Ukrainian recalls facing platoon of Russian conscripts who had 'no idea how to fight'

It's two years since Russia invaded Ukraine and in that time thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have come to the UK as part of what's called Op Interflex.
Forces News' Ukraine correspondent Simon Newton has been to the south-west of England to meet the latest batch of Ukrainian troops undergoing training with the British Army.
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[@Kollohv2]

Never underestimate your enemy.

[@rederickfroders1978]

And thats part of Russia's tactic. You dont know what youll get so eventually forces will have a false sense of security

[@DRob-gq3ki]

As an American I think the Russian military has become stronger that our due to their experience we don’t know how our millitary would actually do in a real war we have been fighting goat herders the last 40 years.

[@assassin3003]

​@@DRob-gq3kiand losing to them

[@3DSlav]

Yeah Good luck telling that to most people in the west even I living in the west know RU forces are a real enemy, I also had this American dude kept telling me all that the RU forces were was mobilized men with mosin nagant rifles & outdated Kalashnikovs the way I see it people are very delusional and misinformed.

[@Blastna22]

eh.....not in a ptiched fight or firefight. To be fair the goat hearders where expereinced fighters...but not invicilbe. @@assassin3003

[@emersonmsd]

What I find shocking is that we couldn't ramp up our ammo production and how we underestimate the role artillery still plays.

[@shonemumy]

Maybe outsource it to China?

[@noahway13]

Stalin called artillery--- The gods of War...

[@noahway13]

Yes, I remember when you said that on day one

[@Retrosicotte]

We didn't. Ukraine is just a very unique situation where ground mass artillery is necessary due to both sides lacking modern military air power.

[@chillxxx241]

They found out that the 155mm rounds, propellant, barrels, etc… were not consistent across NATO countries. Each country wanted to manufacture at home for their own economies and are not uniform.

[@MrLense]

It is also ironic that some of these Ukrainians have had more combat experience than the Nato soldiers training them.

[@Ronmexico211]

US troops have far more urban combat experience and the Ukrainians have trench warfare experience.

[@FireOccator]

That's why western militaries record and pass down experience and NATO has a lot of experience.

[@teeanahera8949]

@@Ronmexico211I’m glad you were joking about the US having more urban combat experience. These Ukrainian troops had been holed up in every town & city, from Mariupol to Bakhmut & Avdiivka for over 2 years fighting from house to house. No US troops currently have experienced anything like this level of brutality.

[@sirsaltytampon4379]

​@@teeanahera8949 while true the US has developed effective tactics for urban combat through experience. Ukraine doesn't come close

[@divoulos5758]

@@sirsaltytampon4379 ukraine is much better at combat than US troops. When was the last time US troops were at the recieving end of artillery fire? ww2?

[@shalilhamid1103]

The battle ground tells a different story.

[@erickariuki6842]

They lost because of Superior artillery and air power. Russia was throwing bodies

[@femboyshitposter676]

Black person in the pfp opinnion ignored@@erickariuki6842

[@joebenson528]

@@erickariuki6842 The one time RU actually sent it's own ground forces (not the DPR/LPR militias) they are able to route Ukr conscripts in Avdeevka, a siege that NATO claimed would take 9-12 months ended in 2 weeks. But sure lets go with the "throwing bodies" narrative, as if that was not every counteroffensive carried out by Ukr for the last 2 years. Also those two years worth of gains were taken back by RU forces in the same two weeks...

[@AspieTrips]

no, they were throwing fab 500's. thats why you lost advikka nafo bot. @@erickariuki6842

[@cloraformsgood5340]

​@@joebenson528unfortunately your clearly spouting kremlin propaganda. You can however educate yourself and don't have to go through life blind. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇬🇧💪

[@LetThereBe_Light]

They did not know how to fight and were armed with shovels instead of guns..

[@jebes909090]

apparently ukranians are unable to beat untrained conscripts armed with shovels with 200+ billion in modern military equipement and training

[@airbreather123]

You're forgetting they were covered by precision missiles using washing machine microchips. Also they ran out of missiles 2 years ago

[@jebes909090]

@@airbreather123 i knew washingmachines presicion target dirt. why didnt people make the connection!?

[@MegaJudai]

I also havent seen a T34 in a long time does that mean Russia is out of tanks? since west said they ran out of t72 like a year ago

[@danijelrajic9494]

shovels aka TOS 2

[@TonyM540]

As well as training Ukrainian soldiers they need to train a volunteer force of medics,mechanics, drone pilots, drivers etc etc. russia is ramping up…way way faster than Western Europe. Who would have thought that Iran and NK could out manufacture Western Europe with weapons. Our politicians are all hot air.

[@GaminHasard]

The politicians are clueless civil managerial Class that play the political game but don’t live in the real world where stuff gets built. I blame consultants and our mega wealthy for gutting western industry. And hugging globalization which made west weak

[@Alekrion]

well Iran and NK have nothing xept weapons and munitions. They dont need to focus on making life better, some science stuff etc etc. They just making guns nonstop and thats the only thing they could provide.

