The problem for the US is that it could not tell who was Taliban, and the Taliban had their own war against the jihadists that the US invaded Afghanistan to hunt.
The US's mission was not to eradicate the Afghan nation like the Russians mission against Ukraine.
3000 casualties a day in the East? So 20k a week? How are they still there then? The whole point is they are using way fewer soldiers (whether through choice or necessity) yet inflicting massive losses.
Another ammo dump hit in occupied territory.This is Khrustalnyi,Luhansk which is 70k behind the front line.
My inflated 3000 came from your inflated 1000 claim.Your assumption that they are using way fewer soldiers is crazy when russia are using cannon fodder tactics.It seems to me that you are not following this war fully at all.
I wonder is the similarity deliberate?
Sure, how else would they get there? They can't fly.
Here's a tip, read back a little bit before jumping in.
I made no inflated claim, just repeating what's coming from the Ukrainians themselves. https://www.axios.com/2022/06/15/ukraine-1000-casualties-day-donbas-arakhamia
It seems to me you should maybe wind your fuckin neck in before accusing others of not following it closely.
I look forward to you withdrawing your comment that I made an inflated claim and admitting your mistake. Well, we both know you're just warming up to move the goalposts though.
More now from the German Chancellor.
Olaf Scholz says Germany has taken in 800,000 Ukrainian refugees.
UK is around 50k?
Just for those interested, the FT is now providing free-to-read online content regarding the Ukraine.
I can see that the 1000 figure was not your figure but my 3000 has to stand to match that because of tactics and ratios.Other posters are throwing around 1000 Ukraine soldiers are dying so I have being hitting back at their nonsense.
You can consider my comment withdrawn the moment your foul language comment is withdrawn.
As ridiculous as it may sound - there's few holes barred for Russia under a KGB style government run by Putin and his cronies
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/19/russia-secretly-working-with-environmentalists-to-oppose-fracking
So you're standing over 20k casualties per week for the Russians in the Donbas alone? Good to know you're not worried about having any credibility.
I stand over my foul language. If someone starts on me for no reason I will defend myself vigorously. Though I'm genuinely sorry that I caused you to crush your pearls into dust with my horrific language, I hope you can recover soon and argue nonsense with people and accuse them of lies and not back down when you're shown you're wrong having done the Big Bollocks I'm So Smart dance. All the best, and I wish you a speedy recovery.
The EU could revise the entry rules to make it ‘easier for The Ukr to become an EU member. Eg create a ‘junior category’ - only certain benefits would be available to it and progress towards full membership would depend on how the Ukr is improving on relevant areas
They probably only use the ones that are guaranteed to work?
Yes, but what do they want from Ukr in return? No such thing as a free dinnern
Lavrov has given an interview to the BBC's Steven Rosenberg. 'Hostile and belligerent' would probably sum up the tone of this clip (full interview will be shown on Saturday).
Your second paragraph was not worth reading let alone responding to.
This is from your link:Mark Milley was asked about the rate of Ukrainian casualties on Wednesday and said it was difficult to estimate but previous media reports of around 100 killed and up to 300 injured each day had been "in the ballpark of our assessments....."Milley also said Russia had taken "huge" losses and Ukraine was fighting effectively"
The number above is 400 not 1000 a day.
Up to 1000 a day is what an official has said but that still doesn't add up to 7000 Ukraine losses a week unless every day is a bad day.You multiplied my 3000 russian casualties by 7 which is wrong because not every day is a bad day for the russians either.20k is your figure not mine and my point is russia have higher losses than Ukraine,"huge" as Mark Milley said
Tranlation: Khrustalny, A Russian warehouse with ammunition is on fire. Reported around 7:00 p.m. today
Ukraine have hit Nova Kakhovka,Kherson again.Ukraine behind the front lines strikes are increasing
That goes back to a quib by a British officer in WW2.
'' when we fire the Jerries duck,bwhen Jerry fires we duck, when the Yanks fire we both duck''
I'd say significant reconstruction contracts for the likes of Siemens, ThyssenKrupp, Hochtief and so on. Never miss an opportunity to increase the profits of your buddies...
If Russia was losing 3000 soldiers a day that'd be 90000 a month and they'd have none left by now. What fantasy world are you pulling that figure from?
Nobody's disputing who's responsible for all this. We're just saying it's a f*ckin horrendous waste of life
Track mounted Harpone missile systems to target Russian 'vessels' in the Black Sea. Now there is an interesting statement. Vessels could be anything from warships to tugboats or anything in between, even barges or freight container ships.
In fairness that is not what he said.
I'v already explained it.The fantasy figure comes from the fantasy that 1000 Ukraine soldiers are being lost every day
It is what he originally said. But I've just seen the other posts and the "interesting" logic he explains: because he doesn't believe the Ukrainian numbers he figured he'd lie about the Russian numbers to counterbalance it.
Fair enough. Not much point engaging with that type of reasoning.
There is not much in the news about the other fronts so here a few map of battles to the west of Severodonetsk
Izium,
Sloviansk and Lyman area have fierce fighting everyday
I don't see anyone saying its "not a f*ckin horrendous waste of life"
You also said
"Nobody's disputing who's responsible for all this"
Nobody's disputing who's responsible for all this
You absolutely sure about that? Tbh there's the faux excuses being pushed about Putins invasion of Ukraine and its everyone else's fault but his own and that includes this thread. Then there's some hand wringers who seem to think its the Ukraines fault 'cos they should just acquiesce to Putins demands or wtte.
That sounds plausible, for obvious reasons. Germany is easily reachable by train, UK is awkward to get to. Also much closer to Ukraine. There are very few arriving here who aren't leaving a son or brother or partner or father behind, people don't want to be too far away.
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