Saturday, March 18, 2023

Ukrainian Battalion Commander Who Told The Washington Post That All Of His 500 Men Have Been Either Killed Or Injured Since The Start Of The War Has Been Demoted

A battalion commander in the 46th Air Assault Brigade, who goes by the call sign Kupol, in an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine on March 4. © Alice Martins for The Washington Post

Ukrayinska Pravda: Battalion commander of 46th brigade demoted after interview to Washington Post, hands in resignation 

Anatolii "Kupol" Kozel, was demoted from the post of combat battalion commander of the 46th Airmobile Brigade to deputy commander of the training centre battalion after a controversial interview with The Washington Post.

Details: As sources of UP noted, the decision to demote Kupol was made by the commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Maksym Myrhorodskyi. 

In response to such a move, Kupol wrote a resignation letter. 

Ukrainska Pravda also asked for a comment from the press service of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. 

Commander Kupol was one of the interviewees of The Washington Post, and the conversation resulted in the outlet writing that the Defence Forces of Ukraine lost many of the most experienced fighters on the battlefield, and the inexperience of recruits, coupled with the lack of weapons, allegedly reduces optimism and calls into question Kyiv’s readiness for the spring offensive.  

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WNU Editor: The Washington Post article that got former Commander Kupol demoted is here .... Ukrainian Commander Tells The Washington Post That All 500 Soldiers In His Battalion Were Either Killed Or Wounded (March 16, 2023). 

The thing is that everyone I know in Ukraine knows how terrible the war situation is right now. What Commander Kupos was making public is something that everyone knows privately. More reactions to the demotion of Commander Kupol (see below).

34 comments:

fazman said...

You don't give this Intel to the enemy ..petiod

Anonymous said...

This is what happens in war. You comment negatively..Even if it is the undeniable truth...
Then SLAVA...You are a defeatist running dog in league with the demented mercenary capitalists and their polluted minions.

Some things do not change.

But ultimately he will be vindicated. He really should have not done the interview. But maybe he had to let people know what was going on.

For him , he had to know there would be consequences.
In life. It comes down to

The hard right, vs the easy wrong

How many of us would have had the guys to do what he did.

He is lucky he is not being shot.
I hope God and his angels look out for him.

Anonymous said...

god and his angels are on long sabbatical

Anonymous said...

Anatolii "Kupol" Kozel became too woke.

I am not a crackpot.

Anonymous said...

10:34. Maybe , but I do not think yet. When the Protector finally is called away. Then the time is just before the end and evil will truly prevale. But it will not be the end. For He will return when it seems all is lost.

For now, we are not alone.

Hans Persson said...

Wut?

Anonymous said...

And yet Russia with an army 10x the size of Ukraine’s they still can’t take bakumut… and now the leopard and Abraham’s tanks are arriving.. lol wouldn’t want to be a Russian soldier cause they can’t match western tanks with the T72’s lol

Anonymous said...

Hans. . You forget you Christian heritage.

IAW Christian belief, when the world enters its last days, the Holy Spirit will be taken away.
The AntiChrist will have full reign for 7 years. At the final battle, Christ will come again ,now in power and glory and the anti Christ will be defeated. So say the Scriptures.

So. If things really suck now, what do you think it will be like when the Holy Spirit is not here to be a counter force?
Yes, it will be, bloody, horrifying and evil.

Anonymous said...

1122. Those t72s are not Iraqi and have all been upgraded. Biggest killer of tanks is helo and arty shooting hellfire type missle in concert with LAWs

The true problem is the Ukrainians have is to get those beasts to the front without them breaking down or being shot. But a larger problem is...There is not enough of them.

But we shall see.

Anonymous said...

Oh. You forgot. Bakhmut was guarded by 20 ukie brigades, dug in. Not an easy target. The Russians. for some stupid reason or smart reason have not committed even 1/2 of their forces to this fight. So you analogy is incorrect about taking that city is not fully accurate

Hans Persson said...

Bakhmut is lost. Stop dwelling on that.

Anonymous said...

So until this post, there were only 3 commenters. They are Fazman, Hans and the Russian Troll. the Troll is pushing the Russia is a Christian nation propaganda.

Only 47.4% of Russian are Christian. As Russia has such a piss poor birth rate that percentage is going to go down and be replaced by Mongols, Turks and Muslims. Of they 47.4% how many are practicing Christians?

Putin does appreciate the Eastern Orthodox Church ... as a spy agency.

Anonymous said...

Skods you got ruskie troll on the brain











Anonymous said...

How’s the white west and Japanese doing with their birth rates? Russia has not signed onto this self destructive ideology of wokism and equity, and is a big reason why they are the enemy. The elites have decided that white people must go. Christ, they got us cutting off our wing wangs here in the west, Russia is the last holdout.

Hans Persson said...

I comment because it's slow at work. I find it fun to engage here.

Hans Persson said...

The Catholic Church has the spy agency built-in. Come on, confess your sins, nothing bad will ever come out of that.

Anonymous said...

Okay, let us assume the Catholic Church has a spy agency. Does the US or 0others tap into it? Do you have proof?


The guy, who throws around skods and skoda, is a Russian troll.

About wing wangs. In America we have two ancient traditions, tarring & feathering and riding the rail. I hope to see some of these people ridden out of town.

Hans Persson said...

