Posted on 02/14/2023 6:19:10 AM PST by Salohcin
An elite Russian naval infantry unit made up of mostly mobilized troops has lost nearly all its troops in fighting near the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, Russian media reported Monday, citing one of the survivors.
The 5,000-strong 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade has been “nearly destroyed” after up to 300 marines per day were killed in Russia's assault on the coal-mining town, according to comments by the Ukrainian defense forces to Politico on Sunday.
A surviving marine who spoke with the 7x7 regional news site said the losses were so severe that only eight men remained in one landing assault company, while the other survivors were taken prisoner.
“Those who survived were said to be deserters,” the unnamed marine was quoted as saying, estimating the brigade’s losses at 500 or more men killed.
Citing his commander, the marine told 7x7 that the brigade — nearly 90% of whom were recently mobilized soldiers — did not expect to return to Russia alive or unscathed.
“I wish I had been taken prisoner and never returned,” he added, complaining about the officers’ treatment of their soldiers.
The assault began on Jan. 23, the surviving marine told 7x7.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that its forces had “neutralized” Ukrainian soldiers and military hardware near Vuhledar last week.
That claim drew ridicule from Russian pro-war military bloggers for repeating the mistakes of past failed offensives and dented their belief in the military’s capacity to mount a widely reported large-scale offensive.
The Russian Pacific Fleet’s 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade made headlines in November after accusing its commander of causing massive losses in an assault near the eastern city of Donetsk.
Russia’s Defense Ministry issued a rare statement at the time denying the unit’s claims. The surviving marine told 7x7 on Monday that the brigade commander gave them a “strict reprimand” for airing its accusations in public.
The 155th brigade had to undergo three waves of restaffing after suffering defeats in Ukraine, Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskiy, the spokesman for the regional chapter of Ukraine’s defense forces, told Politico.
The marine who described the assault on Vuhledar to 7x7 said his command was “bringing in new” soldiers, many of whom are killed on the battlefield.
Any day now, Ukraine will be marching on the Kremlin. Any day now...
Why is it so hard for you and the other Russian fans on FR to admit that the Russians have encountered reversals in their war? This is a war that almost everyone, including pro-Ukrainian observers, thought was going to be over in one week, yet a year later the Ukrainians are still holding on.
I find it amazing how we are a group, in general, didn’t believe the media when it came to the covid hoax. But now, all of a sudden, they’re completely trustworthy when it comes to Russia/Ukraine. Why is that? Are some of us so burnt out that the programming has taken hold again? Why do any of us believe anything the media says now?
and last spring, the elite Russian paratrooper unit was wiped out during the failed encirclement of Kiev
Ukrainians seem pretty good at defending themselves ... but Russia won’t learn, they insist on always running into the buzzsaw over and over ...
what the Einstein quote about the definition of insanity?
The problem for the Russians is they haven’t figured out how to advance.
They have three problems:
1) Rivers - The Oskil in the north and the Dnieper in the south. Russian armor has been obliterated each time it has tried to cross a river. Crossings can’t be hidden and they get wiped out by artillery and drones. Ukraine’s mainly infantry based army has had more success getting across water.
2) Open steppe - The area in the south like Vuhledar has similar issues that everyone can see you when you step out of cover. Ukraine fought forward in terrain like this in the Kherson offensive, but at high cost.
3) Cities - Russia’s main success has come in urban warfare. They can advance under cover. Loses are high, but in Izyum, Mariupol, and Bakhmut griding progress has been acheivable. Problem is it takes months to take even a small town.
It's always entertaining when the first sentence in an article is an apparent oxymoron...
;>)
This is a very important war. Where are all the war correspondents, news teams, reporters on the ground with up to the minute breaking news?
Preferences and loyalties are two very different things. I prefer Tide over All but I buy whichever is cheaper. I am loyal to my barber so I won’t have anyone else cut my hair. I prefer blonde women but I am loyal to my wife who is a brunette. As far as Russia vs Ukraine, I have no loyalty to either side and of course I prefer that they would not be at war with or invading or killing each other However I would also prefer that we as Americans would not be involved either way especially in a financial sense. The people in the neighboring countries are much more qualified to assist by virtue of proximity.
Supporters of war crimes are war criminals
I don’t think people have putin loyalties...just disgust at the non-stop psyops. By the media’s acct ukraine hasn’t lost any soldiers at all. At least I haven’t seen any reports of such.
Obviously, Ukraine doesn’t need our help.
So much propaganda who knows what to believe.
The only thing I know as fact is that we are spending tens of billions of dollars on this proxy war that has no end in sight. Inflation is rising and the markets are stagnant so retirement is out of the question. Add to that the lack of focus on Social Security and Medicare and I imagine Biden will need to introduce assisted suicide as a national policy.
Yeah right!
If the Russians were so “mighty”, why haven’t they WON yet?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
Sorry, should have said, YES! Correct!
I AGREE with you.
The Ukrainians were key players in the coup against President Trump. The first impeachment was driven by President Trump's call to Zelensky and Ukrainian-born "whistle-blower" Col. Vindman was the impetus. Col. Vindman was offered the high position of Defense Minister of Ukraine twice by the Ukraine - why?. The coup against President Trump led us into the Ukraine War and the death of hundreds of thousands of people and the impoverishment of America. We are led by traitors and snakes.
Vindman, 44, explained during his impeachment testimony that he had been offered the position three times but declined the position because of his loyalty to the United States. The lieutenant colonel was born in Ukraine, but his family immigrated to the U.S. when he was a toddler.
Vindman claimed he did not know why he was offered the high ranking position of defense minister.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/vindman-reveals-that-he-had-been-offered-a-position-as-defense-minister-of-ukraine
And, amazingly, after President Trump was only out of office a little over a year we were at war with Russia at the behest of the Ukraine.
There’s no evidence Einstein ever said that. But we already know you believe and spread disinformation. Sucks to be you.
I see that you have a Gulag plan for everyone who doesn't agree with you. Neocons are nothing but crypto communists.
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