Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress]

[be.open]

Zelensky has replaced Valerii Zaluzhnyi with Syrskyi. Let's see which changes in strategy this brings, within the limited options given the indecision of US and the issues with Hungary in the EU, although 50 billion in funding for 4 years has been finally unblocked. Zaluz was keen on enhancing the technology role and at this point there were probably issues around what is happening in Avdiivka.

Talks about it were coming for few recent weeks and it only looked only matter of time. Personally, I think it's not right decision, but who I'm to judge them? Still, it leaves some bad taste in mouth. It looks that main reason why Zaluzhnyi was fired was not successful counteroffensive. Zelensky wants to see progress and seems that no matter what price of it will be, that's my observation.
Syrskyi, not really sure about him, I read mixed opinions on him, some even calling him the butcher. On the other hand he was responsible for defense of Kyiv and successful Kharkiv counteroffensive.
BTW, interesting detail that he was born in Russia and graduated from Moscow Higher Military Command School. That's probably one of rare cases when person can be called as good Russian.

Fresh Russian joke:

Gerasimov: give up, you won’t win!
Syrsky: Russians don’t give up!

[paxmao]

Edited to add: 12/feb it seems that a refinery near Moscow caught fire today. Or has it been two!?

Zelensky has replaced Valerii Zaluzhnyi with Syrskyi. Let's see which changes in strategy this brings, within the limited options given the indecision of US and the issues with Hungary in the EU, although 50 billion in funding for 4 years has been finally unblocked. Zaluz was keen on enhancing the technology role and at this point there were probably issues around what is happening in Avdiivka.

Talks about it were coming for few recent weeks and it only looked only matter of time. Personally, I think it's not right decision, but who I'm to judge them? Still, it leaves some bad taste in mouth. It looks that main reason why Zaluzhnyi was fired was not successful counteroffensive. Zelensky wants to see progress and seems that no matter what price of it will be, that's my observation.
Syrskyi, not really sure about him, I read mixed opinions on him, some even calling him the butcher. On the other hand he was responsible for defense of Kyiv and successful Kharkiv counteroffensive.
BTW, interesting detail that he was born in Russia and graduated from Moscow Higher Military Command School. That's probably one of rare cases when person can be called as good Russian.

Fresh Russian joke:

Gerasimov: give up, you won’t win!
Syrsky: Russians don’t give up!

I actually find the joke funny, because it has plenty of elements of truth. Syrsky did study in USSR times in the best Soviet military institution at Moscow with many of today's Ruzzian generals which is a great asset (know your enemy - Tsun Tzu's Art of War). At the same time, he needs to find the way to change the game.


However, it must be said that the financial game has changed since Ukraine has started to target oil & gas refineries and plants. By the time you post again bragging about how "Avdiivka has been gloriously taken", someone out there will value each of those square meters of ruins that Ruzzia is buying at Manhattan prices. Shall we agree on 20,000 per square meter or would you like to discuss

Zelensky has replaced Valerii Zaluzhnyi with Syrskyi. Let's see which changes in strategy this brings, within the limited options given the indecision of US and the issues with Hungary in the EU, although 50 billion in funding for 4 years has been finally unblocked. Zaluz was keen on enhancing the technology role and at this point there were probably issues around what is happening in Avdiivka.

Talks about it were coming for few recent weeks and it only looked only matter of time. Personally, I think it's not right decision, but who I'm to judge them? Still, it leaves some bad taste in mouth. It looks that main reason why Zaluzhnyi was fired was not successful counteroffensive. Zelensky wants to see progress and seems that no matter what price of it will be, that's my observation.
Syrskyi, not really sure about him, I read mixed opinions on him, some even calling him the butcher. On the other hand he was responsible for defense of Kyiv and successful Kharkiv counteroffensive.
BTW, interesting detail that he was born in Russia and graduated from Moscow Higher Military Command School. That's probably one of rare cases when person can be called as good Russian.

Many of the USSR generals, even the ones who fought the III Reich, were Ukrainian born or had Ukrainian ancestry. I hope Syrsky brings some new ideas, but above it I hope he is given the means to succeed by Europe and US - succeed to a degree at least.

[paxmao]

Not everyone is aware of this, but there is a nuclear bunker just near Avdiika, just in the south. Possible the stiffest ever point of resistance other than the industrial complex of Mariupol.

