Cui bono? It certainly hasn't been Ukraine has it?
Because the Ukrainian figures are not reliable. 13000 so far, according to their version? Only an idiot would believe that.
Oh I see .
It's all the CiAs fault ?
They don't know. All their time and effort is going into monitoring the Russian side.
Why would they waste time and effort trying to figure out Ukrainian losses when they can just ask Ukraine.
Exactly. Russia hasn't abided by Budapest or Minsk. It hasn't withdrawn forces from Transnistra 20 years later.
If Ukraine has to give up any territory, then NATO membership is a must or else Russia will just come back for more. It will not be any kind of real peace, just a truce until the next round.
Perhaps they would have with a legitimate Ukrainian government, that all changed with Euromaiden of course.
I can believe that. But what are the latest objective assessment of Ukrainian losses from the same people?
One is asymmetric warfare the other isn't. Next!
@charlie_says Still think the best idea for everyone was, as it's probably not possible now, was to do a peace deal last year Donbass gets either autonomy or joins Russia, Crimea is recognized as Russian territory and crucially a constitutional ammendment in Ukraine to rule out NATO membership.
That makes zero sense nor will it guarantee putin won't come back in 6 months time demanding more areas,
I noticed that you make zero mention of Russian making concessions and withdrawing from all occupied territory of Ukraine
What is this 'might' you talk about? Russia have proven themselves to be inept.
I think the point is for them, the risk NOT to do it outweighed the risk to move in.
At this point talking about the morality of it all for me is a waste of time, **** has happened over a long period of time in a cascade effect and the world isn't fair. I see the argument from both sides to be valid, the Ukranians have a undeniable right to defend themselves from foreign invasion and the Russians can project power if they think they are being threatened much like any western nation does. International law is handily put aside in such scenarios for all these dudes who tell the generals what to do all over the world when it suits them.
People better off listening to each other, even when you think the other side is dead wrong and compromising as any conflict can escalate wildly out of control.
Still think the best idea for everyone was, as it's probably not possible now, was to do a peace deal last year Donbass gets either autonomy or joins Russia, Crimea is recognized as Russian territory and crucially a constitutional amendment in Ukraine to rule out NATO membership.
Many wouldn't like it but hey we are living the alternative because you can't ignore might.
I am reading this as significant that the communists in Russia are now going against Putin.
I think that poster was referring to equipment losses.
Last I did a calculation based on verified vehicle and equipment losses, the numbers I came up with was around 4 to 1 in favour of Ukraine. Also keep in mind those figures show that Ukraine has technically captured more tanks than it has lost.
Considering the Amount of tanks they recently purchased there could be a few spare
As I asked you before, how many windows does my house have?
I can count them, all you can do is guess. I'm happy to take the actual figures Ukrainian official sources occasionally provide, at face value.
It's relative to last year, when it contracted.
Russia was predicted to rise around 3% or 4% last year (prior to the war), and it fell up to 6%, which is almost a 10% aggregate drop - due to sanctions. For reference, Russia dropped around 8% in the 2008 financial crisis
Of course many were hoping for an even sharper impact, but dictatorships with totalitarian capital controls, that float on a sea of nat resources, in a year with record prices for those resources can obviously buck expectations. Still the sanctions remain, they are getting less for their resources, they are paying for an expensive war, and they are international pariahs.
On the plus side they have more toilets and washing machines. Will be an interesting few years ahead for them.
That's a more updated version of Russian figures. The 100k for Ukraine has been corrected months ago, do keep up.
Hope they have some K2 black panther tanks and KAI KF 21 or KAI T50 fighter jets to spare
USA estimates that around 100k Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or put out of action due to injury.
So by your estimates Russian losses are 800k to1 million men, or roughly double the size of the entire deployed Russian army, including new recruits.
Maths clearly not your strong point.
What the..?
Get a move on, Zelensky.
The Netherlands is ready to consider Ukraine's request for the supply of F-16 fighter jets, but so far no such request has been received.
This was stated by Prime Minister Mark Rutte at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in The Hague; European Pravda with reference to NOS.
"There is no supply now, and no requests either," Rutte said.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/01/30/7387215/
Banana Oil "Republic" Russia is coming from a very looooooow base. i.e. Decimated. Still, I'd be very surprised if they actually grow at all (ignoring OFFICIAL Russian Stats).
Meanwhile in russia!!
I feel entirely vindicated in referring to them as Orcs for so long, despite all the complaints. Not that I ever feel I need vindicating.
Always ahead of the curve.
And yet
The UK is expected be the only country to shrink next year across all the advanced and emerging economies. Even sanctions-hit Russia is now forecast to grow this year.
NATO concludes a military deal with South Korea: weapons in exchange for a nuclear umbrella
It was in vain that we followed the visits of NATO chief Stoltenberg and Pentagon chief Austin to the Republic of Korea...
♦️ The US is ready to use nuclear weapons to protect South Korea from possible aggression from the North. Austin made a radical scythe on the dignity of Kim Jong Un for a reason: these bravado should be analyzed together with yesterday's negotiations of NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg. Ukraine occupies a prominent place here.
♦️ Stoltenberg convinced the South Korean authorities to change the legislation and provide heavy offensive weapons to Ukraine: "I call on the Republic of Korea to intensify the specific issue of military support."
♦️The president of Korea, on the other hand, confirmed the supply of weapons to NATO countries, which transfer part of their arsenals to Ukraine. This will free the hands of our partners, strengthening their combat readiness. Seoul does not want to expose itself to an open conflict with Russia and China, and is not ready to give weapons to Ukraine head-on.
♦️ Apparently, Stoltenberg's arrangements with Seoul were guaranteed by Washington's nuclear umbrella. Korea needs assurances that the West will protect it if needed, and Lloyd has made this public.
♦️ At the same time, the head of the Pentagon casually made it clear that there are different types of scum: some of them are forced to get along a little, but the DPRK no longer belongs to them. She will simply be wiped off the ground if Kim snaps.
♦️ This is also a bright message before US Secretary of State Blinken's visit to China, but more on that another time
Sounds good, but I suspect its going to be a long time before anything actually reaches Ukraine. The paperwork will take a long time before Korea is happy.
Unfortunately, this may be possible. Putin just needs to carry on until the next presidential election in 2024. If the elites allow him to be re-elected, this means that he can do whatever he wants for another 6 years. And this will likely mean accelerated 'cleansing' of any real or imaginary dissent within Russia, putting everyone to work on armaments for a food ration and the continuation of the war with Ukraine into the perpetuity.
For a more detailed explanation you can watch this video from a former Russian politician, currently in exile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahUnLJ8iD6g
I don't think even this feature will help😂
Lol
You could say the same about Mick Wallace and Clare Daly.
The deluded (to infer a polite reason) are everywhere. The bought off too.
Yes indeed, the idea that Putin can keep this war going for five years plus is surely very far fetched. You would imagine his economy and the regime itself would have collapsed long before then.
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