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The Russian commander of the “Vostok” Battalion fighting in southern Ukraine said on Thursday that Ukraine will not be defeated and suggested that Russia freeze the war along current frontlines.

Alexander Khodakovsky made the candid concession yesterday on his Telegram channel after Russian forces, including his own troops, were devastatingly defeated by Ukrainian marines earlier this week at Urozhaine in the Zaporizhzhia-Donetsk regional border area.

“Can we bring down Ukraine militarily? Now and in the near future, no,” Khodakovsky, a former official of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, said yesterday.

“When I talk to myself about our destiny in this war, I mean that we will not crawl forward, like the [Ukrainians], turning everything into [destroyed] Bakhmuts in our path. And, I do not foresee the easy occupation of cities,” he said.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did you somehow miss all the videos of Russian aviation taking out tanks on daily basis

These videos obviously exists from both sides, but neither side has aerial supremacy, if you know what that means.

and Russia produces over a million shells a year

Rheinmetall alone offers to produce up to 600,000 artillery rounds for Ukraine annually, and that's just one company.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No, those videos don't exist from both sides. Ukraine doesn't have a functioning air force that can attack Russian positions.

Rheinmetall alone offers to produce up to 600,000 artillery rounds for Ukraine annually, and that’s just one company.

[citation needed]

we're talking about 155 mm shells here specifically

honestly, I don't know why you keep trying to argue something that's demonstrably false, even western media openly admits the problem https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/19/artillery-ammunition-ukraine-pentagon/

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Rheinmetall alone offers to produce up to 600,000 artillery rounds for Ukraine annually, and that’s just one company.

[citation needed]

e.g. https://tass.com/world/1614189

we’re talking about 155 mm shells here specifically

Indeed.