If Zenit falls, Avdiivka might fall, too—forcing the Ukrainian garrison to retreat after a decade of stiff resistance. On Monday, Russian troops came closer than ever to cutting off Zenit with its labyrinth of concrete strongpoints. They failed. But they might not fail next time—because Zenit’s defenders are running out of ammunition.

My guess is that the new chief of the Ukrainian Army is aiming to hold harder than the previous one.

On a related issue, for those that like "alternative sources"...

M. Stéphane Séjourné, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, today announced that France has detected a propaganda network called “Portal Kombat”. In order to mislead European public opinion, particularly in France, this network, made up of so-called digital information portals, spreads pro-Russian content promoting the Russian invasion in Ukraine and denigrating the Ukrainian authorities.

The detection and analysis work carried out by the VIGINUM department has allowed us to conclude that the network’s activities indeed constitute a campaign to manipulate information on digital platforms involving foreign actors, and that the campaign aims to harm France and its interests. Comprising at least 193 sites and initially covering news from Russian and Ukrainian localities, the network has developed since Russia’s war of aggression in February 2022 and has subsequently focused on the occupied Ukrainian territories and Ukraine’s supporters – including France, Germany and Poland. To amplify the manipulation by reaching a wider audience, the network uses a number of techniques such as selecting pro-Russian propaganda sources based on the targeted locality, mass automation to spread content and search-engine optimization. The technical elements that enabled the French authorities to reach these conclusions are available in the technical report published today by VIGINUM.

https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/russia/news/article/foreign-digital-interference-france-detects-a-russian-propaganda-network-12-feb

You can see the complete list on page 15. BTW guess who in this forum has links to some of these?

https://www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/files/files/20240212_NP_SGDSN_VIGINUM_PORTAL-KOMBAT-NETWORK_ENG_VF.pdf

[tvbcof]

Not everyone is aware of this, but there is a nuclear bunker just near Avdiika, just in the south. Possible the stiffest ever point of resistance other than the industrial complex of Mariupol.
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I don't remember Mariupol being too big a deal although it was played up a fair bit.  IIRC, the Russians sat on them for a week or two and a fountain of swastikas poured forth from the ground.

[paxmao]

Not everyone is aware of this, but there is a nuclear bunker just near Avdiika, just in the south. Possible the stiffest ever point of resistance other than the industrial complex of Mariupol.
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I don't remember Mariupol being too big a deal although it was played up a fair bit.  IIRC, the Russians sat on them for a week or two and a fountain of swastikas poured forth from the ground.

I have never seen such a poor attempt at faking. Two clicks away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Mariupol

The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022 and lasted until 20 May,

Bad troll, bad bad troll!

As of today it seems that there is plenty of smoke over Moscow, at first if looked like an oil terminal, but - unconfirmed but likely - seems to be a production facility for military airplanes. There will be more news about it.

It seems that the price of real state in Avdiivka is reaching new heights for Ruzzia. They could have bought the Trump empire instead of gettting Avdiivka - Not that I am saying they have not yet done it.

[BADecker]

Biden and his cronies want to kill more Ukrainians. And it's all for nothing since Ukraine has already lost, big time.


The Biden-Schumer Plan To Kill More Ukrainians


https://original.antiwar.com/Jeffrey_Sachs/2024/02/12/the-biden-schumer-plan-to-kill-more-ukrainians/
President Joe Biden is refusing to fold a losing hand as he bets with Ukrainian lives and U.S. taxpayer money. Biden and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer propose to squander the lives of tens of thousands more Ukrainians and $61 billions of federal funds to keep Biden's disastrous foreign policy failure hidden from view until after the November election.

The $61 billion will make no difference on the battlefield except to prolong the war, the tens of thousands of deaths, and the physical destruction of Ukraine. It will not "save" Ukraine. Ukraine's security can only be achieved at the negotiating table, not by some fantasized military triumph over Russia.

$61 billion is not nothing. This worse-than-useless outlay would exceed the combined budgets of the U.S. Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, and the Women, Infant, and Children nutrition program.

Almost exactly 10 years ago this month, Biden did much to put Ukraine on the path to disaster. This is well known to those who have looked carefully at the facts but is kept hidden from view by the White House, the Senate Democrats, and the mainstream media that back Biden. I have previously provided a detailed chronology, with hyperlinks, here.

