Posted on 03/21/2022 12:33:51 PM PDT by delta7
Today could be a milestone day as the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost three major strongholds in the Donbass region and all indications are that the area is beginning to be completely handed over to the Russian Army.
See below in the maps how the situation in the region is developing, which is now very critical and irreversible for the Ukrainian Army.
The Ukrainians lost 3 cities
Russian forces occupy the city of Chuhuiv near Kharkov, the Americans have confirmed that the Ukrainians have lost the city of Izuym, something that has been revealed by WarNews247 for days. Finally, the Ukrainian Army lost the city of Rubizhne.
The city of Rubezhnoe is one of the three cities in Donbass that was the backbone of Ukraine's defense. The loss is a huge blow... The town of Chuguyev is located in southeastern Kharkiv along a major highway. It is a strategic point that connects the Russian forces in Kharkov with the forces in Donbas.
Note here that there is unconfirmed information that the Russian Army is also controlling the city of Marinka with the Ukrainian forces having retreated towards Uglyadar.
The Americans note about the city of Izyum that "it is a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and now the danger of their encirclement is visible".
But, but, but… the flappy lipped bimbos and empty headed buffoons have told us the Russians are bogged down abs being routes… etc etc etc…
There is no way the most logical and likely outcome of this situation could possibly be going on….
The Ukraine put its largest organized forces in the East.
They made that decision on day one—now they are stuck with it.
That’s a possibility. But even a military “victory” will just be the start of Russia’s woes. There will be extremely bad blood between Russia and eastern Europe for years - possibly decades. More countries will join NATO. Eastern Europe will get heavily militarized regardless of NATO membership. Russia will continue to remain a pariah and be boycotted from international events. And their economy will crater - as bad as the 90s or worse, and their military along with it. If that’s what Russia wants to call a ‘victory’.
Great news!
I don’t know. It depends what happens to Putin in the end I suppose. It doesn’t appear that most of his inner circle or certainly the military and public support this endeavor in any way.
I would have scuttled the troublemakers and focused on everthing else.
After all the efforts in the south and Ze’s procrastination he is not going to get away without losing the whole of the sea coast.
And I think Putin is not going to negotiate with him, but wait for the coup.
Actually, it’s Russia that has been politically neutralized. Putinist Russia has been shown to be everything it claimed Ukraine was: corrupt and hollow. Now they face decades of economic and political isolation. Ukraine, OTOH, stand and will accelerate its lean westward now.
Ukraine will not be able to hold on to the border area forever due to the immense amount of sewage flowing over the border from Russia. Eventually they eastern region will get swamped in Russian effluent. That’s not really reflective of Ukrainian fighting ability but rather geography and being out gunned.
If Putin is removed/ eliminated and Russia is under new management with a completely different outlook (none of the build Russia back to its glory days stuff), then things could go differently. But I am not putting much stock in that.
the Ukrainians have only lost the 13 brave border guards that told the entire Russian Navy to f#ck off.... and the engineer that blew himself up with the bridge he was demolishing...
aaaaaaannnndddd the Russian tanks with support vehicles are being devastated by Javelins, drones and handmade molotov cocktails that grandmothers, Instagram models and brave soldiers are using. They only have 2-3 tanks left in the entire Russian army.
This isn't a bad guy versus a good guy story.... this is a bad guy versus another bad guy story... with civilians used as props for propaganda and war porn.
Tell me again how brave it is to keep civilians in cities that have been offered safe passage....you ever wonder why Kyiv is still packed with kids, women and old people..... because if they left, only enemy combatants would be in the city and then the real siege would start.
I wonder where all the photos of eastern Ukrainians killed by the Azov battalion and Right sector.
We need to stay out of this...all I know is that if corporate media, deep state swamp rats, democrats, RINOs and neocons are all for starting WW3... then it's an idiotic idea.
every "war crime" that Putin has been accused of in Ukraine can be turned around looks a lot like what we did to Baghdad, Fallujah, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Beirut, etc.....of course when we kill kids, it's an accident and doesn't count. When we destroy civilian structures, it's because bad men were in there hiding among civilians and that is why we accidentally killed civilians.... and schools, hospitals, factories, houses, markets, etc.....
It's war and it's horrible, but there is nothing new under the sun when it comes to the manner in which Russia conducts military operations.
“If that’s what Russia wants to call a ‘victory’.”
Vlad just wants his statue in Red Square. That’s okay, because it will be pulled down in ten years by angry Russian citizens.
War in Ukraine. Map of conquered territories 21.03.22 Evening. Russian military special operation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_bejBt9Juw
The spring thaw is starting in Ukraine, the land is dominated by farmland and rivers. Its going to turn into weeks of quagmire for the Russian.
every heard of the Russian term Rasputitsa?
>> but wait for the coup
prolly waiting for the adoration to wither
Other than the Capital, Ukrainian forces should focus on killing Russians and destroying Russian equipment not controlling territory.
That's the way I view it also.
It’s war and it’s horrible, but there is nothing new under the sun when it comes to the manner in which Russia conducts military operations.
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Having been in conflict, well said. There are no white hats, the Cav isn’t going to save the day, suffering will continue. Zelensky and Putin are severely corrupted, and evil.
That said, pray for both the Russian and Ukrainian people. They are victims of corrupted leaders…..throw in a prayer for us, the US, we to have been hijacked by an evil, senile old man…..nothing new under the sun.
Zalenskyy is probably waiting for the Russkies to wipe out the Azov forces, getting rid of a headache, then he’ll make a truce.
Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin tabloid, says that according to Russian ministry of defense numbers, 9,861 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine and 16,153 were injured
https://archive.ph/oVRSl
Wait a minute... Isn't this the exact same thing they told us about Covid 2 years ago?
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