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Starfury

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4. Were you really expecting Ukraine to just roll through extensive minefields and trench networks?

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Sun Oct 22, 2023, 09:34 AM

Oct 2023

And all the while, weathering continuous Russian counterattacks across the front and doing what they can to keep their soldiers alive? Just look at Russian losses this week alone. Thousands of dead soldiers and hundreds of destroyed pieces of equipment (tanks, personnel carriers, artillery, etc.) Is that further evidence of Ukrainian "failure?" Are those the tactics you feel Ukraine should adopt?

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The latest from Ukraine: There is no point in denying it. [View all] Tomconroy Oct 2023 OP

Thank you for your updates, gab13by13 Oct 2023 #1

No credible person claimed Verbose should be taken in a month uponit7771 Oct 2023 #2

And now the US attention is elsewhere. Irish_Dem Oct 2023 #3

Were you really expecting Ukraine to just roll through extensive minefields and trench networks? Starfury Oct 2023 #4

I am not a military professional. I have no views Tomconroy Oct 2023 #5

No kidding. Starfury Oct 2023 #6

Post removed Post removed Oct 2023 #7

Do you have a link to your "thousands of dead soldiers" claim? leftstreet Oct 2023 #8

There were several posts here last week confirming that a few thousand Russian troops were killed. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #10

The Russians launched a major counter attack recently and have suffered major losses... WarGamer Oct 2023 #12

From the UK MoD: Starfury Oct 2023 #18

Russia is still suffering massive losses LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #9

I wouldn't believe anything coming from Ukraine or Russian Gov't sources.... WarGamer Oct 2023 #13

Not surprising for anyone who has been paying attention. WarGamer Oct 2023 #11

And now that North Korean murderer is helping Russia Skwishy Oct 2023 #14

Thank you for the update. What about the scipan Oct 2023 #15

Ukraine needs more and better weapons Tomconroy Oct 2023 #16

Thanks. It would have been so good if Ukraine scipan Oct 2023 #17