In 1990, President George H. W. Bush, Sr. and his German counterpart Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not expand eastward if the Soviet Union accepted German reunification. When the Soviet Union disbanded in December 1991, with Russia as the successor state, American leaders decided to renege.
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[tvbcof]

Not everyone is aware of this, but there is a nuclear bunker just near Avdiika, just in the south. Possible the stiffest ever point of resistance other than the industrial complex of Mariupol.
...

I don't remember Mariupol being too big a deal although it was played up a fair bit.  IIRC, the Russians sat on them for a week or two and a fountain of swastikas poured forth from the ground.

I have never seen such a poor attempt at faking. Two clicks away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Mariupol

The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022 and lasted until 20 May,

Bad troll, bad bad troll!

As of today it seems that there is plenty of smoke over Moscow, at first if looked like an oil terminal, but - unconfirmed but likely - seems to be a production facility for military airplanes. There will be more news about it.

It seems that the price of real state in Avdiivka is reaching new heights for Ruzzia. They could have bought the Trump empire instead of gettting Avdiivka - Not that I am saying they have not yet done it.

Yeah, that's about what I remember.  ZioNazi's lost their human shields and about 8 days later 2500 of them gave up rather than fighting.

I guess that when the enemy is planning to kill the entire population including all men, women, and children then it makes sense to fight like a Gazan.  If you are just some swastika tattoo'd Nazi being led by Ziocons who are trying to de-Slav your country to make room for more of their type, might as well give up and hope you get your freedom in a prisoner swap of some sort.

Anyway, the DPR and the Russians have Mariupol looking pretty good these days.  I'm happy for the civilians who survived the zionazi snipers and human shield operations and such.

  Mariupol - then and now.
  https://www.bitchute.com/video/3sROjld5Qu7o/

[BADecker]

All the magical thinking in the world won't save Ukraine.

[Kavelj22]

Recently, news emerged that after the conflict with Russia entered its third year, the Ukrainian Parliament was preparing amendments to the mobilization law due to the decline in the number of volunteer soldiers. In this context, on February 7, the Ukrainian Parliament approved the first draft of a draft law imposing stricter laws to mobilize new recruits to perform military duty. The draft proposed freezing the bank accounts of young citizens who are trying to evade participation in the raging war the country is fighting against Russia.
https://www.cryptonews.net/news/finance/28531315/


When the Ukrainian Parliament imposes the freezing of the accounts of young citizens, this, firstly, cannot encourage young people to join the army, and they may even increase their hatred for their government, and secondly, it will have serious consequences on the financial economy, since these young people will stop using their accounts and thus Less resources for the state. Or this could be an excuse to illegally acquire assets. This, of course, depends on the value of the assets that will be confiscated according to the freezing process.
The most important thing that can be concluded from these measures is that Ukraine is going through strategic difficulties in its war against Russia and that its external support is unable to achieve an equal war budget. The state of disobedience to join the army also exists in Russia, but the rates differ given the population of both countries.

Since the beginning of the war, there has been no urgent need for Ukrainians to deal with crypto, given that banking services have not been interrupted and people can use their financial accounts smoothly despite the war policies. However, this measure may be a factor of transformation in the general financial orientation of citizens who now have justification for turning to alternatives. About the banking system. Of course, crypto will be the safest, most secure and private choice.

[BADecker]

Recently, news emerged that after the conflict with Russia entered its third year,

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Third year?!

Even the US admits the war started in 2014 with Ukraine attacking Russians.

[paxmao]

Ukraine has destroyed another Ruzzian landing ship using marine drones - this is the fourth one. These ships are specially apt to carry supplies as they are able to carry a good chunk of troops and armour and do not require unloading in a port. These are massively used to carry weapon supplies. Minus one now and only two left to go. I give them one year, along with their crews of 87 each. - do not die for Putin, every sailor on those ships knows they will be seafood... just run and never look back.

Recently, news emerged that after the conflict with Russia entered its third year, the Ukrainian Parliament was preparing amendments to the mobilization law due to the decline in the number of volunteer soldiers. In this context, on February 7, the Ukrainian Parliament approved the first draft of a draft law imposing stricter laws to mobilize new recruits to perform military duty. The draft proposed freezing the bank accounts of young citizens who are trying to evade participation in the raging war the country is fighting against Russia.
https://www.cryptonews.net/news/finance/28531315/


When the Ukrainian Parliament imposes the freezing of the accounts of young citizens, this, firstly, cannot encourage young people to join the army, and they may even increase their hatred for their government, and secondly, it will have serious consequences on the financial economy, since these young people will stop using their accounts and thus Less resources for the state. Or this could be an excuse to illegally acquire assets. This, of course, depends on the value of the assets that will be confiscated according to the freezing process.
The most important thing that can be concluded from these measures is that Ukraine is going through strategic difficulties in its war against Russia and that its external support is unable to achieve an equal war budget. The state of disobedience to join the army also exists in Russia, but the rates differ given the population of both countries.

