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Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready for its counteroffensive but warns that 'a large number of soldiers will die'
Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | June 3rd, 2023 | Peter Gelling

Posted on 06/03/2023 2:14:57 PM PDT by Mariner

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To: PIF

“one estimate is up to 80% loss of Russia’s total air assets in the first week.”

A person has to be pretty dumb to even type that.


61 posted on 06/03/2023 5:24:09 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: caww
What it looks and sounds like is Biden and the EU are using Ukraine’s military and any fighting with them to simply wear Russia’s military might down

Oh yes. Russia is wearing itself out by using 10% of its forces and producing war materials that the West can't come close to matching.

Wearing out the Ruskies is working out about as well with the massive, over-the-top sanctions that were supposed to crush them!

62 posted on 06/03/2023 5:35:01 PM PDT by icclearly
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To: entropy12

Even more on point - Cuba never joined, or even threatened to join, the Warsaw Pact.


63 posted on 06/03/2023 5:41:58 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Make the GOP illegal - everything else will follow)
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To: Mariner

Zelensky isn’t the one making the decisions. Victoria Nuland is.


64 posted on 06/03/2023 6:14:38 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Fido969
What kind of leader send his troops to die by the thousands in a fruitless battle?

One whose afraid of getting as bullet between his eyes.

65 posted on 06/03/2023 6:15:26 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Mariner

Sounds like he’s predicting another meat grinder. Someone needs to stop this madness.


66 posted on 06/03/2023 6:26:14 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: icclearly
Well I honestly don't know what Russia's military percentage is or not or how much of it they're using. I know it's powerful enough that the US tries to track it - who wouldn't bother if they weren’t powerful. Plus we wouldn't have done agreements with Russia regarding nuclear in the past.

I do think when push comes to shove Russia won't be using old tanks or weaponry...

When Russia annexed Crimea our military leaders saw how advanced Russia was in taking out Ukraines communications - even commenting it was impressive. But that was just it, it ‘revealed’ what we didn't know. Perhaps Russia's holding back what it really has and won't waste it on Ukraine.

67 posted on 06/03/2023 6:37:36 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Kazan

“Zelensky isn’t the one making the decisions. Victoria Nuland is.”

Correct.

The Ukrainian “Spring Counteroffensive” is a political imperative dictated by Washington.

They have to show payoff of all the $billions and fancy hardware, not to mention the ENORMOUS political investment.

The piper is calling.


68 posted on 06/03/2023 7:01:33 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

There are rumors going around on Ukr social media that GUR chief Budanov is dead and preparations for a funeral for an “important person” is underway. This is after confirmed strikes on the Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine few days ago.


69 posted on 06/03/2023 7:02:46 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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“There are rumors going around on Ukr social media...”

Rumors are designed to stir emotion in all cases.

Pay them no attention.


70 posted on 06/03/2023 7:11:43 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: dfwgator

we will fight until the last Ukrainian is dead


71 posted on 06/03/2023 7:26:59 PM PDT by SisterK (it's controlled demolition)
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To: PROCON

you win the thread


72 posted on 06/03/2023 7:32:26 PM PDT by SisterK (it's controlled demolition)
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To: PIF
And. . . yet another unprovoked insult from a Youkazoid: "That was performed in front of a Russian audience which found it hilarious as it mocked the Russian Oligarchs - but that’s likely over your head.

Whenever you disagree with a Youkazoid, you get one of two insults. #1 is some form of, "you're an idiot!" #2 is, "you're mentally ill!"

Well, PFFT, it's pretty clear that your "hero" Zelenskyyyy™ has had a lot of practice prancing around in high heels and gyrating like a bath house dwelling homosexual, so that evidence speaks for itself. There's also another vid out there showing the little grease stain running naked through a store with around a dozen gay or at least gay-acting men.

Could any truly straight man shed his clothes and do that? Could any truly straight man prance around in heels half dressed, gyrating in a convincingly effeminate manner and grabbing men's butts? I don't think so. I think your boy goes both ways, like Obama does, not that there's anything wrong with that. . .

73 posted on 06/04/2023 1:16:45 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo
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To: icclearly
"Wearing out the Ruskies is working out about as well with the massive, over-the-top sanctions that were supposed to crush them!

Yeah, that's all worked out just great for people in Europe where fuel prices have doubled and tripled, destroying small and medium businesses, impoverishing people (who were already reeling due to the Covid lockdowns imposed on them by the same scumbags who support Youcrayne) and enraging the citizens of most EU countries.

Take that, Putin!

74 posted on 06/04/2023 1:35:54 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo
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To: Mariner
"'a large number of soldiers will die'"

Translation into plain English: They're all gonna die...

75 posted on 06/04/2023 5:55:16 AM PDT by ganeemead (Ukraine/Zelensky: Adding an element of chutzpah to ordinary Nazism...)
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To: Rocco DiPippo

Another panicked reply. Warms my heart.


76 posted on 06/04/2023 6:09:21 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Mariner

Yes those estimates were from the dumb people (unlike you) at the US DoD.


77 posted on 06/04/2023 6:10:46 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Rocco DiPippo
Take that, Putin!


78 posted on 06/04/2023 7:39:59 AM PDT by icclearly
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To: PIF

The US DoD has NEVER said that Russia has lost EIGHTY PERCENT of it’s air force in Ukraine.

And you cannot cite a reference for such nonsense.


79 posted on 06/04/2023 9:08:40 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

They said if they use it. They Will lose 80%


80 posted on 06/04/2023 10:11:43 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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