Posted on 06/12/2023 8:25:44 AM PDT by dennisw
Russian troops are being killed fleeing through their own defensive minefields, UK reveals as Ukraine captures ANOTHER village from Putin's forces in growing counterattack Ukraine captured Storozheve, taking control of fourth village in counterattack
The UK's Ministry of Defence said good progress was being made in some areas Comes after Ukraine said it captured Neskuchne, Blahodatne and Makarivka
Russian troops are being killed fleeing through their own defensive landmines, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence has revealed, as Ukraine captured another village from Vladimir Putin's forces.
Ukrainian forces are believed to have made good progress in penetrating the first line of Russian defences in some areas, while making slower progress in others, according to an MoD intelligence update over the weekend.
It said over the last 48 hours, 'significant Ukrainian operations have been taking place in several sectors of eastern and southern Ukraine' - tallying with claims by Kyiv's forces that they had liberated four villages from Russian occupation.
Meanwhile, the performance of Moscow's armies has been 'mixed' so far, the ministry said. 'Some units are likely conducting credible maneuver defence operations while others have pulled back in some disorder.'
The MoD said it had seen an increase in 'reports of Russian casualties as they withdraw through their own minefields'.
A day earlier, Ukrainian officials said Neskuchne, Blahodatne and Makarivka - three other small villages clustered together south of the town of Velika Novosilke in the eastern Donetsk region - had also been liberated.
The villages are located in the so-called 'Vremivka ledge,' a section of the front line
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The Ukrainian Army is slicing through Putin’s incompetent clown army. Prigozhin had the most effective Russian army. But it exists no more. So fake Tsar Putin is left with the Russian buffoon army, to fight the Ukrainians.
Yeah right, just like they were fleeing the last 10 months.
Glorious Japanese Imperial Navy Smashes Americans At Midway!
U.S. Aircraft Carrier Sunk!
[I do admire your persistence in the face of reality.]
Poor Putin the phony Tsar
His Russian Army didn’t get very far
They are dumb, drunken buffoons.
Commanded by a fake Tsar, a loon.
I don’t put much stock into the news stories from either side. Too much propaganda, and I’ve lost even the little trust I’ve had in the media to believe much of anything.
I will say the Russians are not fighting in integrated units — tanks supporting infantry, supporting tanks, supporting artillery, with drones and planes. Each seems to be doing its own thing (and the pilots seem to be playing it extremely safe). As a result, they are all vulnerable. They are counting on the grind and sheer numbers.
The Ukranians are not what I would call “crack”, but are definitely fighting in a unified, NATO-style, manner, which will eventually “win” the day, albeit they have to keep nipping on the Russian forces slowly but surely.
I wouldn’t expect any giant land grabs until the very end, when the Russians have slowly been decimated.
Isn’t that just like the Russians..... Putting minefields behind their troops...................
It evokes images of soldiers running as fast as they can and getting blown up by mines. It reads like a movie script. The reality is probably very different. A soldier stepped on a mine.
Russia is the dead cat bounce of the old USSR. The USSR you worked against, also worked against USSR proxies, while in our military. You once were opposed to USSR/Russian imperialism. You changed. I never did.
All Russian leaders were rats and are rats. Though Boris Yeltsin and Gorbachev were halfway decent in relations with America....
US troops and Afghans killed in suicide attacks outside Kabul airport
US military admits it killed 10 civilians and targeted wrong vehicle in Kabul airstrike
“Isn’t that just like the Russians..... Putting minefields behind their troops...................”
Russian and Ukrainians both have artillery pieces that can lay mines from a distance.
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Area denial artillery munition - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_Denial_Artillery_Munition
WebArea denial artillery munition (ADAM) is a family of United States land mines and 155 mm artillery projectiles. The mines carried by these projectiles are the M67 long-duration anti-personnel mines and M72 short-duration anti-personnel landmines intended to maim or …
Used to work at a company that one product was a ‘Mine Plow’ for burying mines....................
The Mail makes Baghdad Bob look credible
The UK does propaganda. That's it.
Like everything from Ukraine there is no way to know anything about it because everyone lies full time.
Both Ukraine and Russia have artillery mine laying ability for laying mines behind the forward lines of the enemy. The intent is to trap enemy troops in forward positions where they can be liquidated.
Meanwhile, Russia continues to get it’s ass whipped
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