[@dougcoombes8497]

Give me a break. Russian "meat waves" aren't even effective in Ukraine. If Russia tried that against NATO it would have no military left in a week. NATO isn't reliant on mostly ground artillery for battlefield support, it has massive and much more importantly highly effective air forces. We've already seen just how ineffective Russian integrated air defences are and as F-35s become operational in air forces all across Europe this will create a total nightmare for Russian commanders at all levels. Even nuclear as the F-35 is now rated to carry to large nuclear shapes. On a platform that would have no issue penetrating into Russian air space to any distance its fuel can take it. Russians are far more afraid of us than the other way around.

[@femboyshitposter676]

They don't need to because Russia and China supply them with civilian goods and stuff like that.@@Alekrion

[@joebenson528]

@@micaheiber1419 Wrong, the Pentagon reported a ramp up or arms production. They are anticipating a conflict in Korea.

[@user-pw5iq4pr8w]

Did he also mentioned, that russian conscripts were armed only with shovels?

[@feroslavlojzo8267]

These were upgraded and had muzzle loaders.

[@skullsaintdead]

@@feroslavlojzo8267Kremlin bot talking point: shovels, farm equipment, washing machines, Boris Johnson... How much do you get paid to live in fear?

[@Stench512]

@skullsaintdead Ukro bot talking point: Human waves, lost strategically unimportant city, *insert gamechanger weapon*, 2 billion orc casualties, trading space for time, RuZZia running out of weapons, Ghost of Kiev, Putler... I hope these help you sleep tonight my dear because as we all know its all definitely true

[@outrun7455]

@@skullsaintdead LMFAO that’s rich coming from someone who thinks Putin is going to take over Europe

[@queefman6285]

@@skullsaintdeadabsolutley accurate XD

[@amaruandujar]

They don’t know how to fight but they know how to make military gains.

[@eagleboi3593]

It's like waves eroding a seaside cliff. Bit by bit the tides chip out a notch that eventually collapses the entire rim.

[@humanequilibrium]

@@eagleboi3593 waves by waves, total propaganda to help cope that Russia has lost 47,000 and Ukraine losing 380,000 soldiers. You have been lied to and led to believe that Russia is throwing away lives.

[@Vinjatas]

Life is cheap in Putin's Russia and the gains they're making are not significant relative to the losses they're taking. As the man said, lose 50 men send 50 more. But that's great for Putin considering most his soldiers aren't Muscovites but from the poorer regions with minorities. He is ethnically cleaning Russia and Ukrainians at the same time!

[@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333]

@@Vinjatas When Russia has FABs and an artillery advantage of 10:1? The Ukrainian army is enveloping Mars itself now, right?

[@Fokkerflight]

@@VinjatasSure buddy

[@johnm7267]

Amazing how they’re winning

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

Winning? 410,000 dead Russians and the front lines are still in donbass, the far eastern fringes of Ukraine

[@danielball8553]

Hope you are trolling 😂😂😂 because Ukraine are not winning, stop watching the news

[@xHiMom]

@@SelfProclaimedEmperor Stop doing damage control bro. We all know that there are 15 million dead Russian soldiers in Ukraine and that the occupation of Crimea is only symbolic.

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

😂😂😂

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

@@danielball8553 410,000 Russian dead and the front lines are still in donbass after 10 years of semi invasion, same place they been since Russia attacked in 2014

[@robertluvisia]

I wonder why the counter offensive failed. Why would you retreat from an enemy who has no idea how to fight?

[@fp6343]

Because they have way more people than you?

[@robertluvisia]

@@fp6343 you mean more shovels?

[@tonywilliams9041]

No air support.

[@user-sl3ds1dq3f]

У России тысячелетняя история. И она не умеет воевать?!? А Наполеон? А Гитлер?!?...

[@christiandauz3742]

Last time I check Advinka wasn't part of the counteroffensive. They haven't given up any ground gained from the offensive

[@MrRugbylane]

The dude who met the conscripts is the dude who gets to be interviewed afterwards. The dude that met the professionals wasnt available for comment

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

What professionals?? The Russian army has none

[@MrRugbylane]

@@SelfProclaimedEmperor oh my God you are right! There are no professionals in the Russian Army. How could I be so dumb and how can you be so wise and well informed. I defer to your superior and if I may say so, your professional opinion

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

@@MrRugbylane have you seen nothing about how the Russian army operates in the last 2 years? Do you seriously think a professional army would be struggling against a much smaller country and having to do human wave attacks?

