Putin's losses rise as cost of Donetsk push could have impact in Russia | Frontline

Strikes on oil refineries and continued losses in Ukraine will require Putin to keep strong control of the war narrative in Russia, say this weeks Frontline experts:

Intelligence expert, Col. Philip Ingram
Former Military Advisor to US Central Command, Maj. Gen. Chip Chapman
RUSI Senior Research Fellow, Airpower & Technology, Prof. Justin Bronk
Retired Tank Regiment Commander, Col. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon
RUSI Director of Military Sciences, Matthew Savill

[catherineandpaulfuters]

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Russia's Gazprom losses nearly Double Year on Year Russian gas giant Gazprom suffered net losses from January to June 2024 almost double those in the same period last year, the Ukrainian media outlet enkorr reported on July 31. Losses in the first half of 2024 totalled 480.64 billion rubles ($5.5 billion), while those in the first half of 2023 totalled 255 billion rubles ($2.95 billion), according to Gazprom financial statements seen by the outlet. Gazprom has had a turbulent time since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion – its revenue fell by 30% last year with a net loss of $6.9 billion, the largest in 25 years. Moscow's war in Ukraine led to worsening relations with Europe, limiting the operations of the company. "Gazprom is at a dead end, and they're very much aware of it, " Ribakova said after reading the report. Gazprom announced Production has Fallen to USSR...1970s Levels "Everything According to Plan " 😀😀

[WillsJazzLoft]

While it's true that the Ukrainian pilots need substantial training time to become competent on the F-16, their military as a whole has proven to be highly adept and adaptive under pressure. So if anything, the arrival of the F16s has been underhyped. The Ukrainian military has in the past surprised and even caught analysts off guard. If it wasn't all that, then the Ukrainians wouldn't have bothered.

[MickyChowMein]

No country can eat up losing a thousand men a day for long, I just dread to think at how many Ukraine is losing as well. I'm beginning to see what military commanders in Vietnam meant when they were saying how their government wasn't allowing them to win that war. It seems America had the same mindset when it comes to not allowing Ukraine to strike prime, big, juicy targets in Russia. They are costing their allies thousands of lives with such rules. Maybe tens of thousands of lives. They must revise these backward rules.

[daejavue]

Excellent contribution by Col Phillip Imgram, well explained easy to understand, this guy knows his stuff & recognises the Ukraines are doing a tremendous job at reducing the, Russian offensive attacks with a lot less men, stopping the Russian offensive several times a day .

Looking at Russian tank losses, I feel they will run out of Tanks by late fall & their artillery pieces are in a similar shape, daily being destroyed, barrels wearing out & problems with Ammo stocks under constant Interdiction by Ukraine .

With a reduced working population causeling production to fall in all sectors & their services infestructure also suffering very badly, will cause Russia to go on the back foot as winter starts adding to their problems of fresh troops with very little training adapting to winter conditions .

The Russians will start to find supply problems of armoured vehicles, ammo stocks constantly being interdicted & men shortages as winter sets in on half trained troops .
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦, 🇬🇧

[ManinOdessa]

Excellent and high quality guests. Thank you.

[TonyM]

They need two things to take the pressure off of the Ukrainians on the front line. 1) stop restrictions on use of western weapons in Russia. 2) more fighter jets.

[GrenadeMan]

I disagree, even having a few fighter jets is going to be useful, until they get more. Ukraine also has the superior intelligence.

[roelkomduur]

Mind you, at the time of Afghanistan the USSR had 240 million( Russia has 140 mil.) people and included Ukraine..

[tomarmstrong]

Poorly trained troops, inferior weaponry, and an increasingly shrinking number of experienced officers are not winning strategies.

[Kooka]

I have really enjoyed this series of interviews. Hats off to the interviewer, who asks sharp, pertinent questions, and he is a very good listener. Well done all and thanks.

[KathyMethven-sh]

God Bless 🙏🙏🙏 Ukraine with Victory and Justice ⚖️⚖️⚖️

[charlestyser]

Giving Ukraine everything it needs to win this war and Ukrainian integration into the EU and NATO is the west’s best self defense.

[davetekannon]

Just hearing Phillip say that today 1, 300 souls left the Russian Armed Forces is so off-the-charts, it's impossible to imagine so many men lost.

[TimTernet]

Went to A talk by the Presedent of Gasprom (a big man) at Pembrok Collage Oxford, quite a few years ago. Tim

[nancyhope]

Thank you. Very interesting and useful.

[j-ch]

Truly informative. Tks a lot for those itws of all those good specialists... I can follow easely their insights of high level. Yur site is a good one. I like to view yur vids daily.

[richardberkeley]

The difficulty of flying Lockheed planes for ex-Soviet trained pilots has been well-known for over 20 years. The surprise expressed by commentators that the F16s are not going to make a miraculous difference in the short term is surprising in itself.

[sjl]

Just a question for Russians. What do you think happens when we over here in western countries actually start fighting? How do you think things would go in St. Petersburg with the Finnish armed forces alone? I don’t wish to negate the great efforts that Ukrainians have been making for their territories for an age, but I ask Russians to wake up. You had plenty of chance to make positive impact on Ukraine as an ally, but the majority have seen joining Europe and west as better for their future. Flattening their eastern cities only has hardened that resolve.

[doubleslit]

What a great explanation of how Ukraine has so cleverly played their cards as the man in the middle. Right; they’ve trained with both the Russians and the West. They know how stagnant and unwieldy Russian command & control often is and how flexible and surprisingly devastating the west’s operational control can be when.