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Let’s Talk Game Changers in Ukraine and the Future
Gateway Pundit ^ | 26 May22 | Larry Johnson

Posted on 05/26/2022 2:32:24 PM PDT by delta7

Let me give you the bottom line up front–Ukraine’s military units in the Donbass in the area of Lysychansk are now essentially encircled, which means Ukraine is facing the loss of at least 15,000 troops unless they are able to retreat.

Some pundits refer to this as Deep Operational Encirclement:

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Finally, a western media channel that is calling the war accurately. Definitely not what tge war cheerleaders wish for.
1 posted on 05/26/2022 2:32:24 PM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

At some point reality sets in.


2 posted on 05/26/2022 2:37:21 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: delta7

Turkey


3 posted on 05/26/2022 2:39:41 PM PDT by mylife (It looks just like a telefunken U47... (===)
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To: delta7

Media outside of the US and Britain are reporting on this. Ukraine should have gotten their soldiers out of there several days ago when it was obvious what was happening.


4 posted on 05/26/2022 2:45:51 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: delta7

If the Russians go home all this ends.

L


5 posted on 05/26/2022 2:47:49 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is)
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To: delta7
Well the Ukrainians are claiming they pushed the Russians back from the main Bakhmut road supplying Lysychansk. There are of course also additional roads, though of lesser quality.

Since this is a narrow front that is completely within artillery range of both sides, casualties on both sides must be very heavy.

The Ukrainins may be forced to give up Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, but if they do most forces will be withdrawn first.

6 posted on 05/26/2022 2:49:54 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: mylife

Turkey
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Interesting, Turkey is opposing Finland and Sweden’s NATO entrance due to high amount of Islamic terrorists they harbor. Secondly, Turkey does not support Vegetable Head Joes sanctions.

On that note, NATO members must approve 100 percent a country’s admission to NATO, three maybe four NATO countries have voted to NOT admit them, however, NATO has said they will change the rules…imagine that.

Revolt by Turkey could conceivably sink NATO’s ambitions ( and the western alliance) dreams of cornering and punishing Russia.

Stay tuned, Italy just announced they will not support Russian embargo, AND called for the Donbass provinces be given their Independence from the Ukies.

Stay tuned.


7 posted on 05/26/2022 2:54:14 PM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

How do you know this report is accurate? Because it says what you want to hear?


8 posted on 05/26/2022 3:00:33 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: pierrem15

The Ukrainins may be forced to give up Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, but if they do most forces will be withdrawn first.
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Yeah, withdrawn over the flat plains? …all the way to the Dniepner? Good luck , The Ukies are in a pickle. Looks like another Mariupol shaping up, 15,000 Ukies in that cauldron, it will make Mariupol’s 3,500 captured Azovs a minor win.

Stay tuned.


9 posted on 05/26/2022 3:01:42 PM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

There is pretty radical realignment going on. Turkey might consider the BRICS route and leave NATO. In NATO’s current state would Brussels and DC pull a Hungary ‘56 to keep Turkey in the fold?


10 posted on 05/26/2022 3:06:40 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: packagingguy

Media outside of the US and Britain are reporting on this. Ukraine should have gotten their soldiers out of there several days ago when it was obvious what was happening.
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The little beggar Zelensky supposedly is the only one authorized retreat, overriding his top Ukie General , who by the way ( according to non western intelligence) has prepared retreat orders but the spat is not yet played out.

In any case, the cautious steam rolling by Vlad insures the ethnic Russian Donbass is lost….question is does Ivan persue the retreating Ukies to the Dniepner- or stop at the Independent Donbass borders?


11 posted on 05/26/2022 3:09:06 PM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

There are a whole of lot people here that are going to have a whole lot of explaining to do after this war is over. Why and how did they believe the propaganda coming from the Biden regime?


12 posted on 05/26/2022 3:11:39 PM PDT by Kazan
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Turkey might consider the BRICS route and leave NATO
———Yes, a possibility already leaked out by Turkish MSM. However, I would expect multi billion dollar “ deals” made by the west to Turkey to not fracture off. The last thing the west needs is a major fracture of NATO.


13 posted on 05/26/2022 3:12:56 PM PDT by delta7
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If the Russians go home all this ends.

Nyet. The Independent Republics of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea disagree with you. If Ukraine stops shelling them, this ends.
14 posted on 05/26/2022 3:15:08 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Lurker
If the Russians go home all this ends.

Simple thoughts for simple-minded, know-nothing, virtue-signaling simpletons.

The military situation in Ukraine, as seen by an ex-member of the Swiss strategic intelligence

15 posted on 05/26/2022 3:16:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Affirmative action is systemic/institutional racism/sexism targeting straight, white males.)
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To: delta7

The West is apparently hell bent on taking everyone connected to them down with them. Perhaps Turkey would like to avoid the death spiral the US and EU are currently in.


16 posted on 05/26/2022 3:18:03 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Williams

How do you know this report is accurate? Because it says what you want to hear?
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Patience my man, time will tell, very shortly. I use the western MSM’s spin on the huge Mariupol loss as a guide. Pull up the Marioupol MSM “ history”, the heroic gallant defenders were winning, Ivan’s were retreating, then, surrounded, then whittled down to hiding in a steel factory basement, then preparing a fictional break out, then….” Evacuated “, not surrendered with huge losses, but simply evacuated.

Be very, very careful of all western MSM, didn’t anyone learn from Trump? Fake news?

Don’t get sucked in.


17 posted on 05/26/2022 3:22:14 PM PDT by delta7
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To: Kazan

There are a whole of lot people here that are going to have a whole lot of explaining to do after this war is over. Why and how did they believe the propaganda coming from the Biden regime?
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Like the Covid vax hoax? Nothing but crickets about that scam. Much like the Covid vax hoax, this is Biden’s war, another hoax that many bought into. When do the sheeple wake up?


18 posted on 05/26/2022 3:25:31 PM PDT by delta7
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“ The Independent Republics of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea disagree with you..”

The independent States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and several others tried that here in 1860.

How’d that work out?

L


19 posted on 05/26/2022 3:52:34 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Another Commie apologist chimes in.

Thanks.

L


20 posted on 05/26/2022 3:53:05 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is)
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