Posted on 03/27/2022 2:21:25 PM PDT by Renfrew
Russia’s elite 4th Guards forged a fearsome reputation in Second World War battles but have been reduced to smoking wreckage in Trostyanets.
After 25 days under Kremlin control, Trostyanets was once again flying the Ukrainian flag on Sunday.
Footage posted online on Sunday showed Ukraine troops advancing in the Sumy region, with soldiers marching on foot in battle fatigues behind the cover of an armoured vehicle firing at Russian positions.
The firefight ended with a huge explosion after a Ukrainian tank fired at the enemy. In the next scene, about 10 Russian troops, each wearing red armbands, are filmed lying face down in a field or yard with burning homes in the background. The soldiers’ arms are outstretched, as each is searched by their Ukraine captors.
Photographs showed Ukrainian military leaders shaking hands with liberated townsfolk or posing in front of a burnt-out 2S19 Msta self-propelled howitzer.
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I imagine some old codger is being interviewed on TV right now: “I can’t believe I survived the Battle of Stalingrad, only to die here in Ukraine. Hitler couldn’t kill me, but those brave Ukrainian freedom fighters managed to do it. Now I am dead, and it’s all Putin’s fault.”
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The Russians are still fighting WWII
Sure would look good in the front yard,
I suppose the shipping would be a bit much though.
No problem for me. I get a valid certificate from R3.
Well said. I think the tank might be at the end of its usefulness in war. There's an old saying, "A tank can take a town, but a tank can't hold a town."
I wish I still believed the news sources.
If they’d stayed home they would still be alive.
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you ALMOST have to feel sorry for the average poorly lead, poorly supplied russian grunt IF they hadn’t caused so much wanton death and destruction before fleeing and surrendering ...
“The Russians are still fighting WWII”
it sure looks that way ... and MOSTLY with what looks like WWII vintage equipment ...
Well, no wonder they are losing if they are still using the T-26’s from WWII!
I get a valid certificate from R3.
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What ever that is.
Don’t take prisoners. You’ll have to waste manpower and resources guarding and feeding them.
“The Russians are still fighting WWII”
it sure looks that way ... and MOSTLY with what looks like WWII vintage equipment ...
Are they padlocking them in the turrets yet?
“...T-26’s from WWII...”
One more reason that I think the photos are staged and the stories being reported are propoganda.
Yeah, I know, go ahead and ridicule me, but after the COVID and vax con job, the stolen election and Hunter’s laptop, I don’t believe anything I am seeing or hearing from the media or our government.
It’s another con job on the same scale as the “global pandemic”.
JMHO.
reputation of Russian military and its hardware along with the Russian soldier has sure been given the boot.
As Bill Mauldin’s Willie says to Joe in WWII, “A moving foxhole attracts the eye.”
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