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1 posted on 03/21/2023 12:52:51 PM PDT by elpadre
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This is a good situation update


2 posted on 03/21/2023 12:53:57 PM PDT by silverleaf (It’s not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
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excerpted:

“...This is now the second Ukrainian held area on the Donetsk front that is in operational encirclement. In both areas the Russian follow Sun Tzu’s advice to not completely close off an encirclement but to leave a route out. This prevents fanatical defenses by encircled troops or it may even lead the enemy to push more forces into a hopeless position....”


3 posted on 03/21/2023 12:56:05 PM PDT by elpadre (nd )
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Bakhmut has been encircled and doomed to Russian conquest for eight months now. Must be a lot of washing machines in Bakhmut to be worth 30,000+ Russian dead.


4 posted on 03/21/2023 12:56:32 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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Is this the 20th or 25th encirclement? I’ve lost count. /s


6 posted on 03/21/2023 12:59:23 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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The Russians are trying to increase crisis zones so that the Ukrainians can’t form a counter-offensive.


8 posted on 03/21/2023 1:06:13 PM PDT by struggle
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Bakhmut is encircled. All roads in and out of it are under Russian artillery fire.

That is not the definition of encircled. Being (a) under artillery fire and (b) being under control ... are different things.
11 posted on 03/21/2023 1:10:26 PM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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I wonder how long it will be before Biden runs out of Ukrainian Pawns to sacrifice?


14 posted on 03/21/2023 1:42:32 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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The ground dries up May.

“That attack is supposed to go off as soon as the muddy ground has dried up a bit.”


15 posted on 03/21/2023 1:51:44 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they wacnto die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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For 8 years causing thousands of civilian deaths...

“Avdiivka is strongly fortified. Its coke plant is a strong-point. The Ukrainian army used the city to lob artillery into Donetsk city.”


16 posted on 03/21/2023 1:53:32 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they wacnto die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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The link is https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/03/ukraine-sitrep-avdiivka.html, Mod can you correct please?
17 posted on 03/21/2023 1:58:52 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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If Russia's claims of how high Ukraine's casualties are were true Ukraine would have fallen a year ago. That has not happened. As far as Bakhmut, according to pro-Russian sources it has been on the verge of falling for six months. That has not happened either. Avdiivka? Ditto.

All of the supposedly informed in Russia's favor has not changed what is happening on the ground one inch. For all its claimed importance of Bakhmut and now Avdiivka, if Russia captures either is a long road to get anywhere else.

19 posted on 03/21/2023 2:08:55 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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Bkmk


23 posted on 03/21/2023 4:36:56 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy thmkeorist stuff, there.”)
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