[Kazan]

Completed? They only took Kherson city. The other 60% is fully under Russian control and good luck getting across the Dnieper to try and get it back.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It’s going to be a dark, cold, hungry winter in Ukraine and the Russian spring offensive will be the A-Team.

Good luck to Soros’ expendable peasants.

He is willing to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian life.

[BenLurkin]

The EU made a huge mistake in not blowing that dam on the Dnieper when it had the chance to bag thousands of Russians.

Now when the EU makes its move to conquer Donetsk, it’s just going to have to fight them again.

[familyop]

"I will explain why Russian withdrawal was inevitable, why they managed to withdraw in one day, and why the Ukrainians did not chase them down."

Russian Troops Suffering 'Catastrophic Losses' While Retreating—Report
Newsweek
BY ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
November 11, 2022
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-troops-losses-retreating-kherson-ukraine-1758916

"Russian troops are suffering catastrophic losses while retreating from the key Ukrainian city of Kherson, according to reports.

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense published a video on Twitter that appears to show Ukrainian attacks on Russian columns retreating across the Dnieper River.

'For every meter of our land—fire!' the ministry wrote as a caption."

[ransomnote]

Biden, Pelosi, Schumer all support sending in taxpayer funds and weapons to the war in the Ukraine because extortion, fraud  and graft operations based in the Ukraine keeps the current Biden led Democrat regime alive. Biden and Congressional leadership relies on their cut of operations like Hunter's Burisma, or for example, 'technical support' funds misappropriated. We don't control who gets the  money Biden 'claims' to send to the Urkaine. The link at the bottom of this post gives you an idea of the Biden regime's reliance on the Ukraine for funding.

This fantasy is not helping the Ukrainian citizens. Zelensky attacks even when American advisors don't think he should because Zelensky wants to give the impression he's in control and driving the Russians out. He does it to keep the optics needed for corrupt leaders around the world to pretend to shove 'foreign aid' at the Ukraine, while actually funding their own empires.

The Russians took 40% of power grid down in Kyiv and can take it the rest of the way down, forcing 3 or 4 million people in Kyiv to evacuate in search of heat and water. How does this help?

The news issued a blackout (no pun intended) on blackouts in Kyiv because it revealed the true nature of the challenges facing Zelensky - where to evacuate millions of people?

Kyiv had 12 hour blackouts 5 days ago and was unable to keep the power on in the current weather when the temperatures are going down and more power will be needed.

Fox news reported hospitals and medical treatments were already hard to obtain because of power and water interruptions.
There was nothing to stop the Russians from continuing to take down the powergrid except Zelensky, and he is ignoring the Kyiv situation because to get more money  and weapons donated to the Ukraine, he has to make it look like he's relentless attacking like a gladiator about to finish off his oponent, when in fact Zelensky's about to have to deal with relocating millions of people.

There are not sufficient replacement parts for the old power technology and to get water out of the ground, you need power. Millions without electricity and losing access to water. This isn't winning.

To conceal the bad news from the west, the news and power outtage maps stopped updating so it's likely Kyiv is even darker, colder, and has less water now. But if the condition of Kyiv was known, the willingess of the public to keep pouring money into a losing battle, into the globalists puppet regime Zelensky represents, will dry up too. The citizens won't see the money but Biden and others who use the Ukraine to fund their grasping power and corruption rely on that 'foreign aid' which is divided among the blobalists.

I checked the website https://poweroutage.com/ua/ and found they are hiding blackout information and see this message: "Due to the ongoing conflict, and in cooperation with the Ukrainian Government and the NCRECP, the collection and distribution of power outage data for the UA is currently disabled."

Remember Biden extorting Ukrainian leadership to fire the prosecutor investigating Hunter's fraudulent dealings in the Ukraine? Remember Pelosi's SON, Schumer's Son, Hunter and Jim Biden (brother to Joe) are all mules carrying money to and from the Ukraine. At the link below you can see the tip of the massive international corruption iceberg in the Ukraine and understand why Joe Biden keeps giving billions in 'aid' to the Ukraine (some of which never reaches the ukraine!) in order to keep the cash cow alive.

Support for Zelensky/Ukraine is support for Biden/Deep State

The citizens are cold and struggling to maintain living conditions while Zelensky and others divide up 'foreign aid' amongst themselves. Prayers up for the citizens caught in the middle.

Because I keep pointing out the citizens are caught in the middle, and exposing the lies behind the 'narrative' that Zelensky's troops are winning (to justify more funding) is SO unpopular, some freepers launch ad hominem attacks, (e.g., someone had a mental meltdown and accused me of being a commie pedophile). They do that to shut down the truth about the 'optics' battle to falsely portray the Ukraine as 'winning'. How much more money will the Biden regime be allowed to grift off of so-called 'Ukrainian aid'?

The freeper pointed to the fact that Russia has many 'time zones' compared with the Ukrainian's single time zone to make the case that a big bully is beating up on a little country, but this never seems to sink into their thinking when they talk about who is winning the actual war.

The Russians were aware the bridge was going to be blown so they removed troops. They will return  in a few weeks and it won't be pretty. Who knows what happened to the power grid(s) in the last few days. The Ukrainian optics always claim they 'won' this or that while they have to hide the fact that they can't keep the lights on, water running etc., have burned through most of their troops and can't win.

