Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

They didn't restrain themselves. Short of using nuclear weapons, Russia doesn't do combined arms, it's why riot police found themselves on the front lines in the first days, it's why that 40km convoy got stuck in the mud.

They can however grind forward with artillery, metres per day, throwing conscripts at the enemy. Few other modern militaries or countries would tolerate such immense losses - but it's a brutalist dictatorship, and it's the only thing that can move them forward.

The Ukrainians have fought like hell, it's amazing, and that's with minimal support from us and both arms tied behind their back

Keep in mind that Putin apologists and contrarians were the most resistant to supporting Ukraine more or sending better weapons.

Interesting how they are now attempting to spin that now..

So Trump is selling his LNG also which costs 5 times less in the US.

No wonder Lindsey Graham and them were saying it's the best investment they made. Lose no men, get to supply Ukraine and Europe with expensive gas for years to come, flog billions of weapons to everyone and half a trillion of minerals as security for the 200 billion already spent. Not daft are they ?

Difficult to see Trump wanting to stop this money spinner in a hurry, so no doubt it will carry on and negotiations wont lead anywhere.

Don't bother talking to him, the thread is becoming tedious with all this his nonsense.

And where are your sources?

So far, you gave opinions with nothing to back them up. Why did Russia restrain itself and did not do like US did in Iraq?

And please argument with proof. Not just paragraphs with “It wouldn't be beyond its capabilities….”.

It is amazing your posts often start with a fact but end with a conclusion that is incorrect and we even wonder how you arrived there.

And I can give some examples: where are the boomerangs you claim are coming? Where is BRICs that is supposed to take over the world soon?

Maybe you took the wrong train?

That’s more Russians 😵 💀 recorded dead with video evidence on opensource drone footage in 5 months

Than more than all of the dead in the ten years of Afghanistan that the USSR managed

Edit: typo

@protexblue so you do recognise that Russia isn't the USSR, yet continue to talk about it as if it was the same military that fought on both sides of WW2.

You do realise of course that Ukrainians comprised about a quarter of the red army in that war? That when their Nazi partners turned on them Russia had to go hand in cap to beg Britain and the US to arm them? That post-WW2, Ukraine was the main arms supplier for the USSR for most of the cold war? You're absolutely correct that Russia isn't the USSR: it has a significantly smaller, more poorly armed, even more poorly led and more corrupt armed forces than that of the USSR whose history they falsely claim to be sole inheritors of.

You're not wrong in your assertion that the USA is an imperialist nation which over-spends on it's military at the expense of it's citizens life expectancy (and the quality of those unnecessarily short lives) that's currently lead by a narcissistic, fascist fuckwit. Where you're wrong is in thinking that pointing this out in no way means the same isn't also true of Russia (and to a much greater extent since they're a quarter of a century further along that path than the US).

Ukraine isn't a smoking wreck because the only way the Kremlin could inflict that on their neighbour would be the use of nuclear weaponry and Putin is (rightly) far too scared to go there as he's been told in no uncertain terms that to do so will be the end of him and the country he's stolen control of. As with all bullies, he's ultimately a coward (though, in fairness, the fact that the Russian citizenry still haven't revolted against him and his corrupt Oligarchs in any meaningful numbers suggests it's something of a national trait).

"initial Ukrainian attack was repelled, but Ukrainian forces launched another assault. He calls the situation chaotic, with heavy combat and a significant Ukrainian presence."

Also new Secretary of defense Pete Hesgeth on Nato membership for Ukraine and any peacekeepers on the ground.

His remarks come at the Nato meeting at Ramstein.

Just gotta emphasize, the invasion of Ukraine was not a proxy war. No matter how many times you link to accounts that claim it is, a foreign aggressor invaded Ukraine. This was not the fault of NATO or the US.

Nothing borderline about it.

Americans can't afford to deploy troops to Ukraine they will all be in Gaza building Donald's golf resorts.

You deny the fact that Russia has started the largest war in Europe since WW2 with aim of occupation of second largest country in Europe after themselves?

What’s next you be telling everyone the earth is flat?

Sounds like your getting excited that America has to come in and save Putin and Russia,

That must sting for the great leader and russians, first they had to go begging Northkorea for men and ammo,and now they have to rely on their great enemy to save them from one of their small inferior neighbours,

Super power my hole.

Since Trump has come in weapon's have continued to flow into Ukraine and the Russians are currently struggling to advance.

So basically carrying on as though Biden were still in charge?

I've no doubt though that more aid to completely stall the Russians is the only way to make them rethink.

Are we talking quantity or quality here? I'm skeptical that more artillery shells, Bradley tanks etc. can turn the tide…

But more advanced kit? Trump seems to have set his face against that.

https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/17/trump-criticises-biden-for-allowing-ukraine-to-fire-us-missiles-deep-into-russia