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Despite an end to US resupply until Saturday’s Congressional vote and serious ammo shortages on the part of Ukraine, it took the Russians at least 3 months to take this tiny village of 1,400 people.

https://wavellroom.com/2024/03/14/fpv-drones-on-the-battlefield/
[At the end of January 2024 a Russian company from 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment 1 set off to attack in the area of Novomikhailovka, South-West of Donetsk City. The company comprised three T-72s leading one BMP-1 and seven MT-LBs (catastrophic attrition means the Russian Army now uses the MT-LB utility tracked vehicle as an APC). After leaving a hard-topped road the sub-unit fanned out to attack from the line of march across open fields. It didn’t get too far. The company was not stopped by mines or other engineering obstacles. Nor was it stopped by artillery or rocket fire. There were no anti-tank engagements and no Ukrainian tanks deployed to counter-attack. In fact, none of the elements of a defensive battle studied by a British Army cadet at Sandhurst, or student at the Defence College at Shrivenham, were present. The company was stopped by $500 FPV drones loaded with explosive charges. All but one vehicle were damaged or destroyed and the survivors fled on foot.]

In 1940, Germany took all of France in 6 weeks, half the time Russia has used to capture this small village. With the US resupply spigot about to turn back on, the Russians will likely mount a big push to advance as far as they can before a fresh torrent of American munitions and the arrival of Western fighter bombers are used to push them back.

Despite an end to US resupply until Saturday’s Congressional vote and serious ammo shortages on the part of Ukraine, it took the Russians at least 3 months to take this tiny village of 1,400 people.

What a load of crap. The Russians are rooting Ukraine out of positions that had been heavily fortified for years.

Ukraine isn't getting an inch of territory back that the Russians control. Ukraine is losing ground DAILY that it will never get back. If you want to dispute, put up or shut up and bet me on that. $500 to a future freep-a-thon.

Your statement(s) are pathetic. The point is, the Ukraine is losing and cannot win, and has burned through most of the men and is conscripting the elderly, disabled, and boys to keep fighting a war they cannot win.

Ukrainian apologists point to a ship that the CIA/NATO just blew up in the name of ‘The Ukraine!’ but the Ukraine is losing - everything. All infrastructure of value is being destroyed by constant electrical switching which is frying everything plugged into the grid (medical equipment, computers, cell phones, ovens, lights etc.) The public has mostly fled and the women/children are for the most part, permanently resettled in other countries (they are seeking ‘safety). The remaining men are being conscripted and under equipped to fight under Russian air attack, as the Ukraine does not have sufficient air defenses or modern jets.

So you can say ‘Hey it took them X months’ and make an irrelevant comparison to Nazi Germany (uhm...circumstances have changed, yes?) but you continue to obscure the obvious point. The Ukrainians are being killed to the last man to provide optics for NATO.