shogsman:
Yet they still took another City tomorrow I thought they ran out of weapons last year, useless white pigs

obedience4:
Russian reservists are likely using "shovels" for "hand-to-hand" combat in Ukraine due to a shortage of ammunition, the UK's Ministry of Defence says.
In late February, reservists described being ordered to assault a Ukrainian position "armed with only 'firearms and shovels'", the ministry said in its latest intelligence update


It mentioned a shovel known as MPL-50.
The tool was designed in 1869 and had changed little, the ministry said.
"The lethality of the standard-issue MPL-50 entrenching tool is particularly mythologised in Russia," the ministry said

The continued use of the shovel "as a weapon highlights the brutal and low-tech fighting which has come to characterise much of the war", it said.
One of the reservists described being "neither physically nor psychologically" prepared for the action, the update added

"Recent evidence suggests an increase in close combat in Ukraine," it said.
"This is probably a result of the Russian command continuing to insist on offensive action largely consisting of dismounted infantry, with less support from artillery fire because Russia is short of munitions."
The BBC has been unable to independently verify these reports. The ministry did not give information on where such battles were taking place.

Meanwhile Russian forces appear to have secured a sufficient positional advantage in the besieged city of Bakhmut, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said.
Bakhmut has seen months of fighting, as Russia tries to take control of the small city, where around 4,000 civilians remain.
Taking the city would be a rare battlefield success in recent months for Russia, but the city's strategic value has been questioned.

The ISW said Russia's positional advantage could allow a "turning movement" in the city.
The purpose of a turning movement is to force the enemy to abandon prepared defensive positions, and is different from the aim of an encirclement, which is to trap and destroy enemy forces, the ISW says.
"The Russians may have intended to encircle Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut, but the Ukrainian command has signalled that it will likely withdraw rather than risk an encirclement," the ISW said
However, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday that it had no intention of withdrawing from Bakhmut.
A statement by the Armed Forces General Staff acknowledged that Russian forces were still trying to surround the city, but said more than 100 attacks had been repelled in the eastern Donbas region in the past 24 hours.

Thousands of Russian troops have died trying to take Bakhmut, which had a pre-war population of around 75,000.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64855760

Kingsnairaland:
Russia is loosing 500 to 1000 men everyday and they're still advancing everyday, then Ukraine who is loosing 0 to 1 man everyday is retreating everyday....
And don't forget Ukraine now recruiting 16year old into the army, IN the frontline.....
Russia is always loosing while Ukraine is always winning... Cheap lie

They know Russia can not be underestimated when it comes to science and Technology especially militarily. But they will still sell Russia as weak with inferior tech in the west knowing too well many people in the west either don't like reading, know history or reasoning for themselves. 🤦‍♂️

pansophist:
How western media lie shamlessly is shocking. Do they consider their population so dumb, or they consider the outside world dumber? Smh

pansophist:
How western media lie shamlessly is shocking. Do they consider their population so dumb, or they consider the outside world dumber? Smh