That’s ok, Biden is sending them another $2.1 billion for the counteroffensive.
One week:
3 small villages:
dozens of armor vehicles destroyed , 100’s dead
And still 10-20 km north of the main Russian fortification lines
Plus reports coming in now of Russians pushing back north and retaken at least one village….
Russian counterattack against the AFU couteroffensive
127th division launched a powerful counterattack, Russian troops with massive air support, are advancing on Neskuchnoe, thus knocking the AFU out of Makarovka
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Some British media now downplaying hopes of quick major Ukrainian gains saying it will be a long war of attrition lasting years
I think perhaps Ukraine wasn’t ready yet but political pressure caused them to launch this counter offensive
Scrap iron dealers are making a killing from this needless meat grinder.Globalist elists are happy as well. The rest of Western civilization, not so much.
17 M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3 and 4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (1, 2, 3 and 4, damaged and abandoned) (5, damaged and abandoned) (6, 7 and 8, damaged and abandoned) (9, damaged and abandoned) (10, damaged and abandoned) (11, damaged and abandoned)
33 M113: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, destroyed) (8, destroyed) (9, destroyed) (10, destroyed) (11, destroyed) (12, destroyed) (13, destroyed) (14, destroyed) (15, destroyed) (16, destroyed) (17, destroyed) (18, destroyed) (19, destroyed) (20, destroyed) (21, destroyed) (22, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged) (3, damaged) (4, damaged) (5, damaged) (1, damaged and abandoned) (2, damaged and abandoned) (1, captured) (2, captured) (3, captured) (4, captured)
23 International M1224 MaxxPro: (1, destroyed) (2 and 3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, destroyed) (8, destroyed) (9, destroyed) (10, destroyed) (11, destroyed) (12, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged) (3, damaged) (4, damaged) (5, damaged) (6, damaged) (7, damaged) (1, abandoned) (2, abandoned) (1, captured) (2, captured)
3 Oshkosh M-ATV: (1, damaged and abandoned) (2 and 3, damaged and abandoned)
67 M1114 and M1151 HMMWV: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, destroyed) (8, destroyed) (9 and 10, destroyed) (11, destroyed) (12, destroyed) (13, destroyed) (14, destroyed) (15, destroyed) (16, destroyed) (17, destroyed) (18, destroyed) (19, destroyed) (20, destroyed) (21, destroyed) (22, destroyed) (23, destroyed) (24, destroyed) (25, destroyed) (26, destroyed) (27, destroyed) (28, destroyed) (29, destroyed) (30, destroyed) (31, destroyed) (32, destroyed) (33, destroyed) (34, destroyed) (35 and 36, destroyed) (37, destroyed) (38, destroyed) (39, destroyed) (40, destroyed) (41, destroyed) (42, destroyed) (43, destroyed) (44, destroyed) (45, destroyed) (46, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged) (3, damaged) (4, damaged) (5, damaged) (6, damaged) (7, damaged) (1, abandoned) (2, damaged and abandoned) (3, damaged and abandoned) (1, damaged and captured) (2, damaged and captured) (3, captured) (4, captured) (5, captured) (6, damaged and captured) (7, captured) (8, captured) (9, damaged and captured) (10 and 11, captured)
5 M1152 HMMWV: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed)
15 M998 HMMWV: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (1, damaged and captured) (2, captured) (3, captured) (4, captured) (5, captured) (6, 7 and 8, captured) (9, captured) (10, captured) (11, captured) (12, captured) (13, captured)
2 M1165 HMMWV: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
11 HMMWV Ambulance: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged) (1, damaged and captured) (2, damaged and captured) (3, damaged and captured) (4, captured) (5, captured) (6, captured) (7, captured)
1 Unknown HMMWV variant: (1, destroyed)
1 Ford Ranger: (1, damaged and captured)
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52 155mm M777A2 howitzer: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, destroyed) (8, destroyed) (9, destroyed) (10, destroyed) (11, destroyed) (12, destroyed) (13, destroyed) (14 and 15, destroyed) (16, destroyed) (17, destroyed) (18, destroyed) (19, destroyed) (20, destroyed) (21, destroyed) (22, destroyed) (23, destroyed) (24, destroyed) (25, destroyed) (26, destroyed) (27, destroyed) (28 and 29, destroyed) (30, destroyed) (31, destroyed) (32, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged) (3, damaged) (4, damaged) (5, damaged) (6, damaged) (7, damaged) (8, damaged) (9, damaged) (10, damaged) (11, damaged) (12, damaged) (13, damaged) (14, damaged) (15, damaged) (16, damaged) (17, damaged) (18, damaged) (19, damaged) (20, damaged)
1 AN/TPQ-36 weapons location radar: (1, damaged)
2 AN/TPQ-37 weapons location radar: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
1 AN/TPQ-49 lightweight counter mortar radar: (1, captured)
4 AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (1, captured) (2, captured)
1 AeroVironment Quantix Recon UAV: (1, captured)
1 Island-class patrol boat P190 Slovyansk: (1, sunk)
7 FMTV M1083A1P2: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4 and 5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, destroyed)
As I understand it, the Russians have redundant defense lines, set back from the initial contact line.
When the back and forth stops let me know who is still standing, thanks.
Well if a Ford Ranger was damaged and captured.....it must be all over. (/sarcasm)
Without control of the air, armor will be sacrificed. The Ka52 helicopter is a tank killer. Unless these are neutralized, the slaughter will continue.
Basically, these are all just probing attacks so far.
It's territory they can't hold but that's not the objective. The objective is to do enough to keep the money following to Ukraine (and laundered to the right sources).