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Ukraine has already retaken 50 percent of occupied territory
The Hill ^ | 7/23/2023 | Sarah Fortinsky

Posted on 07/23/2023 9:04:34 AM PDT by Alter Kaker

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that Ukraine has already retaken about 50 percent of the territory that Russia initially seized, stressing that Kyiv’s counteroffensive is still in its “relatively early days.”

“In terms of what Russia sought to achieve, what [Russian President Vladimir] Putin sought to achieve, they’ve already failed. They’ve already lost. The objective was to erase Ukraine from the map, to eliminate its independence, its sovereignty, to subsume it into Russia. That failed a long time ago,” Blinken told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an interview on “GPS.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine; War
KEYWORDS: antonyblinken; lol; russia; sarahfortinsky; surejan; suresarah; ukraine
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1 posted on 07/23/2023 9:04:34 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
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To: Alter Kaker

And he would be 100% correct.


2 posted on 07/23/2023 9:06:06 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Alter Kaker

The Sun Tsu is strong on this one.

Speak of victory when you’ve been defeated.


3 posted on 07/23/2023 9:06:40 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Alter Kaker

Good news:

“Ukraine has already retaken about 50 percent of the territory that Russia initially seized”


4 posted on 07/23/2023 9:06:57 AM PDT by Sunsong
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To: Alter Kaker
The administration's goal now is just for Ukraine to hang on until November 2024.

5 posted on 07/23/2023 9:07:09 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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retaken about 50 percent of the territory that Russia initially seized, stressing that Kyiv’s counteroffensive is still in its “relatively early days.” It is time for bargaining phase but Blinken is still in denial.
6 posted on 07/23/2023 9:08:15 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Alter Kaker

Still pretending this is a Ukraine/Russia war and not a USA/Russia proxy war I see.


7 posted on 07/23/2023 9:10:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Alter Kaker

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8 posted on 07/23/2023 9:11:03 AM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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How long before Zelensky asks the USA for tactical nukes?
9 posted on 07/23/2023 9:12:34 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hey!! You’re not supposed to notice.


10 posted on 07/23/2023 9:13:18 AM PDT by BipolarBob (My friend David got his ID stolen, so now he's just Dav.)
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11 posted on 07/23/2023 9:14:19 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Alter Kaker

This buy has no connection to reality. This a flat out lie, he then goes on to completely misstates Russian goals here. We’re screwed.


12 posted on 07/23/2023 9:16:05 AM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: Alter Kaker

#CBM-——Cluster Bombs Matter. Just sayin’.... 😬

Do I need the /s?


13 posted on 07/23/2023 9:17:58 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

“The administration’s goal now is just for Ukraine to hang on until November 2024.”

I listened to an interesting view from an American commentator. He said, the West wants Ukraine to hold Russia at bay but if Ukraine wins outright, they will have the best equipped and largest trained fighting force in Europe and nobody in Europe or the US wants to see where that might lead us.


14 posted on 07/23/2023 9:22:58 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Alter Kaker

The alternate reality talking points to put lipstick on an utter disaster and failure.

Like “Bidenomics is working.”


15 posted on 07/23/2023 9:24:04 AM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: Alter Kaker

Wars among great powers have an incredible way of turning plans of the combatants 180 Degrees in reverse and upside down.

WWI knocked down all the politicians and monarchs who entered the war. Some just lost power, some had their countries destroyed, some even lost their lives.

I am expecting the same here.


16 posted on 07/23/2023 9:26:16 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Sunsong

So be it!!


17 posted on 07/23/2023 9:26:26 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Alter Kaker

I don’t believe anything this administration says.


18 posted on 07/23/2023 9:27:13 AM PDT by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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This is good news then.

We can stop giving Ukraine military aid and billions of our tax dollars, right?

Clearly, they're winning. Plus, Pooty-Poot has cancer.

Right?

19 posted on 07/23/2023 9:30:05 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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“Aie, yar! Every day, every minute there is something. Last night, according to the news-channels, they destroyed the main Spakum space-fleet for the tenth time. Today they are pursuing the remnants of what is said to have been destroyed. For months we have been making triumphant retreats before a demoralised enemy who is advancing in utter disorder.”


20 posted on 07/23/2023 9:30:41 AM PDT by null and void (Intelligence has limits, while gullibility doesn't. ~ SunkenCiv)
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