America doesn't belong in the conflict. The South Eastern US is already struggling to get heating fuel and diesel and the nationwide supply chain is floundering, with a potential railroad strike delayed to early December for political reasons. Sending money to Biden and other globalists' corruption satellite doesn't help the Ukrainian citizens nor AMerica's citizens. "Foreign Aid" to the Ukraine isn't reaching people we want to help, and is draining the US of TAX PAYER money and weapons we cannot afford.

 

[familyop]

The video linked from the quotation in my last comment. Looks like a fleeing Russian column was hit pretty hard.

For every meter of our land - fire!
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1590794079813926912?s=20&t=Dvw8C7cGvvc5_VvAdgh8LA

[familyop]

BTW, “Porky Pig” Prigozhin (latest top Russian commander) said that he wanted Russian units to dig in engineer style on the east (south) side of the River. They’ll still be sitting ducks, but I suspect that the Russians have another nasty plan for artillery bombardment on civilian targets.

We’ll see how that works out. I’m guessing that the more time Russians buy for their plans in that region, the worse it’ll be for them. Time will be on the side of the Ukrainians there (only my guess).

[familyop]

Ukraine warns it could take weeks to scour Kherson for remnants of Russian forces
https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-warns-it-could-take-weeks-to-scour-kherson-for-remnants-of-russian-forces-news-50283516.html

[ScottinVA]

That was a beautiful sight… Russians fleeing with their tails between their legs, with Ukrainian forces entering a newly liberated Kherson. Putin’s pets still attempt to spin this as a brilliant strategic move, with a massive new offensive on the horizon in the spring. Not going to happen, folks… do you somehow “think” the Ukrainians, who are in friendly territory while being outfitted with modern cold-weather gear, aren’t also reconstituting? While the Russians shiver and freeze on those wastelands east of the Diepro, Ukrainians will be re-outfitted, well-fed and trained up for the next push.

[Dogbert41]

It was a strategic well coordinated withdrawal, discussed and explained at length and in advance to the Russian people. As to the veracity of the rest of these stories on how Russia has been defeated, we’ll all know when the Winter comes, won’t we?

[DannyTN]

"There is no chance in hell Russia is giving area they have annexed and nothing is going to make them. The ethnic Russian population doesn't want to go back to being persecuted by Ukrainian nationalists and neo-Nazis. Don't like it? Get your sorry ass over to Ukraine and fight the Russians yourself and stop asking Ukrainians to die in war they can't win in defense if the "liberal world order". - Kazan 11/8/2022

Statements that didn't age well 4 days later.

[PIF]

The reason why the Orcs used a small number of Naval Infantry to take objectives in the South was because the mine fields along the Crimean border were ordered removed by Andre Yermak - who heads the unelected and misnamed Presidential Commission, who much evidence points to him being a Russian agent and as the son of a KBG man is likely true.

Andre Yermak, not Zelinski runs the government and the country. Z is merely the head of his party in Parliament. Zelinski’s press agent works for Yermak and is his minder.

[Kazan]

https://sonar21.com/would-the-soviet-union-be-able-to-defeat-the-nazis-in-world-war-ii-if-social-media-existed/

As I noted earlier, the West is heavily invested in the belief that winning the information war will translate into battlefield success for Ukraine. Yet, we have seen how the “success” of the U.S. information wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria have turned out. Money pits that have swallowed trillions of U.S. tax payer dollars with no actual success on the ground, where it counts.

Both of these cataclysmic wars — the Civil War and World War II — are relevant to the carnage unfolding in Ukraine. The facts are very simple:

Fact one — Ukraine’s economy is in tatters and there is no viable path to restore what it was on February 24, 2022.
Fact two — Ukraine is totally dependent on Western aid to keep it army in the field.
Fact three — Ukraine does not have a viable air force and cannot provide close air support to its front line troops. This means any Ukrainian advance on the ground is dependent on the limited armor and artillery units still intact.
Fact four — Ukraine’s ability to produce electricity and power is being steadily degraded and there is no short-term solution to keep the lights on.
Fact five — Russia has not committed its front line forces and high tech weaponry to the fight.
Fact six — Russia’s economy is strong despite Western efforts to sunder it.
Fact seven — Russia is economically self-sufficient. It does not need foreign exports to sustain its industrial base but the world does need critical products and minerals that only Russia produces.
Fact eight — Russian factories are operating 24/7, producing essential military equipment and technology to keep its forces in the fight.
Fact nine — Russia can mobilize and train new troops on its own territory without fear of attack from Ukraine. Ukraine cannot.

The United States and NATO are deluded. They are wielding power like the mean girls in high school, i.e. they are shunning Putin and won’t let him sit at their lunch table. They remain convinced that will crush him. What they did not count on is that Putin is building his own cafeteria and will eat the food he wants and a table he controls. In fact, many of the countries in Europe need essential resources that Russia supplies. It is just a matter of time before those girls try to get a seat at Putin’s table.

It is true that Russia relinquished, at least for now, the portion of Kherson that sits to the west of the Dnieper River. But it controls the rest of Kherson to the east of the river. If Ukraine wants Crimea it will have to cross the Dnieper and fight its way to Crimea. Ukraine does not have the military resources to do that; even with the help of the United States and NATO.