Reports of Russian casualties as they 'withdraw through their own minefields' driven back by Ukraine's counteroffensive, UK intel says

Business Insider ^ | Jun 10, 2023 | Isobel van Hagen

[MinorityRepublican]

Russian military performance has been "mixed" in the last 48 hours of fighting, as there are an increasing number of reports of Russian casualties as they "withdraw through their own minefields," according to UK intel.

In an intelligence update on Saturday, the UK's Ministry of Defence outlined the progress that had been made on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine.

"In some areas, Ukrainian forces have likely made good progress and penetrated the first line of Russian defenses. In others, Ukrainian progress has been slower," Britain's MoD said in a statement.

"Russian performance has been mixed: some units are likely conducting credible maneuver defense operations while others have pulled back in some disorder, amid increased reports of Russian casualties as they withdraw through their own minefields," the ministry added.

[popdonnelly]

Business Insider isn’t pro-Ukraine.

[MinorityRepublican]

I hope the Ukrainians drive the Russians out.

I agree. They shouldn't have given up their nuclear weapons. Now a lot of people are getting killed in this stupid war.

[Rdct29]

The Russians use a new mine laying weapon that fires rockets with 100 mines each in them. The Ukrainian’s drove into a minefield and had to retreat when the anti mine vehicle got destroyed. They thought they could go back the same way they came. They didn't know that Russia put mines behind them with this new system. The Ukrainian's found themselves in another minefield. Who would think a road you just drove on could be mined 20 minutes later?

[grey_whiskers]

Sod off, troll.

[ansel12]

“”Who would think a road you just drove on could be mined 20 minutes later?””

The Ukrainians have the American version.
“The Remote Anti-Armor Mine system is a pack of four-pound mines stacked nine apiece in a hollow 155-millimeter artillery shell. A few well-aimed volleys can scatter scores of the tiny mines—each with a magnetic fuze—across a wide area. The United States late last year donated to Ukraine 6,000 RAAM shells.”

[grey_whiskers]

Well, those can’t be Tungsten, as the two tiny ones obviously belong to House Majority Leader McCarthy.

[marcusmaximus]

LOL!

[Farmerbob]

I know. I was ragging Msgruff about trying to imply that a pic showing 2 sq yards of sand had to be taken in a desert and therefor must be faked.

[marcusmaximus]

[Kazan]

A Randian Libertarian that is favor of neocon foreign policy? Rand’s daddy is absolutely correct about what lead up to the war in Ukraine. You might want to read what he’s said about it.

[for-q-clinton]

So telling the truth is trolling. Wow...I can’t believe how many people here think with their hearts and not their brains. Seriously, this is defense 101. Did you ever do military planning?

[fireman15]

The Russians are poorly trained and poorly led.

Yes, this is very true by the standards set by a woke couch potato warrior such as yourself! The primary strength of our NATO trained proxy army can be directly attributed to their LGBTQ diversity training.

Many Russian soldiers and their officers have missed their essential awareness raising LGBTQ training classes and this has left them poorly prepared to work as a team with their gay, and transgender fellow soldiers.

Watch the following recruitment ads if you want to understand the difference between Western troops and the toxic masculinity of the Russians and why they are doomed to failure.

https://youtu.be/5ZyIcwPc820

/s

[blitz128]

Not sure the pushed back part is accurate but we will see, really depends on how motivated Russian troops are if they start running like some video has shown, supplies are interdicted, many reports from Russians of no ammo food or water. Things could change fast

[alexander_busek]

A Randian Libertarian that is favor of neocon foreign policy? Rand’s daddy is absolutely correct about what lead up to the war in Ukraine. You might want to read what he’s said about it.

The father of the great thinker and novelist Ayn Rand - some might also characterize her as the "nurse-maid" of the American Libertarian movement - was a pharmacist named Zinovy Zakharovich Rosenbaum, and as far as I know, he never made any statements about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

He namely died a century ago!

Regards,

[Firehath]

’ Rand ‘ Paul - senator

son of Ron Paul - libertarian

[alexander_busek]

Rand ‘ Paul - senator son of Ron Paul - libertarian

I am aware of what Kazan was attempting, with little success, to say.

Nowhere in my Free Republic profile do I make any mention of Rand Paul, nor do I reference his father, Ron Paul - yet, for some reason (probably: Kazan's poor reading comprehension skills), Kazan accused me of being untrue to Ron Paul's "take" on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

I hate being thrust into a pigeonhole, and then being told that I don't fit the pigeonhole very well!

Kazan is apparently unfamiliar with the works of Ayn Rand, else he wouldn't have made that embarrassing blunder!

Regards,

[Tommy Revolts]

Ukraine has the Russians on the run again. D’oh.