XCR1250 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Russian general who said Ukraine invasion would be over in hours is reported killed Patrick Sawer Fri, March 25, 2022, 11:27 AM Russian general who said Ukraine invasion would be over in hours is reported killed A Russian general who boasted that the invasion of Ukraine would be over in hours has been killed, it was reported on Friday. Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev was killed in a strike on his command post by Ukrainian armed forces, said military sources in Kyiv. The 48-year-old is the latest senior Russian commander to die in what is becoming an attritional battle for Ukraine. Rezantsev, Commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District, is understood to have been killed during a strike on an airfield near the village of Chornobaivka, in the Kherson region. Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the head of the president's office, said: "Over the past day, our troops – as we previously reported and we can now say for sure – killed the commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of Russia, Lieutenant General Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev." Rezantsev had reportedly told his men on the fourth day of their deployment that the so-called "special operation" would be over quickly. One soldier said: "Do you know what he told us? 'It's no secret to anyone that there are only a few hours until this special operation is over.' And now those hours are still going." The general's death means the Russian army has lost 15 military commanders in a month. Military analysts believe this is a higher casualty rate for the country than in any conflict since World War Two. Some are understood to have gone to the front line to shore up the faltering invasion and take personal command of reluctant troops. Rezantsev is the fifth general Ukraine claims to have killed since Russia invaded. Major-General Oleg Mityaev, 47, the commander of the army's 150th motorised rifle division, died fighting in the besieged city of Mariupol, while Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, 45, was killed outside the eastern city of Kharkiv on March 7. Major-General Andrey Kolesnikov, commander of the Guards Tank Kantemirovskaya Division, was killed in fighting on March 11, and Major-General Andrei Sukhovetsky, 47, was killed by a sniper on March 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Anyone see the reports of Russian missile fails? They showed a few that failed and just dropped like a turd in fields. Maybe the Ukies were jammin them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Russians are doing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member ViperGTS/Z1 Posted March 25, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member ViperGTS/Z1 Posted March 26, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 26, 2022 Wow...they really are tacking a thrashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member ViperGTS/Z1 Posted March 26, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Mainecat said: Anyone see the reports of Russian missile fails? They showed a few that failed and just dropped like a turd in fields. Maybe the Ukies were jammin them? As high as 60% failure rate according to this article https://news.yahoo.com/many-60-russias-missile-strikes-114321086.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Crappie Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Sounds like they were shitty commanders anyway. Not much of a loss. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, Big Crappie said: Sounds like they were shitty commanders anyway. Not much of a loss. LOL The whole paradigm is shifting. Russia ain't so bad after all. A bunch of washed up communists with shitty equipment, no motivation. And nukes. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 22 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: The whole paradigm is shifting. Russia ain't so bad after all. A bunch of washed up communists with shitty equipment, no motivation. And nukes. Awesome. Their nukes are probably rusted mastodons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 1 hour ago, DriftBusta said: The whole paradigm is shifting. Russia ain't so bad after all. A bunch of washed up communists with shitty equipment, no motivation. And nukes. Awesome. Big time losers! Sad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybrew Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 9 hours ago, Mainecat said: Their nukes are probably rusted mastodons. we could hope for that. silos full of water. still hard to believe that shit they are using is all they have. our tanks would destroy them so fast it would be like beating up a 5 year old. but all he needs is a few nukes to work and it would be a disaster. i imagine he has a bunch pointed at him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 Seven? Ukraine says Russian general killed in the war Sat, March 26, 2022, 7:56 AM In this article: Yuri Medvedev Russian association football player The Ukraine defense ministry reported that another Russian general has been killed in the war. "Yakov Rezantsev is the second Russian lieutenant general to die in the war against Ukraine," the ministry tweeted Friday. "This is becoming a typical track-record of Russian generals. #DeadRussianGenerals." Lt. Gen Yakov Rezantsev is said to have been killed during a Ukrainian strike on the Chornobaivka airbase near Kherson, Ukraine, BBC reported. The airbase has been used as a command post for Russia as their advance on Ukraine has been stalled by Ukrainian resistance. A Western official said that Rezantsev, who commanded Russia's 49th combined army, is the seventh general who has died during the fighting. Morale has been low among Russian forces, prompting generals to get more directly involved in the battles, according to the BBC. The news comes after Russian Col. Yuri Medvedev was run over by his own men with a tank this week. The 37th Motor Rifle Brigade reportedly turned on him after many men died during an attack. Medvedev's legs were injured and he was taken to a hospital where a Western official said he died, according to the British outlet. The official said he died "as a consequence of the scale of the losses taken by his own brigade." NATO estimates around 40,000 Russians have been killed since the beginning of the invasion. The Ukrainian military has been relatively successful in fending off major Russian military gains. Ukrainian forces have held the capital city of Kyiv, and U.S. officials reported on Friday that the former Soviet state's military had partially taken back the city of Kherson, which was first captured by the Kremlin at the beginning of the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 26, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, XCR1250 said: NATO estimates around 40,000 Russians have been killed since the beginning of the invasion. I call bullshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, steve from amherst said: I call bullshit That does sound a bit high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 8 hours ago, sleepybrew said: we could hope for that. silos full of water. still hard to believe that shit they are using is all they have. our tanks would destroy them so fast it would be like beating up a 5 year old. but all he needs is a few nukes to work and it would be a disaster. i imagine he has a bunch pointed at him Their tanks aren't necessarily terrible. It's the strategy. Running tanks down a road with cover on both sides or in an urban environment is suicide. Even the Abrams would be a sitting duck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, steve from amherst said: I call bullshit That's way too high. Their losses are still unacceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 9 hours ago, sleepybrew said: we could hope for that. silos full of water. still hard to believe that shit they are using is all they have. our tanks would destroy them so fast it would be like beating up a 5 year old. but all he needs is a few nukes to work and it would be a disaster. i imagine he has a bunch pointed at him Well poss ? But they have had almost 40 yrs to perfect starwars. And from just 2002 to today they report 100billion spent on it . So if they are saying 100billion you can at least x that by 3 and that is not including the cash they pumped in to it from 83/84 to 2002 . Who knowes how many billions they were shoveling at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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