Posted on 06/12/2022 11:03:00 AM PDT by Mount Athos
The euphoria that accompanied Ukraine’s unforeseen early victories against bumbling Russian troops is fading as Moscow adapts its tactics, recovers its stride and asserts its overwhelming firepower against heavily outgunned Ukrainian forces.
Around 200 Ukrainian soldiers are now being killed every day, up from 100 late last month, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky told the BBC on Friday — meaning that as many as 1,000 Ukrainians are being taken out of the fight every day, including those who are injured.
But the odds against the Ukrainians are starting to look overwhelming, said Danylyuk, the government adviser.
“The Russians are using long-range artillery against us, often without any response, because we don’t have the means,” he said.
Ukraine has now almost completely run out of ammunition for the Soviet-era weapons systems that were the mainstay of its arsenal, and the Eastern European countries that maintained the same systems have run out of surplus supplies to donate, Danylyuk said.
Russia is firing as many as 50,000 artillery rounds a day into Ukrainian positions, and the Ukrainians can hit back with only around 5,000 to 6,000 rounds a day, he said. The United States has committed to deliver 220,000 rounds of ammunition — enough to match Russian firepower for around four days.
The majority of the American M777 howitzer artillery guns that U.S. officials said would enable Ukraine to match Russian firepower are now in use on the battlefield, according to the Pentagon. Yet the Russians continue to advance.
“I’d be shocked if the Russians are sustaining casualties anywhere close to what the Ukrainians are right now,” Alperovitch said.
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The US State dept. brought about a lot of needless death and destruction when it broke up the Minsk Accord.
Before this is over the US govt. is going to get kicked out of Europe by popular demand.
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…not to mention EU nations ( and Ukie citizens) starting to call for the corrupted little beggars ouster. Fighting the Russians down to the very last Ukrainian doesn’t sit well.
The natives are bearing the brunt and understandably getting fed up, to many soldiers being sent to the lines never to be heard from…a recent Pentagon report stated their intelligence has “ lost” 200,000 Ukie army whereabouts and now suspect the Ukies are lying to them about everything.
Hint: the age old EU saying : After shaking hands with a Ukrainian, be sure to count your fingers.
“The Russians are going to enforce Minsk, and then some, if they want to.”
That’s a GREAT WAY to put it. To the West: Sign an agreement with Russia, such as Minsk, you better be prepared to enforce it, otherwise Russia will do it for you.
Will Germany switch sides? Excellent question... I’m thinking they will and soon.
Have you ever considered the possibility that your arguments just have no merit?
“By this fall it’s possible that many people will be fleeing North Africa and the Middle East in search of food and they’ll be headed straight to Europe. IMO”
Either that or Europeans will be fleeing to Central Africa to find a place to live where they’re not freezing to death at night.
Russia occupying Ukraine is not dangerous to America. At all.
Dangerous to Poland? Now THAT is an interesting question.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. Patton
The western world is fighting Vlad down to the very last Ukrainian. I wonder what Patton would add?
Whoever wins this conflict will have the soil rich in lead.
Have you considered you’re an agent of evil? Just asking.
Patton would, without question, ask to intervene and drive back the Russian forces.
Good point. I don’t want to see the killing...on either side.
Eventually, you figure out who to deal with them, filter them out, and ignore them.
That’s true.
And all the Illegals here might be heading south, too.
After 4 months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, most of us are tuning out the Russian trolls. Not worth out energy and time to debate them.
I know this surprises you, but America has interests in Europe. Economic, military, political, cultural, historical, moral. Plus the impact on China’s decisions.
You’re that blind that you think Russia taking Ukraine, and then Poland, meaning Germany will be lost next, is unimportant to America?
I’m just tired of idiots who want to obscure the important realities here, while calling the Ukrainians names like “psychopaths” and “homos”.
So I’m identifying the support of Russia and its aggression for exactly what it is - the support of the murder of innocents, which is the work of Satan and all his forces of darkness.
Including Putin using Muslims from the Middle East to murder Christians in Europe.
So you may burn in hell but that’s your call.
Not to niggle, but it's Winston Churchill Zelensky according to the Bushes.
Although doing us any favors is *not* one of their objectives, quite the contrary, a good argument can be made that Russia prevailing with this, and they will, is doing us a big favor in the long run whether we know it or not.
Still fun to ridicule them...they brring it on themselves.
I only answer them (the Putin lovers and Ukraine haters) to give encouragement to those who don’t want FR to become the exclusive domain of anti American and often childish viewpoints.
Are you Cindy Sheehan?
You’re saying Russia isn’t trying to take over Ukraine?
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