Posted on 09/12/2022 3:49:25 AM PDT by dennisw
The Russian army is losing at least a battalion’s worth of vehicles and men daily as twin Ukrainian counteroffensives roll back Russian territorial gains in eastern and southern Ukraine. That’s hundreds of casualties and scores of vehicle write-offs every day.
These losses catastrophic for Russia. Russian army barely was sustaining a little over 100 under-strength battalions in Ukraine before Kyiv’s forces counterattacked in south on Aug. 30 and in the east eight days later.
In under two weeks of brutal fighting, the Ukrainians have destroyed, badly damaged or captured 1,200 Russian tanks, fighting vehicles, trucks, helicopters, warplanes and drones, according to Ukrainian general staff. Independent analysts scouring social media for photos and videos have confirmed nearly 400 of the Russian losses.
Around 5,500 Russian troops have died in Ukraine since Aug. 29, according to Ukrainian officials. It’s possible the Ukrainians are overstating the death toll, but it’s worth noting that recent U.S. estimates of Russian losses have been only slightly lower than Ukrainian estimates.
To put these numbers into perspective, Russian losses in Ukraine have swelled by a tenth in around 10 days—in a war that’s 200 days old. The rate of Russian casualties and vehicle write-offs doubled then tripled as the Ukrainians launched their counterattacks.
Worse for the Russians, in their faltering defense of the south—and total rout in the east—they’ve failed to inflict heavy losses on the attacking Ukrainian brigades. Rough estimates have the Ukrainians losing one-tenth as many troops and vehicles since Aug. 30.
Worse still, captures account for half the Russian vehicle losses. The Ukrainian army in just the last week and a half has seized enough Russian tanks, fighting vehicles and artillery to equip an entire brigade. In other words, the Ukrainian army actually has more vehicles now than it did before launching its counteroffensives.
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“....according to Ukrainian officials....”
And they about as reliable as the Russian MOD reports, yes? /s
Good grief.
Russia Denies the Successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Framework of the Counteroffensive
The propaganda from the Deep Staters never ceases.
The Ukes are winning! ROTFLOL!
As an American Admiral once said;
“Don’t cheer boys, brave men are dying.”
There are many factors to understanding why one side wins and one side loses a war. The morale of the fighters is one such factor.
One goal of any Army is to break the will to fight of their opposition.
As it stands now which army still has the will to fight, Ukraine or Russia?
History is filled with accounts where smaller armies won over larger armies. Will this war be part of that history?
uhhhh... that video was from Sept 6. BEFORE Russia got its ass kicked Kharkiv.
There were Russian Pundits on State TV on Sept 11 (yesterday) debating an exit strategy.
Only yhe wild Eyed bat shit crazy Pundits wanted to NEVER NEGOTIATE!!!! ZELESKY IS A NAZI!!!!
The Russian World is Fracturing, Because Quagmire.
Didn’t we hear all of this in April?
Hey, we are gaining a battalion a day at the Southern border without firing a shot or losing any equipment, other than what the Treasonous resident of our White House is sending to U crane.
The Ukes are winning! ROTFLOL!
When Russia was unable to replace the Uke government in the first weeks of the SMO, The Ukes were always going to eventually win.
The West giving them weapons to stop the Russian Invaders keeps it from being a decades long civil war and a failed state that neds UN interventions 3 years from now.
Without a Puppet government with the polpular support of the Uke People, Russia would have NEVER been able to stabilize Ukraine.
Putin was sold the lie that half the Uke people would welcome the Denazifiers with hugs (He was specifically told that in Odessa, the ONLY danger to Russian Soldiers is the Ukes would Hug them too tightly - fact Check True)
Large areas of their country is destroyed, but Ukes are actually winning.
Keep it up, Ukraine! Drive those orcs out!
Quick - tell me what FReeper really knows what’s going on out there - Everybody is diametrically opposed on tactics, causalities, plans, actual metrics, etc.
I just want to know when Brandon will get us into WW III:?
Little help?
You mean when Russia retreated from Kiev, Sumy and Chernhiv?
Sure.
But Now they Retreated from Kharkiv and will soon be Retreating from the North bank of the Dnipr.
The Russian people still have no idea how many Russian kids have died, but I suspect someone will spill the beans, soon.
The pundits are already setting up the Narrative that "Putin was lLied to!!!!" about the SMO.
The jist is, Russias plan was to go into Ukraine, install a Puppet government in the first few weeks and be hailed as heros.
Zelesky stayed, became Churchill and everything after that Russian miscalculaton.
Russia NEVER could have controlled a country of 30M people with troops. They needed 1) popular support and 2) a loyal puppet goverment. They lost 1 in February and never got 2.
Now they have a Quagmire, they are trying to get out of.
People on FR that talk about "meat Grinders" or Russian Artillery, don't understand this was a war that requires the Ukes to accept the Russian as Liderators, not baby killers.
Zelesky may be a closeted gay globalist, but at least he understood it.
The Video is from Sept 11, but the speach is from the 6th.
Russia isn’t Fracturing. The Pundit class in Moscow is Fracturing on live state TV.
That hasn’t happened before.
LOL, you're a joke. "so called Ukraine counter attack"
Just where does it say so?
Russia isn't Fracturing. The Pundit class in Moscow is Fracturing on live state TV.
And how is the “pundit class” in DC and Ukraine doing?
The Russian defense and information people sound and act normal and fine and confident to me.
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