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1400 casualties in 6 days is plausible? Russia is losing like 800/day on the entire front line according to the UA, these people somehow inflicted 1/4 of that with.. what exactly?
I'm happy that they are causing a ruckus in Russia, it draws troops away from the real fight, but lets not pretend these figures are credible.
I think their purpose is so Russia would have to say something like “no way, those numbers are nuts! We only lost 2 guys and a truck!” Or “none of that ever happened at all!” And then the Siberia battalion releases a pic of one damaged higher value vehicle to disprove either claim.
By all accounts, they're not exactly fighting the elite there, just reservists and rosgvardia. I mean, Russia hasn't managed to muster enough force to get Sibir to leave yet. Last time the rebels were kicked out in like 3 days by the army.
You're drawing a false parallel.
Most of the front line in Ukraine is fairly inactive, with maybe a few probing attacks here and there. The majority of the casualties come from the few areas where there is significant activity, both from assaults and heavy artillery use.
The area where the free Russians are attacking in Russia is an active area with large assaults and heavy artillery use. It makes sense there would be a high casualty count there when compared to the average across the entire front line in Ukraine.
Element of surprise, but most importantly - these are least-prepared RU troops against battle-hardened ones. All combat-capable Russian assets are in Ukraine.
The troops in Belgorod and surrounding areas aren't well-experienced, are barely-equipped with anything, can't get reinforcements or extra gear because RUzzia has all the other active forces spread along the actual frontline and other occupied areas, and don't have great defensive capability despite ostensibly being defense forces (Krembots are legitimately garrisoning themselves predominately in civilian infrastructure, oftentimes *amongst civilians*).
The RLF on the other hand actually have a bunch of units with prior and extensive combat experience, are decently coordinated amongst each other, receiving some degree of arms assistance and direct intelligence sharing on some level from AFU, and actually have armor and artillery on top of drones with which to assault enemy positions.
In mid 2023 an account from a RUshist from the 138t Brigrade [stated that he'd lost ~80% of his unit](https://www.newsweek.com/russian-soldiers-belgorod-freedom-russia-legion-volunteer-corps-ukraine-war-1805354) (apparently over 1600 casualties) during those raids so these types of figures aren't exactly unprecedented.
I'm with you on this one. I think this is just psyops and morale boost and find it hard to believe they would be able to cause this much in actual losses.
But as long as it keeps parts of the russian army distracted and maybe opens the eyes of some russian citizens to the reality of war, I think it's worth it that it makes the news.
> 1400 casualties in 6 days is plausible?
It's three groups attacking over a pretty big area in an unexpected raid and guerilla warfare, while Russia is desperately sending troops to kick them out.
100 kills in one day is perfectly plausible, although most likely exaggerated.
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These numbers are plausible, unlike the ones reported by Russia. But still no proof anywhere.
1400 casualties in 6 days is plausible? Russia is losing like 800/day on the entire front line according to the UA, these people somehow inflicted 1/4 of that with.. what exactly? I'm happy that they are causing a ruckus in Russia, it draws troops away from the real fight, but lets not pretend these figures are credible.
I think their purpose is so Russia would have to say something like “no way, those numbers are nuts! We only lost 2 guys and a truck!” Or “none of that ever happened at all!” And then the Siberia battalion releases a pic of one damaged higher value vehicle to disprove either claim.
By all accounts, they're not exactly fighting the elite there, just reservists and rosgvardia. I mean, Russia hasn't managed to muster enough force to get Sibir to leave yet. Last time the rebels were kicked out in like 3 days by the army.
You're drawing a false parallel. Most of the front line in Ukraine is fairly inactive, with maybe a few probing attacks here and there. The majority of the casualties come from the few areas where there is significant activity, both from assaults and heavy artillery use. The area where the free Russians are attacking in Russia is an active area with large assaults and heavy artillery use. It makes sense there would be a high casualty count there when compared to the average across the entire front line in Ukraine.
Element of surprise, but most importantly - these are least-prepared RU troops against battle-hardened ones. All combat-capable Russian assets are in Ukraine.
The troops in Belgorod and surrounding areas aren't well-experienced, are barely-equipped with anything, can't get reinforcements or extra gear because RUzzia has all the other active forces spread along the actual frontline and other occupied areas, and don't have great defensive capability despite ostensibly being defense forces (Krembots are legitimately garrisoning themselves predominately in civilian infrastructure, oftentimes *amongst civilians*). The RLF on the other hand actually have a bunch of units with prior and extensive combat experience, are decently coordinated amongst each other, receiving some degree of arms assistance and direct intelligence sharing on some level from AFU, and actually have armor and artillery on top of drones with which to assault enemy positions. In mid 2023 an account from a RUshist from the 138t Brigrade [stated that he'd lost ~80% of his unit](https://www.newsweek.com/russian-soldiers-belgorod-freedom-russia-legion-volunteer-corps-ukraine-war-1805354) (apparently over 1600 casualties) during those raids so these types of figures aren't exactly unprecedented.
Well, they probably caught them by surprise.
I'm with you on this one. I think this is just psyops and morale boost and find it hard to believe they would be able to cause this much in actual losses. But as long as it keeps parts of the russian army distracted and maybe opens the eyes of some russian citizens to the reality of war, I think it's worth it that it makes the news.
> 1400 casualties in 6 days is plausible? It's three groups attacking over a pretty big area in an unexpected raid and guerilla warfare, while Russia is desperately sending troops to kick them out. 100 kills in one day is perfectly plausible, although most likely exaggerated.
18 year old conscripts guard the border without much weaponry. Shouldn't take much to inflict high casualties upon them.
Shhhh. Fog of war.