Posted on 03/17/2022 9:52:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Russia may not be able to mount an all-out attack on Kyiv as its demoralized troops suffer increasing casualties and become bogged down outside the Ukrainian capital, Western officials suggested today.
Intelligence suggests Vladimir Putin’s troops are only making small advances without a major strategic breakthrough in the face of ‘fierce and mobile’ Ukrainian resistance.
US sources have suggested that Moscow has suffered around 7,000 dead so far and there are questions over whether the occupying force could absorb the additional losses they would suffer if they tried to storm the well-prepared capital.
Officials cautioned against ruling out Putin ordering a bloody direct attack in an attempt to end Ukrainian resistance.
But they cited the deaths of four senior generals as a sign things are not going well — because top-ranking officers would not usually have to get in harms way to provide ‘close-up supervision’ of troops.
‘They are getting pretty bogged-down around Kyiv. No doubt small gains are being made incrementally, but Ukrainian resistance is fierce and mobile,’ they said.
‘The sort of tactics the Ukrainians have used have been remarkably effective. An ill-judged ground assault on a city as well-prepared as Kyiv would be a very costly business.
‘There comes a point where even Russia has to count the cost of casualties.’
Sources also confirmed that Russia is seeking to recruit ‘additional forces’ in the form of mercenaries from Syria and Chechnya — also seen as a sign that its battleplans are failing.
Explosive drone footage today captured the moment a Russian soldier leapt from his tank as it came under aerial bombardment from Ukrainian anti-tank missiles, as videos show how Kyiv continues to resist Putin’s forces.
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Was under the impression that Russia was a very big nation with a very big army...this story doesn’t seem to reconcile with that impression...hmmm.
That sounds like that classic Looney Toons skit, where a great asks volunteers to step forward, but they all step back except the slow guy.
Russia has been dying since the days of the Soviet Union. Every generation, it loses 20% of the population, because they aren’t replacing themselves.
Putin didn’t learn from the US, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Can’t be true The Ukrainians are clones of Russians and welcomed them into the cities, the rest is a video game simulation from a Soros run studio. Putin calling his own people traitors and scum must be a deep fake video. Plus we shouldn’t get involved because Putin bringing Syrian commandos into Europe is none of our business. /s
RE: Was under the impression that Russia was a very big nation with a very big army...
1. It is. Except Russia is not sending her best soldiers to Ukraine, most of them are recently trained conscripts.
2. Don’t expect instant victory in a war of attrition. Russia still has dangerous weapons up her sleeve she has not used - For example, CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
3. It might take much longer than expected, but unless there is mutiny and a coup in the Kremlin, the fall of Ukraine will only be a matter of time.
NOTE REGARDING #3: This remark should not be taken as my siding with Russia, it’s just a recognition of what is perceive to be real. I would be ecstatic if Putin were to give up and withdraw and am cheering Ukraine’s brave fighters on.
Prove me wrong.
Hate to break it to you this is all spin and BS. There is very little objective journalism nowadays.
I could tell right from the title this was a UK Daily Propaganda article. They are embarrassing themselves.
Pootie was too nice in the first 3-7 days to avoid civilian casualities. Now it is far too late.
And the Pudinistas posting in 1 and 2 and...
The article is still an improvement in the department of reality. Two weeks ago their number of Russian dead was 12,000.
Look, it simple. If you want to know what’s happening, just ask Kamala. So proud:
From a recent National Review article: “Subsequently asked by a radio host to elaborate “in layman’s terms, for people who don’t understand what’s going on,” Harris took her exposition all the way down to the studs. “So, Ukraine is a country in Europe,” she floated, before proceeding as if by “layman’s terms,” her interlocutor had meant that she should assume he didn’t know what a country was. “It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So, basically, that’s wrong, and it goes against everything that we stand for.”
Just, WTF 🙄
All that vodka and nihilism brought by communism.
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna20268426
The same rag that propagandized and pushed for the Iraq War and
the destruction of Libya with click bait titles, and fear porn.
No wonder so many British despise it.
3. It might take much longer than expected, but unless there is mutiny and a coup in the Kremlin, the fall of Ukraine will only be a matter of time....
2 weeks ago I might have agreed with you. A week ago maybe. Now, no.
The soviets do not have infinite supplies of troops and materiel. They have lost much of both in the past 3 weeks with little to show for it.
Bombing and shelling civilian targets is an admission you can’t beat the enemy in the field.
You defeat the enemy in the field you win the war. pootie can’t do this with his inept cowardly army no matter how big it is.
But can the Ukes win? Yes. Lots of lethal aid coming from NATO countries. Continue to attrit the soviets for the next 10 days. When the soviets no longer have the offensive counter attack. Do not be surprised to see mass surrenders of soviet troops.
Russia is a big nation with substantial army.
But Russia is poor, does not have the money for sophisticated equipment. It just relies on the nukes to scare the sh*t out of Biden’s pants.
Russian ground forces always relied on quantity, not quality! Most of Russian army was and still is a bunch of semiliterate, poorly trained draftees who have no idea where they are and what are they supposed to do. They are required to parade around and intimidate just by the sheer of numbers.
The spec forces, who were supposed to take over Ukraine in just few days obviously failed. Now this mass of poorly trained draftees, who were never supposed to fight, are supposed to win this war. Kind of hard!
The Daily Mail!
The most constant and best Propaganda available!
Totally!
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