I know the feeling,lol
Putin can't be seen to be beaten, if he is , not only does he loose his power, but Russian influence on world stage is done.
I fear he may use a tactical Nuke now,he has enough hardliners to back him.
A Longer video of the humvee assault , can't not enjoy a 50cal shooting fulll auto
This is beginning to look like a complete rout up North.
If he does and the chain of command actually obey his order then the poo will hit the propeller. He/they might figure it will stay "limited" and lord knows we have to pray it does if it happens. However if he does detonate the first atomic bomb since WW2 any support he has worldwide from anyone(save for maybe nth Korea) will be utterly gone. The back and forth about Russian visas and current sanctions will look like a bit of a spat. Russia and Russians would be completely and utterly isolated and for decades to come. Dark Ages time.
orcs in Izyum must be worried now
"Maybe Eritrea can help us." 😁
Entertaining the possibility of a tactical nuclear strike. Where exactly would they target that? They are fighting a dispersed army across a massive front-line.
That is incredible. That's 76km from Balakliya. The Russians have just melted in Kharkiv oblast.
They may think that the use of it is more important than where it's targeted, seeing it as a psychological blow to put the frighteners on Ukraine and the west. They'd be right about the first part, that being a line that hasn't been crossed since 1945. Regarding the second...who knows, but it could well rebound on them badly.
Quite possible, if Kypyansk falls whole north eastern front collapses as it’s main supply hub
If you are a Russian soldier in Izum things must be looking bleak at thought of being cut off
this was from two hours ago
Has he shown any desire to protect his own troops, this is approaching what the yanks call a broken arrow for Putin's presidency...
Eitherway they are isolated for decades to come ,to be honest by West. Once more and more towns are liberated let alone cities ,I'm sure new war crimes will be uncovered, so will be a long way back for Russia from there.
In saying that there will always be countries that will do business with them and some other crisis will come up.
I think a battlefield tactical Nuke is on the table ,it would avoid conscription and bring Ukraine to the tabe.
Ukraine have them on the run. At this stage he must know he is a cornered rat
Ukraine forces are doing some great things alright, but it's a huge country, a massive battle front and the Russians hold a large chunk of it to the east and on the Black sea coast. They're only "on the run" so far in a couple of areas.
It's fantastic news so far, but IMHO a bit early to be calling the overall game. Remember when so many reckoned putin and his army were going to take Kyiv and his troops and tanks and artillery were only a few miles away from the capital? And then they weren't. He could choose to fight tooth and nail for the black sea coast and leave Donbas largely to the seperatists save for the bits with oil and gas under them.
Where is that map from Darth? Looks like they'll be able to secure Shevchenkove considering the 2nd advance from the north. Whether they've got the logistics in place to secure any gains beyond that in the Kupiansk direction will be interesting.
It's conceivable this was opportunistic rather than planned. The NATO trained Ukrainian troops would have the freedom I think to take advantage of any opportunities that present themselves during the battle. They're allowed to use initiative rather than following a strict plan.
Sorry should have posted link
agree it’s quite possible they seen an opening and went for it, tho read somewhere the large ammo dump in Balakliya was not destroyed despite being in range so maybe there was a plan all along to move quickly and capture men and equipment
Starting look like Ukrainians in the North should be more concerned about Gatso vans than Russians.
Well it was Russian until it was ceded to Ukraine in in 1954 in an act of gerrymandering to shore up Soviet support in Ukraine.
It's not just about Putin though.
There is always the tendancy to make these conflicts about a certain cult of personality, but the reality is that a significant percentage of Russian society actually shares Putin's views on ukraine and the west. Experience would suggest that heavy sanctions will only deepen this sentiment and drive more Russians towards an ultra-nationalistic stance. This doesn't automatically mean Putin's popularity will remain high, but it could mean the creation of a whole raft of new potential leaders further down the line to continue the "fight against the west" so to speak.
And like most parts of Russia, it belonged to someone else before them - They held it from 1783 onwards but it passed between many different empires before then.
It's tricky to pick any time in history and say that that confers true ownership.
Yeap, we must be one of the few with no claim although there would have been a fair few Irishmen there helping the Turks during the Crimean war
History should not confer ownership but people should be aware of how and why it was ceded to Ukraine. Regardless of how it became part of Ukraine, it should never have been taken by force by another country in this day and age.
The sound effects here are pure therapy
Russia would nuke Crimea before surrendering it
Cometh the hour, cometh the Man.
Could not happen to a more deserving man.... Slava Ukraine☺️
Crimea was only Russian because it was ethnically cleansed of the Tartars. There is nothing about Crimea being 'Russian' that's natural.
Like the first cracks appearing in the Volga river in the spring......☺️
Putin will have to rapidly stamp this out, before it reaches critical mass, because once that happens, he is done for. And maybe it has reached critical mass, we will soon see.
Yep. Ukraine 1900
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