Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

That's hilarious, already taken down by.....

And national service too.

Trump and Vance waking up seeing the media reaction

The only thing war decides is who's left.

Russia is now reduced to using donkeys at the front while Ukraine continues to evolve and expand its domestically produced drone capabilities to the point where drones will become a moving wall of death.

My only pity is for the donkeys.

I think everyone knows that Trump is a cult, and not representative of the whole US. There's plenty of ex US service personal now fighting alongside Ukranians on the front. The only notable exception being Steven Seagal who's a real Putin fanatic.

Even the guy arrested for plotting to kill Trump on the golf course had been a Trump supporter the first term. The young man who nearly succeeded a card carrying republican.

I read an article last year on Ukraine arming themselves either with Nukes or some sort of midterm dirt bomb to try and guarantee their safety if the world turned their back on them again.

The last 2 lines of the article stuck with me and are even more relevant given the events of the last 24 hours.

There is a real danger here that the world would be foolish to ignore. If Ukraine one day faces the choice between national survival and its eradication by advancing Russian forces, what might it choose?

You don’t have to be a geopolitical expert to understand that Ukraine may refuse to go quietly into that good night of vanishing nations.

History is now gazing at Macron and Starmer.

It's their time.

So on the one the one hand, if Ukraine ditch the US, Russia (and its lada army) is there for the taking.

On the other, Europe has to back Ukraine or Russia will attempt to push into Europe.

Schroedingers Russia.

I keep these threats of advancing Russia, yet what we're increasingly seeing is alcoholics guys in their 50s and 60s being sent to the front with donkeys. Just as their soviet era stock has been eroded so too has its manpower.

The number priority of Ukraine is to lose as few as possible, strategic withdrawals rather than troops losses, but ultimately the Russian losses have continued on upward trajectory.

Trump was as unhinged towards Zelensky as much as Putin needs a ceasefire. But even if Putin got his pause, where are his new troops going to come from as the nearly million who fled Russia after the special operation began were mostly young males of military service age.

 yet what we're increasingly seeing is alcoholics guys in their 50s and 60s being sent to the front with donkeys.

Exactly. It suits Putin to have a pause.

It is now chess not checkers.

He will come again, let that be 1 year 3 years or 5.

Ukraine have utterly humiliated him and turned his country into a new North Korea.

Of course Trump is trying his best to reverse that.

But make no mistake Putin will not respect any peace deal or cease fire.

Anyone who thinks otherwise has not being paying attention.

The reason Trump and his ghouls are calling Zelenskyy a dictator is they want elections in Ukraine because they know full well the Russians will interfere with it.

Again, just in case hasn't been paying attention for the last decade. The Kremlin have a Puppet in the Whitehouse.

It was only imaginable in movies up until now.

Putin needs a ceasefire.

Doesn't seem to me to be acting like a leader who does, not offering even the most cosmetic of concessions to facilitate a Trump-led 'peace deal'. Looks to me to be keen to keep pushing forward on the battlefield…

Wait til he sees Ukraines “wall of death” drones or something…….

If Trump was President during World War 2, we'd all be speaking German

In reality though just as always zelensky needs to continue the humble routine and take the bullying from these wimps. Whatever saves lives. He needs to at least drag this out as long as possible in the hope of some event that for es Trump to commit to Ukraine. Burning bridges won't help him no matter how justified. We've all been there, exiting a job, where we could destroy people and be justified but there's no tangible pay off except for our own pride. Zelensky has shown that he is willing to sacrifice personal pride for the sake of his people, that he what makes him an actual leader and not some gangster born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

I get that he'll try to "come again" in a few years, but with what, and with who?

Look to the nations that vote with Russia in UN resolutions and the like, or the ones who stay silent. Especially the economically very poor nations. If Putin flatters & bribes them, and offers them a cut of the proceeds, they may also feel it's in their interests to provide practical military support in any future Special Military Operations.