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Donkees

(31,373 posts)
Mon Mar 21, 2022, 08:59 AM Mar 2022

Ukrainian troops destroyed three Russian shock armies, one air army - Arestovych

21.03.2022

The Ukrainian army destroyed four out of ten Russian armies as operational and strategic units on Ukrainian territory during 26 days of a full-scale war.

Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, said this at a briefing, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"On Day 26 of the active phase of the Russian-Ukrainian war, our troops destroyed 11 tank battalions, 34 battalions of armored fighting vehicles, five divisions of multiple rocket launchers, 17 divisions of artillery, almost five air regiments, five helicopter regiments. This is a total of three sets of Russian shock armies as operational and strategic units. That is, we destroyed three Russian shock armies and one air army - four out of the ten armies in the Russian Federation," Arestovych said.

He also noted that the country's military and political leadership is in control of the situation. According to him, the enemy has almost lost the ability to advance anywhere in Ukraine and they conduct only tactical actions and accumulate reserves, which are subjected to devastating blows from the Ukrainian missile forces, artillery and aircraft.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3435857-ukrainian-troops-destroyed-three-russian-shock-armies-one-air-army-arestovych.html

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Ukrainian troops destroyed three Russian shock armies, one air army - Arestovych (Original Post) Donkees Mar 2022 OP
K & R . . . Lovie777 Mar 2022 #1
Lacking a large number of antiship missiles or a navy sboatcar Mar 2022 #2
Plenty of luxury yachts bluecollar2 Mar 2022 #6
i wish the other nations w rights to the black sea mopinko Mar 2022 #3
Turkey has shut access to all military ships Amishman Mar 2022 #4
seems negotiable. mopinko Mar 2022 #5

Lovie777

(12,230 posts)
1. K & R . . .
Mon Mar 21, 2022, 09:04 AM
Mar 2022

Ukrainians also need to find a way to get to the war ships and destroy them or at least handicap them. If that is accomplished I truly feel the war may end.

sboatcar

(415 posts)
2. Lacking a large number of antiship missiles or a navy
Mon Mar 21, 2022, 09:24 AM
Mar 2022

They'd need to send in swarms of boats loaded with explosives. That would quickly overwhelm any defenses the ship has (they're primarily against aerial or submerged threats), and it just takes one to get there to blow a big hole in it just like the USS Cole.

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
6. Plenty of luxury yachts
Mon Mar 21, 2022, 11:55 AM
Mar 2022

Being picked up.

How much explosive material do you need to take out a Russian navy warship?

Amishman

(5,554 posts)
4. Turkey has shut access to all military ships
Mon Mar 21, 2022, 11:26 AM
Mar 2022

Russia can't send any more, but no one else can either

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