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BREAKING NEWS ! - MAJOR UKRAINIAN COUNTER OFFENSIVE STARTED !!!

  1. #41
    Originally posted by aldra they ate like 4,000 KIAs and got four armored divisions disabled in 48 hours, and as far as I've heard all of the attacks were in the Zaporozhye direction

    How do you equate that to the planned major offensive?
  2. #42
    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson How do you equate that to the planned major offensive?

    you don't consider an assault group made up of 10 divisions pushing a single direction and continuing to fight until they've lost 3000-4000 men to be a major offensive?
  3. #43
    Originally posted by aldra you don't consider an assault group made up of 10 divisions pushing a single direction and continuing to fight until they've lost 3000-4000 men to be a major offensive?

    Russian propaganda and speculation doesn't qualify no.

    "Reports of heavy fighting in Ukraine fueled speculation of whether it could be part of an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive, but there's no confirmation from Kyiv. Russia said it thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive and killed hundreds of troops in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, although Ukraine dismissed the claims."
  4. #44
    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Russian propaganda and speculation doesn't qualify no.

    "Reports of heavy fighting in Ukraine fueled speculation of whether it could be part of an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive, but there's no confirmation from Kyiv. Russia said it thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive and killed hundreds of troops in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, although Ukraine dismissed the claims."

    there's plenty of media of AFU armor being destroyed in the last few days if you care to look. as far as 'Russian propaganda' goes, the Russian MoD has been far more honest about the state of the war than the Ukrainian authorities or western media
  5. #45
    Originally posted by aldra there's plenty of media of AFU armor being destroyed in the last few days if you care to look. as far as 'Russian propaganda' goes, the Russian MoD has been far more honest about the state of the war than the Ukrainian authorities or western media



    Again, Russian propaganda and speculation that you appear to be buying into.

    A few heavy battles doesn't equate to a "major offensive". I guess it boils down to what you determine a major offensive to be...if the goal is to free up the Russian occupied land then it would be 10s of thousands involved in the push...not 2 or 3k here and there.
  6. #46
    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson

    Again, Russian propaganda and speculation that you appear to be buying into.

    A few heavy battles doesn't equate to a "major offensive". I guess it boils down to what you determine a major offensive to be…if the goal is to free up the Russian occupied land then it would be 10s of thousands involved in the push…not 2 or 3k here and there.

    one division is around 9,000 men, 10 were involved in the action

    ***modern militaries typically have around a 1:8 ratio for combat to support personnel, so if we assume 90,000 men were active maybe 10,000 were in direct combat
  7. #47
    Originally posted by aldra one division is around 9,000 men, 10 were involved in the fighting

    ok...again 10k isn't 10s of thousands...You're not going to free up all Russian occupied land (which is the goal) with 10k.

    Think D day on a smaller scale, when it happens you'd know about it.
  8. #48
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson How do you equate that to the planned major offensive?

    express 4000 personel as a unit of a :

    a] division
    b] battalion
    c] regiment
    d] army
  9. #49
    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny express 4000

    Someone else buying into the propaganda
  10. #50
    Donald Trump Black Hole
    Unless you're running 60,000 casualties a day you're not really trying by British terms.
  11. #51
    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson ok…again 10k isn't 10s of thousands…You're not going to free up all Russian occupied land (which is the goal) with 10k.

    realistically, they're not going to do it at all, but that's not the point - if you don't have enough support units you can't use modern weapons like tanks, drones and artillery, and at that point it doesn't really matter what you do against an enemy that can. the point is that if the numbers are correct, that's an enormous loss of manpower as a ratio of what was deployed, and the total number is indeed a very large deployment.

    do you think their manpower is unlimited? why do you think they're snatching 16 and 60 year olds off the street?
  12. #52
    Originally posted by Donald Trump Unless you're running 60,000 casualties a day you're not really trying by Russian terms.

    FTFY
  13. #53
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Someone else buying into the propaganda

    sounds like something someone who bought the opposite propaganda would say/
  14. #54
    Ghast Houston
    9000 little green men, who wants to put money on this come on boys , pony up somke roubles

  15. #55
    Originally posted by aldra the point is that if the numbers are correct, that's an enormous loss of manpower as a ratio of what was deployed.

    There's the key.

    IF

    I don't believe either side tells the Truth but less so Russia..I mean their leader is telling his people obvious lies about it being to rid the land of Nazis

    When/IF the "major offensive" starts it's going to be pretty damn obvious to any observer...or it's not a "major offensive".
  16. #56
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson There's the key.

    IF

    I don't believe either side tells the Truth but less so Russia..I mean their leader is telling his people obvious lies about it being to rid the land of Nazis

    When/IF the "major offensive" starts it's going to be pretty damn obvious to any observer…or it's not a "major offensive".

    ok, tell us what are the sign we'll see if its a 'major offensive'.

    dont tell me pubic hairs.
  17. #57
    Donald Trump Black Hole
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson When/IF the "major offensive" starts it's going to be pretty damn obvious to any observer…or it's not a "major offensive".

    What observer?
  18. #58
    Vinny, go away, the adults are talking.
  19. #59
    Originally posted by Donald Trump What observer?

    It said "any observer"
  20. #60
    Ghast Houston
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson When/IF the "major offensive" starts it's going to be pretty damn obvious to any observer…or it's not a "major offensive".

    Lol licks, all my talking heads say it started a week ago and Russia is on the brink of civil war
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