Oh stop. Gateway pundit. Pull the other one.
Now, reliable sources have put things out about Chinese hacking. The US hacks back and sanctions. But, use better sources.
For example: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/02/politics/china-hacking-espionage-us-agencies/index.html
There's enough fake news and lies out there, don't need to be giving more clicks to the likes of gateway pundit or any of the climate-change denying sites for that matter.
If I wanted a gatekeeper, I'd employ one, but thanks for volunteering, all the same.
You love jangling the old nuclear oblivion rhetoric...
Gary Kasparov said nato should have called Russia's bluff at the beginning.
You missed the sinking of the Moskva and the destruction of the Crimean airfield, never mind the Kerch Bridge.
As to the current attempted destruction of civilian infrastructure, it amounts to nothing more than state terrorism. And terrorism of this nature tends to strengthen civilian resolve.
They're going to blow the dam???.
Please keep the China stuff in the China thread
Belgorod...again-
Do you think it's one way only?
There will be no winners in this war. That's clear.
I am trying to guess the endgame for this war. An endgame that doesn't go on for years. I do think Ukraine should consider peace negotiation when they are on the front foot. I cannot see them ever completely driving Russia out of their sovereign territory. Peace negotiations will come at some point but timing is everything. Ideally before a cold winter of suffering due to lack of utilities.
Well they're doing a pretty good at driving them back one day at a time.
Russia is desperate, running low on everything its military needs. It's economy in ruins and its people, pariahs of the world.
There will be a winner. And it will be the Ukrainians.
I understand what you mean - it's certainly a net negative for both countries on paper. However, if Ukraine somehow manages to evict the Russian army from its territory, regain its pre-2014 borders and ensure its future security then that'd have to count as a win - even if their infrastructure is levelled in the process and they lose a lot of their people.
A lot of countries have their modern identities forged in existential wars. The Americans have the War of Independence. The Irish have the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence. The UK and Russia have World War II. If Ukraine can successfully repel the Russians then this will likely forge the identity of Ukraine for generations.
In contrast, I cannot see how Russia gains from this, regardless of what happens on the battlefield.
It's becoming a dirty war from Russia, targeting non military targets, Ukraine should respond in kind, with several more bridge attacks, level that Crimea bridge , they're paying the price for the attack anyway, so go finish it off
Odd that apparently the Russians are now draining water from the reservoir, but that water still has to go somewhere?
Perhaps saving face to pretend they care?
The Russian army reminds me more and more of the German army in the final phase of WWII. Deploying untrained soldiers, expanding useless distribution lines, and destroying vital infrastructure to harm the enemy.
Yeah it's interesting. Right now Kherson city is full of Russian soldiers. It seems that the Russians are actually worried that the UA will blow the dam so that the water will wash them away or something - which is why they are dumping water in a controlled manner. The thing is that would be utterly reckless by the Ukrainians and terrible for them in the long-run since they'd be taking over a ruined city and have a ruined dam and potential issues with the nuclear power plant and all of the other negatives.
It's almost as if the Russians are afraid that the Ukrainians would do what the Russians would do in this scenario if the roles were reversed.
Paranoia getting the better of them.
So much for Germany being a military powerhouse in Europe. Looks like Poland will take that role now
This way they get to flood the Ukrainians, but leave the dam intact to supply Crimea at a later point. If they blow the dam, the last option disappears.
Ukraine should respond with more military victories against military targets. Its the only way to defeat Russia.
You honestly think Ukraine can push Russia out of all their territory including the annexed regions? I cannot see it. How many years will that take?
World War 2 actually marked the end of the British empire. It was a hugely costly war and their economy and cities were in bad shape for many years afterwards. The empire really started to fall apart after 1945.
As many years as Russia can endure sanctions which is not many. At any rate, all the west has to do is keep up supplying arms and they can destroy stuff faster than the Russians can resupply.
Russia is loosing all of its modern tech offensive weaponry. They are literally fighting with North Korean stuff and Iranian drones. Russia is beat and she knows it. The more desperate she gets, probably the more outrageous the assaults on civilians will be.
Meanwhile Ukraine has the backing for EU, USA, Japan, NATO, etc. Fresh weapons, fresh supplies, best of intelligence. They will be able to keep pushing Russia out.
Not an inch given to Russia or Putin will claim victory, rebuild and try again a few years down the road.
Who makes the rules that a leader can't face justice for crimes? Why isn't Putin arrested on sight and brought to justice, why isn't he taken out while in the air over international waters, like every other terrorist
Eh, do you think someone can just walk into Moscow and arrest him? And he hasn’t been flying over international waters of late.
Because he hasn't left Russia in months (that we know about)
You didn't answer the question though. Confident of total expulsion? To pre 2014 levels even?
He was in Kazakhstan recently. Conference. Erdogan was there too.
Can you link to the image and flag what it is? I'd rather not see an image like that thanks
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