Russia - threadbanned users in OP

A quick summary of the energy strategy

Similar pushback in the US from the likes of the GOP, but we don't need to unpack that.

Sounds like they would be very suitable for forest clearance too!

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Don't interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake, i believe the phrase is.

Russia is shattering itself on the Ukrainian rock in the most pragmatic way.

This beautiful piece got my attention recently-

Don't know if this is real. Very dramatic-

Check in this thread the odd time to read the comments. The reality is ukraine are not winning this war, their country is being totally destroyed.

They will be in severe debt for many years, the pyhsical and physcological damage to their people for many years will be massive.

In the long-term they can not win this war unfortuantely. They can not rebuild their country and people wile at war everyday, no matter how much money and weapons are pumped in.

People get too stuck on media coverage of this war that does not show the true reality.

If they dont fight Russia to a standstil now in the long term Russia just comes back again. There wont be peace, just a truce.

Just maybe it's because ye've let yourselves be ruled by Vladimir Putin. Who took it upon himself to appoint himself dictator of Russia for the last two decades. But we all know this wouldn't have happened for the Russian people didn't rise against him up to now. That enough warning was given of Putin's ways up to this invasion and genocide and ye still stood by. Ye stood by when Putin used african and middle eastern refugees as weapons of war against Europe. Ye stood by when opponents were poisoned and were murdered off high rise buildings. Ye stood by Putin had his Chechen terrorists abduct opponents in Moscow and murder in Chechnya, whether gay or political. Ye stood by when thousands of ye're countrymen were sent to die in Ukraine. But seeing as ye're so screwed up in ye're philosophy in Russia, ye probably hoped for your neighbours misfortune for some profit. Ye stood by when the world watched your army, rape, murder, steal whatever they can get their hands on. Ye stood by. Ye stood by when Iranian expats protested against their government and ye just watched your own government and Putin. Ye stood by and let the world's people form on opinion on ye purely by ye're own actions and that of those who take it upon themselves to defend the russian army and claim they want peace. But peace in your eyes means doing nothing against the actions of Putin's forces. Ye stood by. Ye became Putin. Own it. Ye earned it.

They are winning the war and they will rebuild....

You may check in this thread an odd time (a very odd time, at that), but you're certainly not keeping abreast of the war, in any way. As any of the longterm posters here will tell you, most of the information gleaned about the war comes not from "Social Media", but from credible ( note that word) OSINT sources.

Might I suggest reading through the pages of this thread from about March onwards. It will give you a very good overview of why Ukraine will win this war, why it will be rebuilt, and why Russia will never be permitted to attain the position it reached before the war.

I'm guessing you are quite young, with not too much travel under your belt, or work in "interesting" places, but you are seriously underestimating the will of the West to make Ukraine work, when all is said and done. Its an absolute priority of all NATO countries that Ukraine wins this war.

Remind me to refer back to your post next April/May.

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Yes, you are young, and explains the slight naivety, if you don't mind me saying so. If you know any of your buddies in the army, ask them what they think.

Well in a tactical sense they are the ones making territorial gains and pushing the Russians from their land, albeit things seemed to have slowed down recently for them.

I wouldn't be as optimistic as some posters in here who think that Ukraine will be able to liberate all their land including Crimea, as much as I would like to see that happen, I think it might be a step too far for them to achieve.

However if the Ukranians feel that they wish to continue to fight for their freedom, I think they can push the Russians back much further than where they are at now. Yes its easy for me to say that when their are people being killed and their country is being destroyed but I believe it is a decision that the people of Ukraine should be able to make.