Posted on 06/04/2022 11:31:53 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
As soon as they had finished burying a veteran colonel killed by Russian shelling, the cemetery workers readied the next hole. Inevitably, given how quickly death is felling Ukrainian troops on the front lines, the empty grave won't stay that way for long.
Col. Oleksandr Makhachek left behind a widow, Elena, and their daughters Olena and Myroslava-Oleksandra. In the first 100 days of war, his grave was the 40th dug in the military cemetery in Zhytomyr, 90 miles (140 kilometers) west of the capital, Kyiv.
He was killed May 30 in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine where the fighting is raging. Nearby, the burial notice on the also freshly dug grave of Viacheslav Dvornitskyi says he died May 27. Other graves also showed soldiers killed within days of each other — on May 10, 9th, 7th and 5th. And this is just one cemetery, in just one of Ukraine's cities, towns and villages laying soldiers to rest.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that Ukraine is now losing 60 to 100 soldiers each day in combat. By way of comparison, just short of 50 American soldiers died per day on average in 1968 during the Vietnam War's deadliest year for U.S. forces.
Among the comrades-in-arms who paid respects to the 49-year-old Makhachek at his funeral on Friday was Gen. Viktor Muzhenko, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' chief of general staff until 2019. He warned that losses could worsen.
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It’s like people who are not healthy enough to work. They should die trying.
Associated Press is finally throwing in the towel.
A few Freepers will be the last hold-outs.
There is enough for a general killing..on both sides.
Question is..how long will it take?
A few months? Or will it end in a flash?
Moscow just announced that if new US-delivered missiles hit Russia, we will be at war with Russia.
Effectively, Biden & Blinken have given unhinged Ukrainians who want a world war for them the ability to make it happen.
Potentially, the biggest catastrophe in human history is waiting.
Germany held out for four years.
It won't be that long. There'll be a cease fire. A line will be drawn in the sand. It won't be the end of the fighting though. Ukrainians will probably try to get their territories back.
For the corrupt Ukrainian government, fighting the war has become an economic windfall. They’ll continue to fight until the last drop of Ukrainian blood. And as in any war, they’re losing the best of the best, as are the Russians.The politicians always survive.
a long time unfortunately
It’s sure working great for Z with $850 mil banked so far. Z,Biden and Soros are happy to fight until the last uke is dead..He’ll retire with armed guards in Miami,France or Israel.
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for Ukrainians not so much. The only way to end this war is to cut off the weapons supply.
Hopefully, until every single Uke is dead and the problem is solved?
So the Ukrainians are unhinged because they want to defend their country against a Russian invasion? There is only one country that is responsible for this war, and that is Russia.
The Ukes are trying to put us in the war, and now Biden/Blinken have given them that ability. Not looking good at all.
This war started in 2014 (Obama & Nuland) and could have been prevented/ended as recently as February, but making Ukraine neutral.
“Moscow just announced that if new US-delivered missiles hit Russia, we will be at war with Russia.
Effectively, Biden & Blinken have given unhinged Ukrainians who want a world war for them the ability to make it happen.
Potentially, the biggest catastrophe in human history is waiting.”
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Hey! Ukraine has given VERBAL assurances that they won’t use the weapons against Russian territory. Surely the Ukrainian government would keep their word.
On second thought, the Ukrainian government concurred IN WRITING with the Minsk agreements. Sadly, their constant violation of the Minsk agreements have PLAINLY shown that they cannot be relied upon to keep their word.
Are there any media reports on this mess that are valid and believable?
“There is only one country that is responsible for this war, and that is Russia.”
That is the Mockingbird mass media version of events.
You can do better.
Everybody has an axe to grind—welcome to the fog of war.
Yes, this war started when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014. And while Ukrainian application to join NATO was unwise, Russia would probably still had invaded. Russia has never reconciled itself to the fact that Ukraine is an independent nation and not a part of Russia. Biden weakness, not NATO expansion, was the catalyst for the start of this war.
Did I miss the part where Ukraine invaded Russia?
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