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Ukraine War: 'Russia has lost a third of their ground forces in Ukraine'
Sky News YouTube Channel ^ | May 15, 2022 | Sky News

Posted on 05/15/2022 9:10:55 AM PDT by Widget Jr

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To: Cronos

Thank you for your postđź‘Ť


41 posted on 05/15/2022 10:15:01 AM PDT by hawkaw
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To: Widget Jr

This is good news so the war is almost over, they don’t need our $40 billion.


42 posted on 05/15/2022 10:15:48 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: italianquaker

https://youtu.be/HofYk2KPLTQ


43 posted on 05/15/2022 10:16:33 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (Slava Ukraine! (s))
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To: jimwatx; Widget Jr
Why do you Soros puppets continue lie?

Actually, it was you that lied, or maybe you're just dumb (we know already that you are dumb, but it's possible that you also lied). You stated in your original post the question: "Why did Austin call Shoigu if Ukraine was winning?"

Widget replied that that question originates from Gonzalo Lira, one of the sources you clowns parrot but never cite in your posts, pretending it is your own original thought.

You replied "no, it came from the NY Post."

But the NY Post does not ask your troll question: "Why did this call happen if Ukraine is winning?"

So you see, that's called lying, or being very dumb. We know already that you are dumb, but we also know you are not averse to lying.

44 posted on 05/15/2022 10:21:40 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Widget Jr

It would be helpful if we could get some additional Ukraine
military news from people who are not part of the Ukraine military cheerleading squad.


45 posted on 05/15/2022 10:27:40 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

I see no mention of Gonzalo Lira in that NY Post article, not sure why your side insists he’s the only source for this. I’ve noticed in your many posts you have a propensity for name calling and personal attacks, I thought that was frowned upon here? It’s usually a sign that one’s argument lacks substance.


46 posted on 05/15/2022 10:28:15 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Widget Jr

ROFL - thats funny.
just because msm denies all russian breakthru’s and advances don’t mean it’s not happening daily but some can put head in sand and be ignorant.(unfortunately those are the trolls who have been posting a lot of this BS)
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“One of the bloodiest battlefields in Eastern Ukraine remains the Izyum area in the Kharkiv region. The Russian-led forces have established an important stronghold in the town and continue to expand their control zone in two main directions: to the south-east towards the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk as well as to the south-west towards the town of Barvenkovo, which was turned into the main stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the region. In turn, Ukrainian forces continue their attempts to counter-attack the Russian grouping to the west of Izyum.

So far, the Russian-led forces managed to take control over the village of Dolgenkoe in the south-eastern direction.

On May 14th, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported an offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of Bogorodichnoye and Krasnopolye. The villages are located about 6 and 12 kilometers south of Dolgenkoe. So far, no confirmation of the Russian control over the villages was reported. On May 15th, a counterattack of the Ukrainian units was repelled near Dolgenkoe.

The Russian control over the villages of Krasnopolye, Dolyna and Bogorodichnoe will cut the road leading to the west to the town of Svyatogorsk where Ukrainian units remain. Amid the Russian advance, the AFU grouping in the town risks being surrounded in the coming days.

To the south-west of Izyum, the clashes reached the Barvenkovo area, the large stronghold of Ukrainian forces. On May 15, clashes were reported on the south-eastern outskirts of the town in the village of Gusarovka. The Russian offensive is carried out from the village of Kurulki. So far, the clashes continue in the villages on the outskirts, while Barvenkovo remains under the AFU control. The advance of the Russian-led forces to Barvenkovo from the south-eastern directions cuts one of the roads heading from Barvenkovo to Slavyansk.

In their turn, Ukrainian forces continue their attempts to cross the Seversky Donets River near the village of Protopovka to the west of Izyum and counterattack the flank of Russian forces advancing towards Slavyansk. The first attempts of counterattacks by the AFU units in the region were reported more than a week ago. So far, they have not led to any success.

The Russian positions were strengthened after the Russian troops took control over the village of Velikaya Kamishevaha located nearby, from where they could attack Ukrainian units on the left bank of the Seversky Donets River.

One of the Ukrainian attempts to cross the river was thwarted on May 14th, when the ponton crossing was destroyed by the Russian artillery. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published footage of the destruction of the pontoon crossing of the AFU.

The front lines in the area of Izyum remain one of the main battlefields of the war in Ukraine. The recent successes of the AFU near the city of Kharkiv allow to transfer more forces from the region to support the counter offensive near Izyum. However, the AFU are yet to slow down the advance of the Russian-led forces aimed at surrounding of the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.”


47 posted on 05/15/2022 10:29:34 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: italianquaker

The point of my responses is that the war in Ukraine has become a meat grinder for all those involved including all the civilians that the Ukrainians have continued to use as human shields. America hasn’t been involved in a war like this with equal 1st class weapons snd soldiers on both sides since Korea, where we did not win and lost nearly 50k in two years, the Koreans millions. Make jokes of the Russians and I can post piles of Ukrainian and foreign merc bodies all day long too.

