The more Russian soldiers ride into battle on dirt bikes, the more Russian soldiers die or get wounded while riding into battle on dirt bikes.
Analyst Andrew Perpetua confirmed the destruction mostly by Ukrainian drones of five Russian war bikes in February, one in March, 13 in April, 56 in May and nine in just the first week or so of June. Dozens more bikes were damaged.
[Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] with stocks of armored vehicles running low after 28 months of grinding combat the Russian army is leaning harder into its latest bad idea equipping Frontline troops with inexpensive of dirt bikes the more Russian soldiers ride into battle on dirt bikes the more Russian soldiers die or get wounded while riding into battle on dirt bikes analyst Andrew perpetua confirmed the destruction mostly by Ukrainian drones of five Russian war bikes in February 1 in March 13 in April 56 in May and N9 in just the first week or so of June dozens more bikes were damaged it’s genuinely funny the number of casualties Russians have taken from their motorc cycle attacks perpetua wrote despite heavy losses the Russian army is doubling down on the assault bike concept which armies have repeatedly attempted and abandoned since World War I the Russian Army’s fifth motor rifle Brigade fighting around kvka in eastern Ukraine has formed a special motorcycle platoon according to the Ukrainian Center for defense defense strategies the bike platoon is additive Russian correspondent Alexander sladkov stressed this is in addition to the combat motorcyclists in the battalions he wrote in a missive translated by Estonian analyst War translated according to sloff more brigades might form their own bike platoon and assign them to delivering the necessary cargo and evacuating the wounded [Music] but they’re likely to have a direct combat role as well more and more vehicle starved Russian commanders are sending their bike troops in direct assaults on Ukrainian positions during one recent Russian operation apparently somewhere in southern Ukraine the first wave of attackers rode in tanks and armored fighting Vehicles when that wave crashed against a wall of Ukrainian artillery and drones the Russians sent in a second wave on foot and on bikes the results were disastrous for the Russians some times even six artillery pieces at once were firing at their positions recalled a Ukrainian drone operator who uses the call sign creeks forer in recent weeks no fewer than four Ukrainian brigades the 28th 30th and 54th mechanized brigades and the 79th Air Assault Brigade have struck Russian bike troops with explosive first person view drones and bomber drones dropping grenades the improvised armor some Russian units are welding onto their bikes doesn’t seem to be helping very much there was some speculation this spring that Russia’s new bike tactics might actually help the kremlin’s war effort by making individual soldiers faster and harder to spot from the air in practice the bike troops are hopelessly vulnerable to our artillery and drones and are dying in ever greater numbers but with too few armored vehicles to go around the Russians don’t have many Alternatives if it isn’t lucky enough to have access to reasonably modern BMP fighting Vehicles a Russian unit might have to make do with 50-year-old mtlb armored tractors Chinese made golf carts or increasingly dirt bikes the only other option is to walk into a battle but that’s even more dangerous than riding on a motorcycle [Music] Russia took advantage of its Edge in fire power amid delays in US Aid to scale up attacks in several areas along the 1,000 km 600m front relatively small units are probing Ukrainian defenses for weak spots potentially setting the stage for a more ambitious push Russia’s offensive near Ukraine’s second largest city KV that began in May and worried kev’s Western allies has apparently lost momentum after the Ukrainian Army bolstered its forces in the area by redeploying troops from other sectors Ukrainian troops pushed Russian forces out of the canal neighborhood in the town of chivar in donet oblast Nazar volan the spokesperson for the corsia group of forces told interfax Ukraine on June 21st after capturing aiva in February Russian forces shifted their focus toward chivar an elevated town that potentially opens for Russia the way to further advances into donet oblast Russian troops refuse to give up on their intention of breaking through near Chase of Yar towards other settlements in the area vishin said two assault operations are ongoing he added Ukrainian Defenders are reliably holding the line in this area and are giving a rebuff to the Russian aggressor the spokesperson said was through Russian troops continue intensive shelling of chivar including with tos1 sapek multiple rocket launchers according to volan this is a terrible weapon that hits with thermobaric rockets said Ukraine’s 24th separate mechanized Brigade whose units were redeployed to bolster the defense of chivar sharing on June 26th a video with which shows the town under Russia’s attack the most fierce fighting is ongoing in the area of the cersi donit donbas canal the military said Russian forces have ramped up their offensive in donet oblast focusing one of their main efforts on chivar by attacking nearby settlements such as ianiski Moscow is 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