It makes sense to read content from both sides of the conflict, even if its just to understand the level of propaganda the local population is digesting. The Russian news outlets are shouting how successful and superior their military are, the Ukrainian press is almost too honest, such as this example:
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Far more Russians are fertiliser because of it.
Russians saying they have advanced another 5km on top of the current advance. That would be nearly 10km in the space of 24hrs if true.
I was possibly wrong in thinking there was nothing to the reports earlier in the week then. Looking like that large group of Russians was actually an offensive force themselves then. I expect the Ukranians will opt to cede some territory and bleed the Russian units as much as possible rather than commit their reserve force to deal with it.
We shall see.
It's important to realise it's a certain type of propaganda. Some don't and have views "both sides" are equivalent.
RT itself comes up as unsecure for me, could be my ISP. I typically post Russian content via third party, e.g. Twitter
Why aren’t they advancing on mines the way Ukraine are?
Surely the whole line of defence should be mined just like Russia have done.
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The true number will probably never be known. putin has a lot of blood on his hands and what has he achieved? A bigger border with NATO aligned countries. A bigger Ukrainian army more determined to remove his military forces from their country and an economy so crippled he has made it a state secret for any information to be revealed that might show just how bad it is getting economically for russia. Even the number of dead from his own army must be astronomical by now and all for land that Ukraine will take back again.
Edit: Just seen this relevant headline:
I guess it's easier to put mines in someone else's country like the Russians have done. It's a big decision to place mines in your own territory.
Seems to be not a lot of resistance to this offensive. Normally we get loads of videos or news of defensive actions but there's nothing to see atm.
Meanwhile reported that Elon may change the Twitter icon to the letter X. Given some of his previous, would he have considered a Z I wonder🤔
I'd be guessing the Ukrainians have expected this move from putin's forces and are just letting them march into a prepared kill zone where they can be cut off from their supply lines and turned into more moskovyte fertiliser.
I presume they will use a lot of their cluster munitions to slow the Russian advance down. If Ukraine withdraw forces from other sectors of the front that are already on the offensive to deal with this I think there has to be a question mark on the 70% reserve force Ukraine states they have. As you would guess this is what would be used to curtail the Russian advance even if they used 20% of this. I don't know why this would not be used against these Russians as there might not be a Ukrainian breakthrough over the summertime. We will know more over next few days 1 way or the other.
That's the second time you mentioned the 70% like Ukraine are bluffing etc... Just remember all we have seen so far in Western equipment on the frontline has been Bradley's and Leopards. I don't believe there's been any footage of the 90+ Strykers, 40 Marders, 14 Challenger tanks and an unknown number of CV90's engaging the frontline. That's a lot of vehicles that have yet to see combat
We might see them soon if the Russians are advancing in that sector of the front or a whole pile of cluster munitions been used on the attacking Russians. It's just I think they will have to be unleashed at some point. I think stopping this Russian advance would be a good opportunity to use some of them.
Good interview with the Witch. We haven't seen much of her since her daily walk around Bakhmut videos:
One thing I noticed in the video and other videos on Sky News is when being interviewed and there's an explosion in the distance, the soldiers don't even flinch, where the interviewer and camera man jumps.
After a certain length of time in combat, soldiers (it's said by those who know about such things) learn to distinguish between phenomena that are merely frightnening, and those that are genuinely dangerous. Many news crews won't be at the front long enough to learn which is which.
The picture sold to the public is that russia is weak, and have Lada's for tanks, and Nerfs for weapons, then how on earth are they holding so so much territory when Ukraine have all the latest weapons on tap.
I haven't seen anyone saying Russia have Lada's for tanks or Nerf weapons.
But the supposed 2nd army in the world has lost over 50% of the territory it gained in Ukraine.
I just want to see more progress, and then ideally invade and capture Russia.
Why would Ukraine want to invade and capture Russia?
Oh yeah, Russia. Historically famous for being easy to invade and capture. 🙄
Why on earth would Ukraine ever want to march on Moscow?
Maybe dress up as Wagners and march on Moscow. Would anyone notice?
It seems in order to ease pressure further south the Russians have launched a new offensive and have taken back some territory. Will Ukraine be forced to divert forces just as it is at last making progress or would it be better to let them stretch their lines and ambush them when they are further into the pocket?
The scale of the penetration looks initially worrying. At the same time, neither side has been even able to capture a village in a month now when Ukraine took Rivnopil.
Same way as before - slow them down as they advance. Eventually the Russians will be worn down, and then the Ukrainians can counterattack.
Another enormous explosion in Crimea this morning.
Also there's videos of a skyscraper in the centre of Moscow near the GRU Cyber Operations centre that's been clipped by a drone.
I wouldn't condone attacks on civilian buildings but at this point will the Russians ever care about anything? Maybe it'll wake them up to the idea that invading Ukraine isn't a terrific idea when the war starts truly showing up on their soil. But I wonder.
It seems the only way this war will be resolved is attrition by artillery and economic collapse in Russia. A lot should change within a few months at the rate these two factors are playing out. Ukraine should freeze the line and concentrate on artillery and containing the Russians.
Here's Mr. Negative again
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I'd like to see similar for their KA-52s. Losses seem to have dried up again unfortunately.
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