Posted on 05/12/2023 1:32:19 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
They started shelling at sunrise.
In the dawn haze, under the cover of their own artillery, small groups of Ukrainian soldiers advanced toward a Russian position on the outskirts of the embattled city of Bakhmut.
Drone footage had identified an avenue of attack on Russian lines on the outskirts of the besieged city. Intelligence suggested the Russians were so focused on the intense street battles playing out inside they were not expecting an assault in this direction, according to two battalion commanders in Ukraine’s Third Assault Brigade who help plan and execute the operation and spoke by telephone.
For nine months, the bloody fight for this eastern city has dragged out inch by inch, with massive casualties on both the Russian and Ukrainian sides. Yegeveniy Prigozhin, the high-profile commander of the mercenary Wagner Group, promised to deliver the city by May 9, Russia’s hugely important Victory Day celebration. By the end of April he claimed his forces had taken nearly the whole city.
Yet instead of giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a victory to announce in his speech in front of the Kremlin on Tuesday, Ukrainian forces scored a rare advance this week south of the city and held fast in the city center. The two commanders shared details of the surprise offensive, which Ukrainian ground forces commander Oleksandr Syrsky confirmed was successful.
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Neocon propaganda! Russia took Bachmut a year ago the Ukrainian army was obliterated for the fourth time, Zelensky is in a gay bath house on Martha’s Vineyard, and none of our weapons ever reached the front they were all sold as auto parts on the black market.
/s Sorry I cannot resist after all the filthy downright unAmerican abuse that has been unleashed here by liars and fools for the past year.
I don’t predict the outcome (unlike every Pro Russian shill)
but I can only pray the Russian forces and their vile mercenary prisoners are slaughtered on a mass scale.
It’s over
Ukraine has taken more territory in 3 days than Russia has in 2.5 months.
And how many died to deny the russkies a PR victory? I don’t know if the russkies even cared all that much, didn’t see any stories about how this rubble town ‘had to’ be taken by May 9.
Anyone believe the mothers, wives & children of the dead believe their sacrifice was worth it? How about in 6 months, when it all is for naught?
Yes, some russkies were killed and they gave back a few blocks. In any realistic assessment, it won’t last and doesn’t change anything on the ground that I can tell.
PDJT calls for peace, to stop the killing, to figure out a settlement everyone can live with. Those who demand “victory” means hundreds of thousands more dead, or millions if the worst happens. I can’t cheerlead this crap.
Right. The sources these Zeepers use. And believe 😂
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...Ukrainian forces scored a rare advance this week...
LOL
Tell Putin to leave Ukraine.
You’ll always find thay the farther from the Front, the more the enthusiasm for war.
“We” must defeat “xxx” is usually said by people who have no intention of going into battle themselves.
That the Ukrainians made significant advances threatening the Russian position in Bakhmut is acknowledged even by Russian milblogs.
Tell NATO to leave Ukraine. NATO encroachment to the border of Russia, building up an invasion force and civilian bombardment for 10 years is the reason for this war.
Before you start, there is zero chance the US or any country would permit an invasion army to be stationed on their border by a hostile force. Hard to blame the russkies for not wanting NATO missiles 100 miles from Moscow.
Tell Putin to put on his shirt and leave Ukraine.
The depth of your analysis is astounding. Wow.
You do know this forum is for thinking people, right?
Yup, so much blood lust by the Uke NPC’s, yet I have never seen a single one of them post their enlistment papers. Have you?
it’s the gay flag
vs
Christian flag
whose side am I on
The gay flag?
rhetorical question
( statement )
look it up
It’s not Putin’s country. Tell him to leave Ukraine and spend the money on indoor toilets for his people, instead.
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