So will the Wagner bunch turn against Russia?
Tough nutsski…
Prigozhin has failed to win. he is unable to prevail. He is thus a loser.
Unable to accept the reality of being a loser, he seeks to place the blame elsewhere.
Ironically, the reason he was a loser is because the Russians are greater losers. In effect the loser is blaming losers for the loss
What native russian uses the word “humdinger”? And further in a proper context?
Ooh, sorry!
What he doesn’t talk about is that Central Bakhmut is in the process of being liberated by Russia.
How do you say “humdinger” in Russian?
Russia is losing. Good.
Sounds to me like the Russian army is running out of ammo and they are cutting out the Wagners.
If Wagner is cut off from supplies, not in communication with their Russian employers, and not under control of the Russian army, why not just leave?
This is all disinfo to keep the “Russia is at the end of the line” speculation going
That’s odd because:
Wagner Group steps up recruitment efforts throughout Russia
Story doesn’t ring true. Difficult to imagine a commander publicly criticizing Moscow and living very long after.
Guess he will have to give the order: “Fix bayonets and charge” to these “highly motivated” troops.
But make no mistake, Russian troops are numerically larger than the Ukrainians and are willing to raze whole cities with missles and artillery.
yup, Ukraine winning, yup
Data from the European Commission, quoted by El Pais, says that Russia has a 10:1 advantage in artillery:
According to data from the European Commission to which EL PAÍS has had access, Russia fires between 40,000 and 50,000 artillery shells per day, compared to 5,000-6,000 Ukrainian forces expend. The Estonian government, which has been one of largest contributors to Kyiv’s war effort, puts the average use of artillery at between 20,000 and 60,000 Russian shells per day, and 2,000 to 7,000 Ukrainian rounds, according to a document sent to EU Member States by Tallinn, to which this newspaper has had access.
The Russian forces fire ten times the number of shells the Ukrainians can fire. In a modern war artillery fire causes 65+% of all casualties. It is thus impossible that Ukraine is losing less soldiers than the Russians.
The total ratio may well be 7 to 1 but it will certainly be to the advantage of the Russian forces side.
But minimizing the losses Ukraine has in Bakhmut seems to be a current propaganda scheme.
The war in Ukraine has exposed the uncomfortable and dangerous truth that America has lost its ability to mass produce in a timely manner artillery shells, cruise missiles and other critical military equipment. While the CIA and the Western media continue to insist that Russia is running out of rockets and missiles, Russia continues to fire an average of 20,000 artillery rounds a day (compared to only 3 to 5 thousand by Ukraine).
The longer Wagner insists on taking the city, the more two ideas cross my mind.
First, the Kremlin is using the battle to treat Wagner as a loose end and cut it off.
Second, Ukraine is using it as a opportunity to kill off as many of Wagner's core of more experienced personnel as they can.