ABC Evening News: Russia is stalled on all fronts !

[left-of-center2012]

I heard that on the TV.
They said Ukrainian troops have blocked Russian troops and the Russian troops have been stalled on all fronts.

And now I find this:
Mar 17, 6:59 am
Russia ‘stalled on all fronts,’ UK military says

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “largely stalled on all fronts,” the UK Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.

“Russian forces have made minimal progress on land, sea or air in recent days and they continue to suffer heavy losses,” the Ministry said in an update posted to Twitter.

The Ukrainian resistance “remains staunch and well-coordinated,” the update said.

“The vast majority of Ukrainian territory, including all major cities, remain in Ukrainian hands,” the Ministry said.

https://wfin.com/abc-world-news/russia-ukraine-live-updates-russia-stalled-on-all-fronts-uk-military-says-3/

[BootinUp]

1. K&R

[smirkymonkey]

2. K&R

Burn in hell, Putin!

[lpbk2713]

3. The Russian Army is a joke in the eyes of the world.

They aren't motivated.

The Ukrainians (civilians included) are fighting for their homeland while
humiliating an army that used to be considered a world power.

[sboatcar]

9. I think everything in Russia is a paper tiger

Like they might have advanced weapons, but they have so few that they can't field them in enough numbers to actually do anything. I think the corruption across the board has created an illusion of a great powerful military, but in reality most of the budget for it has been stolen and its now oligarch's yachts, villas, and (now frozen) bank accounts.

[DENVERPOPS]

17. Everything except

the thousands of Nuclear Warheads they have at their disposal...........

the world has NEVER been in a situation like this, in it's entire history..............

[sboatcar]

20. given the bad maintenance in the rest of their military

I have my doubts about his nuclear arsenal. Everything in the USSR and now Russia is a lie, you know?

[LiberalFighter]

23. Likely to be triggered within Russia maybe?

[LastDemocratInSC]

25. True enough but it only takes 1, 2 or 3 nukes to make a big impression. .

[sarcasmo]

31. Paper tiger, running on 10 year old Chinese tires.

[Mme. Defarge]

4. Russia now relying on

long range missles fired from inside the Southern Russian border.

[roamer65]

7. I read they are running out of Kalibr and Iskander missiles.

👍👍

[uponit7771]

8. +1,

[dutch777]

5. Good and bad news. This is when unhinged Putin gets even more desperate and dangerous

He is humiliated, frustrated, already firing senior officers, having military and economic resources rapidly drained and while China, India and others are giving tacit approval, they really aren't helping in any meaningful way. A wounded and cornered animal is a dangerous thing. I can't see him nuking a NATO nation but I could see him nuking Kyiv to try and decapitate the government and demoralize the Ukrainians. Scary scary scary!

[sboatcar]

11. I honestly doubt whether they have any actual usable nuclear weapons

Since they've been importing minivans and sedans into Ukraine to help move their military around, I have a feeling that a lot of their weapons haven't been maintained and probably wouldn't work if they tried to fire them.

[dutch777]

36. I hope your theory doesn't get tested.

[left-of-center2012]

6. Putin arrests his own military chief for 'leaking' as Russian army suffers heavy losses

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216495818

[uponit7771]

10. K&R, Peuple .. I think they're more than just stalled

[L. Coyote]

27. "Russia has lost 9% of its invasion army in three weeks..."

The highest number of US military killed in one month in Vietnam was 543.

Link to tweet

[Poiuyt]

12. I'd like to see more confirmation on this

[keithbvadu2]

13. Where is Rafael Cruz bragging about the Russian army?

[tavernier]

34. He has flipped.

He is now a cheerleader for Ukraine and blames Biden for not doing enough. They are all getting tripped up on which talking points to follow, since it appears more and more that they backed the wrong horse.

[LiberalFighter]

14. Apparently 10% military casualties is a serious threshold.

And puts Putin in a bind. Where do they get replacements? If they move from civilian sectors how do they keep them under control?

[Igel]

15. Syria, they claim.

Ukr also includes Hezbollah among the ranks.

[Gore1FL]

19. 10% loss is literal decimation.

Syria is sending in the neighborhood of 40,000 troops. I suspect they will be under-trained, ill-armed, and unprepared for the climate.

They have mercenaries coming, too. I suspect they will be improved over the Syrians, but I don't know if they will be improved over the Russian regulars.

It's totally unsustainable, though.

[left-of-center2012]

21. News this past week said ...

Russia has asked for 12,000 Syrian troops.

[Gore1FL]

22. They have a ridiculous number of volunteers.

It sounds like poverty is driving a lot of it. It seems no one fighting on the side of the Russians, including the Russian soldiers, are really fighting for Russia.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/tens-of-thousands-of-syrians-enlisting-to-fight-alongside-russia-in-ukraine-war/

[LiberalFighter]

24. Maybe the mercenaries will be Americans we want to be gone?

[Gore1FL]

28. I wonder how Evan Neumann, the Jan 6 rioter that defected to Belarus, feels about his life choices.

Maybe he can suit up!

[AlexSFCA]

16. the bad news is that putin will resort to indiscriminate air bombing until he runs out

and then tactical nuclear strikes. And highly unlikely NATO will step in after that.

[Quixote1818]

18. Trying to think of sports analogy for the way Russia plays

It's like they are geting soundly beaten but then just pull out guns and shoot everyone at the game including their own team.

[Trueblue Texan]

35. I think the analogy you're looking for is called "cheating "nt

[ificandream]

26. K&R. Go Ukraine, go.

[The Jungle 1]

29. Fuck russia and all russians.

I will never accept any russians. I am now a racist.

[DFW]

32. A cornered, wounded animal is the most vicious

We must hope that Putin’s own people take him out before he is allowed to order a nuclear strike. There is certainly enough historical precedent for such a move, but there a is sadly ample time for Putin to oder much more misery on the Ukrainian civilian population before he’s done.

I wonder just how he thinks he can negotiate a “neutral” Ukraine after what he did to them? For that matter, I wonder how much longer he will be tolerated as “Fearless Leader” within Russia after leading his country into this disastrous, unnecessary blunder?

We should be careful, by the way, about feeling a blanket hate toward all Russians. That would be like feeling a blanket hate toward all Americans during the Vietnam war or the Iraq invasion, or Trump’s “presidency.” There was hardly universal approval from all Americans for any if them, was there? There are a huge number of Russians bitterly opposed to Putin’s attack and invasion. One of them is my son in law. He hasn’t actually lived in Russia since he was 9 (grew up in Israel after that, even served in the Israeli military before coming to the USA). He remains a Russian, though not one that any Putin apologist should start an argument with unless their black belt has two black patches on it instead of one.

[Cha]

33. 💕🐱‍🏍Glory to Ukraine

💙💛