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Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated Starosillia and Davydiv Brid in Kherson region. VIDEO
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Ukrainian defenders liberated Starosillia in the Kherson region. In addition, the Ukrainian flag was also raised in the village of Davydiv Brid.
“Kherson region, Starosillia. Yesterday they went to Arkhanhelske, today - to Starosillia. Step by step, Kherson region is freed from the occupiers,” said one of the soldiers.
There was also information that a Ukrainian flag was also raised in the village of Davydiv Brid in the Kherson region.
Putin made a catastrophicw mistake waging complete war on Ukraine. Just prior to his offensivive, Russian units without opposition entered without opposition the contested regions and it was apparent that Ukraine was about to concede these regions to Russia. When Putin invaded the rest of eastern Ukraine and tried to seize the capital Kiev, all out war which was unnecessary, began as a matter of Ukrainian survival.
With this absurd decision Putin negated whatever progress Russia made extracting itslf from the soul killing 90 years of communism. He has created immense strategic problems for Russia. China now knows that Russia cannot defend conventionally its rich underpopulated Asian Pacific territories or Siberia. NATO also knows that the Russian army, once feared and respected, is not a conventional offensive threat.
Now with energy supplies severely compromised and the EU poisoned on the tonics of green lunacy, Europe faces cold, dark, economically depressed times.
Putin and to some extent the American response has made the world a much poorer and dangerous place. Talk of “limited nuclear war” is now a serious concern among rational people.
“Out of 23 people, only 7 remain. we are waiting for you”: the occupier with the call sign Cannibal urges Russians not to be afraid and go to war against Ukraine.
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An occupier with the call sign ‘Cannibal’ complains about the lack of military personnel in the ranks of the occupation army.
As the censor reports. No, the video was released by Russian propagandists.
“We have 7 out of 23 people left on the 19th. We need people, this is the most important resource. ... We are waiting for them (mobilized. - Ed.), do not be afraid, we will win together,” the Russian occupier said.
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I can’t help but think Xi Jinping went into hiding because Putin said he was going to use a nuke on Ukraine.
In short, the Western plan is not working. The sanctions cost the West more, it’s running out of weapons to send and there are signs of softening. If Moscow’s plan was to move slowly and wait them out, then it’s working.
One should not rule out the possibility of a negotiated settlement and it may be that NATO realizes in time that it has painted itself into a corner from which that is the only exit. But it’s hard to see, given all the hyperbole, how the West’s present rulers could admit to such an enormous failure. Electoral replacement, while happening, is too slow. And why would Moscow ever trust anything the West says? A unilateral surrender by Kiev is possible but the only way I could see it is if Zelensky were overthrown. Therefore I rate a negotiated ending as not impossible at the moment but of very low probability. But time is on Russia’s side and October’s improbability may be March’s desperate desire.
More likely to me is, to use a World War II analogy, that now that Kiev’s Operation Citadel in the Kursk Salient is petering out, it’s time for a really powerful mechanized offensive accompanied by strikes deep in the rear with no holding back. One must remember that Putin said they hadn’t really started – I think we’re about to see what he meant. And sooner, I would guess, rather than later. I can’t imagine that anyone in Moscow wants this thing still going on next February.