Since the beginning of the war, there has been no urgent need for Ukrainians to deal with crypto, given that banking services have not been interrupted and people can use their financial accounts smoothly despite the war policies. However, this measure may be a factor of transformation in the general financial orientation of citizens who now have justification for turning to alternatives. About the banking system. Of course, crypto will be the safest, most secure and private choice.

The mobilisation aims to get more people into the Ukrainian army, however there is finer point to it: to be able to limit the service to a period of time. As of now, you join the army for whatever it takes to reach peace. That is a situation that most Ukrainians cannot and will not accept, as it is life-sentence or the like. However, as more people are eligible for draft, it is possible to limit the service to one, two or three years and also improve the training, as they will have more time for it.

Ukrainians that do not wish to fight have already left the country. Like hundreds of thousands of Ruzzians.

[tvbcof]

From what I hear, the Ziocons sent the Azov Nazis (called '3rd assault brigade' in the polite mainstream media circles) into Avdivka.  Probably with the fondest hopes that their swastika tattooed skin would disappear into worm-dirt.  Anyway, the Azov bullet-stopper guys took one look at the situation and tried to make tracks in the Westward direction.  Fast!  But it was bad timing because the Russians basically closed the door.

I cannot shake the feeling that there is a little more coordination between Zelenski('s handlers) and Putin than meets the eye.

[paxmao]

Navalny has died in the artic "strict regime" prison he was sent. A mafia state using mafia methods.

From what I hear, the Ziocons sent the Azov Nazis (called '3rd assault brigade' in the polite mainstream media circles) into Avdivka.  Probably with the fondest hopes that their swastika tattooed skin would disappear into worm-dirt.  Anyway, the Azov bullet-stopper guys took one look at the situation and tried to make tracks in the Westward direction.  Fast!  But it was bad timing because the Russians basically closed the door.

I cannot shake the feeling that there is a little more coordination between Zelenski('s handlers) and Putin than meets the eye.

This is the co-founder of the Wagner Group of Mercenaries. Firstly notice that Wagner is a chosen icon for Hitler and German Nazis. Second notice the Nazi tattoos all over the guy. Thirdly notice that Putin is absolutely fine with Nazis, as long as they are his Nazis. This has never ever been an ideological war in that sense.



Perhaps you can try scrubbing those.

While you keep parroting the old wasted propaganda other conspiracy theories, tens of Ruzzian sailors have become seafood and another ship that takes years to build has become a coralline habitat.

https://youtu.be/Aev3Iya5HPg?t=11

As I said before, Putin is forcibly buying Ukrainian land at Manhattan prices. I understand he probably does not care much on this, but next year there are clear plans to attack installations around Moscow and St. Petersburg. That will hurt.

[LTU_btc]

Navalny has died in the artic "strict regime" prison he was sent. A mafia state using mafia methods.

Since he returned to Russia in 2021 (still don't understand why he returned). This time they didn't used Novichok to poison or didn't shot by the walls of Kremlin like they did with Nemtsov, but it's less cynical way to kill opponent. It's another sign that in Russia there can't by any signs of opposition.
It's a bit strange to see both Z-patriots and Ukrainians celebrating these news. But you know history of Navalny statements like this one https://twitter.com/InformNapalm/status/1734252973658620330  or this https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/crimea-not-a-sandwich-and-ukraine-within-1708099375.html you understand that for Ukrainians he was just another Russian nationalist and they didn't idolised him like some in West did.

[BADecker]

Navalny has died in the artic "strict regime" prison he was sent. A mafia state using mafia methods.

Since he returned to Russia in 2021 (still don't understand why he returned). This time they didn't used Novichok to poison or didn't shot by the walls of Kremlin like they did with Nemtsov, but it's less cynical way to kill opponent. It's another sign that in Russia there can't by any signs of opposition.
It's a bit strange to see both Z-patriots and Ukrainians celebrating these news. But you know history of Navalny statements like this one https://twitter.com/InformNapalm/status/1734252973658620330  or this https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/crimea-not-a-sandwich-and-ukraine-within-1708099375.html you understand that for Ukrainians he was just another Russian nationalist and they didn't idolised him like some in West did.