[@Madej16x]

@@SelfProclaimedEmperor Don't forget the shovels and dishwashers. Poor mobiks haven't seen toilets before

[@Alex705AS]

@@SelfProclaimedEmperora Professional army would fight there for 20 years and leave…

[@user-wz4ly5st5o]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Kazy-nn3vr]

No offense, but we kept hearing the same thing before the counteroffensive, and when it did happen, those clueless conscripts held off better than expected.

[@Nebris]

Yeah, it's amazing what troops can do when they know they'll get shot by the troops behind them if they retreat.

[@bones6978]

But muh air superiority bruh

[@w3w3w3]

you realise that is happening on both sides right..... @@Nebris

[@DiceMaster740]

He did say it was a mixed bag: that one day you could be facing a bunch of poorly-trained conscripts, and another you could be facing well-equipped professional soldiers. Which tracks; Ukraine had 2 successful counteroffensives in 2022 before the lackluster one you're referring to in 2023

[@migproductions4045]

No offence Kazy but the 2 mile deep minefields were the decisive element NOT rushite conscripts. Those minefields wont help them move forward.

[@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333]

The British can't teach these guys anything; they've never experienced combat anything like the intensity and scale of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

[@JP-rv6hg]

You clearly don't understand the military....

[@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333]

​@@JP-rv6hgYour 'understanding' is what?

[@Steamthrower1]

the British have the most well trained modern military on the planet.@@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333

[@andrescarmona6993]

I agree. The wars they 've been fighting for the last 50 years are no way close to the intensity of the Ukraine war.

[@DRob-gq3ki]

@JP-rv6hg The Russian military could be stronger than nato right now they have seen actual combat while we have been shooting fish in a barrel in the middle east. We haven’t seen the US military in an actual conventional war since the Korean war. Volunteer veterans that have fought in iraq and Afghanistan get to Ukraine and say everything they have seen is irrelevant because in Ukraine the enemy actually can shoot back unlike the AK47 cavemen. Also the monopoly over the military industrial complex is price gouging our Millitary so in a war of attrition we are totally unprepared.

[@Duncero770]

This war is trench-warfare intensive, yet I have seen not seen any trench training. If you look at Bakhmut , Avdivka, etc, there very few standing houses because Russia levels everything with artillery, YET, the west still focuses on house clearing/penetration. As an infantry officer I am appalled at the lack of vision. Woe betide if NATO has to fight Russia, NO 'LESSONS LEARNED'. My heart bleeds for those Ukrainian recruits, because they will bleed on the front, in the trenches.

[@Akenfelds1]

I'm ex-military, too, and I've seen the Ukrainians doing a lot of trench training during the training they undertake in the UK. The media might only show snippets of training that the media finds exciting to video, but there is much more going on under the hood.

[@13thbiosphere]

Estonia has robotic machine guns... Theoretically you could be 200 km away from the front line and be firing a machine gun

[@markuscev4581]

200kms ain’t going to fix a jamb you banana

[@iHatePolitics]

I've seen British training units using trenches here in the UK to train Ukrainians.

[@Duncero770]

@@13thbiosphere Are you monitoring the Gaza conflict, technology has not done much for Israel, they still have to physically enter the tunnels, and in Ukraine, you still have to enter the trenches, which the west thought was outdated because they had fought goat herders with sandals and 30 soldiers kicking down a door at night looking for one man.

[@elizabethtamp1537]

And yesterday the Ukrainian MoD stated their were 13,000 Ukrainian KiA and the chap in the video stated Russians KiA are over 300 000 that is a kill rato of 1:23. The Ukrainians are super soldiers they should be train NATO or is someone fibbing. 😊

[@edthebumblingfool]

Training in the UK or Europe frees up Ukrainian resources there will be plenty of information flowing inn each direction.

[@johnniea4684]

Zelensky said "31,000 killed" last week, which is a ludicrous figure for a side that launched a failed 4-month long offensive last summer and has grimly tried to hold onto 3 urban areas (Mariupol, Bakhmut and Avdiivka) while losing all three. They were claiming to be inflicting casualties of 9:1 whilst on the attack and going absolutely nowhere for months, so it is clear the figures they give out are laughable propaganda. All the cheerleaders in the Western world lap it up, it's like a mass delusion.

[@scorpiontail2561]

Never believe what anyone tells you in war,the first victum of war on all sides is truth,,followed by the innocent.

[@zolombox1779]

Is this is why Great Counter Offensive moves in inverse direction? I sure believe this guy.

[@summerodds5281]

Yeah guys don’t listen to the people who were there. Zolombox1779 is clearly the best source of information!

[@davidsargent9359]

What did you expect! Ukraine to trample the 2nd biggest army? At will?? It’s amazing they’ve held what they have and taken more back.

[@fadyalqaisy]

@@davidsargent9359that’s what i keep saying about the Palestinians, amazing how they still fight and inflict pain on the enemy

[@funfofa]

@@davidsargent9359 Soooo. Does this mean we don't have to keep giving them tens of billions of dollars anymore?

