Posted on 10/15/2023 7:37:00 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | Crazy Record Ruzzian losses on the East | The Disaster of the Ruzzian Army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c-Egu5Xwvw
Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 41 zhutatko – October 15, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-41/
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-599-summary/
*** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
Hate to break it to you but the Ukes aren’t going to be cannon fodder for NATO after this winter.
VIDEO
Ben Hodges - Putin’s Mission failed Badly, Russia Cant Win
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Oct 15, 2023 4:00 p.m. EDT
10:39 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pkX2m44HMg
In this video, Ben Hodges shares his thoughts on the recent events in Crimea and Ukraine. Ben argues that Putin’s mission has been a disaster and that Russia will not be able to win in Ukraine.
Lieutenant General Ben Hodges is a highly respected military expert and has written extensively on European security matters. In this video, he shares his thoughts on the recent events in Crimea and Ukraine, and argues that Putin’s mission has been a disaster and that Russia will not be able to win in Ukraine.
Lieutenant General Ben Hodges is a highly respected military expert and has written extensively on European security matters. In this video, he shares his thoughts on the recent events in Crimea and Ukraine, and argues that Putin’s mission has been a disaster and that Russia will not be able to win in Ukraine.
23 posted on 10/15/2023, 11:00:00 PM by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine )ransmnote: Lieutenant General Ben Hodges shills for NATOand NATO is using the Ukraine as a proxy to fight Russia. The following is part of his bio: " In addition, General Hodges serves as NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics he consults for several companies on Europe, NATO, and the European Union, and he is co-author of the book Future War and the Defence of Europe, published by Oxford University Press."
https://cepa.org/author/ben-hodges/
Hodges is now with HUMANRIGHTSFIRST.org
That website is a leftists dream come true. It features photos of the Jan 6 protests and portrays it as 'far right extremism' whom HumanRightsFirst are working to 'address'.
It says creepy globalist vague things about social media basically saying it's dangerous and must be 'addressed' (Free Speech is dangerous). The website is careful to say as little as possible, but it's clear they target conservatives as if we are enemies of America.
"Social media is a permissive operating environmentallowing violent extremists to radicalize, recruit, fundraise, and plan operations. Its algorithms also radicalize people to violence."
I don't see how conservatives or those who support free speech, or those who don't think we should work with NATO in the proxy war against Russia can respect this man.
Not going to happen. Putin will fight the war for another 10 years. He doesn't care. I don't think Ukraine can hold out that long. Zelensky needs to realize that and sign the cease fire. Crimea is not going back to Ukraine, unfortunately.
“Lieutenant General Ben Hodges is a highly respected military expert and has written extensively on European security matters.”
I respect his military expertise. You do not have to agree. But, I comment to thread from quality sources.
Ben Hodges Career
In February 1981, Hodges became a platoon leader in A Company of the 3d Battalion, 41st Infantry (Mechanized), 2nd Armored Division, stationed in Germany. On 28 November, he was promoted to first lieutenant. Hodges later became an executive officer in the company, serving there until March 1984. He was promoted to captain on 1 February. He took the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at the United States Army Infantry School, completing it in September.
In December 1984, Hodges became assistant S4 of the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade. He later became brigade assistant S-3. In May 1986, he took command of C Company of the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry of the division. He later became S-3 of the battalion. Between July 1988 and March 1989 Hodges served as assistant S-3 of the division’s 1st Brigade. In March, he became a small group instructor at the United States Army Infantry School. He was later Chief of the Tactics Team there. In August 1991, he became a student at the Command and General Staff College, being promoted to major on 1 September. Hodges later graduated from the School of Advanced Military Studies. In June 1993, he became chief of the Plans Division and G-3 of the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea.
In July 1994, Hodges became executive officer of the 327th Infantry’s 3d Battalion. He became Aide-de-camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in August 1995, serving there until June 1997.
On 1 July 1996 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In June 1997, Hodges took command of the 3d Battalion of the 187th Infantry with the 101st Airborne. He was Congressional Liaison Officer at the Office of the Chief of Legislative Liaison between July 1999 and July 2000. In August of that year he entered the National War College, graduating in June 2001. In July Hodges became Senior Battalion Observer and Controller of the Operations Group at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk. On 1 March 2002 he was promoted to colonel.
Iraq and Afghanistan
In June 2002, Hodges took command of the 101st Airborne’s 1st Brigade, leading it in Operation Iraqi Freedom. On 23 March 2003, before the start of the operation, Sergeant Hassan Akbar attacked other soldiers of the brigade, killing two and injuring fourteen. Hodges suffered a minor shrapnel wound in the attack and testified at Akbar’s court-martial in April 2005. The brigade fought in the Battle of Najaf in late March and early April.
In August 2004, Hodges became assistant chief of staff and G-3 of the XVIII Airborne Corps. Between January 2005 and January 2006 he simultaneously served as assistant chief of staff and CJ3 of Multi-National Corps – Iraq. In July, Hodges became chief of staff of the XVIII Airborne Corps. In August 2007, he became deputy chief of Legislative Liaison at the Office of the Secretary of the Army.
General staff
On 14 May 2008, he was promoted to brigadier general. In August 2009, Hodges became director of operations of Regional Command South in Afghanistan.
In December 2010 he became director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell at the Joint Staff. Hodges was promoted to major general on 2 February 2011.
On 22 September 2012 he was promoted to lieutenant general. On 30 November 2012, Hodges became the first commander of NATO’s Allied Land Command. Hodges replaced Lieutenant General Donald M. Campbell Jr. in command of United States Army Europe on 5 November 2014.
Hodges retired from the army and relinquished command of USAREUR on 15 December 2017.
