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That Ukrainian Special Forces Ninja cat is about to clear a room of 5 sleeping Orcs. You think that nation of drunken, swamp dwelling, depressed low-lifes stand a chance?

Then there's their Ordnance detection cyber doggie:

That's just their pets! Their soldiers, well...

Just watched Occupied on BBC News. It's well worth a watch. It's a secretly filmed documentary by a family from Kherson during the Russian occupation. One sequence where the young daughter describes her fear of being bombed was tough to watch as a parent.

Trust Russians really? they could be dammed if they do.

Russian deals are not worth the air we breathe

If the Ukrainians win in Kherson I suspect it will be sudden; the Ruskies will fight like nazis until they cave in. Then all hell will break loose.

See discussions that the Chinese invasion of Taiwan could happen much earlier than previously thought. I’d imagine that many in party looking at Russia would be against that. They would need to be purged before such an invasion. An invasion would have an impact on the Russian war, NATO may double down and try to make sure that Russia will be defeated quicker.

Unless of course that Xi would be against the war and needs to purge the pro invasion individuals.

Two quick things..

I wonder if the US will give Israel the green light to bomb some Iranian facilities. Might be a warning shot to Iran over siding with Russia.

I wonder if there is an invasion in West Ukraine from Belarus, would NATO step in and bomb the crap out of Belarus? It wouldn't even have to be NATO per say, as far as I know the Polish military could do it on its own.

Belarus could be a prize here, after all this is sorted. There could be a regime change with a much more EU and Western-focused leadership in place.

Would they be Belarussian troops attacking or rebadged as Russian troops? That would be a factor, in the same way that Russian military have rebadged Iranian weapons and attempted to pass off as their own.

As for Israel & Iran, it won't be a huge surprise if there are mysterious explosions at some of the Iranian manufacturing facilities.

Some good news from the USA. Mitch McConnel (Leader of the Republicans in the Senate) has issued a statement strongly supporting continued support to Ukraine - he actually advocated giving them more support faster.

That doesn't stop the problem with Kevin McCarthy and the House but at least it shows that the Republicans are very much divided on this and it is unlikely to become a purely partisan issue.

A report on the 4000+ soldiers from the US 101st Airborne currently in Romania not on a training exercise but on a war footing..

It's incredible how many twists and turns there have been in this war. It's been like a pendulum shifting back and forth:

1. Russia seizes the intiative and invades on multiple fronts: Advantage Russia
2. Within 3 days it becomes clear that Ukraine are going to fight and have repelled the blitz attack on Kyiv: Advantage Ukraine
3. Russia takes Kherson and sends a frighteningly massive convoy to encircle Kyiv. Bombard the cities of Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and Mariupol: Advantage Russia
4. The Ukrainians destroy the convoys fuel supplies leaving it stranded. Continue to repel attacks on all major cities - aided by Bayraktar drones and Anti Tank guided missile systems such as Javelin and NLAW. Russia eventually announces retreat from the North: Advantage Ukraine
5. Russia captures Mariupol, creates land border to Crimea and starts obliterating cities in Donetsk & Luhansk with artillery. Seizes entire of Luhanksk: Advantage Russia
6. Ukraine receives HIMARs and GLRS and use it to surgically target Russian ammunition dumps and command centres, thereby stretching their supply chains and thwarting their advances. This ultimately leads to the counter-attack in Kharkiv and the continued counter-attack in Kherson: Advantage Ukraine
7. Russia starts to target Ukraine's power grid and other civilian targets using their own supply of cruise missiles as well as newly acquired Iranian kamikaze drones. This leads to blackouts in many Ukrainian cities. Advantage Russia
8. ?????????

I think the only thing to learn here is that there are probably many more twists and turns before this thing is done. It's very likely that Kherson will be lost by the Russians soon enough which will be a major PR coup for Ukraine so you could argue that that would be the momentum swinging back in their favour. They really need some help to sort out that continued Iranian drone problem though.

@Brussels Sprout Russia starts to target Ukraine's power grid and other civilian targets using their own supply of cruise missiles as well as newly acquired Iranian kamikaze drones. This leads to blackouts in many Ukrainian cities. Advantage Russia

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I think the only thing to learn here is that there are probably many more twists and turns before this thing is done. It's very likely that Kherson will be lost by the Russians soon enough which will be a major PR coup for Ukraine so you could argue that that would be the momentum swinging back in their favour. They really need some help to sort out that continued Iranian drone problem though..

I don't think it's an advantage drones I think it's a desperation move likely due to shortages in Russian stockpiles of missles were seen less and less drones and missles getting through to hit targets, we've seen an increase in Ukrainan air defenses coming on line ,and more coming along with an increase in Air2Air kills of Russian drones,

All the while the Ukrainians are pushing forward on a massive front edging towards Kherson, while Russia is still trying to get to bakhmut for some stupid reason.

Remember we have had experts on here telling us Last month the Ukrainans have been bogged down in mud unable to move till summer,while the orcs had Total control due to their trenches..

But yet we're seeing the total opposite of those claims

Except Clare Daly and Mick Wallace and the like would’ve used this deployment as provocation by the USA , and blamed the subsequent invasion on western arms sellers and vested interests poking poor auld Putin only standing up for the motherland .