by MoA
The so far largest battle of the 21st century ended today.
Bakhmut has fallen. Artyomovsk (the Russian/Soviet name of the city) has been liberated. This was announced today by the titular leader of the Wagner forces, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a video posted on Telegram.
Why the Ukrainian leadership had decided to hold onto the city even months after the situation there was already in its disfavor is beyond me. The fight was decided by the numerical superiority of Russian artillery fire and the Ukraine had never a chance to top that.
The losses there for the Ukrainians amounted to 300 to 500 men per day over that last 5 months. That sums up to a total of 60,000 casualties. Ten days ago Ukrainian units, including the fascist Azov brigade, rolled up the Russian flanks north and south of Bakhmut to allow the Ukrainian troops in the city to flee west. That attack alone, only one or 2 kilometer deep, cost them some 1,600+ men and some 50+ armored vehicles.
On the Russian side the fighting in the city was largely done by Wagner troops. But they were never able to do it on their own. Russian military intelligence, artillery and logistics all played an important role in the fight.
The city has been destroyed but it will continued to exist as it is an important logistical hub with several rail and road connections running through it.
Mariupol, which fell/was liberated a year ago, is already being rebuild. In a month or two, when the frontline has moved away from Artyomovsk, rebuilding will start there too.
For a moment now the front line in Ukraine seems all around relative quit.
https://twitter.com/tretter50001/status/1659938645976010752
Prigozhin’s latest gnomic utterance: “no-one can pedantically reproach us for the fact that at least some piece was not taken”.
05/20/23 – Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects Wagner claim over Bakhmut
Putin’s military aggression is the only reason Finland joined NATO, and why Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Sweden and Ukraine want in. He’s responsible for all of it. I don’t know why people make excuses for the evil little bastard.
He may be an evil bastard, which would make Biden a n idiot for welshing on the Minsk accord.
Putin can’t win. Russia has been too seriously damaged by corruption. He’ll be lucky to survive. Trump will be lucky to avoid prison. So it goes.
You people started this war for the express purpose of consolidating power.
Just like Covid.
No need to invent your own “4 horses”, however.
Jesus has that covered.
Putin took Crimea. Nothing happened, so he thought he could get away with more. He was wrong. The West recognized what he is. Some people do learn from history.
Crimea… Obama’s watch…
Ukraine… Obama’s sockpuppet’s watch
We told them we wouldnt expand NATO into Eurasia… we lied.
so far, the unitary has looked like Willie E. Coyote against Trump’s Roadrunner…
Putin has more bodies to throw at Ukraine than Ukraine has to trow at Russia.
Bahmut has fallen. This is a nonessential conflict for us, and the same guys 5hat gave us “escape from Kabul” will be running the show. We should pull our combat troops out NATO. Leave forward supplies and equipment for reaction force, with support personnel, and use our navy to control the sea. Europe is the European’s problem.
Ever since Barry purged our military of officers and NCOs, the only thing they can proficiently do is apply pronouns… We have better military personnel in civilian attire than in the regular forces.
The midget KGB pedophile’s Special Military Operation intended to beat Ukraine into submission in days has lasted 450, and they control less territory than they began with—not to mention leaving the battlefield littered with abandoned unfortunate Russian corpses and equipment. The man is an idiot and his military is incompetent. Even his war-criminal tactics aren’t breaking Ukraine.
Apparently, he didn’t want to damage the infrastructure in the province’s where the Ukranian Nazis were harrassing ethnic Russians. As things stand now,Ukraine is so defeated that we are going to give one of the most corrupt regimes F-16 jets… The business of war is not the taking of land. The objective os the destruction of the adversary’s capability to make war. Bakmut has been a meat grinder that has destroyed yet another Ukranian army.
My guess is that the Uniparty elites are concerned that Putin might publish their ukranian scams. Then, we might have to hold hearings
Unlike you, Im not trying to gauge the intelligence or Guillen of a man who has survived numerous culling in the KGB. He’s either very smart, or lucky as hell.
We will see who breaks.
biden is 0 for 2. He surrenyin Afghanistan and now he has lost against Putin and Russia.
And he himself caused it all. He has always been wrong on foreign policy, who is surprised by the disastrous results when he got his kid-diddling hands on it?
Ukraine paid a heavy price in blood in trying to hold onto that supposedly “worthless” city. Simplicius provides the details of the Ukrainian military obituary:
The twenty five brigades listed above represents a force of at least 50,000 men (assuming only 2000 men in a reduced brigade) and as many as 125,000. Simplicius also lists at least 9 battalions and 5 regiments — that is 4500 and 5000 additional troops respectively. Do the math. If Ukraine deployed 134,500 troops to the battle for Bakhmut, 70% casualties means that Ukraine suffered as many as 94,150 killed and wounded.
