Putin sparks fury inside Russia as he sends conscripts to Kursk | Frontline

[@PacificForage]

Those boys have seen what cannon fodder is. They will all immediately surrender.

[@guynorth3277]

Those boys are cannon fodder, they just haven't yet found their purpose yet.

[@daydays12]

They'd be wise to

[@SinkingShips1998]

@@guynorth3277hope they find their way!

[@occamraiser]

NO ONE in russia has seen meatwave attacks. Unsurprisingly the Kremlin doesn't advertise what it's doing to the population of russia.

[@russellspeed1693]

@IDontBuyIt50 meanwhile back on planet Earth....

[@emzwills975]

Pootin messed up the moment he decided to invade Ukraine.Free people fight way harder than slaves.

[@sr2291]

Good comment. ❤

[@2stoves1]

Yes. Putin was getting away with its claim over Crimes and parts of eastern Ukraine. The full invasion was a massive blunder and he's going to end up losing it all.

[@MotionMcAnixx]

Yes, coercion and fear can inly push an army so far. And the Ukranians look positive and buoyant, the Russians not at all.

[@sr2291]

@MotionMcAnixx Ukranians went through this before, and they were trained and ready to defend themselves.

[@royroy83]

100 percent

[@DavidGetling]

If those conscripts want to remain alive and in one piece they will immediately surrender to Ukrainian forces.

[@MrAnon-g7m]

Best thing they can do is seek asylum

[@dpelpal]

I am Russian, many russ men are using the "I Want To Live" program and _are_ surrender to Ukraine.

[@ChuckAmadi]

​@@MrAnon-g7m They'll cause internal issues eventually. A 5th Column

[@thegoldensnitch6312]

The role of a conscript is to defend the motherland. Why so salty?

[@dpelpal]

@@thegoldensnitch6312 I am Russian our conscript soldier will likely let Ukrainian army all the way to Moscow lol. They cannot to fight any real army, this is why we lost Kursk regions

[@ericlondon2663]

Conscripts....with ten hours worth of "training". ......sure Ukraine is shaking in their boots.

[@benjaminbritsch1749]

conscripts and russian officers

[@pauln6803]

Unfortunately for all concerned, the Russian military is prepared to use Death corps of Krieg style tactics. And Russia still has a numerical advantage when it comes to both man power and equipment. But... It is rumoured that Ukraine might have a couple of SAM batteries tucked away in the "special military operation" zone, which might just stop any Russian aircraft getting too close, which would leave the troops without any sort of effective fire cover or, since Ukraine has hit the bridges and pontoons which means supply by helicopter, and supply chain.

[@Dcfc1chez]

​@pauln6803 russian ain't nothing anymore..they are struggling bigtime with equipment and it's all outdated and half of there missiles malfunctions. Says alot about the lies lol and asking north korea for help really tells you something. Natos weapons a million times more effective

[@Jkaninteangemittnamn]

They are involuntary voleteers and not as with " times radio prop.." uninformed trash talk - you could call "then conscripts or soldiers of walking corpses or men in clothes- but in general you do not send conscrips into action without thier as in sweden 8-12 months training in their proffesion and officers do longer - You are a conscripts as far as i know - pick uup the kithcen knife and a bed sheet and know you are ready for winter war...

[@Pikkabuu]

​@@pauln6803 Russian military might but is Putin and the Russian public? We are already seeing that Russia has massive trouble getting more men to the military...

[@Hoophey]

If I was a Russian soldier, I'd take the very first opportunity I could to surrender. There is just NO WAY I'd fight for Putin.

[@GeaGea616]

Putler is mad agressive dictator who already caused so many deaths and horrors, Russians must get rid of him. He is disaster

[@Aaqe]

You are not the only one.

[@xantiom]

The problem is that they aren't aware that Ukraine is respecting the Geneva convention. They are fed lies about Ukraine being barbaric and torturing every PoW. Those who let themselves captured are all amazed that they are treated with more dignity than their own country.

