fodder.
(Love the tagline!)
If Russia can produce so much ammo, why are they having to buy it from Iran and North Korea? Because they cannot produce it.
"And who are the people that Kyiv expects to turn this around? Old – for war – conscripted people with an average age of 45 years old, whose training standards have reportedly been so poor that not all of them know how to hold a weapon."
I assume because it was cheaper to do so.
But, apparently, you won't even believe sources that have been rabidly pro-Ukrainian...
The worm has turned on Z-Man.
He “Victory Plan” was just more delusional Ukie Propaganda.
Then volunteer to fight for YouCrayne to beat bad Pooty-poo.
Right along with what Jim intended with FR
You should be proud 😎
Yes thank you.
I’ll add you to the Zeeper Follies Ping List so you don’t miss any great new memes! We have a whole new season coming!
The new “old” recruits are training with paintball equipment. This is atrocious. Those poor men don’t stand a chance!
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Democrats have turned against the Russians.
It started in earnest with Obama, fueled the anti-Trump rumor mill and a basket full of vague allegations about Russian trolls hacking corporate servers and tampering with elections. Biden issued Executive Order 14024, 11 months prior to Putin’s invasion. This was from administration hardly competent to anticipate beyond the coming week. Then came the Afghan withdrawal of May that same year, one month after the anti-Russian announcement.
Biden’s decision to throw in with the Ukes followed Cheney’s desire to dismantle Russia in the manner of Yugoslavia. That policy probably stimulated the massive “investments” led by Cheneys, Bushes, Obamas, Soros & Biden. Putin’s invasion was a reaction to that encroachment, as he no doubt perceived it. Biden responded, intent on preserving those investments, but relying on Cheney’s doctrine as a pretext.
The point is: this war was planned long before it happened.
I’m just an armchair referee; if anyone can offer corrections I’d be grateful.
Perfect
Curse you Red Baron!
It started with our push to expand NATO encroaching right up to the Russian border. It wasn't right when The Soviet Union tried to do it to US and it isn't right for us to do it to Russia.
WE won the Cold War but the MIC and NeoCons weren't satisfied with Peace, you want an endless war to fill the coffers with ill gained lucre.
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