I said quite effectively
”Why import invented horrors from abroad when our country has so many of our own”
Russian newspaper editor (who better stay away from balconies) on the unveiling of Stalin statue at a children’s park
Judging these reports its just a matter of , which one you prefer . They have little bearing on the reality . I like the any day now Russia will surrender as its been said her for over a year .
Putin is fleeing any day it will surrender .
Ukraine is running out of time
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/ukraine-war-live-zelensky-running-out-of-time-as-troops-try-to-cross-land-bridge/ar-AA1iNVyh?cvid=8024779574df46e18bdb117e29c3e354&ei=148
^ the aim of Russian propaganda:
Create confusion and ensure that you stop questioning and stop trusting reality and absorb anything that is not a conspiracy or a lie.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation
Maybe a few drones needed here to help our 'friends' to go back home with their flags.
What language are you translating your message from?
In any case, what some people are saying here and elsewhere, Russia has lost already. It has lost its initial military objectives of taking over Kiev and replacing Ukraine's leadership. It has lost Europe's energy market. Its armed forces lost all credibility; they are not a modern fighting force many feared them to be. Russia went from an aspiring world power to a weak terrorist state, and it is in no position to dictate its wishes to anyone, on the contrary, it is reduced to begging North Korea and Iran for shells and drones. Pathetic.
Regardless, the UAF counter offensive has been a lot slower and more bloody than many of us (myself included) thought it would be.
The Russians are very good at fortifying their position and digging in. Now UAF is making progress, but the West must keep supplying them with what they need.
Russia have massive resources boosted by anti western alliances and propaganda a win over Ukraine is now a win over the west
Ukrainian resources may not withstand as its alliances are not as committed, no threats of boot on the ground or even a presence in the black sea, to wary of escalation
Longer the war and its occupation continues the harder it will return to natural borders, advantage invader.
Russia has fought many war more than any other and in the second ww they through bodies same as they are doing now without a peep from its citizens many who still holiday abroad seen them proudly flag waving.
Amazing ambush reminiscent of the scene in Saving Private Ryan where the paras shoot the halftrack with a bazooka.
WARNING NSFW
update 25th
pure kremlin scutter
Whatever you are smoking please pass it along, takes something special to try to spin the last few years as a win for Russia by any metric
Russia is not USSR and was one of 15 “republics”
Hell they didn’t even have the highest proportion of deaths either in WW2 out of this lot
I wasn’t joking that Russia winning a slag heap the other day (and then losing it) is an incredible metaphor on many levels
Europe still importing 14 billion worth of Russian raw materials and other products ,
Which is mental when you think about it
Situation on that front seems to have been stabilised and Russian successes if you can call them that, have been reversed according to the usual lads on the twit machine.
Rattling that saber again. Since they are withdrawing from the test ban treaty, they will probably conduct a small test to try frighten the west
They do not need to test their is a mountain of info available to those in the arms treaty they won't learn anything new but it's stupid aggressive culture loves that attention
with a bit of luck they'll blow themselves up by accident
“Russia has fought many war more…”
Jesus. Is it that the lads with the decent English got sent to the front and this is what they’ve got left? Is that what happened?
”Advantage invader?” For crying out loud, read some military history before declaring such nonsense as a tautology. An invading force is almost always at a disadvantage to local partisan action and general lack of knowledge of the area that could take the guts of a decade or more before their forces can treat that area as “home ground”.
When the Nazi Germans invaded your country they had the advantage of force, but they were traversing over territory they had only basic knowledge of. The local Soviets knowledge of their own country was a significant factor in their ability to fight back. The advantage usually rests with the Defender, while the Invader is forced to adapt to an unknown battlefield beyond the defenses.
Today’s Russia is a broken concept that has to lean on laddish displays of public tribalism to project any kind of “pride” their flag might afford. Their army is doing an abysmal job against a smaller force, the air force can’t maintain itself and the Black Sea fleet is hiding.
You must have scored a load of high-grade Copium to maintain a positive outlook of Russia’s future and to come on here to expect anything less than ridicule.
That’s assuming they even find a working warhead.
Half expect them to accidentally obliterate a launch facility in a “test” and then have to frantically cover up their incredible screw up.
Although he’a only mentioning launch drill again now?
What red-lines are even left now?
I guess it’s the F16s, which will be sent and the Russians will do Sweet Feck All.
Hell Ukraine even directly attacked Russia proper, and they still didn’t fire a nuke.
Prigozhin drove an armed column right through all the red lines making an absolutely fool of Putin who had to hide from his disgruntled chef
That incident alone caused more damage in long term to Putin directly than any technology can.
Putin not being humiliated was the reddest of all the lines.
You can see what Russia are actually trying to achieve with the latest pushes around avdiivka and elsewhere they are trying to close a pocket entrapping the Ukrainian forces ,it seem the 500-1500lb glide bombs are doing some damage to Ukrainian forces on the ground
I have my doubts as to the existence of any viable Heisenberg devices.
On the WWII comments from our non English speaking contributor, it's important to bear in mind the vast amount of kit that the USSR allies provided to the Soviet army. Without this, I very much doubt that the Soviet troops would have made it as far as Warsaw.
They could be testing the ICBM...
Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elected as House speaker in the US a deeply religious type and a big supporter of Donal Trump and is opposed to sending any military aid to Ukraine .
So, he's basically a cnut?
Unfortunately yes, no other way to phase it
A rumour in the last day or so that Putin collapsed or had some seizure. Must be under some pressure..
He's also an avid Israel supporter and believes fully that Hamas should meet it's end. It really was a masterstroke that Biden lumped the two aid packets together.
All he has to do is call the vote. And the aid to Ukraine/Israel will pass with a supermajority. It was the same scenario with McCarthy as speaker. I'd be very surprised if it didn't go through.
"Though previously a skeptic of Ukraine aid, Johnson said he is open to talks on President Joe Biden’s request for more funding to assist the Ukrainian counter-offensive against Russia." - Bloomberg
However, in recent times, he has taken a skeptical stance toward aid for Ukraine. He voted against two different appropriations bills that provided aid to Ukraine in 2022 and just last month.
Democrats should win the house in the new year and have total control in time for an interference free focus on Ukraine.
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