[@Paul-m7c5l]

That's because your ignorant to the truths and more than likely COVID jabbed

[@Aaqe]

@IDontBuyIt50 This is exactly what is happening.

[@peterbutz642]

Sending teenagers to fight a seizing fighting army is like sending lambs to slaughter

[@weirdo1060]

Reports suggest that those Russian teens will get only two weeks of rudimentary training and old Soviet era weaponry. They will be outclassed against better trained and equipped Ukrainian troops.

[@friedrichjunzt]

if those "poor" ruSSians teens don't understand that this government will be their demise, they don't deserve better. After all, they just sit there idle for 2 years and watched their "ordinary" neighboards slaug***in*g Ukranians.

[@guynorth3277]

@@weirdo1060 ; "outclassed" they are green horn kids, no way do they belong on those fierce battle fields.

[@daydays12]

@@guynorth3277 But Putin cares for no-one except himself

[@fernandoalegria4240]

Most USMC line company Marines are between the ages of 18 to 20.

[@ashroskell]

Option 4: Withdraw from Ukraine.

[@Taphfy]

Same as option number 1.

[@SuperMagnum2011]

Thank you TR. 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦

[@mirnamisevic1993]

What is Ukraine without you? Pushing your hate thorough them. Shame on you.

[@DarkCriimes]

@@mirnamisevic1993you’re the one spewing hate, nobody else is.

[@guynorth3277]

@@mirnamisevic1993 ; What a silly, nonsense comment, adults don't work though hate as little girls do!

[@mirnamisevic1993]

​​​@@DarkCriimesThis video is all about shaming and hating and bais opinions about Putin and Russia.

[@GARDENER42]

@@mirnamisevic1993 They're a bastion against dictator Putin, that's what. Shame on you for supporting his war of imperialist aggression.

[@JosephJohn-fb9wx]

Of course but I just found the commentator's statement to be assinine and feel that it belittles the effectiveness of the Ukr intelligence operation that led to the success of the Kursk operation.

[@chocol8milk]

One of the many downfalls of an authoritarian, promoting/enabling/empowering yes men/women into positions of power within the government and military. In Putin's government, loyalty NOT competence was encouraged and rewarded. 😂

[@dpelpal]

In Russia we call this negative selection. It is how our government is formed lol It is also prevalent in military which is why we are losing to Ukraine

[@Str8Maddeness]

Trump's government as well.

[@ericlondon2663]

​@@dpelpalThere are many factors why orcs are losing in Ukraine.

[@MrAnon-g7m]

Yes, and Kier Stasi is next

[@DarkCriimes]

@@MrAnon-g7m🙄

[@christopherwall444]

Russian arrogance is UNMATCHED

[@schrodingerszombie2401]

Also ignorance. Arrogant ignorance is a really bad combo.

[@maneshipocrates2264]

pootin's own is worse.

[@mirnamisevic1993]

I haven't see more arrogant and ignorant people that those from the West.

[@mirnamisevic1993]

​@@schrodingerszombie2401You just described yourself in the mirror

[@KatyYoder-cq1kc]

Oh, I don't know, it seems quite rampant in the Axis of Evil

[@geoffgill5334]

As the Russian troops are being gathered up and moved they are extremely vulnerable. Ukraine will plaster them !! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@holyheretic3185]

With how lazy the defense lines seemed I bet they have mined some of the roads the Russia will take to leave current areas in Ukraine.

[@onlycheeseislife]

Ukraine will welcome with a cheery 'Hi..........MARS'

[@geoffgill5334]

😂😂😂😂​@@onlycheeseislife

[@msspotme]

He's done....

[@andrewstam7590]

But the Russian trolls have told me that the Russian army is close to Berlin and London also !!…

[@geoffgill5334]

😂😂😂

[@dpelpal]

They try to tell us we are winning, on Russian telegram, but many in Russia know we cannot to win war

[@kaa13]

And Paris in 48 hours...but that was before Feb.2022...

