Orange line is Russian front 2 weeks and thousands of men ago.
Posted on 04/08/2023 9:58:10 AM PDT by ganeemead
Putin simply does not have Stalin's ability to coerce new divisions into existence. Russia's political weakness also hamstrings its operations because Putin cannot call up troops from the major metropolitan areas of Moscow and St. Petersburg because of fear of the political fallout. The Russian government is also wracked by internal political struggles with possibly deadly consequences for the higher ups. Shoigu's daughter and her family are cooling their heels in the UAE for a reason. Not exactly a vote of confidence in the system. Like Hitler, Putin plays favorites and sets commanders against one another and gives orders impossible or destructive to fulfill.
As far as the hate goes, that is reciprocated by the Ukrainians, the Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Georgians etc. Virtually every nation around Russia hates Russia with a passion and for good reason. And Putin has performed the alchemical miracle of converting a great deal of Ukraine's Russian speakers into Ukrainians.
looongest three days in history...
The Russian media has been saying that for a while.
It’s a small town in a punch bowl. To the west there are hills rising about the east. The Russians will be hammered and sniped every minute they sit there. And it’s too muddy to get their armor up the hills or through the marshy areas.
Congratulations. You’ve spend months trying to gain 1/2 mile of territory that is going to cost even more to hold.
“Bakmut Has Fallen”
Funny, that might be news to the Russian Colonel who got sniped in Bakmut this morning. I hope his family enjoys their Easter knowing he died to make Russia Soviet again.
Did it ever occur to you that Russia might of been trying to limit Uke casualties? Did it occur to you that if they had wanted to, they could of simply employed thermobarics from planes, artie, even hand helds? That’s only one aspect. They’re not as crippled as you’d like to think. I simply don’t want a war and see my country get dragged into one, yet so many seem to cheerlead it. I care not what happens over there. Not my circus, not my monkeys. I have enough problems here. Most Uke cheerleaders won’t be happy until their kids are dying.
Kyiv in 3 millennia!
Russians destroy wherever they go in Ukraine.
Orange line is Russian front 2 weeks and thousands of men ago.
Ukraine is the war that has been won and lost simultaneously by both sides since it began.
“Russia lies all the time”
they must be kin to the NYT and WP.
Russia lies all the time”.
It’s the way of Communists...
Ukraine goes away, splits up, Vlad gets his chess pieces and the rest becomes absorbed by Poland. Instant NATO expansion and problem doesn’t go away.
Regarding the war itself, I don't see NATO borders as magical lines: if Putin succeeds here, he'll go after the Baltics or Poland next. And allowing all of Europe's wealth and technical know-how to join with Russia and China cannot possibly be in US interests, so the US should act to see that Russia gains nothing from this war so it won't be tempted to try again any time soon.
I haven’t seen such an out of touch paragraph in some time.
China got all the tech it needs from the US decades ago, and we continue to build their economy and military with every purchase. You clearly have no idea of Russian military capabilities and have heavily exaggerated those of the Uke’s. Uke’s are stupid by nature. They love Nazis. I saw this personally in my time there. They actively participated in the festivities. There are many good Ukrainian people, but they’re so poor, they’re nothing but political pawns and human shields for the Uke’s who gun em down when they attempt to flee an area. This whole war could of been avoided, and the idea that Russia is going after more territory after this I find ludicrous. However, if Russia came to Canada, it might be an improvement at this point. US isn’t far behind. The issues we face at home have never been so dire as they are now.
New allies are being formed as the west keeps making more enemies and making the future of our children increasingly dangerous. Hey, let’s just keep prodding war on, what can go wrong? We’re the holy, righteous good guys right?
Ukraine isn't much better.
“strategically worthless mining town out in the boonies.”
Tell the BBC propaganda masters—they have not gotten the word yet:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64877991
“if Putin succeeds here, he’ll go after the Baltics or Poland next”
This is wild speculation of the most inflammatory kind.
prettymuch...
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