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

Britain and Russia have a long tradition of putting up arms against Centralised Europe going back to Napoleon and long may it continue. Access Denied.

[@jamesjefferies3762]

Bob, is that you? I thought you were still locked up. You know, those goats have never been the same since.

[@whiskey4o4]

nah mate, still locked up. except now they're referring to it as "military service".

[@aleekamui]

Wait, are you saying the UA is losing cities to Russians who dont even know how to fight ??

[@MegaJudai]

make it make sense

[@NikolaevZ]

Yes, get off mainstream media they lie to you. Ukraine has lost since over a year, the special military operation has fought down the Ukrainian fascists so much that they are now bringing in civilians and schoolkids to defend. Nazi Ukraine is following the footsteps of Adolf Hitler.

[@KenTails]

As if the effectiveness of each individual infantryman isn't the only determining factor in a war, huh. (^p^)

[@scorpiontail2561]

​@@KenTailsthat's true,,as long as you have a large population,and are prepared to send thousands of your young men to die,it can still be effective....in ww2 half of the estimated death toll of 55 million killed were Russian...26 to 27 million.

[@l0necroc]

No idea how to fight yet still winning

[@stevenlevernier7357]

Which is why Russia continues to take ground...

[@bccibg]

Western armies sucks. Paid soldiers don't win wars.

[@phonseng-hs6tp]

the one who does a lot of talking talks a lot to hide the truth. the quiet one let their work do the talking. western country talk to much and never wins anything the only thing they win is forcing leftist law on their own citizens

[@craftcorner-kw2xs]

projection

[@erikpeterffy7552]

Captured Avdiivka while 'no idea how to fight'? God save us all if they learn to fight. 🙄

[@orang3k]

😂

[@teddypicker8799]

Russia lost more soldiers taking it than the pre war population of Adviivka. There are hundreds more towns this size to grind russians

[@chadhaire1711]

@@teddypicker8799 Ukraine lost twice as many Goober

[@teddypicker8799]

@@chadhaire1711 copium

[@UnaliverOfChildren]

@@teddypicker8799never deny the 6 Z-illion russian that died to conquered adviivka

[@pamelajessup7931]

These Russian troop with no training, low morale and only clubs and rocks to fight with are kicking your ass all along the front, gaining loads of territory. If you insult those who beating you, what are you saying about yourself?

[@ottomatic3123]

It's called an ammo shortage. russian forces have been humiliated. Nothing, nothing at all for russia to be proud of. Apparently your reading comprehension skills are deficient. He said the quality of enemy troops varies and that they once fought unprepared conscripts. It is literally IN THE TITLE.

[@YakrifZee]

​@@ottomatic3123lol what ammo shortage? You got more ammo then gdp of many countries and still lost. Stop being sore loser.

[@AlexNH56]

Crazy how this training has only happen on that side of the world but never on this side of the world. I’ve never seen the U.S. have to train for their lives having to send random civilians into the military. Just crazy how that works. I think Americans would be more humble if they had to be in this situation.

[@eagleboi3593]

I want to point out how most Americans that complain about how their tax revenue goes towards supplying frontlines like Ukraine don't really know the reason for this outsourcing. They give them the resources to fight so that they themselves don't have to. Small price to pay to be able to stay in your home instead of a battlefield.

[@AlexNH56]

@@eagleboi3593 it’s just hard cuz our way of living out here is all messed up. Trust we trying out here we really are. But the inflation and tax’s is kicking our asses. In my opinion everybody needs to sit down and stop fight or hurry up and just fight so we can move past this chapter.

[@Max-ek3kf]

@matiasd.c9949 you're only picking the pieces that entertain your story. "avdiivka fell so ukraine has lost the whole war" lol?

[@patrickkelly6691]

@@Max-ek3kf ol Trollski writes the pap they put on the sheet for the day when he shows up at Prop Central.

[@fredbass9330]

​@matiasd.c9949russia lost more troops in avdivka than they lost in ten years in Afghanistan.

[@MAC-gy8yu]

If the Russians don't know how to fight, why is Ukraine losing then?

[@ahmedalsharman]

Becouse you are watching propaganda in video above .

[@arminiuschatti2287]

Numbers game.

[@edthebumblingfool]

why hasnt Russia won against a significantly smaller enemy?

[@mitchyoung93]

@@edthebumblingfool They initially only sent 190,000 as the object was to force the Ukraine to negotiate on Minsk and NATO.. So.local forces.were.acta

[@ahmedalsharman]

@@edthebumblingfool Two resons at initial stage of war Russia send small army of 150K against Ukraine half milion , the second resons Ukraine is fully funded & armed & supported by 32 NATO countries .. if this support stops Ukraine will fall within months .

[@James-sv2cs]

yeah, i saw that garandthumb video too

[@UP7729]

Good now how about the Wunderwaffe thats been promised to us???

