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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by stanluiz(m): 12:35am On Jun 03, 2023
WrriterNig:
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Trump is dictator. Show me your friend and I will tell you who you are.

If he wins the 2024 Us presidential election. That will be the end of Us democracy and NATO.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by mzansiboy(m): 2:11am On Jun 03, 2023
WrriterNig:
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You left out the host nation ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by coke75: 2:16am On Jun 03, 2023
Masterviolence:

The theory of the attacking side having more casualties than the defending side is absolutely gibberish.
It all boils down to two objectives.
1. The quality of troops
2. Their firepower

If the attacker has well trained troops with a higher firepower, the defending force will surely suffer a higher casualty level, same goes for the the attacker if the defending force have well trained troops and a higher firepower.

This is the reason Russia has fewer casualties compared to the losses the Ukrainians have suffered.

1. You don't understand the 'theory'. Obviously it referes to a situation were both sides are roughly equal in strength and not if one side has tanks and the other sticks and stones. This is literally understood by every military on the planet. The general rule is that the attacking force needs to have 3x more soldiers and equipment.
2. As one would expect, russia has had significantly higher losses.

Visually confirmed losses of equipment from both sides:
Ukraine - 3464, of which: destroyed: 2258, damaged: 216, abandoned: 95, captured: 895
Russia - 10500, of which: destroyed: 6920, damaged: 353, abandoned: 404, captured: 2823
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by coke75: 2:18am On Jun 03, 2023
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by BentizilL: 6:30am On Jun 03, 2023
coke75:


1. You don't understand the 'theory'. Obviously it referes to a situation were both sides are roughly equal in strength and not if one side has tanks and the other sticks and stones. This is literally understood by every military on the planet. The general rule is that the attacking force needs to have 3x more soldiers and equipment.
2. As one would expect, russia has had significantly higher losses.

Visually confirmed losses of equipment from both sides:
Ukraine - 3464, of which: destroyed: 2258, damaged: 216, abandoned: 95, captured: 895
Russia - 10500, of which: destroyed: 6920, damaged: 353, abandoned: 404, captured: 2823
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/
They can only tell that rubbish up there to the gullible... grin

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:51am On Jun 03, 2023
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- Two trains collided in eastern Indian state of Odisha

- The Coromandel Express collided with the Howrah Superfast Express

- Over 200 killed and 900 injured

- Deadliest train crash in the world since 2004.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:54am On Jun 03, 2023
โšก๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia is apparently gassing NATO in ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine on $67 billion a year. Which is about a quarter of what their enemies are throwing at them.

Beyond showing that Russia can fight this war until doomsday, this is a damning indictment of ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Western Military industrial complex bloat.


https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/russia-economy-spending-war-ukraine-defense-budget-gdp-europe-investing-2023-6

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:56am On Jun 03, 2023
mzansiboy:


You left out the host nation ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Yes ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:32am On Jun 03, 2023
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by ariesbull: 9:45am On Jun 03, 2023
WrriterNig:
โšก๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง British experts teach Ukrainians to make bombs the size of a tin can, which have increased destructive power, CNN reports.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukrainians use them to drop from UAVs. In addition to exercises on the production of IEDs, British experts are supplying the Armed Forces with important components for the manufacture of these explosive devices: switches, microchips and 3D printers.

As CNN clarifies, "these parts are much easier to obtain from experts than through NATO countries."
. Zelensky must be daft
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Kingsnairaland(m): 9:51am On Jun 03, 2023
WrriterNig:
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Lol Germany started with sending helmet.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:05am On Jun 03, 2023
โšก๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine's President Zelensky says that he is now ready to launch the long-awaited counteroffensive - WSJ

Zelensky tempered a forecast of success with a warning: It could take some time and come at a heavy cost.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:09am On Jun 03, 2023
โšก๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israeli military says exchange of fire is occurring adjacent to the border with ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt (inside Egypt)
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:13am On Jun 03, 2023
โšก๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian T-80BVs removed from storage and are on their way to be repaired and repainted.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:15am On Jun 03, 2023
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Masterviolence(m): 10:34am On Jun 03, 2023
coke75:


1. You don't understand the 'theory'. Obviously it referes to a situation were both sides are roughly equal in strength and not if one side has tanks and the other sticks and stones. This is literally understood by every military on the planet. The general rule is that the attacking force needs to have 3x more soldiers and equipment.
2. As one would expect, russia has had significantly higher losses.

