As the Ukraine war approaches the six-month mark, the country targets a Russian air base in Crimea. Ukraine’s military says nine Russian planes were destroyed in the attack but Russia denies the damage. Gen. Barry McCaffery joins.
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Maybe this is part of Russian strategy. They know they cannot win the war and Putin will not let the Russians withdraw, so have the whole world become concerned about the destruction of the nuclear plant so that the EU and the UN will force Ukraine to make a peace treaty with Russia to "save" the world from nuclear radiation.
What people do not talk about is that the radiation from a major leak – destruction of primary coolant system – would devastate the Russian territories that Russia has now annexed and depending on the wind patterns could blow back to the Russian countryside bordering on Ukraine with terrible results – not that Putin would care as long as he can claim "victory".
for all you truth seekers here is a senior serving Marine Officer telling his analysis of the conflict
Senior U.S. Marine Corps Officer expresses admiration for the revolutionary way in which Russia has fought its war in Ukraine:
The picture that has been presented of the war in Ukraine is completely at odds with the reality of the situation on the ground. Surprisingly, information that supports this assertion, which totally undermines the Western media narratives regarding the war, is provided by an article in the August edition of the United States Marine Corps Gazette. Writing under the pen name Marinus, a senior marine corps officer, provides an objective analysis of Russian military strategy since late February. It totally undermines the narratives provided by Western media and pro Washington politicians.
Marinus observes how Russia has pursued three distinct military campaigns since the beginning of the war in late February 2022. In the north fast moving Russian troops never attempted to capture cities such Kiev or Kharkov, they never made any attempt to convert temporary occupation into permanent possession. Their whole purpose was to act as a ‘grand deception’ which led the Kiev government to divert large forces from its main field army in the Donbass. This gave the Russian army the time to deploy its artillery units in large numbers into the Donbass, secure transport networks and accumulate large quantities of ammunition for the long campaign ahead.
In the southern campaign Russian armed forces ‘took immediate possession of comparable cities. This was accompanied by a thoroughgoing political transformation whereby Russian civil servants took control of local government and Ukrainian banks, and cell phone providers were replaced with Russian ones. Alongside this, Russian forces conducted raids in the vicinity of the city of Mikolaiv. These raids as in the ones around the northern cities forced the Ukrainian military to send forces to defend Mikolaiv and Odessa that otherwise could have been sent to the main theatre of operations in the Donbass.
Marinus emphasized how these Russian raids in both the north and south of Ukraine avoided heavy bombardments of civilian areas which directly contradicts the propaganda of the Western media about Russian attacks on civilian areas. He notes that this attempt to avoid bombardments of civilian’s areas in the north ‘stemmed from a desire to avoid antagonizing the local people’ who supported the Kiev government. Marinus states that in the south Russian forces attempted to preserving the lives and property of communities who identified as ‘’Russian’’.
He observes how the Russian use of guided missile strikes ‘created a number of moral effects favorable to the Russian war effort’. Marinus emphasizes how Russian guided missile strikes went out of their way to avoid collateral damage i.e., civilian casualties by their judicious use of military targets and the precision of the missiles. He does note that occasionally Russia strikes on ‘dual use facilities’ such as the main TV tower in Kiev did undermine the ‘advantages achieved by the overall Russian policy of limiting missile strikes to obvious military targets.
In the east of Ukraine in the Donbass region Russian forces conducted bombardments ‘that, in terms of both duration and intensity, rivalled those of the great artillery contests of the world wars of the twentieth century’. Made possible by short supply lines these heavy bombardments in the Donbass served three purposes. Firstly, they pinned down Ukrainian infantry in their fortifications. Secondly, they inflicted a large number of casualties both physical and psychological. The psychological effect has led many Ukrainian units either to retreat and abandon their positions or refuse orders to attack. Thirdly, when conducted for a sufficient period of time these bombardments have forced defenders to withdraw from their trenches or surrender.
Marinus compares the scale of the Russian bombardment in the Donbass by comparing the struggle for the town of Popasna (18 March to 7 May 2022) to battle of Iwo Jima (19 February to 26 March 1945). At Iwo Jima US marines fought a ferocious battle to capture eight square miles of fortified ground. In Popasna Russian gunners bombarded the Ukrainian infantry in their trenches for eight weeks before they withdrew after suffering heavy casualties.
