Posted on 12/24/2023 1:08:37 PM PST by Mariner
Western officials should be wary of public comments that suggest Russia has already been defeated in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its Dec. 22 report.
In recent days, high-ranking Western officials have made public comments emphasizing Russia's strategic failures in Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Dec. 22 that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin "has lost Ukraine altogether." U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made similar comments on Dec. 20, saying Russia has already failed to meet its key aim of conquering Ukraine.
As military aid to Ukraine stalls and the country girds itself for a difficult winter at war, these comments may suggest that Western support for Ukraine is not urgently needed, the ISW warns.
"Russian information space actors will likely continue to exploit Western statements regarding the failure of Russian operations in 2023 and falsely frame such statements as indicators that Western leaders intend to stop supporting Ukraine," analysts said.
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Jim Robinson—”No f-bombs. No c-words, no sh-words, etc. Not even masked.”
Source?
“You agreed to this when you signed up for posting privileges.
This means leave off the the cussing and swear words. No f-bombs. No c-words, no sh-words, etc. Not even masked. If in a headline or article you’re preparing to post, bleep it out.
Do not take the Lord’s name in vain.”
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He bleeped it out!
Bleeping out applies to a headline, and that wasn’t bleeping out anyway.
You should apply to be a hall monitor. Most of us are adults here. We understand the rules and follow them.
Thanks for that.
Something I’ve been doing for over 25 years is against the rules lol
That is JR you are complaining about, tell him.
In other news, reports of the demise of the USSR have also been greatly exaggerated.
I never complain about the boss. In fact I revere him.
The evil that lurks there is like herpes - it never goes away. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance", somebody once wrote.
If you have a complaint about JR you should ping him.
This Regime has been running on fake narratives and fabrications like Ghost of Kiev, Russia running out of munitions, Russian unsustainable casualties... etc. for 20 months.
And now now they have to pivot to Ukraine will be defeated if Zelensky is not given more ten of billions.
Which is awkward when they have claimed Ukraine winning the war every day until about a month ago.
They are trapped by their own lies, and they deserve it.
All I know is, battle lines about where they were a year ago but moved westward in certain areas; Ukraine “counteroffensive” made no difference, except there are a lot fewer Ukrainians now than there were a year ago; Russia can maintain indefinitely but Ukraine is dependent on fickle eurotrash and the Biden cabal for survival, and those are slender reeds.
Strange response to post 2.
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