Block,as in starving them them to death in a classic Stalin style
Another unfortunate accident 🤔
Some strange things happening around Moscow today. First a fire at a weapons research establishment, claimed to be an electrical fire, and most recently a massive fire at a chemical plant making solvents.
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1517187794527043585?t=QF5UMHzMMqb7FIRu2JjqBw&s=19
If Ukraine actually managed to drive the Russians back from some of the Eastern territories they currently hold, how could Putin possibly sell that to his people?
There does seem to be significant military hardware heading to Ukraine's Army so the idea of Russia losing more ground is not inconcievable.
Right now he can bullshit that they never intended to take the whole country, but only wanted the East, but if they were to lose ground in the East - surely thats a Russian loss that just cant be 'spun' as anything other.
Putin shows no sign of accepting any outcome other than a 'victory', he has kind of backed himself into a corner on this.
Those chip fires are WMDs
I would not be too surprised if a small number of FSB officers were working with Ukraine to disrupt Putin and his loony toon world. It is clear that the US and the Ukraine are getting intel from someone on the inside in Russia. I can not see Putin lasting beyond the summer.
Once they shut their nuclear reactors as well, that pretty much gave Putin a green light to have his way. Such a stupid move.
False flag shite going on.
I agree that it is not inconceivable that Ukraine could drive the Russians out of the east altogether, but the most realistic short-term outcome based on what I'm seeing at the moment is a stalemate.
As has been pointed out by people such as Michael Clark on Sky News, it's easier to fight a defensive war than an offensive one, and Ukraine attempting to push into areas which have been Russian-controlled for years would surely be a tough and costly fight. The tactic of holding the line and inflicting damage on the advancing Russians has been working so far.
The main way I see Ukraine getting the whole of the Donbass back is if the Russians eventually come around to some sort of brokered peace deal that allows for a federalised Ukraine. Possible also that Putin gets the boot and a more reasonable leader comes in and decides that Ukraine isn't worth the hassle, but this would go against a lot of previous Russian doctrine, so I wouldn't be holding my breath, there.
They are giddy about getting to launch a nuke….
Not a chance they would destroy these sites themselves. This is being done by Ukrainian operatives to target facilities important to the Russian war effort.
A peaceful counter protest holding up blank pages / posters may be appropriate
I got the invasion wrong and I misjudged the Ukrainian response. However I am referring to posters who systematically repeated Putin propaganda and talking points over the years through multiple conflicts and situations. I've noticed a lot of that is now gone (for obvious reasons).
battle of the drones, this war could come down to who can access the most drones
holding onto that table like he's on a rollercoaster... he's on the way out
If it's them, very clever to attack the military apparatus of the regime and not go after any civilian targets.
Holding on to table like that shows that you are weak. It’s an extremely big tell…..that’s what I would think if it was a game of poker
I just don't see you final point happening without a major meal of humble pie being consumed by the Moscow government, coupled with the humiliation of the Russian military.
Dress it up how they want but a even a Russian blind man can see that returning back to where they started from is not any type of victory.
Begun have the drone wars.
Deluded fools. They are acting like they're pundits for a soccer match. Brain dead.
I had the exact same thought watching the news earlier. My wife is a health professional and agreed he didn't look 'right'.
I swear this was a South park episode or something
Russia's already been humiliated in the eyes of the West and seems to have, one way or another, controlled the majority of its population into going along with its cockamamy internal narrative. More humiliation wouldn't change too much. Russian mothers noticing that their sons have gone off to fight and never returned - that's a harder reality to distort. If the Donbas front line becomes a perpetual meat grinder, the expediency may end up lying with signing a peace deal and just getting the hell out of there, losing face be damned.
Putin you to his eyeballs on steroids. That's clear.
It's going to be one of those moments where you go from he looks a bit sick too he's actually out of his fuckin nut.
Lot of false flag shite before the Russians drop something big.
Set expectations and prepare population phase I guess.
Russia has already humiliated itself utterly and shown itself up to have an army of degenerates led by inept corrupt war criminals.
The time for humble pie and a "dignified" climb down is long gone.
tbh Id like to agree, but I think its just a weird angle, its because we are looking at the side where his hand is sort of resting/playing on the table, I would say if you saw it either head on or from the other side it would look more normal. Look at his other hand.
Hmm maybe scrap that, it is definitely not resting/playing on the table.
Im not so sure. Defo possible. But usually they blow up civilian apartment blocks and cause outrage, not hit building needed for the war effort. Either a UA special ops team, or Putin is creating an excuse to chemical strike the Steel Factory.
The pie contains novichok.
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