Posted on 05/22/2023 6:46:46 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Russia has claimed victory in Bakhmut, long a focus of heavy fighting in the war, but Ukraine’s President Zelensky has denied the claims, saying the city is not occupied.
“Bakhmut is not occupied by Russia today”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Hiroshima, Japan, during his visit to the G7 group of nations conference, insisting “there are no two or three interpretations of those words” to dispel any doubt over his assertion.
Zelensky said of the battle in Bakhmut, Zelensky said per CNN: “We are keeping on, we are fighting. I clearly understand what is happening in Bakhmut. I can’t share the tactics of the military, but a country even bigger than ours cannot defeat us. A little time will pass and we will be winning. Today our soldiers are in Bakhmut.”
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Yup, and a mentally slipping Jo Jo Biden finally let slip the truth - 100,000+ Russians killed in Bakhmut alone.
The Russians won so how many Ukrainians were killed along the way?
American intel says 7 Ukrainians killed for every Russian in Bakhmut is the casualty exchange rate. That would be 700K + Ukrainians. Hard to believe but the number must be huge given the civilian loss of life added to the Ukrainian military losses.
The butcher's bill for the insanely senseless Ukraine conflict is going to be staggering when the truth finally comes out. Not to mention quarter of a trillion dollars that will be completely wasted in a losing cause when we can least afford the bill
We are being ruled by very evil people and their evil is being perpetrated in our name
“The one thing for certain - there is one side that definitely is losing in this conflict and that’s the American people.”
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That, right there. 👆👆👆
I’ve said from the beginning that the best cast scenario is being blundered into a new multi trillion dollar, generational Cold War (accomplished). The more likely outcome will be the maniacs in DC and Brussels escalating this into WWIII. When that happens it will take a NATO total conventional commitment along a 3500 mile front a week to totally decimate the Russians. The Russians would react by crossing the nuclear threshold within ten days of the proxy gloves coming off. We are so far up the escalatory ladder that I doubt we have time to elect Trump to stop the madness.
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Zelensky cheering on ‘the war’....what else could he say in front of the G-7 leaders - ...that he lost Bakhmut so turn off the cash spigots?
I think whatever the outcome in Ukraine - Russia will re-group and com back to fight another day only they won’t be alone next time.
The winner of the Ukraine War is...... China......
I don’t know if they’ve lost the actual city, but the Ukrainians have assaulted both flanks of the city, taking the high ground. It’s possible both Russian and Ukrainian claims are true. The fight for the city may be on the outside of the city. The Russians have not established good defenses since they’ve been entirely on the attack. Since the Ukrainians mined and later destroyed defenses as they retreated the Russians face the risk that the defenses they’ve captured are similarly mined for later destruction at some opportune moment. Now the Russians face the problem of supplying the city while the siege has reversed on them. The city has little tactical or strategic significance. The battle is political more than strategic and commentators on both sides seem to agree that the Russians paid a high price. The problem for the Russians if they burned through assets and people they’ll need later. I suspect the war will be won or lost based on politics that take place in Moscow, Berlin, Washington and other capitals. Regardless, the scars for this war will be felt by both sides for better than a century.
Zelensik is insaine. Chasiv Yar is 15km from Bachmut and Ukraine is almost finished there with one a few streets left. Remember when cities and towns held forever... today places like Chasiv Yar which was still a 2014 fortified city, is falling in less than two months. Now that the FAB 3000s are here it will only take a few weeks to capture a place this size.
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