Ukraine is running out of fighting men. At some point there will be no Ukrainian army.
Good news.
Zelenskyy needs to give up and surrender
500 Americans are now banned from travel to Russia. Trump isn’t one of them.
Adam Schiff must be expelled from congress’…
Wow are you on that list? How suspicious if that!?
Neither are you?
05/20/23 – Russia warns West of ‘enormous risks’ if Ukraine is supplied with F-16 jets –
Russia has spent months trying to take control of one city of minimal strategic value situated on the edge of Russian-controlled territory. They’ve lost control of Ukrainian airspace. The biggest risk to Russia is Vladimir Putin, who is prolonging a failed invasion solely as a means of political survival.
biden needs to listen to putins warning. biden is out matched and thankfully losing his war.
05/18/23 –Why Putin Is Right to Fear for His Life –
All this made possible by idiot Biden’s stupid energy policies and all to beef up his foreign energy investments.
The same tired old republican b.s. Domestic oil production is expected to reach an all time high in 2023. Biden has issued more new drilling permits during its first two years than Trump did. That is a FACT.
uh huh.
This must be the same administration whose figurehead babbling crook told the world that oil and gas would be transitioned from…
https://www.maciverinstitute.com/2022/03/yes-biden-is-to-blame-for-the-energy-crisis-heres-why/
As soon as the electoral campsign for ’24 arrived, he changed his tune. But reality is stubborn.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/03/09/us-wont-reach-new-record-oil-production-ever-again-pioneer-ceo.html
Meanwhile, growth in demand is set to outpace production… Fueled by Chinese travel, because the US is in a recession of the doddering dolt’s doing. The Democrats better start printing mail in votes and getting the voodoo doctors to awaken the dead so they can vote lefty again, because if the economy by itself represented a stumbling block for the authoritarian, fascist ambitions of the regime that has done that which they falsely accused Trump of, the quality of life in Lefty held urban cesspool has so deteriorated that those who can, leave… Hard to blame Trump (or anyone else other than Demokkkrats) for problems in Philly, Detroit, Baltimore and other bastions that have been in leftists hands for decades. Add to that wholesale spying on US citizens, and it shapes up as a lively campaign against a totalitarian cult seeking single party rule. The real reason Biden still blames white supremacy for anything, is because he believes it still exists… because he was part of it. Look at him kissing Eastlsnd’s KKK butt… Look at his anti-black record… Biden is a 1970’s bigot.
That is KJP BULLSHIT. Idiot Biden LIES. And, without idiot Biden destroying our energy independence and dominance, there would be no war in Ukraine.
Close… Still Biden’s doing.
KYIV, Dec 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Kyiv’s bid to join the NATO military alliance was in its own hands, Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said after the two leaders spoke on Thursday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-president-zelenskiy-holding-talks-with-biden-adviser-says-2021-12-09/
At least a half dozen
The biggest risk to the world is the fake Biden regime you fools installed.
He killed a mentally ill homeless man, not a wolf. Hence, manslaughter charges.
The guy was arrested 42 times. He violently assaulted 4 people, giving one 62 year old a woman a broken nose. He also kidnapped a 7 year old child. He should have never been out roaming the streets.
None of that criminal history will be admissible in court. As far as the jury knows Neely will be a young man studying to become a brain surgeon with a spotless record of service to his community.
He needed to be taken out mentally ill or otherwise. He served zero purpose.
Nah. He’s a hero.
You people WANT normal men to stand idly by, unable to protect society and their families.
You people always do.
Why not just consider Penny a late, late term abortionist? Does that make it better?
Completely ass backwards
Minimal value?
Why then did the sacrifice so many young men?
Sad what the WEF , Military complex, and Biden will do for kickbacks and grift.
Joe Biden Is Preparing to Provide US F-16 FIghter Jets to Ukraine – World War III Can’t Come Fast Enough for These Elites
Huge and bigly mistake. Ukraine is on the brink of falling. F-16s are too little, too late…
Its never just fighter jets. F-16s need lots of fuel, spare parts and maintenance. F-16s have limited range and need long runways when fully loaded with munitions, which means air refueling (tankers) needing longer runways. F-16 radar is not long range, so AWACs are needed to monitor the airspace and locate any enemy aircraft. And when inevitably aircraft are downed, they will need search and rescue (helicopters). Unless Joe is planning to leave them behind again, like in Afghanistan.
Oh, and Russian planes are built with landing gear like tanks, they are used to operating off dilapidated runways and broken concrete. F-16s can’t handle that…
What next give Ukraine aircraft carriers? Nukes? What other toys will the homo want?
Pervy is spending a lot of our money to keep Zelensky quiet about his family’s criminal enterprise. It’s called hush money. It’s also why he has strengthened China’s hand. Stolen elections have consequences!
