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Blunders early on in the campaign including poor planning and logistics that saw vehicles stall due to breakdowns, run out of fuel and get bogged down in mud are thought to be behind the eye-watering officer death toll - as commanders were forced to the front to fix the problems before being picked off by Ukrainians.
1 posted on 03/16/2022 4:58:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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An entire column of Russian T80U tanks from the elite 4th Guards ‘Kantemirovskaya’ Tank Division stuck in the mud and abandoned by their crews.

https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1503828594866462720


2 posted on 03/16/2022 4:59:17 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Ukrainian soldier with a Javelin ATGM and a destroyed Russian T-72B tank.

https://twitter.com/WarReportUk/status/1504055983621955590


3 posted on 03/16/2022 5:01:40 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Another doze of Daily Propaganda?:)


4 posted on 03/16/2022 5:02:36 AM PDT by NorseViking
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There is something seriously wrong with this man


5 posted on 03/16/2022 5:03:55 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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I would suspect camera drones would be incredibly effective for locating targets.


6 posted on 03/16/2022 5:04:17 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (Let's go Brandon)
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I guess the SARS and related vaccines weren’t doing the trick fast enough?


8 posted on 03/16/2022 5:06:47 AM PDT by Scarlett156 (What's causing that funny smell? Scientology going down in flames! )
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This is at least the 4th time this story has been posted.
Generals like other soldiers die in wars.
What's new about that?
9 posted on 03/16/2022 5:06:51 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Putin is really screwed. In the modern internet age there is no way to hide the truth. The Russian people from the lowest to the wealthiest oligarchs will want his head on a pike for causing all the harm to them, all for his own meglomaniac fantasy.


20 posted on 03/16/2022 5:19:25 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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I guess if the Ukrainians are crushing the Russians so bad they won’t need any more no-fly zone, weapons or billions of dollars. Maybe we could even put our troops on our border.


22 posted on 03/16/2022 5:20:08 AM PDT by McGruff (It's America First, stupid.)
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I hope the Ukrainians are beating the crap out of Russia....


29 posted on 03/16/2022 5:23:55 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the ones trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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You know that COVID is really over when nobody is reporting how many deaths, hospitalizations, or new breakthrough cases have been reported in Ukraine in the last month.


31 posted on 03/16/2022 5:24:59 AM PDT by Bernard (Jeffrey Toobin may turn out to be the most ethical character at CNN because he only abused himself.)
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I’m wondering if Putin assumes that any generals who get picked off probably deserved it.


33 posted on 03/16/2022 5:28:45 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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"Andrei, you lost another General?"

39 posted on 03/16/2022 5:47:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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SWAT fighters from the Dzerzhinsky Division = special forces fighters from the Vityaz Special Purpose Center of the Dzerzhinsky Division, 604th Special Purpose Center

Forces of the 604th Special Purpose Center are focused on rural actions and operations, such as liquidation of terrorist cells and heavy raids. However, large scale counter-terrorism operations usually involve SOBR, Spetsnaz, OMON and FSB units due to the large personnel demands.

The special forces unit “Rus’” was created on 1 August 1994; it may track its roots from the 4th Battalion of the Soviet OMSBON, the Independent Motorized Infantry Battalion of Special Purpose, later renamed ODON. The dedicated role of the Rus unit was counter-terrorism and direct action in times of crisis, but actively participated in military and paramilitary operations in Chechnya and the broader North Caucasus region along with other MVD units, such as Vityaz. - wiki

These troops must be the “highly trained” ones, stated as entering the country some days back. They are the best of the best, supposedly.


50 posted on 03/16/2022 6:02:15 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Putin Puffers will be along shortly.


55 posted on 03/16/2022 6:08:57 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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This guy was the commander of the 150th Motor Rifle Division, which is apparently one of the better equipped units of the Russian active forces. They have T90A tanks and BMP-3 IFV’s, the top of the line save for a tiny number of more advanced vehicles. There aren’t that many T-90’s in Russian service and these guys have maybe 1/4 or 1/5th of all those on inventory.


74 posted on 03/16/2022 6:29:24 AM PDT by buwaya
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Looks like now would be a good time to free Cuba.


77 posted on 03/16/2022 6:47:53 AM PDT by The Public Eye
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The strategy and weaponry employed to take out tanks and armored vehicles is very useful.


79 posted on 03/16/2022 7:03:38 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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No problem because every country has tons of Generals , you can’t shake a tree without a hand full of Generals falling out


80 posted on 03/16/2022 7:07:34 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Daily Mail is not a credible source of news, one loses IQ point when one reads it (I won’t) and one loses respect when one promotes it.


84 posted on 03/16/2022 7:18:14 AM PDT by jpsb
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