ARTICLE-VIDEO SUMMATION COMMENTARY
15 Oct: Storming Terrikon: Insane RUSSIAN 0% SURVIVAL RATE ATTACK | War in Ukraine Explained
Reporting from Ukraine
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10-16-2023 1:15 a.m.
4:33 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_CNhVFeQdk
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I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video I will tell you what happened on the five hundred ninety ninth day of the war.
Day 599: Oct 15
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Avdiivka direction.
When it comes to the northern part of the region, the freshest combat footage revealed that Russians suffered a devastating defeat. And this is not surprising because, as it turned out, Russian forces conducted an insane frontal attack on Terrikon.
If we look closer, we can see that Terrikon is a huge artificial mountain right in front of the heavily fortified industrial area of Avdiivka. This mountain was built from waste from the coal mines in the region, and over the years, it has been transformed into an incredibly powerful fortification.
As revealed by the geolocated videos, Russian forces were sent to storm the frontal wall of this mountain, and the Russian infantry was supposed to climb it while the Russian tanks lined up in front of it and suppressed Ukrainian fire.
Ukrainian fighters from the 110 Mechanized Brigade that was responsible for holding defense on Terrikon published a video showing how Russians were sending one column of tanks and armored fighting vehicles after another. The infantry vehicles and personnel carriers brought hundreds of troops to the contact line. The troops were landing in the tree lines and waited until other units got to the front to conduct a massive assault.
Ukrainians obviously saw every Russian move from the heights of Terrikon and fired at the approaching Russian columns. Dozens of armored vehicles one by one got destroyed by grenade and mine-dropping drones, for which the 110 Brigade is famous.
Ukrainian fighters from the 55 Artillery Brigade augmented the fire by unleashing high-caliber shells on the Russian forces. Some assault units also ran into mines, where their conquest immediately ended. In fact, multiple Russian analysts claimed that Ukrainian mines have slowed down Russian advances significantly.
Nevertheless, due to the sheer number of troops, the Russians managed to accumulate enough forces and start storming the Terrikon. Today, some Russian sources published a video showing exactly what Russian soldiers saw when they went to storm basically a huge flat wall. Moreover, Ukrainians equipped it with machine gun positions and did not let the Russian infantry get close.
Russians opened fire at Ukrainian machine gun positions from tanks and ATGMs but could not sustain it for a long time as they quickly got targeted with artillery or drones. Eventually, only one Russian soldier managed to get to the mountain. He managed to climb almost 3 quarters of the distance to the first floor before losing his life.
So, the attack on Terrikon was a complete catastrophe. US National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby commented on the recent development in Avdiivka and stated that Russian forces once again resorted to human wave tactics, wherein the Russian military uses masses of poorly trained and equipped Russian soldiers to attempt to advance – just like during their failed offensive last year.
In the meantime, Russian sources started raising the alarm that Russian forces have huge problems with medical support. One Russian source claimed that there is a stark shortage of surgeons in occupied Horlivka and Donetsk near Avdiivka and called on Russian doctors to travel to the front to help treat wounded Russian soldiers as soon as possible.
Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces Spokesman Colonel Oleksandr Shtupun reported that the majority of Russian casualties in the Avdiivka direction are due to low-quality medical treatment and local hospitals reaching capacity. In fact, Russian volunteers operating in Donetsk urgently changed the focus of their campaigns and started asking everyone to help with plastic bags for dead bodies because hundreds of bodies are coming in from Avdiivka, and there are simply not enough plastic bags in the hospitals.
A Russian volunteer soldier expressed his discontent about how their commanders are conducting the offensive operation and said that they could potentially compress the Ukrainian perimeter by capturing less fortified Ukrainian-held territory near Avdiivka instead of literally bashing their heads against the wall.
Unfortunately for Russians, the Russian generals have no interest in such limited advances and try to speed up offensive efforts at any cost.
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So you quote shills for NATO, in this case an active NATO ‘Mentor’ while NATO wages war on Russia, and you consider that a quality source. Welp, that explains why you quote Denys Davydov, another failure of a biased baseless source.
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Lieutenant General Ben Hodges shills for NATO. The following is part of his bio: “ In addition, General Hodges serves as NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics he consults for several companies on Europe, NATO, and the European Union.
https://cepa.org/author/ben-hodges/
Hodges is now with HUMANRIGHTSFIRST.org
That website is a leftists dream come true. It features photos of the Jan 6 protests and portrays it as ‘far right extremism’ whom HumanRightsFirst are working to ‘address’.
Ukraine invasion meme from Poland
“NATO wages war on Russia”
Yes. Putin forced the invasion of Ukraine. The Russian people do NOT support this invasion. Thousands of Russian people have protested & been jailed. Russian men escape across the borders while others have become freedom fighters setting fires all across Russia.
I support Ukraine’s fight for freedom.
Says a lot for the Deep State need to keep this war going.
They’re running out of teenage girls and old men. We’re still waiting for the warmonger globalist troll contingent from FR to volunteer. They’re as anxious to fight as the draft dodger Davydov.
Crimea was never Ukrainian, unless you recognize Khrushchev’s personal edict.
That one doesn’t realize Shrub is about as popular with the GOP base today as the Cheneys or AIDS. Dumb dumb dumb.
Russian propaganda.
Russia weaponizes grain.Michael Ramirez: Putin's New Weapon
You can feel free to outline how Crimea was ever Ukrainian, historically, geographically, ethnically, culturally, et al. Otherwise my prior post is 100% correct. You’re defending an edict from a Communist dictator who “relocated” a Russian state by merely redrawing a political boundary, nothing more. No different than if someone arbitrarily decided to draw Staten Island into New Jersey, Hudson County (NJ) into NY, or the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Wisconsin.
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