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THE RUSSIAN ROAD TO HELL
The Russians usually drive up to about 20–25 km from the supposed front line and then continue on foot, because it’s simply too dangerous to drive any further.
So, captured or surrendered Russians have reported that these days, ordinary Russian soldiers are often no longer even issued vests, or if they do have them, they take them off themselves when heading to the front so it’s easier to walk.
What’s the point? Those vests are no longer needed. They practically have no real contact with Ukrainian soldiers anymore, and vests don’t protect against drones anyway.
And as you approach the positions, the first dead bodies start to appear. And the further you go, the more of them are lying on the roadsides or in the fields. Can you imagine the drop in morale as you walk and see such sights?
Then, if you decide to stop somewhere, you start looking for a safer spot—whether it’s a tree or a bush. And then you see that soldiers who passed by earlier were already hiding there… and now they’re lying there, blown to pieces.
I won’t speculate on what might be going through your mind in such a situation, but you can guess it’s not pleasant...
Then I want to touch on the number of casualties each month. You see, when you read the news, you just read that roughly 1,000 Russians are dying every day. And that’s a little over 30,000 a month.
Can you even imagine what those numbers mean?
The entire Soviet Union lost up to 30,000 soldiers over 9 years of war in Afghanistan. That’s the number of those killed. And about 50,000 were wounded.
OVER 9 YEARS!!!
But here, 30,000 die every month—30,000, 30,000, 30,000—and now that number is even rising.
In Russia’s own regions, cemeteries are essentially filled entirely with soldiers’ graves. And next to those same cemeteries, new ones are being expanded, with all plots reserved in advance for soldiers as well.
And what is the downside of these massive losses for the Kremlin?
Well, there’s one little-mentioned fact: even today in Russia, MORE money is being paid out in benefits to the families of the fallen than in salaries to the soldiers still alive on the front lines... So here’s another interesting point when talking about money and the number of casualties.
BUT the biggest problem is something else.
Take Bakhmut, for example, when Prigozhin was leading the assault; the Russians lost about 40,000 men. BUT they took the city, and that was considered a huge victory.
But take the assault on Pokrovsk, for example; it’s already estimated that over 50,000 Russians were killed. BUT they took the city... a huge victory.
You see? No matter how many soldiers were lost, the Russian leadership could still boast of at least some major achievement every year—that is, the capture of a city and so on. In short, the losses were justified because some goal had been achieved.
And now we’ve had the spring offensive underway for a good week. By now, there are probably already some 8,000 dead. And there’s been no advance. That’s the biggest headache for the Russian leadership. What if no goal is achieved anymore? How will they justify the losses then?
That’s why I hope that drone wall keeps getting stronger and stronger. Once Ukraine reaches 50,000 enemy casualties per month, Russia will be in a very bad position. Especially if those 50,000 just keep crashing into the wall and get nowhere.
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