Russia’s offensive operations in the east of Ukraine have been criticized by many, both pro Ukrainian and pro-Russian as slow and ponderous. Marinus contrasts Russian operations in the Donbass with the war on the Eastern Front during World War 2 where both German and Russian forces made extensive use of cauldrons where enemy forces were encircled and then destroyed or forced to surrender. He observes that:
“Freedom from the desire to create cauldrons as quickly as possible relieved the Russians fighting in Eastern Ukraine from the need to hold any particular piece of ground. Thus, when faced with a determined Ukrainian attack, the Russian often withdrew their tank and infantry units from the contested terrain. In this way, they both reduced danger to their own troops and created situations, however brief, in which the Ukrainian attackers faced Russian shells and rockets without the benefit of shelter.’’
This point also counters all the triumphant Western propaganda which proclaims major defeats for Russia when Ukraine forces win minor tactical victories and Russia withdraws troops from a position. The Russian withdrawal from Snake Island being a good case in point.
In the final section of his article Marinus emphasis the stark contrast between the different types of warfare waged by Russian forces in different parts of Ukraine. They all formed part of an overall grand strategy whose primary goal was to destroy Ukrainian forces in the Donbass and free the Peoples Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk from Kiev’s control.
Russia’s three key objectives of the ‘special military operation’ the protection of the DPR/LPR, denazification’ and ‘demilitarization’ of Ukraine required ‘the infliction of heavy losses on Ukrainian formations fighting in the Donbass’. Marinus is at pains to point out that none of these key objectives required Russian forces to occupy parts of Ukraine where the majority of the population identified as Ukrainian and supported the Kiev government. Again, this is a point lost on the so-called military analysts of the Western media. However, in the south of Ukraine the Russian campaign served direct political aims which were to incorporate territories inhabited by large numbers of ethnic Russians into the ‘’Russian world’’.
In conclusion this senior marine officer declares that Russia’s military campaign owes much to traditional Soviet models of warfare. However, he goes on to express his admiration for the unique nature of the current military campaign being fought by Russian forces in Ukraine:
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At the same time, the programmed of missile strikes exploited a capability that was nothing short of revolutionary. Whether new or old, however, these component efforts were conducted in such a way that demonstrated profound appreciation of all three realms in which wars are waged. That is, the Russians rarely forgot that, in addition to being a physical struggle, war is both a mental contest and a moral argument.’’
Who IS this woman?!?
She is HOT! And her and presentation speed and vocal skills are perfect.
She has Balls! Will go far 👍😎
This guy looks like such an old goblin lol
Russia economy is clasping… look like they still living life as normal enjoying the summer. sanctions has no effect.
The USA can attack Russia all it wants and claim it was Ukraine. I am certain the Russians know this.
Ukraine didn't do it, it was a combination of cigarettes, vodka and Russians under one roof. LOL!
Good.
Slava Ukraini!
Girl, why you removed your glasses so late? The camara did catch you. Ja, ja, ja.
The experts say that this was unlikely an air or missile attack, the blasts were enormous, did the Ukrainian Army simply drive truck bombs onto the airfield?
Hey @MSNBC, could start calling things what they are? It ain't a conflict, it is a full scale war.
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Every time there is a big loss, Russia says they did it to themselves. This time they said, the munitions just blew up, when the Moskva sank, they said the munitions blew up and it sank when they were towing it back to port. The Russian army is so used to screwing up, that they blame every major loss on their stuff blowing up. How about this. Your army can’t take the whole country, so just say your President screwed up, blew up your international reputation and throw him under the bus and stop the war.
The Russian leadership has "bad control of their tactical units"? Maybe it's their 1 channel non-encrypted army radios.
☝️👶👉 the pestes in fireworks
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😜👉 lies and mental desise
👶👉 the skunks 💨🦝🇺🇲🇪🇺🇬🇧🦝💨
Neptune rocket. Ukraine has a bit of their own weaponry.
How dare Ukrainians attack annexed Crimea is what Russians are thinking. Finally they are starting to feel what Ukrainians are feeling. Hopefully much more to come. Slava Ukraine!
I THINK IF UKRAINE CONTINUES WITH THIS. KYIV DISAPPEARS. AND THE SHOW WOULD BE OVER FOR THE UNITED STATES JUDEN CLOWN CALLED ZELENSKY
let's give them "no fly zone",they deserve it very much
Spoiler Alert: it is not a conflict.
It is not a military action.
It is a WAR.
The Russians did the same thing the Germans did to Poland.
Amassed troops on the border, invaded, destroyed infrastructure and carried out systematic genocide.
We must not underestimate the lengths the Russians will go to including killing and imprisoning their own people.
This is WAR.
Russia is in big time trouble it sounds like… Sounds like Russia is beating a dead horse maybe but Idk what to believe? 170 days and 80K troops is insane amount of troops I think USA lost less in nam, Iraq twice, and Afghanistan
Send more weapons to Ukraine and apply more sanctions on Russia.