Russia & Ukraine

Discussion in 'Politics' started by UsualName, Jan 18, 2022.

  1. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Can’t wait to hear your explanation on why the glide bomb assaults slowed down greatly in ALL the regions in recent days.

    Either the Russians are running out of FAB glide bombs — which is unlikely since they stockpiled thousands of modified bombs. Or they don’t have aerial platforms to launch the bombs since Ukraine has been taking out Russian planes at airfields inside of Russia and in Crimea.
     
    Last edited: Jun 17, 2024
    #16781     Jun 17, 2024
  2. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Let's check-in with how things are going for Russia near Kharkiv. Yep, Putin's conscripts are nothing more than cannon fodder.

    Russian soldier says army suffering heavy losses in Kharkiv offensive
    Anton Andreev says only 12 out of 100 soldiers remained alive after unit came under Ukrainian fire and drones in Vovchansk
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/a...y-suffering-heavy-losses-in-kharkiv-offensive

    Anton Andreev, a Russian soldier from the fifth company of the 1009th regiment, painted a bleak picture of Russia’s offensive in the Ukrainian northern region of Kharkiv.

    His unit had been decimated, he said, with only 12 out of 100 soldiers still alive as they came under constant Ukrainian fire and drones in Vovchansk, a prime target of Russia’s advances.

    “They just chop us up. We are sent under machine guns, under drones in daylight, like meat. And commanders just shout ‘forward and forward’,” Andreev said in a video message.


    Fighting has been raging near the city of Kharkiv since Russian troops crossed the border to open a new front on 9 May.

    In the first week of the offensive, Russian troops seized about 99 sq miles of Ukrainian territory – some of its biggest gains in 18 months – raising serious questions about Kyiv’s ability to defend itself.

    But Ukraine has been largely able to stabilise the front, alleviating immediate fears in the west that Moscow might be able to encircle Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second biggest city.

    “I don’t know if I will get out of this or not, but I need to say this to honour the memory of those who died like meat here because of certain individuals,” Andreev said in the clip, which was first published by the Russian outlet Astra and verified by the Guardian.

    “You walk through the street, and everything seems to be fine,” he continued. “But then you get caught up in a massacre. During the first night, half the company immediately died.”

    Russian state media and senior officials continue to say its troops are on the advance in the direction of Kharkiv. Putin has claimed that Russian losses were “of course several times less than on the Ukrainian side” and the Kremlin has also gone to great lengths to ensure that accounts such as Andreev’s are kept from the public.

    (More at the above url)
     
    #16782     Jun 17, 2024
  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Zelensky responds to Pooty Poot's sham "peace offer": GTFO of my country and we'll talk.

    Ukraine will hold peace talks with Russia within hours if its troops pulls out of the country, Zelensky says
    Zelensky said he would negotiate with Russia during a peace conference where a resolution attributing the conflict to Moscow was signed by more than 80 nations
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ukraine-hold-peace-talks-russia-33044762
     
    #16783     Jun 17, 2024
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  4. ipatent

    ipatent

    It was a real peace offer and any final peace is going to look very similar.
     
    #16784     Jun 17, 2024
  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    The Russian "peace offer" is laughable nonsense which would only serve to temporarily appease Putin the dictator. Accepting it would only encourage Putin to take the Baltics, the rest of Ukraine and other countries by force. If history has taught us anything -- it is that appeasing dictators does not work.
     
    #16785     Jun 17, 2024
  6. Atlantic

    Atlantic

    moscow will be bombed in the near future.

    leningrad as well.

    ...

    will be fun.


    if people in russia are too lazy or too stupid or whatever to get rid of their mafia regime - they deserve whatever may come.
     
    #16786     Jun 17, 2024
  7. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Bookmarked! "Near Future".
     
    #16787     Jun 17, 2024
  8. Atlantic

    Atlantic

    would you please add me to your ignore- / block-list?

    thank you.

    have a nice day.
     
    #16788     Jun 17, 2024
  9. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Why would I want to do that? You're a source of endless entertainment!

    Besides, those block/ignore lists don't really work well anyway. They tend to mess with the person putting you on the list more than the person who is actually ignored.
     
    #16789     Jun 17, 2024
  10. Atlantic

    Atlantic

     
    #16790     Jun 17, 2024
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