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A Ukrainian Town Deals Russia One of the War’s Most Decisive Routs
WSJ ^ | 16-MAR-2022 | Yaroslav Trofimov

Posted on 03/16/2022 9:29:59 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

A Kalashnikov rifle slung over his shoulder, Voznesensk’s funeral director, Mykhailo Sokurenko, spent this Tuesday driving through fields and forests, picking up dead Russian soldiers and taking them to a freezer railway car piled with Russian bodies—the casualties of one of the most comprehensive routs President Vladimir Putin’s forces have suffered since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

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Russian survivors of the Voznesensk battle left behind nearly 30 of their 43 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, multiple-rocket launchers and trucks, as well as a downed Mi-24 attack helicopter, according to Ukrainian officials in the city. The helicopter’s remnants and some pieces of burned-out Russian armor were still scattered around Voznesensk on Tuesday.

Russian forces retreated more than 40 miles to the southeast, where other Ukrainian units have continued pounding them. Some dispersed in nearby forests, where local officials said 10 soldiers have been captured.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: biden; chechens; chechnya; letsyouandthemfight; putin; putinsbuttboys; putinworshippers; russia; russianaggression; ukraine; ukrainianfodder; voznesensk; war; zottherussiantrolls
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To: Daveinyork

No, they live in their own world where Putin is a great, beloved leader and a Christian. Using religion as a cultural tool for power doesn’t make one a follower of Christ.


61 posted on 03/16/2022 11:10:12 AM PDT by CrazyCatChick (DEATH POKE!)
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To: LouieFisk

Where is anyone saying the Ukrainians are suffering no losses?


62 posted on 03/16/2022 11:11:51 AM PDT by CrazyCatChick (DEATH POKE!)
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To: Beave Meister

There are far more Ukrainians than “neo-nazis” fighting the Russians.

And Zelensky is corrupt? Imagine that! What that has to do with the Russian aggression is beyond me. Its like excusing Mexico invading the US because Biden is illegitamate.


63 posted on 03/16/2022 11:12:20 AM PDT by FreshPrince
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To: SpeedyInTexas

and “drones”. Didn’t specify what kind, but sounds like Switchblades.


If by “Switchblades” you mean the AeroVironment’s Switchblade 300/600 - there is no way the US would send in advanced tech (and certainly contain classified parts or software) which the UA cannot operate.


64 posted on 03/16/2022 11:14:00 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: CrazyCatChick

Where is anyone saying the Ukrainians are suffering no losses?


Putinistas and CCP propagandists on FR is the only place I’ve seen that line.


65 posted on 03/16/2022 11:17:22 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

Here are your drug smugglers...

https://nypost.com/2021/10/01/video-shows-mexican-cartel-line-up-rivals-for-mass-execution/

https://horriblevideos.com/video/dismemberment-and-beheading-of-live-man-in-mexico-1506.html

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2013/03/graphic-video-cdg-executes-dismembers.html?m=1

GRAPHIC Bodies hang from bridge as cartel violence escalates ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLSktgMToB0

Nine Bodies Hanging From Bridge Found In Mexico City | Indus News ..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WLP-0IR54Y

Mexican Mafia Turn Their Victims Into Stew...Literally | Inside The FBI .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1JaXQgMaNQ

On a side note, I was unaware Spetsnaz was trained to do what you said. Didn’t know you had their training manual. Can you post a link to that chapter? Or the entire manual itself. Not saying that I don’t believe you, but I’d like to see the documents myself.


66 posted on 03/16/2022 11:19:05 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: CrazyCatChick

“Where is anyone saying the Ukrainians are suffering no losses?”

Where’s the tally of Ukraine’s military losses? I mean, I know they have defeated the Russian army 7 times so far today - we get the running tally from the Ministry Of Truth, 5 times a day.

But for some odd reason, there’s no mention anywhere of Ukraine military losses. Maybe they lost the sheet of paper they wrote in on?


67 posted on 03/16/2022 11:22:38 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: larrytown

“If you don’t believe anything, then you certainly must not believe that you’re making any difference crowing about how gullible you aren’t.”

It is also meaningless and adds nothing to the discussion. They may as well save Free Republic the bandwidth they use to post “I don’t believe _______________” [fill in the blank] fifty times a day.


68 posted on 03/16/2022 11:26:19 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: PIF

Yep, sending 100.


69 posted on 03/16/2022 11:30:49 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: KierkegaardMAN
Go to You Tube. There's video of dead Russian soldiers and lots of knocked armor.
70 posted on 03/16/2022 11:31:06 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: LouieFisk

It’s even in the MSM. Bloomberg has it, for heaven’s sake. Lt Colonal Nikolav died.

Why are you being silly?


71 posted on 03/16/2022 11:35:29 AM PDT by CrazyCatChick (DEATH POKE!)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Meanwhile, brave Ukrainian pilot sinks Russian Battleship! Off the coast of Odessa, the Russian battleship, Potemkin, was sunk in a kamikaze like attack by a brave Ukrainian pilot who dove his World War II era IL-2 Sturmovik straight down the smokestack of the giant ship. Over 1,400 Russian sailors reportedly drowned or were eaten by sharks!


72 posted on 03/16/2022 11:36:28 AM PDT by Penelope Dreadful (And there is Pansies, that's for Thoughts.)
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To: PIF

100.

https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/1504154562290200577?cxt=HHwWgsC5ydym6t8pAAAA


73 posted on 03/16/2022 11:47:41 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

“The most vile people on earth currently reside in the White House.”

You haven’t met my HOA’s board, have you?


74 posted on 03/16/2022 11:49:15 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Those left-behind tanks... They need keys in the ignition?


75 posted on 03/16/2022 11:58:11 AM PDT by dangus
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To: FlipWilson

Unlike during WW II, the Russians don’t have tens of millions in its Army today.


76 posted on 03/16/2022 11:58:40 AM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: wardaddy

The way I look at it, if the Russians had things so well in hand Zelenskyy would not be making speeches to the US Congress.


77 posted on 03/16/2022 11:59:08 AM PDT by beef (Let’s go Baizuo!)
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To: qaz123

On a side note, I was unaware Spetsnaz was trained to do what you said. Didn’t know you had their training manual. Can you post a link to that chapter? Or the entire manual itself. Not saying that I don’t believe you, but I’d like to see the documents myself.

Just look up Spetsnaz on wiki and various military sites that deal in unit descriptions. There are various military Russian sites that give those details. Its not a secret.

As for training manuals - maybe you are fluent in idiomatic military Russian, else they’d do you little good. You’s probably have to send off in your best Russian for them - If they even exist.

Which Drug cartel group is responsible for killing millions with munitions? Which Drug cartel group has reduced a city to rubble, then made it bounce several times for good measure.

Comparing a nation’s trained troops to drug cartels is silly - they are both different. Drug cartels only last or are as powerful as the demand for drugs.


78 posted on 03/16/2022 12:02:53 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

You would be more current on this stuff if you read warzone and a few others.


79 posted on 03/16/2022 12:13:08 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: fwdude

Read EVERYTHING from armchair warriors in the US, thousands of miles from the real action, with a HUGE grain of salt!


80 posted on 03/16/2022 12:14:46 PM PDT by deener
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