Russia - threadbanned users in OP

"Has anyone stopped to considerrrr, to questionnnn, to ponderrrrr, to ask themselves in a humble and caring way that benefits not only themselves but maybe the entire human race and reinforces the deep, spiritual connection which bind us all together in the experience of being an animal with the self-reflect if, I dunno, MAYBE RUSSIA HAVE A BIT OF A POINT OR SUMINK!!!"

-- Russel 'Oh, matron' Brand (probably)

Looks like the Ukrainian reinforcements have strengthened the front lines and have driven back the orc advances.

Very telling that Prigozhin who was begging the Ukrainians to leave just two days ago is now completely dejected. Could be the realisation that his forces are spent and don't have the ability to go on any longer.

Just like they were giving it up last week. And the week before that, and the week before that, etc.

Lol .....

Still complaining take off that skirt.

But no matter what you or he says

Bakhmut still holds ...

But , but,

Front line has barely moved in a week, but yes, keep parroting the pro-orc propaganda.

Me too. It was looking very bad for Bakmut last week, still is but there is hope. At worst they can do a fighting withdrawl and prepare a hot welcome for the invaders.

I don't know if he's produced much "progress" really.

Seems like they can just be more brutal and wasteful in their tactics. It doesn't appear matter to Putin, Prigozhin or anyone else how many of these "Wagner" mercenary people may perish in the line of duty. They have to do what they are ordered to do, or they will probably be killed anyway, that seems to be the main advantage they have.

Am guessing Putin/leadership of regular Russian army might not quite want to return to the Stalin days of the punishment batallions and large numbers of NKVD loyalty troops literally holding bayonets to the backs of the soldiers in front of them doing the fighting. A wholesale return to that kind of stuff with entire Russian army (vs some mercenaries and ex prisoners etc.) could cause some explosions at home.

Where have I said that every single Russian is the same? I've lived in Russia, and have many friends there. And for sure they are not all natural born murderous killers, and under normal circumstances you would not hear a peep out if them. But Putins Russia is far from normal by any standard's, and when Russian's young or old are forced into his killing machine, that changes. Then as we have seen, they rape, murder and steal, and a bullet is the best solution. If a few bears escaped Dublin Zoo, and went on a deadly rampage of death and destruction, the best and quickest way to stop them is to kill them. And that's what Putins bears are doing in Ukraine, and the solution is the same.

I agree, but what would you suggest that should have been done? Declared war on Russia when they attacked Grozny? Now that would have stopped Putin in his track's, for sure, but why was it not done? Same with Georgia and after the Litvinenko poisoning. Only now is an attempt being made to stop him. Maybe something to do with the perception that up to now Russia had the biggest and best military in the world after the US, plus they "Had the Bomb"?

Totally agree with the bear scenario. I think the difference between us is after the event, I would say it was a tragic that the bears lost their life and the real issue was how they escaped in the first place.

I have always said Russia should be evicted from Ukraine, and the drip feed of weapons to Ukraine should be accelerated. But posters disagree with me that the loss of human life is tragic.

How's that stupid argument go, Ukraine don't need fighter aircraft, they don't understsnd the practicalities of war and would just waste them by having them shot down during the course of using them.

Those kind of people all seem to tick the same boxes. They hate the US, most having "I stand with Palestine" on their Facebook pages, and believe in all kinds of conspiracy theories. I haven't come across one yet who wasn't an anti-vaxxer, and anyone criticising them gets accused of only getting their facts from the "MSM", yet they don't tell people where they get their "facts" from. They also like using the word woke. They probably participate in all the anti-migrant marches, and still support Trump, even though he was the president of another country, and whose only connection to Ireland was Doonbeg.

I think there might be some other boxes ticked that I can't recall at this moment. 😐️

The downside of a lot of these videos coming out of Ukraine is the seemingly obligatory heavy metal soundtrack, when in fact the sound of gunfire or battle is all the music they need.

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