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Outnumbered and Worn Out, Ukrainians in East Brace for Russian Assault
The New York Times ^ | February 6, 2023 | Michael Schwirtz

Posted on 02/06/2023 4:52:21 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

NEVSKE, Ukraine — In a tiny village in eastern Ukraine at the epicenter of the next phase of the war, Lyudmila Degtyaryova measures the Russian advance by listening to the boom of incoming artillery shells.

There are more and more of them now. And they are coming more frequently, as Russian troops grind their way forward.

“You should see the fireworks here,” said Degtyaryova, 61, as the sounds of artillery howled all around. “It is like New Year’s.”

Russia’s military is preparing to launch a new offensive that could soon swallow Degtyaryova’s village of Nevske, and perhaps much more in the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas. But already the impact of Russia’s stepped-up assault is being felt in the towns and villages along the hundreds of miles of undulating eastern front.

Exhausted Ukrainian troops complain they are already outnumbered and outgunned, even before Russia has committed the bulk of its roughly 200,000 newly mobilized soldiers. And doctors at hospitals speak of mounting losses as they struggle to care for fighters with gruesome injuries.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Russia
KEYWORDS: 12monthsnow; 1putinforeignpolicy; 3daywar; bidenforeignpolicy; blueandyellowpompoms; fakenewsers; michaelschwirtz; russiahoaxnewspaper; swampnarrative; walterdurantytimes
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1 posted on 02/06/2023 4:52:21 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

more ukie winning?


2 posted on 02/06/2023 4:55:01 PM PST by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: mylife

🇷🇺 advanced West from their positions in Blahodatne.

3 posted on 02/06/2023 4:58:40 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Wait I thought Ukraine was winning they just need more US Military hardware and pallets of US Dollars.


4 posted on 02/06/2023 5:03:14 PM PST by Bailee
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To: MinorityRepublican

One must now read the NY Times and Washington Post like one used to need need to read Pravda and China People’s Daily - to see what the new political reality is from the DC Politburo.


5 posted on 02/06/2023 5:05:03 PM PST by PGR88 (, )
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is the part of the narrative where rags like the Times dash away from the PropAgenda and towards the painful reality. It’s over.


6 posted on 02/06/2023 5:06:23 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: mylife
Play with the bull and you get the horns.

7 posted on 02/06/2023 5:08:18 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

These are the insane people that NATO is pissing with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_rqtinxhZc The dumb burns so bright it would blind at a trillion miles. Honeybagers run away. Idiots like Hitler and Napoleon did not. Luckily we have the great POTATUS, our Tuber and Chief and the full backing of EuroWeenydom an the “Dumb State.”


8 posted on 02/06/2023 5:08:21 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (I am a lesbian trapped in a man's body... gives me more rights. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

“as Russian troops grind their way forward”

I’m not seeing what to my lay person eye’s would be a bold strategic movement, such as Grant splitting the Confederacy or Sherman splitting the eastern half.


9 posted on 02/06/2023 5:11:15 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: MinorityRepublican

You and your RuZZia propaganda are going to piss off some of the more persistent posters who have a self appointed mission to keep everyone up to date on things daily without respite.


10 posted on 02/06/2023 5:12:36 PM PST by webheart
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To: JonPreston

“It’s over.”

I see a bloody stalemate currently - much like most of WW1 in the west.


11 posted on 02/06/2023 5:12:52 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: MinorityRepublican

I see a lot of rail lines, but laying a bypass line might be possible.

Street by street fighting means lots of casualties.


12 posted on 02/06/2023 5:15:31 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Or in this case the bear and you get the claws all across your back.

I really do feel so sorry for the Ukrainian people. I wonder how many dream of killing Zelenskyy.

13 posted on 02/06/2023 5:16:25 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Brian Griffin

It’s the N.Y. Slimes reporting. Therefore, you must look beyond what they are telling the public to see what they are not telling the public. The fact that it is negative, means that it is even more negative than they will admit.


14 posted on 02/06/2023 5:21:05 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s been like that for 11 months
Bout time fake news caught up


15 posted on 02/06/2023 5:21:16 PM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: webheart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_rqtinxhZc

These are the people you are F’in with. Learn.


16 posted on 02/06/2023 5:21:23 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (I am a lesbian trapped in a man's body... gives me more rights. )
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To: webheart; MinorityRepublican

Setting the Record Straight; Stuff You Should Know About Ukraine
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/setting-the-record-straight-stuff-you-should-know-about-ukraine/

I had been vaguely aware of The Unz Review for a while, but recently took a bit of a deep dive into their background and some of their articles. Rob Unz and his cohorts are quite impressive, as are their regular readers who comment on the articles. It sometimes reminds me of old-school Free Republic.

I learn something new after reading just about every article I have read there, and their articles tend to be heavily backed up with links.


17 posted on 02/06/2023 5:24:18 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: MinorityRepublican

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18 posted on 02/06/2023 5:24:57 PM PST by elpadre (nd )
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To: MinorityRepublican
Ukrainian forces kill 870 Russian soldiers in last 24 hours
MONDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2023

19 posted on 02/06/2023 5:25:17 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: MinorityRepublican

One Year Later, Americans Still Stand by Ukraine
Gallup Poll
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
https://news.gallup.com/poll/469328/one-year-later-americans-stand-ukraine.aspx


20 posted on 02/06/2023 5:26:54 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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