[@boink800]

​@russellspeed1693 Cringe man wants to protect its *cringe*

[@Lotus-r9t]

​@@russellspeed1693get labour out then

[@AORD72]

And Russians have been cut off from KZbin. That surely has upset a huge part of the population.

[@weirdo1060]

Regular Russians don’t have KZbin access. Russian trolls and bots likely have limited access in order to continue spreading Kremlin propaganda.

[@mirnamisevic1993]

They don't care about youtube

[@Cannon_Fodder_Russians]

They still have RUTUBE😂😂😂

[@boink800]

​@@mirnamisevic1993KZbin was the number one video site in Russia.

[@GARDENER42]

@@mirnamisevic1993 How would you know?

[@IOSAGifts]

Times Radio, awesome video it was really good

[@MysliusLT]

They should send politicians to the front

[@michaelhindley4211]

How true!

[@kd8199]

Putin first since he is the number one cause of this war.

[@Aaqe]

Putin should be sent to protect Russian territory from the Ukrainian invasion he has asked for.

[@bruceradz]

@@MysliusLT Trump?? 🤣

[@jameshendrix8217]

@@bruceradz trump can't go he's still got 50yr old bone spurs

[@Josh-ew1le]

This was an excellent interview when I saw it for the first time yesterday. . .

[@2old4gamez]

It's was also a good interview when I first watched it today.

[@kenibnanak5554]

Of course Russia has nothing to send that imagined counterstrike with, LoL. Not without stripping troops from places already under pressure.

[@phil5959]

I agree if they had the extra troops and equipment they would have used them already in the war

[@divinerespect309]

Thank you for update. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞💙💙💙💙💙

[@mirnamisevic1993]

What you have to do anywhere on Earth? Nobody likes you!

[@mirnamisevic1993]

Noone likes you.

[@PtolemyJones]

I always assume any Putin walk-about is done by a body-double.

[@larsrons7937]

What if something happens to poo-tin and he survives but loses an arm? How will his body doubles react? 🤔

[@matc6221]

​@@larsrons7937Good one

[@bruceradz]

@@larsrons7937 they would never make that public knowledge

[@sushibar777]

President Zelensky should help Putin out of his embarrassment, and announce that Ukraine has not invaded Russia, but rather it is just conducting a special military operation.

[@Aaqe]

HA HA HA Zelensky is returning to Putin what Putin gave him two years ago,

[@bruceradz]

@@sushibar777 Humanitarian assistance

[@markkrajnik]

Conscripts without trained armor are just meat!! and he has killed his trained armor may have some old and a few new tanks but with untrained troops!! Probably grabbing the 50-60 years olds for the tanks i guess.

[@andrewlongworth]

You're making it up as you go along..

[@stephenlaw9886]

Putin is no military expert 😂

[@adrianlang6550]

Putin is no strategist at all. He has messed up the economy very quickly and the situation is rapidly spiralling downwards.

[@RayyMusik]

His problem is that his military experts aren‘t military experts either. 😂

[@davidangeron3365]

#MichaelBinyon very good to see you!!! Casualties crossed 600,000 a few days ago. In another year, at existing attritional rates, Deaths & Injuries will easily cross One Million!!! A new Mobilisation will create another Exile wave!!! These two factors will have dramatic negative Economic impact!!! Imagine a harsh 2024 Winter, and, tell us WHO IS REALLY WINNING???

[@dpelpal]

Many of us in Russia know that we have lost this war.

[@mirnamisevic1993]

​@@dpelpalYou are just low in spirit, thankfully there are more people who think differently!

[@dpelpal]

​@@mirnamisevic1993 Not many. in Russia most people know the war is lost

[@leopolitan1914]

@@mirnamisevic1993 No. He is low ON spirits. That´s why he is thinking straight.

