Posted on 06/08/2024 5:25:10 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A crack Russian unit of fighters was almost totally destroyed during intense fighting near Kharkiv, rendering it inoperable, according to reports from the frontline.
The devastating massacre took place last weekend during fighting for Vovchansk, a city located 73 km (45 miles) northeast of Kharkiv.
The city has become the focus of heavy fighting after Russian troops launched a surprise attack in the Kharkiv region in early May.
As of last week, the Russians claimed to control around and half of the city - but the situation on the ground remains very fluid.
After making initial gains, the Russians have increasingly become bogged down amid fierce resistance from Ukrainian troops, who are starting to receive fresh supplies of critical weapons from the US.
A pro-Russian military blogger claimed on his Telegram channel that the 1009th regiment had been wiped out during fierce battles in Vovchansk.
The unit consisted almost entirely of mobilised soldiers from the Pskov region in northwest Russia.
The blogger wrote on his "Northern Channel": "1009th Regiment, 25th Brigade, 6th Army. Mostly mobilised from the Pskov region.
"They stood until the last... Dark days for our guys and their relatives in the Kharkiv direction."
The blogger blamed commanders for the losses, saying they failed to take into account the "changing realities" of the battlefield.
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
Russia has already punished France and Tiny Hands Macron by stripping away France’s African colonies. That is why Macron is in such a snit.
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-africa-russia-emmanuel-macron-vladimir-putin-mali-central-african-republic-burkina-faso/
Unlike America's media that lies to us 24x7x365? The ones who pushed Hitlery's Russian Dossier? The ones who called the 2020 election for Biden when Trump was still leading? The ones who pushed the death of druggie St. George Floyd?
You are just a crap-throwing monkey that belongs in a zoo.
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You just cannot let any comment stand, without slinging some sort of personal insult/attack, can you?
Now, do Afghanistan.
“Best to trust Russian news sources; they are impeccably accurate and never lie.”
Unlike America's media that lies to us 24x7x365? The ones who pushed Hitlery’s Russian Dossier? The ones who called the 2020 election for Biden when Trump was still leading? The ones who pushed the death of druggie St. George Floyd?
You are just a crap-throwing monkey that belongs in a zoo.
Forgot to Ping! (need coffee!)
You never let a comment you do not like stand, without hurling some sort of persona attack or insult, do you?
I forgive you trying to get the mods on me, I know that you miss Speedy terribly and MarciMaxipad is not filling the hole in your heart. My apologies.
Afghanistan war losses pale in comparison to their invasion of the Ukraine.
Russian losses in Afghanistan over 10 years
9,500 killed in combat
4,000 died from wounds
1,000 died from disease and accidents
53,753 wounded
264 missing
451 aircraft lost (including 333 helicopters)
147 tanks lost
1,314 IFVs/APCs lost
433 artillery guns and mortars lost
11,369 cargo and fuel tanker trucks lost
Russian losses Ukraine over 2 years.
Military personnel — apprx. 518,500 people
Tanks — 7843
Armored fighting vehicle — 15105
Artillery systems — 13533
MLRS — 1095
Anti-aircraft warfare — 834
Planes — 357
Helicopters — 326
UAV — 10945
Cruise missiles — 2277
Ships (boats) — 28
Submarines — 1
Cars and cisterns — 18484
Special equipment — 2248
Now do the cost to America
Well... So far I’d say zero deaths, while the Russians have lost the population of Atlanta.
Because the media never lies about anything, right?
I see that your PDS acting up again today!
You should really get out more often. It’ll do wonders to get Putin out of your brain for a bit.
FOG of War—we will not know the truth for ten years and it will be ugly. In the future Russians and Ukrainians will wonder why they were fighting? Like we puzzle at why boys from North and South took up arms against one another in 1861. War is a terrible thing—to be avoided at all costs. Its not a video game or a movie. It taps into the evil within each man and woman. Still, lots of people and companies can get rich, and it improves technology—without WW II would we have advanced computers today?
Russian Forces Storms Novooleksandrivka l Russians Are Preparing For Another Offensive
The answer to your question is that the CIA took over the Ukraine government like a Cordyceps fungus and forced the Ukraine to do its bidding for the CIA's benefit, not the Ukraine's.
When UK papers say Pootie-poot is “reeling,” it’s a certainty that it’s the Ukraine which is reeling. These papers are lying war whores.
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