I mean maybe it's a trap, like "oh, please whatever you do, don't attack us in Bakmut, we are very very weak there, we are so unprepared, if you attacked us we would not fight at all, we have no ammunition and all our soldiers are 90 year old grandmas in wheelchairs" barfo
Warmer weather didn't seem to give Russia an advantage last year, and I don't foresee that changing things this Spring/Summer either.
It seems like the counter may be happening. Gaining ground in bahkmut, Columns of troops near belgorad, lots of boats on the dnipro river, and Russian telegram shitting themselves
The fact the media has people convinced Ukraine is going to win in a war against Russia is completely bonkers. Propaganda works. You guys realize the US will just leave Ukraine hanging like we do every other country we go to “help” right? As soon as the military industrial complex has exhausted this game and sucked all the money they can out of it, we will dip out and Ukraine will be left to fend for themselves like every other country the US has ruined. Why does nobody learn this lesson? It’s a tried and true blueprint at this point. The US has ZERO core strategic interests in that area, meanwhile Russia has everything to lose. They’ve lost tens of millions of people since Napoleon with invasions through those lands, I highly doubt they just give up, and the elephant in the room is the fact that they are infinitely more powerful than Ukraine. It’s just the truth. The idea that Ukraine is going to incite a regime change in Russia is deranged.
Yeah, Europe is worthless to us. Fuck 'em. If we teamed up with Russia, we could attack from the west, take the UK, France, Spain, so on, while Russia takes Ukraine, Germany, and the nordic countries. Enslave the population, and force their children to work in our meatpacking plants. I'm with you, jonnyboy! (Also, welcome back!) barfo
I love not being able to see what you people are responding to. I'll just use my imagination, I'm probably pretty close.
Putin isn’t trying to march through Europe though, or at least there’s been no indication of that whatsoever. It’s not even strategically significant. He’s doing the wrong thing and going about it the wrong way but the reasons for it have been made clear. It’s a response to NATO expansion and (supposed) aggression toward ethnic Russians in the east by the recently installed Ukrainian government. Not saying their reasons are true or valid or justified, but those are their reasons.
All russia has to lose is their dignity, self respect and some territory that never really belonged to them.
Has been confirmed that Ukraine have made advances north and south of Bakhmut in a continued attempt to outflank the russians. No indications that they have needed to use any of the 12 brigades (well armed with western armored vehicles) that are held in reserve for the counter offensive. Has been confirmed that Ukraine struck deep into occupied territory (Luhansk) using the new long range missiles that Britain has provided. russia lost two helicopters and two warplanes yesterday in a province adjacent to Ukraine. Unclear if it was Ukrainian fire or friendly fire. Germany just announced a huge new military aid package to Ukraine and their defense minister announced they will support Ukraine's entry into NATO. Huge turnaround in Germany policy in the last year. I am even going to throw in what a russian soldier thinks about Ukraine's coming offensive:
Sounds like the hypersonic missile that Ukraine shot down last week targeted a Patriot system in Kyiv. Instead the Patriot system shot it down. That's got to be a bit of a sobering realization in Moscow.
So what? I have reasons for keeping a bunch of young women chained in my basement, but that doesn't mean the USA has to accept it. barfo
Some may not believe that Ukraine is basically holding back the barbarian hordes from rolling into Europe but those from Moldova (and Poland and the Baltics) understand.