Biden Pledges Commitment to Ukraine; Zelensky Denies Bakhmut Has Fallen
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/21/world/russia-ukraine-news?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20230521&instance_id=93117&nl=the-morning®i_id=109484162&segment_id=133521&te=1&user_id=b6929bee68c90837a5ec9216b364f6bb
05/22/23 – Anti-Putin militia claims to have overrun Russian border village
Ukraine has no military. That’s over.
This is now WWIII, officially.
NATO vs Russia.
The US paid more to Ukraine then the entire Russian military budget, and STILL couldn’t hold Bakhmut.
It’s not looking good.
As of November 2022, Putin’s war in Ukraine was costing the Russian economy an estimated $500 million to $1 billion PER DAY.
Sounds made up. I don’t trust anything the Western Media is putting out (they flail, and are all over the place.).
The Majority agrees with me.
Meanwhile in American, the usual demonic-paganism is destroying us from the inside out.
So which is it propaganda sucker are the people of Russia about to revolt and toss Putin into the evil parts of history or are the Peoples fully behind Putin for great and glorious Russia?
You really must stick with a consistent story line.
You are much like Biden, no tanks, ok tanks no planes ok planes now, you all just lie. Real humans on both sides of this proxy war are getting blown to bits dying every day end this evil negotiate a peace, Biden and NATO must stop escalating this conflict.
That’s funny… it’s costing the US about the same. Thanks, idiot Biden.
That’s about as believable as “Trump attempted an insurrection.”
Our intelligence guys just aren’t what they used to be, are they?
What the world will be dealing with if Putin Prevails: 05/21/23 – Russia’s Frighteningly Fascist Youth – A new generation of Russians glorifies war, death, and Vladimir Putin
We should know exactly what this is and what it means, because we’ve seen it before.
Nah.
American and NATO nation troops are now fighting in Ukraine.
Ukraine is running out of fighting men. Russian losses are I for every seven Ukraines. There will be a day when Ukraine will be unable to field an army and that day is coming sooner rather than later.
Russia hasn’t even deployed it’s military much yet.
All mercenaries.
The Russian military has been weakened by Russia’s systemic corruption. In addition, they have a huge problem with alcoholism.
Corruption in the Russian Armed Forces
Same for the American military, so…we’ll have to see how this planned war really goes.
You’re traitor to our nation, by the way. When America strings up those who committed treason against our nation, you just might be there with them.
Just wanted to remind you the line you walk is…perilous. Praying the Blood of Jesus Christ over you, greg. I know you can change.
Apparently I have a much higher opinion of America’s men and women in uniform than you do. No surprise there.
We all had a higher opinion until Barry purged all the Generals that were not commies, or asslickers.
False. You’re not American.
Our military has been intentionally weakened through bad ideas and bad ideology.
And I’m a veteran.
You’re not.
The US military ranks first on the 2023 Global Firepower Index.
If you’re a veteran, why do you support a draft dodger?
Because I know what it takes to lead, and Trump is a leader.
Draft dodger? You mean Clinton?
As for Biden and Obama’s non-existent service….well, I’ll let you correct yourself.
Hundreds of thousands would be alive today if you didn’t have to rig the election because you can’t accept losing.
Putin is a leader. Stalin was a leader. Hitler was a leader. Jim Jones was a leader. It’s important to consider who someone is leading, and how, and where. Trump fails on all three points. Follow this guy, and you’ll be getting off easy if your worst result is disappointment.
Under Trump’s influence I’m afraid MAGA republicans may try to run the economy off a cliff, just so they can blame Biden.
Obama called his abstention from leadership “leading from behind”. Idiot Biden follows the same rationale. Democrat HATE this country, it’s wealth (though they want to grab as much of it as they can), it’s power and it’s positive influence on the world, so they both (well, Obama acts through idiot Biden) worked to destroy it all. Obama was more subtle, idiot Biden is blatantly open about it.
It would appear from the Durham report that what some of us have known since the early days of spygate, it was obama who weaponized the bureaucracy against not only republicans but any political enemies of the DC power structure/administrative state.
The FBI along with other three letter alphabet agencies of the IC are comprised by corruption.
It is disgusting.
It also reinforces Trump’s credibility since, as it usually happens, all the things he was saying (that were roundly criticized by the left) were totally and 100% true. But, as I discover repeatedly, leftists don’t mind being lied to and will NEVER relinquish their blind faith in those who repeatedly lie to them.
Yet all of Ukraine is corrupt from the peasants to their installed homo president, just recently arrested another banker for bribes.
Is that where idiot Biden got the idea to weaken our military by destroying morale and stripping it of equipment and supplies?
Now they are running out of US money.
Biden’s Running Out of Ukraine Money? Good.
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