'This isn't Russian roulette, it's like
the suicide of lemmings': Putin's marine
brigade of 5,000 men is all but destroyed
in one of the most brutal battles since
the start of the war
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Ian Birrell
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/13/2023 7:58:26 PM
Russia has suffered some of the heaviest military losses in a single battle since the start of the war after elite units repeatedly tried to storm a fortified coal mining town in broad daylight.
Ukrainian officials claim huge numbers of enemy troops have been killed, wounded and captured in failed attempts to seize the Donetsk hamlet of Vuhledar.
They say that one marine brigade of 5,000 men was almost entirely destroyed, for the third time since the Kremlin launched the full-scale invasion nearly a year ago.
The carnage – and loss of at least 130 armoured vehicles – led Russian hardliners to call for public show trials to punish incompetent generals
Reply 1 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 2/13/2023 8:05:34 PM (No. 1402184)
Many thanks to the Ukrainian drones armed with grenades and a warhead of hydrogen cyanide gas. They drop like flies.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
RedLegLeader68 2/13/2023 8:09:51 PM (No. 1402185)
Ummm, this is from the Daily Mail. Could we get some confirm, Please???
21 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Chiritwo 2/13/2023 8:17:33 PM (No. 1402187)
This war, just like the shot, is making many people rich. These people alsobdon’t care about the loss of life. Disgusting.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Kate318 2/13/2023 8:25:12 PM (No. 1402192)
Well, when you’re fighting the entire Western Alliance, disguised as Ukraine fighters, with unlimited sources of funds, you’re bound to lose some battles. That’s IF it’s even true.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 2/13/2023 8:28:31 PM (No. 1402193)
agree with #2
this would be a HUGE loss for a modern army
can't see why they would move that many
troops into a situation like that..
something doesn't seem right..
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 2/13/2023 8:39:45 PM (No. 1402201)
Truth is the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th casualty of war as well. Any information that comes from the Ukrainian Nazis our government is funding is likely to be full of lies.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
SALady 2/13/2023 9:34:52 PM (No. 1402228)
3 words: Consider the source!!!
The "Daily Mail" is a British rag sheet about 50 steps below "The National Enquirer" for journalistic integrity!!! If you have been following the Ukraine situation at all in this rag sheet, you would think the Ukrainians haven't lost a single man, while the Russians have lost 3 billion men. It is a joke.
By the way, #1, if the Ukrainians are using hydrogen cyanide gas, then they are war criminals of the level of the Nazis in WW-2. Hitler would be proud!!!
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Ukraine has lost at least 157K men in this war so far. Enough men that they are demanding Ukrainian male refugees in other countries be repatriated to fight. Yet the Western media is fixated on Russia. That tells me that something is just not adding up.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mofongo 2/13/2023 10:22:47 PM (No. 1402256)
You lost me at, “Ukrainian officials claim.” Actually at “Daily Mail.”
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
formerNYer 2/13/2023 11:33:30 PM (No. 1402278)
Putin is fighting this war like it was the 1990s, prayers to the mother's that lost their sons in this useless war, started by biden to hide his corruption with his crakhead son Hunter.
Can we speed up Putin's cancer??
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
watashiyo 2/13/2023 11:42:28 PM (No. 1402281)
This will not end well for the Ukrainians. Zelinsky will soon split to England to join his wife for the coming Christmas shopping spree.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Safari Man 2/13/2023 11:52:09 PM (No. 1402285)
I must need to recalibrate my BS-o-meter, it seems to be pegged at max and it’s got a funny smell
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 2/14/2023 1:26:32 AM (No. 1402308)
Holding the high ground has been known militarily as imparting a tremendous advantage for centuries. The Russians don't seem to have much in the way of intelligent military leaders. Perhaps too many "Yes men" getting promoted for too long. And some of the tank "reactive armor tiles" have been found to be filled with rubber rather than the proper explosives to deflect incoming antitank warheads. And personal armor, supposedly to stop rifle bullets....turns out to have a thin aluminum sheet inside the nylon shell which won't stop a handgun bullet. Lots more examples of "who put in the fake military equipment and what happened to the money paid for the real thing?" turning up in Russian gear. Corruption this deep destroys military capabilities from the inside out.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
petrichor 2/14/2023 7:04:15 AM (No. 1402374)
Defenders always have the advantage in war. The best offensives are always protracted long range attacks.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
NamVet70 2/14/2023 8:48:32 AM (No. 1402461)
The Ukrainian army should take care not to kill any Russian officers whom they suspect are truly incompetent. Just as in the American civil war, sometimes an army must change leadership many times before leadership emerges that can succeed in battle. If Russia is bloated with incompetent officers then leave those in place. Of course if you are fighting against effective leadership, then destroy the leadership wherever possible.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cold porridge 2/14/2023 12:21:57 PM (No. 1402673)
Ukraine is desperate and the Daily rag from England is glad to put out this garbage, hoping that more money will pour into Ukraine to the coffers of Zelensky and friends, and then some will funnel back to the US politicians. I don't buy this crap for a second. I agree with #7, Ukraine is using hydrogen cyanide gas and are the war criminals. That makes Biden and those in congress that condone it war criminals as well. I firmly believe the biggest reason for the support of the war in Ukraine is to cover up the money laundering and crimes of the State Department and Obama/Biden in Ukraine. Nothing more. This article is just more lies.
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