This whole damned thing is a Deep State, military industrial complex, Soros, Mcain, Linda, Peloso, Romnie, Brit, Nato, HILLARY, et al op, and we’ll all be lucky to get out alive by the time it’s all done.

The only way to win is not to play.


48 posted on 05/15/2022 10:30:21 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (Slava Ukraine! (s))
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To: Socon-Econ

These same sources predicted Ukraine’s fall at the very beginning. Just because they have good news doesn’t mean British Intelligence has decided to engage in propaganda.

Putinists feel this way because they know, deep down, that 100% of what they read on their shitty Russkie blogs, in between news articles about captured Canadian generals and French army officers carrying jars of bioweapons, is a bunch of shitty worthless propaganda.

To cope, they pretend all other news sources are the same way, from respected journalists we all enjoyed/acknowledged before to entire governments with no reason to lie (and plenty reasons to escape a quagmire before it becomes one).


49 posted on 05/15/2022 10:31:12 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: CarolinaReaganFan
just because msm denies all russian breakthru’s and advances don’t mean it’s not happening daily but some can put head in sand and be ignorant.(unfortunately those are the trolls who have been posting a lot of this BS)

CarolinaPutinFan, every Russkie defeat to you morons is a secret victory, and Russia's list of victories literally has no end, despite there being a complete void of evidence supporting this magnificent stream of victories.

At this rate, shouldn't you be swearing left and right that Russia has conquered all of Ukraine, the Baltics, and its forces are preparing to launch an invasion on the UK?

51 posted on 05/15/2022 10:35:09 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: colonelzanders
Russia doesn’t even have 1/5 of their forces in Ukraine

On the contrary, Russia has between 70-90% of its entire army in Ukraine. This includes troops from far away regions guarding the Chinese border. I recall they had the worst and oldest equipment!

There is not much left for Russia to mobilize. Anything new will have to be conscripted and trained. And Russia does not have the officer pool to lead them, since the Russkies maintained all the worst parts of the Soviet Army and got rid of the best parts (a large Officer pool to push its slave-soldiers into battle).

52 posted on 05/15/2022 10:37:30 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: jimwatx
OK, I made a mistake here.

I saw Lira's video 2022.05.14 Why Did Lloyd Austin Call Sergei Shoigu? before your post on the NY Post article about Austin's call. The NY post article does not speculate on why Austin called, it only reported that he did. Lira's video speculates on the why, which I think is wrong. You have the right to have your own opinion on why Austin called Shoigu, which I disagree with as well. Fair enough?

53 posted on 05/15/2022 10:40:21 AM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: jimwatx
Yeah, there is a ring of truth in what Lira says about it. Here is why Ukraine and "friends" lie so much.


54 posted on 05/15/2022 10:40:53 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: jimwatx
I see no mention of Gonzalo Lira in that NY Post article

Exactly! The question you claimed was sourced to NYPost was not in the NyPost article.

not sure why your side insists he’s the only source for this.

You mean the only source for troll rhetorical questionso r comments. We know you stole it from him because (1) you clearly know who he is, and (2) Because Putinists have no thoughts of their own and only make troll rhetorical points that they heard from other people, without bothering to cite their sources. I have seen this phenomena a thousand times, even quoting word for word from Russia's Ministry of Defense without bothering to state that they were quoting them.

It’s usually a sign that one’s argument lacks substance.

This doesn't work either since you called the other poster a liar first. Whining now all of a sudden after making such a post only shows that you recognize that your BS has been exposed and that your arguments lack substance.

55 posted on 05/15/2022 10:43:47 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Widget Jr; All

Who believes Russia has lost 60,000 men in Ukraine?


56 posted on 05/15/2022 10:44:16 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Dogbert41

Most sensible post on the thread.


57 posted on 05/15/2022 10:44:37 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

These same sources predicted Ukraine’s fall at the very beginning. Just because they have good news doesn’t mean British Intelligence has decided to engage in propaganda.
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The objective among us would rather decide for ourselves which reports are valid. This requires that we get BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY, not just the side being promoted by the Ukraine military cheerleading squad and its Democrat backets.


58 posted on 05/15/2022 10:44:55 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Karl Spooner

What is it with Russian propagandists from the West and looking like such schlubs? Couldn’t the Russkies attract a better class of people to parrot their BS? Why these ugly morons and child molesters like Scott Ritter?


59 posted on 05/15/2022 10:45:21 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Socon-Econ
The objective among us would rather decide for ourselves which reports are valid. This requires that we get BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY, not just the side being promoted by the Ukraine military cheerleading squad and its Democrat backets.

Unfortunately, I have never seen any of you actually engage in "getting both sides of the story." It's cute rhetoric and subterfuge though.

60 posted on 05/15/2022 10:47:06 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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