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by supergirl 1362 days ago
urban combat is not working for them. but their rockets are working. just you can't conquer using rockets. you need to go door to door in a prolonged war
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https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1574767567843037184

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc8Ipjn6wZE

russians burned down couple of houses and villages around Belgorod while using S-300 for destroying civilian ground targets in Kharkiv. They have tank companies with some tanks unable to reload or turn the turret. Plenty of recordings from BTRs with jammed turrets/guns. Just a couple of days ago some russian soldier uploaded a video of them shooting rpg-7s without removing shaped charge safety pins. Recruits receiving rusted thru AK47 is a classic.

Consensus is their soviet era weapons are falling apart, and on top of that they dont know how to use them.

> but their rockets are working

... against soft targets, which just add to the list of war crimes. Shoigu et al. will spend the rest of their days behind bars should the West nab them before they fall out of windows.