Visually confirmed losses of equipment from both sides:
Ukraine - 3464, of which: destroyed: 2258, damaged: 216, abandoned: 95, captured: 895
Russia - 10500, of which: destroyed: 6920, damaged: 353, abandoned: 404, captured: 2823
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/
My friend, all you've written makes no sense in the military perspective.

Remind me of any battle in history where the attacker and defender have the same quality and quantity of troops and also with same firepower.
I'll give you an example which was recent and highly relatable:
The battle of bakhmut

At the initial stage of this war, the orchestra were outnumbered so authorities gave their boss the permission to recruit from prison.
When the recruitment from prison was halted, the orchestra were still largely outnumbered.

What made the orchestra suffer less casualties compared to AFU was because of the firepower of the orchestra, they fire 2-3times what the Ukrainians fire in a day, and not undermining the quality of the wagnarians.

So come up with a more logical approach to this question.

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by coke75: 11:04am On Jun 03, 2023
Masterviolence:

My friend, all you've written makes no sense in the military perspective.

Remind me of any battle in history where the attacker and defender have the same quality and quantity of troops and also with same firepower.
I'll give you an example which was recent and highly relatable:
The battle of bakhmut

At the initial stage of this war, the orchestra were outnumbered so authorities gave their boss the permission to recruit from prison.
When the recruitment from prison was halted, the orchestra were still largely outnumbered.

What made the orchestra suffer less casualties compared to AFU was because of the firepower of the orchestra, they fire 2-3times what the Ukrainians fire in a day, and not undermining the quality of the wagnarians.

So come up with a more logical approach to this question.

You didn't give me an example, you made up a fantasy in your head.
Nobody here knows how many troops were deployed in bakmut, you don't and I don't. What we know is is that Wagner took heavy losses taking very little territory in Bahkmut...
Prigozhin said he lost 20000 troops, only counting wagner soldiers, not including other russian troops. Add the wounded and they probably lost more than 60000 troops, just to take a tiny city.
We don't know how many ukrainians were deployed or KIA, but definitely not as many. There's no reason for the ukrainians to defend the city, if they were lossing as many troops. Ukraine wouldn't have an army left anymore, if they were taking as many losses as the russians.

Early on, the reported K/D ratio in Bakhmut was 7 to 1. 7 dead russians for every ukrainian. This probably got a little less favourable for ukr in later stages. Nobody can confirm those numbers but they seem realistic. The only value the city had for the ukrainians was that a ton of russians died trying to take it.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:06am On Jun 03, 2023
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:06am On Jun 03, 2023
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:08am On Jun 03, 2023
โšก๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ CIA chief made secret trip to China amid tensions: US official.

CIA Director William Burns emphasised the importance of keeping communication open between ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China and US.

Burnsโ€™s visit in May, which was first reported by The Financial Times, comes as Washington tries to cool tensions with Beijing and restore lines of communication amid fears that a miscommunication between the two global powers could accidentally spiral into conflict.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:10am On Jun 03, 2023
โšก๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Polish President Andrzej Duda has backtracked on a new law creating a body to probe ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ โ€œRussian influenceโ€ after critics, including the European Union and the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US, voiced concern.

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:11am On Jun 03, 2023
โšกThe ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Swiss parliament rejected an exemption for the transfer of arms to Ukraine after most members of parliament voted against a proposal that would have allowed other states to supply Swiss-made weapons to ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine.

