Russian special military operation in Ukraine #8
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Mariupol, cleansing: Kadyrovites find Bandera, trying to break out of the "cauldron" under the guise of refugees
It was the Chechens who figured out the most Natsiks.
In general, it is not welcome to give interviews to the military during this special operation. But the correspondent of "SP" on condition of anonymity recorded the story of the Marine Sergei S. The contract soldier Sergei, together with his company, works in the western part of the besieged Mariupol.
- The work is hard. Cleaning up a city is hard, exhausting work. You're in a wild state of tension all day long. You perfectly understand that you can become an easy prey for a sniper, so you run between the houses, bending over and putting your head on your shoulders. Such is the cat-and-mouse game of death. And you are wearing a Kevlar helmet, armor, ammunition. Each of us is thin as a washboard. And everyone's legs are like weightlifters. You feel more or less calm under the cover of a tank or other armor. Before you cross the street, you "scan" all the skyscrapers.
Everything is shot here. There is a constant counter-sniper war going on. They have a sniper climber. Works on the fifth or sixth floors. And then he quickly descends the rope and runs away until he is covered by a tank, mortar or artillery fire. Grenade launchers from the AGS got the hang of sending grenades directly into specific windows. Address.
We have guys who acted in the Middle East. Igilovtsev * were driven. There is a million-plus city in Iraq - Mosul. ISIS made it a fortified area. So the Americans pounded him into the asphalt with artillery fire. A hundred civilians could be put on one ISIS. We are working on a targeted basis. That's why it's so hard. Of the tanks, we only work on identified sniper points - if we don’t hit, then we’ll bury the shooter under the rubble.
Therefore, they change their beds constantly. Several groups of Buryats and Tuvinian snipers were attached to us. There was even one Khanty from the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug. Legacy hunters. Many went through Chechnya, Ossetia, Syria...
But they say that Mariupol is something special. It is extremely difficult to see a sniper in a window or attic of a destroyed high-rise building. They peer at houses for hours - both through binoculars, and through a thermal imager, and with their own eyes. After two or three days, the eyes become inflamed, the faces become red - as if from constant lack of sleep. They smear them with some kind of deer fat. SSO snipers work with them. Their rifles punch through walls. In the wall after the hit - a hole the size of a basin ...
In general, a third of the boys in our platoon have Ukrainian surnames. They say that we clean our country from evil spirits. There are children of the Soviet Union - those who were born in Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan. The militias in general are completely international.
Russians, Ukrainians, Abkhazians, Dagestanis. There are many Caucasians. Fights are their element. During the war, we constantly cross paths with Kadyrov's Chechens. Then they insure us, then we insure them. At first they showed a brave contempt for death.
Then they became more careful. The war is positional. There is no dagger fight here, dashing cavalry attacks do not work. You can become easy prey for snipers or mortars. Bandera, by the way, also have Chechens. But ours call them "Chechen-speaking shaitans." Contacted them. Come out, they say, once at a time, we will not shoot - we will fight with daggers like men. They didn't come out.
Among the highlanders there are age - those who fought in the first Chechen war. And now we are beating Bandera together with them. Brothers in Arms. Our hatred for Bandera is mutual and absolute. We would cover them all with artillery in an hour. But they hide behind the backs of civilians.
They do not let people out into the humanitarian corridors we have opened and scream to the whole world that civilians are suffering from the occupiers. There is no logic, no sense, no high idea in their actions. Everything is built on a lie - both for the clown Zelensky and for themselves. They constantly accuse us of doing things themselves. Lies, lies, lies.
The Chechens are also ready to break loose.
It was the Chechens who figured out the most Nazis who tried to leave the city along with the civilians along the gum corridor. They first checked the shoulders - there were bruises on them from the recoil of the butt. There could be traces of knee pads on the knees. And the helmet leaves a red stripe on the head.
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Arrow wrote:Roman Abramovicz, as reported by the media, came to Poland to negotiate with Biden. The media claim that Putin sent him. It sounds like nonsense.
Of course it is
Abramovich is nowhere near anyone in the halls of power, not since the 90s
So he came to negotiate on behalf of himself, or maybe like Khodorkovsky, as the leader of a new 'free Russia'
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#Russia-n MOD: A fuel depot in #Kalynivka village near #Kyiv was attacked by Kalibr cruise missiles last night. 50.2252, 30.2301
The fuel depot was the largest UAF fuel depot in the central region. This fuel depot has been burning since last night!
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In general, it's pretty insulting to have Westoids dismiss my opinion when half my ancestors are buried in Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolayev & Mariupol
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Western morons can't understand why Russia isn't carpet bombing cities the way @NATO
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They consider fighting street to street, the way #Russia is doing, to avoid civilian casualties, "a failure".
The Western conscience really does live in the sewer...
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Most intelligent people understand that Russia is avoiding civilian casualties. US would have just carpet bombed the whole country and then sent in their “brave” troops to kill unarmed civilians wearing sandals and throwing stones
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Hungarian Foreign Ministry: Hungary rejected Ukraine's call to allow arms supplies through its territory and to abandon Russian oil and gas.
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Last night, 2 missiles launched by Russia hit one of the military units on the outskirts of the city of Dnipro. The strikes caused significant damage to the buildings of the unit, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine announced.
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PENTAGON-RUSSIA'S PRECISION-GUIDED MUNITIONS ARE ABOUT TO RUN OUT.
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mnztr wrote:How is Russian interdiction of NATO resupply going? Any insights into this? If they allow NATO resupply, this is a needless waste of life.
