A Ukrainian Town Deals Russia One of the War's Most Decisive Routs

[Uncle Joe]

VOZNESENSK, Ukraine—A Kalashnikov rifle slung over his shoulder, Voznesensk’s funeral director, Mykhailo Sokurenko, spent this Tuesday driving through fields and forests, picking up dead Russian soldiers and taking them to a freezer railway car piled with Russian bodies—the casualties of one of the most comprehensive routs President Vladimir Putin’s forces have suffered since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

A rapid Russian advance into the strategic southern town of 35,000 people, a gateway to a Ukrainian nuclear power station and pathway to attack Odessa from the back, would have showcased the Russian military’s abilities and severed Ukraine’s key communications lines.

Instead, the two-day battle of Voznesensk, details of which are only now emerging, turned decisively against the Russians. Judging from the destroyed and abandoned armor, Ukrainian forces, which comprised local volunteers and the professional military, eliminated most of a Russian battalion tactical group on March 2 and 3.

The Ukrainian defenders’ performance against a much-better-armed enemy in an overwhelmingly Russian-speaking region was successful in part because of widespread popular support for the Ukrainian cause—one reason the Russian invasion across the country has failed to achieve its principal goals so far. Ukraine on Wednesday said it was launching a counteroffensive on several fronts.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-russia-voznesensk-town-battle-11647444734

[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

[SergeStorms]

2. Putin will not stop.

He'll order more bombardments of the town until it's nothing but rubble. That's been his pattern of operation so far.

I love these "feel good" stories of Ukraine kicking Russia's ass, but Putin doesn't care how many Russians are killed, let alone Ukrainians.
This won't end well.

I hate to be a downer, but Putin has gone "all in" on destroying Ukraine.

[underpants]

3. Sadly I agree

He doesn’t care about his own troops let alone Ukrainians.

[SergeStorms]

4. That's pathological, isn't it?

To elevate your ego above an entire country's well being?

And unfortunately we have another one (at the very least) of these psychopaths on our own shores.

[underpants]

6. He feels he personally can absorb anything. This is his legacy

and nothing is going to stop that.


I posted this February 23rd.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216388270

[SergeStorms]

7. You called it.

I don't think he expected this reaction from the world though. Rather than being his finest hour, it could turn out to be his Waterloo.

[ColinC]

5. Great news!

I really hope Ukraine is able to break the blockade on Mariupol...

[world wide wally]

8. Do insane dictators ever admit when the tide has turned against them?

[Uncle Joe]

9. Not that I can think of world wide wally.

There might be some last second self-realization just before they expired but even that's just speculation on my part. They become so evil that it makes them capital S, bolded Stupid!