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Russia has been 'forced to merge depleted units into new battalions in Ukraine after up to 25,000 soldiers were killed in failed advance on Kiev', UK says
Daily Mail ^ | 4/30/2022 | Chris Pleasance

Posted on 04/30/2022 7:33:55 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Russia has been forced to merge and redeploy depleted and disparate units from failed advances in northeast Ukraine, a British military update said on Saturday.

'Shortcomings in Russian tactical coordination remain. A lack of unit-level skills and inconsistent air support have left Russia unable to fully leverage its combat mass, despite localised improvements,' the military tweeted.

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Ukraine continues to carry out attacks behind Russian lines to cut off vital supply routes, with a fuel dump in the Donetsk region catching fire today.

Kyiv has not acknowledged carrying out any of the attacks - which have also hit railway bridges and ammo dumps - but is widely thought to be orchestrating them.

Russia is pouring troops into the battle in Donbass in an effort to force a bloody victory having been defeated in its initial aim to storm in Kyiv, topple the government, and install a puppet regime loyal to Moscow.

After it became apparent they did not have sufficient force to take the capital, Russia's generals yanked their units out, patched them up as best they could, and then threw them back into the fight in Donbas.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agitprop; chrispleasance; clownworld; globohomoagitprop; justaketheirword4it; maximumagitprop; mi6agitprop; noevidence; putin; russia; theirwordalone; ukraine; war
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To: BenLurkin

But these units are not properly coordinated as in working as one unit. Too, morale will not be any better. There remains the big issue of logistics.


41 posted on 04/30/2022 8:26:12 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: BenLurkin

But these units are not properly coordinated as in working as one unit. Too, morale will not be any better. There remains the big issue of logistics.


42 posted on 04/30/2022 8:26:32 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: Sarcazmo
What I have noticed is there have been a LOT of weapons moving around and not a whole lot of things blowed up.

Not sure why you have that impression.

Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html

43 posted on 04/30/2022 8:29:50 AM PDT by tlozo (Trump-the Russian invasion of Ukraine is " truly a crime against humanity")
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To: marcusmaximus

“More good news. Buryats and Chechens are killing each other in Kherson. Diversity is Russia’s strength!”

The Chechens are taller and probably pushed around the shrimpy little Buryats. Plus they let the Buryats do the real fighting. The Chechens hung back to escape combat, but wanted to get the best looting. Thus, the firefight between the two groups.


44 posted on 04/30/2022 8:34:06 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: libh8er

“War is an ugly thing. These people suffer and die in anonymity while the real criminal stays hidden in the comfort of his bunker.”

Some bunker. There are photos of that place; it is palatial, complete with an ocean view and hanging gardens. I think it is near Sochi, on the Black Sea. Putin sure lives in style.


45 posted on 04/30/2022 8:34:09 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Sarcazmo

You are very on and this is where the danger of extreme escalation occurs. I don’t take any of this Daily Mail too seriously. From work we see something different and are very concerned.


46 posted on 04/30/2022 8:34:43 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Sarcazmo

It’s a crude smash and grab for land and resources under pretense of restoring the Russian empire. That’s all. Everything else is to obfuscate this simple fact.


47 posted on 04/30/2022 8:37:16 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: ought-six

He’s a czar without style, refinement and taste!


48 posted on 04/30/2022 8:37:55 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

49 posted on 04/30/2022 8:38:57 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: ScottinVA

“When this settles into an insurgency.. and it will.. that will sap the Russians’ abilities even more.”

That’s a fact.


50 posted on 04/30/2022 8:39:18 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: marcusmaximus

Daily Mail propaganda is always good for a laugh!
How do those dang russians keep taking town after town ,day after day when DM tells us that they have no food to eat???
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Ukes never seem to know what’s happening. The Russians seem to be going slow and reinforcing supply lines as they go. Who knows if that continues??
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Russians keep making gains

On 26 April, Russian forces took control of the villages of Spivakivka and Zavody;
On 27 April, Russian forces took control of the village of Zarichne;
Clashes between the UAF and Russian forces continue in the south of Rubizhne;It is expected to fall soon.Yampil and Lyman are expected to be taken in the next few days which will cut off the main supply road into Sever/L-chansk.Ukes blew up another rail bridge near Lyman.
Clashes between the UAF and Russian forces continue in Popasnaya;
Clashes between the UAF and Russian forces continue in Maryinka.
This guy has good sources and detail with maps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4-NzuxRpic


51 posted on 04/30/2022 9:04:34 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: tlozo
Hopefully many more Russian casualties caused by 184,000 155mm howitzer rounds being shipped to Ukraine.

That's effectively Brandon declaring war against WWII ally Russia. The USA might also publish an up-to-date list of Democrat shitholes, with precise longitude and latitude coordinates, to assist Russia's ICBM launch crews.

By far, the USA's biggest threat to national security is the CCP. Why are we killing white people again? So Beijing can gain territory that's much closer to them than it is Moscow? Really, it's in the USA's interests to not completely destroy Russia's military on behalf of China.

52 posted on 04/30/2022 9:04:57 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: DarthVader

Yes. There’s concern in my neck of the woods as well.


53 posted on 04/30/2022 9:07:50 AM PDT by Sarcazmo
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To: CarolinaReaganFan

The Daily Mail is tabloid trash in the mold of The National Enquirer. No one who takes the business of national security seriously has regard for what they report. What you posted from Youtube is pretty decent in the realistic sense.


54 posted on 04/30/2022 9:10:25 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: tlozo

This action is a real danger of this escalating into a global conflict. If you think for one minute that the Russians will not be attacking the weapons supply lines coming into the theatre you will be in for a very rude awakening of what can/will happen. They already have attacked and destroyed facilities where weapons and munitions have been brought in earlier.


55 posted on 04/30/2022 9:18:19 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Reeses
WWII ally Russia

Bwahahaha!

Where was our WWII ally in Poland while they waited to "rest" and let the Nazi's scour Warsaw?? How about Korea? East Berlin? Cuba and ICBMs? Vietnam? Nicaragua? Grenada?

56 posted on 04/30/2022 9:36:46 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: CarolinaReaganFan

Thanks for that website link. The guy does a good job.

Here is a link to a report from a Russian soldier in the fight. A lot of detail. It gives a good look at how things are going.

https://t.me/s/azmilitary11/3510

AZ OSINT(Military news)
@AZmilitary1
DEJAN BERIC’S REPORT FROM YESTERDAY!!!

HE IS ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE SOURCES OUT THERE!!!

https://twitter.com/AZmilitary1/status/1519984803122188290/photo/1

https://twitter.com/AZmilitary1/status/1519984803122188290/photo/2

https://twitter.com/AZmilitary1/status/1519984803122188290/photo/3

https://twitter.com/AZmilitary1/status/1519984803122188290/photo/4


57 posted on 04/30/2022 9:37:44 AM PDT by Cathi
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To: marcusmaximus
Anyone that believes this nonsense is an idiot.

The Biden and Zelensky regimes lie like they breath.

Ukraine is going to be rump state after this over and, very likely, a landlocked rump state.

The ruble is stronger against the dollar than before this war began. Russia is collecting more in oil revenue than before the war began, collecting $66 billion in oil revenue and Russia running a surplus to its treasury.

But, keep the faith up the faith in the Biden regime, Maxy.

58 posted on 04/30/2022 9:37:56 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: dforest

Grotesque and nauseating. Yuck.


59 posted on 04/30/2022 9:43:46 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: Kazan

60 posted on 04/30/2022 9:45:10 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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