A Ukrainian military convoy moves along a road near Donetsk August 9, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko
Ukraine’s Army Slogs Through the Merciless Donbass -- Robert Beckhusen, War Is Boring
Blood, borscht and BTRs
The Ukrainian military is close to defeating the rebels that have caused so much trouble in the country’s east during the past two months. The rebels are now surrounded and Kiev’s army is pummeling them with artillery.
But it’s been a slog for the troops tasked with sweeping the towns and cities of the heavily-armed, Russian-backed separatists.
It’s tough to grasp how hard the fight is. Ukrainian news Website Gordonua interviewed an anonymous 20-something national guard trooper who fought for two months in brutal conditions. While he’s a patriot, the incognito nature of the interview gives a critical look at an impoverished, post-Soviet military scrapped together to fight a determined enemy.
There’s terrible, stomach-churning food. Poor or nonexistent equipment. Friendly fire. The Ukrainian forces also are suffering much higher casualties than the brass is admitting, according to the soldier.
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My Comment: Kudos to Robert Beckhusen for this report .... I have been the saying the same thing about what is the real state of the Ukraine army for the past two months .... it is good to see that others are starting to notice.
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Here is a live map of Ukraine with events wich get updated very often:
http://liveuamap.com/e/2014/11-of-august-dnr-claims-that-about-200-armored-vehicles-are-prepared?ll=48.09527955700476;38.08273315429659&zoom=10
Its from the Ukrainian government perspective and it is pro-Ukrainian.
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They have some news that say the pro-Russians are about to launce a counter offencive with 200 armored vehicels, can this have chance of succses or is it tacical suicide?
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They also say that 300 KAMAZ trucks with "humanitarian aid and altso Russian humanitarian aid with AA radar, is this weapons to defend the convoi or will it be delivered to the pro-Russians in the coming weeks?
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