repulsewarrior wrote:..."special operation" or war, there is lots of killing going on, lots more, on both sides, than the little vignettes GR works hard to present to us; being realistic one needs thousands of such little snippets to make a, more, reasoned opinion.
(It is a vast enterprise, while it is done most likely, any of these states are not likely to "be" transparent with their results; neither is it their intention.)
Indeed, who would believe the posts on YouTube, from people like 'us', i've seen them too: Russians confessing their situation, captured as they are; of course it happened.
...you don't have to wait for the main stream media to be reporting it to know this as fact; while there is lots that they, the News, are reporting about too.
And in the grander scheme of things, what does it matter, even Russians are terrified of "Russians".
The western mainstream media wouldn't be allowed to post some of the material I have seen RW.
I have sources like Get Real. They are graphic. I have sources coming in everyday of all the captured equipment, troop movements and all the very graphic kills, blood, gore and all. I don't view the scenes as entertainment. Clearly, they are horrific and portray the horrors of war.
On the one hand, people still need to see them, so they can understand. I will start posting AFTER, when I know I am in no way compromising Ukrainian Operations.
I don't like to give away the positions of Ukrainian Troops but suffice to say, the released maps are nowhere near their positions in real time. When the Ukrainians divulge, then I know its safe. Intelligence is a very sophisticated type of asymmetric warfare, and the enemy can geolocate, even by just using Google Earth and Google Maps. They are able to pinpoint even a non-de script photo of a house by identifying trees and stobey poles.
As for casualties. Ukrainian casualties are always much lower than Ruzzian. They are avoiding urban warfare. They go around and cut supply lines and leave a small shooting gallery exit point where they can inflict maximum casualties upon them during retreat but not completely cutting them off 100%. They know what resources they have and they know their own logistical capabilities and need to make sure they don't go beyond their limitations. As such, they have a very conservative approach.
There military commanders are certainly very good and the way their military has conducted themselves since Feb 24 has been outstanding and text book. NATO standards text book. Plus the assistance they have been getting has helped them a lot, but again, they are doing all the hard work. Supplying weapons and intelligence is EASY. Fighting not so easy.
