Posted on 02/01/2023 6:29:43 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Southwest of the city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers Andriy and Borisych live in a candle-lit bunker cut into the frozen earth. For several weeks they have been confronting hundreds of fighters belonging to the Russian private military contractor Wagner throwing themselves against Ukrainian defenses.
Disguised in a balaclava, Andriy recounts one seemingly endless firefight when they came under attack by a flood of Wagner fighters.
“We were fighting for about 10 hours in a row. And it wasn’t like just waves, it was uninterrupted. So it was just like they didn’t stop coming.”
Their AK-47 rifles became so hot from constant firing, Andriy says, that they had to keep changing them.
“It was about 20 soldiers on our side. And let’s say 200 from their side,” he says.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Russia may win this thing, and at the negotiating table they may say: “Hand over those Leopard 2s and any Abrams you happen to have. We need souvenirs.”
“AK-47 rifles”
Shouldn’t that be AK-74 rifles? Isn’t 5.45x39 standard for Ukraine?
30 yards at a time, no matter the human cost.
ping for Ukraine justice.
Even the Russians were handing out Mosin-Nagant rifles to some auxiliaries.
Huge stocks of various AK types, and probably lots of 7.62x39 ammo.
NATO won’t let Russia win. They will send in troops.
Here's why.
Andriy, who is from the southwestern city of Odesa and joined up within days of Russia’s invasion, says that no matter how many more fighters are sent to storm their positions, they will resist.
“Most of my guys, they are volunteers. They had (a) good business, they had (a) good job, they had a good salary, but they came to fight for their homeland. And it makes a great difference,” he says.
“This is the war for freedom. It’s not even the war between Ukraine and Russia. This is a war between a regime and democracy.”
Then we can have our WW4. I’m so excited.
Thanks for the cloned/clown performance act
Russia picked a fight with Ukraine. Which was a bad idea.
NATO is picking a fight with Russia. Which is the stupidest idea anyone has ever had.
Where is their Air Force? US doctrine would be to provide close air support, and if it got bad…bring in the B’s.
Doesn’t Russia have a modern Air Force?
Lordy I hope not
Overwhelmingly the use the AK-47 because they had huge quantities of them when the war started. The war, in fact, threw off some of their plans:
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-military-getting-ready-to-ditch-ak47-rifle-2022-2
AK-47 is the best rifle.
What kind of stimulants are the Wagner boys using? The Nazis were on meth for most of WW II.
Lets just put it this way.
In no way would I want to live in any east coast or west coast city these days.
CNN? Really? They have spent the past six years obfuscating news, reality, and lying, and now we are to believe them? Six years was a conservative estimate. Scotty, beam me up!
One of the worst rattle traps ever made.
But, it will fire no matter what. I have a friend who did 36 moths in country in Iraq and he saw Iraq prisoners who were carrying AK47s with warped barrels..and they still fired.
At the same time, he and his buddies had to keep their GD mattel toys slick and clean as a whistle.
I have read so many analyses and there is no ending that we survive, imo.
Russia won’t give up and neither will nato.
It would be nice if we here on fr could discuss this.
I am far from alone in thinking we have 6-8 months before
the nukes fly.
I will look for those...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.