Posted on 09/13/2022 7:35:50 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his forces have reclaimed 6,000 square kilometers of occupied territory from Russia since starting a major counteroffensive last month. Western media is presenting events near Kharkiv as an absolute rout of Russian forces, with other sources cautioning there’s little that can be verified, also amid the question of whether regained territory can actually be held and permanently controlled by Ukraine.
Ukraine’s defense minister Oleksii Reznikov himself admitted in a Monday Financial Times report that a prime worry remains the ability to hold on to the territory amid superior Russian munitions and supplies. “A counter-offensive liberates territory and after that you have to control it and be ready to defend it,” he said, with the caveat: “Of course, we have to be worried, this war has worried us for years.”
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The Dive With Jackson Hinkle
Zelensky is hiding the truth in Ukraine
English-speaking NATO troops in Kharkiv?
The justification for this by neocons, if true, would be “Putin mean, Russia bad” akin to Clinton saying “Slobo mean, Serbia bad” or Obama saying “Gaddafi mean, Libya bad” to justify NATO involvement in those countries, which was against their defensive charter they attacking offensively and especially so since neither Serbia nor Libya attacked a NATO member.
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The Guardian, Democracy Now, and others reported yesterday that a mere 1,000 square kilometers were retaken by Ukraine, not Zel’s claimed 6000 sq km.
The BBC reported today and yesterday that about 1/5 of Ukraine has been conquered by Russia. So retaking 1k to 6k square kilometers of 1/5 of Ukraine turns out to be a paltry percentage (less than 1% to around 5% of what Russia has conquered) and especially paltry given that Russia has made recent advancements into other areas of southern Ukraine.
this guy is a douche
“send mo money”
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Fox8
Zelensky to headline US defense industry conference
9/12/22
To the last Ukranian...
What good are ‘superior Russian munitions and supplies’ if they don’t have any soldiers?
Well, that’s always a problem when you brutally occupy a land whete a population doesn’t want you.
And, yes, this area of the Ukraine is very pro Russian.
Partisan activities work both ways.
you speak truth
Who isn’t a “douche” on alternative media? Do you think they should get paid by their networks? Oh wait, there aren’t any networks on YouTube or Rumble or gab or locals. Is everyone supposed to work for free then? 🤣
If Ukraine makes another move on Kherson, which the Russian army is defending, it will be bloodbath.
All the Ukrainians have are PR wins but its enough for the spin machine to use to suck more money from US taxpayers. And, there plenty of trolls here peddling the Biden regime narrative.
You talking about Bush and Cheney, neocon?
Did the article say anything about what the pro-Russian population wanted to happen? Do you honestly think they want to go back to Ukrainian rule? Maybe they just want independence and to be left alone. They won’t get that under the Ukrainians.
Likely a combination of Nato assistance and Russian withdrawal. Looks to me like Russia is deciding just how much of Ukraine they want to manage when all is said and done.
its all about beach front property, Kosovo, Libya the black sea..
Leaked Ukrainian documents from some months back and posted across the met showed around 50% of trained, regular Ukrainian soldiers were dead, could no longer fight, went AWOL, etc.
Russia’s % for this is far less.
what are they doing ? ...bribing the Russians to go away ?
"hey big guy, we need more dough over here, the Russians aren't leaving fast enough"
Zelensky is the 21st century Oliver Twist:
“Please sir, may I have some more?”
We’ll see, but right now it looks like Russian will have its hands full just trying to retain the regions that they are defending now.
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