Posted on 02/17/2024 7:36:36 PM PST by davikkm
Avdeevka…. From where the Ukrainian Army has shelled the rebel civilians of Donetsk City for TEN YEARS, has fallen to the Russians after ten years, with many reports of the Ukrainian forces in an absolute rout.
There are going to be lots of tactical, strategic, and political implications from this that we will see over the next days and weeks.
There are reportedly few Ukrainian defenses behind Avdeevka, the Ukrainians put all their eggs into one basket, counting on the deep Soviet-era nuclear bunker system, and defenses built since the end of the civil war to make it impregnable.
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Surprising how few think that it could be a strategic retreat.
Not a fan of Ukrainian corruption and theft of aid money, but the Russians sent wave after wave of infantry.
Their losses in this “win” were substantial. And though they have a far larger population it is not infinite.
What a cluster-f by those who want perpetual war and death.
It's like Trump. I have all kinds of problems with his personal behavior and his mouth. But he fights for what is right, and is far better than the alternative. Putin and Russia have all kinds of shortcomings (I used to say I trusted them as far as I could kick them with a broken leg), but they are far more in the right with regards to Ukraine than is Washington.
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