Ukraine’s counteroffensive inches forward, with the help of cluster bombs

CNN ^ | Aug 7, 2023 | Nick Paton Walsh, Florence Davey-Attlee, Kostyantin Gak and Brice Lâiné

[McGruff]

Ukrainian marines have advanced for the second time in two weeks on the southeastern frontlines, towards the key port city of Mariupol, with the recapture of the village of Urozhaine appearing to have been partially aided by the Ukrainian use of controversial cluster munitions.

Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar confirmed the village’s liberation Wednesday morning, as a CNN crew approached its outskirts with the 35th Marines. Heavy artillery fire prevented entry into the village, as Russian forces shelled Ukrainian troops holding the area.

Drone footage of the intense fight for the village has emerged in which dozens of Russian troops can be seen fleeing to the village’s south. They are apparently shelled as they flee, at times by what seem to be cluster munitions, two arms experts who reviewed videos of the incidents said. The experts did not want to be identified discussing a sensitive issue.

[escapefromboston]

Took 4 people to write this ?

[Wilderness Conservative]

Have Ukie Marines been wokey homoed up and freakyfied like ours?

[Jan_Sobieski]

Inches = Trench Warfare

[bk1000]

Wait…I thought cluster bombs were evil weapons of mass destruction that the use of was considered abhorrent. I guess there just fine now that the left wasn’t to use them.

[bk1000]

“Wants” to use them.

sheesh

[PIF]

Inching:
Kremlin snuffbox
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets

The real losses from cluster munitions are shocking. We publish data for the last week

While the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff say that we are not afraid of cluster munitions in the hands of Ukrainians, we are actually losing people and equipment on the battlefield. A lot of.

We came across a report to the head of the General Staff, Gerasimov, on real losses at the front from cluster munitions in the period from 8 to 16 August.

Dead: 1851 military
Wounded (including those with amputations): 3451 military

The situation is catastrophic. Deliveries of ammunition of this type from the United States will only grow. Gerasimov wants to discuss this data with the generals and look for a solution.

They say that when he saw the report, he shuddered a little and asked if the numbers were wrong.

After all, this is data on the front for just a week.

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This is actually good news as the same source reported that 2000 of his fellow Russians had been clustered.

[mrmeyer]

Leftists are borderline retarded so it makes sense that it takes more than one to produce this article.

[Tommy Revolts]

Uh oh, counteroffensive inches forward. Time to send more billions.

[Nathan _in_Arkansas]

It’s angering that we took the ability to use the highly effective cluster bomb out of our inventory for Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria (after the invasions were over). Those are highly effective munitions that would have served us well in the rock-strewn mountains and valleys.

But, by all means, let the Ukes use them and give them billions of dollars while we’re at it.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This is it! Putin’s going down, I tell ya!

[Sacajaweau]

dumb...those bombs will keep the ukies from advancing, too.

[EEGator]

4 Eurotrash.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Some simple tasks for basic arithmetic:

Measure the "inches," by some method open to all [ I ], tally the "dead" [ D ] and tally the $ worth of all "aid" given to Ukraine over these last 500+ days in USD [ $ ].

Solve for the total inches [ I ] costs in either [ D ] or [ $ ], and then compute the "per inch" result, denominated in either [ D ] or [ $ ].....

Inches. Square kilometers or miles. The costs for the real estate are staggering.

[janetjanet998]

According to war bloggers
Ukraine has sent their best troops in now with the best western weapons

They have no more reserves

So if they Don’t make progress more then “inches”

It’s over

[janetjanet998]

Always days ahead of the western press
Had videos of the cluster bomb episode mentioned in the article days ago

Military summary
https://rumble.com/c/c-1613003

[House Atreides]

“ Ukrainian marines have advanced for the second time in two weeks on the southeastern frontlines, towards the key port city of Mariupol…”
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LOL - They’re also inching forward toward Antarctica’s South Pole. Better have their insulated boots on.

[blackdog]

“Help of Cluster Bombs”......CNN? Propaganda that extreme must really hurt.

[Gunslingr3]

Wait…I thought cluster bombs were evil weapons of mass destruction that the use of was considered abhorrent. I guess there just fine now that the left wasn’t to use them.

You're probably conflating it with early reports of Russian use of cluster bombs in civilian built up areas, which many consider a war crime.

Dropping cluster bombs on enemy troops no one has a problem with, except for the fact ~2% of bomblets don't explode, and thus present a post-war UXO problem that claims a lot of civilian lives (and limbs) every year around the world. People don't think of this as a war crime, just a cost of war best avoided if possible.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Took 4 people to write this ?"

But those names --- Nick Paton Walsh (white guy in London), Florence Davey-Attlee (white gal in London), Kostyantin Gak (white guy in Ukraine) and Brice Lâiné (who sometimes is named with the exotic diacritical marks, and sometimes simply Brice Laine, as in IMDB, and who likely was the video editor, based on her association with Vimeo and others) -- so diverse and exotic.

It's becoming so necessary to have a whole team to massage the message. Reporters have given way to journalists, then to 'advocacy' journalists and now to whole production teams.