Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Sky news didn't,the so called expert made the claim.

I find Deborah Haines reporting excellent, shes not afraid to go away from the safety of the big cities to go out in the countryside for stories on the ground.

In fairness what did you expect her to say "sorry Sergei but I think you're fcuked"

Time to blow the bridge. Cover the coast with land to sea missiles.

Let them surrender or swim

No, let them go, and hen blow the bridge to make sure they don't come back!

You would have to wonder how the average punter still living in the Ukrainian territories that Russia has held since 2014 would feel about Ukraine retaking control of this territory (if that does in fact come to pass). I think quite a lot of the pro-Ukrainians who had lived there found their way to Ukrainian controlled territory and the people who have continued to live there since 2014 have been supporters of Russia, for the most part.

What I am getting at is: unlike everywhere else I suspect that the Ukrainians might not have much support from the local population in Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea oblasts. Would it be possible that they could face their own insurgencies in cities like Donetsk, Luhansk and Sevastopol, much like the Russians have in places like Kherson and Melitopol?

Should the Ukrainian government treat those three oblasts any differently in a future Ukraine?

Should they instead, take a hardline stance and give people the choice to live under their rule or go and live in Russia (If the Russians will actually take them)?

Wasn't sensational there has been discussions on putins health going back to the last invasion of Ukraine.

While he might not have a particular cancer,he does have some kind of either physical condition or neurological condition as seen in the last few videos of him slumped in his seat or his legs shaking uncontrollably

Yet you will still get posters trying to convince us that Ukraine and NATO are the problem

Absolutely, the only long term fix is to get most or all Russian sympathisers out, like India and the formation of Pakistan. Same for any Russian sympathisers living here, like that famous 4wd with the flags and that little convoy here; It would be my preference they leave and F of back whence they came, and take their sodding embassy spy hub with them.

I don't know. Russia has certainly screwed over the LNR & DNR by forcing conscription on every able-bodied man and sending them to the front-lines of the hottest battles with ancient equipment and gear. Given the amount of propaganda they are subjected to though they might think that they're still better off than in Ukraine.

Being separatists and wanting to join a larger fascist state was always going to end badly. They are too stupid to realise that said fascists are just using them for their own ends and couldn't give a toss about them in reality.

Russian PMC's gained a village south of Bakhmut apparently.

It's a weird dynamic at the moment. Instead of trying to hold what they have already won in costly battles, they are trying to win new territory in brand new and costly battles.

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