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Battle of Bakhmut: Ukrainian soldiers worry Russians begin to ‘taste victory’
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo ^ | March 15th, 2023 | Asami Terajima

Posted on 03/15/2023 2:22:44 PM PDT by Mariner

DONETSK OBLAST – Just days before heading back to fight in the Battle of Bakhmut, a Ukrainian soldier Volodymyr, 54, said he felt ill-prepared.

"When they drive us to Bakhmut, I already know I'm being sent to death," Volodymyr told the Kyiv Independent during his brief stay in Kramatorsk, a city in Donetsk Oblast some 25 kilometers west of the front line.

Volodymyr, an infantryman from the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, said he struggled to eat after fighting in Bakhmut for months. He looked shaken as he talked.

For two months, Volodymyr's unit was tasked with guarding Bakhmut against small Russian assault groups creeping into the city. The brigade was constantly under mortar fire as soldiers were outdoors where shrapnels could wound or kill them at any moment.

"(The Russians) keep firing at us, but we don't have artillery – so we have nothing to attack them back with," Volodymyr said. "I don't know if I will return or not. We are just getting killed."

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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To: Petrosius

Is that why Ukraine broke Minsk?


21 posted on 03/15/2023 3:26:53 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Mariner

You are a smart man. I salute you.


22 posted on 03/15/2023 3:38:41 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (I am a lesbian trapped in a man's body... gives me more rights. )
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To: Mariner

“When they drive us to Bakhmut, I already know I’m being sent to death”

Nazis were also executed after WW2.


23 posted on 03/15/2023 3:38:45 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Mariner

Bkmk


24 posted on 03/15/2023 3:53:39 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: JonPreston

“There was a peace deal worked out a year ago and Biden sent Boris Johnson over there to kill it.”

Authoritative link, please.


25 posted on 03/15/2023 4:05:53 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Petrosius

I don’t support the Russians either. I understand why Ukraine got invaded, but I don’t like any of it.


26 posted on 03/15/2023 4:07:05 PM PDT by Bulwyf (Why? )
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To: Petrosius

“Why the criticism of the Ukrainians defending themselves but none of the Russians invading? It gives the impression of supporting Russian aggression under the pretense of moral indignation.”

That sums it up pretty well.


27 posted on 03/15/2023 4:08:38 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Bulwyf

The Ukraine is a Merc army.


28 posted on 03/15/2023 4:10:36 PM PDT by conserv8 ( Everything you say or do is always there.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“Is that why Ukraine broke Minsk?”

Everyone broke Minsk. It was deemed unworkable before the ink dried.


29 posted on 03/15/2023 4:11:16 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: JonPreston
There was a peace deal worked out a year ago and Biden sent Boris Johnson over there to kill it.

Yet another lie from a well-known liar.

30 posted on 03/15/2023 4:11:46 PM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: dfwgator
Great quote. Here is the meme.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/911/486/6bb.jpg

31 posted on 03/15/2023 4:12:31 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
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To: conserv8

Mostly at this point.

It’s all crap. I don’t want to get drawn into this either.


32 posted on 03/15/2023 4:13:54 PM PDT by Bulwyf (Why? )
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To: Timber Rattler; JonPreston

Snake has the sads.


33 posted on 03/15/2023 4:16:08 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
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To: ought-six; JonPreston

“Authoritative link, please.”

Try to keep up, please.


34 posted on 03/15/2023 4:25:08 PM PDT by A strike ("The worse, the better."- Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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To: Mariner

all for the glory

diversity - Satan

rainbow fLag


35 posted on 03/15/2023 4:28:45 PM PDT by Firehath
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To: Timber Rattler

Hush #NeverTrump.


36 posted on 03/15/2023 4:30:54 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: ought-six; Timber Rattler

37 posted on 03/15/2023 4:32:59 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Mariner

...54...


38 posted on 03/15/2023 4:41:39 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Petrosius
Merkel: Minsk agreements were meant to ‘give Ukraine time’

German ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel reveals that in 2014, the Minsk agreements aimed to give Ukraine time to get stronger and for NATO to increase its support to the country in the face of Russia.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/merkel:-minsk-agreement-attempted-to-give-ukraine-time

39 posted on 03/15/2023 4:42:16 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Petrosius

because it could all been avoided 1 month before the war started with the simple agreement of Ukraine not joining Nato, and stop shelling Donbas. Also keeping to the Minsk 2014 agreement........or have you FORGOT all about that?


40 posted on 03/15/2023 4:44:19 PM PDT by davidb56
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