Posted on 05/14/2023 5:53:08 AM PDT by dennisw
Even conservative estimates suggest Russia has lost as many as 10,000 pieces of military hardware in Ukraine Analysts point to failure of Moscow's tactics and Ukraine 'outclassing' Kremlin's troops on the battlefield
Tuesday saw Vladimir Putin host Russia's annual Victory Day parade to mark 78 years since the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.
But while recent years have seen ostentatious displays with dozens of the Kremlin's most sophisticated pieces of military hardware rolling through Moscow's famous Red Square, this year saw a significantly slimmed-down affair.
Some 8,000 troops took part in the parade - the lowest number since 2008. Even the procession in 2020, the year of the Covid-19 pandemic, featured some 13,000 soldiers, and last year, 11,000 troops took part.
What's more, there was no fly-over of military jets, and - as opposed to the columns of T-90 and state-of-the-art T-14 Armata tanks paraded in previous years - a lonesome Second World War-era T-34 trundled over the central Moscow cobblestones.
Russian dictator's forces have suffered losses that would have been unthinkable before he ordered his troops across the border on February 24, 2022.
Not only has Moscow lost tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of soldiers, it has also seen Kyiv's troops destroy thousands of Russian military vehicles including tanks, infantry transport vehicles, trucks, artillery, helicopters and jets.
While exact figures are unknown, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine estimates Russian hardware losses to be over 25,000. Even the most conservative estimates suggest the figure is over 10,000.
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I’m fuming that Zelenski didn’t even put on a suit for the Pope. What a piece of cr** he is.
I know what you mean. And there are no good guys at the top on either side. I feel deeply sorry for the ordinary soldiers on both sides though.
10,000 pieces of military hardware... didn’t we leave more than that in Afghanistan?
The Ukraine war has demonstrated some sobering facts to the world’s military. In this modern technological era, it is clear that helicopters, naval surface combatants, armored land vehicles and to a lesser extent low flying fixed wing aircraft are obsolete. Since mankind will continue to go to war until the crack of doom, tactics will have to change.
Baghdad Bob, Axis Sally, Tokyo Rose, Lord Has Haw, all rolled into one. The whole conflict is almost completely misrepresented in the media. Little snippets of (mis-, or dis-)information from every social media side. Agreed that the bottom line will be known long after the shooting ends.
Same here. And all of the people who have lost their homes, their livelihoods and had their lives shattered and upended.
Trump said it right the other day in that Town Hall. Stop the killing. Stop all the dying.
On both sides.
🙏
Reward Putin's invasion of Ukraine with annexed territory? That will teach China not to invade Taiwan.
“Ukraine’s survival is Taiwan’s survival. Ukraine’s success is Taiwan’s success,” “Our futures are closely linked.”
“Support for Ukraine is relevant to us because, first of all, ultimately it helps to deter. It imposes costs on the aggressor,” Hsiao said. “International support for Ukraine is also essential in affirming the credibility and reliability of the United States and your allies.” Taiwan’s representative in Washington, Bi-khim Hsiao
Thanks dennisw.
“Chinese made vodka”
Wonder how much methanol it has in it?
Blah, blah, blah, twist, twist, twist, distort, distort, distort…
You Ukies have been employing these tactics here for well over a year. We are impervious to it.
We get it. You want the destruction and the killing to continue. Most of us don’t.
Actions have consequence, and if you reward Putin with additional territory after initiating this invasion, what will be the example for China?
Blah, blah, blah, twist, twist, twist, distort, distort, distort…
You Ukies have been employing these tactics here for well over a year. We are impervious to it.
We get it. You want the destruction and the killing to continue. Most of us don’t.
I am still looking for the pic of the Chinese made vodka the stronk Russian army is swilling in Ukraine. There is Chinese writing on the empty vodka bottles that the Ukie army came across. Seems the Rooosky vodka makers cannot keep with the demands of Putin's craptastic Russian army.
If I was in the Rooosky army I would get drunk and surrender to the Ukrainians, any way I could. Why die for that idiot warmonger Putin?
“ interesting but global warming will change the livability of Siberia, imo”
You forgot LOL, or just kidding or not really.
What alternative universe are these guys living in?
When they only have Nukes left, they will fly.
Next year, the parade will consist of a ride-on lawn mower.
You've Come A Long Way, Baby.
The Russians are indebted to the Ethiopean engineers for this innovation
Actually, we led that type of field expedient innovation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Works well for various types of anti tank weapons. Looks stupid, but it ain’t stupid if it works
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