Breakthrough for either side is almost impossible, say those in pulverised Kupiansk area

For four months, Russian troops have been trying to seize the eastern Ukrainian village of Synkivka. On a map, this looks easy. Their forward position is on the edge of a forest. It is a mere 500 metres away from the Ukrainian frontline and a shattered collection of cottages.

Every few days the Russians attack. Their forays across open ground end in the same way: complete disaster. Armoured vehicles with men perched on top, speed across a landscape of moon-like craters and splintered trees. Soon it goes wrong. Some blow up on mines; others panic and reverse. The Ukrainians pick off fleeing infantry with drones and artillery. Typically, all the Russians die.

“It’s really fucked up down there,” Gleb Molchanov, a Ukrainian drone operator said, showing video he took from above the battlefield four miles north-east of the city of Kupiansk. The images are gruesome. Bodies can be seen lying in a zig-zag trench and frozen hollows. Nearby are the burnt-out carcasses of BMP-1 fighting vehicles, at least 10 of them. Despite this, the Russians keep trying.

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  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Good for the Russians for not giving up. Sometimes, life gives you little setbacks and you have to just keep trying. I tell my kids all the time not to be discouraged when they make a mistake. Practice makes perfect and all that.

    Edit: /s in case people didn’t know I was mocking the Russians for failing repeatedly.