Posted on 05/09/2022 5:24:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
VLADIMIR PUTIN has suffered another bitter humiliation this week after a retired colonel admitted on live state TV that Russia is struggling to replenish its monumental losses in Ukraine and that even a mass mobilisation would not help.
A retired Russian colonel, Mikhail Khodaryonok, has told Russian state TV viewers that the country's military cannot compete with Ukraine's equipment from NATO. In a stark admission on the tightly-controlled propaganda channel Russia-1, Mr Khodaryonok dismantled the idea that a mass mobilisation call-up would bolster Russia's war efforts in Ukraine. This comes amid growing speculation that President Vladimir Putin will announce a mobilisation of the country's reservists tomorrow during the Victory Day parade in Red Square.
In a clip viewed more than a million times online, the senior military expert admitted that Russia is struggling to replenish its colossal losses in Ukraine.
He added that Russia does not have the "pilots or the planes" to send into the battlefield.
Mr Khodaryonok said: "Let's imagine the drumroll, the sound of fanfare, and the mobilisation is declared.
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
Its a matter of logistics. Now that the Russian Navy is being effectively harassed in southeastern Ukraine, they cannot land the fuel, ammunition and troops necessary to sustain an effective operation.
... and that’s the last anyone heard from colonel Mikhail Khodaryonok
To be fair, if America is any guide.... the opinion of RETIRED ex military officers seldom have much value IMHO.
” that the country’s military cannot compete with Ukraine’s equipment from NATO.”
One area this has been highlighted is artillery. The howitzers we are sending to Ukraine are accurate to 18 miles. The Russian ones to only 13.
It’s a nightmare for the Russian troops if they have to advance 5 miles under fire before they can even begin to counter.
As I've posted NUMEROUS times before, Russia's "vaunted" military is a joke.
Were it not for nukes (which at this point I doubt are functional enough to leave their silo's before exploding on their own) Russia would be nothing more than the equivalent of the Iraqi Republican Guard head to head against the United States and/or NATO.
Russia's military is near third-world status. We've been afraid of them for years, exactly why?! Oh. Nukes. Which probably don't work right either at this point. When this is over, Russia will be nothing more than China's gas station, and Xi is salivating at that fact.
Said it before, and I'll likely say the above again many more times until Russia's defeat in Ukraine is finally acknowledged by Putin. (Or Putin dies from his cancer and Russia withdraws afterwards. Take your pick.)
Good God in Heaven, my track record on being right is amazing.
One last thing: for the knee-jerk reactionaries here on FR, NO, I'm NOT advocating sending our men and women to Ukraine to fight Russia. There's clearly no need to. A Ukraine citizen militia is kicking their asses all on their own.
Yogi, the ranger’s not going to like that!
Sinking capital ships = "harassed?!"
(I get the idea, though!)
Regards,
https://russiandefpolicy.com/2022/02/07/mass-fire-strike-on-ukraine/
Mikhail Khodarenok’s article about the course of a possible Russian war on Ukraine appeared in NVO last week. He’s a knowledgeable and realistic analyst.
And he’s a Russian patriot given his military career and service in the General Staff. But he’s one who says what the Kremlin doesn’t want to hear, but needs to.
reddit has a discussion on it.
Russan state TV featured a voice of reason who actually did some thinking for himself. Let us hope he doesn't drown in a freak fishing accident later today.
That pic of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man somewhat reminds me of the bloated KGB thug in Moscow.
His face and fingers look all swollen.
Exactly. The Ukes are doing well enough on their own. The Russian military is turning out to be an incompetent mass of malcontents who never wanted to be there in the first place, "led" by an inept thug in Moscow who's completely detached from the reality his underlings fear to reveal to him.
Putin is realizing this was his last “victory” day parade.
God willing, it is.
He kind of has the leukemia look.
He probably has some kind of inflammatory condition, like Chron's disease, and is being treated with systemic steroids.
It has to be devastating for Putin mentally and emotionally that instead of leaving a legacy of restoring Russia to some of it’s former “glory”, he will be known as the greatest destroyer of Russia in modern times, maybe ever. And there is nothing he can do about that. The Grim Reaper is at the door, time has run out.
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