The main gain has been the Kurakhove pocket which was flanked weeks back: https://deepstatemap.live/en#11/47.9622757/37.2065929 We may assume Ukraine is going to pull out from there and then the front will be straightened out.
Russian forces are advancing but they are spread thin and taking big losses. They are assuming that Trump will come in and get an agreement or enforce the idea that settlement lines should be based on the lines as they existed the day he took office. So the Ruskies are trying to advance their lines to the max even though they are spread thin. The north koreans are a joke and underscore the fact that the ruskies are spread thin. That plan may work for Russia or it may be a disaster. If the war continues then the Ukrainians will pick off all those units that are out beyond their supply lines while continuing to use missiles to take out roads, bridges, and ammo depots which will make Russia look even weaker. Ukrainian recruitment age is 25. Absurd. Needs to be 18. My great great..g grandfather was 17 when he was wounded at Port Hudson, Louisiana while with the 21st Maine.
What a shame --- injured Russian soldiers don't want to be be sent directly back to the front untreated as cannon fodder.
That's an interesting discussion for sure. In a way I can understand why Zelensky wants to keep the youngest people away from the slaughter, also because they are the future of the country. On the other hand it creates a culture where young people are the ones most negative to military service, which is unhelpful when it's time to draft them at 25. Cool having a relative who served in the Civil War! It's actually one of the historic periods I'm most interested in (kindled by watching the movie Gettysburg at age 10 - it focuses on the 20th Maine).
We all know how good you're in posting memes and fakes for Ukraine propaganda. Quite a shame too much coward to join AFU
It’s a shame that you don’t know the difference between a meme and an official report from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense. A report that can easily be found on their website and Twitter feed. Obviously you are not very clever.
Some details on how CCP ship cut off the cable. Worked myself at the sea. Was at the wheel of 200 meters/yards + vessels. Sailed the Baltic Sea back & forth in all directions. 100% intentional. (Doesn't take Einshtein) P.s easy to develop an algo, that would notify military, that a vessel lost 30% to 50% of it's speed, since all of the data is available all the time.
White House Pressing Ukraine To Draft 18-Year-Olds for War November 28, 2024 “3rd ID trains Ukrainian forces” by U.S. Army Europe is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com The White House is pressuring Ukraine to increase the size of its military by lowering the minimum age of conscription from 25 to 18, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday. A senior Biden administration official said the outgoing administration wants Ukraine to start drafting 18-year-olds to expand the current pool of fighting-age males. The pressure from the US comes as polling shows the majority of Ukrainians want peace talks with Russia to end the war. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently hinted that the US was pressuring Ukraine to expand conscription, saying Ukraine’s biggest problem in the war was the lack of manpower. “Our view has been that there’s not one weapon system that makes a difference in this battle. It’s about manpower, and Ukraine needs to do more, in our view, to firm up its lines in terms of the number of forces it has on the front lines,” Sullivan said on PBS News Hour last week. Last month, Serhiy Leshchenko, an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Ukraine was under pressure from US politicians to lower the conscription age. “American politicians from both parties are putting pressure on President Zelensky to explain why there is no mobilization of those aged 18 to 25 in Ukraine,” he said. Zelensky signed a mobilization bill into law back in April that lowered the conscription age from 27 to 25. A few weeks before the mobilization bill became law, Zelensky received a visit from US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who complained that not enough young Ukrainian med were being sent to the frontline. “I would hope that those eligible to serve in the Ukrainian military would join. I can’t believe it’s at 27,” Graham said. “You’re in a fight for your life, so you should be serving — not at 25 or 27. We need more people in the line.” The Biden administration’s push for Ukraine to draft younger men comes as it is doing everything it can to escalate the proxy war before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20. President Biden is seeking another $24 billion to spend on the conflict even though it’s clear there’s no path to a Ukrainian military victory.