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'This is a dreadful mistake' - Head of UK's armed forces says Russia has 'strategically lost'
Sky News ^ | 6/17/2022 | Sky News

Posted on 06/16/2022 7:22:54 PM PDT by marcusmaximus

Russia has "strategically lost" the war in Ukraine and is a "more diminished power", the head of the UK's armed forces has said.

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said Vladimir Putin had lost 25% of Russia's land power for only "tiny" gains.

And while Russia may achieve "tactical successes" in the coming weeks, he said any notion the war had been a success was "nonsense".

Admiral Radakin, who is the UK's chief of defence staff, said Russia was running out of troops and advanced missiles and would never be able to take over all of Ukraine.

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Admiral Radakin said: "This is a dreadful mistake by Russia. Russia will never take control of Ukraine.

"Russia has strategically lost already. NATO is stronger, Finland and Sweden are looking to join."

He said Moscow had been forced to give up its objectives of taking over most Ukrainian cities and was now engaged in a tactical battle where fighting is "tough".

Admiral Radakin said: "The Russian machine is grinding away, and it's gaining a couple of - two, three, five - kilometres every day.

"And that's tough for Ukraine, but this is going to be a long fight. And we're supporting Ukraine, Ukraine has shown how courageous it really is.

"And Russia has vulnerabilities because it's running out of people, it's running out of hi-tech missiles."

He continued: "President Putin has used about 25% of his army's power to gain a tiny amount of territory and 50,000 people either dead or injured."

Russia is now a "more diminished power" diplomatically and economically than several months ago, he said.

"Any notion that this is a success for Russia is nonsense. Russia is failing.

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Putin is failing.



1 posted on 06/16/2022 7:22:54 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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2 posted on 06/16/2022 7:24:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: marcusmaximus

It’s a war of attrition. Vlad couldn’t care less about casualties. The eventual outcome is obvious.


3 posted on 06/16/2022 7:27:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Gay State Conservative

The outcome is anything but obvious.


4 posted on 06/16/2022 7:29:42 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: All

1.) The Jimmy Dore Show, 6/11/22

Ukraine Should Admit Defeat NOW! Says Top U.S Military Leader

https://youtu.be/A9bnFWmHggk

2.) Ukraine forces outgunned up to 40 to one by Russian forces, intelligence report reveals (6/9/22)

https://news.yahoo.com/intelligence-report-reveals-ukraine-forces-174236886.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

3.) Ukraine is running out of ammunition as prospects dim on the battlefield (6/12/22)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4070605/posts

4.) Cases of desertion are growing among Ukrainian forces suffering significant losses in Russia’s artillery onslaught, report says (6/11/22)

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-troops-deserting-russias-artillery-onslaught-takes-toll-report-says-2022-6

5.) ‘They’re Wiping Us From Earth’: Evading Russian Artillery With a Ukrainian Military Unit (6/12/22)

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ukrainian-military-unit-russia-artillery-1365021/


5 posted on 06/16/2022 7:31:31 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: marcusmaximus
'This is a dreadful mistake' - Head of UK's armed forces says Russia has 'strategically lost'

Does Putin know this?

6 posted on 06/16/2022 7:31:58 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: marcusmaximus

Russia has “strategically lost”

Another Richard Ukrainium analysis of the situation in Ukraine.

Baghdad Bob Talk IMHO.


7 posted on 06/16/2022 7:32:36 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Williams

How does Ukraine *possibly* prevail?????


8 posted on 06/16/2022 7:34:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Putin’s losing. Along with his Chechen monkeys.

Flashback: Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov Declares Victory Over Besieged Ukrainian City of Severodonetsk (over TWO WEEKS AGO)

Chechen leader and Vladimir Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov has declared victory over the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk.

https://www.newsweek.com/chechen-leader-ramzan-kadyrov-declares-victory-over-besieged-ukrainian-city-severodonetsk-1712518


9 posted on 06/16/2022 7:34:29 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Steely Tom

Putin knows it and he’s desperate for a deal. Panic is setting in on top of his terminal cancer and his pregnant mistress who refuses to get an abortion. When it rains, it pours.


10 posted on 06/16/2022 7:37:21 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Gay State Conservative
How does Ukraine *possibly* prevail?????

By not becoming a Russian client state?

By maintaining independence?

11 posted on 06/16/2022 7:40:22 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marcusmaximus

Idiotic analysis based on false premise. Nowhere, not even once did Russia state a goal to seize all of Ukraine or even Kiev. It was in his why and what we’re doing speech. Destroy the uke military, stop Ukraine from joining NATO, denazify, and protect the Donbass and Lugansk republics.

But nice strawman.

They really had no option. If they didn’t move. Kiev would join NATO and attack the eastern breakaway republics. So they had a bad option and a really bad option. They warned us, tried to avoid it, and then went with “bad option”.


12 posted on 06/16/2022 7:44:23 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Guess you can’t read can you.

How can people answer your dramatic question when you just read a top defense official give you the answer, and you act like you have no idea.


13 posted on 06/16/2022 7:45:12 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: marcusmaximus
Putin knows it and he’s desperate for a deal. Panic is setting in on top of his terminal cancer and his pregnant mistress who refuses to get an abortion. When it rains, it pours.

Yeah, the problem with being a dictator is it's tough to take your bow and leave the stage.

14 posted on 06/16/2022 7:45:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: DesertRhino
[Admiral Red Rubber Nose] said Moscow had been forced to give up its objectives of taking over most Ukrainian cities

He was apparently sitting in on the Kremlin planning sessions...

15 posted on 06/16/2022 7:47:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: marktwain

That’s a secondary objective IMO - primary was getting Ukraine to cede ethnically Russian Eastern Ukraine.


16 posted on 06/16/2022 7:47:32 PM PDT by Patriot95
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To: Gay State Conservative
The Brits have top defense officials working on this.

TOP DEFENSE OFFICIALS...


17 posted on 06/16/2022 7:49:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: marcusmaximus

Wow, you sure proved alot with that. LOL.

And name calling undermines the believability of your post because you wouldn’t resort to it if the so-called evidence of your post was sufficient.

Whereas what I posted has Americans, Europeans, and Ukrainians declaring Ukraine is losing compared to you saying Russia is losing.


18 posted on 06/16/2022 7:50:20 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Nextrush

Russia has “strategically lost”

Another Richard Ukrainium analysis of the situation in Ukraine.

Baghdad Bob Talk IMHO.

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That’s for sure. How does Ukraine prevail? It doesn’t.


19 posted on 06/16/2022 7:51:12 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: DesertRhino

Stop your psycho rationalizations for launching wars in Europe.

Bunch of useful idiots watching Russia destroy a country and people, writing lengthy explanations of why Russia “had no choice”.

Russia launched this attack because Putin wants his empire before he dies.

For certain most of the Russian leadership is horrified by the result.

“Russia had no choice” is just like all the articles that say “China is furious” because Taiwan in independent

No such thing. Just the maneuvering and lies of dictators.

If you ever actually read Putin’s speeches, you’d see he has entirely different explanations for his actions. (Which are also lies).


20 posted on 06/16/2022 7:51:45 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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