Russia - threadbanned users in OP

" What about, what about" Bottom line, if Russia had behaved like a normal state since the breakup of the USSR, instead of the mafia entity it became, with Don Putin in charge, none of this would have happened. Ukraine had every right to apply for NATO membership. But I believe that the Russian NATO objection was only a smokescreen for Putin to take Ukraine. What he really wanted was the mineral, gas, oil and agricultural wealth that Ukraine has. And that was his main objective, but he miscalculated and failed, and now he is in a tight corner. Slava Ukraine.

As of the 8th Oct, Ukraine had retaken another 2,500 sq km of their territory in a month.

Russia and only Russia itself is the reason for the predicement they are in .... Destabilization was inevtable .... Turkey is still partly on Russia's side because it can make a bit of money from them ... The moment Russia becomes useless to Turkey thet will drop them like a hot turd into the bosporus.

And Ukraine called for Russia to comply with the Minsk treaty many times. How could Ukraine comply with Minsk when Russian backed separatists still in control of Ukranian territory?

And there would be no need for Minsk, no need for war, if Russia abided by its commitments under the Budapest agreement - instead of violating it multiple times. The situation is only fraught because of Russia's breaches of treaties.

Ukraine are fighting today so they don't have to continue fight into the next generation. For a proper peace, not a temporary armistice - and a future free of Russian domination.

Ukraine are going to have an elite military by the end of this. Their special operations and use of UAVs and improvisation of tech is laudable, they are a brainy bunch.

That all depends on how many of them a) get combat experience, and b) dont get killed or badly wounded in combat

The fact Russia holds more territory than is had at the start of war means absolutely nothing.

Germany held vastly more territory than it started with at the surrender in 1918.

Nazi Germany still held vastly more territory than it started with even in January 1945, even though they were losing the war in an obvious way for 18 months prior to that.

There's absolutely no way to dress this up as Russia "winning". They were fought to standstill by an army a fraction the size of theirs that they were supposed to roll over in days - and are now losing ground and most of their best equipment.

That's putting aside the pressure on their economy, international isolation, and general humiliation at the lie of the mighty Russian army being exposed on the world-stage for everyone to see.

Clearly you haven't been paying attention. Zero Hedge, like much of the right-wing libertarian accounts online and in the USA have been pushing out pro-Kremlin talking points since the get go. This is not a sudden departure for them.

Hardly surprising. Russia still has massive foreign currency reserves which North Korea desperately needs.

Some times you've got to stand up to a bully as should have been done to Hitler , Ukraine is fighting for their very survival, they've experienced being under Russian control previously and have no wished to return. If the UK invaded Ireland should we just roll over for them?

Those estimated KIA numbers have really blown up in the past week. Are the Russians using WW1 tactics with their mobiks or what?

It's pure cope from the ukrainians, almost 80k russians "liquidated" would means anywhere from 240k to 800k wounded which is the entire russian army gone, including logistical/support roles who wouldnt even be in combat.

None of these figures are verified independently, simply taken as gospel from the ukrainian MoD. They do not hold up to any real scrutiny however.

That seems to be the Ukrainian take on the meeting the US are so recently concerned about. I hope it's just more orchestrated sabre rattling. Are they really so naive that they think making such noises is going to magically stop a hot war and give them a breather or a win via peace talks?

Ukraine is not in NATO and it is none of Russia's business if they want to apply to join. You know NATO was a handy excuse to invade and that has been debunked countless times here already, most likley to yourself under one of your other accounts. Leave N Ireland out of it as you haven't a clue about that either. The only stupidity I see is in your posts.