[Signalman]

I’ve read that Russian draftees are only in for 1 year. Not enough time to get them properly trained.

[PIF]

Like a good Russian he lies. The RGF’s 72nd negotiated a surrender; those that fled were his troops.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Doubtful. 🙄

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

No one cares OK? So sick and tired of Urkaine shills here on FR pushing endless wars.

[montag813]

New Wagner recruits being briefed on their mission...

[alloysteel]

“Yeah, they ran through the briars
And they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
Where the rabbit couldn’t go
They ran so fast
That the hounds couldn’t catch ‘em”

From “Battle of New Orleans”

Chaotic retreat is a mixed blessing.

[Seruzawa]

I imagine that the average Russian is as willing to support his own govt as I am to support mine.

Russia is far far less of a threat to me than DemonRATs.

[frithguild]

Well by all means then, pour on the steam for more territory captured for the AFU! The RF is too poorly trained channel the AFU into calibrated artillery kill zones. Yse siree!

[BenLurkin]

RUSSIA MILITARY ORDER WITHDRAWAL NW OF BAKHMUT; New line from Berkhivske Reservoir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRwSu2PZqOY

[familyop]

Prigozhin on Bakhmut: ‘The flanks are crumbling, the front is collapsing’
Meduza
May 12, 2023
https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/12/prigozhin-on-bakhmut-the-flanks-are-crumbling-the-front-is-collapsing

[Excerpt:]

“After we transferred our flanks there was a non-tactical retreat, so comrade Konashenkov, putting it gently, was dissembling. What happened was Defense Ministry troops simply fled from our flanks,” said Prigozhin.
...
“But the Russian Federation’s capture of Bakhmut gives us nothing because the flanks are crumbling, the front is collapsing. The Defense Ministry’s attempts in the information field to somehow smooth over the situation are leading and will lead to a global tragedy for Russia. So you need to stop lying immediately. If you ran away, then build another front line,” he said.

[The Free Engineer]

There is no way to know what is true. Many stories are out there making contradictory claims, including that these public statements are a ruse by the Russians.

[redfreedom]

Propaganda or truth or somewhere in between?

In a way these “war reports” remind me of political polls where some people just gobble them up, discuss the various points, add to the discussion and believe all that is read and said as the gospel truth. Only to find out come election time the polling data for the most part was just BS designed to sway voters.

Same with these war reports. To many they are the gospel. But like an election, the truth comes out in the end. (or so it used to be before massive voter fraud)

The only reporting I take seriously is the massive amount of money being spent, the number of dead (all of them) and all the weapons being sent there with all the good people fighting. It’s all a tragic waste.

[sauropod]

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