December 21, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Mlodj said: The genocide continues: Uh oh, did you just call it genocide? The Putin apologists would like to have a word with you to explain his motivations and why he isn't genocidal.
December 21, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Abracadabra said: I suppose Bakhmut is important after all. I think you're the only poster on here for whom the phrase, "my mum's fox and badger" is both syntactically and semantically valid.
December 21, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, Toastrel said: That parade uniform is gonna be super wrinkled after being stashed in their back pack for almost a year.
December 21, 20223 yr 10 minutes ago, Toastrel said: Mick Ryan is a pretty good source to follow for military affairs.
December 21, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Abracadabra said: I suppose Bakhmut is important after all. I don't know, Wagner Group seems to sacrifice all of Russia's prison population at it. So SOMEONE thinks it's important
December 21, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, CountBlah said: I don't know, Wagner Group seems to sacrifice all of Russia's prison population at it. So SOMEONE thinks it's important Right, because it's the Russians who are taking massive casualties in Bakhmut and not the Ukrainians. Even the CIA press is now admitting Ukrainian units suffer up to 70% loses. Ukraine's top general said in a CIA rag that they need 500 tanks or they're finished. The U.S. is sending them 6 armored general purpose trucks.
December 21, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: Right, because it's the Russians who are taking massive casualties in Bakhmut and not the Ukrainians. Even the CIA press is now admitting Ukrainian units suffer up to 70% loses. Ukraine's top general said in a CIA rag that they need 500 tanks or they're finished. The U.S. is sending them 6 armored general purpose trucks. The Ukrainians are paying the price for Russia's pathetic land grab, true. Meanwhile, the Russian military has some nice parade uniforms and tampons (if they can get family to supply them.)
December 21, 20223 yr 29 minutes ago, Toastrel said: The Ukrainians are paying the price for Russia's pathetic land grab, true. Meanwhile, the Russian military has some nice parade uniforms and tampons (if they can get family to supply them.) That's really all you've got left, isn't it? Remember the heydays of the Ghost of Kyiv and Snakes Island heros et. al.? Now it's just silly aspersions about the other side's army. The BS narrative is falling apart.
December 21, 20223 yr 70% losses in Bakhmut? I'm assuming losses refer to KIA? I literally trained a whole light infantry company that went to Bakhmut and their "losses" were *Checks notes* 2% Their overall casualty rate was better than my grandfathers company when he served under Patton.
December 21, 20223 yr Quote "They've been taking extraordinarily high casualties," Milburn said of the units training with Mozart. "The numbers you are reading in the media about 70 percent and above casualties being routine are not exaggerated." Quote "Typically about 80 percent of our intake who are coming off of the line have never even fired a weapon before," Milburn said. "We've got our work cut out for us." Newsweek Col. Andy Milburn has receipts.
December 22, 20223 yr The Chef is cooking something up Quote Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary outfit the Wagner Group, sought to undermine the authority of Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, according to an assessment by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The United States think tank said Tuesday that Prigozin, a close ally of Putin, further undermined him—possibly inadvertently—by attempting to boost his standing against the backdrop of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Bakhmut. Zelensky made a surprise visit on Tuesday to the town, located in Ukraine's eastern Donbas. It is one of the most intense spots of fighting in the war, and Russian forces fighting in the region are being led by members of Prigozhin's notorious mercenary unit. Zelensky said Tuesday that Bakhmut was the "hottest spot on the entire frontline." The ISW noted that Prigozhin published a series of videos claiming he arrived at the frontlines near Bakhmut to speak to Zelensky regarding the control of territories in the area. Given that Prigozhin does not hold any official position in Russia, his "offers" to negotiate with the Ukrainian president "are neither serious nor authoritative," the think tank said, adding that he does, however, continue to pose as a prominent political and military figure in Russia. "Such farcical comments are likely a response to Zelensky's repeated offers to negotiate directly with Putin after Russia withdraws its forces from Ukraine," the ISW said. "Prigozhin's purported appearance on the frontline further weakens Putin's presentation of himself as a wartime leader, since Putin has not even visited Russian-occupied territories, let alone gone anywhere near the front lines." Since Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, he has made few visits to military units within Russia. The ISW said that while Prigozhin did not directly criticize Putin for his inability to directly address Zelensky or arrive on the frontlines, his and Zelensky's visits "threaten to make Putin's posing as a wartime commander in chief humiliating rather than effective." Analysts and think tanks have assessed that Prigozhin has ulterior motives in pouring troops into the war, while ISW experts have previously assessed that his Wagner Group could "pose a threat to Putin's rule." Ivan Klyszcz, a research fellow for the International Centre for Defence and Security, previously told Newsweek it is possible Prigozhin could stand up to Putin. "Probably he will aim to extend his influence in federal politics. In this sense, Putin will be obliged to accommodate him. Otherwise, Putin risks alienating a powerful ally that could indeed turn against him or at least stop cooperating," Klyszcz said last month. Newsweek reached out to Russia's Foreign Ministry for comment.
December 22, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, Mlodj said: I asked this about Ukrainian rail earlier in the conflict. Apparently it's a much bigger undertaking than it would seem. Still seems worth it.
December 22, 20223 yr It would appear that Zelenskyy has a better command of the English language than Biden.
December 22, 20223 yr 9 hours ago, lynched1 said: It would appear that Zelenskyy has a better command of the English language than Biden. It would appear that you are drunk and drooling . . . .again.
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