So you have deluded yourself into believing that the Ukrainians cannot fight in the winter inside their own country?
Let me remind you of what happened to the Russian Army back in February and March...
Posted on 10/10/2022 8:22:28 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Yesterday’s response revealed more than hypocrisy or even projection from Vladimir Putin — it revealed desperation. After the humiliation of the attack on the Kerch bridge, which Putin personally opened as a symbol of Russian permanence in Ukraine, Putin unleashed cruise missile attacks on cities across Ukraine overnight. Missiles struck as far from the front as Lviv, making it clear that this had no military value but instead was a terror attack on Ukrainians:
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Ahem. The Kerch bridge was and still is a legitimate military target, as it is a major line of communication for the Russian military. In fact, that was both its nominal and symbolic purpose when Putin ordered it built. The rail line especially has military value for munitions, fuel, heavy materiel, and personnel. Putin built it not just for an alternative to ferries for civilian traffic but also as a much faster resupply route for Russian military forces in Crimea.
The problem for Putin is that he sold the symbolism of the bridge a little too well. The successful attack on the bridge has made it clear that Putin and his military are falling backward, not moving forward, even if the rushed and incompetent mobilization hadn’t already made that clear to ordinary Russians.
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Russia should have taken out the Ukraine’s infrastructure in the first 72 hours of the war.
Apparently, narratives and talking points were issued from the CIA/MI6 front located in Kyiv, yes?
“Zelenskiy Accuses Russia Of ‘Terrorism’ As Deadly Strikes In Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Continue”
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zaporizhzhya-zelenskiy-strike-dead—terrorism-putin/32072921.html
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Putin couldn’t because the Russian Armed Forces don’t have that capability, outside of nukes (and its questionable whether those still work after 30 years in storage, considering how poorly the rest of the military was maintained).
That just showed you Part I of their not having “capabilities”....
The coming months are going to be interesting indeed.
General Winter is coming.
Yes, he seems to think warfare is valid only when conducted by one side.
After 9/11 everything is called terrorism even those arrested over January 6th here in the USA are held without bail as if they were terrorists.
So you have deluded yourself into believing that the Ukrainians cannot fight in the winter inside their own country?
Let me remind you of what happened to the Russian Army back in February and March...
All the war porn you want, right here:
https://www.russiapost.su/archives/307663
And more can certainly be linked, be assured.
Russia’s biggest mistake was playing Vietnam with these guys.
Taking out infrastructure is not the same as bombing residential blocks as Russia is doing
And it should be remembered that Putin was bombing civilian infrastructure even before whatever happened at Kerch.
From a military point of view, I agree. I do believe that the RF was somewhat constrained militarily, though, because it had to consolidate markets and acquire new ones to counter sanctions. That, in turn, involved having to bring China,India, and the Global South to the RF side, at least implicitly. China, in particular, is sensitive to anything that encourages secession movements. Samarkand resolved that, and the Kerch Bridge incident provided a very public reason for going after Ukrainian infrastructure.
Putinist Russia hurts women and children because their military is being smashed to pieces by Ukrainian farmers.
Winter will test both sides, but I expect that Russia’s troops will do worse because of poor logistics. In essence, Russia relies mostly on rail, with only a limited road and off road transport capability. As a result, Russia will have a hard time supplying its troops this winter.
One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.
Nuke em Pootie!!!! Nuke em!!!
Cause, you know, the dems might lose power. And if they aren’t in control, the world can and should just be ended.
Thank you for reminding us the mentally-ill delusions promoted by communists and their useful psychotics.
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