Real footage: Russian troops charge on horseback in a disaster - RFU News
Today, there is important news from the Pokrovsk direction.
Here, desperate Russian commanders attempted to achieve a breakthrough at any cost. With Ukrainians creating a kill zone for vehicles, Russians started deploying horses, reimplementing cavalry into modern warfare.
South of Pokrovsk, Russian forces are desperate to push westward, attempting to put as much distance as possible between their rear positions and the relentless Ukrainian drone operators targeting their rear. Their constant drone strikes are devastating Russian supply lines, command centers, and units moving to the contact line, severely disrupting an already weak logistical network. To counter this, the Russians aimed to seize control of the small settlements scattered across the vast open fields in the area, which would serve as launching points for further assaults westward, while denying the Ukrainians the ability to do the same in the other direction.
While frozen ground conditions technically allow Russian forces to maneuver their remaining armored vehicles more effectively, their ability to conduct large-scale mechanized assaults has been severely weakened by the staggering number of vehicle losses sustained over months of fighting. Despite the solid terrain, the battlefield dynamics remain under Ukrainian drone dominance. Russian forces have found it nearly impossible to advance without being spotted, and any attempt at rapid movement results in swift targeting by Ukrainian artillery and drones.
The regular Russian tactic of using the survivors of failed mechanized assaults to dig in along tree lines does not work with completely frozen ground, as it is too hard to dig in quickly enough before Ukrainians fully eliminate them with drones. Russian assault groups that manage to cross open terrain are often left exposed without cover and subsequently eliminated by Ukrainian drone strikes. With few alternatives, the Russian advance has been restricted mainly to the settlements in the fields, relying on spread-out buildings for cover.
Several geolocated videos show the work of Ukrainian troops in dismantling the rarely available Russian vehicles. A Russian T-72B3M tank can be seen delivering soldiers to a position in a tree line, but at that very moment, two Ukrainian FPV drones can be seen already flying towards it, striking it precisely and destroying it on the spot. Another video shows how Ukrainian kamikaze drones are hunting and eliminating Russian soldiers, ATVs, armored personnel carriers, more tanks, and military trucks filled with soldiers and supplies.
A stark indication of Russian struggles has emerged in recent footage from Russian soldiers filming themselves moving to the frontline on horseback. They are seen carrying their full combat equipment, including armor vests and shoulder-fired anti-tank weapons. Another clip shows other soldiers riding horses through a village, again moving toward the front, however, with fewer weapons than the previous group. This shows that the implementation of new improvised cavalry units applies to all levels of the Russian armed forces, from highly trained personnel to the foot soldiers sent on meat waves.
Other shocking images even show the usage of donkeys and a camel to transport supplies. While these methods may partially help sustain some positions, it highlights the growing desperation, as the use of such improvised cavalry in modern warfare is an unmistakable sign that conventional Russian logistics have entirely broken down.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian mechanized units continue to operate effectively, reinforcing positions, rotating troops, and maintaining steady pressure on Russian-held settlements. Footage shows how two Russian fiber-optic-guided drones attacked a Ukrainian Kozak-2M1 armored vehicle but were unable to detonate, leaving the crew unharmed. Another video shows how two Ukrainian tanks destroyed a building in the village Sribne, where up to 10 Russians were attempting to establish a foothold. In another, a Ukrainian Bradley armored fighting vehicle successfully evacuated Ukrainian soldiers who were pinned down by opening suppressive fire and deploying a smoke screen.
Overall, the ongoing battle near Pokrovsk illustrates the widening gap in military capabilities between the two sides. While Ukrainian forces maintain mobility with modern mechanized forces, Russian troops are being pushed into increasingly outdated and desperate tactics, relying more and more on animals to sustain their operations. If this trend continues, Russian attempts to advance westward will remain slow, costly, and ultimately unsustainable, while Ukrainian defenders continue to tighten their hold on the battlefield, and winning the war of attrition.
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to use North Korean troops who are dying by the truckload, and their economy is in the shitter.
Here is the deal to Russia and the world:
* return all of the 90,000 children the Russians have kidnapped
* get the fuck out of all of Ukraine
* get out of Crimea and let the Crimean Tatars move back in and they can kill any Russian soldier
who stays there. The Russians in Crimea now who didn’t move in after Putin’s 2014 invasion can
stay but as citizens of Ukraine. Any Russian who doesn’t like new rules can go to the bridge or up
into Donetsk and then back to Russia.
* Some Russian or Russians need to put a bullet in Vlad’s brain. He has 5 or 6 homes some
of which cost more than a billion dollars but @ least 30% of the Russian population doesn’t
have modern plumbing… warm water, flush toilets, showers and or baths because Vlad and his
Criminal buddies have stolen so much from the Russian people. Or he can suit up and go fight
in the Ukrainian Army himself. The man is up there with Hitler. He just tried to blow a hole in
the containment structure around Chernobyl in order to sicken thousands of Ukrainians because
they are kicking his ass.
* Ukrainian withdrawal from the Russian Territory they now occupy.
* Russians who took part in the murder, rapes, and torture of Ukrainian Civilians
should be held accountable. Especially Officers and Senior Leadership who ordered
and encouraged those atrocities such as giving Russian soldiers viagra in order to
help them rape men, women, and children or the construction of mass graves for
Ukrainian that were executed because they lived in Ukraine.
* down loading 100% factual information onto flash drives or some kind of technology so
that the Russian population can see the truth and what happened to their family, friends, and
countrymen along with the price the innocent people of Ukraine has had to pay for the crimes
of Vlad the wicked.
* Seizing all Russian assets that are held in international accounts to pay for the damage.
* Force Russia to fix up the living conditions for the Russian people
* send Mike Flynn, Manafort, and other of those war criminals to stand trial in Ukraine
for their crimes against the people of Ukraine.
*. Release the complete tape and transcript of Krasnov’s “perfect phone call” to Zelenskyy
in which he tried to extort Zelenskyy to lie about Joe Biden.
* Send Bill Barr to Mariupol and let him explain this:
Pregnant woman and baby die after attack on hospital in Mariupol
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/mariupol-ukraine-hospital-bombed-woman-baby-die
* rebuild the Nation of Ukraine as a model of beauty and peace for the world to see and repatriate Ukrainians who fled the war. Also invite people who helped to house Ukrainian refugees to come to Ukraine as Brothers and Sisters of the Nation of Ukraine and treat them as family. And give a parade
for all the international people who came and fought or helped the Ukrainian people. Dr Redlener and
CPO Malcom Nance need to be in that parade.
* Don’t fuck with Cossacks or Crimean Tartars. Or a the Jewish Comedian who is now
the leader of Ukraine. They are tough people.
* A statue of the sunflower lady needs to be put up.
* Name a mountain, or park, or street, or school, or an apple orchard after Joe and Jill Biden.
Also build a creamery to make and sell Biden Ice Cream too. Invite Joe and Jill to come have
a dish of the ice cream.
Now DU just go and get this all done. 👌 Or just put Mayor Pete in Charge of helping out
In getting shit done.
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