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2022-06-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Large unit of Wagner Group have fallen on hard times in eastern Ukraine

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-06-01 07:19|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 "Not getting killed, that really is the key to the benefit program."

Posted by Besoeker 2022-06-01 07:25|| 2022-06-01 07:25|| Front Page Top

#2 It appears they lasted longer than the group that went up against the Americans in Syria.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-01 07:55|| 2022-06-01 07:55|| Front Page Top

#3 In an intercepted telephone conversation, a Russian invader complains to his wife that even well-trained mercenaries cannot succeed in performing their tasks.

That is the issue. They weren't well trained. Oh they knew enough to keep some arab peasants beat down, but going against an actual trained army they fail. And fail spectacularly. Just ask the US Army.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-06-01 08:24|| 2022-06-01 08:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-06-01 10:46|| 2022-06-01 10:46|| Front Page Top

#5 If the Wagner guys are tired, the regular guys are about dying to leave Ukraine. Wagner guys always get much better supplies and all, kinda like their ideological heroes in the Waffen SS did compared to regular Wermacht soldiers.

Posted by Omineling Forkbeard1962 2022-06-01 10:53|| 2022-06-01 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 it appears they lasted longer than the group that went up against the Americans in Syria.

Wagner didn't go against American ground troops in Syria. They went against American air.

Big difference.

Posted by badanov 2022-06-01 12:21|| 2022-06-01 12:21|| Front Page Top

#7 They got hit by Apaches and artillery too. It was a group effort.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-06-01 12:34|| 2022-06-01 12:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Hopefully that battle is something the Russians won't hold against us, since Wagner's not part of the Official Russian Army.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-06-01 14:28|| 2022-06-01 14:28|| Front Page Top

#9 And again the cowards conservatives Russophobic imbeciles at the rantburg believe the Ukrainia/Britain homosexuals security services propaganda …..almost 5 months now….incredible how the rantburg imbeciles still drinking British homos koolAid LOL

Posted by Z 2022-06-01 15:02|| 2022-06-01 15:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Thanks Z. We're hanging in there.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-06-01 15:07|| 2022-06-01 15:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Wow, #9 certainly sounds like ~~Acapulco~~ Aca Joe, no? Rage forces errors

Posted by Frank G 2022-06-01 15:11|| 2022-06-01 15:11|| Front Page Top

#12 That is a lot of homophobia packed into one incoherent statement, Z. Usually a signal of one deep in the closet and a fear of their own desires being discovered. Something you want to talk about?

Posted by DarthVader 2022-06-01 15:11|| 2022-06-01 15:11|| Front Page Top

#13 Severodonetsk has fallen. According to this German General, the fall of the entire Donbas is now "a matter of days":

„Die Einnahme des Donbass ist nur noch eine Frage von Tagen“
31.05.2022
Von Lena Mosel

Russland hat seine Strategie im Ukraine-Krieg geändert. Laut des ehemaligen Generals Roland Kather hat die Einnahme des Donbass aktuell höchste Priorität. Der Militärexperte geht davon aus, dass die Russen sich mit der Eroberung der Region nicht zufriedengeben werden.

Posted by Jean-Paul 2022-06-01 16:14|| 2022-06-01 16:14|| Front Page Top

#14 DIE WELT: The British secret service says Russia may be getting bogged down in its strong focus on Luhansk and thereby losing control of other areas. Do you think that's wishful thinking?

General Kather: I would shy away from questioning secret services here, but my assessment is different. I think we are dealing with a very clear tactic here: first of all, getting the Donbass under control, but then making the preparations for how things are to go from there. And I assume that everything will then be done to firmly establish the land connection to Crimea, to establish the land connection via Mariupol and the other port cities...

Posted by Jean-Paul 2022-06-01 16:23|| 2022-06-01 16:23|| Front Page Top

#15 ^Ditto that. Couldn't agree more.

Posted by Dale 2022-06-01 17:50|| 2022-06-01 17:50|| Front Page Top

#16 Herr General is correct. Securing Crimea -- absolutely and totally -- is the goal, in support of which all the port cities and the land bridge must be under complete Russian control.

Posted by Jean-Paul 2022-06-01 18:02|| 2022-06-01 18:02|| Front Page Top

#17 Thanks Dale. You couldn't have been more clear the past couple weeks on where you stand.

Posted by Frank G 2022-06-01 20:21|| 2022-06-01 20:21|| Front Page Top

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