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It would.
But as every detailed tactical analysis I've watched recently is saying, Ukraine need to be very careful about overextending their forces in these advances.
What is happening is that Ukraine have had the cream of NATO tacticians and instructors briefing them on the 'light strike' philosophy, of a super light, fast and mobile mounted infantry in light trucks and cars, with a horizontal command structure and excellent intelligence, breaking through the many weak points in the Russian lines, supported by satellite and drone visibility and HIMARS.
Thats all fine and well, but presumably its hugely manpower and supply intensive and vulnerable to a change in Russian tactics, if they should finally find their balls at some point.
Why not?
Not to be confused with race, ethnicity recognizes differences between people mostly on the basis of language and shared culture.
"Voted to remain ethnically Russian" - what does this mean? You can vote on your political preferences, but not on your ethnicity.
Whatever about Kherson, I think we're going to wake up tomorrow to news of further routs in the north-east as the UAF approach Kreminna and Svatove. Lots of reports this evening of liberated villages and retreating/encircled Russian troops.
I can't even trust the maps now. I remember at the start of the war a Ukrainian was complaining and saying he would never speak Russian again.
Ukraine's first Ada class Corvette anti-submarine ship was launched today.
Still lots of fitting out on her, but unfortunately I can't see them actually taking delivery any time soon.
Kherson falling would be a catastrophic setback for the regime. It would be their equivalent of the German defeat at Stalingrad in terms of psychological impact.
75 km in single day,
Kherson is going to fall like everywhere else ,
And to think the situation has stablised,the Russians are in control,No more surrenders , Kherson has stalled and the Ukrainans are suffering huge losses...
Do people actually believe the shite they post
But yet the majority of Crimeans applied for Ukrainian passports having rejected Russian passports .
, When Kherson falls Crimea is next and it's only going to end one way
This sudden advance in Kherson has almost flown under the radar but could nearly become a much bigger story than the victory at Lyman.
Duel passports? That must be the kind of passport Pushkin and Lermontov had ;)
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The vote passed at over 80% in favour of duel passports. It happened that way because the majority of the peninsula identify as Russian and not Ukrainian. If that vote hadn't have passed, Russians in the Crimea would have had to use a Ukrainian passport exclusively and they rejected that categorically.
People can ignore these types of items if they wish and run with a certain narrative in their head, but it won't help matters in real life. Put simply, the Crimea is not a straightforward case and ethnicity there is not a clear cut Ukrainian one either.
So far it doesn't look like this has aged particularly well.
Some ould lad on the side of the road said the same when interviewed by someone. Said he'll never speak Russian again and looked heartbroken they had invaded.
Is that just simple majority though by local area? If so, that's a very crude measure - you could have a 55/45 Ukrainian/ Russian split and the nearly half Russian speakers would be hidden. Statistics.
At the time the majority of Crimeans rejected Russian passports and instead choose to have Ukrainian passports
So much depends on morale & belief in the cause, as well as military supplies and food. Russian forces are clearly under strain. All very well, some ******* up in Moscow issuing orders and passing decrees, if they're not dealing with the sh*t on the ground.
"That's a typical Nazi trick, Wilson!"
I was reading something recently about how large numbers of bilingual people in Ukraine have started to reject Russian as a language (since February 24th) and are making active efforts to speak Ukrainian only.
I doubt that weapon could even do 1/20 of its supposed power. The maths (according to Vids about it) stated it doesnt add up.
Indeed, slipped. Yes.
Things must have changed since 2001
Zelensky himself is a native Russian speaker and only speaks Ukrainian as a second language (illustrating how ridiculous the idea is of using language alone to define nationality.) James Connolly and Michael Collins could hardly speak a word of Irish.
Russian Crimeans still voted to remain ethnically Russian in 1994. Most Crimean Russians hold a Russian passport. One of the items they were asked to vote on, even if they weren't entirely enamoured with the idea of joining the Russian Federation entirely.
In Lyman they have retreated victoriously once again,and in Kherson they are soon encircled and trapped again in the north it seems after Ukraine found a weakspot and broke trough the russian defence lines.
Isn't that the same missile which Russian state had the graphic of where a tidal wave completely enveloped Ireland and Britain? It must be the most overhyped nuclear weapon ever invented, not possessing anywhere near the power to generate such an effect (most of the water would be turned into steam). And even if it in any way lived up to the hype, using it in the Black Sea sounds like an incredibly dumb idea when there are Russian strategic assets in the region, never mind what was intimated to happen to Russia if they let off a small nuke, never mind that monstrosity.
I recall one of that guy Bald and Bankrupt vids had him on a train in Ukraine and the signs outside suddenly going to Hungarian. Fascinating stuff.
And both America and Ireland were British colonies(with French and Spanish in play with the former). Language as a gauge of allegiances is a very fuzzy guide indeed.
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