Alexander Kovalenko: Russian losses in Ukraine break records
Partial mobilization did not give the Russian army anything except for rapidly growing losses due to the unprofessional and poor-quality component of the mobilized military observer Alexander Kovalenko believes.
“I won’t be surprised if 16 thousand per month becomes the average loss of the Russian army in the coming months, because the professional and quality level will not come from nowhere, and even more biomass will be needed … After all, Putin constantly talks about a protracted war. Tight, thanks to what?
For example, the number of destroyed tanks by the Russian army is decreasing from month to month. Not because the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to eliminate them have decreased but because the invaders have fewer tanks in the combat zone. And, again, a striking disproportion with the growth of personnel losses,” said Kovalenko.
The expert also noted that a similar situation exists with artillery. The Russian army is experiencing an acute shortage in the number of barrels and problems providing it with combat kits. To date, there is a quantitatively proportional presence of artillery only in the Bakhmut area, but the Russians have an acute problem with ammunition there.
“The armored fighting vehicle is nothing new. The lack of a regular number of combat units in subdivisions also decreases the losses of this equipment. Not because there is nothing to destroy it, but because it has become many times less in service with the Russian army, which does not allow fully equipped units.
That is, for a protracted war, Putin’s main resource will be biomass? Yes exactly. Without provided equipment, artillery, ammunition, nothing. And it is impossible to drag out the war exclusively with this component in current conditions, especially with such losses.
In October, November, and incomplete December, the Russian invaders lost 45,640 killed. Wounded? According to the most conservative estimates x1-2. That is, almost 137 thousand or almost 50% of the entire mobilization. In fact, the resource of mobilization will completely exhaust itself by February.
And this means that already in January, Putin will have to announce another mobilization, the resource of which will be ground even faster, since a rapid reduction in the technical component is added to the unprofessionalism of the mobilized,” summed up the expert.
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I have friends now in Ukraine thanks to an on line dating site. The obvious trauma of war is evident in their words. The shocking abuse of a population at the behest of Putin is evil by any definition of the word. As a part time poet I composed a poem that I feel expresses the people of Ukraine’s actions and desires.
UKRAINE.
The other side of midnight
When evils’ on the run,
Knights are in ascendancy
And battles have begun,
To free the land from bondage
Release the black smith’s chains,
And gain fair laws acceptances
Through freedoms justly reign,
Of citizens quite equally
Though numbered high and low,
By parliament of principle
Where innocents may go.
Brian Paine.
I have been fasting and praying for the brave people of Ukraine. I have developed affirmation I render often linked with the King David’s experience of Absolomon’s revolt. David prayed, learning that Ahitophel , his adviser had joined Absolomon, that God should turn Ahitophel’s advise into foolishness. God did it. God will turn every effort being made Putin to win this war into total foolishness and failure. Those who are not evil like Putin should join in such fasting and prayer . It shows our humanity. Putin is killing, maiming, destroying; shattering dreams ,plans and hopes of young and old. More than 7 thousand Nigerian students and many from India are victims of this senseless war.
In my opinion Putin will not stop until he is removed by his own people or nuclear war. Putin is like his friend Trump can’t loose or won’t except losing. Sounds like the real nazi Hitler.
Poetry can sum up our abstract thoughts. It is closest thing to expressing dreams.
It’s most unfortunate that Russians in general are naive as the State controlled Media has adopted a well organized desemination of falsified news and discourses to whip up xenophobia to garner public support. A concerted effort to promote public awareness of the State sponsored deception, dis-information and manipulation should be stepped within Russia and outside to defeat the mobilization drive to feed the horrible futile war effort of Putin and his sidekicks.
I played DNO before a grand strategy massive OP Barbarrosa GDW Europa series.”Biomass”whereas the Russian army’s tanks ,guns and AFVs ;become largely incapable means to me that the Russian army will resort to forming rifle corps.Mass infantry attacks in ww2 by the red army led to the loss of very many enemy positions.The “great patriotic war” was fought largely by Stalins “peasant armies”jGerman troops coined the phrase “save the last bullet for yourself” referring to ww2 positional trench warfare..After the “mass infantry and artillery attacks ,2 or 3 successive waves;the nature troops ,punch drunk and no. ammo were left to hand to hand unvictorious in thier endeavors.Peasent slavs with no morality towards Christianity or organized religeonmake good soldiers to deal with hitlers evil armies.The GPW was fought by Ukraine and Russia together as one.The Germans after 3 waves of red army infantry ,cossaks and tanks attacking them would rather shoot themselves then deal with the consequences handed to them by front line red army troops.Ask your old granddaddy and babushkas what they did to them when they got in the Germans trench lines.