Posted on 05/18/2022 9:29:13 AM PDT by JonPreston
Unfortunately, Zelensky’s leadership and the outpouring of international military and humanitarian assistance it has elicited have not prevented a shocking level of destruction to Ukraine’s cities, economy, and society. The fact that Kyiv has not fallen and Russian troops have retreated to the east masks that Ukraine is in worse shape than portrayed in the media.
Russia now controls significantly more Ukrainian territory than before February 24. Putin’s army holds Kherson, whatever is left of Mariupol, all the intervening territory, and now not only Luhansk and Donetsk but the entire Donbas Oblast. For example, whereas Ukrainian authorities controlled approximately 60% of Luhansk before the recent Russian invasion, now Russian forces control over 80% of the region. They also have about 70% of Zaporizhye region. Cumulatively, this accounts for an increase of Russian occupied territory from approximately 7%, including Crimea, before February more than double that now. Viewed this way, not losing looks a lot more like losing than winning.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Misinformation is a winning
Golly gee whillickers, Time.
Why would we think things are just going swimmingly there with the 24-7 fawning press coverage and US visits and BILLIONS of OUR money floating over their while we starve and our infrastructure collapses here?
And now you tell us WE have the wrong impression?!
You mean hosting a proxy war between 2 superpowers in your country isn’t a healthy thing to do? I’m shocked.
FINALLY, what looks to be a fairly honest assessment. All I know is that so many of the “reports”, have been nothing but propaganda.
Suriya Jayanti?
Really this is very tragic for the people living there. A complete waste created in DC.
Depends on whether or not one is a recipient of the $40 billion provided by the US taxpayer.
Suyira Jayanti, your source, helped impeach President Trump.
An Indian-American diplomat posted in Ukraine may also have overheard and later been briefed by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, of his call with Trump. The diplomat, identified by the Associated Press as Suriya Jayanti, was reportedly at the same table in the restaurant the when Sondland called Trump on July 26.
Indian-American diplomat in Ukraine overheard Trump’s call to U.S. envoy to EU
She’s a conservative.
Most everyone wins except for Russia's leaders who now have the largest, most well-equipped army in Europe at their border and the American taxpayer who funded all of it.
A negotiated peace is the only way out
Funny how that is ignored.
So? The entire Washington Establishment did.
Collaborator.
Too funny! You habitually screech about Western media being pure propaganda, and not to be believed; yet you post a story by TIME, and shout to the heavens, “I believe!”
Its been clear since day one - Neocons and the DC deep-state will sacrifice every single Ukrainian for their empire-building enterprise.
It’s over, Neocon.
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