They are trying to set up a defensive bubble? I am no general, but it seems to be a poor idea to concentrate masses of troops and equipment to get blown to pieces.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Retreating Russians leave their comrades' bodies behind
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Retreating Russians leave their comrades' bodies behind
Russian troops abandoned a key Ukrainian city so rapidly that they left the bodies of their comrades in the streets, offering more evidence Tuesday of Moscow's latest military defeat as it struggles to hang on to four regions of Ukraine that it illegally annexed last week. Meanwhile, Russia’s...www.yahoo.com
Responding to the annexation move, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally ruled out talks with Russia. Zelenskyy’s decree released Tuesday declares that holding negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin has become impossible after his decision to take over the four regions of Ukraine.
Replying to myself, I suppose the upshot for Russia is that when Russian troops are all close together, it is harder for them to surrender.
WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon’s international affairs chief said Monday that Russia’s new losses in the strategic southern Kherson region are about to spiral into a “major defeat” that would give Ukraine a defensive position amid “hot fighting” expected this winter.
After news that Ukrainian forces broke through Moscow’s defenses in Kherson, which Moscow saw as the gateway to Odessa, Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander said the Ukrainians were on the verge of pushing back the main Russian bridgehead across the Dnipro River.
“That would be a major defeat for Russia because it pushes back even more Russia’s ambition to take Odessa, which was one of the stated objectives earlier this year,” Wallander said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event.
“It gives Ukraine another defensive position to ride out what probably will be hot fighting over the winter,” Wallander said, adding that in spite of Ukraine’s recent strategic successes, the U.S. and international community must continue to supply Ukraine with aid."
After news that Ukrainian forces broke through Moscow’s defenses in Kherson, which Moscow saw as the gateway to Odessa, Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander said the Ukrainians were on the verge of pushing back the main Russian bridgehead across the Dnipro River.
“That would be a major defeat for Russia because it pushes back even more Russia’s ambition to take Odessa, which was one of the stated objectives earlier this year,” Wallander said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event.
“It gives Ukraine another defensive position to ride out what probably will be hot fighting over the winter,” Wallander said, adding that in spite of Ukraine’s recent strategic successes, the U.S. and international community must continue to supply Ukraine with aid."
What exactly is Russia going to trade besides energy?
The end of this will be a partitioning of Russia with all of the wealth that Putin squandered being used to rebuild Ukraine, Europe paying Ukrainian companies to sell Russian energy that will be part of its suit for peace, Europe physically rebuilding Ukraine, and Ukraine paying back the UK and US for everything it has done to make this possible. Essentially, Europe is going to get the dirty work in return for energy and America and the UK profit off it at the expense of Russia.
And then we all say haha sorry when the Russians cry that it's not fair.
I mean, if that’s the way things were in the 18th century, who are we to say no?
It’s a lot of make up. Underneath it all her face must look like the surface of Mars.
They probably can't hold out that long but they could cuddle together when they are freezing to death in a month or so. And as you first stated-think about the new anti infantry warheads the US is supplying-ouch!
It really seems like a house of cards is falling in at least parts of Ukraine. I wonder where it realistically stops before the pace goes back to "normal".
They probably have some type of Voltron technology where they form one larger sword wielding robot.
Food and raw materials, mostly.
I don’t think Versailles II is really in the cards
Ukraine is dirt poor.
They’re never ‘paying back’ the UK and U.S. what we’ve given them to fight this war.
That was never, ever in the cards.
There will unquestionably be profits collected, but the American and UK taxpayers aren’t going to see them. They’re responsible for providing them.
That’s how this works.
That’s how ALL of this works.
Believe it or not, I paid $1200 to the descendant of some colonial family to extinguish a ground rent provision that one of the Queen's ancestors set up. That one pissed me off on principle alone
I cannot wait until they finally get to Mariupol. That will be quite symbolic.
Whereas Russians have been exposed to the west and had opportunity to warm up to the civilized world, North Koreans have not. I believe their will to fight would resemble Ukraines more than Russias. There would likely be little surrender and a LOT of death.
One man's opinion.
Greenwald backs fascists like Bolsinaro and Putin, but “opposes censorship.”
Wide right, Natty Lite.
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That has to be sandbagging talk, right? How the hell is Russia supposed to conduct offensive operations this winter?
If that's true the amount of area Russia controls west of the Dnipro River is quickly shrinking.
They can’t be deployed outside of Russia, huh? How about newly acquired land that used to be in Ukraine?
You just know that most of these idiots are going to talk about the war they fought in until the day they die
The thing that worries me is, isn't Elon providing Ukraine free internet right now via starlink? They kind of need that to keep fighting.
I think Elon is being an idiot here but calling him out for it like that might not be the best move.
Crimea or bust. I want that bridge blowing up like the Dirty Dozen or Bridge over the River Kwai. Too much blood equity has been spilled. Elon can suck on my tailpipe. All carbon emissions in his lungs. Stupid f'k'r.
Russia cannot equip its soldiers for warfare in decent weather. How are those conscripts going to fare in freezing temperatures with little food and clothing designed for June?
Vodka. When that runs out, battery acid.
How big of a piece of shit would someone have to be to buy a Tesla after Musk took away internet from a tiny country fighting Russia because his feelings got hurt on Twitter?
Goes both ways.
Elon has mental issues. That's part of being on the spectrum. This, often, clouds his decision making. Yes, he's made money on Tesla, but most of his cash came from PayPal, which had co-founders.
Holy hell!
Greenwald’s fearless reporting is what exposed the corruption and got Lula out of jail.
How can you have this completely backwards?
Sheesh, it’s not just an ignorant take, it’s the antithesis of reality.
Congrats.
Elon can be that big of a piece of shit.
Remember he called a cave diver a pedo on twitter because the cave diver said his submarine idea wouldn't work.
Honestly Elon is way smarter than Trump but he's got the capacity to lash out just like Trump when his feelings get hurt.
....Hmmm....what if we air-dropped fake vodka bottles filled with methanol over there in Russian-occupied areas?
🤔
I think Zelensky's poke at him with his own poll struck just the right tone.
Just drop bottles of flavored methanol. That shit will blind and kill the f'ers. Methanol gets converted to formaldehyde so embalming is for free. Plenty of idiots in India die making the homebrew which is contaminated with methanol. I would gladly dump Vlad's famous methvodka all over Russia.
I'm guessing Ukraine has access to US sat coms. I am also guessing they are a bit more robust and secure compared to star stink.
Maybe Starlink was just a stopgap which allowed Ukraine to survive the early days of the invasion when Russia knocked out their "traditional" infrastructure and has been replaced with something else. Not sure.
