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Frankiss44:
So Taliban has a stronger military than the US right? I know your type.. Not gonna waste my time with you.. What did they go there to do? They went there to destroy all terrorist cells which was their primary decision, secondary was to install a democratic government and train the new army.. If anybody lost, it is the Afghanistan people.. Not the US.. The US will invade again for the same mission if they are attacked back at home and intelligence links the attack to Afghanistan

Frankiss44:
So? They told u they were there to rule forever? Are they in Libya or Iraq? If Afghanistan turns their country to a fertile ground for terrorists and America is attacked again.. They will be expecting a second round of visit and they know what that means.. Till now they are still begging the US to release about 7 billion dollars of their frozen asset, something the US will never do.. So does that look like a lost battle to you?

Frankiss44:
Lost how? The took down the Taliban easily and installed a new government, nurture and trained their military, and decided to pull out .. Were u expecting the US military to be in that dead country forever?

SamuelOamen:
https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-senate-throws-out-buharis-electoral-bill/

skybeauty:
My brother that is Ukraine’s figure. This is war and propaganda is used as a tool to demoralize the enemy forces. If you say 1000 dead and maybe 500 detained, I may believe and not 12,000 even if they were to stand and allow Ukraine to be killing them it will hardly get to that figure.

Hanks0000:
Even their military capability is questionable at this point.

NGpatriot:
Eliminated Putin troops.

MT:
Russia military has been exposed as weak. They even resorted to the use of banned weapon in war, in frustration, which is being investigated as a war crime now.

Nonexisting:
Is this cowardice or what? Send the fuccking planes to Ukrainians or shut the fucck up.

Lawlab251:
Wow

Candidlady:



Don't even know who to blame... Ugly set of girls

Never fall in love with a boy !! Go after men although men are few

TheRareGem1:
Hbd next President of Nigeria, PYO

adewumiopeyemi:
[s]Dont you have friends and family to borrow from why must it be loan shark with huge intreste which wil still combine to hunt you
See so far your download the loan app
You will still go there and borrow again[/s]

Voldoz:
Does he think he is fighting neatly, thanks to Russia's top-secret mobile crematorium?
After a Russian artillery battalion was destroyed while attempting to circle Kharkiv and a Russian fighter jet was shot down over Kyiv, people began to characterise Russia’s invasion as a quote “failed Blitzkrieg.”

I had a realisation.
US didn't win in Afghanistan. Don't forget in a hurry pls.

Russia is using nearly 100 year old Deep operation strategies developed by the Soviet military theorist Vladimir Triandafillov. The strategy is the exact opposite of American and British doctrine of superiority and overwhelming firepower.


There are only two main movement differences between the USSR’s reconquest of Ukraine in 1943 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022:

an amphibious invasion force from the South.
a more westwardly attack, looping around Kiev to cut it off from Lviv, instead of a purely east to west attack.


Unlike how the US and UK do mobile warfare, which is where enemies are suppressed at the line of contact, or flanked from behind to the line of contact, in Russian Deep Operation, the goal is to make the line of contact irrelevant and induce failure in the enemies formations—forcing them to fall back, often to an encircled position.

Another difference between this strategy and traditional American or British doctrine, is that Deep Operation seeks to achieve a political goal, instead of a tactical advantage. Instead of war being merely the continuation of politics with other means, war is politics in a more literal sense with no separation.

Putin has announced his political goal to the world: to ‘punish’ the quote ‘Nazi’ politicians of Ukraine, who are led by a Jew.

However, one problem with this strategy is that Russia currently has 1/10th the number of troops the USSR did in World War II, and the US is not supplying Russia through Lend-Lease with extra trucks, food, and logistic support. I suspect that Deep Operation is so inherently costly that it will require a massive capitalist manufacturing base to support it.

Another issue is that technology is a lot more advanced than it was in World War II. The striking distance of aircraft, air defences, and artillery is much further. Russian troops behind enemy lines are at risk of being killed by a lot more moving parts than they were in World War II.

Finally, in World War II the countryside mostly supported Soviet troops against the Nazis. However, in Ukraine, most of the countryside is actively resisting Russian troops. Every Russian unit sent in behind enemy lines is susceptible to being completely surrounded and cut off from the logistics train. We are already witnessing Russian mobile infantry units stranded on the side of the road in APCs, completely out of gas.

In other words Russia is exposing its troops to extreme risk, rushing in ass-first with undefended artillery and helicopters, to encircle Kyiv and capture or kill public enemy No 1: Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

It remains to be seen whether Russia can actually achieve its goals with this much smaller force, against a hostile countryside and armed populace, with its forces exposed on all sides.

We also need to keep in mind that Russia is currently deploying 70,000 of its Spetsnaz and professional army and naval infantry forces. Most of that remaining 120,000 troops sitting in Belarus and in Russia are probably barely-trained conscripts and reservists—who the Russian military probably intended to give experience through mopping up the last bits of resistance.

