Russia's equipment loss is CATASTROPHIC and about to get worse

[Nordberg]

Russian strength is looking like a joke. Putin should have been more careful about risking his reputation of invincibility... But he still has nuclear weapons. No one will risk that.

He also has poison gas that he laid the groundwork to use.

 

[reagansghost]

and look, even moon is pointing out how cowardly Putin is.....murdering civilian wherever he finds them, even as his lame ass army get's sucker punched everywhere else

we could be watching a worldwide power shift.......Russia has always been a backwater, hell California's GDP is larger for christsakes

to me China has always represented a much larger threat to the US......and currently they have a very cunning and intelligent leader in Xi, who is playing the LONG GAME and economically occupying one country at a time. the US is highly dependent on Chinese goods to maintain its economy, and vise-versa. what will we do if Xi goes after Taiwan? one thing's for sure, if they do at least whatever Putin has to say about it is meaningless

 

[Walt]

He also has poison gas that he laid the groundwork to use.

Very true. Putin has the full set of WMD: nuclear, chemical, and biological. He has already set the false flag groundwork for all three, with the help of the alt right. Scary times.

 

[reagansghost]

240 out of 1,200 is 20%. That is more than 5%.

I was going to correct the knucklehead by why bother

just saw one of retired generals on TV saying the rule is if you lose 10% of your actual fighting force, you're seriously wounded and the only recourse is to fall back, resupply troops and equipment, then try again. no way Putin is going to do that and look even weaker......he's soooo fucked in this situation

 

[reagansghost]

Very true. Putin has the full set of WMD: nuclear, chemical, and biological. He has already set the false flag groundwork for all three, with the help of the alt right. Scary times.

If Putin breaks out his illegal arsenal of WMD, we will have no choice but to intervene, no choice

not saying that's good but this is probably where we're heading, Putin is much too proud to back down

but you know quickly things can change......just a single assassination would avert the whole mess and let Ukraine rebuild, join NATO

 

[ExpressLane]

If Putin breaks out his illegal arsenal of WMD, we will have no choice but to intervene, no choice

not saying that's good but this is probably where we're heading, Putin is much too proud to back down

but you know quickly things can change......just a single assassination would avert the whole mess and let Ukraine rebuild, join NATO

Since Putin has sent assassination teams after Zelenskyy , Zelenskyy should offer a 25 million dollar cash reward and Ukrainian citizenship for Putin's assassination.

 

[Joe Capitalist]

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As of Thursday night:


Remember, these are only visually confirmed kills, so they are most definitely an undercount. Yet even that number presents a bleak picture for Russia. There were around 120 Russian BTGs at the start of the invasion around Ukraine, and reportedly 160 BTGs army wide. We’ve already looked at the problems with Russia’s BTGs, but for now, let’s just look at how it’s constructed:

Each BTG has approximately 600–800 officers and soldiers, of whom roughly 200 are infantrymen, equipped with vehicles typically including roughly 10 tanks and 40 infantry fighting vehicles [...]

That means there were around 1,200 tanks in Ukraine, and around 1,600 in the entire Russian army. Of course, Russia likely has potentially tens of thousands of Soviet-era tanks in storage, but good luck getting that stuff working mechanically. Not to mention, they don’t seemingly have the crews for them anyway. Conscripts don’t learn to drive tanks. They are given 1950s-era rifles and thrown into the meat grinder.

Oryx counts 240 Russian tanks destroyed, captured, or abandoned. That is a very neat, nicely rounded 20% of Russia’s in-theater supply. Gone. Of the 4,800 infantry fighting vehicles, Russia has lost at least 449, approaching 10% of the total. And again, this is the floor, as not every battle, every loss, is video recorded, and not everything recorded makes it online.

Furthermore, remember that destroying a BTG doesn’t mean killing everyone in it.

[D]estruction of 60 [of its 600-800 soldiers] and 15 [of its 50 vehicles] will force a BTG to withdraw and reconstitute.

A few days ago, Ukrainian general staff had claimed over 30 Russian BTGs had been forced to withdraw to reconstitute, which is 100% plausible, given that nearly 700 tanks and APCs have been confirmed destroyed.

Russia’s saving grace has been its artillery, which by virtue of sitting behind the front lines, has suffered fewer confirmed losses than those spearhead infantry and tank units. Oryx counts just around 100 destroyed pieces of artillery. Ukraine just hasn’t had the capabilities to strike behind enemy lines, and it has given Russia free reign to conduct its heinous campaign of terror against urban civilians. And no, a no-fly-zone or Mig-29s wouldn’t be of any use dealing with this critical task. But you know what are? Those Switchblade killer suicide drones on their way from the United States to Ukraine. As Mark Sumner wrote yesterday, Ukraine will now have 1,000 new killer drones to deploy against the scourge of Russian artillery. It’s certainly what the Pentagon is expecting, as last night’s background briefing confirms:


Given how effective anti-tank missiles have proven against Russian armor and mechanized infantry, Ukraine is free to use the drones against artillery positions and their command-and-control and supply lines. If the steady supply of Javelins is any indication, those first 1,000 Switchblades are just the start, as replenishments get put on auto-delivery.

Take Russia’s artillery away, and what’s left? Two dozen cruise missiles fired daily from across the border, of which they’re likely running low anyway? Russia will always have the tools to murder, but take away their artillery, and there goes about 95% of that capability, while Javelins, NLAWs, and brave Ukrainian defenders take care of the rest of Russia’s war machine.

MAGA wets panties!