Posted on 04/05/2022 10:55:33 AM PDT by Cronos
A regiment of elite Russian fighters have suffered heavy losses at the hands of the fierce Ukrainian resistance, it has been reported.
The 331st Guards Parachute Regiment are considered among the most fearsome and well-trained in the Russian army, having fought for the city of Ilovaisk in the Donbas in 2014.
Their involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine this year, and fatalities they've suffered, is indicative of how the invasion hasn't gone as planned.
The regiment's commanding officer, Col Sergei Sukharev, was killed in Ukraine on 13 March - a major blow for any military unit.
His deputy Major Sergei Krylov was killed alongside him.
..While the Kremlin has not been forthcoming when it comes to announcing the deaths of its men in Ukraine, Russians have been posting tributes to fallen soldiers on social media site V'Kontakte.
One has been set up Sergeant Sergei Duganov, a member of the 331st.
"Nobody knows anything," one woman wrote on it, the BBC reported.
"The 331st regiment is disappearing. Almost every day, photos of our Kostroma boys get published. It sends shivers down my spine. What's happening? When will this end? When will people stop dying?"
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
If you deplete your forces, then you may be “forced” to use more unconventional warfare, i.e. things that leave behind mushroom clouds. I half wonder if mad Vlad is considering such a thing? It would not be out of the realm of possibility.
“What’s happening? When will this end? When will people stop dying?”
When Putin wills it, or when the Russian people get rid of Putin, whichever comes first.
Yup. For now. A few more years later, if Putin is still alive they would come for more.
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The withdrawal back from Kyiv could be feint. rearm and train replacements to fill depleted units to push on Kyiv. The Ukrainians will keep the bulk of their troops around Kyiv
I mean, the USA has given incredible support already. No American boots on the ground in Ukraine.
That turned out real well huh.
Yeah the idea was to fill the washer with water. And when the
Stugna hit the washer, the water would be released extinguishing the missile flames....
What happened in Ukraine is proof of
1. How badly the russian army sucks in planning, logistics and operations.
2. How badly motivated the conscripts in the russian army are
3. How highly motivated people are when they are fighting for their homes.
Look at Vietnam. In 40 years from 1947 to 1987 they defeated the French, American and Chinese armies. Home defence can motivate
A great deal of what we are getting out of there is exaggerated. Just look at the sources and who they answer to.
Me either.
“Actually, the Steele Dossier sourcing came from the Clinton campaign and their contacts in Putinist Russia.”
Did you drop the mic after that post? Cause it’s gotta sting those Young Putineers!
From my sources are reliable and unimpeachable what we are getting out of there is roughly 30% true.
The Spelling and Grammar Police are ever vigilant.
Meanwhile 110,000 people died in the USA over the past 12 months from the poison drug couriers are bringing thru the Biden open border. This of course does not count the flat out murder by guns, knives, machetes and other methods by foreign gang members.
That is very true and two of my real good friends lost children to this scourge.
Exactly.... no need for the US to be involved. Ukraine is dominating the Ruskies apparently.
There’s no hope for the Putin homo crowd.
In their view, if you do not worship Putin, you are an evil globalist Nazi Jew.
When I see comments like yours regarding Putin possibly using nukes, I always think about the old stories of the development of the neutron bomb.
“Kills people, leaves buildings and vehicles intact”.
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