at6
1st Sergeant
Why would tanks expose themselves with headlight? Also the explosions are too fake to be real.
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The audio is "doctored". No time lapse between explosions and sound reaching microphone, which is (presumably) on the camera.Check this video and give opinions if real time or created.
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Said to be Javelins
Russia needs to hold Kherson while they prepare defensive lines between it and Armiansk, Crimea. As it stands now, there's nothing but open country and wide highways between Kherson and this first city in Crimea. This will not be a relative "cakewalk" like Kyiv or Kharkiv with the Russians fleeing and leaving behind intact tanks and kit.Looks like Russia is preparing for the Battle of Kherson.
Remember, the great Russian Army was invincible...
Considering that Ukraine's army now has about 900,000 well-equipped, fed, led and motivated active personnel; you're going to need a bigger boat.Speaking at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin broadcast on state television, Shoigu said that 82,000 mobilised recruits were in the conflict zone, with a further 218,000 in training.
Considering that Ukraine's army now has about 900,000 well-equipped, fed, led and motivated active personnel; you're going to need a bigger boat.
Ukraine claimed 700,000 in July, so I estimate from there.
Ukraine aims to amass 'million-strong army' to fight Russia, says defence minister
The defence minister's remarks are a rallying cry - rather than a concrete plan - as Russia pounds cities.www.bbc.com
From what I've reading and viewing from analysts, Bakhmut isn't even strategic. There's nothing there, no roads or rail that control the frontlines. Attacking this place does nothing to relieve the strain of Ukrainian offensives in Luhansk or the Kherson. It's a waste of Russian troops.Battle for Bakhmut: the Ukrainian city without electricity, water and 90 per cent of its people
Russia is attempting to seize the strategic city of Bakhmut after weeks of significant setbacks in Ukraine.www.abc.net.au
Battle for Bakhmut: the Ukrainian city without electricity, water and 90 per cent of its people
Russia is attempting to seize the strategic city of Bakhmut after weeks of significant setbacks in Ukraine.www.abc.net.au
Those recruits are just speed bumps. It's putler's version of Zap Brannigan's strategy. Keep throwing your troops headlong at the enemy until he's out of ammunition. I'm not joking. The wretches he's sending might include a few guys who might shoot back, slowing the Ukrainians. Putler and his oligarchal system holds no value in human life.Compare also the fact that Ukraine is sending thousands of enlistees to the UK for both basic military training as well as advanced infantry training before they are redeployed into theatre, iirc it's about a twelve-fifteen week program.
If this is correct (and if it isn't I'll gladly take correction on board), the implication is that even the new recruits on each side will have a marked disparity in combat value.
Further deduction leads me to think that deploying 80,000 recruits with less than one months' training bespeaks desperation on the part of the Russians. Even with ~8,000 of these draftees going to Belarus, the Russians are putting a lot of faith in hoping that 70,000 greenhorns will hold the lines while their veterans regroup and redeploy.
Those recruits are just speed bumps. It's putler's version of Zap Brannigan's strategy. Keep throwing your troops headlong at the enemy until he's out of ammunition. I'm not joking. The wretches he's sending might include a few guys who might shoot back, slowing the Ukrainians. Putler and his oligarchal system holds no value in human life.
Routs agreed, the hundreds of intact AFVs captured supports this. But the lack of tens of thousands of Russian POWs suggests the AFU has been unable to fully exploit these routs, allowing the Russians to essentially walk away to fight again another day.When your rearguard isn't stout, you run the risk of seeing a retreat turn into a rout ... and they've already seen that in the Kharkiv area using veterans, fer chrissakes.