[@archiearevalo5648]

Nato virtual training vs russian actual war training

[@tonydoggett7627]

The Australian soldier is not in NATO

[@sharki9876]

very tone deaf in light of recent news

[@roughwalkers]

Dont worry neither do ours

[@olivere5497]

Whats New Zealand bringing to the plate?

[@arnoldvezbon6131]

Muton.

[@NikolaevZ]

They could be donating firearms and tanks to Russia so that the nazis in Ukraine can finally be defeated.

[@billkingston4402]

Good luck from Ireland, couldn't get better training

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

What I find really funny is that the guys who like your comment dint get your sarcasm 😅😂😂😂😂😂

[@JIUNnF]

Попавшие в плен (ещё "вчера" пойманные тцк на улице и насилно(не взирая на крики о помощи) пасаженные в мобилизационный автобус) говорят что ни чему почти совсем не обучали.

[@ltipst2962]

​@@koiguidenishikigoi4972Toxic loser trying to drag the world into the past. Haha aren't you funny.

[@migproductions4045]

@@koiguidenishikigoi4972What I don't find funny is your cold black heart ☺

[@bubba842]

As opposed to the press ganged Ukrainians who are apparently only getting 2 weeks training. I know this is a UK government channel, but the propaganda is overwhelming.

[@Chris-y2q]

Not everyone is stupid

[@marianomarini775]

Well maybe they didnt send the conscripts to adviika and bakmut , juaaaaaaaaaa

[@yuri.moiseyev]

This training is useful. You can’t train a soldier within 5 weeks.

[@adamroodog1718]

its a sergeants course they said

[@0hn0haha]

Given good physical fitness and good intelligence, you could do it in 3 with intense training. Making it stick is the harder part, that takes months in peacetime, and in war you just die or remember.

[@nayhem]

"Now you see, comrade, we don't train soldier. Bullet sponge need no training."

[@chadhaire1711]

Ukraine draftees get 5 days at most

[@MrDogbrain]

“Help, I’m winning!” - Zelensky

[@ro--M]

🇷🇺💗🏳️‍🌈

[@s1nb4d59]

I'd like to think that the instructors have at least experienced the fight in ukraine to indeed get a full idea on what they are passing on to the conscripts.

[@WorksOnMyComputer]

You can't have NATO or its partners directly in the conflict. There is of course some covert presence, but that would be extremely limited and for specific tasks, like collecting intelligence on Russian tactics and equipment.

[@ericp1139]

NATO has no idea. They’ve never fought in a real war. It should be the AFU training NATO.

[@ltipst2962]

Believe it or not there's good chances they've been in Ukraine between 2014 and now.

[@patrickkelly6691]

@@ericp1139 Sorry Ivan, good try though. The reason NATO has never fought in THIS sort of war is because when they fight they win far too fast to need to.;

[@ericp1139]

@@patrickkelly6691 sorry Trevor, but sniping targets from a distance and camping out in a green zone is not winning a war. It is an illusion of victory.

[@garthwick19]

And in 3 months they can come back and teach us a thing or two.

[@janna1049]

Уже могут научить. Они воюют 2 года. А вы сколько?😂😂😂😂😂

[@dtsh4451]

They come back in three months? I think not🤷‍♂️

[@bubba842]

​@@janna1049There are not many Ukrainian soldiers that were around 2 years ago.

[@86Corvus]

@@bubba842 You only remind people that rate of atrition of russian soldiers is much higher... thats really all you do.

[@mikesmith7497]

@@86Corvusnot true at all

[@Al-no2fm]

"I need ammunition, not a ride"

[@Jamie-qt5yo]

Written by a US staffer. Zelensky said no such thing. Propaganda.

[@colby25]

@@Jamie-qt5yo So what. He apparently is still in the Ukraine despite being offered a way out, and he is still asking for ammunition and fighting. So his behavior is consistent with the comment and thats all that matters. Unless, of course, you prefer to support the state funded propaganda narrative of putin instead

[@gurugurumawaru7869]

@@Jamie-qt5yoSince you’re the one who made the claim. I wanna see your sources.

[@markuscev4581]

Zalensky now says “I have no ammo, I need a ride

[@bubba842]

They left thousands of tons of ammunition in Avdivka while looking for a ride out of the city.

[@ThexBorg]

Meatwave army.

[@thanksskeletor4812]

Both sides have shown to be indifferent when it comes to trying to minimize casualties. True to Slavic nature lol it must always be a bloodbath

[@ro--M]

🇷🇺💗🏳️‍🌈

[@eltigre1447]

Fake propaganda

[@Alsemenor]

I take any claims like this, be they made by Russians or Ukranians, with an extreme grain of salt. It costs nothing to lie and make up a story about clueless conscripts, blocking detachments, etc. Because even if it is untrue, your supporters will eat it up uncritically anyway.

[@lawrencemitchell5983]

Ukrainians are brave, very brave. Thank you to our Allies 🇬🇧!