The laws of neutral Switzerland prohibit support for countries involved in acts of war.

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:11am On Jun 03, 2023
โšก๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chinaโ€™s envoy to ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ kraine appealed to governments to โ€œstop sending weapons to the battlefieldโ€ and hold peace talks. โ€œChina believes that if we really want to put an end to war, to save lives and realise peace, it is important for us to stop sending weapons to the battlefield, or else the tensions will only spiral up,โ€ Li Hui said.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Masterviolence(m): 11:12am On Jun 03, 2023
coke75:


You didn't give me an example, you made up a fantasy in your head.
Nobody here knows how many troops were deployed in bakmut, you don't and I don't. What we know is is that Wagner took heavy losses taking very little territory in Bahkmut...
Prigozhin said he lost 20000 troops, only counting wagner soldiers, not including other russian troops. Add the wounded and they probably lost more than 60000 troops, just to take a tiny city.
We don't know how many ukrainians were deployed or KIA, but definitely not as many. There's no reason for the ukrainians to defend the city if they were lossing so many many troops, ukraine wouldn't have an army anymore if they were taking as many losses.

The reported K/D ratio early on was 7 to 1. 7 dead russians for every ukrainian. This probably got a little less favourable for ukr in later stages. Nobody can confirm those numbers but they seem realistic. The only value the city had for the ukrainians was that a ton of russians died trying to take it.
Yes Russian's died in large numbers, i think a million troops died trying to take a little city.

On the other hand Ukrainians are known immortals, so they don't die, only Russians do.

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:17am On Jun 03, 2023
โšก๏ธHundreds of Germans booed ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and accused him of instigating the war.

People tried to disrupt the speech of the politician, they called him a warmonger, a liar and a bandit. Scholz tried to justify himself , but failed.

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:18am On Jun 03, 2023
โšก๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used a speech at Asiaโ€™s biggest security conference to warn that a conflict over ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan would โ€œaffect the global economy in ways that we cannot imagineโ€ and he reiterated calls for greater communication between the American and ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chinese militaries.

โ€œMake no mistake: conflict in the Taiwan Strait would be devastating,โ€ Austin said at the Shangri-La Dialogue in ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore on Saturday. โ€œThe whole world has a stake in maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, the whole world. The security of commercial shipping lanes and global supply chains depends on it.โ€

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by coke75: 11:22am On Jun 03, 2023
Masterviolence:

Yes Russian's died in large numbers, i think a million troops died trying to take a little city.

On the other hand Ukrainians are known immortals, so they don't die, only Russians do.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:25am On Jun 03, 2023
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Masterviolence(m): 11:28am On Jun 03, 2023
[quote author=coke75 post=123545830][/quote]
That shows i only keep conversation with intelligent people.

once i notice I'm talking to an unlettered person, i agree to what he or she says just to avoid arguments.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 12:14pm On Jun 03, 2023
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Nobody: 12:17pm On Jun 03, 2023
coke75:


1. You don't understand the 'theory'. Obviously it referes to a situation were both sides are roughly equal in strength and not if one side has tanks and the other sticks and stones. This is literally understood by every military on the planet. The general rule is that the attacking force needs to have 3x more soldiers and equipment.
2. As one would expect, russia has had significantly higher losses.

Visually confirmed losses of equipment from both sides:
Ukraine - 3464, of which: destroyed: 2258, damaged: 216, abandoned: 95, captured: 895
Russia - 10500, of which: destroyed: 6920, damaged: 353, abandoned: 404, captured: 2823
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/

There is no way Russia would have higher losses than Ukraine. It is impossible. Ukraine has higher losses in terms of personnel and equipment losses. It was a few months ago that the lady that leads the EU revealed that Ukraine had suffered over 100k casualties. That was the moment Western media switched from claiming "Russia is losing" to "Russia is fighting a war of attrition and both sides are losing".

