Posted on 09/19/2022 4:31:29 AM PDT by Cronos
...now control the eastern bank of the Oskil River in the Kharkiv region, while Moscow continues to launch attacks against civilian infrastructure in Ukraine following its military setbacks in the country’s east.
Strategic Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces posted a video on social media on Sunday that appeared to show an armored vehicle crossing the river, along with the message, “Ukraine controls the left bank.”
The claim suggests Ukraine’s push east is continuing after its forces seized about 3,500 square miles of territory in the northeastern Kharkiv region in a lightning offensive earlier this month that put Moscow on the back foot.
Ukrainian troops are now within about 20 miles of the Luhansk region, which Moscow captured months ago and whose seizure the Kremlin has repeatedly called one of its priorities for the war in Ukraine.
....Russian forces, meanwhile, established a new defensive line between the river and the town of Svatove in the Luhansk region over the weekend, according to the British ministry of defense. The ministry said Russia would likely defend the area aggressively after suffering a swift rout in the Kharkiv region, allowing Ukrainian forces to seize huge swaths of land in just a few days.
Battlefield setbacks have continued for Moscow. The British Ministry of Defense said Russia had lost at least four combat jets in Ukraine within the last 10 days, for a total loss of around 55 jets since the start of the invasion.
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Ukraine already attacked Crimea. No nukes yet.
I am talking boots on the ground. Russia will not give up control of Crimea sans all out war.
But losing outright, that might be where his red line is.
If Kherson falls and a few other important links, that might mean being cut off and still nominally holding onto Crimea. It becomes a naval and land battle to lift a siege, then. If the then-beleaguered garrison of Crimea doesn’t hold on and surrenders, that’ll be like the final British defeat at Yorktown.
A joke from Moscow: "According to Putin the special military operation is really a conflict btw Russia and NATO about World dominance. Whats the situation now?" "Russia has lost 50000 troops, 8 generals, 1000 tanks, 3 ships, 100 planes and 1000 trucks. As for NATO? NATO hasn't arrived yet."
“WorldUkraine”
How impressive.
Should NATO threaten Crimea, Russia will go nuclear. I say NATO because Ukraine is in fact NATO at point in the war.
Yes and “Little Green Men” were not the Russian army 2014. Russia lied then. They lie now.
The corrupt and incompetent Russian military is being smashed into little pieces now by Ukrainian “farmers and miners”. One thing is certain: Russian Supremacists and their useful idiots will never admit such a humiliation.
Towarisch - I would like to know why you are calling everyone a Banderite.
It seems you have quite a different definition of the term.
What is your definition of Banderite?
Very true, but the increasing shrillness of their rhetoric and their reliance on obscure and/or hard left media belie their concerns that their beloved Mother Russia is indeed failing on the battlefield.
Ukraine is not a part of NATO. Ukraine was refused entry to NATO in 2008.
And yet, you and the other Zelbots here are aligned with Biden, Soros, Shwab, the dems, the RINOs and hollywood.
But you're the conservative, right?
You dont have to depend on the press.
There are now online sources that compile open source info from both sides to, for instance, maintain war maps.
These are always more timely than the MSM.
A Banderite who fails at knowing what a Banderite is.
Irony.
Information is information. It is good to learn from your enemies. I highly recommend giving Gramsci (Italian communist philosopher) a good read. Rush Limbaugh did, and thought highly of him.
Zelenskyy is a comedian.
I support the people of Ukraine against the aggression of Putin.
Zelenskyy just happens to be a good leader/figurehead for the Ukrainians.
Do you support the right of Ukrainians to not be invaded?
What is your definition of a Banderite, towarisch?
Come on now, you aren’t explaining why you are calling everyone who opposes Putin as a “Banderite”
Wrong. Kicking Russian corruption and influence out of Europe is 100% in US interests. OTOH, trying to Make Russia Great Again is certainly not. So which is it? Pro-American Conservative or MRGA?
Ask ZelenskyyIdiot given he is heavily influenced by such, as you and some others here appear to be, as well....
No, not this totally corrupt Ukraine.
Your anti Zelensky drivelous rant is obsolete.
All that was no longer matters.
Zelensky is leading the defeat of Russia
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