Posted on 09/03/2022 12:49:42 PM PDT by JonPreston
Kiev's silence about the outcome of its much-anticipated counter offensive is raising questions whether President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team have overplayed their hand in trying to take on entrenched Russian forces too early. Especially with some unverified reports on social media suggesting the Ukrainians have taken heavy losses.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.com ...
Your statement acknowledges that this article could be accurate, while all your "Ukraine is winning" postings might be wrong.
News reports.
“News reports.”
Seriously ?!?!
Yes. I read news reports from outside the US, like, you know, unbiased and all that. You want your truth? You go watch CNN - now while you can before they implode.
Yeah, right, “news reports”, like, you know,
they’re from all over, so they’re truth right?
CNN ref is a stupid red herring.
Live footage of the Ukie Kherson massacre. Advancing over flat plains, cut down by Vlads artillery. Not a word from western MSM.
The Kherson offensive is going to take months
———
Sorry, the “offensive” is finished. Live footage of the Ukies advancing over the flat plains, only to be severely “reduced” by Vlads artillery.
The 128th mountain assault brigade from the Ukrainian Transcarpatia region was involved in the general attack and got destroyed. The governor of the region reportedly ordered a day of mourning.
Cannon Fodder supported by the West. Who will replace the men used as ground meat?
———-
Vlad buries his soldiers with full military ceremony, unfortunately, the Ukie casualties are not afforded the same, 18-60 year olds ordered into one of Vlad’s cauldrons, encircled, blown to pieces by hellish artillery and air power, bodies left where they fell, then shoveled into mass pits dug with Ivan’s bulldozers on some unknown, unmarked field.
Defiance ( looks grand in Hollywood movies) does not win wars. But then their leader is an ex comedian, quite familiar with Hollywood- Hey Z, this ain’t Hollywood, wake up.
From the report, “ ……I have to admit that the medical instruction results considered being of high level. Ukrainian troops show good knowledge and skills in handling with wounded and coping injuries…..”
That written assessment says a lot, while not meeting even basic western soldiering requirements, they seem to have much experience in handling their wounded….Vlads meat grinder will do that.
Data shows little change in the front lines over the last six months, with the Russians gaining ground in some areas and the Ukrainians recapturing ground near Kherson.
This map shows the areas of change. Russia paid a tremendous price for 612 sq km of Ukraine.
https://carpathia.gov.ua/news/sohodni-na-zakarpatti-den-zhaloby-za-polehlymy-biitsiamy-128-i-ohshbr. There is a memorial service for members of the 128th who were killed liberating Kherson. That is 100% true. There are no sources other than Russian propaganda like Intel Slave Z saying they were wiped out.
Despite that there is no airport in Russian held Ukraine that can operate transport planes big enough to carry them.
……
I guess you are limited in your thought process. Without divulging my background, are you aware that many types of field pieces ( and equipment) are easily disassembled in the field into sub assemblies for transport? Been there, done that.
I am quite sure the tube and targeting system was the primary “ assembly” of interest, chassis not so much…..that said, who ever said the captured 19 ton 50 MPH Caesars were air lifted? Ivan moves hundreds of tons of artillery shells a day, ever see the videos of the miles long ammo trains moving ordnance into Ukraine?
No he didn’t - but that’s what the press said.
Putin had Zelensky all focused on an attack on Kiev.....it was a bluff while he took the areas he wanted one after the other.
Easy does it Bush boy.
And now they’re stuck, can’t even retreat since the bridges have been blow, can’t get supplies either.
There’s other ways for supplies than bridges. ...as well as to retreat. But i doubt Russia’s interested in retreating.
I can’t believe people think moving equipment has to be over a bridge. Or anything else for that matter. My gosh there’s boats, helicopters, amphibian and various other means.
———-
Nor I. However, remember only 5-6 percent of Americans are veterans. Much fewer served in our land forces.
That said, they have no perception or any idea how efficient, massive , and equipped Ivan’s army is. The EU landscape is filled with rivers, hundreds of thousands of bridges…without huge numbers of engineering units and their pontoon bridges, an “ Army” is relegated to defensive operations only, defeat.
NATO has very little in the way of pontoon and river crossing equipment.
Today’s Nato is not the Nato of the 60’s, 70’s. Unlike Russia, the West believes their old European tactics are antiquated - they are mistaken. Vlad’s decades old doctrine of building and maintaining massive artillery, and engineering units is working in defeating Nato’s “ modern” western war doctrine, at least in the EU landscape.
Lastly, the EU is broke….and Vlad is kicking the West’s rear end in the economic theatre.
I have zero military expereince and certainly not a vet. However common sense does come into play ....following patterns....and observing the battlefield as well as (frankly) who is controlling the land. You can get a broad view of who is ahead in this conflict - and it isn’t Ukraine. All their reisisting and pushing has brought nothing but death.
I still haven’t gotten out of my head the video of a Ukraianian soldier all out of breath and sweating, hardly able to talk telling how the soldiers were dropping like flies. ......How much I disdain Zelesnky can’t be defined for putting his people in a loosing battle every single day. Citizens and soldiers alike and the false hope he pounds into their heads.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.