Tasty news... if true. Many rumours floating around atm...
With an advance that large and quick and with the former news about Russian generals operating closer to the front it would not be surprising to me if they were able to capture a couple.Tasty news... if true. Many rumours floating around atm...
Gives them some senior officers for the POW camps.With an advance that large and quick and with the former news about Russian generals operating closer to the front it would not be surprising to me if they were able to capture a couple.
Ugh. I'm just a creaky old man too long and too safe not to get deeply disturbed at the reminder of how ugly and dirty infantry engagements really are.A pair of very intense videos from a few days ago. Ukrainian assault on Russian fortified position.
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Not Safe for Life
shows close quarters combat and death. Ukrainian and Russian losses.
the first video is an overhead view, note the drone is deceptive as to ground elevation:
It is easy to focus on the fate of the Ukrainian BMP squad, but the drone hides the elevation. Most likely survived.
The BMP was able to lay down a lot of fire, it likely KIAed the most number of Orcs.
The Ukrainian IFV pulls out right away after its squad deploys. It is the IFV squad that wins the engagement.
The BMP leaves when it does because it is likely time for an ammo refill and time to go pick up another squad.
The second video is from a Ukrainian soldiers helmet cam, from the IFV in the first video.
Pretty brutal, the orcs likely were unable to think straight after the LAW rocket was fired into their position.
The whole time your staring at the drone view of the first video, these guys are winning the engagement.
Ground crew probably didn't get their usual bribe of a case of vodka and pirozhki pupu platters to keep the jet airworthy.
edit - Looks like engine cut off just before crashing.
Were I in his shoes I'd probably pull back to the Feb 23rd line in Luhansk since that's pretty fucked and try to get everything back from the wrong side of the Dnieper that I could and fortify the south. There is a desperate need for the Russian army to shrink it's frontline to something remotely manageable for the manpower they've got. But if Putin is obsessing over maps in his dacha...
Well.. Tucker found a replacement dong to deep throat.Meanwhile, an alternate Russian reality - with propaganda crafted by Tucker/Fox:
Going to have to rename Tucker as Baghdad Bob's replacement... Fox is actually more pro-Russia than even Russian state-controlled media was carrying this weekend (they're still struggling to find a positive message out of this rout)
And if I were Ukraine, it would be HIMARs all over Crimea. The bridge would be blown, there would be no escape.
Crimea would be a wasteland eager to surrender in mere weeks. All Ukraine needs to do is cut the land bridge, reach the Sea of Azov, and it is game over.
Russia cannot hold under your scenario.
Pro-Russia or not, this is not good. Turkey and Iran could both potentially get involved.Azerbaijan is currently shelling pro-Russia Armenia.
Pro-Russia or not, this is not good. Turkey and Iran could both potentially get involved.
hehI spoke with a former German POW from North Africa one time. He said Hitler told them to fight to the last bullet. So one night they all shot thousands of rounds into the [air] until they were out and surrendered the next day.
Crimea is probably defensible still even if at considerable cost.
Crimea cannot be defended if Ukraine reaches the Sea of Azov.
If the Russians substantially fortified it yeah I think they could. There would be an ongoing tab though.
They could only reach it by air and by sea...
The port would be inoperable ruins.
Fortification is not a realistic concept for a relatively isolated pocket and the modern artillery / drones we have given Ukraine.
Kherson is fortified. Watch what happens.
Not good, but probably the beginning of many conflicts within the power vacuum left by Russia.
Not sure if Georgia has the backing of Turkey. They might wait it out and see if there is a change at the top of the Kremlin.What about the conflict in Georgia? Could they take advantage of this too?
Don't be surprised if a handful of Russian vassal states start taking fire. Russia has nothing to defend them with so they're ripe for the picking.What about the conflict in Georgia? Could they take advantage of this too?