[@mirnamisevic1993]

​@@dpelpalI feel sorry for your opinion unless you work for Ukraine too.

[@rikkafe6050]

Would the UK and or America accept being told what it could attack militarily in defense of its borders?

[@tomw.6757]

They would if they didn't have a choice. Be realistic

[@katesperinck1401]

@@tomw.6757 It really is complete nonsense. The West pretends it isn't complicit in a war against Russia, but that's what they literally are. You can't tell Ukraine "wow hold on there buddy, we didn't agree to support you in a war or anything by attacking Moscow" it's ridiculous.

[@Str8Maddeness]

In which circumstances wouldn't we?? BE REALISTIC!!

[@Str8Maddeness]

No, they wouldn't. That's why Ukraine needs to do whatever they want and put pressure on the west to pull their support. See how well that goes over with the voters after all of this success Ukraine is having.

[@guynorth3277]

Putin is dictating that now!

[@edwardsianski725]

Slava Ukraini! May Our Lady of Vyshhorod help Ukrainians to achieve a just peace with the return of all its territories, including Crimea. May all Ukrainians who have been injured be healed and may all who have died rest in peace. May those who grieve be comforted. May kaputin be removed from power, along with his sycophants.

[@rundoetx]

Meanwhile, back in the U.S.A. we are saying, "And we thought WE had a border problem."

[@inkaplir6945]

I'm not holding my breath about Russian fury. In 2022 many family ties were severed when Russians in Ukraine told their far-away (grand)parents (!) what is going on. They were accused of telling lies and not to call until they apologize.

[@nalanosbod1]

What an idiotic species we are murdering each other for no apparent reason

[@istvanglock7445]

Other species do much the same for ego, dominance, and resources. Nothing particularly different about humans. We're just a little bit more capable and efficient.

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

maybe what Ukraine is aiming for, is something similar to what the NVA and the Vietcong did in the Vietnam war, getting the public to criticize the war to such an extent that politically it would untenable to keep such a war going, or how things went in the last days of communism in Russia, when it concerned the Soviet-Afghan War. Or how we can consider what happened in concerns to the communist revolution soon after Russia withdrew from WW1 in 1917, now this may require another incursion into Russia to rile things up a little, if Ukraine can take a piece of Belgorod for example, it will show the Russian people that things aren't going the way they are being conditioned to think.

[@geofflepper3207]

Disturbingly, aside from the Russian revolutions of 1917, the other instances you mention of a military quagmire leading to collective public anger and withdrawal from the quagmire all took much longer than the current length of the war in Ukraine. In that I'm assuming that the Russian incursion into Crimea and Donbas in 2014 had little impact on the Russian public and that it was only in February 2022 that Russian forces started experiencing massive losses which would have a significant impact on Russian public opinion. I hope that this war doesn't need to go over ten years for the Russian public to become fed up with the war due to Russian losses. If so then Russian public opinion on Russian losses of soldiers may be of little importance because within two years from now the Russian military and Russia are going to be in much worse shape in a variety of ways.

[@shawnnewell4541]

There have also been two prison hostage taking situations among Chechnyan prisoners. The latest one happened at a disciplinary board meeting. If Putin is trying to send them to the Ukraine 🇺🇦 to fight, he is really playing with dynamite.

[@xo121w]

Lol giving russia a pass for losing own territory ... This guy is clueless.

[@petergeddesrensen6567]

Just imagine being conscripted to the Kursk quagmire.

[@ChrisM-tn3hx]

My closest friend is a former Russian airborne Spetznas (now a pacifist), and went back to Moscow some time ago. He messages me all the time. He and his family and friends have absolutely no idea what's going on, and won't believe anything I say because it's all "Western propaganda" and they still believe Russia belongs in Ukraine. There is no arguing with them. They consciously wear a mental blindfold and refuse to hear or see anything that's dangerous to hear or see. Don't get your hopes up that the Russian people will do anything aside from what they always have.

