Russian special military operation in Ukraine #62

land of the freak, home of the knave.

How America Recognized the Russian Army as the Strongest in the World, by Gevorg Mirzayan for VZGLYAD. 10.31.2024.

The world is not particularly afraid of the Americans – the US has lost all its campaigns, starting with the Yugoslav war, and now is not even able to put the Houthis in their place in Yemen. And the Russians have been going from victory to victory since the second Chechen war.

The Russian army is the strongest in the world. This was stated by experts from the American US News and World Report, who compiled a ranking of the world's armies based on their perception by respondents. The United States came in second, and third... no, not China, but Israel. The Chinese came in fourth, and fifth and sixth were, again, surprises: South Korea and Iran. The British came in seventh, the Ukrainians in eighth, the Germans in ninth, and the Turks in tenth. The French, who sincerely believe their army is the strongest in Europe, came in only 11th. And right behind them were the Belarusians.

It would seem that the ranking is extremely strange. Russia has fewer soldiers than China. Less defense spending (many times) than the US. And yet it is in first place. Israel's third place looks even stranger - given the size of the Jewish state's armed forces, as well as its apparent inability to defeat even Hamas and Hezbollah, not to mention any more serious opponents.

Some may think that the arrangement of countries was purely political in nature. Thus, Russia was placed in first place in order to somehow justify the anti-Russian hysteria unfolding in the West. To justify the demands of a number of European and American politicians to invest budget money in the military-industrial complex, as well as to spend resources on containing Russia and its alleged plans to invade the EU. Containment, including through further sponsorship of the Kyiv regime.

And yet there is logic in this rating. Not only political logic, but also vital logic.

First of all, the main parameter of the army's power is not the amount of money poured into it, not the number and not the scale of pompous exercises. All this pales in comparison with combat experience. And the more extensive the experience, the stronger the army.

This is why Russia is in first place. The Russian army is one of two in the world that have combat experience in battles with full-fledged enemy armies - and the only one in the world that will survive this battle (the second - the Ukrainian - will remain little after the SVO). Accordingly, Russian weapons, skills, organization of the armed forces - all this is adapted to conduct full-scale military operations.

As, incidentally, does Israel. Yes, the army of the Jewish state is small – but it is constantly at war. And not against men in robes and slippers, but against the well-organized groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Israeli air defense systems, forced to constantly repel missile attacks (both in the form of water pipes filled with gunpowder, and quite modern missiles supplied to the Palestinians and Lebanese by Iran), are among the most modern in the world. Along with, again, Russian ones.

As for the experience of using drones - the means of war of the future, here again, the Russian army is ahead of the rest of the world. Yes, we are still lagging behind the Ukrainians in a number of parameters, however - and this is an important advantage for Russia - Moscow has organized mass production of drones on its territory. The so-called Shoigu greenhouses, where domestic models are developed and constantly modified - unlike the same Ukraine, which depends on external supplies.

The rest of the Russian equipment is also in line. The experience of the war in Ukraine has demonstrated the power of simplicity - the simpler the mechanism, the more reliable and "soldier-resistant" it is during combat operations. And even more adapted to constant use. Take, for example, the same American Abrams tank - more than a dozen of these tanks have already been deployed on the Ukrainian fronts (that is, from a third to a half of those delivered to the Kiev regime in general), but at the same time there is not a single documented evidence of the Abrams' victory in combat operations against Russian analogues. In fact, of the entire range of weapons delivered to the Kyiv regime, only the HIMARS MLRS (due to range and accuracy), as well as the ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles (for the same reason) have proven themselves completely successful on the battlefield.

Another important component is the image. The perception of the armed forces by potential rivals and partners. And here, again, the Russian army occupies its place. The world is not particularly afraid of the Americans - the US has lost all its campaigns, starting with the Yugoslav war, and now is not even able to put the Houthis in their place in Yemen. And the Russians have been going from victory to victory since the second Chechen war. Georgia, Syria - and now they are advancing in Ukraine. Yes, the Russian Armed Forces made a number of mistakes at the beginning of the campaign - but then in 2023 and especially in 2024, Moscow's military advantage became obvious to everyone.

This is why the United States has a very negative view of Ukraine's prospects for victory in the war. This is why European countries shrug their shoulders and say that their arsenals are depleted – and Russia is winning anyway (and if, they say, it comes to Europe, it will have nothing to resist with). This is why Georgia flatly refused to open a second front in the interests of Ukraine. This is why Moldovan President Maia Sandu – despite all her dislike for Russia – refused to sanction the Kyiv regime for genocide in Transnistria (under the pretext of conducting a "counter-terrorist operation").

And that is why, following the results of the SVO, the Russian army will be the most powerful in the world. Powerful enough to protect Russia from all the threats that the West will create for it in various directions.

https://vz.ru/opinions/2024/10/31/1295259.html

Russians 3 km from Krupiansk. The city itself will probably be captured by the end of 2025, if not longer.

Russian army breaks through front in South Donetsk direction, by Valeria Gorodetskaya for VZGLYAD. 11.01.2024.

Rogov: Russian army broke through the front in the South Donetsk direction north of Ugledar.

Russian troops in the South Donetsk direction north of Ugledar have advanced forward and leveled the front line between the villages of Novoukrainka and Bogoyavlenka, said Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the Public Chamber commission on sovereignty issues and co-chairman of the coordinating council for the integration of new regions.

Rogov stated that the enemy front had collapsed in this direction, RIA Novosti reports . He noted that another 20 square kilometers of territory had been added to the previously captured 25 square kilometers.

"The success of our troops continues. About 20 square kilometers have been added to yesterday's 25 square kilometers. Our troops have advanced north of Novoukrainka and aligned the front line with Bogoyavlenka. The initiative is entirely in the hands of our army, while the enemy has essentially suffered a collapse of the front line in this area," Rogov said.

He also stressed that the Russian army's advance continues.

The day before, Rogov reported that Russian troops had liberated over 20 square kilometers in the South Donetsk direction.

Earlier, captured Ukrainian commander Alexander Dolmatov reported that as a result of the fighting near Ugledar, only three out of 60 fighters from the Ukrainian Armed Forces platoon survived.

https://vz.ru/news/2024/11/1/1295715.html

They are not retreating. They are advancing to Europe.

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Best advance to Gay-rope is indeed ass first.

One more. When the AFU soldier dies he's not a 200 - he goes to valhalla to meet with his Ukrainian all-father, bandera.

Due to the unique geography of Ukraine, Russian forces have retreated forward in several areas along the front and Ukraine has liberated several strategic points into the hands of the Russians.  The Ukrainian Clown forces have staged massive advances rearwards all along the front.  The elite lemon merengue pie and seltzer division of the 3rd stooges division and the 4th Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo Vuadville (formerly Marx, but renamed due to decommunization laws) are going to hold on to their remaining positions in Kursk until they liberate them into the hands of the Russians as they execute a brilliant counterstroke to the west that will gain Ukraine a stranglehold on the Dniepr River.