Russian Defense Minister: 66,000 Ukrainian Casualties Lost in Meat Grinder

Gateway Pundit ^ | Sep. 5, 2023 | Richard Abelson

[PGR88]

Is the “offensive” officially over, now that Ukraine has fired Reznikov?

[MeganC]

2/29/2024

[Red Badger]

[ClearCase_guy]

[rexthecat]

Why should anyone believe something spoken by a Russian official?? Or an Ukrainian official for that matter.

[srmanuel]

I don’t think many people do believe them, I don’t but what if the numbers are half what the Russians have said.

33,000 casualties and over 3000 vehicles destroyed is still a huge number in a few short weeks.

The point is I think, without air cover the Ukrainian counteroffensive was a suicide mission.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Winning!

[JonPreston]

[mac_truck]

Is the “offensive” officially over, now that Ukraine has fired Reznikov?

Some say 'yes' because the new MoD will not want to become responsible for the failures of the old one.

Plus Z's call for additional conscripts (including those hiding in Poland) will take some time to ready them for the 'eastern front'.

[kaktuskid]

Why is big brave Ruzzia being forced to buy weapons from North Korea?

[PGR88]

Why is big brave Ruzzia being forced to buy weapons from North Korea?

Why is our big brave and freedom-loving DC deep-state still importing from Russia 30% of US nuclear fuel demand for US nuclear utilities?

I'm actually more curious - why is Russia still selling it to them?

Questions, questions.

[ransomnote]

“Ukraine has expanded the eligibility for the military draft to include chronically ill and handicapped males, including the mentally disturbed.”

I’ve read that 50 year old males with chronic illnesses and little to no training are on the front lines. What level of despair they must feel! :(

[Blood of Tyrants]

It was over when the Ukes tried to drive their brand new Leapord 2 tanks across a minefield without clearing it first.

[rxh4n1]

Why should anyone believe something spoken by a Russian official?? Or an Ukrainian official for that matter.

Right, we get Ukrainian casualties from the Russians, and on those other threads we get Russians casualty figures from the Ukrainians.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

—-> including the mentally disturbed.”

[ hmmm… zeepers]

[ganeemead]

Is there anything in history books about anybody ever losing 66K people KIA in three months of fighting??

[oldvirginian]

On the first day of the Somme offensive, July 1, 1916, the British suffered 57,470 casualties.

The Somme offensive lasted until Nov 18, 1916 and claimed over 1,000,000 casualties among all combatants. Over the 4.5 months of the offensive total casualties averaged 222,222 per month.

[marcusmaximus]

What 76th Guards Air Assault Division doink? LOL!

[Hiddigeigei]

"take some time to ready them for the 'eastern front'."
I threw a grenade in Basic I. Since most of my shoulder ligaments had been torn from my rotator cuff when I was much younger, the sergeant said "You throw like a girl!" I did spend a couple of times on the range. The M1 I was issued had no riffling left in the barrel -- we were issued armor penetration cartridges for the range (it looked like a mirror when the cosmoline was clean, and the sights would click down one or more notches with every shot (I watched with surprise as the dust puffs would walk down below the target with every shot). The sergeant said, "Down worry about it! You will qualify! Your buddies are pulling the targets and you will pull theirs!") A friend who had been the BMA man on the squad in Korea combate during the war said they had to teach new replacements how to shoot when the came in.