[@_empowerx]

They have no idea how to fight but somehow they're winning 😂😂

[@Beari91]

Pure mass of force

[@jathomas274]

At what cost?

[@garthwick19]

You're not good at nuance are you? The individual soldiers don't know how to fight (Russians) and the high level commanders have 1 trick - human waves, hence they can overwhelm even a more skilled enemy in the same way a hoard of zombies would.

[@freezedeve3119]

@@jathomas274 human life has no value in Russia

[@colby25]

So if putins special military operation, a 3 day regime change, was to bring ukraine back under russian control how are they winning after nearly 2 years of trying?

[@romainvicta3076]

Russia will win - hitler and Napoleon ; and now it is time for Ukraine to be humbled along with them

[@candykane4271]

Hitler and Napoleon were the aggressor. Ukraine is a victim of Putins grandiosity in much the same way.

[@niekbeentjes8849]

Those are milled civillian SAM7SF - AK74 rifles. Good to see that the sporting market is helping the Militairy

[@westbenchmancave]

ukraine shows the world how fight while retreating backwards in reverse

[@pliashmuldba]

you do know, fighting like that is pretty much how Russia beat every invader ever going there. Jesus Christ i am teaching a Russian bot its own history.

[@edthebumblingfool]

How many russians are dieing for each farm house they take?

[@westbenchmancave]

@@edthebumblingfool How many ukrainians are dying defending the farm house?

[@ottomatic3123]

@nchmancave About a 6:1 ratio in favor of Ukraine to be rather precise. Russia = incompetent dictatorship, but you love it Ivan. Now you know why NATO attempts to contain your pathetic country.

[@misc_channels-po6rh]

Zelensky is grabbing people off the street and forcing them to go and end their life.

[@jamesjefferies3762]

He must be busy guy grabbing all those people

[@russianinvader3207]

Same thing happens in Russia.

[@arminiuschatti2287]

It’s better to fight as OPFOR. That way you can see the flaws in the training you received.

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

Was that lil' Johnny Furphy

[@RobertJackson437]

Our western medias " Russia lost more than 300,000 soldiers and Ukraine lost more than 100, 000 soldiers." The reality is Ukraine announced full mobilization more than 6 time's but Russia only announced partial mobilization only one times, that tells you the truth

[@colby25]

"only one times".....Surely a westerner named robert jackson has heard of the word "once".........."that tells you the truth".....It sure does ivan.

[@domerame5913]

Right, Robert Jackson proud american patriot i see. You would know that Russia scams prisoners and foreigners from Nepal India etc to throw them in meatgrinder. India is trying to get their citizens back, are they also part of the western NATO lies or what?

[@JG-xm8jy]

Ukranians are grabbing people from the streets and shipping them to the front, dead women soldiers are now appearing in captured trenches. We know who has lost 500,000 plus troops, and it's not Russia

[@moseskinuthia5013]

@@colby25 Maybe the westerners have proper diction exempt of faculties... only the westerners believe their own lies from ghost of Kiev to Russ deaths to shovel armed soldiers and poor equipped Russ armies. Please use the Organ between your ears very important

[@CoffeeFiend1]

Doesn't make sense does it? After all Ukraine is so much bigger than Russia, with a much bigger population and much bigger full time standing army. - Sarcasm. As this is the internet.

[@richardmarsden5610]

*Global consequence of Operation Citadel 2.0 collapse* Ukraine and generally even the collective West suffered grave military and political consequences of the failure of Operation Citadel 2.0. The failure of the Ukrainian army’s offensive meant not only a strategic defeat of Kiev’s forces but also the collapse of the united West’s hybrid blitzkrieg when huge economic losses related to unprecedented sanctions and enormous deliveries of various armaments yielded no results. A trend for the West to lose its status as the ruler of the world’s destinies intensified. In turn, this triggered the process of reducing the Western civilization’s spheres of influence, considering that the BRICS association expanded to 11 countries and another 27 states applied for the organization’s membership. These negative trends for the West led to mounting destructive processes inside the countries constituting that civilization and their peoples began to realize that the course pursued by the globalist elites was pernicious for their existence. Nationally focused forces began to strengthen their positions and influence in the political spectrum of European countries and the United States. Such forces have already gained power in Hungary and Slovakia. A fierce struggle is underway in the United States between the Republicans and globalists from the Democratic Party. However, despite such a heavy defeat suffered by the Ukrainian military, the enemy is still strong enough. This is because it is the US-led united West rather than Ukraine with its armed forces that is Russia’s main enemy and Ukraine is just one of the fronts of the West’s hybrid war against Russia. The failure of the first hybrid blitzkrieg does not mean a cessation of the war against Russia. On the contrary, this implies expanding the aggression and beefing up the entire set of actions constituting hybrid warfare, including the opening of new fronts of the armed confrontation. That is why, similar to how the Soviet Army had a long way to Berlin after winning the Battle of Kursk, today Russia still has to embrace a long struggle after Kiev’s botched Operation Citadel 2.0 until the Final Victory that it will certainly win. But it has already achieved the first and truly Big Victory.