Russia simply did what the people of the US should have done long ago. If they had, they wouldn't be having so much trouble today.

In the below article, does Ukraine really have a military intelligence agency?


Russian Army Now Using Musk's Starlink On Front Lines, Ukraine Says


https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-army-now-using-musks-starlink-front-lines-ukraine-says
Ukraine's military intelligence agency on Sunday said it had intercepted radio traffic that confirms Russia's use of the terminals, which provide broadband internet access via a constellation of low-orbit satellites. "Yes, there have been recorded cases of the Russian occupiers using these devices," Ukrainian intelligence officer Andriy Yusov told RBC-Ukraine. "This is starting to take on a systemic nature."

Starlink, a product of Elon Musk's SpaceX, has been used by the Ukrainian military since Musk enabled the service in the country soon after Russia invaded in 2022. It's been considered a strategic advantage for Ukraine, which has used the high-speed service for secure communication and for running targeting and other military software.

On Friday, Defense One was first to report on the development. In addition to insights from Ukrainian sources, the report included a screenshot from Ukrainian drone video that seems to show the distinctive profile of a Starlink terminal on a targeted Russian position. 

Meanwhile, KatyaVayla, a Russian volunteer group based in the contested Donbas region, posted a video on Telegram in which it proudly displayed five Starlink terminals it procured for the Russian military:
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[coolcoinz]

It's interesting that Carlson asked during the interview with Putin if they're going to release Navalny and a few days later the man suddenly died. Coincidence? Probably the same coincidence as Prigozhin's plane falling out of the sky
Russia is a totalitarian regime where you get poisoned, sent to prison and murdered for opposing the leader, and you can even get hit with a missile if you misbehave.

It's also interesting how hard it is to have a job in the army when you're a Russian commander. The Black Sea fleet lost its commanding officer because a ship was struck by a drone and sunk. Pretty much the same situation as we had with Moskva, where a commander was removed from his position when a ship got hit with a missile. They put another man in the chair, 2 ships were sunk by drones a matter of weeks and the commander was relieved.

[Kavelj22]

Recently, news emerged that after the conflict with Russia entered its third year, the Ukrainian Parliament was preparing amendments to the mobilization law due to the decline in the number of volunteer soldiers. In this context, on February 7, the Ukrainian Parliament approved the first draft of a draft law imposing stricter laws to mobilize new recruits to perform military duty. The draft proposed freezing the bank accounts of young citizens who are trying to evade participation in the raging war the country is fighting against Russia.
https://www.cryptonews.net/news/finance/28531315/


When the Ukrainian Parliament imposes the freezing of the accounts of young citizens, this, firstly, cannot encourage young people to join the army, and they may even increase their hatred for their government, and secondly, it will have serious consequences on the financial economy, since these young people will stop using their accounts and thus Less resources for the state. Or this could be an excuse to illegally acquire assets. This, of course, depends on the value of the assets that will be confiscated according to the freezing process.
The most important thing that can be concluded from these measures is that Ukraine is going through strategic difficulties in its war against Russia and that its external support is unable to achieve an equal war budget. The state of disobedience to join the army also exists in Russia, but the rates differ given the population of both countries.

Since the beginning of the war, there has been no urgent need for Ukrainians to deal with crypto, given that banking services have not been interrupted and people can use their financial accounts smoothly despite the war policies. However, this measure may be a factor of transformation in the general financial orientation of citizens who now have justification for turning to alternatives. About the banking system. Of course, crypto will be the safest, most secure and private choice.

The mobilisation aims to get more people into the Ukrainian army, however there is finer point to it: to be able to limit the service to a period of time. As of now, you join the army for whatever it takes to reach peace. That is a situation that most Ukrainians cannot and will not accept, as it is life-sentence or the like. However, as more people are eligible for draft, it is possible to limit the service to one, two or three years and also improve the training, as they will have more time for it.

Ukrainians that do not wish to fight have already left the country. Like hundreds of thousands of Ruzzians.

But this does not mean that the Ukrainians who remain in Ukraine are ready to join the army. I am certain that most of them had no opportunity to escape either.

As I previously pointed out, there is no room for comparison between Russia and Ukraine because Russia has a larger population and can impose laws and regulations that are binding on the force of political dictatorship, in addition to resorting to fighting militias such as the Wagner group and others. While Ukraine cannot do the same thing due to its claim to adopt democratic methods, which explains why its parliament resorts to such decisions to put pressure on the youth.

