Posted on 09/25/2022 1:34:39 AM PDT by Cronos
The Kremlin this summer scrambled to form a new army corps, seeking replacements for 80,000 troops injured or killed in Ukraine and 5,000 wrecked or captured vehicles.
...As Russian casualties exceeded 50,000 this spring, the Kremlin began scraping together fresh battalions by raiding the training and garrison establishment of existing brigades. At the same time, the army announced an initiative to form scores of new regional volunteer battalions—and even offered elevated salaries of up to $5,000 a month.
This should come as no surprise. The recruitment drive behind the 3rd AC collided with Russia’s unhappy demographics and conscription practices. Roughly half of the 900,000 people in the Russian army forces are professionals on long-term contracts. The other half is conscripts between the ages of 18 and 27
elements of the 3rd AC in late August deployed to Kharkiv Oblast where, a week later, a dozen Ukrainian brigades launched a powerful counteroffensive that, in a heavy five days, rolled Russian forces out of the oblast and back across the Russian border.
The 3rd AC was supposed to bolster Russian defenses around Kharkiv. It instead lost a few vehicles to Ukrainian attacks then joined the Russian retreat from the oblast, leaving behind tanks and BMP-2 and BTR-80 fighting vehicles.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Putards said for months the war was won for russia, ukraine was finished,and believes russian claim of only 5k kia.
Also said the latest uke offensive was a diasater for ukraine.
So why the need for mobilization?
Thanks!
“So why the need for mobilization?”
Along with their fake, coerced “referendum” and Putin’s threat to use nukes.
More satirical circle logic.
Let me indulge in some:
The neo-Yatzi ZelenskyyIdiot Regime demanding and begging for US/NATO tanks. Why is that? Thought Ukrainian tank losses and overall military hardware/equipment were minimal according to the CIA/MI6 fronts ORYX, Bellingcat, Western/US/UK/EU/NATO propaganda-ridden media? Why? Why is the neo-Yatzi ZelenskyyIdiot Regime consistently demanding and begging for more military equipment and hardware? Where is the Ukrainian Air Force? Why is the Ukrainian Air Force not covering for or supporting Ukrainian ground operations? Why?
Why is Ukraine on its 7th mobilization?
According to your logic, you uninformed pro-Ukrainian propaganda peddlers and the Western/US/UK/EU/NATO propaganda ridden media have been telling all of us that Russia was fully getting arse whooped, despite Russia kill ratios ranging from 5:1 to 10:1 if not more given particular Ukrainian operations. Even elements of the Ukrainian General staff and soldiers have openly come out and said that Ukraine losses are in the hundreds of thousands and that the Kharkov operation saw Russian kill ratios of 5:1+?
So why 7 mobilizations?
So why the incessant ZelenskyyIdiot Regime demanding and begging for more billions and tanks and planes, etc. from the US. Germany, NATO?
Far from “fake” especially when Russia is going to add over 100,000 km2 and over 5 million plus people to the Russian Federation or control virtually all the territory that produces 95 percent of Ukrainian GDP...........
The Referenda is about as “fake” as the “fake” referendum that created Kosovo too huh?
‘Do you hear them laughing in Belgrade?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1jUHqTHkBc
Don’t address me, shill. You weren’t part of that exchange.
Same old Russian propaganda, comrade.
Grant didn’t lose anywhere near the number of men that Zhukov lost. Both Grant and Zhukov were on the offensive. They used their superior numbers to continually attack the enemy. Anybody who appreciates that we had to win the U.S. Civil War and World War II should honor the sacrifices made by the American and Soviet armies of those wars, not use them to score points in a pointless debate.
The U.S. and Britain inflicted much higher loses on the Germans than they themselves suffered as they marched across France. But, the comparison is unfair. Germany was putting its emphasis on its eastern front.
As for Viet Nam, our army won in Viet Nam. We turned the place over to South Vietnam in tact and in good shape. Our loses in Viet Nam over 14 years approximate your loses in Ukraine in seven months. We survived as a country even suffering those loses. Your country fell apart after Afghanistan, and will fall apart a second time after Ukraine.
As for the young men who fled to Canada during the Viet Nam War, they could stay there. Anybody who said “better red than dead,” during the Cold War doesn’t deserve to have the high standard of living and the freedom that our military protects. I say the same thing today about our NATO allies that do not spend 2 percent of GDP on defense. For us to be free and prosperous, we must be strong and united.
I see no links, sources or nothing but block words.
Provide some to back up your blocks of words, kthx.
‘THE American Civil War And The Strategy Of Attrition, 1861–65’
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03071847.2011.591103?journalCode=rusi20
‘A Strategy of Attrition: Why General Westmoreland Failed in 1967’
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1021964.pdf
‘Attrition Warfare: When Even Winners Lose’
https://fs.blog/attrition-warfare/
No, Putin was not one of Schwab’s students.
That’s not what Klaus Schwab said. He said both Trueshit and Putin were followers of his philosophy.
Boy is this article BS. Russia only sent 10% of their active troops into Eukraine. If they were actually losing like this article pretends that they are. Putin would have sent more. Then there are over a million reserves.
I do know that the “warm bodies” from Russia ran away fast.
I do know that the “warm bodies” from Russia ran away fast.
From a contact in Russia:
On mobilization in Russia
One of my friends got mobilized recently. He’s a mobile gamedev and a conscientious objector. So he tried to flee his city (Petrozavodsk) and drove to the nearest border (of Kazakhstan) but the seemingly endless traffic jam made him return in despair.
That’s how they caught him and transported to the nearest voenkomat. He couldn’t believe his eyes. There was a WW2 veteran standing in line as a volunteer. Soldiers were given out vatniks sheathed in camo print. Boots with so many holes that they looked like crocs and kits with personal hygiene items that included condoms. Yes, condoms. A Russian analogue of Durex - Gusarskiye so naturally they were also peppered w/ holes - a point of hearty laughter of everyone involved
They were to be transported in cargo section of soviet plane to Ukraine.
They were allowed to “relax” for a few hours before that - i.e get drunk/high out of their minds and listen to the instructions of the Politruk who riled them up by talking about beauty of the Ukrainian woman and prosperity of the average household.
The tattered drunks of all ages were all ears. “Listen up, scum. You’re about to fly first class to a western democracy. So do what you do best: destroy their livelihoods and make them pay for being better than us. We will defile their land because we can. First and foremost, we are Eurasianists. We’ve learned from the best: Mongols, fascists and communists. You don’t need any training - it’s in your blood. No need for fancy gear either. The strongest will survive and bring his enemies to heel” as my friend later recalled speech.
So obviously he was looking for a way to escape this. He stood up and said “I’m gay”. A crazed mob jumped him and beat him bloody. But he smiled the whole time, ignoring broken ribs and bruises. Nevertheless he persisted. He’s going to prison for life for his orientation instead.
https://twitter.com/RWApodcast/status/1573720852004208645
My neighbor is back from Poland but haven’t had a chat with her yet. Should be interesting.
You really don’t know what you’re talking about, do you?
If you had a better understanding of English, tovarisch, we might be able to respond.
David Axe is a leftist. Check out his Twitter @daxe His Tweets alternate between articles just like this one and far left takes on abortion. Weird.
Whoever believe this crock is insane.
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