Top general says Ukrainian forces have captured almost as much territory in Russia in the past week as Russia has captured in Ukraine this year
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Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said his forces had captured about 1,000 square kilometers of territory in Russia's Kursk region.
  • Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive into Russia’s Kursk region last Tuesday.
  • They have captured around 1,000 square kilometers of Russian land so far, Kyiv’s top general said.
  • That figure is almost as much territory as Russia has seized in Ukraine this year.
  • mars296@fedia.io
    8·
    1 month ago

    The person you replied to is not talking about cavalry. Horses were used by the Germans for moving men and equipment.

    • WandererEnglish
      42·
      1 month ago

      I know. But I made the original comment and I wasn’t on about horses being used for moving men and equipment. I was talking about them being used instead of tanks.

      Okay. Horses were used to move men and equipment. How is that related to my original point?

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 month ago

        Okay. Horses were used to move men and equipment. How is that related to my original point?

        Dragoons are cavalry. That’s how.

        Yes, it’s obvious they wouldn’t use lancers. Even in WWI cavalry charges are a thing of post-war (Soviet, Polish, maybe others’) propaganda much more than of actual use.