Courtesy of Mish.
On January 18, in Graves Waiting For Bodies: Major War Escalation in Ukraine; In 5 Weeks Ukraine Out of Money I noted the rebels captured the airport at Donetsk.
Donetsk Airport Battle is Over
Dreizin also informs me that “The battle for the Donetsk airport is over. The rebels expelled Ukraine’s most elite units from their last redoubts in the new terminal building.“
Also on January 18, Reuters reported Ukrainian Troops Retake Most of Donetsk Airport From Rebels.
Ukrainian troops recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks, as thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march on Sunday.
The offensive brought fighting close to the industrial city of Donetsk, centre of a pro-Russian rebellion, while shelling intensified in other parts of the region known as “Donbass”.
Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said “We succeeded in almost completely cleansing the territory of the airport, which belongs to the territory of Ukrainian forces as marked by military separation lines.”
Colonel Cassad and Jacob Dreisin got the story correct. Western media outlets instead believe totally discredited sources in Kiev.
No Glory in Stupidity
On January 28, the LA Times reported How Ukraine’s Outgunned ‘Cyborgs’ Lost Donetsk Airport.
Some of the LA Times report is accurate, albeit late.
Other parts seemed to glorify the “cyborgs” who “for 242 days, had held out against pro-Russia separatists who bombarded them from beyond the runways and prowled above and below them in the wreckage of the terminal.“
In my view, there is no glory in stupidity. But there’s even less in sheer madness.
Here are some snips from the LA Times article.
Brigade commander Col. Yevgeny Moysyuk noted “We couldn’t get our tanks or armored vehicles there anymore because they had used the truce time to fortify all the side approaches and deploy all kinds of heavy weapons.”…
