Posted on 09/10/2022 8:56:01 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Russia’s defense ministry on Saturday admitted its forces had retreated from key towns in northeastern Ukraine after a stunning advance by Ukrainian troops.
The Defense Ministry said it had pulled forces out of the village of Balakliya and the strategically crucial city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region, after a decision to “regroup” and transfer them to Donetsk in the south.”
The retreat represents one of the biggest setbacks for Russia since President Vladimir V. Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.
“In order to achieve the goals of the special military operation, a decision was made to regroup troops in the areas of Balakliya and Izyum in order to build up efforts in the Donetsk direction,” the Russian military statement said.
Ukrainian forces retake key villages as counteroffensive advances
Although Russian officials sought to spin the developments — saying “a powerful fire was inflicted on the enemy using aviation, missile troops and artillery” as they withdrew — it was clear their troops were retreating to avoid being encircled. Ukrainian officials said the Russians had left behind equipment and ammunition.
Earlier, the commander leading Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said Ukraine had full control of Balakliya and also controlled part of Kupyansk, an important strategic rail hub seen as crucial to Russia’s war effort in the region.
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You would think assclowns such as yourself would be smart enough to shut up. Rooting for putin is beyond stupid. I am stunned your kind keep talking.
A home run with the bases loaded in the seventh inning.
You're probably right. Maybe they can ask for Turks instead. There will be a deal. Putin will come to the table at some point. Otherwise, Zelensky will go for Crimea. If that happens, that will be the end of Putin's regime in Russian. Someone in the FSB will turn on Putin. Or even Ramzan Kadyrov. It's like Game of Thrones over there.
Hi.
“If the Russians loose control of this war, will they use tactical nukes to regain control?”
I hope you are wrong.
If you are correct, all bets are off.
5.56mm
This counter offensive has been very alarming for people like me cheering on Russia in this conflict.
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Ending this war with negotiations is my stance.
One side has to be brought to its knees, as is always the case with two determined belligerents. Ukraine has no sustainability, is totally reliant on Western aid, their manufacturing and economy is totally destroyed, the EU is being crippled economically by Vlads reverse sanctions, so it appears Vlad still holds the cards.
Taking into account this is the Ukies first successful offensive, ( that remains to be seen), shows simply this conflict is guaranteed to grind on. No side will back down willingly. The only thing for sure, the outcome of this conflict will shape the “ world’s new pecking order”.
In either case, evil is destroying evil, a divine hallmark. There are no good guys in this conflict, None.
Kind of like how the putards were victory dancing for months?
Complete BS. One evil autocrat invaded his neighboring country for territorial gain. That is clearly evil.
I wonder how much Putin trolls are getting paid to post on FR?
Excellent!
It’s hard to come up with a scenario in which the use of tactical nukes results in anything positive for the Russians.
Great Bruce Campbell fans think alike!
One evil autocrat invaded his neighboring country for territorial gain
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One evil autocrat ( Putin) invaded another evil autocrat ( Zelensky) to protect his ethnic Russian population from bombing and shelling in the Russian Donbass since 2014.
There is clearly two evil, corrupted leaders behind this war, which started out as a Ukie civil war back in 2014, and sucked in even more evil, corrupted leaders into the playing field ( senile Joe and western leaders)
Maybe I am missing all the calls for Peace?….I only hear calls for war, war, war.
The personalization of this war around Zalensky early on was necessary to encourage Ukrainian resistance, but isn't really relevant to the question of which side is in the right
“If the Russians loose control of this war, will they use tactical nukes to regain control?”
Long before nukes Putin would try full mobilization. He hasn’t because sending in conscripts would be unpopular and threaten his power, but losing the war would be even worse for him.
I figured many of them had gone long on Russian stocks.
Cope, seethe
In short, the Ukrainian advance has been too slow and lacks a clear path to reach operational objectives. Already, Russia has begun to deploy huge reserves to this theater, and fear is beginning to show among the more operationally aware Ukrainians. One Ukrainian journalist at the front had this to say:
“There is heavy fighting near Kupyansk, worse than Balakleysky. We are taking heavy losses. The enemy is transferring a bunch of reserves by air. The “Wagnerites” have already arrived in the city itself. The sky is filled with aircraft. Hearing about all this, a haunting feeling of an ambush arises in the soul. What if this all really turns out to be a strategic level ambush?”
I do not believe this is an “ambush” per se by the Russian army. The word ambush implies that the Russian forces were already in position, drawing the Ukrainians into a specific maneuver plan where they could be attacked from prepared positions. That’s not what’s happening at all - Russian forces are coming in fresh from reserve and were not pre-deployed to the sector. What the operation reflects instead is Russia’s preference to wage a high-firepower, mobile defense. Frontline positions are, relatively speaking, thinly manned, which powerful mobile reserves are held back. This is a flexible, firefighting approach which allows the Ukrainians to advance into vulnerable positions so that they can be destroyed.
For Ukraine, one of the basic problems is that Russia has such an enormous advantage in firepower - aircraft, tube artillery, rocketry, and tanks - that any offensive must reach operational depth quickly in order to disrupt Russia’s ability to bring this firepower to bear. In the Izyum sector, this simply isn’t possible.
Lacking the ability to operationally compromise Russian forces here, Ukraine will find itself in a good old fashioned shootout against an enemy with vastly superior firepower - not only that, but it is in fact Ukraine that now faces operational complications, having blasted their way into a salient with no prospects for crossing the Oskil in force and exploiting.
The CCP pays way way better for their “influencers” plus perks.
Clinging to scraps to the bitter end like a good faithful troll, even as rumors rage about a Generals’ revolt in the Kremlin where the main thoroughfare is blocked.
Putin intervened in Ukraine in 2014 with his 'little green men' setting up these 'fake republics'.
Although in 2014 the Russian government often denied direct involvement, saying their soldiers were there voluntarily and not under orders, some of them had been captured with documents that said otherwise. The separatists have admitted receiving supplies from Russia and being trained there. BBC reported that separatist ranks are composed of thousands of Russian citizens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas
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