Posted on 07/13/2025 2:59:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
While Donald Trump – and other western leaders – are taking their time to catch up with reality, it is obvious that Vladimir Putin has no apparent desire to halt the war in Ukraine. A realistic future military and diplomatic strategy for Kyiv has to accept that fact – and formulate a new approach.
The past six months have been dominated by the erroneous assumption that it would be possible for Trump to negotiate a ceasefire, even an armistice. That would be followed by the arrival of an Anglo-French led stabilisation force to secure the future of Ukraine. But Putin has shown no desire to stop attacking.
A fresh Russian ground offensive is emerging towards Velykyi Burluk, 50 miles east of Kharkiv, and for now is making some rare gains: three miles in 10 days. More significantly, the cynical bombing of Ukraine’s cities by missile and drone is only intensifying, straining Kyiv’s air defences and leading to more civilian casualties.
A record 728 Shahed drones and 13 missiles were launched on the night of 8 July and the next morning, many at Lutsk in the west, though the bombardment of 597 drones and 26 missiles on Friday night and Saturday morning showed no slackening of violent intent. It will be soon possible for Russia to attack with 1,000 drones in a night, Ukraine believes.
In a paper written last month, Andriy Zagorodnyuk, a former Ukrainian defence minister, said “an acceptable armistice may never formally arrive” and that Kyiv should formulate “a revised theory of victory” – which accepts that the Kremlin considers itself engaged in a forever war against its smaller neighbour.
The former minister describes the new approach as “strategic neutralisation”, a permanent and dynamic military effort to ensure that Russia’s forces cannot advance...
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Ukraine must get ready for future in which there is no Ukraine!
Well... Some Americans are likely to die on Putin’s orders.
https://x.com/usurpthachef/status/1937220264149815511?t=mAklyS79Z4kPCoFjr9KJbw&s=19
Inspired to escape the gays and trannies, this chap moved his family to Russia and joined the army. Now he’s being sent off to the front.
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Russia must get ready for future in which there is no Russia
“while not one US soldier is injured or killed?”
Not one bit of concern for Ukrainian casualties. It’s easy to spend the lives of others, isn’t it?
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