You can rest assured that the Kiev regime is transporting the ATGMs in civilian cars. Hitting the barracks has been very effective.
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kvs wrote:The Pentagon does not know where it's own ass is. The claims about Russia running out of missiles prove this.
From an arab guy on Shitter: "I don´t know what to say anymore to people that think Russia has less missiles then Iran or Syria."
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kvs wrote:mnztr wrote:How is Russian interdiction of NATO resupply going? Any insights into this? If they allow NATO resupply, this is a needless waste of life.
You can rest assured that the Kiev regime is transporting the ATGMs in civilian cars. Hitting the barracks has been very effective.
Doesn´t matter. A large number of the die hard Nazi thugs have already been eliminated. Next Dnepropetrovsk will be liberated, then they will push to Odessa. Maybe Lviv will be attacked t the same time. At that time most people ready to fight an insurgency will be dead, most of the rest will flee to the west.
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mavaff wrote:1/3 ratio dead/wounded sounds about real for Russians, this is a kind of standard ratio. This, though, makes me think that the figures of Ukranians are kind of unrealistic. Either for the dead or the wounded.
It's a bad ratio. It used to be 1/5 to 1/4 in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. This is a throwback to the First World War.
It can only be explained that modern weaponry is far more powerful, and that those casualties are caused by artillery. Someone in the front, in Izyum stated that Ukrainian artillery and stupidity cause the most casualties while bullet wounds are within statistic error. The unusual proportion of dead it's likely also due to the fact that many are tanks and armored vehicle crews, and the urban fighting were at close range bullets pierce body armor and there are plenty snipers.
On the other hand, the low number or wounded it can also reflect the fact that body armor works and there are fewer casualties from bullet wounds and shrapnel, so these are lightly wounded and not counted in statistics.
Of course, given the circumstances, our side casualties are mercifully low. The Ukrops losses are horrendous, as in 2014-2015, and I say that as if it were a bad thing.
Other than the poor, dumb conscripts, no regrets for the killing of the Ukrowehrmacht and the Nazi Guard.
PS: The unusually high number of dead among the Ukrops also reflects the "no quarter asked nor given" attitude towards nazis and regular army that are also compromised in war crimes.
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Hole wrote:kvs wrote:mnztr wrote:How is Russian interdiction of NATO resupply going? Any insights into this? If they allow NATO resupply, this is a needless waste of life.
You can rest assured that the Kiev regime is transporting the ATGMs in civilian cars. Hitting the barracks has been very effective.
Doesn´t matter. A large number of the die hard Nazi thugs have already been eliminated. Next Dnepropetrovsk will be liberated, then they will push to Odessa. Maybe Lviv will be attacked t the same time. At that time most people ready to fight an insurgency will be dead, most of the rest will flee to the west.
Indeed. The "stall" is Russia grinding through the bulk of regime forces on the eastern front. They are depleting the Kiev regime army and paramilitaries.
When the LDNR front collapses Russia will roll over Odessa and push the force remains towards the Polish border. I expect all the surrounded cities to
fall rapidly. This is why Russia is not wasting men and resources trying to grab them. Mariupol and Kharkov are special for various reasons.
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Claims to have liberated some village yesterday, and with his guys destroying 7 vehicles and a whole bunch of Russian soldiers, look like BMPs
What do you guys make of it?
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Kharkov is the second largest city in the Ukraine, but Sumy is considerably smaller than Mariupol (population estimate in 2017 was about 260000 in Sumy and about 430000 in Mariupol )SeigSoloyvov wrote:Arkanghelsk wrote:Yes this is a successful operation, the hardest part was done
With 1351 KIA it is a success of epic levels more successful than Iraq and Afghanistan for sure
Ukrainian KIA are insane
No Mari was a smaller city by all standards, Places like Khakrov and Sumy will be much much harder.
Marioupol is the tenth largest city in the Ukraine, and it is almost the same size as Nikolaev and has more inhabitants than Lugansk, vinnitsia, Ivano frankovsk , chernihiv, Poltava, kherson, termopili, etc...
Furthermore there was a concentration of militants (both official army and azovites) far higher than in other places, and it was already near a war zone for 8 years, so their positions were much more fortified.
Once those and the ones in the caudron north of Donesk are removed (either KIA or prisoners) the resistance will be much less.
Please at least take your facts right...
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flamming_python wrote:There is an Amerikanski merc running around Kiev, with a twitter account
Claims to have liberated some village yesterday, and with his guys destroying 7 vehicles and a whole bunch of Russian soldiers, look like BMPs
What do you guys make of it?
To my unprofessional eyes, I see BMP wrecks in various states of destruction, but not more than 4. I also did not see any white Russian markings. Could be legit, could be smashed Uki vehicles as well? He does look happy, which I would not expect if it was smashed stuff of his own side
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Then we have this. Russian lies of course I'll put the translated up when I see it.
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#Russia|n #MoD releases the Order of Colonel General #Balan, intercepted by #RF intelligence, that signalled that #Ukraine was making all preparations to attack #Donbass at the beginning of March 2022. (To be translated)
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flamming_python wrote:
What do you guys make of it?
What is the point?
He will be dead or running soon.
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Commander of the Eastern Military District Chaiko presented awards to distinguished servicemen. The award ceremony took place at the front line, 30 km from Kyiv, where the commander arrived to set tasks and clarify the situation.
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ArgentinaGuard wrote:No chance of tracking down Zielinsky and blowing him up with a hypersonic missile? I understand that they can go through the bunkers
In Poland?
No, what it would change? In the end you still need to negotiate with someone
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