Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

I wouldn't necessarily disagree with you. But when the figure of 1,000,000 Russian dead is bandied about and taken as fact, then proven to be incorrect, it undermines every other claim against the Russians, whether that's reasonable or not. Just think of all the Putin apologists who pop up here posting links in support of claims which are quickly debunked… it's held up as a reason not to believe anything those posters say.

Over 1,000,000 - ONE MILLION! - dead and wounded, in a war that's only 3 years old and has achieved virtually nothing for the aggressor, is absolutely shocking in and of itself.

Looks like this offensive that started in mid April is picking up steam now the ground has dried out, with multiple advances of up to 5 km a day reported in multiple areas across the front the last few days.

Advances north of Toretsk and East of Pokrovsk looks like the start of another cauldron with the mass of fortifications south of Zoria looking like they will have to retreat in the coming days.

Early days but the 4 main objectives for this Summer could be Lyman which was ordered to be evacuated of civilians yesterday, encirclement of Pokrovsk, Konstantinovka, Siversk and the expansion of the buffer zone from Sumy to North of Lyman.

Are you concerned?

The president of Brazil flew to Moscow to meet Putin with the wish of telling Putin not to be afraid of going to the talks in Turkey.

The president of Brazil was not allowed into the Kremlin.

Putin doesn't want peace based on his behavior. Weren't you and others previously parroting that line about Zelensky? But Putin pretty clearly isn't operating under good faith.

Trump just said he didn’t expect Putin to go as he wasn’t going anyway.

Krasnov strikes again.

…'''President Donald Trump suggests that significant progress in Ukraine peace talks is unlikely until he and President Putin meet in person.

As the pool reporter on board Air Force One, I asked Trump whether he was disappointed by the level of the delegation that Russia has sent to Turkey.

"Look, nothing's going to happen until Putin and I get together. Okay?" Trump says.

"And obviously he wasn't going to go. He was going to go, but he thought I was going to go.

"He wasn't going if I wasn't there and I don't believe anything's going to happen, whether you like it or not, until he and I get together, but we're going to have to get it solved because too many people are dying."

What bull.

Yup, as predicted. Trump simply lets Putin off the hook. After Putin spurns both Trumps ceasefire plan and his OWN SUGGESTED PEACE TALKS. Imagine the shite Trump would be posting if Zelensky had rejected going to these talks.

I really hope European leaders have come to the realization that Trump is never going to stand up to Putin. He's a weak little bitch bully.

The best possible case for Ukraine with the US right now in my mind is that they simply keep the sanctions in place and allow Europe to buy weapons for Ukraine with the confiscated Russian warchest. I'm really not sure why we're not already at that point. Anyone with half a brain can see that Putin has no interest in peace.

Not quite.

Merz declared that he would give Russia a 24-hour deadline to cease hostilities. If this demand was ignored, he would push to supply Ukraine with Taurus long-range missiles, which would enable potential strikes within Russian borders.

That was days ago. Germany has now declared that future military aid to Ukraine will not be made public.

Also very recently, Denmark:

Denmark will allocate €830 million from the frozen assets of the Russian Federation to finance the purchase of weapons from Ukrainian manufacturers.

This was reported by the official website of the Ministry of Defense of Denmark.

According to the agreement signed between Denmark and the European Union, the country will take the lead in distributing the proceeds of frozen Russian assets in 2025.

From vehicles, to motorbikes, to donkeys, to slaves. Winning for 3 years straight.

"The Russian delegation is waiting for its Ukrainian counterparts in Istanbul in the morning, but they are not there yet."

Telling porkies to the Orclings, how original.