Posted on 05/09/2022 5:03:45 PM PDT by libh8er
Russia is struggling to make significant military gains in Ukraine's Donbas region because it is fighting Kyiv's forces one-on-one, a pro-Moscow reporter has said.
War correspondent and Putin propagandist Aleksandr Sladkov made a rare admission of Russia's military struggles in Ukraine, speaking in a video posted to social media late on Monday.
He said that Vladimir Putin's so-called special military operation was 'shamefully indecisive', that Russian troops 'can't push out Ukrainian forces', and that Moscow's armies are 'making a feat out of something that should be routine'.
Sladkov, a journalist for Russia's state-run Russia-1 TV channel, has in the past been deployed with Putin's forces to make pro-Kremlin military propaganda.
The video showing Sladkov speaking negatively about Russia's approach to its invasion - to a camera in a dark room - marks a change in tone from the reporter.
The footage also appears to confirm the assessment of a US official on Monday, who said the Russian effort in the Donbas hasn't achieved any significant progress in recent days and continues to face stiff resistance from Ukrainian forces.
Sladkov's video began with him decrying 'scumbags from the Ukrainian armed forces,' who he claimed were responsible for shelling the Leninskiy district in Donetsk - where he was recording the video.
The shelling killed a woman and a 16-year-old boy, he claimed.
'You know why [these attacks] are happening?' he asked rhetorically.
'We can't push out Ukrainian forces from the city. We can't push them out. Because... I don't know. We shouldn't criticise but... we are assaulting with one to one ratio, their villages and their strongpoints... one to one.'
He continued: We are making a feat out of something that should be routine. You see? Their forces keep coming, we can't close the sailient
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Maybe there are certain undercurrents at play.
It’s not the dog in the fight that matters. It’s the fight in the dog that matters most!
Daily Mail, as usual. Are you sensing a pattern here? ð
Seventh Rule of Fight Club: A fight will go on as long as it has to.
Nice try dumb dumb, I've seen this moron on Russia TV, he is indeed your propagandist, and his video does indeed say these things.
In fact, he's not the first person on your side to say these obvious things over the past week or so.
Soon you will see it too and you will explain how the invasion of the Donbass was a feint.
Afterwards you will say the entire war was a feint.
When you’ve lost Walter Sladkov...
If they are willing to, Russia can take more attrition, both cannon fodder and equipment than Ukraine. And I doubt many Russian people will ever see this kind of reporting, instead hearing their patriotic sons are gloriously killing Nazis.
You're a joke. This you have a problem with, but just a minute ago you're believing the Daily Expose written by an English welder.
"Former Canadian General Captured By Russians Was In Charge Of Biolab In Ukraine"
The Zelenskyy fan boys will be here any minute discounting this report-(Prince of Space)
Just as ridiculous as giving 110%.
âWhen youâve lost Walter Sladkov...â
Lol
Ukrainian Military will soon have the manpower advantage over the Russians. The Russians blew the inital manpower advantage they had over the Ukranians with the botched invasion of Kyiv. They should have left the North alone and consolidate their forces in the east and the south. They should have an army in Belarus but only to threaten to invade Kyiv to tie down some Ukrainians.
LMAO. You have to be a special kind of dumb to believe Russkies are capturing “Canadian Generals” in Ukraine. Prince is not a prince of space. He is a prince of clowns.
They need to use their Daisy Cutters.
You have a good point there.
That is worse than the comment on another thread wondering if Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would be able to fill his mother’s shoes.
Kharkiv was a feint too according to the Putinistas.
“That is the look of a man who is starting to realize that his beloved fűhrer has apparently stuck russiaâs collective dick into a pencil sharpener”
LOL! Good one!
Well when its this:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1523547696615018496
Versus this:
One should not be surprised of the outcome
Which pair? She had thousands.
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