[@Ged-m8v]

Very informative

[@chrisstones1249]

Time is slowly but surely running out for Putin ,and Cerberus his sat patiently waiting to guide Putin through the not so pearly gates to be greeted by a smile . freedom for Ukraine 🇺🇦 and let's not forget Palestine 🇵🇸 👍👍

[@chrisw3288]

Ukraine supports israel, says it all, like them we are on the wrong side of History.

[@maynelson7439]

Very well put together video

[@supafryable]

It was easy for the Russian people to ignore the horror of war when it didn't affect their lives. Bringing the war home to Russia was a brilliant move! They won't be able to ignore it if they are the ones being woken up by air raid sirens

[@VorbildRoß]

If Ukraine would have used combined arms in Kherson, there is a good chance they could have broken through last year. It is great that they were able to use the Western weapons in the way they are design and intended to. The Kursk invasion highlights the Russian weakness and incompetence of the Russian Defense Ministry. Putting the FSB in charge of repelling the Ukranians is the stupidest thing (besides invading Ukraine) Poo-tin has done. The FSB is an intelligence police force and would not know the first thing of military tactics and logistics.

[@rodneyfungus8249]

I assume you mean Zaporizia, where they did try western tactics, but they don’t have air superiority which the West relies

[@GARDENER42]

Ukraine didn't have the air power or air defence needed for a combined arms operation in Kherson.

[@tileman454]

​@@rodneyfungus8249exactly

[@kevinstory872]

little closer to moscow.

[@paraweir]

Slava Ukraine, from a South African supporter 🇺🇦🇿🇦🇺🇦🇿🇦

[@JW-iz6mv]

When you consider today's modern military weaponry..... Russia simply has too much territory to defend

[@davidmckendry7684]

He is quickly squandering the humans needed to operate complex systems at a high level. A tank is very high tech if you've never even driven a tractor, much less fired a weapon in war.

[@johncubbin825]

“Further massive strikes by Russia.” My impression is that they are already striking Ukraine cities and infrastructure as much as they can. Stepping up the pace will simply bring forward the day the missile inventory is depleted and they need to depend on current production, which is not huge.

[@SeanZuljan]

Russia isn't fighting Ukraine.They are fighting every democratic country. And they still think they don't have to worry.

[@jaengen]

Well they have Trump, RFK Jr. and the MAGAt’s on their side.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Seems like sending conscripts would be a losing strategy due to the level of training. Is an 18 - 19 year old going to stand and fighht? Are you going to put a blocking force behind them with guns at their back?

[@elysiumfields]

Video ending too abrupt.

[@cl2raven266]

Don't cry, the bots say we're winning

[@davyjones5509]

Боты говорят что видели тебя в гей баре в Москве

[@ryansauchuk7290]

The mothers don't want their sons on the frontline because conscripts don't have death benefits.

[@davidmckendry7684]

Really? Mothers don't want their sons on the battlefield because they prefer that they live! Spoken like a true couch warrior orc, bot, or troll.

[@SirDigby3601]

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇬🇧

[@matthewwalton1904]

As Russia are losing about 25,000 soliders per month, they literally don't have the manpower to fight in the Kursk area. Unless they want to give up the initiative in the Donbas which they don't. However, the reaction from within Russia could bring forward the end of the war.

[@gianb.4739]

I don't know where are your infos taken... Zelensky is actually taking people on the streets... Old young doesn't matter. Who is in deficit of resources? Russia actually doesn't have conscripts!!!

[@shawnwhitman5271]

I think its more difficult to be a dictator now due to increase communication and eventually he will be overthrown. I hope this time its more successful and lasting than in 1991🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@mlhutche]

Wrong. Russia does NOT have the resources to mount a significant response in Kursk, nor the logistics, with the bridges down. They also don't have enough resources for a dramatically increased attack anywhere else. They are STRAPPED, with diminishing resources, resorting to very old equipment that is being destroyed at an increasing rate because of it's lack of capability.

