Posted on 09/14/2022 10:26:26 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
The Ukrainian army’s counteroffensive around the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine starting on Sept. 6 destroyed half of the best tank division in the best tank army in the Russian armed forces.
A hundred wrecked or captured tanks in a hundred furious hours. That’s how much destruction the Ukrainians inflicted on the Russian 4th Guards Tank Division, part of the elite 1st Guards Tank Army, the Russian army’s best armor formation.
Now the 1st GTA is retreating north in order to preserve what remains of its front-line divisions. But the damage the tank army has suffered could have lasting implications—and not just for Russia’s 200-day-old wider war in Ukraine.
The 1st GTA “had been one of the most prestigious of Russia’s armies, allocated for the defense of Moscow, and intended to lead counterattacks in the case of a war with NATO,” the U.K. Defense Ministry explained. “It will likely take years for Russia to rebuild this capability.”
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Just as I listed reports from the BBC, Democracy Now, and the Guardian
A reverse of the WW2 Kursk tank battle.
I wish it was money. I sense instead that these are people caught in a big lie, and the more reality deviates from the lie the more unhinged and toxic they become.
Nothing like the smell of dead RuZZians in the morning.
My argument is as follows:
1) If “Ukraine Guts Russia’s Best Tank Army” is true...
2) then ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, New York Times, Wall Street Journal would have news crews over there offering bounties for evidence
3) and it would be blasted across all mainstream media news outlets.
Ukraine+NATO, which includes the United States and all of our NATO troops over there, even the one that Trump moved to Poland.
—”the people getting hidden eyewitness information and knowledge under the radar and talking to each other.”
Before I retired I occasionally worked with some Russians. Most people enjoy speaking of their home and I like to listen, everybody is happy.
They said that Russians enjoy the news from outside of Russia on the internet but do not discuss it in public.
And this from an interesting article:
https://ricochet.com/1214468/finnish-intelligence-officer-explains-the-russian-mindset/
“The Russians have a miraculous ability to endure suffering. On the other hand, they also have a wonderful way of forming two realities. They formed a Soviet public reality and a kitchen-table reality. Around the kitchen table, things were really being discussed. I had a chat at the kitchen table in the 1980s, which was extremely interesting. Perestroika was about to start just then. It was interesting because a Russian is like two different people when they are outside compared to how they act around the kitchen table.”
It will spread quickly and the military morale will be downgraded yet again.
But as we all know shite only runs downhill, maybe the stench will reach the upper politicians?
I wonder which tanks the Ruskies are using in the war? T-72s, T-80s, T-90s?
Wrong. I do not care for either side.
This is the original source cited by the article:
A friggin’ twitter dude lol
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1569655969814298630
They only have 1 tank left. That’s why its called 1st guard tank.
It is over the news.
Mariner!
How’s the weather in Moscow?
wow! the russkie troll is strong in this one ...
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The Nazi Azov Battalion will be marching on the Kremlin any day now.
“The Nazi Azov Battalion will be marching on the Kremlin any day now.”
The Nazi RuZZians will be marching out of Ukraine any day now.
“Ukraine+NATO, which includes the United States and all of our NATO troops over there”
Wouldn’t you think Russia would express anger at all of those forces ganging up against them?
You think our troops are fighting Russia?
Concur.
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