Burning Kherson AirportWhile the Russian army tried to occupy the airport near Kherson in southern Ukraine and was repeatedly defeated by intensive bombardment by the Ukrainian army, they adhered to the same attack method 10 times and suffered massive damage, including two generals killed, the Sunday Times, the Sunday edition of The Times, reported. reported on the 27th.
The Sunday Times reported that Chornovaiuka, near Kherson, where the international airport and air base are located, has emerged as a symbol of the Russian military’s incompetence since the start of the war.
On the 27th of last month, the Russian army deployed large-scale troops equipped with cannons, armored vehicles and attack helicopters to take control of the airport in Chornovaiuka, near Kherson, which was the first major city to be occupied at the beginning of the war.
However, the Ukrainian army, which detected the movement of Russian troops through reconnaissance drones, opened fire on them, destroying several helicopters.
Despite the massive damage, the Russian army sent more helicopters to attack the airport on the 7th, and this time again, it was heavily attacked by the Ukrainian forces. At least 30 Russian helicopters and dozens of armored vehicles were destroyed in the battle, the Ukrainian military said.
However, the Russian army did not back down. On the 15th, they started attacking in the same way, but they retreated after receiving a counterattack from the Ukrainian army, who had already become accustomed to such an attack, and withdrew, causing enormous damage.
A Russian-made attack helicopter crash-landed on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv▶ Click here for a larger view
After five unsuccessful attacks, on the 18th, Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev, commander of the Russian 8th Army, personally visited the battlefield and was killed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the battle “a clear demonstration of the incompetence of the Russian army and its commanders, who can only do anything other than drive the people to death.”
After the sixth defeat, the Russian army finally withdrew the helicopter from the airport to end the battle, but the next day the helicopter reappeared and the same process was repeated. On the 25th, Lieutenant General Jacob Rezantev, the second of the generals, lost his life.
“The Russian military is not very professional,” said Olexi Melnik of the Rajumkov Center, a think tank in Ukraine. . “Russian forces carry out their orders without questioning them, because they fear being punished by their commanders more than they are afraid of failing their mission or losing their men,” he said.
The video of the Russian army being attacked by the Ukrainian army while trying to push it recklessly has spread widely through social media, raising the morale of the Ukrainian army and the people.
Also, after a scene from the Hollywood movie ‘Groundhog Day’, when Bill Murray asked, “Where are we going?” Marmot replied “Chornovaiuka”, mocking the stupidity and incompetence of the Russian army. There are also a lot of memes circulating.
A meme mocking the incompetence of the Russian army▶ Click here for a larger view
The Sunday Times reported in another report that if the number of Russian soldiers killed in the first month after the start of the war reaches 10 to 15,000 according to the estimates of the West and Ukraine, the daily death toll is 350 to 500. He pointed out that it becomes one of the most lossy wars. US casualties in Iraq and Vietnam were only 1.8 and 8 per day, respectively.
However, if you think that Russia’s will to war is broken because of such loss of life, you may be wrong. “It would be a mistake to assume that Russia will fight the same way we do,” said war magazine editor Bill Loggio.
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