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Morale is concern as NATO chief warns war could last ‘years’
AP ^ | June 19, 2022 | JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON

Posted on 06/19/2022 5:01:06 AM PDT by McGruff

Four months of brutal fighting in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers’ orders, British defense officials said Sunday. NATO’s chief warned the war could drag on for “years.”

“Combat units from both sides are committed to intense combat in the Donbas and are likely experiencing variable morale,” Britain’s defense ministry said in its daily assessment of the war, which has been raging for almost four months.

“Ukrainian forces have likely suffered desertions in recent weeks,” the assessment said, but added that “Russian morale highly likely remains especially troubled.”

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1 posted on 06/19/2022 5:01:06 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

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Keep sending the $$$$ and keep having Hollywood awards going to the holders of the Offshore Accts.

Many US Politicians will launch fortunes many times over, too.


2 posted on 06/19/2022 5:13:03 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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3 posted on 06/19/2022 5:14:31 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: McGruff

Supposedly this war has nothing to do with NATO. Ain’t that right? wink wink.


4 posted on 06/19/2022 5:17:25 AM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: dforest

What has NATO done for Ukraine? Seems like USA, Great Britain, and Poland have done all.


5 posted on 06/19/2022 5:22:53 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: McGruff

It will go on as long as it’s profitable to the “defense” industry. Or until Russia does something apocalyptic, but the ruling class is betting against that.


6 posted on 06/19/2022 5:24:21 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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7 posted on 06/19/2022 5:25:51 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Lumper20

NATO isn’t supposed to be involved in Ukraine. It isn’t in NATO. Yet it is in a roundabout way because it is a proxy war.

The whole deceit disgusts me.


8 posted on 06/19/2022 5:26:54 AM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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9 posted on 06/19/2022 5:27:01 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Need more flags 🇺🇦


10 posted on 06/19/2022 5:27:58 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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11 posted on 06/19/2022 5:29:24 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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12 posted on 06/19/2022 5:31:03 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: dforest

Good point, but; most are in EU. What has the EU done?


13 posted on 06/19/2022 5:41:16 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: McGruff

Ukrainian forces have likely suffered desertions

They are in their homeland, where are they deserting to? From Syria, their civil war is still in full swing 11 years now.


14 posted on 06/19/2022 5:44:28 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: Lumper20

Very little. The only thing they are all in on is with their big uppity mouths as usual.


15 posted on 06/19/2022 5:45:37 AM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: McGruff

Per the latest Russian MoD briefing, Yesterday alone the UKA lost over 600 men including 50 Generals and staff officers at a planning meeting and 100 guys just getting off a train

Plus 10 x M-777 guns and 20 armored vehicles delivered a week ago were destroyed in storage

No, despite the smugly complacent a-holes in Washington DC , Brussels, and London, this war’ cannot continue much longer. It will become impossible to hide these losses from the UKA, their families and the public


16 posted on 06/19/2022 5:49:29 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: McGruff

“Combat units from both sides are committed to intense combat in the Donbas and are likely experiencing variable morale.”

As opposed to these combat units all experiencing identical levels of morale?


17 posted on 06/19/2022 5:53:31 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Black Ukrainian Coronavirus Vaccine Abortions Matter. It’s called democracy, folks. It’s who we are.)
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To: Jolla
The people of Donetsk and Luhansk are driving the Ukrainian invaders out of their country. The Russians are just helping them.


18 posted on 06/19/2022 5:54:23 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

If we continue to supply weapons to Ukraine we can keep this thing going for years.

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19 posted on 06/19/2022 6:02:19 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Travis McGee

Good visual presentation. Unfortunately, some folks here don’t care about the facts. All that matters in their minds is that Russia=USSR and Putin=Stalin, and they hate them Commies. Even Freepers are being taken in by the US/NATO psyops on this issue, just as some were taken in by the same psyops machine with respect to Covid.


20 posted on 06/19/2022 6:06:38 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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