Twitter doesn't allow me to share what I actually think about this video. They chase down a civilian and kill him. You should watch it. Especially if watching an old man die would bother you. Because you should see what the Russians are doing. Video in next tweet.
The video takes place here, in Kindiyvka. Kindiyvka and Antonivka have had over 50 civilians wounded, and at least 4 have died (maybe 5 here), over the past 3 weeks.
btw, This video was kept by this russian unit as their celebratory video for reaching 4000 subscribers. They decided to release it early (they have 3300). They celebrate this.
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Ukraine is obviously withdrawing to their prepared defensive lines around Pokrovsk. Whether those lines will hold will be seen. But it is obvious that this is what is happening. And it is the correct course of action.
The biggest threat to these defenses will be, obviously, bombs. And Ukraine still lacks the air defense to deal with those bombs, so the only realistic course of action is to go after the airfields. Which the west apparently is completely opposed to due to #escalation
Can people please stop freaking out about all of Donetsk falling this weekend, though? It is not obvious Russia has the strength to actually break through the defensive lines. Right now they are bumrushing through lightly defended areas where they outnumber the defender 10 to 1.
Where were the military experts in 2022 when the foundation of the Russian success in Avdiivka area was laid due to the civilian leadership not providing the necessary supplies to the front line units? Where were they using their platform demanding mortar ammo?
I saw them talking about Kherson 24/7 and not caring about avdiivka.
I still don't see them talking about mortar ammo to this day. Artillery ammo, maybe. Mortars? What's a mortar, apparently.
Who wins, a group of nomadic tribesman or Russia’s most elite soldiers fully kitted out with all modern gear and with air support?
Russia just really isn’t good at war. The only time they can have anything resembling success is when they have extreme overwhelming firepower and even then they will suffer catastrophic casualties and barely win.
People used to write about the greatness of the Russian military with a straight face. They wrote actual books about this. They made studying the Russian military their whole career and they never once realized how shit Russia is at literally everything. It is amazing to consider