“It’s rough out there”— Rodney Dangerfield
Propaganda from the same UK government that spies on Americans on behalf of the American intelligence apparatus to get around the US Constitution as part of Five Eyes?
“UK Defense Ministry: Freshly mobilized Russian soldiers ordered to storm Ukrainian positions with ‘firearms and shovels’”
...and in other news Bakhmut is in the final liberation process as Ukrainian troops are making a mad dash to the west, so it looks like the ‘firearms and shovels’ were enough to do the job.
Yeah, you can use it like an ax but really, unless you are Conan you’re going to get shot.
There was a story about Heinrich Himmler flying up to Northern Germany in final days of the Third Reich with elaborately drawn plans for a counterattack to through back the Russians. When he presented his plans to commanding general, the general observed, “Mein Fuehrer (Himmler was an Unterfuehrer), I am sure these plans were drawn up with the utmost care, but there is no fuel for the tanks, no ammunition for the guns. When the men are given these orders, they will conclude that we are nincompoops, throw up their hands and surrender to Allies.”
These reports, if true, bespeak utter desperation. Hard to believe anything like this could be true.
Russia is a second-rate power with a lot of non-conventional capabilities, but please, this reeks of the most over-the-top propaganda. It is nothing more than transcribing what some MOD flunky fed the reporter. Not that I expect the Kyiv Independent to be objective, but it is especially bad in the British press. It has actually fallen to the BBC to set the record straight on Russian casualties, battlefield operations, etc. Surprisingly, the old BBC has been one of the more objective sources in covering this conflict
Oh ... it’s from MSN ... (LOL!)
Bakhmut is of course of strategic value. It is covering the crossing of three major train lines and four major roads (M-03, M-32, T-13-02, T-05-13). As such it is the linchpin of the whole Donbas region. Besides that it also has some valuable mineral mines.
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Russian source report death per week at a lower rate than Ukrainian death per day. The ratio is again about 10 Ukrainians for 1 Russian.
I have said for a while that Bakhmut was in operational encirclement. Russian artillery could reach its last roads in and out. Since three days ago Bakhmut is in tactical encirclement. Russian direct fire, i.e. tank guns and hand held anti-tank missiles, can now cover all of Bakhmut's supply routes. They will shot at any car that attempts to drive there. Its one reason why the reported deaths have harshly increased. Should the Ukraine decide to order its soldiers to stay in Bakhmut the city will be physically encircled. All roads will be blocked not only by fire but by heavily armed Russian checkpoints. The Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut, several thousands still seem to be there, will then be left with only two options: surrender or die. ###
https://sonar21.com/the-fall-of-bakhmut-a-prelude-to-the-fall-of-ukraine/
During the last year Ukraine has enlisted hundreds of thousands of new recruits, but these new soldiers are being sent to the front with only minimal training. Ukraine does not have the number of trained, experienced soldiers required to mount a massive counter offensive. The lack of personnel is compounded by the inability of the West to supply ammunition and vehicles in sufficient numbers to sustain intense operations.
According to Andrei Martyanov, who has good sources in Russia, the 300,000 reservists called up last August have not yet been deployed to the front lines. The meaning is simple — Russia enjoys a massive advantage in terms of manpower, tanks, artillery, ammunition, missiles and combat air.
The fall of Bakhmut is a major blow, not just to Ukraine, but to the United States and NATO. This sets the stage for the West doing something desperate while Russia is content to continue to pulverize what is left of the Ukrainian military.
Always accuse your enemy of what you are doing.
Russian made 5.45mm ammo is readily available on the net. This article is pure propaganda.
that’s just propaganda.
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Bakhmut is being evacuated.
about 2K to 3K leaving daily in convoys starting every 30 minutes w abt 50-70 per.
wagner estimates 10-12K soldiers still in city so a few more days.. evac routes are known.
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details in todays update from mil summary channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKzyJx8Ih-Q
If one intends to take and keep territory, after the artillery has done its job it is necessary to root out the enemy hand to hand.
Just as the US Marines had to do in the Pacific during WWII. Just as the Russians had to do in Berlin during WWII.
And just as we had to do in Fallujah during the Gulf War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah
Just as it has always been.
Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for March 6, 2023:
- Russian forces continue the encirclement of Bakhmut;
- Western media admits Russian operations around Bakhmut is exhausting Ukrainian forces and may diminish them ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian spring offensive;
- US announces another military assistance package for Ukraine with fewer items listed and absent of any specific quantities despite previous packages featuring such information;
-Ukraine has urgently asked the West for more artillery shells in particular, highlighting the inability for Western industry to match or exceed Russian military industrial output;
- German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall claims to be considering building a tank factory in Ukraine. Older articles claim only if approved by the German government and after the conflict is over, newer articles suggest the factory may be built sooner;
- Ukrainian pilots are in the US to assess their skills for potential training on US warplanes (likely the F-16);
- Training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s or other Western warplanes will admittedly take years, if F-16s arrive in Ukraine beforehand they will likely be Western operators posing as Ukrainian pilots;