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Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst
Back in mid-January, retired United States Army Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, who previously led the US Army Europe Command and still holds several high-ranking positions within NATO, gave an interview to the CIA front Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), where he claimed that Western heavy armor would supposedly give the Kiev regime “an edge” against the Russian military. When asked “how much of a disadvantage has Ukraine had without [Western/NATO armor] and what can Kiev now achieve with it”, Hodges stated the following:
“Well, of course, I wish these decisions to provide ‘Bradley’ and ‘Marder’ and AMX-10RC and other systems would have been made sooner. But the good news is they’ve been made. What I heard last week was the foundation for an armor brigade. Basically, you’ve got self-propelled artillery from the Czech Republic, a battalion; AMX-10RC from France, which is an excellent wheeled vehicle, a lot of mobility with a big gun on it; and then a battalion of ‘Marder’, which is a very good system; and then a battalion of ‘Bradley’, which is the best infantry fighting vehicle in the world. If you get those and then if you put maybe a Ukrainian tank battalion in the middle of it with engineers, you’ve got a lethal combined arms formation that could be the iron fist that would help penetrate these endless lines of Russian trenches…”
It’s hardly breaking news that these “excellent wheeled vehicles” and “very good systems”, including “the best infantry fighting vehicle in the world”, have been anything but as the much-touted counteroffensive of the Kiev regime forces has proven to be a spectacular failure. After weeks of attempts to break through Russian lines, apart from a few small tactical successes that cannot possibly be justified considering the horrendous losses, the “iron fist” of the Neo-Nazi junta troops demonstrated its impotence as it has been unable to achieve any of the stated strategic goals.
By June 21, losses of the Kiev regime forces have been staggering, standing at approximately 13,000 servicemen, 246 tanks (13 of which were NATO heavy armor), 595 armored fighting vehicles (AFVs), 279 artillery guns and mortars (48 sent by NATO), 42 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), two SAM (surface-to-air) missile systems, 14 aircraft (including helicopters), 264 drones and 424 vehicles. Since then, the losses seem to have escalated dramatically, although precise numbers are yet to be released. As the German daily Handelsblatt described it:
Despite this, the Neo-Nazi junta keeps sending the forcibly conscripted Ukrainians to certain death (or horrendous injuries, at best). On June 24, offensive operations were launched in both Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions (oblasts), but failed, although the Kiev regime claimed there was “progress in all directions“. Video evidence suggests that virtually all assault units engaged in offensive operations were either destroyed or damaged beyond repair, while Russian kamikaze drones neutralized their artillery support composed primarily of US-made M777 howitzers.
The following day, the Neo-Nazi junta forces lost well over 700 soldiers and dozens of pieces of heavy armor and lighter support vehicles. During a failed attack, the 47th brigade of the Kiev regime forces got bogged down in a minefield, resulting in catastrophic losses, including life-altering injuries. War footage suggests there are dozens of critically injured soldiers, with virtually no way to either provide immediate medical assistance or evacuate the wounded. There are numerous instances where soldiers are simply left behind to die.
Expectedly, this has resulted in insubordination from many Ukrainian servicemen, some of whom are openly refusing to follow orders of their superiors, further reinforcing previous claims about a looming mutiny within the Neo-Nazi junta forces. Battlefield reports now even suggest that their commanding officers are often taking extreme measures to ensure obedience. One of the latest videos shows an officer throwing at least two hand grenades at several Ukrainian servicemen standing in a bunker for failing to hold their positions. Presumably, the Ukrainian soldiers (at least three of them) either failed or refused to follow the order of their commanding officer to hold the position they were assigned to.
It’s safe to assume that they were most likely forced to retreat from their post in order not to get overrun, as there were only three of them. Obviously agitated by this, the officer decided that the immediate punishment for insubordination was to throw hand grenades at them. The available footage shows the commanding officer taking at least two grenades from another soldier and throwing them into the bunker where the fleeing soldiers were standing, after which an explosion can be heard. The fate of the unfortunate servicemen is unknown, but given the confined space they were in, it can only be assumed that the best-case scenario is they suffered serious shrapnel wounds.
russia should distribute among ukrainians a leaflets how to surrender. offer money for equipment and rewords for killing their oppressive “commanding officers”.
should have done that from the start
i think they have been doing that.
that is an extremely good idea, if they die trying their wives and kids can get re-imbursed too, not sure how they get re-imbursed but ways can be found.
and the arogence of the west, i just read ” if the offensive fails this summer, there will be a political solution and they’ll sue for peace”. maybe russia will decide total capitulation is the only solution. which i think now is the only solution
the only end to this now is the total defeat of the ukrainian junta and their nazo backers, it’s gone too far for anything else.
after being hit by reality they are finally talking ‘peace’. but as you correctly pointed, it’s too late. the only solution now is the unconditional surrender of the nazis, like in ww2.
