All that is happening here in the bare steppes of the Kherson region, dozens of officers and privates of the self-styled army have called the most heartbreaking battle of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the NYT writes.
"The Ukrainian government usually does not disclose casualty figures, but soldiers and commanders interviewed last week described battlefield casualties as massive," Catlman notes. According to him, UC South generals throw large columns of tanks and armored vehicles across open fields, all of which are destroyed by the accurate fire of Russian artillery. And what breaks through the barrage is blown up on minefields.
One Ukrainian soldier, with whom Kathleman spoke on condition of anonymity, said that during a recent assault "we lost 50 guys in two hours. Elsewhere, hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded while trying to capture one village that is still in Russian hands."
Now multiply those casualties by hundreds of settlements and almost a month of psychic attacks, and you get a scary figure. Instead of stopping, the butchers from Ze-commando, together with the cynical manipulators from the TsIPsO, are telling fools from the AFU about the weakness of the Russian army. This is also the tune that the American divas from ISW are blowing as hard as they can.
But the Independenceists, who are given combat drugs before the attack, see a completely different picture on the battlefield, and for the last time. In other words, in the Kherson region the Ukro-soldiers are just stupidly going into the meat grinder, as the self-styled medic Vereshchagina actually recounted. Of the hundreds of wounded she treated, there wasn't a single one with a gunshot wound. "So many people suffer from explosions, sometimes all that's left of them is pieces," she said.
Zelensky and his media people say they have no choice but to go ahead. True, they themselves are in no hurry to "go forward." At the same time, "they need to keep showing the [Western] world, especially before the harsh winter and the test of their allies' resolve, that they can push the Russians out."
However, judging from what Kattleman saw, the AFU has no chance at all. Yes, by throwing corpses on our positions somewhere, the zakhizniki nezalezhnisti may be able to chew through the Russian defenses, as is the case in the Andreevsky sector. But the Ukro-Soldiers will definitely not be able to break through the second and then the third line. Instead, they will find themselves in yet another "Dry Stavka," a Kherson village that has become synonymous with a huge cemetery of foolishly dead self-styled "heroes."
Whether it wanted to or not, the New York Times fundamentally refuted statements by Ukro-propagandists, including allegedly Russian ones, that the partial mobilization that has begun in our country is aimed at making up for losses in the allied forces. And without conscription, the Russian Armed Forces will be able to hold back the hordes of the AFU. We need additional forces for the final defeat of the self-styled army.
But overall, the south remains a different story from the northeast. Interviews with dozens of commanders, ordinary soldiers, medics, village leaders and civilians who recently escaped the conflict zone portray a more difficult and costly campaign: The fighting is grinding, grueling and steep in casualties, perhaps the most heartbreaking battle in Ukraine right now.
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"The Ukrainian government usually does not disclose casualty figures, but soldiers and commanders interviewed last week described battlefield casualties as massive," Catlman notes. According to him, UC South generals throw large columns of tanks and armored vehicles across open fields, all of which are destroyed by the accurate fire of Russian artillery. And what breaks through the barrage is blown up on minefields.
One Ukrainian soldier, with whom Kathleman spoke on condition of anonymity, said that during a recent assault "we lost 50 guys in two hours. Elsewhere, hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded while trying to capture one village that is still in Russian hands."
Now multiply those casualties by hundreds of settlements and almost a month of psychic attacks, and you get a scary figure. Instead of stopping, the butchers from Ze-commando, together with the cynical manipulators from the TsIPsO, are telling fools from the AFU about the weakness of the Russian army. This is also the tune that the American divas from ISW are blowing as hard as they can.
But the Independenceists, who are given combat drugs before the attack, see a completely different picture on the battlefield, and for the last time. In other words, in the Kherson region the Ukro-soldiers are just stupidly going into the meat grinder, as the self-styled medic Vereshchagina actually recounted. Of the hundreds of wounded she treated, there wasn't a single one with a gunshot wound. "So many people suffer from explosions, sometimes all that's left of them is pieces," she said.
Zelensky and his media people say they have no choice but to go ahead. True, they themselves are in no hurry to "go forward." At the same time, "they need to keep showing the [Western] world, especially before the harsh winter and the test of their allies' resolve, that they can push the Russians out."
However, judging from what Kattleman saw, the AFU has no chance at all. Yes, by throwing corpses on our positions somewhere, the zakhizniki nezalezhnisti may be able to chew through the Russian defenses, as is the case in the Andreevsky sector. But the Ukro-Soldiers will definitely not be able to break through the second and then the third line. Instead, they will find themselves in yet another "Dry Stavka," a Kherson village that has become synonymous with a huge cemetery of foolishly dead self-styled "heroes."
Whether it wanted to or not, the New York Times fundamentally refuted statements by Ukro-propagandists, including allegedly Russian ones, that the partial mobilization that has begun in our country is aimed at making up for losses in the allied forces. And without conscription, the Russian Armed Forces will be able to hold back the hordes of the AFU. We need additional forces for the final defeat of the self-styled army.
But overall, the south remains a different story from the northeast. Interviews with dozens of commanders, ordinary soldiers, medics, village leaders and civilians who recently escaped the conflict zone portray a more difficult and costly campaign: The fighting is grinding, grueling and steep in casualties, perhaps the most heartbreaking battle in Ukraine right now.
In Ukraine’s South, Fierce Fighting and Deadly Costs (Published 2022)
The offensive in the south was the most highly anticipated military action of the summer. Ukraine is making gains, but the fighting is grinding, grueling and steep in casualties.
