Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

Agent Krasnov says lots of things, he is parroting Putins narrative and I do not believe it will amount to any peace, it will give Russia the pause it badly needs before it either implodes or uses war as a distraction to the disasterly state of its own economy blaming somebody else.

Just in case you forgot his rap sheet is: multiple criminal indictments and civil findings, including 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in New York (convicted), federal charges for election interference and mishandling classified documents (case dismissed/postponed), and Georgia charges for election racketeering (ongoing). He was also found liable in civil cases for defamation/sexual abuse

Zelenskyy says there are two points outstanding; which of them is the "absurd" one? And do you think it's more "absurd" from a Russian or Ukrainian perspective?

I feel it's all useless, this talk about 'USA and Ukraine are positive about a deal'.

Russia will just reject any deal and we'll start from scratch again. It's not a coincidence that Trump keeps getting calls from Putin hours before he meets Zelensky, it happens every time.

“Nikita Khrushchev, Russia’s combative leader from 1953 to 1964, famously threatened, “We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within.”

Once you understand Putin and the Russian mindset this all makes sense.

Unfortunately Trump is the useful idiot Russia has waited patiently for to come along.

Apparently Trump was shocked and disgusted when Putin informed him.

Ughh make it stop.

I wonder is this all over the Russian media - is Putin letting everybody know that the Ukrainians can just wander through Russias iron defences and get a crack at the boss mans house? That wouldn't look too good would it?

I'd take a guess that Ukraine has a load of sweet projects that could pick off things like this if and when they chose to do so. I think they're smart enough not to choose this moment.

That’s the basic problem right there. Most countries on this earth have no desire to return to the ‘realism’ of the good old days when a few powerful empires took what they liked.

Trump loves tyrants. They’re his people. He identifies with them. Imagine running a country where the entire resources of the state are one big beautiful welfare program for you.

It’s a yarn that’s a lot closer to the boss than the one about Chechens blowing up a few blocks of flats. The thought must be occurring to some Russians liable to be dragged off to fight - this is his ‘operation’ so let him face the consequences.

Do we want a world where larger countries can redraw their neighbours borders and annex their territory, or have a veto on their foreign or language policies? I don't. I'm not so sure about Trump. Would we have given the UK a veto on our policy on the Irish language?

Separately reports Russian logistics in Pokrovsk have collapsed.

No matter what, attacking Ukrainian Goverment Buildings directly would be a catastrophic mistake for the Russians. The Ukrainians would without a doubt respond by burning down the Kremlin in retaliation. Hell it would be enough cause to take a shot at Putin himself if they start lobbing cruise missiles at Zelenskyy himself.

The longer this goes on the more desperate the Vatniks will get, their economys showing more and more reports of failures, slowdowns and degradation. The minute their economy collapses, Putins done, cant maintain an invading army with no food or supplies to feed them and his security apparatus wont back him if they're struggling for food as well.