Weird. Its as if they lied to us about how great Ukraine was doing so they could pass the 40 billion bill “for the big guy” and now the truth is coming out.
Russian supply lines are also shorter. Russians can send shells extravagantly and Ukraine can’t.
The Daily Mail says you’re wrong…
Zero Ukrainians have died, except civilians.
“…cases of desertion are growing every week…”
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Come on folks… this IS UKRAINE. Yes, THAT Ukraine, the endemically corrupt Ukraine. The Ukrainian army’s payroll is, to a near certainty, LOADED WITH GHOST SOLDIERS.
So what happened to that $40B in military aide that the U.S. sent a while ago? I wonder where that ended up?
40 to one. And the Russians cant even cross a river.
The mighty US is losing *another* proxy war.
I don’t think any deserters will be welcomed when they return home. Ukraine is a VERY patriotic country.
(After WWII’s capitulation, German aviators were shunned by the population).
IF Ukraine is “outgunned”, why did Putin threaten a nuclear response?
The only rational thing they could possibly do at this point is surrender.
So just wondering.
Assuming Russia is going to get the Eastern half of Ukraine anyway and then hate us for the foreseeable future. I wonder what would have happened if the USA would have acted more as a neutral state, sent non-lethal aide, acted as a negotiator or intermediary?
Maybe Russia would still have the Eastern part and would view us and not China as strong trading partners and friends? We would have billions of dollars to spend on the border (haha just joking) and a lot fewer people might be dead.
Who suggested such action? Well me and many, many of other non Dems, neo-cons, and Warhawks.
Now I will wait for the standard responses Putin would have taken all of the Ukraine and moved on to the rest of Europe by now—- a second Hitler. Problem is you have no proof of that.
US General Stephen Twitty: “AFU casualties could reach 200,000 troops”
At the end of the 102nd day of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, former deputy chief of US European Command Lt. Gen. Steven Twitty spoke the truth. In “non-independent Ukraine,” he was immediately labeled a Putinist and branded a “Zradnik,” rather than listening to the military man who rose from commanding a rifle platoon to commanding the United States’ First Army.
On top of that, Twitty is a combat officer. He commanded the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom from June 2001 to June 2003 and his unit, Task Force 3-15, received the Presidential Unit Citation.
“I think the war in Donbass is developing in favor of the Russians. They don’t put the whole mass of fighting power there with infantry and tanks. They have massed their artillery and that is the reason for their success. Russia has far more fighting power than the Ukrainians. And there is no way that the Ukrainians will ever destroy or defeat the Russians. And I’ll tell you more: the Ukrainians will never have enough fighting power to drive the Russians out of Ukraine,” Twitty said.
He estimates that 200,000 soldiers have mysteriously disappeared from the AFU. “Who knows where they are today?” - The General asked. This vast number of military personnel is simply not on the US authorities’ radar. Either there was a fraudulent mobilization, or worse, they were defeated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guWCJDXfKis
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu says land bridge complete, which may signal phase 3 Odessa
https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/06/09/since-everyone-asks-whats-the-russian-air-force-doing/
Russia’s cruise missiles have been such a blast, they are taboo in the MSM
Cruise missiles have been THE greatest Russian success story of this war, which is probably why they have gone almost unmentioned in the U.S. and UK press.
First, “no one” expected Russia to have so many. As of now, somewhere north of 1500 of various types (mostly the Kalibr but also the Oniks, Kh-22, Kinzhal, etc.) have been launched against targets in the Ukraine, which is ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS AS MANY CRUISE MISSILES AS THE UNITED STATED HAS LAUNCHED IN **ALL** ITS WARS AND OPERATIONS SINCE 1991.
Second, these things have proven to be amazingly accurate, usually to within just a few meters. In over 100 days of war, with over 1500 launches, excluding the 10 percent or so that have been shot down, the number of Russian cruise missiles that have fallen so short of their targets as to kill civilians or damage civilian homes (without damaging their intended targets at all) can probably be counted on two hands.
Third, Russian cruise missiles have destroyed likely hundreds of tons and hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars of NATO country hardware and munitions being moved inside, or stored in, the Ukraine, before it even reached the “front lines.”
Much of this stuff was supposed to be “hidden”, but was discovered by Russian intelligence using satellite imagery or in many cases, informers on the ground. This is an embarrassment, and not something Uncle Sam wants to advertise.
Of course, in war there are losses, but as it’s not supposed to be “their” war, it’s not something “they” want to highlight to their taxpaying publics. As far as the party line goes, all the “donations” are reaching Ukrainian forces in the field.
Is it any wonder that this success story has been fully ignored by the “Russia is losing” crowd?
The Russians are successfully changing tactics. They are no longer attacking with armor. Instead they are pulverizing Ukrainian positions with artillery and aerial attack. Ukraine does not have much counter battery capability. It should be noted that most soldiers who died in the big battles of WW II were killed by artillery. Well placed, it is devastating. If the Ukrainians are smart they will stay off the radio and cell phones and adopt small unit tactics.
but, but, I was told Ukraine was winning?
The Russians love artillery wars.
I’m sure this will make the Putler Pigs of Free Republic happy.
Artillery has an enormous psychological impact.
Especially ongoing.
They don’t call it shell shock for nothing.
And NOBODY does artillery like the Russians.