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War in Ukraine: Resolute Citizens, "Demoralized" Soldiers - Why Putin's Troops Are Hardly Making Progress

2022-02-28T04:47:56.694Z


War in Ukraine: Resolute Citizens, "Demoralized" Soldiers - Why Putin's Troops Are Hardly Making Progress Created: 02/28/2022, 05:38 By: Patrick Mayer For Russia, the war in Ukraine is not going as planned. Apparently this has to do with misjudgments by Vladimir Putin. And with the circle of power in Moscow itself. Munich/Moscow – Russia's attack on Ukraine* causes international horror. But: A


War in Ukraine: Resolute Citizens, "Demoralized" Soldiers - Why Putin's Troops Are Hardly Making Progress

Created: 02/28/2022, 05:38

By: Patrick Mayer

For Russia, the war in Ukraine is not going as planned.

Apparently this has to do with misjudgments by Vladimir Putin.

And with the circle of power in Moscow itself.

Munich/Moscow – Russia's attack on Ukraine* causes international horror.

But: After day four of the Russian invasion, it seems as if the Russian ruler Vladimir Putin miscalculated at least partially.

According to various media reports, Moscow's units are stuck mainly in northern Ukraine and are repeatedly repelled by the Ukrainian defenders.

Allegedly partly with high losses of the invading troops.

While hundreds of thousands in Europe, for example in Berlin, are protesting against the Ukraine war on the streets, there are first analyzes of why the Russian army, which is considered to be superior, is ahead of the cities of Kiev (around 2.8 million inhabitants) and Kharkiv (around 2.8 million inhabitants). 1.4 million inhabitants) is so difficult.

IPPEN.MEDIA

lists possible reasons and current assessments:

War in Ukraine: Ukrainian forces offer fierce resistance to Russian invasion

Combat power of the Ukrainian army:

The government in Kiev is reporting new numbers of alleged Russian losses in the Ukraine war every day, while Moscow is announcing alleged territorial gains.

In the night from Saturday to Sunday, the Ukrainian side reported that 3,500 Russian soldiers had been killed, on Sunday (February 27) 4,300 were already reported.

In addition, the army and territorial defense forces allegedly destroyed 102 Russian tanks and 530 other military vehicles.

In addition, according to information from Kiev, eight helicopters and 14 downed enemy aircraft were shot down.

These are numbers that cannot be verified by independent observers in the current situation.

The AP

news agency reported on Sunday

that US sources confirmed the downing of two Russian transport planes.

The machines were supposed to bring special forces into the country.

Videos of destroyed and burning military vehicles can be seen on social media, which can be assigned to the Russian army by make.

In addition, on Sunday, February 27, the Russian Ministry of Defense admitted for the first time that its own soldiers had died in the fighting.

There are also increasing reports that the Ukrainian army has repeatedly been able to repel Russian attacks - including in heavily contested Kharkiv and north of Kiev.

According to official US estimates, the city of Mariupol in the south of the country was also “well defended” on Sunday evening.

In Kharkiv, Ukrainian units reportedly managed to repulse Russian troops.

"Kharkiv control is completely ours," Governor Oleh Synyehubov wrote on Twitter, adding: "The Russian enemy is absolutely demoralized." General Keith Kellog, who was an adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, told Fox News : “Putin lost this war.

I think Russia will lose.” However, there could also be a degree of wishful thinking or tactics behind these statements.

A completely destroyed military vehicle near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

The wheeled vehicle cannot be precisely assigned to any conflict party.

© IMAGO / Ukrinform

War in Ukraine: Ukrainian population opposes Russian troops

The Ukrainian population's will to fight:

Russia apparently underestimated not only the effectiveness of the supposedly inferior Ukrainian army, but also the will of the population.

president

Volodymyr Zelenskyj* had called his compatriots to arms and declared a state of war.

Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are not allowed to leave the country.

Videos have gone viral on the internet of courageous citizens standing in front of invading troops' tanks to stop them from advancing.

Or how they confront suspected Russian soldiers on the street with the question of what they should actually be doing in their country.

In an interview with the American broadcaster CNN at the weekend, former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko (2014 to 2019) revealed himself to be a member of a territorial defense unit armed with a Kalashnikov.

Countless citizens are reported to have volunteered to fight alongside their soldiers against the aggressor.

In an interview, former boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko said that many women were among them.

Brother Vitali Klitschko is the mayor of the capital Kiev.

Both promised again and again that they would defend their country “to the death” if necessary.

In the video: Mayor Vitali Klitschko - situation in Kiev under control

Ukraine war: Morale within Putin's armed forces is said to be falling - Russians with supply problems

Allegedly low morale within Russian forces:

Pictures, videos and reports from the contested areas could indicate that Moscow's troops are mostly young recruits.

Ukraine's defense ministry has released videos of Russian prisoners saying they were actually sent on maneuvers, a practice Russia has accused of violating martial law.

According to ARD's "Tagesschau", a video shows a Russian soldier who is now even ready to defect.

However, the report also points out that the statements can also have been made under duress.

Irrespective of this, the Russian troops are apparently struggling with significant supply bottlenecks and supply problems.

For example, the

picture

published a video that is supposed to show a crazy scene.

You can see tracked vehicles that have come to a standstill on a street.

A car driver stops and asks the soldiers standing next to him: "Car broken?

Do you want me to tow you back to Russia?” Allegedly, the tanks ran out of fuel on the way to Kiev.

Reports about a surrendering Russian military unit* have recently been circulating.

However, the same applies here: Verified information can hardly be obtained from the combat zones of Ukraine.

Ukraine war: Misjudgments by Vladimir Putin - only yes-men in Moscow

Misjudgment of Vladimir Putin and yes-man mentality in Moscow:

Both the US government in Washington and the British administration in London are now rumored that Putin and Moscow obviously misjudged the course of the war.

A similar assessment was expressed by FDP defense expert Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann.

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace recently publicly described Putin as "completely insane".

"They are encountering more resistance than they expected," a Pentagon official said in a briefing Saturday on the Ukraine war and Russian attack.

The troops did not "advance as far or as quickly as we had thought."

ARD's "Tagesschau" puts forward a theory: According to this, in recent years Putin has surrounded himself in the Kremlin with yes-men who don't answer.

This now has negative consequences for the Russian President.

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