As you correctly stated, the rule says the attacking force needs 3x more troops than the defender, if both armies are equal. But the figure could be reduced if one side is more powerful. Russia is the more powerful force here. Ukraine has lost the bulk of its navy, armor, and all of its air force. It currently relies on "defensive" weapons like anti-tanks rockets and manpads to counter Russia's offensive weapons like tanks and aircraft.

At this point, Ukraine easily has over a million troops in the war. It was like 600k before the war but they heavily mobilized. The numbers soon gave it an edge over Russia's 150k troops, which forced Russia to mobilize another 300k. Those 300k are not fighting. They're only used in defensive and rear roles to erode whatever advantage Ukraine got/will get from the massive mobilization.

That said, casualties are based on one thing only, which is firepower. The more powerful side has more firepower and can attack from longer ranges. This results in lesser casualties for the powerful side and more casualties for the weaker side.

But this strength factor can be affected by one other thing, which is "Who is attacking?" Let us assume the stronger side has 1 casualty for every 10 on the weaker side. When the stronger side is attacking, its casualties can easily go up to 2 for every 10 soldiers killed on the weaker die. If the weaker side is attacking, its casualty can easily go up to 15 soldiers for every one killed on the stronger side.

Now, you will be wondering, how is Russia still in the war despite being outnumbered by Ukraine?

It is because Russia prevents Ukraine from using its large army to its advantage. If you look at maps from this war, you will notice that Russia isolates battlefields. When it attacks an area/city, It blocks the flanks (sides) and then enters from the middle. Think of it as Russia drawing a letter U around a city. Ukraine can only send in reinforcements and resupply the battlefield using the open gap at the top of the U.

That is hard for Ukraine as Russia monitors the roads leading to that open gap and uses long range missiles, kamikaze drones, aircraft, and artillery to destroy any Ukrainian resupplies and reinforcements its spots.

The weird thing is that the strongest Russian units are the ones responsible for blocking the flanks. They are rarely deployed into the city to do the actual fighting.

We saw this happen in Bakhmut where Russia used its powerful armored units and the elite VDV to cover the flanks while Wagner entered the city. The same happened in Mariupol where Russian armored units, Marines, and VDV units covered the flanks while the Chechens entered the city. It also happened in Luhansk where Russian Marines, VDV, and armor covered the flanks while the Luhansk People's Republic and Chechens and Russian infantry soldiers did the fighting. Even the elite 1 Tank Army, which is responsible for protecting Moscow, was deployed to cover the flanks in Luhansk.

Mind you, the Wagnerians, Chechens, and Russian infantry fighting inside the city were outnumbered but they didn't have to bother about being attacked from the flanks, so they were able to focus on the battle. They had had heavy firepower too - way more than what Ukraine has. At the same time, the Ukrainians in the city had to put the Russians in the flanks into consideration cos they're even more powerful than the ones they were fighting with inside the city.

So how can Ukraine counter this?

Interestingly, the only way Ukraine could have won or at least prevented its destruction in Mariupol, Luhansk, and recently, Bakhmut, was not to focus on attacking the Chechens, Wagner, and Russian units inside the city but to focus on attacking the powerful forces protecting the flanks.

If those powerful units fall, the ones inside the city (Wagner, Chechen, and the Russian motorized infantries) will retreat. This was why the Wagner commander was shouting and fighting with the Russian general staff weeks ago. It wasn't because he wasn't been supplied as he claimed. It was because the Russian general staff planned to, and later withdrew the VDV from the flanks and sent in motorized infantry units as replacements. Motorized infantry is no match for mechanized infantry or armor.

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 12:21pm On Jun 03, 2023
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"The average amount of support European governments have had to pay to help their families and businesses cope with high electricity and food prices is 700 billion - more than ten times more than support for ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine," Borrell told a security conference Shangri-La Dialogue in ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore.

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