[@garthwick19]

How do you lot pick your British sounding names?

[@jeanclaudejunior]

@@garthwick19 he's a Kremlin sellout

[@stevebarlow3154]

Dream on Ivan!

[@jeanclaudejunior]

@@stevebarlow3154 he's a traitor to the UK and he should be deported to Russia for treason via flight change from Tbilisi Georgia

[@chrisbacon3071]

I an’t reading all that, cope harder russian bot.

[@SugarKaneNosey]

Never EVER underestimate the power of a shovel! Any DayZ player will confess Russian shovels hit extra hard!

[@die_go_die]

Sure

[@richardmarsden5610]

NATO trained, armed, equipped, assisted and financed AFU (manpower several times larger than British Army) just had the mother of all defeats handed to it in 2023 Donbass offensive and with Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Wakey-wakey!

[@lmc5955]

Russia were once 40 miles from the Kyiv now they’re closer to their own border, wakey wakey

[@richardmarsden5610]

@@lmc5955 Er, Russian SMO original goals were not about occupying Kiev, but rather to force negotiations through a shock intervention, you can't occupy a city of 2 million with 30,000 in force strength. Get real!

[@DemonofChaos264]

how much do you get paid by post? Is it worth your dignity to spew Russian propaganda?

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Wakey wakey hand off snakey. 😮

[@Kizron_Kizronson]

Mother of all defeats? Do you mean Avdiivka? That's hilarious. Russia took MONTHS to capture Avdiivka. 10km. They took months to advance 10km, and all they got was a pile of rubble. Suffering 60000 casualties, not even including vehicle losses. That's a loss rate higher than the Russian army suffered in WW1. That you are seriously claiming this as some sort of grand victory just makes me giggle.

[@sysghost]

What else to expect from one week of training?

[@maapaa2010]

Russia had a population of 144 million according to population counts and a massive former USSR military build up.. so it will take a while before they fully exhaust themselves..

[@ike637]

Then it should be easy to defeat such an army.

[@Razzle_Dazzle-]

I guess that's why they lost Bakhmut and Avdeevka 😆😆😆

[@joeharry32817]

RU army had no idea how to fight that they managed to liberate Avdeevka, try again with less desperate lies

[@ro--M]

Viva 16.000-40.000 liberators who gave their lives in order to conquer rubbles that used to be a town of +30.000 inhabitants. 🇷🇺💗🏳️‍🌈

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Wow, they 'liberated' 500 metres of flattened houses that were once a tiny town. 2 years have been worth it.

[@hendrikvanleeuwen9110]

It must be really embarrassing loosing to guys who cant fight.

[@Theire1]

I bet you support Hitler and you can after you go to H

[@aac74]

while Russia has conscripts it is not known for putting them on the front line, any poor soldiers are more likely volunteers.

[@darkknowledge8243]

Yeah this is why Ukraine is running out of men for the military, delulu is not the solulu.

[@black__bread]

NATO: This is how you fight in an urban environment with no drones Ukraine: We're fighting in trenches surrounded by drones NATO: DOH

[@magzie1126]

WTF is an Aussie doing teaching Ukraine soldiers how to fight. We never deploy anywhere unless its SWBTA Lol. Duty First!

[@MrZoomah]

... Because the modern Australian army has decades of combat experience and our greatest value is on how we train the general soldier and NCOs.... Now officers... We suck at that. The poms are great at training officers.

[@Nilats1917]

You don't accuse someone of what you're already doing, especially when it's propaganda

[@texx1985]

It's funny how to conscripts keep winning

[@Kharn-bk6en]

The propaganda

[@novemberalpha6023]

Rookie soldiers + Shovels + Sanctioned Economy = Winning Avdiivka and Bakhmut...... Hmmmm 🤔🤔🤔

[@Steve-jl2wi]

😂😂😂 good mathematics

[@ottomatic3123]

The fact that russia only holds a small area of Ukraine after two years is laughable. They are incompetent and pathetic. They just have a lot of resources, industry, and mindless followers for the meat grinder.

[@weirdo1060]

Avdiivka is a small town in Ukraine. It took several months and thousands of Russian casualties before takeover.

[@YakrifZee]

​@@weirdo1060yeah it's an unimportant town because it was won by Russia. If Ukraine wins a metre of territory it's the loss of Russia. Lol

[@su22-wv3ib]

Young men just go home to your family and friends while you are alive.if not you will go homeDEAD

[@tomhenry897]

Yet holding

[@user-qe3zj5jc3o]

Neither had the Ukrainians until the west for some reason tried to learn them!

[@trendings1293]

Where can someone get experience?😁

[@user-dz8ru9ni3u]

Yet they still going forward near Avdiivka(i am Ukrainian).We need your help.

