Russia’s Walter Cronkite?
Don’t you find it strange or coincidence that you, marcus, etc. show up about the same times? Are bots real?
The Mouse that roared.
Ha! Viktor should meet some of the hardcore Russophiles on this site. I can’t find any of them capable of acknowledging these defeats. It’s all ‘clever feints’, ‘goodwill gestures’, ‘regroupings’ and whatever other copioum they’re smoking.
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Fnny.
20 administrative district heads out of 1673 (just a little over 1%) in Russia are upset with Putin.
Russia, according to the BBC, has taken around 20% of Ukraine, untrustworthy Ukrainian media has said Ukraine has taken back just 1k to 6,000 Sq k from Russia, or 1% to 5% of what Russia has conquered...
... while Ukrainian and libtard MSM media ignores Russia advancing in southern Ukraine recently.
Wait. I was told Russia was a one-man dictatorship just like North Korea
What’s all the stuff about media people, journalists, bureaucrats and parliamentarians disagreeing with Putin’s policies on national TV? How is that possible?
What’s all this about opposition members of parliament?
does Putin have the FSU raid opposition party member’s houses like our own democracy-loving DOJ?
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Leaked Ukrainian documents recently showed about 1/2 of regular, trained Ukrainian military are dead, can never fight again, AWOL, etc. A much less % for Russia.
The following, if true, may be why Ukraine has been doing well the last week:
The Dive With Jackson Hinkle
9/13/22
Zelensky is hiding the truth in Ukraine
English-speaking NATO troops in Kharkiv?
The Ukraine generals really knock Vlad out
They leave the West behind
Putin should do what Sniffer does, blame Trump.
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
“we have to recognize that we’re battling a very powerful adversary...”
LOLOLOL. If they think Ukraine is “very powerful” they better hope Putin never picks a fight with a real power.
If true, I agree.
As for sources, the videos referenced here were cited and presented by various Vloggers 24 hours ago.
The MSM story is lagged a day at least.
Filmmaker Karen Shakhnazarov, a great military analyst
“For two months, Ukrainian Armed Forces and military equipment have been massing in that area, all Telegram channels have been writing about it. Where was our damn reconnaissance? All of their heads should be laying on Putin’s desk, hacked off at the base... Of course, this is a tactical defeat. I hope it will be very sobering.”
It would be worse if they saw and reported it, and command did not respond.
Which is more likely.
Russia’s combat commanders are some of the worst in history.
100s of thousands of tons of ordnance, relatively modern equipment...certainly better than the vast majority of Ukrainian equipment...TU-22’s by the dozens...superior training at lower levels.
Russia has over 3,000 combat aircraft...yet they never bothered to take out Ukrainian air defenses? It would have been easy early on.
Rail lines, roads and bridges INTACT to the West?
Criminal negligence.
Ukraine and the west better hope Russia does not find their US Grant.
Incompetence on a grand, historical scale.
Queue the Putin fluffers: What about the southern border, Soros, the perfidious press, Biden, the “queers”, etc.
Wondering if he has enough canned beans and slim Jims to ride it out.
https://bigserge.substack.com/p/special-military-operation-season?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
This was not an operational trap by Russia, but neither was it a victory in battle for Ukraine - for the simple reason that there was not much of a battle at all. Russia had already hollowed out these positions, and withdrew the remaining screening forces very quickly. Ukraine covered a lot of ground, but were unable to destroy any Russian units, because there really weren’t any there.
It would be silly to try to talk the Ukrainian side out of their excitement right now. Credit where credit is due, they did manage to put together a good sized shock group, aim it at a weak portion of the front, and regain a good bit of ground. Considering the abject lack of successes for Ukraine in this war, they are rightfully trying to eke every last bit of morale and propaganda out of this.
I do not, however, believe that the territorial losses in Kharkov in any way change the ultimate calculus of the war. Russia hollowed out this front and surrendered ground, but they were able to maul the Ukrainian forces as they advanced with relentless artillery and airstrikes. Ukrainian channels widely report overflowing hospitals. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed 4,000 killed and 8,000 wounded for Ukraine during their advance - I believe this is high, but even if we reduce the numbers by 50% (leaving us with 6,000 total casualties, reasonable given how much ordnance Russia discharged) it is very clear that the loss ratios in this operation were stacked badly against Ukraine, as they always are.