You're lying!
Posted on 06/04/2023 3:56:22 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
When Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive finally begins, the fight will be led by brigades armed not only with Western weapons but also Western know-how, gleaned from months of training aimed at transforming Ukraine’s military into a modern force skilled in NATO’s most advanced warfare tactics.
As other Ukrainian units were fighting to expel the Russian occupiers from the country’s east and south, the brand-new 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade was preparing for the next phase of war from a classroom at a NATO base in Germany.
The brigade’s leadership trained with computers that simulated situations they might face in real life. Deputy commander Maj. Ivan Shalamaha and others planned their assaults and then let the program show them the results — how their Russian enemies might respond, where they could make a breakthrough and where they would suffer losses.
“You understand the overall picture, how it works,” Shalamaha said. “You understand where and what your shortcomings were. And we pay attention to what we failed to do during this simulation.”
Now the war games are over. The 47th brigade and other assault units have been armed with Western weapons, including Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and relocated to a secret location closer to the front line. During a recent visit by Washington Post journalists, the soldiers were waiting for the order to charge ahead to retake a large swath of Ukrainian territory and tip the war back in Kyiv’s favor.
The counteroffensive will be the biggest test yet of the U.S.-led strategy of giving the Ukrainians weapons and training to fight like an American army might — but on their own.
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Russia is running low on artillery and ammo besides.
That has been the story for how long now ?
A quick Internet search show articles from June 2022 !
Lol Sep 2022 !
March 2023 !
Someday, one day, maybe. Down to shovels and hammers for now.
Is this a source or an opinion ? Hope you don’t pay money for that .
“There is bipartisan support for funding Ukraine with weapons.”
Translation: both Rs & Ds have their hands in the Ukraine till and will spend us into oblivion to avoid being found out. There is no legitimate reason for us to intervene beyond peace talks.
Small amount of money spent and the Russians are stalemated.
They can’t take Ukraine.
Russia is a paper tiger, resorting to mercenaries, weapons from Iran and idle threats of using nukes.
Putin’s dream for a new Russian Empire is a burning Hindenburg afire and falling to the ground.
Six weeks ago, you said the Russians were fighting with shovels in Bakhmut, and before that they were using washing machine pasts to repair tanks.
Remember?
“There is no legitimate reason for us to intervene beyond peace talks.”
PeaceTalks: Russia, get out.
Russia: No.
This is why we are arming Ukraine. It’s also in our national security interest to not allow Russia to illegally invade a sovereign nation and destabilize Europe.
Shhhh. He has “sources” .
He’s another British blowhard, who if it wasn’t for belligerent American Neocons standing behind his pathetic island nation, he’d be cowering in a corner.
I hate the Nazis. But they were preferable over the Soviets. We should have joined with the Germans after Hitler’s death to destroy the Soviet Union.
Now that the Soviets are gone you want to help resurrect them. Brilliant.
Currently it seems so. A number of facts seem to indicate it.
For one Prigozhin has been crying for months about lacking ammo. That was his principal beef since the friction with the army started.
I doubt it would have been deliberately held back by a Russian army richly supplied with it. This tells me there is internal competition for scarce resources.
Then there is the matter of the multiplying 120mm mortars. Useful things, but way less flexible in every way than long range 152mm howitzers. But they are much easier to supply.
And then there are the ancient 152mm D1 (M1943) howitzers lately being seen all over. These are very short range weapons, but they use different ammo stocks than the modern ones. There would be no reason to risk their crews vs drones and Uke counterbattery unless they HAD to use them.
And then there are the tanks and 100/125mm antitank guns seen being used as artillery. And etc.
A well supplied army wouldn’t be piling up such a zoo of expedients.
I never mentioned shovels.
I am. I am showing the logical inconsistency of the propagana put out by the Washington Post and those advocating the position taken therein. It is not for me to figure out which part are lies and which aren't. At least some of it is a pack of lies. Start from demonstrable facts - real facts, not fact checked facts - and then argue the point. Right now the position is nonsense not worthy of Edward Lear or Lewis Carroll.
How much of the intelligence community along with you fell for that on? Please don't attack me. I'm out of ammo he screams to the world - and lives to scream it again. I know we have just about taken Bakhmut, but we cannot hold it so please please please don't attack me here or I will fold.
What was it that Sun Tsu wrote about deception. What is it that Churchhill said about the first casualty of war.
You're lying!
You seem to want to resurrect Imperial Russia and the old Soviet Empire, as Putin has admitted to.
Do you think that is in the national security interests of the US?
“ D-Day coming soon!”
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Yes, it will launch ANY DAY NOW. But first the Ukrainians NEED YET AN ADDITIONAL THREE BILLION DOLLARS.
…or is it $5 Billion? Zelensky says GIBS-ME-DAT bunch of American taxpayer DOLLARS! We must give!
Putin is a nut. He’s sick and probably won’t be around too long. imperial Russia would be far superior to the Soviets or putin
I have never said any such thing. So prove it.
Uh huh.
What US/Euro weapons were supplied to Ukraine pre-Feb 2022?
No, you are arguing with me (me, not some hypothetical being) by setting up an array of absurd straw men.
And....the Russians utterly failed to take Kyiv and even retreated in the North and Northeast, and are nowbogged down in the East. Looks to me like that training and equipping paid off in dividends.
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