According to the same logic, Russia can recruit thousands without their consent, and perhaps without rewarding compensation as well. While Ukraine relies mainly on the support of its Western allies to secure army salaries and equipment, meaning it could face difficulties once the level of support declines.

[paxmao]

Navalny has died in the artic "strict regime" prison he was sent. A mafia state using mafia methods.

Since he returned to Russia in 2021 (still don't understand why he returned). This time they didn't used Novichok to poison or didn't shot by the walls of Kremlin like they did with Nemtsov, but it's less cynical way to kill opponent. It's another sign that in Russia there can't by any signs of opposition.
It's a bit strange to see both Z-patriots and Ukrainians celebrating these news. But you know history of Navalny statements like this one https://twitter.com/InformNapalm/status/1734252973658620330  or this https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/crimea-not-a-sandwich-and-ukraine-within-1708099375.html you understand that for Ukrainians he was just another Russian nationalist and they didn't idolised him like some in West did.

Seems that Avdiivka is undergoing a front reshaping, basically Ukraine has to move from the eastern part of the city due to the risk of encirclement. Unfortunately, the lack of support from the allies has made impossible to hold this city. The Zenit strong point has been evacuated and troops inside the city are progressively retreating to  better positions.

This battle will be in history books about how to make the enemy pay ten times the value of a target.

[tvbcof]

Navalny has died in the artic "strict regime" prison he was sent. A mafia state using mafia methods.

From what I hear, the Ziocons sent the Azov Nazis (called '3rd assault brigade' in the polite mainstream media circles) into Avdivka.  Probably with the fondest hopes that their swastika tattooed skin would disappear into worm-dirt.  Anyway, the Azov bullet-stopper guys took one look at the situation and tried to make tracks in the Westward direction.  Fast!  But it was bad timing because the Russians basically closed the door.

I cannot shake the feeling that there is a little more coordination between Zelenski('s handlers) and Putin than meets the eye.

This is the co-founder of the Wagner Group of Mercenaries. Firstly notice that Wagner is a chosen icon for Hitler and German Nazis. Second notice the Nazi tattoos all over the guy. Thirdly notice that Putin is absolutely fine with Nazis, as long as they are his Nazis. This has never ever been an ideological war in that sense.

img]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/obituaries/2023/08/27/TELEMMGLPICT000346609408_16931340472130_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq3MPis9w2XDg9zqfR3ATYjcLfiBcKGMo59hBckjwQSZY.jpeg?imwidth=1280[/img]

Perhaps you can try scrubbing those.
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Every country has at least some tiny fraction of genuine dyed-in-the-wool nazis.  So what?  Ukraine is the only country I know of who has entire brigades of them who proudly sport their nazi paraphernalia, integrate said battalions complete with their nazi symbology into their national military ranks, and worship sculptures of dead nazi leaders.

I don't particularly doubt that a (now mostly defunct) Russia-based PMC was started by a nazi, and I don't really care that much.  I'm not a Russian and I have no reason or need to go to bat for them.  In my observations, Russia (and Wagner for that matter) prosecuted the conflict with an amazingly high degree of professionalism (as did a number of German Nazi units at various times just FWIW.)  I'm happy to give credit where credit is due, but it's not my life's work.

Low-functioning people commonly mistake criticism of Ukraine with support for Russia.  It's just the way low-functioning people work, and I accept that.

Seems that Avdiivka is undergoing a front reshaping, basically Ukraine has to move from the eastern part of the city due to the risk of encirclement. Unfortunately, the lack of support from the allies has made impossible to hold this city. The Zenit strong point has been evacuated and troops inside the city are progressively retreating to  better positions.

This battle will be in history books about how to make the enemy pay ten times the value of a target.

You and that Denys Davydov clown on Jewtube should form a comedy duo.  Endless LOLZ.

[Barikui1]

The new chief of the Ukrainian army have announced this morning of the withdrawal of the Ukrainian army from the besiege city of avdiivka,  his reason being that it's a decision he took to prevent encirclement from the Russian arm force and to preserve the life of his soldiers. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/17/ukraine-troops-withdraw-from-frontline-city-of-avdiivka-army-chief-says

I really do think that the Ukrainian are losing more ground as the war goes by, and if they continue this way, I don't think they can actually liberate the territories held by the Russians.