I have proof that they fuck children? Does that count? Why are we even talking about this?

Anonymous said...

That x% of priests fuck children is not proof of a spy agency. It is proof of a bad bureaucracy (HR), bad policies (celibacy) and bad recruitment. Many Roman Catholic seminaries are gay hothouses I have read.

We are talking about this because you responded that the Catholic church his or has a spy agency. That was your rejoinder to the assertion that the Orthodox Church spies for the Russian state.

Hans Persson said...

The Catholic Church is notorious in this. I don't understand why you're arguing. The confession is purely to gather information of the congregation. Didn't you know?

Anonymous said...

Did I say priest abusing kids was good? No.

What I said was "Is there proof the Catholic Church has a spy agency"


The things that give me pause about the RC is the P2 Mason Lodge scandal, Pope Benedicts XVI's retirement and the RC politics in general. Certainly, there are informal networks. Do they rise to the level of a spy agency? If they do what about a multinational or any large bureaucracy?

Since you are going to hammer the pedophile problem in the Catholic Church again, I will point out that laws in the US have changed, there have been prosecution and there have been lawsuits for damages.

Anonymous said...

I left reading on the Catholics Church some time between 2009 and 2014. The problem did seem to be ameliorating per Bishop Accountability. The key word is seems. At the time they said there were no new scandals but said it could be a lag effect. That seems to be the case.

Bishop accountability is a safe site in regards to malware. They seem angrier than Hell, but it does not lead them to overstate their case. they do not have to. I short their data is good.

https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2021/03/are-catholic-clergy-more-likely-to-be-paedophiles-than-the-general-public-redux/

About the only thing I agree with Pope Francis is that he might get rid of priest celibacy. It won't make things perfect. But hopefully it will start it down the road.

Priest celibacy was started a thousand years ago to improve the economic circumstances of priests. At least I have read that was the primary reason. If the Pope at the time did not make that rule ex cathedra, then Pope Francis could get rid of that rule and not contradict anything. Benedict XVI would if he were Pope provide legal justification in canon law and some people complain Pope Francis is dog this helter skelter. I think if Pope Francis does not wait for canon law experts, who would take a few months or a few months, it would be a good thing to stop the bleeding and begin triage.

I am not Roman Catholic BTW.

Unless the Pope at the time

Anonymous said...

I also think confession is a good thing. It can be misused and often is. The Scientology auditing process is literally confession. It is also misused 100% in Scientology. I have no clue on if it is misused on the Roman Catholic Chruch.

Hans Persson said...

Don't get me started on Scientology 🤣

Anonymous said...

We agree on Scientology. Germany bans it. It is a good move. The founder of scientology bragged in 1950s Science fiction conventions that he was going to start a religion . That is proof right there. That it should be banned in the US or least lose its tax free status.

Anonymous said...

Vatican II made you gay

Anonymous said...

Vatican 2

Chapter 1 of the Constitution set out principles to guide this reform:

The Paschal mystery of Christ's death and resurrection is made present to us through the liturgy, which is a communal celebration and not just the action of the priest. Each person present participates in it according to his/her role.

Christ is present to us not only under the appearance of bread and wine, but also in the Word of God, in the person of the priest and in the gathered assembly

“The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the font from which all her power flows” (SC 10)

“In the restoration and promotion of the sacred liturgy, [...] full and active participation by all the people is the aim to be considered before all else.” (SC 14)

In order to be better understood, the rites should be simplified and a limited use of the vernacular is permitted (but the use of Latin is to be preserved).

There needs to be more reading from holy scripture, and it is to be more varied and suitable.

A certain degree of local adaptation is permissible.


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5:34 is of course an Old Believer until he became gay

fazman said...

We've heard that from Wagner for last 6 weeks

fazman said...

Interview a number of Russian commanders and you'd probably get the same combat statistics for there men . Difference is they wouldn't be demoted they'd be shot and their family thrown into a cell.

Anonymous said...

Fazzy prove it. How many Russian commanders have been shot or thrown into prison? Answer none.

Btw, if Russian free speech is so curtailed why is Igor Girkin still walking around free and constantly criticizing the war effort? That's right fazzy. You got no answer for that one. Where are the 130 tanks?

Anonymous said...

6:37

Nice Wikipedia copy.
No point made, no ramifications, just an illogical post by an unknown entity
Come back here when you can write intelligently

Anonymous said...

It is a nice Wikipedia copy. Well almost nice. I do not take the time to put dots, dashes, or numerals to show they were bullet points.

What matters is do the bullet points accurately summarize Vatican II. If they do, what specifically do you object to?

You have gone form Russia is a Christian nation (47.4% actually) to Vatican II (Did not say what was wrong with it so I helped you out to whatever.

The difference between you and I is that I am freelance and you are paid to post. If I were in Herndon, you would actually have to be worried.

fazman said...

A swer none?..you prove it. Execution and incerceration has always been soviet doctrine . As for the tanks , obviously they are being trained on and saved for rhe offensive . Do you really think they are publishing locations ?
Wagner defectors themselves ha e gone on record stating those who retreat or surrendered have been shot .

Anonymous said...

Soviet doctrine

So now we go back to the soviets. That entity has not existed for 30 years. Yes Wagner. A policy of a private military group. Not he Russian armed forces.

And Girkin? Why is he and many others still walking the streets with incessant criticism of the Russian government?