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Posted on 02/22/2026 2:10:22 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine is outmatched by Russian forces and requires significantly more infantry and weapons if it hopes to win the war, according to military intelligence and independent battlefield monitors.
Although Moscow is paying an extraordinary price for comparatively minimal gains, western officials believe the country can sustain at least another year of war at the current rate of attrition.
On Tuesday it will be four years since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. After months of incremental advances, it appears to be on the verge of capturing a series of strategic locations in Ukraine’s so-called “fortress belt” and is expanding control in key regions such as Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia.
Western military sources believe Ukraine’s armies are quantitatively outmatched in personnel and equipment on most, if not all, areas of the front line, including near Lyman and Siversk, and Russia is making continued advances toward Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Officials believe there is a reasonable possibility that the urban areas of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad have already fallen to the advancing Russian forces, with only limited pockets of Ukrainian resistance still remaining. Meanwhile, Huliaipole, a town in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, is now almost entirely under Russian control.
If Russian troops push beyond Huliaipole, then Zaporizhzhia city would fall within range of so-called first-person-view kamikaze drones. It would expose residents to the same level of aerial harassment seen in the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, where Russian drones and shells have killed more than 3,000 civilians in violation of international law.
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Draft ‘em.
That should be no problem, there are that many Zeepers on this forum.
The meat grinder is insatiable.
That should be France’s problem. Or Germany’s problem.
Or the UK’s problem...
How many Ukrainian men fled the country as soon as they could?
Hundreds of thousands maybe?
There’s about 50 million Muslim migrants in Europe.
Most of them aren’t even working.
It should be easy to round up half a million or more for the cause.
Russia has only taken about 2 percent of the Country since 2022. Russia has lost over 1.3 million soldiers during that time. Russia has to get soldiers from other countries. Russias Black Sea fleet has been decimated. Every night a hand full of Russia’s antiaircraft weapons are blown up. Now many cities in Russia have no lights or water. Drones do the most damage for Ukraine and lately Ukraine has been taking back land. Russia’s economy is almost bust because they can’t see oil due to Ukraine’s bombing.
“ Draft ‘em.”
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It appears that most try to avoid being drafted. That’s understandable when it would be “FOR THE DURATION”… meaning until they’re KIA, maimed beyond ability to continue serving, captured or they desert.
I’m not engaging in the pro and con controversy.
But for both sides.
“Everybody wants a box of chocolates 🍫
And a long-stem rose” 🌹
Everybody Knows
By Leonard Cohen
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows.
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows
All members of the Ukrainian “leaders” extended families should fighting at the front. No exceptions!
They have stolen enough money from the US Taxpayers (directly and through grifting) to furnish them with nice new uniforms and some guns.
The British would need to re-establish press gangs to reach those numbers. Sorry UK, you don’t have enough Starmtroopers to make a difference. Might as well sit this one out.
LOL!!!
150,000 troops, that’s all we need. And some Patriot missiles. That’s all we need. And 20 billion dollars. That’s all we need. And some F15’s and that’s all we need.
I know where Zelensky can get about four men and one grandmother, unfortunately they're all over 70 and most are incontinent.
Leonard Cohen was the greatest. This song is so sad (and true) I cry whenever I hear it.
At this point,I have several neighbors from Ukraine. Closest couple is very nice and so are their children and grandchildren. Teenagers speak English like they were born here and maybe they were. I’m asking them to adopt my precious cat, Daisy, if I drop dead.
And $100 billion from the US.
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