The Kremlin offering Russians some fine real estate deals. We all know this is part of Putin's ethnic cleansing campaign. Russians duped by Kremlin into buying 'sea-view' flats in 90% destroyed Ukraine city According to UN estimates, 90 percent of residential buildings were damaged or destroyed, and 350,000 people were forced to leave after the Russians attacked. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1799248/russians-duped-into-buying-flats-mariupol-ukraine Russian citizens are being duped by Kremlin propaganda into buying "cheap" flats in Mariupol. The occupied Ukrainian city is located on the coast of the Sea of Azov and was captured by Putin's army last May after a horrific months-long siege that inflicted huge casualties on the civilian population, as well as devastating the city. According to UN estimates, 90 percent of residential buildings were damaged or destroyed, and 350,000 people were forced to leave after the Russians attacked. However, the Kremlin propaganda machine has gone into overdrive, attempting to persuade Russians that the city is rising from the ashes. State media has trumpeted the massive investment the Russian government is allegedly pouring into the port city to rebuild it. A recent report on the TV station Rossiya 1 boasted that new blocks of flats along with nurseries and schools were being rebuilt and restored with the "most modern technologies" at "record-breaking" pace. In an earlier attempt to try and portray life returning to normal, President Putin even paid an unexpected visit to Mariupol in March this year. During a whirlwind tour, the Kremlin boss visited several sites, spoke to residents and was presented with a report on reconstruction work in the city. The Kremlin's PR seems to have worked its magic on Russians looking for a bargain, with many deciding to sell up and buy cheap property in the occupied city. One such person is Vladimir, a resident of the Arctic Russian city of Murmansk. He is among dozens of Russians who've been looking for property in Mariupol on VKontakte, the country's most popular social network, in the past months. Vladimir has already sold his flat and will soon move into his Mariupol home with the entire family. "I have found a property. Mariupol will be a beautiful city," he told the BBC. "The main thing is that it's on the sea," adding that he is going for it now because prices are low. He trotted out the usual Kremlin lie, claiming the Ukrainians destroyed their own city - seemingly oblivious to the fact that Putin's army besieged and mercilessly bombed Mariupol into submission. "Russia will raise the city up from the ground... and will be even better than it was as part of Ukraine," he said.
Just a reminder... Russia lost a large majority of their wars. 19 Russian Wars Ending in Defeat, From Ivan the Terrible to Vladimir Putin https://247wallst.com/special-repor...ost-from-ivan-the-terrible-to-vladimir-putin/
Russia has twice the land area of the United States. How do you think that may have happened? It seems war exhaustion is causing your propaganda to diminish. Feel free to take a day or two off. I'll cover for you. Grin. More significantly, much more significantly, is that Ukraine has apparently attacked "Product". Specifically, a Russian vessel that is designed to transport energy products was attacked by Ukraine. Never attack product. Yes, I know Russia no longer guarantees save passage for grain carrying barges from Ukraine. However, let mistakes attacking product be Russian, not the West. If the West feels they must escalate because of the seeming lack of progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, at least if should come from a place of consistently maintaining higher moral ground than Russia. By the way, did they ever get that DNC-Ukrainian server issue worked out?
The reality is the Russian winter defeated the invaders (Napoleon & WW2). The Russian military proved to be totally inept and poorly lead throughout history. Poor strategies, huge casualties, mass suicide attacks and no military innovation. Their only successes were dependent on outside help.
Hey give low-kash credit. He did say Russia took 4-5 million from Ukraine. Just forget to mention .... against their will.
You are also describing Ukraine? As far as Winter is concerned, one side was able to handle it, and the other side was not? Would not the side that successfully handles Winter be considered stronger than the side who did not? Chit chat aside, the key point is if the West loses their moral compass (Relatively speaking), especially where other countries are adversely affected by this loss, support for Ukraine will likely diminish, increasing US costs. US citizen support for the war in Ukraine is somewhat mixed, according to political ideology to a certain extent. What happens as costs mount? It appears Russia has been following some rules of war. If we escalate, are we prepared to deal with the likely repercussions? Has anyone figured out why proxy wars are considered dangerous by many in academia? Russia has increased their reserves and are well fortified in the occupied territories. To oust the Russians require diplomacy or accepting a high death count on both sides. We really need a 3:1 advantage to make lasting offensive progress. Russia's population is greater than Ukraine's, meaning greater capacity to supply troops. At what point do things start to smell like Afghanistan?