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[BrendanGOT]

if he actually is in Ukraine it would be very funny if he got blown up. Would completely destabilise Chechnya.

I've seen a video of him addressing troops in a dingy, war torn looking house, supposedly in Ukraine. Could be propaganda too though and fake. As in another video he says they've supposedly gained thousands of new recruits all wanting to fight. Lots of lies from both sides about lots of stuff but I'd say it's probably believable that he's there with his troops but could also just be a moral boosting stunt

 

[bluebud]

An interesting thread regarding the Russian convoy in the North.

 

[PeregrineT]

Nah, I'd like to believe that all my posts are 10/10 quality.

So Putinesque, you two share so much

 

[Tramps_mate]

An interesting thread regarding the Russian convoy in the North.

He says a Russian division of 10,000 men needs 4,000 tonnes of supplies a day.. is that right?

 

[bluebud]

He says a Russian division of 10,000 men needs 4,000 tonnes of supplies a day.. is that right?

I think he includes fuel + ammunition + food, all need resupplying daily after day 2 of the invasion.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I've seen a video of him addressing troops in a dingy, war torn looking house, supposedly in Ukraine. Could be propaganda too though and fake. As in another video he says they've supposedly gained thousands of new recruits all wanting to fight. Lots of lies from both sides about lots of stuff but I'd say it's probably believable that he's there with his troops but could also just be a moral boosting stunt

I've heard this "both sides told lies" nonsense before somewhere.

 

[peteblue]

Another thing I want to make abundantly clear on here is, that it seems a lot of people are becoming misled and starting to believe Russia is "losing the war" because they are enduring a lot of deaths and military equipment losses. But, that's literally how Russia historically won all their wars. The soviets defeated Nazis by overwhelmingly them with troops and had far more deaths. Russia doesn't have much regard for human life and sees them as "cannon fodder". While it seems like Russia is losing the war because they have lost a lot of people and military equipment but that's very misleading as quantity can become a quality of its own.

The Russians beat back the Germans by doing what the Ukraine is now doing to Russia. In both cases the U.K. and USA provided military kit to allow them to wear down their opponent….

 

[spectateur]

Another thing I want to make abundantly clear on here is, that it seems a lot of people are becoming misled and starting to believe Russia is "losing the war" because they are enduring a lot of deaths and military equipment losses. But, that's literally how Russia historically won all their wars. The soviets defeated Nazis by overwhelmingly them with troops and had far more deaths. Russia doesn't have much regard for human life and sees them as "cannon fodder". While it seems like Russia is losing the war because they have lost a lot of people and military equipment but that's very misleading as quantity can become a quality of its own.

I don't know why someone finds this comment amusing.
it is certainly true that the Soviets were able to lose 5 tanks and their crews to one German one and still win a battle in ww2.

 

[spectateur]

The Russians beat back the Germans by doing what the Ukraine is now doing to Russia. In both cases the U.K. and USA provided military kit to allow them to wear down their opponent….

The soviet war production provided a seemingly endless supply of simple but highly efficient T34 tanks. I don't think they had many Shermans or Churchills on their side.
they were able to take 5 times the losses of the Germans and still have numeral supremacy.

 

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[davmaher]

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[bluebud]

The soviet war production provided a seemingly endless supply of simple but highly efficient T34 tanks. I don't think they had many Shermans or Churchills on their side.
they were able to take 5 times the losses of the Germans and still have numeral supremacy.

This is not a battle of tanks v more tanks though, this is tanks v Bayractar drones, Javelin and NLAW missiles, old tech v’s new tech, the UA’s use of commercial drones to locate and paint up targets as well as information provided by the west via AWAC’s is giving them a huge tactical advantage, also the Russians poor communication setup is giving away their locations, in particular the locations of their leadership which is being picked off at will.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

I don't know why someone finds this comment amusing.
it is certainly true that the Soviets were able to lose 5 tanks and their crews to one German one and still win a battle in ww2.

I found it funny because the pro-russian OP was blatantly trying to justify how badly Russia have fared in this war by stating that is ok as that is how they do war, ie they are crap but have loads of expendable infantry

It’s a really pathetic way to justify how crap
Your army is doing no matter how true it may be

 

[Sarnia Kevin]