Putin's bridge too far: Russians mount a SECOND doomed attempt to cross river where Ukraine destroyed a whole battalion - forcing the survivors to swim for their lives following disaster

Daily Mail ^ | 5/13/2022 | Chris Pleasance

[marcusmaximus]

Russia has made another failed attempt to cross a Donbas river where an entire battalion was wiped out by Ukrainian artillery - losing more men in the process with survivors forced to swim to safety.

Putin's troops were trying to rescue men and vehicles that had got stranded on the wrong side of the Donets River, near Biolhorivka, after the first attempt on May 8 ended with their pontoon bridges being sunk by an artillery barrage that destroyed dozens of armoured vehicles and may have killed more than 1,000 troops.

But their rescue mission was found out and subjected to the same fate. Fresh satellite images taken near Biolhorivka show yet another sunken pontoon bridge along with half a dozen destroyed or abandoned vehicles.

Russia has lost more than 70 vehicles and seen two infantry battalions mangled in four days of attempts to bridge the river, according to Ukrainian investigative site InformNapalm.

It is just the latest humiliation for Putin's army - once ranked second in the world - after commanders failed to capture the capital Kyiv, were beaten back from Mykolaiv by a rag-tag band of territorial defence troops and civilians, and got their Black Sea flagship Moskva sunk by Ukrainian missiles.

Commanders are now trying to seize control of the Donbas region - cynically claiming that was their true objective all along - but have so-far failed to make any significant breakthrough in almost a month of fighting, with Kyiv claiming Russia has suffered 'colossal' losses.

[marcusmaximus]

[COBOL2Java]

In before the Putinistas say this is “fake news”

[Lurker]

“It is just the latest humiliation for Putin’s army - once ranked second in the world..”

They’re the second best army in Ukraine.

L

[JonPreston]

[Steely Tom]

Russia has made another failed attempt to cross a Donbas river where an entire battalion was wiped out by Ukrainian artillery - losing more men in the process with survivors forced to swim to safety.

Sounds like a scene from Benny Hill. Cue the Yakkity Sax.

[Travis McGee]

The story is total bullshit. You will know why if you dive a little deeper than UK propaganda. It’s on the level of zooming onto Normandy Beach to take a photo of some sunk landing craft, and declaring D-Day to be doomed to total failure. Meanwhile, up and down the beach, 100s of more landing craft are getting ashore and unloading troops.

By far, head and shoulders above the propaganda from NATO or Russia, is the military analysis of Singapore-based vlogger Defense Politics Asia. He does a deep dive into the pontoon bridge imagery.

So, you can just stick with surface-level propaganda (D-Day is doomed!) or dig deeper and get the better picture.

[ Luhansk Front ] Ukrainian Forces destroy pontoon bridge near Bilohorivka - explained.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKX1MKW5wjE

[Magnum44]

[PGR88]

Lets do some MSM math

150,000 Russian invasion force

25,000 dead
75,000 wounded (using standard 3:1 ratio)

that means Russia only has 50,000 troops remaining in the field.

Meanwhile, if you believe MSM, Ukraine had active army of 250,000-300,000, and has called up reserves of up to 500,000

Oh, and they are being giving $40 billion in aid and arms by USA and NATO

And yet somehow, Russia is still gaining territory. Hmmmm.

[Travis McGee]

Here is today’s DPA update, not just his snarky retort to overblown western stories about the pontoon bridge. This is a detailed look all the way around from Snake Island to the Kharkiv Front.

[ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 77-78 (11-12/5) Summary - Fighting arrive at Severodonetsk - bridge destroyed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGXD5DYS-e8

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Amazing how incompetent the Russian army is 🤣🤣🤣

[Travis McGee]

Please see the videos linked at 6 and 8.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[marcusmaximus]

"A boy is always vulnerable. He was very sweet. I’ll be honest: I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten."

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

[existentially_kuffer]

Isn’t there a new Russian General from Syria looking after Ukraine? I sure hope China is watching this chaos!

[JonPreston]

Thanks Travis.

[JonPreston]

[dynachrome]

Without good air cover, it’s not gonna work.

[marcusmaximus]

Pedos gotta pedo.

[buwaya]

The extended images/video show those 70 vehicles in the woods within a few hundred meters of the famous crossing picture. Some youtubers have tagged each vehicle and ID’ed by type.

[JonPreston]

Where is the money for the $44 billion dollar package coming from, and how will US taxpayers pay for it?