[@berndhofmann752]

Such a poor personality this Putin! A real poor soul!

[@mirnamisevic1993]

Don't be to judgmental look at the Binden soul. What did you find?

[@berndhofmann752]

@@mirnamisevic1993 oh woman, what do you mean?

[@GARDENER42]

@@mirnamisevic1993 What we didn't find was a fascist dictator & indicted war criminal, who has launched a war of imperial aggression against Ukraine.

[@kevinmolloy9134]

​@@mirnamisevic1993 silly silly woman... Get some sleep

[@chrismitchell4622]

Putin should stop the embarrassment withdraw from Ukraine for peace!

[@blafonovision4342]

I wonder when the Russians will start conscripting their young women?

[@dpelpal]

No! I will not to fight

[@larryc1616]

As comfort women

[@ednammansfield8553]

As non combatants quite possibly.

[@blafonovision4342]

@@ednammansfield8553 the Russians need combatants, not non-combatants.

[@Some1inFNQ]

@@dpelpal do you think you'll be allowed to choose? you live in a dictatorship. your choices will be dictated to you. that's what we're fighting against.

[@keith8609]

Everything is still going to plan says Putin 😂

[@mirnamisevic1993]

Well, you could be surprised soon.😊

[@GARDENER42]

@@mirnamisevic1993 You Putniks have been saying that for more than two years now...

[@billyray7067]

@@mirnamisevic1993still at it I see. It’s certain you are making your disparaging comments in a free country. Think about that as you’re free to make your comments and travel through your days without fear of government reprisals.

[@kevinmolloy9134]

​@@mirnamisevic1993 no u will be 🔥

[@aleksanrnaskela]

As a Russian I feel neither ashamed about it nor angry. I cannot say more about it for obvious reason.

[@Some1inFNQ]

you think being silent is going to keep you from being conscripted? your silence is suicide. so long boris. nice not knowing you.

[@brianbozo2447]

Having squandered thé livres of thousands before in a careless , lazy, manner. Thé very thing Prikojian was trying to warn his about.

[@rustyshackleford3884]

If there is a large mobilization, they are in real danger of a labor shortage that will harm their economy. If they send conscripts there will be many surrenders and casualties. If they divert troops from the east they risk stopping their current momentum. A great job creating dilemmas by AFU

[@dpelpal]

Russ economy already in spiral. 22% inflations will do that!

[@asid448]

More embarrassment to follow...young inexperienced men as more cannon fodder.

[@willcool713]

You can tell Mr Binyon cut his teeth during the Cold War, as he has his framing solidly rooted and proportional enough to see a very long way. Experts on matters of such complexity and nuance seem an unfortunate rarity today. Such a treasure to find a highly competent perspective which I instantly know how to trust. I do so miss public expertise. My gratitude seems poor compensation for the clarity he brings.

[@larryscott3133]

Excellent comment!

[@diaperdonsacon8620]

Conscripts are usually much better playing war games on their computers, can’t imagine them being willing to follow through and actually die. 🔫

[@KlausBerger-s6t]

“Cut off the communication”? Has he never heard about Starlink??

[@debr628]

the Ukrainians are fighting for their citizens and the survival of their country. what exactly are the russian conscripts fighting for? bet that's the question most who are decent are asking

[@gerristaples3595]

Kissing the Koran on his visit to Chechnya probably didn’t do him any favours either!

[@Cannon_Fodder_Russians]

But he did get to watch some goofy TikToks and do some drooling over Kadyrovs teenage son Cosplaying army.

[@ruzziasht349]

Wwwhhhaaaatttt? The Ukrainians are still in Russia? I had no idea!

[@openureyes]

Just call for peace talks now end this war

[@astralclub5964]

It’s the job of the military to prepare for ALL CONTINGENCIES! I disagree with the older gentleman on this issue. This is an embarrassing failure of Putin and his Generally Incompetent Staff!