Edit:

A few comments have argued that Russia is not bombing Ukraine at all, or that they are holding back and only hitting very specific targets—that Russia could eliminate all of Ukraine’s air defenses in a few hours (maybe two hours), but have chosen not to out of the goodness of their hearts, or because they want a less damaged Ukraine to rule over.

This is not the case. Without using nuclear warheads, no country on Earth could eliminate Ukraine’s air defenses.

In fact, Ukraine still has ample offensive air abilities, including Turkish-made drones—drones which take a lot less training to operate than a fighter jet.

Quora.com

Dbryan1:
Handsome

Kelvin3476:
and the nato gat nukes too

wwwihy:
Major General Vitaliy Gerasimov, Chief of Staff of Russia’s 41st army, was killed in action on the outskirts of Kharkiv, a major city in Ukraine’s east that is being attacked by Russian invaders.
That’s according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports citing the agency’s press service.

"Another loss among the invading army’s senior command. During a battle near Kharkiv, Vitaly Gerasimov, a Russian senior military commander, major general, chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st army of Russia’s Central Military District, was killed. A number of other Russian senior officers were also killed and wounded," the statement said.

It is noted that Vitaly Gerasimov took part in the second Chechen war and Russia’s military operation in Syria. He is also known to have received from the government a medal of the “return of Crimea."

Intercepted calls also proved significant issues with communication among the invading army units, as well as with the evacuation of their defeated forces.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3423249-another-russian-general-liquidated-near-kharkiv.html

seunny4lif:
4 French companies already cut off staff and stop production as most of the materials are from Russia
Germany government have already kicked against sanction on Russia oil because German companies need Cheap Russia gas.
Wheat already hit all time high


USA want to use Venezuela and Iran against Russia but Venezuela want USA and UK to return all their money and gold first
Things are going crazy now

goodheart01:
So why is Putin fooling himself if he knows he can’t face NATO in a conventional war. He can’t even face the US in a conventional war without romancing his nuclear arsenal because he’s a coward

AntiTerrorists:
oga try they educate yourself... USA has the Best military... And most advanced military technology... Stop talking like a baby because you see russia oppressing small ukraine


Check history, america only shows her strength against terrorists and countries that are THREAT to world peace

SeeThisLoser:
He can hardly invade Ukraine, talk of Poland with NATO ? Why do you think he is always talking about Nuclear weapons ? Because he knows that he cannot withstand NATO in a conventional war.

bigl:
Lie Mohammed! Make u dey lie small small na ...,. even the so called thermobaric weapons platforms were all captured by Ukrainian soldiers according to reports and videos seen .... so what?

SaiOba:
May the good Lord continue to bless you for me. That is what they all do. They always turn blind eye on the root cause of the problem and start asking the WHY question..

Proudlyomonna:
I no support the one of Lybia.
They made an excuse of trying to save the people from the hands of Ghadaffi.

Proudlyomonna:
Guy imagine nuclear weapons in the hands of niggas who have been brainwashed to believe that if you kill them,they gain,if they kill you they will still gain�.
Is the sight not horrible
Most of the Countries the Us invaded had high terrorist activities and the fear of them getting their hands on weapons of mass destruction is a good excuse for the invasion.

oshonwambada:
shame on u too for not knowing the reason behind US invading these countries especially Iraq.

Faiththatworks:
Vladimir Putin is a very very foolish man,I have never made a comment of the senseless war Russia started in Ukraine,but I'm highly disappointed in Putin.
I'm also very bemused at the pro Putin comments on Nairaland,I'm very very sure a lot of Bots from outside Nigeria have invaded Nairaland to propagate the Kremilin disinformation propaganda.
Back to Putin,Russia has never fought a direct war since the end of the World War 2,all Russia does is fight proxy wars all over the world.
Their misadventures into Afghanistan and Chenchen ended in massive defeat for the Russian army.
Now Putin has done another terrible mistake, trying to outflank a whole country from its 4 corners,only a terrible and power drunk idiot like Putin will try these absurd war strategy.
For those who don't understand,it's like a country trying to attack Nigeria from the 4 corners of Nigeria,using the sea,land and air.
For how long will the Russian army hold down conquered territories,War is gradual,u conquer a territory,install some authority there and moved to another territory.. That's how Adolf Hitler nearly conquered Europe,but like every power drunk fool,he overlooked the resistance of the people of Europe.
For Putin and his war mongering cretins on Nairaland,I'm very sure the report above is under reported,I'm very sure there are thousands and millions of ammunition flowing into Ukraine to totally anliahate and obliterate the Russian army.
There are also a lot of disgruntled citizens of countries like Georgia and Belarus who despise what Putin did in their countries.
For Putin,Shame on him for starting a totally needless war,he has totally exposed the archaic warfare weapons of the Russian army.
Let him go back to what he does best, equipping rogue leaders all over the world.
Mumu Short man devil

Beebah2000:
U better remove your picture from there. Nairaland guys are not smiling at handsome guys ooo.

orohbiro:
Chai this guy really underrated man u strikers



Manutd really went to Etihad 4-1 reason