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Ukraine humiliating Russia on battlefield, says military expert
BBC ^ | 18-MAR-2022 | James Clarke

Posted on 03/18/2022 8:55:19 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

Ukraine is "humiliating" Russia on the battlefield and "wiping the floor with them in terms of world opinion", says a UK military expert.

Prof Michael Clarke, former director of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank, says: "The Russians are making almost every tactical mistake it is possible to make."

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he explains: "They [Russian troops] look like forces that were completely unprepared, that hadn’t thought through what a major campaign might look like.

"The Ukrainians are stalling the Russian advance in all areas and even operating now quite effective counter attacks. The Russians are losing a lot of equipment and troops."

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: humiliating; nextrussiantroll; russia; ukraine; zottherussiantrolls
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VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO OF DEAD RUSSIANS (you’ve been warned): https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/tgikxm/the_cabin_was_completely_torn_apart_sensitive/
1 posted on 03/18/2022 8:55:19 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO OF DEAD RUSSIANS (you’ve been warned):
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/tgikxm/the_cabin_was_completely_torn_apart_sensitive/


2 posted on 03/18/2022 8:56:20 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
Russia is a 2nd world country, with a 2nd rate army, and nukes.
3 posted on 03/18/2022 8:56:26 AM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! )
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Then why are they begging for help?


4 posted on 03/18/2022 8:56:54 AM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

If this is true, why are we getting so many sob stories about the poor Ukrainians from the crap in the “mainstream U.S. media”?


5 posted on 03/18/2022 8:57:39 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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To: Mmogamer

The Russians are in full retreat back to the Motherland....

Oh wait....

The BBC is Deep State brainwashing propaganda at its finest.

If they tell you the sky is blue it would be wise to look outside to verify.


6 posted on 03/18/2022 8:58:21 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Because both are true and Russia can still win.


7 posted on 03/18/2022 8:58:34 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
Ukraine humiliating Russia on battlefield, says military expert

Yet they keep advancing and taking ground. Even on the LiveConflict map which reports almost exclusively Ukrainian news and social media reports, you can see the Russian army is advancing steadily, if not excruciatingly slow.

8 posted on 03/18/2022 8:58:48 AM PDT by Turbo Pig ('To close with and destroy the enemy")
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Didn’t you hear Zelensky’s army will soon be in Moscow square. 😆


9 posted on 03/18/2022 8:59:22 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: cowboyusa

Poorly trained conscripts and lousy logistics don’t bode well for any army trying to mount an invasion. If nothing else, the world now knows that the Russian army is not the juggernaut that was once so feared and respected.


10 posted on 03/18/2022 9:00:14 AM PDT by allendale
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The propagandists brainwash people by simultaneously delivering contradictory messages:

(1) Evil Russia has terrorized civilians throughout Ukraine in a vicious attack.

(2) Russia is stuck in the mud and is being defeated with high casualties.

or

(1) Ukrainian civilians are standing and fighting the evil invaders.

(2) Millions of Ukraine civilians are fleeing into Poland and neighboring countries.

That is the whole point of brainwashing—destroy the victims ability to figure out fact from fiction.


11 posted on 03/18/2022 9:01:39 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

The Russian troops are NOT MOTIVATED to win this. The soldiers sent to Ukraine are mostly conscripts who don’t believe in Putin’s “cause”. Many believe they’re being sent there to kill and die for nothing.

I suspect that if Russia had a more open press, most Russians don’t support Putin’s invasion as well.

Compare this attitude to Ukrainians. They are literally fighting for their homeland, families and their lives.


12 posted on 03/18/2022 9:02:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: allendale

” the world now knows that the Russian army is not the juggernaut that was once so feared and respected.”

Well—that is the western propaganda version.

As to the facts on the ground—good luck finding out what they are....


13 posted on 03/18/2022 9:02:53 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

The only sites that appear to be non western all out propaganda are:

Moonofalabama.org

The sakes.is


14 posted on 03/18/2022 9:02:54 AM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

In case it escaped your notice, Russia is the invader of another sovereign nation, not Ukraine. Ukraine has no designs on Moscow or any other Russian cities.


15 posted on 03/18/2022 9:03:31 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: SpeedyInTexas
Sure. And, Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation and the 2020 election was the most secure in history.

If Russia is losing, why did Zelensky bet for a no-fly zone?

Dragging all this out is killing Ukrainian civilians. And, the powers that be couldn't careless.

16 posted on 03/18/2022 9:04:01 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: SeekAndFind

Welcome to the FR mind reading squad—you managed to read the minds of millions of people from two countries.

Please let us know whether you employed dowsing, remote viewing, witches brew, or a Ouija board to do this.


17 posted on 03/18/2022 9:04:17 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Mmogamer

“Then why are they begging for help?”

They’re successful right now BECAUSE they are getting help.

Without continuous support of weapons and resources from other countries it would be game, set, match Russia.

I’ll say one thing though, being next door to putin, Zelenskyy shoulda been arming his country every chance he got.


18 posted on 03/18/2022 9:04:24 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

If this is true, then why is Zelenskyy begging the US for no-fly zone?


19 posted on 03/18/2022 9:06:06 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (The GOP is the UN of US politics)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

10 million Russians dead, 50 million injured.

Russia descending into the Earth’s core.

The End of Russia....

sarc


20 posted on 03/18/2022 9:07:05 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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