The Ragtag Army That Won the Battle of Kyiv and Saved Ukraine

Wall Street Journal ^ | Sept. 20, 2022 10:49 am ET | James Marson

[willfulknowledge]

troll

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

It was...but I think that's inherent when looking at what happened at Kyiv. It's hard to examine the beginning of this war, measure it against expectations, and not have a pretty positive Ukraine story.

In the other hand, if you wrote an article about the fall of Kherson, it would look pretty negative towards Ukraine.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Zhang Fei.

[ifinnegan]

"五毛"

5 hands?!

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Five feathers. Mao as in Chairman Mao who is on the money. Five dollars. The Wu Mao gets paid five Mao per post.

Wu Mao definition

Hand is 手。 Looks similar to 毛。

[gloryblaze]

Thanks!

[Kazan]

The truth you and your fellow neocon freaks don’t want the masses to see:
https://sonar21.com/americans-better-wake-up-and-realize-the-russians-are-genuinely-pissed-off/

Put yourself in the shoes of the Russian leaders and people. Here is what they have seen over the last 8 years since the democratically elected President of Ukraine was ousted by a western backed coup:

*While professing a deep commitment to democracy, America and Europe ignored the voters of Ukraine and helped orchestrate the unlawful removal of President Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych on the 22 of February 2014.
*In the aftermath of that coup, the newly installed Ukrainian government embarked on a war against Russian speaking Ukrainians. Ukraine wantonly killed civilians and the west remained silent.
*Despite repeated warnings from Russia that it would not tolerate western efforts to bring Ukraine into NATO, the United States and Europe conducted annual military exercises with Ukraine and provided military training and assistance.
*Russia’s attempt to negotiate in December 2021 with the United States over the status of Ukraine was rebuffed.
*In response to Russia’s Special Military Operation, the United States and Europe imposed “draconian” sanctions and embarked on a full scale attempt to punish not just the political leaders of Russia, but all Russians, including denouncing Russia’s rich cultural heritage.
*The United States and Europe continue to supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition that is being used to kill the newly incorporated citizens of Russia that reside in the Donbas, Kherson and Zaporhyzhia.
*Russia’s effort to negotiate a peace with Ukraine was shutdown by the U.K.’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. The United Kingdom, Poland and Ukraine announced a trilateral pact to promote Ukraine’s defense and independence in February 2022.
*The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and leading U.S. officials are calling for “decolonizing Russia”–i.e., breaking up Russia into geographic regions. Russia’s Nordstream gas pipelines were sabotaged.

[kiryandil]

Yeah, the pro-Putin narrative that says Ukrainians can’t defend themselves. Sometimes fostered by trolls.

Actually, I'm against the regime change Narrative pushed by the same crowd of regime changers who were hard at work here in the US in November 2020.

The ones who are running America into the ground as we speak, after their successful color revolution here.

Are you one of those?

[Zhang Fei]

Ukraine ping

Elon Musk refutes claims that Starlink terminals were funded in full by Uncle Sam. No comment on whether he’s deliberately throttling Ukrainian forces.

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https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1578433482757271552
[Bad reporting by FT. This article falsely claims that Starlink terminals & service were paid for, when only a small percentage have been.

This operation has cost SpaceX $80M & will exceed $100M by end of year.

As for what’s happening on the battlefield, that’s classified.]

[dila813]

The truth is both, Elon gave free service and equipment and the US government funded purchase of additional ones

[Bikkuri]

Yeah, I’m starting to forget my kanji :\

[Pikachu_Dad]

lol