Posted on 01/17/2023 7:25:50 AM PST by dennisw
The Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed Tuesday to have "liquidated" about 900 Russian servicemen in fighting over the past day and said that about 117,000 Russian soldiers have been killed so far since the beginning of the invasion.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has said in a message on its account on the social network Facebook that 870 Russian servicemen have died in combat during the last 24 hours, bringing to "about 116,950" those killed since the invasion broke out, unleashed on February 24 on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He also stressed that since the beginning of the war, 3,121 tanks, 2,104 artillery systems, 220 anti-aircraft systems, 286 aircraft, 276 helicopters, 1,872 drones, 749 cruise missiles, 17 ships, 4,877 vehicles and fuel tanks and 190 pieces of "special equipment" have been destroyed.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
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How many have the Ukrainians lost? We never hear about that do we?
The Wagners keep on sending in human waves of convicts to overwhelm the Ukrainians. Everybody knows this is Russia’s war tactic. Now and during WW2 when Stalin ran the show.
The Ukrainians keep on mowing them down. 900 sounds kinda high. So even 600 Russians repelled and killed in one day is good shooting!
The Ukrainians and Russians don’t give out figures for their dead and wounded. You can find estimates on the internet.
My guesses (note: guesses) are that both the Ukrainians and the Russians have losses in the range of 60,000 to 70,000.
This war is brutal - it would be best if Putin withdraws and ends this senseless war
Nothing quite like getting excited over men dying in a war you have nothing to do with.
Good riddance!
There are several subs on Reddit that feature daily combat vids. It’s interesting from a tactical analysis. The Russian have no clue how to get off the X in an ambush. They stop, drop, return fire and allow themselves to be flanked or for accurate arty/mortar fire to come in on their position. There are no NCOs running the squads/platoons and no cohesion.
Additionally, they’re constantly bunched when maneuvering, which makes them highly susceptible to mass casualty events.
Clearly the brass, as they always have, sees the soldiers as widgets, no different than we see munitions. I had wrongly suspected that the Putin era changed this flawed doctrine.
I could say a lot more, but their tactics are insanely antiquated.
The word truth does not exist in that language. I am sure their own body count would be 50. LOL
Well, we have something to do with this war....
We all live in a Deep State-controlled country sending Billion$ in money and arms to help maintain the Deep State Cabal’s presence in Ukraine. Oh, and help keep the CIA’s bio labs running over there. If Ukraine were to be overrun by Russians, it might expose more of the thuggery of the bidEn regime.
We’ll if it’s the Uke armed forces as reported by a liberal news outlet, then it must be true!
War by media. Ugh. Maybe they’ll just destroy each other. Not a fan of Putin, but I can’t believe the pass Ukraine gets here on FR for all of the collusion and money-laundering with our leftist politicians.
It’s all stupid and senseless. This war is a disaster for all involved, as Ukraine, while perhaps hold its own, is being turned into a parking lot. Its economy will be set back a generation.
Copied from moonofalabama site:
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (17 January 2023)
📄 Part I (read Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5826))
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 In Kupyansk direction, artillery of the Western Military District has launched strikes at the units from 14th, 92nd mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), and 93rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Dvurechnaya, Timkovka, Ivanovka (Kharkov region), and Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic).
◽️ 1 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group has been eliminated near Liman Pervy (Kharkov region).
◽️ The enemy has lost over 50 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, and 2 pickups.
💥 In Krasny Liman direction, intensive action of motorised rifle units, and the strikes launched by artillery of the Central Military District at the concentrations of manpower and hardware of 71st Chaser, 80th and 95th airborne assault brigades of the AFU, as well as at those of 15th National Guard Regiment have resulted in the elimination of over 70 personnel, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, and 4 motor vehicles near Grigorovka, Serebryanka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and to the west of Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic).
💥 In Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Military District, supported by units of Airborne Troops, continued their offensive operations.
◽️ Over 60 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, and 6 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
💥 In South Donetsk direction, artillery units of the Eastern Military District, and the Pacific Fleet’s marines have neutralised the concentrations of manpower and hardware from 61st Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Zolotaya Niva, and 108th Territorial Defence Brigade near Prechistovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
◽️ 2 AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been eliminated in the area to the north of Levadnoye and Vladimirovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
◽️ The enemy has lost up to 40 Ukrainian personnel, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, and 3 motor vehicles.
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #report
@mod_russia_en
📄 Part II (read Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5825))
✈️💥 Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised an artillery ordnance depot of 114th Territorial Defence Brigade near Veliky Burluk (Kharkov region), as well as 82 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware at 98 areas.
💥 Counterbattery warfare operations have resulted in destruction of:
▪️ 1 Polish-manufactured Krab howitzer near Peschanoye (Kharkov region);
▪️ 1 U.S.-manufactured M109 Paladin howitzer, and one fighting vehicle equipped with Grad multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) near Lozovaya (Kharkov region);
▪️ 1 D-20 howitzer near Terny (Donetsk People’s Republic);
▪️ 2 Giatsint-B howitzers near Maryinka and Orlovka (Donetsk People’s Republic);
▪️ 2 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers near Nevskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region);
▪️ 5 D-30 howitzers near Zmiyevka, Novokairy (Kherson region), Sofiyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).
◽️ 4 U.S.-manufactured counterbattery warfare radars have been destroyed:
▪️ 2 AN/TPQ-50 stations near Mylovoye and Dudchany (Kherson region),
▪️ 1 AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare radar near Ugledar (Donetsk People’s Republic),
▪️ 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-48 counterbattery warfare radar near Senkovo (Kharkov region).
💥 Air defence facilities have shot down 6 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic), Nikolskoye, and Petrovskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
◽️ 14 rocket-propelled projectiles launched by HIMARS and Olkha MLRS have been intercepted near Udy (Kharkov region), Smolyaninovo (Lugansk People’s Republic), Donetsk, and Khartsyzsk (Donetsk People’s Republic).
◽️ 1 U.S.-manufactured anti-radiation missile has been shot down near Radensk (Kherson region).
◽️ 1 Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missile has been shot down near Berdyansk (Zaporozhye region).
📊 In total, 372 airplanes and 200 helicopters, 2,891 unmanned aerial vehicles, 401 air defence missile systems, 7,549 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 984 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,853 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 8,081 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
Posted by: Summary | Jan 17 2023 14:20 utc | 260
The problem is that there are lots of Ukrainian people - soldiers and civilians who are getting killed and hurt because of Putin’s invasion.
And there are lots of Russian men dying senseless deaths for Putin’s ego.
His sticking with this invasion has caused too many deaths.
“It’s all stupid and senseless. This war is a disaster for all involved,”
Correct. Putin evidently thought that he could take over all of Ukraine just as easily as he took over Crimea in 2014. Instead he got a massive war and pushback.
He ought to have pulled back to the DPR-LPR region at the end of March. Instead he’s being pushed back to that line slowly and this is turning into a meat grinder on both sides.
Horrific
It would be best if US corruptocrats stopped laundering billions of US taxpayer dollars through Ukraine corruptocrats and end this senseless war.
Your refusal to acknowledge what leftist politicians have been doing in Ukraine (particularly Biden, Pelosi, Kerry, Romney) at the expense of American citizens just makes your case worthless. Sorry. Getting tired of these one-sided support posts for Ukraine.
It’s not a question of excitement.
What matters is that Ukraine is defending itself against the Kremlin invaders. Those invaders are leveling to the ground villages and cities in Ukraine and use the same terrorist tactics as Al Qaida - by mostly targeting civilian infrastructure.
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