Who knows what to believe in this thing, but when I see these glowing reports of alleged Ukrainian success my reaction is, “Great, then I guess we can stop sending them money and weapons now, right?”
Bakhmut of course will fall to the the Russians any day...just as they have told us for the last 3+ months.
Russian soldiers can dodge missiles? Heck of a talent.
The Roooskis ran like rats! As usual!
What nonsense, “The driving through a minefield” claim is ludicrous, you can see the path of some sort of projectile (rocket? rpg? something) come from the woods into 1 of the vehicles.. the vehicle didn’t run over a mine.
Does the Daily Mail even look at what they print any more?
We’ve been hearing stories like this for months. How long before the Russians surrender?
There are also rumors from Ukraine that Sullivan has pressed Zelensky to launch a Kherson campaign as soon as possible. Zelensky is said to have agreed to do so.
But the Ukrainian army does not want to do that - at least not now. The Russian troops in the area have been reinforced. The fields are muddy and can not be crossed by heavy vehicles. Russian artillery attacks destroy equipment pre-positioned for the attack before it is ready to come near the front line.
The Ukrainian military has for weeks tried probing attacks in the Kherson region. These had no significant results while the attacking units had high losses. The units deployed around the region have been there since early October or longer. The Military Land deployment map shows only one unit that arrived just five days ago. The 98th Azov battalion, one of the fascist volunteer forces, has been positioned in the back of 128th Mountain Assault Brigade which, in recent weeks, has had some of the most serious losses.
The use of such 'nationalist' forces to prevent the retreat of exhausted front line units has been a regular occurrence in this war.
Ukraine has for weeks had no success on the battle field. Washington wants it to show such a success so that it can tell its allies that the war can be won by the Ukrainian side. The push for an attack on Kherson is again part of the overall campaign to convince Europeans that they should sustain the efforts to arm and support Ukraine.
The campaign is misleading. Ukraine is losing the war badly. But the U.S. wants to fight Russia down to the last Ukrainian - and down to the last Euro.
Let’s be realistic. If Russia was losing this badly they would have been run out of Ukraine months ago. Again, I ask why would Putin invade Ukraine? Why did his commandos initially target locations that didn’t seem to have strategic military value? - Chernobyl
If it’s really going as bad for Putin it’s a lot of people are suggesting regarding his troops, it’s only a matter of time before he brings out the nukes.
When the Russians first invaded, I hoped the Ukrainians would win like the Finns did against Stalin in the 1930s. Now months and billions of dollars later, I realize I’ve been lied to by both sides. I ask myself, what is our strategic interest in the area and where does the billions come from (have they been appropriated by Congress?) Now that the USSR has collapsed, what is the purpose in backing Ukraine and provoking the danger of a nuclear exchange. We have problems of our own that need urgent fixing.