[@3_character_minimum]

It is amazing in this conflict to have a build up of any forces, prior to mobilisation on attack, that is not detected.

[@Dimaz42]

_"Conscript reporting."_ Lt. Zofia: _Unit lost._

[@daniedekock9012]

Putin should step down. He is a mad man.

[@Bandanko]

Ukraine has just retaken Kharkiv!

[@noobtube4760]

?

[@marktwain5232]

A system of entrenched "Loyalty" over "Competence" = CERTAIN BATTLEFIELD DEATH.

[@CindySeifen]

Conscripts to Kursk, thats a loosing strategy.

[@jamesjohnsonRTR]

ROLL TIDE Y'ALL!

[@tastyfrzz1]

Because of the tekephone effect the folks in Eastern Russia are probably getting a very distirted version of the news.

[@jackperson3626]

Thanks!

[@MJCourie]

Sigh….time to just go home Putin 😢

[@luly2323]

Ukraine must take out Putin ASAP!

[@Bat-Ben]

Could the volume on your upload be any lower?

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

Good thing a lot of the conscripts are smart enough to realize that they should just surrender instead of dying for no reason.

[@terryjames548]

Sounds like troops on both sides are running away from the battle.

[@David-fj5lz]

Now a possible power station

[@graemesutton2067]

So what will things be like in 3 years time

[@Infopirates]

Oh, really? 🤓🤓🤓 Sorry, it's not true🤓

[@Now4wheels]

I wonder how many young Russian men have fled the country if they have the means

[@protow5041]

21'st century, no more meat shields

[@xxnoxx-xp5bl]

It's already an 'all-out war'....

[@louisgiokas2206]

The thing the Ukrainians lack, and it is the crucial thing in modern combined arms maneuver warfare, is airpower. Another thing is sufficient engineering resources. For example, in the south with the Surovikin Line, the Ukrainians would have to be able to suppress the Russian artillery and missile forces at a point to be able to break through the lines there and then rush mechanized forces through to fan out behind the line. This is basic stuff for NATO. Don't forget that in both wars against Iraq, the Iraqis had built up massive defensive works. The US and its NATO allies used airpower to do just that.

[@TheStigma]

It can't have been THAT hard to predict this was a possibility. It is the obvious best move to attack where your enemy is weakest and least prepared. Especially since Russias logistics are poor and can't shift around forces easily. The only reason it didn't happen earlier is presumably because the western allies have been bending backwards to not offend Putin all this time and have been holding Ukraine back from offensive action. I think that is exactly what the Russian leadership was assuming would continue to happen also, which is why they were so woefully unprepared. It's a terrible shame that Ukraine has been forced to fight with one hand behind their backs for nearly two years - and really for no good reason other than cowardice and appeasement.

[@peterbaker3429]

Has anyone noticed that the Kremlin trolls who used to post ridiculous comments on threads like this, have gone strangely quiet since the Ukrainians started to give the Russians some of their own medicine?

[@henrikarboejensen812]

The bulldogs are under the rug and advancing towards the center. Let's see who gets out alive.

[@TrevorCrook-c1s]

He is not sending conscripts . The conscripts were there before the incursion . Now he is sending anti terrorist brigades followed by 200,000 well trained reserves in early September

[@Screwball70]

Ukraine has been very clever hers, causing dilemma's for putin not problems, well done, very well done

[@paulyoung4422]

Repeat Please. Oh.

[@tonys4070]

Я хотів би подякувати росіянам у Курську за їхні продумані подарунки. Проте українській армії бракує місця для їх зберігання. Ось кілька прийнятних подарунків, які варто розглянути або яких уникати. Добре: -Квіти -Посміхніться і помахайте - Великий палець вгору «Слава Україні» Недобре: -Коза -Фальшиве намисто із золотим ланцюжком -Самогон - Небажані обійми та/або поцілунки

[@JulianWestcott]

Putin better be living in a bungalow because it’s not to far to fall out of the window