Posted on 06/18/2023 6:38:24 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia is Shocked! They lost Supplies and Command on the South | Counterattack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18i38oCpE7M
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 18CENSORth June 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time)
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-480-summary/
*** Great interactive map with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
VIDEOS
1. Huge Disaster For the Russian Army! Putin Has No Soldiers Left to Fight
Elite Journalist
256K subscribers
Jun 18, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-IPdlnIKn0
2. Kremlin’s Efforts to Boost Mobilization in Russian Army: Money and Propaganda Used for Stimulation
UATV English
392K subscribers
Jun 18, 2023 4:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bov5f3Kj0Do
The Kremlin is trying to compensate for the shortage of manpower in the Russian army in three ways. The first is conscription, the second is mobilization and the third is contract service. Just the last - the most important for the Ministry of Defense of the Federation. A wide propaganda campaign was launched throughout Russia. But the main argument of recruiters is not slogans, but money. On average, they promise from 200 thousand rubles a month.
Wow!
That’s the best, most honest statement of how people react I’ve ever seen on any of these threads!
Amen.
“I hate seeing deleted posts because”
Deleted comments only mean Freeprs didn’t ‘self-censor’ or their comments wouldn’t have been deleted.
I totally agree death threat Comments #18 and #24 have no place at Free Republic and should be deleted
All the Putin apologists should pack their bags and move over to the failed police-state dictatorship known as Russia, where they belong ...
“You also calling a decorated Army Colonel a KGB asset?”
No. Re-read comments later.
However, you are out of control. You cannot EXCUSE your ranting behavior on the posted comments of another Freeper.
Been reading for days the ukonazi “offensive” is going tits up good and hard.
Go away, liar.
No, not only. I’ve seen plenty of posts deleted from these daily Ukraine threads that didn’t violate Jim’s rules; they only disagreed with the narrative and maybe made the Zelensky loyalists uncomfortable with truths about propaganda methodology.
But I do agree that Posts 18 and 24 here should probably come down.
That was fun to watch and listen to. I like how often they said:
putin is going insane LOL
and I liked the reference to russia’s
‘Point of catastrophic breakdown’
May the good news be true and continue to victory for Ukraine
May putin/russia be shocked every day until they withdraw totally from all Ukrainian lands
May it be so
I think the threat to murder a member is more serious than saying something insulting about a Russia propagandist with no credibility on the Russian invasion.
ARTICLE
Russia Putting Up ‘Desperate Resistance’ As Ukraine Offensive Move Forward
Jack Buckby
6-18-2023 11:25 p.m. EST
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/06/russia-putting-up-desperate-resistance-as-ukraine-offensive-move-forward/
Ukrainian military officials said on Friday that the ongoing counteroffensive in Ukraine’s southern and eastern regions is already delivering results for Kyiv, describing how Russian forces have put up a “desperate resistance” around the city of Bakhmut.
Russia claimed to have taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian city in late May, though Ukrainian officials denied the claims at the time and said troops were encircling the city and preparing a new offensive.
Writing on Telegram, the head of the Ukrainian ground forces, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, described how Russia is now deploying its most capable division to the Bakhmut region, backed by both artillery and aircraft.
“We continue to conduct offensive actions in separate directions, occupying dominant heights, and strips of forest with the aim of forcing the enemy gradually out of the outskirts of Bakhmut. Realising this, the enemy units put up desperate resistance,” Syrskyi wrote.
The news marks a change in Russia’s approach to the war, with both sides focusing primarily on the use of artillery systems, tanks, and drones, rather than deploying fighter jets. Analysts have speculated that Russia has so far deliberately refrained from deploying its most advanced aircraft over fears that they may be shot down by Ukrainian air-defense systems – losing Russia its most advanced aircraft at a time when every weapon counts.
Syrskyi also described how Ukrainian forces are making gains in the south, having regained control of roughly 38 square miles in just the last week.
Putin Stresses Ukrainian Losses
Russian President Vladimir Putin, having already acknowledged that the counteroffensive is underway, continues to paint a different picture of the situation on the ground. Speaking to Russian media this week, the Russian president said that Ukraine has not been “successful in any sectors.”
Putin also said that Ukraine is experiencing “huge losses,” and that as many as one quarter of combat vehicles given to Ukraine have been destroyed, including more than 160 main battle tanks. Russia, Putin claimed, has only lost 54 in the same period.
Some analysts also say that Ukraine’s progress so far has been minimal but argue that the slow gains may be deliberate.
Speaking to CNBC on Thursday, Royal United Services Institute research fellow Nick Reynolds described Ukraine’s strategy as a “cautious” one.
“It is no surprise that Ukraine is being cautious,” Reynolds said. “I would say that if this counter offensive doesn’t ultimately result in a big bang, I don’t think anyone should be really surprised. Perhaps they will be able to find certain weak points and take large amounts of ground or this could be a more incremental offensive,” he added.
I agree. This site has become infested with vicious trolls, disgruntled retreads and “undercover” Biden-Obama supporters and I hate to see it go this way.
So many very good posters have gone elsewhere because of this. Part of me wants to keep fighting the attempted takeover and another part of me is weary of these people and wants to just walk away. (I don’t opus.)
Jim put a good thing together here. I still hold out hope that it can be preserved and we conservatives can eventually have it back.
https://www.worldaffairsboard.com/forum/international-defense-geopolitics-discussion/russian-invasion-of-ukraine/1578933-2022-2023-russo-ukrainian-war/page137
https://www.worldaffairsboard.com/forum/international-defense-geopolitics-discussion/the-staff-college/1573512-the-intricacies-of-senior-promotions
During the first Gulf War in 1990, there were a lot of retired Colonels on TV. I started asking myself if these guys are so smart, why did they not make general? Second, who did they piss off that were not promoted and why?
IIRC, there are a few thousand retired generals and admirals, and over a hundred thousand retired colonels in the United States. The competition to get above Colonel or 0-6 is equivalent to becoming CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
O-6s who hold grudges about not getting promoted long after they retire show exactly why their service never promoted them. Since Kharkiv and Kherson MacGregor has gone out of his way to show the Army made the right choice.
“I think the threat to murder a member is more serious than saying something insulting about a Russia propagandist with no credibility on the Russian invasion.”
Totally agree.
I and others will defend any freeper whose life has been threatened.
just like the evo wars
20 years ago
all the Christian conservatives
( like me ) got banned
PM.
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