Posted on 09/05/2022 6:04:36 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
The Russians on the "Southern Front" received large reinforcements for half a day via the Crimean bridge
The elite Ukrainian units that attempted the "Kherson counter-offensive" for the past six days did not achieve anything, and they paid for that with huge casualties and losses.
They briefly took over Blagodatnoe and another smaller settlement and wedged themselves into Russian positions southeast of Suho Stavok, 3-4 kilometers away, but the counterattack was so powerful that they had to return to their starting lines with two captured positions.
In the last 24 hours, the Ukris had 230 casualties, and they also lost 23 tanks and 27 armored infantry fighting vehicles, plus two Su-25 assault rifles.
In the six days of the Kherson counter-offensive, at least 3000 people died and 6-7 were wounded.
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“Russia has industrial safety requirements? Who knew?”
Certainly not Russians...
wait for winter beotches
You are very pro Homo.
The Putinas are missing the big point here. Thousands of Russian troops are now going to rescue Kherson and not to push the occupation ahead in Donbas. Now Ukraine will hammer with NATO toys on that weakened front, too.
It’s obvious now Russia can’t win and must force Ukraine to surrender to avoid a catastrophic defeat. That’s why so much Kremlin gaslighting effort is going into cutting off western support and forcing Ukraine to surrender.
“It’s obvious now Russia can’t win and must force Ukraine to surrender to avoid a catastrophic defeat. That’s why so much Kremlin gaslighting effort is going into cutting off western support and forcing Ukraine to surrender.”
Putin pushed his energy weapon to the maximum setting by shutting off Nordstream - and the markets just yawned. Spot prices for natural gas dropped that day.
Putin has lost his big gamble, and the consequences are coming home to roost.
“You are very pro Homo.”
No; I wasn’t in the Navy.
Might as well get your info from a whore that serviced putin’s dead generals.
Or the Daily Mail.
Or Newsweek.
Fear not! There are many many more Khokhols to be fed into the guns to protect the Caymans accounts of Saint Zel and his buuddies.
What border is that?
You can explain it to 'em.
From your position in the rear.
—”China is getting ready to invade Siberia.”
PLS define “invade”?
Nothing kinetic about this invasion, as the Russian economy winds down and they become hungry the Chinese will make an offer the Russians cannot refuse, for the land Russia stole...
Someone on this thread said that Russia is now pushing hard for a negotiated settlement. I don’t think Russia would be doing that if it was kicking ass. Russia certainly did not expect this much resistance from Ukraine, and Russia fears a quagmire. Ukraine is not France in 1940.
I think the momentum may be turning in Ukraine’s favor, but it is very fragile at this point; anything can happen. Ukraine’s counter-offensive is still in its infancy, so the next three or four months will give us all a better idea where this thing is heading. If, in three or four months Ukraine is spent, then this turns into a partisan and insurgent war, which could last for years.
Putin pushed his energy weapon to the maximum setting by shutting off Nordstream - and the markets just yawned. Spot prices for natural gas dropped that day.
Putin has lost his big gamble, and the consequences are coming home to roost.
Also, Putin wasted the bulk of Russia’s precision weapons on a terror bombing campaign against civilians. Now Russia doesn’t have those missiles for military targets and can’t easily make more in quantity. Meanwhile, HIMARS and accurate NATO artillery rain on Russian occupiers. Ooops.
Unfortunately, the west is calibrating military aid to Ukraine now. That is managing Putin and his incompetent army but not allowing Ukraine enough fire power to throw out the invaders. Putin will be allowed to, as Macron said openly, “save face”, keep the stolen land bridge and no more. The Russian fairy taledreams of Novorossiya and Odesa are gone forever. Let alone Kyiv, of course.
You do play Zelensky’s piano.
I KNEW if I had just waited another month or so I could trade my Su-24 assault rifle for one of them newfangled Su-25 models.
I can see an agreement where Russia keeps Crimea, but nothing else. And it removes ALL troops, advisors, government workers, or whatever from ALL of Ukraine (sans, Crimea).
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