• GONADS125@lemmy.world
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    He says: “Yesterday Sam flew the plane and said that just 8 people were sitting in the trench, just 8 khohols [Ukrainains], f*ck! And our men go there by the hundreds, and they are not even capable of taking a f**king thing!”

    Ukrainians are a force to be reckoned with when they dig in… I will never forget how long the Cyborgs lasted at Donetsk Airport. The Cyborgs’ nickname was coined by russians trying to cope with how disproportionate their losses were against dug-in Ukrainains with small arms.

    Ukrainains are tough as hell.

    • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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      This was Putin’s biggest mistake. He expected the Ukrainian people to just roll over but history has shown over and over that people fighting for their lives can be a fearsome force against an army that would rather be anywhere else.

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        Considering he himself likes to use the “cornered mouse” analogy a lot, it’s almost surprising how foreseeable L he took.

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    He then says that when a unit of 20 men attack a Ukrainian position only “two or three come back.”

    None come back, because Russian commanders are starting to execute soldiers that retreat.

    He says: “Yesterday Sam flew the plane and said that just 8 people were sitting in the trench, just 8 khohols [Ukrainains], f*ck! And our men go there by the hundreds, and they are not even capable of taking a f**king thing!”

    "Snipers and machine gunners are sitting there, and that’s it! There is absolutely no one else there!

    8 vs. hundreds, no wonder Russia thinks they can take the village. I would have too.

    Unfortunately, it looks like the tactic of going in one by one like a row of ducks through a minefield, is a pretty dumb tactic as far as military blunders go.

  • Fluke McHappenstance@snake.substantialplumbing.repair
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    Is putin dead? Is any of this worth it? The russians are too scared of their own dictatorship that they’d rather die in Ukraine than fight their own dictatorship. I have no empathy for them because of this.