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Putin doesn't care how many Russian soldiers he kills. Or how many Ukrainians die

Putin - the destroyer of Russia

1 posted on 05/12/2022 8:12:19 AM PDT by Cronos
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2 posted on 05/12/2022 8:14:15 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Two hundred years later Napoleon is laughing.


3 posted on 05/12/2022 8:14:33 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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Don’t be silly, this was merely a feint.


4 posted on 05/12/2022 8:14:39 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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Also keep in mind that Ukraine and NATO are keeping losses of Ukrainian troops and equipment quiet, while overemphansizing Russian losses.


5 posted on 05/12/2022 8:15:46 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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They should have hired some coyotes to get them across the river,


6 posted on 05/12/2022 8:16:00 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Also Russia doesn’t care how many of their soldiers die, especially if they are CSTO “volunteers” from Central Asia (such as Kazakhstan), and their old Soviet era equipment.


7 posted on 05/12/2022 8:18:34 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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“...the Ukrainians removed from the battlefield one of the roughly 99 Russian battalion tactical groups in Ukraine.”

Only 98 to go.


8 posted on 05/12/2022 8:19:08 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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Nice shooting, boys.

L


9 posted on 05/12/2022 8:19:15 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Boys and Girls Clubs of Senegal???

Seriously?


10 posted on 05/12/2022 8:19:53 AM PDT by PGR88
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The Russians can continue to make some small gains in the short term as long as they are willing to suffer disproportionate casualties doing so. But as in the Battle of the Bulge, the medium/long term effect will be to deplete their own offensive power and reserves, and make themselves increasingly vulnerable to the eventual counterattacks.

The Ukrainians - very wisely given the initial imbalance of forces - are letting the Russians' own wasting of combat power slowly start tipping that balance in Ukraine's favor.

11 posted on 05/12/2022 8:20:10 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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Over and over, the photos show destroyed Russian tanks that are minus the turrets.

Yesterday i saw a photo of such a tank, the T 90, I think, that had some sort of wire mesh or fencing around the bottom of the turret.

The mesh was likely Molotov cocktail deflectors. That indicates such a cocktail could spread gas under and then inside the turret


12 posted on 05/12/2022 8:20:15 AM PDT by bert ( (KW?E. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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Putin is a KGB thug with no military experience.

Russian generals must hate his guts.

C’mon, generals, do the right thing.


14 posted on 05/12/2022 8:25:10 AM PDT by aculeus
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Looks like the only thing that is going to keep the skies cleared of micro drones is going to be directed energy weapons - i.e. lasers. Or maybe anti-drone drones that take out other drones.

Interesting times we live in.


17 posted on 05/12/2022 8:29:30 AM PDT by glorgau
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The better part of a Russian army battalion - 50 or so vehicles and up to a thousand troops ... The 17th’s shelling destroyed at least seven T-72 and T-80 tanks, 17 BMPs, seven MT-LB armored tractors, five other vehicles and much of the bridging unit itself, including a tugboat and the pontoon span.

Only 3 tanks destroyed in the images - where are the other 4 destroyed tanks of the 60 each Mechanized Battalion has? Previously destroyed surely but how many remained to make the crossing?

Depending on the type of Battalion it would have 42-49 BMPs (82s or 2s) so 17 were destroyed.

Mechanized Battalions have between 540-460 troops, depending of battalion make up. Unless it was 2 battalions, there would not have been a 1000 troops.

This is the media making much of a relatively minor incident of no real military significance


19 posted on 05/12/2022 8:32:49 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Putin doesn’t care how many Russian soldiers he kills. Or how many Ukrainians die


(If true - I am skeptical of all stories out of the Ukraine. Having said that, my views on the situation.)

I am not sure why Putin would be unconcerned about the loss in men and equipment. It takes time (and money) to build tanks, and it takes time (and money) to train men to operate those tanks.

Besides the loss of men and equipment these type of losses will effect the morale of the troops fighting.

Wars are often won when one side breaks the others will to fight. Throwing away your men is a quick way to lower morale.


27 posted on 05/12/2022 8:44:15 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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Sun Tzu would say to let half the enemy force across and then annihilate them. This is a safe substitute.


28 posted on 05/12/2022 8:44:35 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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Look at the oil slicks ,where are the environmentalists , oh wait they are working with billionaires on the Great Reset


31 posted on 05/12/2022 8:59:41 AM PDT by butlerweave
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And, what is the source on this? The Biden regime? The Ukrainians? Sure, one of the most corrupt nations in the world that uses neo-Nazis as its frontline fighters and whose President has shutdown all opposition parties would never, ever lie

It unbelievable that either you are dumb to believe this disinformation or dishonest enough to keep posting it. But, it's one or the other.

There is but one outcome to this war -- Russia will control the entire Donbass region. The Kherson region will vote for its independence or to become part of Russia. The Russians will own the entire coastline and have full control over the Black Sea.

Ukraine will be a landlocked rump state. It may even have to give control over part of western Ukraine over to Poland.

But, anyone posting this nonsense here should be forced to ask if they supported the legislation that gave another $40 billion to Ukraine.

32 posted on 05/12/2022 9:01:07 AM PDT by Kazan
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How hard is it to build a few trebuchets, pack enough parachutes for the battalion, and launch them over the river?


33 posted on 05/12/2022 9:03:57 AM PDT by RideForever (Oh damn! Another dangling par ...)
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Kremlin could blame it all on “Ukrainian programmed Nazi Piranha fish with steel implants”, and the cherry picking/revisionist history Putin/Xi globalists on FR and many formerly conservative sites would circulate the info as “gospel”.

We should “photoshop” some images of the “Ukrainian programmed Nazi Piranha with steel implants” to help prove it...


42 posted on 05/12/2022 9:45:03 AM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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