Posted on 05/24/2022 8:30:50 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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Russian forces have achieved a significant breakthrough in the area of Popasna, East Ukraine against Ukrainian forces.
Fighting is reportedly ongoing in the villages of Volodymyrivka and Soledar, which are located along the main supply route for thousands of Ukrainian soldiers in Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, reported Inkerman. Following the capture of the town of Popasna, the Russian General Staff devoted most of its available resources in Eastern Ukraine to this part of the front.
If the Russian advance continues, they will be in a position to fully encircle thousands of Ukrainian troops, added Inkerman.
Russia also now completely controls the coastal city of Mariupol in Donbass with approximately 2,000 Ukrainian troops having surrendered. The land bridge to Crimea for the Kremlin is now complete.
How DARE anyone say anything remotely positive about RUS war effort?!!!
Z can not negotiate for any deal. He does and the radicals will kill his ass in a second.
That is most likely why he got his family to hell out of country.
This was as of April 13th
this is as of May 19th
Russia has given up in the north around Kharkiv and retreated.
in the east it looks like they have slowly advanced.
Will this lead to encirclement? Perhaps - but as you see in the map below, they've been trying to do this since March 2022 and failed.
Is it a breakthrough? No. Is it a Russian victory? a minor one, yes.
Can they translate this to something more? Well, that depends.
Quick! Another $40 billion ought to do it!
CRZ - Zelenskyy is blocked by the Ukrainian constitution — lines/articles 2nd and 73rd of Constitution of Ukraine cover that exact question.
Article 2 The sovereignty of Ukraine extends throughout its entire territory. Ukraine is a unitary state. The territory of Ukraine within its present border is indivisible and inviolable.
Article 73 Altering the territory of Ukraine is resolved exclusively by an All-Ukrainian referendum.
https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/44a280124.pdf
If Ukraine is to change its borders, it must have an All-Ukrainian referendum. It is also specified what this is in the Constitution, in 72nd article.
The noose is tightening, Donbass cauldron becoming 3 or 4 separate cauldrons (”pennypacks”) best I can tell. Still a lot of slow, steady, uneven work to be done. Russians are doing this methodically in order to win the peace in the East, not just the war. Phase 2 resolution is finally taking shape. I’m sure Z is figuring out his options, but isn’t showing his hand other than reaching out to Poland, which will not work out well for Poland.
Russian Invasion of Ukraine [24 May 2022]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vciXGEX_Wm0
Putin errs when he claims the dissolution of the USSR was the biggest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 holds that distinction.
Slava Ukraine!
Wait, what?
I thought Ukrainian troops were parachuting into Moscow this morning?
Out of the $40 billion, 6 goes for weapons and equipment.
Is this a good “investment” for the USA - coldly speaking? Yes.
Why?
1. Putin since 2000 has threatened his neighbours, invading Georgia in 2008 (when Georgia & Ukraine were rejected from joining NATO by Germany and France) and Ukraine in 2014.
2. Putin has taken Russia down the path of “we need to win against them militarily”, when he could have follower Germany and Japan’s path of winning economically. The latter approach would have worked well for Russia. But Putin didn’t do that and has damaged Russia
3. By making Putin pay, this prevents his future adventures and keeps American markets safe.
4. In addition, this holds out the possibility that the next rulers of Russia will stop the military madness
5. By not putting American soldiers there, the USA saves on American lives in future wars.
could this have been prevented — YES, if Trump was President, then Putin wouldn’t have dared invaded.
40 billion well spent. Ukraine has em all by the short and curlies now. Next they’ll march to Siberia in December.
The question is - how well does Russia control the air? We hear no reports about Ukraine air-force or helicopter movements. If so, that means that re-supply to Ukraine forces in the East would be extremely difficult, and offensive operations would be absolutely impossible.
If so, and especially if they are not allowed to retreat by politicians, then the bulk of the Ukraine army can only hide in bunkers until Russia decides to assault them. And for Russia, that must be a slow process, because assault on such positions is very costly.
(You are correct)
No one ever claimed that.
On Feb 22, everyone believed (me included) that Ukraine would last at best a few days, maybe a week.
Now, 3 months later, they have repelled a Russian attempted takeover of Kyiv, have pushed Putin’s army from around Kharkiv and prevented them from getting close to Odessa and have held ground in the east.
Is that a “win”? Yes, it is — surviving against a behemoth is a win.
Could Ukraine invade Russia? Nope, it doesn’t have the capability, it would lose home-field advantage and morale.
Something tells me you are right on the money.
You thought wrong.
Ukraine operations within Russia seem to consist of burning strategic buildings and installations. The most recent is a large but old manufacturing building. The building was very large and burned furiously requiring many many firefighters to try to control.
This was one of several fires destroying military related installations.
Putin holds particular scorn for Lenin. I think he sees him in a way approximating the way conservatives in America might see Obama - not only a wretched leftist, but as an ideologue who hated traditional Russia, its culture, its religion, its borders - and tried to re-organize them all
if Trump was President, then Putin wouldn’t have dared invaded
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Agree. Biden’s Afghanistan debacle encouraged Putin to undertake this invasion. It opened the door.
Strength is the only thing foreign leaders respect and Trump was as strong as they come. We all slept a lot better because he was president.
Knowing Biden is weak China and Russia fly nuclear capable bombers over the Sea of Japan while he is visiting the country. That kind of stunt would have had severe consequences in a Trump presidency.
Telegraph: Russia-Ukraine latest news:
Putin 16 miles from encircling elite Ukrainian unit in major Donbas victory
Russian troops are just 25km away from encircling Ukraine’s elite special forces in a potential major victory for Vladimir Putin in the Donbas.
Russia’s capture of the Severodonetsk region would see the whole of Luhansk Oblast placed under Russian occupation, the Ministry of Defence has warned. The operation, which is currently Moscow’s main focus, is only one part of their campaign to seize the Donbas.
[Western MSM coming around to reality]
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