Suuuuure lol. Russia is fighting with fucking farm vehicles and tanks from the 70s, but they certainly have the capability to start leveling cities.
Um, Giddyup has an indirect line to the Kremlin. All the Russian-owned social media accounts he follows definitely don’t fill his head with propaganda. He’s got it on very good authority ⬇️
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Yes russia is advancing, at an incredibly slow rate and at a cost in manpower that won't be sustainable for long. Ukraine is also low on manpower which is why they need support from the west and we should give them what they need to fight.CNN had an article last week about Russia encircling Ukranian troops. Couldn't find it, but here's one from the BBC.
Ukraine war: Troops fear encirclement in Pokrovsk as Russians near
Speaking to the BBC, soldiers in eastern Ukraine fear that Russia is trying to surround them.
North Dakota pointed out Russia was making ground and you said you never saw the tweets he's seen that would support that. I simply provided a response that they are doing just such. It may be slow, but it's an advance none the less. Posting an article that shows Russia making ground doesn't mean I don't support Ukraine. I've always supported funding Ukraine.
Russia isn't going to do anything, they have threatened so many times with crossing "red lines" yet have done nothing. It isn't in the West favor to bow down to terrorist russia
Lol. You have no idea about the geopolitics in the region except what you’re fed. FYI the CIA inserted a corrupt Ukraine government in 2012 which validated Russia’s worst fears. Just wait till you can start spewing the axis of evil shit again if China needs to get in.
I follow some account called AMK Mapping. ISW too is certainly pro Ukraine. Sometimes I check in on some German journo named Julian Roepke. He tweets a lot in German but plenty in English too. Then random ones pop up in the feed. I keep tabs on some of the Russian superfans too. Doesn't take long to determine whether an account is helpful or not.
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Obama was weak. He was the ultimate empty shirt, all hat - no cattle, talks a big game kind of guy. Endless blathering and pontificating and sound bites, but not much substance. He was infinitely more concerned with his image, with sounding cool, with "hope & change" than with actually getting real stuff accomplished. Everything was "How will this play on the news?" or "How will this poll?" instead of actually doing the hard work and accomplishing useful stuff and letting that speak for itself.
Even though Ukrainians didn't want a Russian puppet goverment?
Idk if we know what they really want based on reality. They seem to think they will get enough help to reclaim all the land that they (rightly or wrongly) believe should be theirs.
Their only real hope to get out of the shadow of Russia is to get admitted to NATO.
Could they even get admitted?
I know they want to be admitted. They applied in 2022. I don't know where the application stands. Personally, I think it would be a good move. Except for Belarus, it basically keeps Russia from doing anything stupid without having to deal with the major players.
I mean that's Ukraine's hope now. If you talk to them they're fine letting the Donbas go, bigger issue is the non Crimean stuff in the South they lost.
Them being allowed to posses nukes again should be important too.
Can't right now because of the war. NATO bylaws dictate a country cannot be admitted while at war.
Don't forget Iran and China
With oil dropping again I wonder how Iran and Russia keep financing this. NK is sending artillery and men to keep the lights on. Once Russia runs through its reserves they can't pay for mercenaries any more.