[@MetaKnight964]

Switch Russian and Ukranian and you got it right.

[@Evemeister12]

They still have no idea

[@HATCH5T]

Yet are advancing, I wonder how😊

[@dj6961]

Slavia Ukraine❤

[@mickmacgonigle5021]

Which is more important air shovel superority or naval shovel superiority?

[@migproductions4045]

Just shut up. You will realise soon how NOT A JOKE this war is.

[@jebise1126]

conscripts with shovels who have no idea how to fight and retreat closer and closer to kiev

[@w3w3w3]

lol

[@user-dg3io4px6n]

Ukraine dose not wear red on their arm been following this war since 2014 so yea i would know what friendlys look like when i see them.

[@ericp1139]

Yes, a bunch of clueless Russian conscripts somehow managed to defeat the AFU grand, Spring Offensive and conquer Avdiivka.

[@Dude0000]

And how are Ukraine running out of men when 31,000 have died out of 900,000? This channel must be a Puppet of Pootin.

[@robertwoodhouse-bm7kt]

It took 4 months of losing lots of men and armoured equipment and Trumps minions blocking shipments of ammo., Russia only got into Avdiivka after the AFU strategically withdrew. Russia now sending replacement tanks through Crimea, but only T-62 and T-54.

[@ericp1139]

@@robertwoodhouse-bm7kt oh yes, and the supposedly clueless dolts managed to conquer the most fortified position on the planet. It was an encirclement, not a withdrawal. The AFU was lucky of any of their guys disobeyed orders and retreated in time.

[@candykane4271]

Yip Avdiivka, a dot. 30,000 Russians lost for Avdiivka. If all of Russia knew how small Avdiivka was they would be sickened by the amount of men killed for a dot.

[@mitchyoung93]

@@candykane4271 LOL.why not just claim.100,000?

[@danielallan8061]

Russia keeps advancing, but they can't fight?

[@xgford94]

🇦🇺Army at work well sir

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

Que?

[@slartybarfastb3648]

At this point, military training assumptions have become inverted. Western soldiers should be seeking training FROM the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians are now the most experienced army on the planet. It's them who should be training us.

[@THEoneYETI]

I think they're a bit busy atm....

[@Kizron_Kizronson]

Did you watch the video? It's very clearly stated that the information is flowing both ways. We are sharing the lessons we have learned from our conflicts, and the Ukrainians are sharing their lessons learned from theirs. The most important thing here is to get away from Soviet style tactics, even out of context training in western tactics that they can learn and adapt to their situation is an improvement. Ukraine just cannot afford soviet style meat-wave maneuvers, relying on Massive bombardments and meat-wave assaults. Realistically, with the advent of drone warfare, everybody is learning to a certain degree.

[@no1washere89]

If because of our American made weapons they have experienced to share . Without the US support Ukraine would be demolished

[@slartybarfastb3648]

@@Kizron_Kizronson Great points.

[@FaceFcuk]

​@@no1washere89what support 😂

[@femboyshitposter676]

3000 tanks and 300K Men? damn well if that was true then Russia would not have an army any more the real number is somewhere around 100-80k the Ukranians alone appereantly lost 30-70k men in the counter offensive but most sources say 57k

[@user-qp6vg9ho8u]

Graduated inoculation??

[@jackoates6418]

The latest lexical nonsense to make the staff officer committee who made it up feel very clever.

[@romanyarygin1674]

Russian conscripts don't participate in SMO. There's only contract army. Even voluntary squads were forced to sign contract with ministry of defense. What's he talking about

[@ScottishAtheist]

"smo" 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaeljackson5914]

Propaganda CIA MI6 balls deep in the fiasco

[@ssnfone3479]

@Kollohv2 A warning? From who?

[@johnlinford3791]

Hahaha . Ask za len sky for some more money …fund the not sees

[@derf9465]

😅 😅 😅 Same goes for the uk's future conscripts.

[@internet_user975]

yeah sure but they also recruit our gorkhas

[@andrewkosyjana7477]

Wow Russia has lost nearly as many men as the USA has lost in the entire of WW2 in four years on multiple fronts in two years 😮

[@outrun7455]

TLDW : send us more money cuz we’re winning and it’s so easy but we need like a lot more money guys and maybe send your army if you can but just to show you how it’s done we’re totally not losing

[@JeanLucCaptain]

"we are still coping hard after losing Avdika to shovel armed coscripts"

[@migproductions4045]

keep digging worms one day you'll manage to conquer moscow 😂

[@Mizonoob]

This will always be true. When Ukrainian talks itw cringe

[@labouraredangerous]

The Ukrainians will become the instructors after this war

[@Aethul-wd9ke]

Russia has lost an estimated 3000 tanks, yet we only have 213. We are incapable of fighting another 1st or 2nd world country.