Posted on 10/22/2022 5:04:26 PM PDT by Widget Jr
The Russian withdrawal from western Kherson Oblast has begun. Russian forces likely intend to continue that withdrawal over the next several weeks but may struggle to withdraw in good order if Ukrainian forces choose to attack. Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command stated on October 21 that Russian forces are “quite actively” transferring ammunition, military equipment, and some unspecified units from the Dnipro River’s west bank to the east bank via ferries.[1] The Southern Operational Command added that Russian forces deployed 2,000 mobilized men to hold the frontlines and are continuing to shell Ukrainian positions, likely in an effort to cover their withdrawal.[2] Ukrainian military officials reported that the Russian occupation administration is preparing the evacuation of imported Russian specialists, Ukrainian collaborators, and Kherson’s banking system.[3] Russian occupation administration in Beryslav and humanitarian facilities in Kherson City also reportedly ceased operations.[4]
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You’ve got to keep your eye on Bolsheviks. They are always air brushing history and gaslighting into the next phase of their psywar op.
The Ukrainians are evacuating Mykolaiv? What source reported that? Are you sure that they aren’t also evacuating Kyiv? 🙄
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63272202
Olena, is it you?
Putinists are desperate. The 3 day special operation is now nearing 9 months long. Temporarily turning out the lights isn’t going to make Ukraine surrender. It will just increase their desire to remove Russian occupiers.
What’s really going on her is a gaslighting effort by Russia and its fellow travelers to make it seem Ukraine has lost and is no longer worthy of support from the west. That’s the only way Russia’s fake and Potemkin society can “win” this war. Its army has been soundly beaten and is on the run tonight from Ukrainian “farmers and miners”. Victorious armies don’t retreat, obviously.
Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but it looks like another four Ukrainian oblasts will be voting on whether to leave Ukraine and join Russia. Putin’s gettin’ the band back together!
Which four oblasts?
The title should be:
“How to win a battle and lose a war.”
Did you even read what you link to? There’s no mention on the story of Ukraine evacuating Mykolaiv or anywhere else.
Putin is in it for the long haul and no matter what current conditions are on the ground, Russia is surely rejoicing at the political mess in Britain and the bleeding of the U.S. and European economy, the unsustainable U.S. national debt, spiralling inflation, and expected results of our midterm elections. Their strategy is death by a thousand cuts.
“Allies”, including those online. Lately The Putin wing is really agitated over Russia winning by accomplishing... not much for two weeks
NATO is carried on shoulders of US Neocons. One and the same.
Neocon site no offense maybe the best honestly
Alternative news and podcasts are far different
Admittedly one has to look for them
These same sites all readily acknowledged the ukrop advance into kherson a month ago
Media dead silent on Bakhmut
Dang wonder why that is
Whatever happens literally
The Red Army camped in Kiev and Lviv
Zekensky hanging from a lamppost
Western media would describe it a crushing defeat for ol’ Vlad
Don’t doubt me
Yesterday I saw eyewitness accounts that ukrop artillery bombed many civilians targets in Donbas as they have since 2014
One hit an orphanage
Anyone see one word of that on western media
Of course not
And if they did they would say Russia did it
Despite me watching interviews with the obvious victims
Staged of course right?
Those damn Russians are so meanie they love killing the very people who wish to be part of Russia
Makes perfect sense to neo liberals and neo cons
I mean in WWII we bombed hell out of London and Birmingham
We showed those Nazis didn’t we
(Thinking Belushi)
Nikolaev, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv. Presumably their Russian populations are smaller than the first batch of four, where the Russians have been treated so abominably by the Ukrainian govt., so the referenda probably won’t pass as overwhelmingly as in the first four . . . if they pass at all. Should be interesting.
Yet incredibly, they still refuse to admit that things haven't gone exactly according to plan. Every single thread since this war began has bottled any reported Ukrainian success, and lauded the continuous flow of Russian victories. And yet...the Russians magically control less territory than they did a few months ago.
It figures that kazan and cranked are in reality aligned with George Soros.
These Russian troops are withdrawing from the Kherson area. And they took pictures to prove it.
The pro-Putin club seems to have forgotten that Ukrainians have no desire to be a part of Russia. Even though they speak Russian the people living in cities destroyed by Russia, and who have suffered the torture, killing, and oppression of the Russians want nothing to do with them.
If that were true wouldn't the barges headed to the right bank be loaded with trucks and soldiers and the empty barges headed the other way?
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