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Kadiivka (Stakhanov): destroyed base of operations for 🇷🇺 Wagner group and Rosgvrdia [link]

Kherson Oblast: Bombing of 🇷🇺 positions, 2 generals killed – one military, one FSB, organizing referendum. Bombing of 3 🇷🇺 ammo/fuel warehouses, detonations for several hours. Chkalove: Confirmed kill of Arabic (possibly 🇸🇾Syrian) mercenaries fighting for 🇷🇺, over 200 killed [link] Partisans destroyed UAZ vehicle with 🇷🇺 colonel and 3 solders. BM-21 Grad “broke down”, before reaching attack position

Sievierodonetsk: 🇷🇺 has reinforced only artillery, trying to focus on capturing Siversk, to block Lysychansk, as well as get to Sloviansk. In many places situation is changing fast, often recaptures, but small distances. Recon unit of 🇷🇺 Akhmat regiment destroyed completely. Most 🇺🇦 attacks with 155mm artillery, need twice as much, to be really effective. Due to artillery working well, no significant 🇷🇺 movements. There is a lot of conflicting information, any news about recapture shouldn’t be celebrated, because situation is changing a lot. Tactical progress should be evaluated with minimum period of 2-3 days, Operational progress within 20-30 days

🇺🇦 is losing 100 solders every day, this has been constant since beginning of war. 🇷🇺 losses were 1000s/day in first 20-30 days, right now in order of 200-300/day. Today was exceptionally good 🇺🇦 artillery work, about 600 killed 🇷🇺. Losses are expected to continue 1:3 to 1:6 in favor of 🇺🇦, but it’s still large losses

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Clare Daly and Mick Wallace are a complete irrelevance to this whole mess at the end of the day. A couple of wingnuts in the EP. There's no reason to rush to hear their opinion of Putin's words when you could be asking what Marine Le Pen and her ilk think because it's her and her kind who are knocking on the door of political power in Europe.

They need long range artillery like what Russia are pounding them with.

And proper air defence missiles.

Goals have been defined – to win 🇷🇺 army within 🇺🇦 territory. The military assistance received is weird, does not match goals. Why it comes in such small amounts? 6000 anti-tank missiles are great, but they can’t do anything against long-range missiles. If 🇺🇦 had 3x as much artillery as now (which is not unrealistic to supply), 🇺🇦 would solve all 🇷🇺 attacks. All targets are known.

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Just wondering in regards to Russia are they releasing videos etc of attacks on Ukrainian positions and aircraft etc. Just with it on this thread we see tons of the Ukrainian attacks on armour and aircraft and soldiers etc.

More are they releasing videos etc of them taking out Ukrainian military just all the videos etc. I see is opposite way round. Is it just Ukraine is more better in this regards to video propaganda and Russia aren't

And I thought the Russians would take the country relatively easily while killing countless thousands. Thankfully I was wrong about the former, unfortunately not about the latter.

But I think most of us don't view this thread as a "competition" of right and wrong predictions and we're all ultimately on the same side

No i understand its more Ukrainian videos and that's understanding. I am all pro Ukraine here. It's just to see a more balanced approach to this here. I just think when people see all the videos here of Ukrainian damage and success on Russia people can't understand how Russia are still in the game as it seems to be all the losses are on the Russian end.

This TV appearances only prove that Russia is losing. The more one loses, the more grandiose speeches one gives. And all his puppets jump the wagon at once to claim victory. They would like to enchant the future outcome with it...

What if the only kind of peace Putin is interested in is a Roman one? You can't negotiate towards that at a table. By definition, it has to happen on the battlefield.

Even if Russia were to sit down to peace talks, their conditions would be all of Donbas, keeping Crimea, demilitarisation of Ukraine, Zelenskyy gone and handed over, the southern coast to Transnistria (including Odesa) and full reparations toward the Russian government for their military losses. Total subjugation and surrender. Nothing less. In Europe, in the 21st century, by a power who has signalled they want more. Let's all sleep easy on that thought. I suppose it's grand for us, just so long as it doesn't come to our own doorstep.

A good read but it fails to point out the Ukraine plan which is long term.The reason Russia are pushing so hard now is that it knows Ukraine combat power is getting stronger,not fast enough for Ukraine and its supporters but it is getting stronger while taking losses.Russian forces are taking losses but they will not be able to match the growing power of Ukraine in the months ahead.

Ukraine are bleeding Russia now more than Russia are bleeding Ukraine and Ukraine have superior blood bags being filled for them slowly but surely.Both sides are slugging it out but the team with the best/modern backroom staff(NATO) is Ukraine.Its's possible that Russia will take Luhansk oblast but the war is far from over even if it looks bleak now.

Russia are in top gear pushing hard while Ukraine have the handbrake on for most of the last few months and are holding out very well.

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