He's completely restocked his stores of florid language: DESPERATE / notorious / key / ruthless / failing / shock.
I am certain Putin is desperate, what with having 50 types of cancer and the Ghost of Kiev hovering above Moscow shooting down all the jets and such.
The Ukrainians have more than doubled the distances covered by Manstein’s German troops on the south side of the Kursk salient during the famous 1943 battle. That battle is often called a “tank battle” but it was more like a World War One slugfest due to the near parity of forces and the costly prices for very modest advances and counters.
Chef Prigozhin to come out of retirement.
This attack was unprovoked. After all, Putin said more than two years ago that he had no plans to invade Ukraine. Oh, wait...
Nevertheless, Russians and their Pooter allies assured us that the war would be over in two weeks. Oh, wait...
Do you favor the Biden regime trying to imprison Johnson, too?
Meanwhile, Ukraine is busy committing military suicide with its PR attack into Russian territory near Kursk. The attacking force lacked air cover and the power to sustain the attack. The Ukrainian troops were savaged by Russian air strikes, artillery and drones. Some have opined that this was a feint or a diversion, i.e., focus Russian attention in the north and then strike at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Maybe, but Ukraine lost significant resources in terms of men and equipment that cannot be easily replaced.
Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that Ukraine managed to reach Kursk. Okay. How do they resupply their troops and sustain the momentum of the attack. Russia has a wealth of resources — manpower, combat air, artillery and drones — to bog the Ukrainians down and chew them up. Those who believe that this would force Russia to seek a negotiated end to the war are the same delusional clowns who promised that Ukrainian troops would be sloshing around on the beaches of Crimea last summer.
This attack is likely to have the opposite effect — Russia will accelerate its offensive against Ukraine and will not negotiate until Ukraine begs for mercy.
Moscow in 2 Days.
Gotta love charged language, right?
As someone who isn’t taking sides with Russia or Ukraine, I must admit this whole war is fascinating just to watch people’s reactions here.
I really did expect Russia to rollup Ukraine within a week or two.
And from a purely neutral look at things, the Ukes are really doing far better than expected.
I can’t see how this helps Russia at all. They really are worried for good reason.
In the long run?
No one knows. Like I said, it should have been over two years ago.
🇺🇦 is now confirmed to control at least 155 km² of Kursk Oblast. For reference, 🇷🇺 controls ~150 km² north of Kharkiv. Advances are reported to be more extensive than shown, however, OPSEC is tight and this is all that has been verified so far.