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Russia Has Suffered 'Strategic Defeat' As War Nears 10th Month: Igor Girkin
MSN ^ | 12-17 | Brendan Cole

Posted on 12/17/2022 1:34:54 PM PST by dennisw

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To: dennisw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAdEf68mBI

Ukraine Reels After Missile Strike, Sends Reinforcements to Bakhmut; Putin Briefed by Surovikin

21 posted on 12/17/2022 3:14:34 PM PST by Kazan
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMcCOAqWlx8&t=7s

Update on Russian military operations in and around Ukraine for December 17, 2022:

- Russian missiles and drones deliver massive damage to Ukrainian electrical infrastructure;
- The extensive damage reported by Russian strikes contradicts Kiev’s claims of intercepting “most” Russian missiles and drones;
- Pentagon plans training program for 500 Ukrainian forces per month falling far short of necessary numbers just to replace lost Ukrainian manpower;
- Ukrainian General Zaluzhny admits a growing logistical crisis and shortcomings regarding Western systems transferred to Ukrainian forces;
- Zaluzhny complains about HIMARS’ limited range; - Zaluzhny demands arms deliveries on a scale the US and NATO are incapable of;

22 posted on 12/17/2022 3:15:43 PM PST by Kazan
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To: dennisw

U.S. v. Russia, who’s winning?

-fJRoberts-


23 posted on 12/17/2022 3:22:17 PM PST by A strike ("The worse, the better." - V.I.Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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To: delta7

And exactly why is that??????
Jut cause I shot how rude of you to bleed all over the place


24 posted on 12/17/2022 3:24:02 PM PST by blitz128
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To: tlozo

The biggest loser is the US taxpayer. Borrowing $100 billion and counting to fund this proxy war is a disaster.


25 posted on 12/17/2022 3:46:33 PM PST by kabar
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The biggest loser is the US taxpayer. Borrowing $100 billion and counting to fund this proxy war is a disaster.

No, of course its not the russian military that have been shown to be utterly inept.

26 posted on 12/17/2022 3:51:40 PM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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Russia is a third rate country because of idiots who are running the show along with a population that can best be described as very mediocre. The only reason the are players in the international scene is due to the size of their country and the riches inside of it becuase of that size. Just look at this read. hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/12/17/people-were-turned-into-hamburger-how-putins-arrogance-turned-the-war-into-a-slaughterhouse-for-his-troops-n518599
27 posted on 12/17/2022 4:37:19 PM PST by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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https://sonar21.com/western-hysteria-ramps-up/

At some point in the next weeks or months the West will be forced to concede that it cannot continue pouring billions into Ukraine without inflicting enormous damage on its own economies and people. At that point the memes of Russian weakness and defeat will crumble. NATO faces the real risk of being demilitarized. But it will not be the result of a frontal assault by Russia. Russia will continue doing what it is doing — i.e., pulverizing Western wonder weapons and bleeding the Ukrainian and foreign mercenaries with artillery and missiles.

28 posted on 12/17/2022 4:56:56 PM PST by Kazan
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To: dennisw

That would explain all the candles in Ukraine ... candle light victory parades.


29 posted on 12/17/2022 5:02:55 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: dennisw

Winners figure out how to win and then go to war.

Losers go to war and then try to win.

Russians went to war having forgotten about Ukrainian mud and winters....

... it has only been a few decades, people.....


30 posted on 12/17/2022 5:39:27 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: delta7

Ukraine doesn’t have to win. They just have to stop Russia from winning.

Given that Russia’s seven day war is in its tenth month it’s safe to say Russia isn’t winning.


31 posted on 12/17/2022 8:00:31 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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Russia docked a sub next to the Moskva? That’s nice of them to get their fleet back together!


32 posted on 12/17/2022 8:04:48 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: tlozo

‘’Sod off’’ works as well.

Where we Americans say “Get out of here’’ the Brits typically say “Get out of it’’.


33 posted on 12/18/2022 12:18:16 AM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: dennisw
Igor Girkin was at the front of KBG/GRU operations from the Caucasus to Southeastern Europe for years long after Ritter and Macgregor retired. He has a finger on the pulse of Russia nationalists and the state of the Russian combat operations in Ukraine.

He is the one person the Putin fan club should listen. Instead they ignore him while fawning over Z-Telegram channels, Scott Ritter and Douglas Macgregor who make it up as they go. SMH/CMTU.

34 posted on 12/18/2022 12:44:39 AM PST by Widget Jr (🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - Just say no to CCCP 2.0)
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To: delta7; dennisw

Ukraine won, past tense, in March 2022 when it thwarted Putin’s attempt to make uka vassal state like Belarus.

The Ukrainians destroyed the elite Russian paratroopers VDV, and crushed the Russian tank pile up that came to occupy Kyiv.

Is Ukraine badly damaged, yes? But it is like a girl attacked and assaulted by the neighbourhood bully, but she still manages to not only fight him off to not become his kidnapped sex slave, but blinds his eye and cuts off one hand.

Putin’s regime is the neighbourhood bully rapist and Ukraine has fought him off. The fight is still on, but the bully will never have that dominance over the neighbourhood again


35 posted on 12/18/2022 12:59:27 AM PST by Cronos (.)
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To: Cronos

You, like me and all the rest have no idea what the future brings. I have learned pariicipating in a war, ours thoughts and wants are most always not in line with God’s will. Stay tuned, much to early to determine an outcome.
What I do see, is Biblical- Evil is destroying Evil.


36 posted on 12/18/2022 5:17:53 PM PST by delta7
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