Warfare Russia/Ukraine War
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This dug in, numerically superior Republican Guards... Russian armed and trained per chance?
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Well, the funny and weird thing is, clearly, with active protection, armoured spearhead variant seems to work just fine, as evident with action at Kherson bridge. Imagine if Russia had actualy equipped a good portion of advanceguard tanks with those defences, it would look really bad for UA. The only problem with that doctrine is, lack of infantry support, also evident in how Russian troops conduct some of their assaults. It's a mixed bag of either sending tanks without infantry support, or sending motorised / mechainzed infantry without any substantial firepower.
But again, we observe such rag tag operation only to the north and partialy east. I suspect, it's not the same, in the south. We also have to be catious with assumptions anyway, because we only see through those footages, what is happening in those specific spots. Could be different story altogheter elsewhere. Though I do suspect, it's kinda the same everywhere and depends mostly on UA presence.
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Agreed, it's going to be bad for the rest of the world in the long term. It could prove positive for Ukraine, though. Unlike Russia, China is not just militarily a great power. Their European investment portfolio alone is bigger than Russia's entire economy. They cannot possibly want a lengthy war disrupting the exchange of goods and money. Besides, they're just not going to endorse the Russian offensive no matter how hard Putin tries to push them. Separatism is a red flag for China, about which they've been fairly consistent recognising neither Kosovo nor the internationally non-recognised territories established by Russia (e.g. South Ossetia or, indeed, Transnistria). Xi Jinping would never hear the end of it.
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Are you suggesting something............... ?
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Put him on a pedestal? I'd have have put the see you next Tuesday agaisnt a wall and shot him.
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Just like that 800 vehicles destroyed earlier, it's likely missing another zero or a decimal point.
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The way out of all this is really unclear...
The way things are going, for the Russian troops to return behind the border is extremely humiliating for them. Of course they could stay with a high human cost for everyone, food and energy shortages for all, and an all out war at the end.
Proud of all the actions done to supply the Ukrainians...that stuff is useful. The rethoric from some of our politicians (Bruno Lemaire in France yesterday) not so much. Western politicans should take example on the Ukrainian government communication: calm resolve, "no mean tweets" as they say.
The way things are going, for the Russian troops to return behind the border is extremely humiliating for them. Of course they could stay with a high human cost for everyone, food and energy shortages for all, and an all out war at the end.
Proud of all the actions done to supply the Ukrainians...that stuff is useful. The rethoric from some of our politicians (Bruno Lemaire in France yesterday) not so much. Western politicans should take example on the Ukrainian government communication: calm resolve, "no mean tweets" as they say.
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Western governments and think tanks like Jane's estimate the Russians have lost some 5,700 troops KIA, WIA or POW. There's confirmation from Russian media (as established yesterday) even elite forces like SOBR have suffered losses at a scale of 50 at a time. And one would expect them to suffer casualties at a steady rate given their mistakes. The Russians throw paratroopers at heavily defended airfields, neglect perimeter security and send armoured vehicles without infantry support into urban environments. There can be no doubt they pay a heavy price, and the numbers in question are very plausible. The question is, are the Ukrainian statements on their own losses accurate? That's a more difficult one.
What the Ukrainians are doing seems to be working, and it's a given that defenders with some tactical acumen should be able to inflict much higher casualties than they suffer (until their defence collapses, obviously). It seems to me, though, that they have both reasons to understate and overstate their own casualties, depending on the intended "addressee" for their message. Difficult to tell which one outweighs the other.
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