“500 Russian troops killed or wounded every day”
The problem is that there are tons of people looking at obituaries, funerals, social media posts, etc. and not finding any evidence of anything near the Western propaganda numbers. They did, by the way, have no trouble documenting the 3,500 killed or so killed early in the war, but now they find very few.
And it makes sense, since Russia doesn’t advance until days or weeks of artillery shelling, far different than the start of the war.
But, as usual, they’ll be coming for MORE MONEY - which is why we have to put up with articles like this.
In defense of the NYT article they didn’t make the ridiculous claim they just quoted the Biden administration and “military experts” who haven’t told the truth about their proxy war since it began.
Russia MOD: “As a result of the offensive actions of the allied forces in the Soledar area, the losses of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than two thousand people. The remnants of the personnel of the brigade were withdrawn by the Ukrainian command to the rear areas.”
“In the areas of the settlements of Opytnoye and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as a result of high-precision strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces, the losses of the 56th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in manpower exceeded 70 percent of the payroll.”
“The personnel of the 23rd battalion of the brigade in full strength left their combat positions without permission and departed for the rear areas.”
“As a result of concentrated fire strikes on the combat positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the Maryinka area of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the losses of the 3rd battalion of the 66th mechanized brigade in manpower amounted to more than 50%.”
“Near the settlement of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, a HIMARS launcher and a depot with ammunition for it were destroyed. In addition, four HIMARS rockets were shot down in the air near Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region.”
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 A source told the official that the largest air military operation in the last thirty years is being prepared in the next few weeks. This is the reason for the sabotage in Novofedorovka, the failed attack on Zyabrovka and the aggressive attempts of the Ukrainians to arrange a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
The air operation will be carried out by massive aviation forces in close cooperation with formations and units of other branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Bob, Speedy is clearly a troll. He knows nothing and doesn’t care.
Even without active Russian offensive operations, the Ukrainians are inflicting substantial casualties on Russians every day using artillery. As in WW I and WW II, even static lines suffer casualties from routine shelling. And with HIMARS and NATO advice and guidance, the Ukrainians are now targeting Russian batteries, ammo and supply depots, active formations, and command elements deep behind Russian lines.
Slowly, Russia's artillery, logistics, and command and communications elements are being degraded. In time, with continued US and NATO support, the Ukrainians will weaken Russia's front lines enough that they can be breached in well-planned offensive operations. Unlike the Russian tactic of massive WW II style artillery barrages that clear a path, the Ukrainians are being equipped and taught how to break the Russian army so that it will collapse and flee when attacked because it has lost the ability to engage in sustained combat, as was done to the Iraqi military in the first Gulf War.