It’s got proper Sudan warlord vibes.
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It’s got proper Sudan warlord vibes.
Seems like Ukraine is poking the hornet's nest in a few places and Russians are already in panic.
I think it makes a lot of sense. They can't have been fortifying too much with all the people they've just sent over the top to press on. Plus the whole Wagner and MoD infighting if it turns into a rout.
It has strategic as well as symbolic value. There is a reason why the UA has been fighting for months, with many men dying. By effectively counterattacking them there, the majority of the Wager group in UA might be annihilated and there would be a rift between them, as many have mentioned. Putin would be embarrassed as well.
And UA's morale would skyrocket.
Majority of Wagner group is in Africa though
Hard to imagine that now since tons of resources including manpower were used at that city for ages.
Many convicts though. I think the veteran Wagner guys are mostly abroad in Africa or Syria. Africa is also more profitable for Wagner.
He mostly collected fodder from the prisons. Probably some commanders are from the pros. But not the grunts. Would be great if they get wiped out completely though
According to BBC in Jan, 2023: "Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it is thought the Wagner Group had only about 5,000 fighters. Wagner almost certainly now commands 50,000 fighters in Ukraine ."
Wagner groups, despite having tons of convicts, gave the UA so much trouble with the way they (have to) fought. It is doubtful that their regular troops would do the same. The group has probably lost tons of resources, and it will definitely weaken their combat capacity anywhere for now. They might not even come back to UA in the future if UA does it successfully, which can only be a good thing.
I’ve thought for weeks now, “how funny would it be if…” and it looks like it just might be happening. More power to them.
Operation Uranus 2.0. If it carries on, we will be able to say Russia has been Stalingrad-ed.
It's ugly as hell, all right.I think what we are seeing now is more of a shaping operation to force a response from the Russians and not the large counter offensive everyone has been waiting for.
It will force the Rusian MOD to make a hard choice, either they send reserves to Bakhmut which in turn will weaken other sectors of the front or they risk the political humiliation that comes with loosing the city.
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If Wagner, who are considered Russia's best trained troops on the ground, are routed in Bakhmut, it could have a ripple effect on the morale of all Russian troops in Ukraine.
The same way that Napoleon's army totally collapsed after Sir Peregrine Maitland's Guards Division ambushed and decimated the Imperial Guard at Waterloo.
Love the people bopping to the tune.
Live action trolling in motion.
Shaping operations have begun.
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-05-12-23/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65567143
Russia denying that Ukraine troops have made a breakthrough.
Russia denying that Ukraine troops have made a breakthrough.
It seems that satanic nazis is not enough anymore. Now we have artificial human beings infected with the "Russophobia" virus 
that's akin to comunicado oficial confirming it then
+ the planet Mars
It seems that satanic nazis is not enough anymore. Now we have artificial human beings infected with the "Russophobia" virus
To me it sounds more like he's saying that the Polish PM is a puppet the US built up to control Poland.
It's kind of ironic we keep seeing the rhetoric that ukraine is defending european democracy, when poland, one of the biggest supporters, is slowing abandoning democracy.
Those attacks yesterday definitely gave Bakhmut city defenders a little room to breath. The front line has straightened considerably and the threat of Russians surrounding western Bakhmut is gone for now.
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