Posted on 10/24/2022 8:36:46 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
KYIV, Ukraine—Winter is approaching on the Ukrainian steppe. As temperatures fall, waves of chilling rain follow, dissolving roads and fields, turning them to mud that mires men and equipment. Then comes the deep freeze and snow, hardening the ground but making it tougher to fight.
Armies on both sides of the war in Ukraine are girding for the unforgiving weather and shorter days of winter, which will affect the health and morale of troops, diminish the effectiveness of weapons and intelligence-gathering sensors and multiply the logistical difficulties of keeping soldiers in the field.
“Land warfare is generally very difficult. Winter warfare is doubly challenging,” said Mykola Bielieskov, a researcher at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, a government-backed think tank in Kyiv. “To mount a major offensive, minus-15 degrees will be a challenge for both sides.”
Winter will hit the home front. Moscow has embarked on a series of attacks on Ukrainian electricity-generation and heating plants, in an effort aimed at sapping Ukrainians’ will to fight. Russia has also moved to choke off energy supplies to Europe, hoping that the cold and discomfort being suffered by voters there will persuade governments to reduce support for Ukraine.
Bad weather will affect both sides and is likely to slow the tempo of fighting, said Ben Barry, a land-warfare specialist at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. “But if either side wants to fight, it can keep fighting.”
Ukraine has appealed to Western backers for winter supplies. The U.S. military has provided tens of thousands of pieces of cold-weather gear, the Pentagon said Friday, and thousands of items are being sent by Canada, Bulgaria and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization members. Posters in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities urge residents to donate money to “keep the armed forces warm.”
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Nope, Russia has never fought during the Winter months....
The mobilized received footcloths instead of socks
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Nice try.
Let me post up a bit of hard truth for some of you as the conflict heads into the coming Winter months....
“The irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of October 20, 2022 amounted to 402,000 people , of which 387,000 were killed . Losses among mercenaries and volunteers from Poland, the Baltic States, Romania amounted to 54,000 of them killed 31,240 people. These are the OSINT data , calculated using reports from funeral agencies, extracts from mortuaries, as well as the results of an analysis of the radio, cellular and satellite exchange of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The media also report that the Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers of Ukraine allegedly prepared more than 320,000 appeals “about the fate of the missing soldiers”, but the SBU banned them for national security purposes......”
That’s not new to the Russian army. I watched a documentary about the Russian army decades ago and they were using the same cloths. Sock tech eludes Ivan.
That is a wacky KIA to total casualties ratio. 38,700 would be a lot more believable.
And you know this how?
Denial is healthy and all but being able to refute something is even better medicine than simply spouting “I don’t believe it” so as to ease your mind and help you sleep better at nights....
Whatever helps folks sleep at night.
Muddy weather is to be avoided. The Russians have a history of fighting in Winter. No big deal.
Not like I have not posted a couple articles over the months indicating Ukie numbers in the hundreds of thousands.......
let’s see some proof of that wacky 387,000 number
that’s simply not credible
Wait, you are denying the numbers without a shred of proof and then now want proof of the numbers? Are you smoking crack or what up there in Canuckistan?!
You all don’t believe anything up their in Canuskistan except berating and arresting protesting truckers, no big lose bruh.
Even a Ukie General called it months ago:
‘Ukrainian General estimates Kiev’s losses at hundreds of thousands since Feb’
https://tass.com/politics/1501881
“War and Regrets in Ukraine - at least 400,000 Ukrainian battlefield casualties including 100,000 soldiers killed in action”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/war-and-regrets-in-ukraine/
common sense goes a long way to cutting thru the nonsense
387,000 defies common sense, so it’s not believable
no matter how many times on how many threads you post it, it’s still a lie
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