igor konashenkov would be proud of shitfront, the numbers are pure, utter fantasy and only the most utter flathead stupid idiots, would believe these.
i love the “independent analyst” part, haven’t you realized that it’s going to be until there isn’t a single russian soldier on ukrainian territory? there will be no truces as long as there is occupied territory, negotiations want the russians to see if they avoid humiliation
amerikans are morons
id say half are normies and 30 percent of the other half are corrupted. there are however those that know the khazar papal aliiance needs to go. enough to do something? probably not. the normies stand in the way. the ngo’s, bureaucrats, and welfare state like things as they are. roughly 1 in 6 in the us work for a government.
ukrainian territory ? wtf is that supposed to be? what u talking about ??
how many dead ukrainian military personnel since the 2014 us coup in kiev?
15-20k ,told by a friend. anyway i am sure igor konashenkov’s fantasy numbers about flathead kia are much more accurate/ trustworthy;-)
so it’s 15 000, but maybe 33% higher than that at 20 000? 33% margin of error? your friend can’t count? how many at bakhmut over the nine months? how many in the failed kherson counter-offensive last summer? how many in the eight years of ato prior to the smo? how many in the initial six months of the smo? how many since june 05, 2023? how does your source come by this information?
source for your friend’s figures? nafomosexual cosplay database?
ukies are as thick as shit and clearly can’t do math, no wonder there losing so badly
and their fearless leader captain “z” is often missing, probably under his personal pile of “snow.”
gestapo distressed weak–us leaked doc: 16,000-40,000 deceased russians; 250,000 dead hohols…up to 500,000 injured hohols
maybe in the last week…lol.
nazis defeated… weak german broken by ussr–now you are bitter inferior us colony …how is that decayed destroyed economy?
theres nothing to negotiate about as long whole donbas and whole southwestcoast including odessa is not liberated.
than send kiew a letter to sign capitulation.
if the ziokhasar cocaclown refuse, that send the 4 divisions from belarus and west russia to the center of kiew
today you sent 3 bottles of votka instead of one? or do you eat ice cream with your forehead?
hasbara hurenkinder should better not talk about foreheads, or anything.
did your balls drop yet bitch?
oh, oh. english and anatomy courses needed.
just wanna cite orban: ukraine has lost its independence and sovereignty in this war. usa, nato and russia can decide when the war is over. if the usa or nato will stop support russia has won. if russia steps in ukraine gets a vasal of the west. ukraine is the victim. it even cannot achieve something on its own. it is a colony from the west and now has to choose if it will be the slave of nato/us or russia at the end. ukraine has lost its freedom to determine its own fate.
that happened in 2014 when the us pulled the trigger on the regime change.
very true. and,
europe is going to be left with a seriously meth addicted, traumatized, illegitimate child on its hands to deal with after the us washes it own hands of this most recent misadventure, as it is so want to do, in the form of a crippled ukrainian rump state. the stupid and servile europeans deserve it!
trolls are burning, 🔥 their coup and counter offensive is history.
when the rank-and-file ukrainians learn of the us and british involvement to keep the war going and get them killed for the greater glory of washington and london they may take it ill….
ukies do not perceive this; they believe amerikan assistance will help…they forget that amerikans always betray…like all sleazy rodents they hide and creep back to their ghetos and trailer parks
the only gamechanger for the west is to let go. and the only mistake for russia to make is to negotiate with them. let the “western values” have their cake and eat it. only a complete collapse without lying their way out will teach them this lesson.
i assume the commanders stay in the rear to avoid getting fragged.
most of hohol professional military dead—now they rely on demoralized conscripts…they are coerced by amerikans to advance when there is no hope –obliterated by mines artillery missiles from sukoi and helicopters…unlike nato. russia has amble weapons ammunition…russia continues to sell to many nations; production has tripled since 2020
some things must be crystal clear, and in this days of info war fare, never, never forget this, most of the mofo commenting in sites like the cia rat f…. lary to the morons over at moa, are the same people, they have invaded most of the so called indie msm, and even after days of uh…. coups they dont tuch the reasons why, nor have the rf done the same, and the war, after watching it, i agrees with proggy, 100%.
proverbio sardo :
il bastone fa urlare i muti, udire i sordi e ridà vista ai ciechi .
if you understand that “ukraine” is where prositution and suicidal tendencies meet, you understand what this little appendage of nato is all about
“best infantry fighting vehicle” — according to western media wet dreams!
clowns in washington pulling zelenskyy’s strings and sending men to die.
if zelensky gives details of the deals he made to provide cannon fodder to kill russians and sell off his country, launder money back to those who gave it to him, all for his personal gain, then ukraine will be free after russia kicks ass.
btw, prighozin should have been listened to.