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“Well, that’s progress. Russia went form getting their ass kicked to just finding it difficult in fake stream news.

Because our news/information is censored and controlled most Americans BELIEVE the indoctrination we have been subjected to. Unfortunately, though for our owners/elitists/oligarchs (call them whatever you wish) there is now an abundance of factual information available outside of their control and more of us are slowly becoming aware of reality.

It is going to be interesting to watch the lights come on for our fellow freepers who have been waking up more slowly.

Ministry of Defense of Russia
⚡️ Briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense (05/18/2022)

◽️In Mariupol, militants of the nationalist Azov unit and Ukrainian servicemen blocked at the Azovstal plant continued to surrender . Over the past day, 694 militants surrendered , including 29 wounded. In total , since May 16, 959 militants have surrendered , including 80 wounded, of which 51 who needed inpatient treatment were placed in the Novoazovsk hospital of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

◽️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine .

💥During the day, high-precision air-launched missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit two command posts, including the headquarters of the territorial defense in the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlement of Soledar of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as 31 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, including the location of units of foreign mercenaries from European countries in Nikolaev and Krasnogorovka .

💥In addition, two Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft were destroyed at a military airfield near Dnepropetrovsk , a division of Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems near Nikolaev , as well as four depots of missile and artillery weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar, Pokrovskoye, Soledar and Bakhmut of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

💥Operational-tactical and army aviation hit three command posts, 41 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as an ammunition depot near the village of Vuhledar in the Donetsk People’s Republic. As a result of air strikes, more than 270 nationalists were killed and 54 units of military equipment were disabled .

💥Rocket troops and artillery hit 76 command posts, 421 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, as well as 147 artillery and mortar units in firing positions, including a Ukrainian battery of 155-mm M777 howitzers manufactured by the United States near the settlement of Podgornoye .

💥In the area of the settlement of Protopopovka, Kharkiv region , a pontoon crossing, induced by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to force the Seversky Donets River, was destroyed .

💥Russian air defense systems shot down one Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft over the settlement of Trypillia in the Donetsk People’s Republic . In addition, a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down near the village of Kamennaya Yaruga in the Kharkiv region. 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Semyonovka, Velikiye Prohody, Balakleya, Malye Prohody, Velyka Kamyshevakha of the Kharkiv region, Rudnichny, Grabskoe, Staromikhaylovka, Volnoe of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Belyaevka, Chernobaevka of the Kherson region . Also in the areas of the settlements of Kamenka and Malaya KamyshevakhaEight Ukrainian missiles of the Smerch multiple launch rocket system were intercepted in the Kharkiv region .

📊In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 172 aircraft, 125 helicopters, 927 unmanned aerial vehicles, 311 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,139 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 389 multiple rocket launchers, 1,548 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 2,997 units of special military vehicles.

#Ministry of Defense #Russia #Ukraine @mod_russiaMinistry of Defense of Russia

Ukraines losses have been huge. Russia had high losses in the initial state, but have been averaging double digit per day for the last 6 weeks; while Ukraines have been between 400-700 a day.

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I feel like people have this debate every time, so I’m going to write this down as a standard response.

1) Rybar’s numbers are based on internal general staff reports. I have seen the formatting of this stuff, where casualties would be listed by unit. This data is incomplete, hence the statistical extrapolation. I remember how the 53rd brigade was dropped from reports despite its remnants apparently still fighting in the field. The brigade command had been killed, so no one was doing the reporting.

2) Rybar’s numbers are also incomplete because they do not account for Territorial Defense, foreign legion, or the nationalist formations. The nationalist formations are technically a part of the National Guard, but the National guard stopped reporting casualties in the first month. Same with the border guard service. Rybar’s numbers are conservative because they only work with the one service they have numbers for, the Armed Forces.

3) The abnormally high number of killed to wounded is indicative of the nature of the fighting. Air strikes often collapse entire structures with everyone inside, with few or no survivors. Since the Ukrainians are on the back foot, they also don’t do a good job of retrieving their wounded. K:W ratio based on some of the unit data I’ve seen is consistently near parity. They may also not count certain light wounds as casualties and only record those taken out of action for an extended period.
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