Armed Forces Of Ukraine Being Sent To Their Deaths

 

After the suicidal attack into Russia, by a force of 80 Ukrainian mercenaries, where 70 of them were killed within 24 hours, two days ago the Ukrainians again sent another small force of less than 100 soldiers to attack Russia. Over 50 of them were killed by Russian artillery rockets within hours.

After the fall of Bakhmut on 20th May, 2023 Russia's Wagner PMC private army led by Yevgeny Prigozhin has been substantially withdrawn from the front lines.

They have been replaced by Ramzan Ahmad Kadyrov's Chechen fighters who are now undertaking full combat operations along the front line.  The Chechens are Muslims.

The Chechens, along with the Russian regular army have begun advancing almost the entire length of the 1,200 km battle front between Russia and Ukraine. They have begun moving forward in places like Marinka and Kupyansk. More ground is falling to the Russians and the Ukrainians are falling back. 

The Ukrainian airforce is being wiped out. Their air defenses have been seriously degraded. 

However just like in Bakhmut the Russian advances on the ground are rather slow and measured. There is no blitzkrieg, no rapid advances, no carpet bombing of towns like the Americans did in Iraq, Syria and Libya.

Mr Putin has  political agendas like dismembering NATO, getting the sanctions against Russia lifted, making the UK and USA pay for that attack on the Nordtsream pipeline and the attack on the Crimea bridge, getting Europe to agree on a demilitarised Ukraine (which will be good for everyone), preventing NATO from expanding into Ukraine plus other political concessions. He will need to keep the war going slow and steady until he gets what he needs. Only then will Russia bring the war to an end.

The Russian advance therefore has been slow and very careful. The Russians are ensuring that civilian casualties remain as low as possible. 

However Ukraine is losing 300 - 500 or more soldiers killed everyday. That is a massacre which the Ukrainian president has hoisted on his people at the behest of the UK and the US.  

 

Those German Leopard 2 tanks that have been promised have not arrived in Ukraine. Neither have any American M1 Abrams tanks. Poland has cancelled sending F16 fighter jets after promising Ukraine the same. Ukraine is being left to die by the US, UK and by NATO.  The weapons manufacturers and the bankers are making money. Its all about money.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.