Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

To make matters worse, ‘Ivan’ says that Avdeevka is now worse than Zaporozhye for the 47th.

"But it's psychologically worse in Avdiivka," he adds, "because defending is morally harder than attacking, you have to pray, sheltered in the trench for four days, as long as the relays last, so that their artillery doesn't kill you, and then resist assault and another assault by the infantry."

Ivan goes on to say that the Russians are ‘superior in everything’:

But Ivan shakes his head from side to side in disapproval: minus in troop formation, he says, the Russians are superior in everything, and besides, they have resources to spare. "If they take the railroad tracks, they'll send the armor again, and if 10 vehicles come out from their second line, our artillery will hit them, yes, but four will get through and reach their destination."

Whether real or not, ‘Ivan’ reveals another startling detail about Russian forces:

Ivan understood in Zaporiyia the main difference between the Kiev and Moscow armies: his squadron surrounded a Russian position defended by professional soldiers of an airborne division. The latter ran out of ammunition and repeatedly urged them to surrender, according to his account.

The enemy blew themselves up with grenades: "I don't know any Ukrainians who have done this. They have another conception of life: Russians are more prepared for war and to die."

So, say what you want, but it seems the Ukrainians are learning the hard way that the Russians don’t play at war—ironically, they’re even more prepared to die for “this land” than the Ukrainians are, which should send a chilling message to anyone who thinks Russia will roll over.

They go on to reaffirm Russia’s increasing drone superiority, which saturates the space about them with a constant stream of Lancets, Orlans, FPVs, of all kinds. But the bigger surprise is the admission that there’s been a large noted increase in Russian ‘Zoopark’ counterbattery radars.