Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress]

[Branko]

If Crimean Bridge gets completely destroyed Russia most likey also has a Civil War to deal with, with the Crimea nation/ Crimea native people.
Civil War is not fought with iskander and nukes.
https://x.com/qirimlia
If anyone thinks there will be peace with a ethnically Russian Crimea, lives in fantasy world.

Crimea bridge is almost irrelevant except for PR purposes since Russia took land corridor between
Russia and Crimea

[DaRude]

Other topic was locked while I was typing. But still, I wanted to publish it, so I do it here as it's most related topic:

Attacking targets that are only available because the “enemy” is following nuclear treaties is one of the more cowardly war moves I’ve seen. Leave it to Ukraine to have done it right before peace talks while asking for a ceasefire. I’m having a tough time sympathizing with them. They seem to be begging for Russia to respond with nuclear weapons.

I'm not really sure how attacking targets which are used against you is coward move? These bombers were used in massive missiles attack on Ukraine. This is the most legitimate targets - Ukraine has right to defend themselves. It's not like attacking civilian or critical infrastructure.
BTW, as paxmao said, Russia don't follow nuclear treaty, they even exit it 2 years ago.
And these peace talks, for how long we hear about it? Probably already half of 2025. But in reality nothing happens and there is no signs that something is going to happen anytime soon.

Donald Trump has openly vented in recent weeks about Putin’s unwillingness to end the war. But since Sunday’s attack, which hit a series of Russian military airfields, the president has privately expressed frustration that the strike could escalate the conflict, according to three administration officials and an outside adviser to the White House. (They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.)
These sources told me that the drone strike has reignited the president’s long-held displeasure with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and prompted a new debate in the White House about whether the United States should abandon Ukraine. Throughout the war, Trump has deemed Zelensky a “bad guy” and a “hothead,” the outside adviser said—someone who could be pushing the globe toward World War III. Trump privately echoed a right-wing talking point this week by criticizing Zelensky for supposedly showboating after the drone attacks; according to the adviser, Trump was impressed with the audacity of the strikes but believes that Zelensky’s focus should have been on Ukraine-Russia negotiations in Istanbul.

Look at the bigger picture (macro). Problem with that is that it's a clear indication that Zelenskii doesn't want to end this now and wants Ukraine to continue fighting. Doubling down naturally also raises risks and moves this into all or nothing stage. This means further deterioration in financial, political, and manpower positions on both sides. Not much politics happening in Russia and Ukraine, so short term the political risks fall on Europe. We see more and more right-wing nationalists coming into power (Poland) putting further pressure on the whole concept of EU, who benefits from this? Finances in Ukraine are non existent, so financial risks also fall on Europe further reducing the wealth of its citizens. So not much for Europeans to be happy about. Financial aspect also effects Russia, but Russians overall have a much higher tolerance for reduced buying capacity and I don't think anyone foresees food shortages in this day and age. Manpower is obvious, 4-1 difference in population thus the "to the last Ukrainian" cliche.

President Trump compared Russia and Ukraine with "children fighting in the park" on Thursday and suggested it might be better to let them keep on fighting for a while. Why it matters: Trump's remarks were another signal that he thinks Russia and Ukraine aren't ready to make peace, and that he's considering stepping back from his initiative to convince them to do so.

Ukrainian officials are concerned that retreat from Trump will only serve Russia's interests.

But Trump said the "bad blood" and deep "hatred" between the sides — combined with Russian President Vladimir Putin's commitment to hitting back hard for the surprise attack inside Russia — would make it hard to reach a ceasefire any time soon.

Trump sees what's going on and indicates that he wants to step back and let "Russia and Ukraine fight it out a while longer". Trump cannot be any clearer in his intent to distance from this conflict, so those risks wouldn't effect US. Once again who benefits from this the most? I couldn't find a single angle where Ukrainian people would stand to benefit, they're just getting completely fucked and cannot do anything about it, it's a shame but that's the role of a sacrificial pawn.

One would need complete lack of critical thinking and a lobotomy to believe that Ukrainian intelligence went from total incompetence to some super advanced unit capable of pulling the most sophisticated attacks on a territory of another country that even major powers wouldn't risk of attempting, all in just three years. While we're supposed to believe that European intelligence services are all incompetent clowns, unable to even change a light bulb or for three years cannot figure out who's responsible for committing the largest sabotage inside of Europe everyone totally believes that right?

Trump finally passed the "Ruzzian diplomacy" 101 test. Took him just a few months as the average student he is.

1. Trump is not distancing himself from the conflict. The interpretation is simple: he finally figured out that Ukraine and Ruzzia have differences that cannot be solved by compromise, thus, they both need to destroy each other until a military based conculsion.

If you ask me, Ukraine is going to step up the attack on assets that Ruzzia cannot afford to loose. Critical aviation, critical infrastructure, oil industry... And there is no other way to play this, because Ruzzia and particularly Putin have painted themselves into a corner with his military and his society in which only surrender is acceptable.

To "Unpaint", the military and Ruzzian society must be "convinced" that they may loose critical assets that will make them  (again, the military) specifically be afraid of loosing power, influence and deterrence.

This is what you get after decades of convincing your population that you are stronger than you really are, that conflicts are solved simply by proving who is stronger and that Ruzzia has some elemental right (God given or the like) to dominate over others.

Of course it takes time to change that inertia and oftentimes required a crisis.

2. Ukraine has always been revceiving intelligence from the US and to a point from EU. Nothing new.

You're not supposed to say the quiet part out loud. But yes, I agree that that was the plan by Boris and initial US delegation to Ukraine with their cookies, get the slavs to fight each other. What i don't get is Ukrainian politicians, are they in on this and willingly sacrificing their people, or are they really so incompetent that they don't see that they're just being used?

We do all realize what the military based conclusion of Ukraine vs Russia means though, right? The weakest links in Russia were always financial (sanctions) and political (isolation) if the hope is now to win Russia militarily then a blind sees the outcome.

It's a shame really, Ukraine had an option, even supported by US, to end this but they're now forced to really go "to the last Ukrainian"

If Crimean Bridge gets completely destroyed Russia most likey also has a Civil War to deal with, with the Crimea nation/ Crimea native people.
Civil War is not fought with iskander and nukes.
https://x.com/qirimlia
If anyone thinks there will be peace with a ethnically Russian Crimea, lives in fantasy world.

As of 2021 76,4% of people in Crimea were Russian, 12,7% Crimean Tatars  and 7,7% Ukrainians guess what happened to the demographics since then, but keep peddling hope to get just a bit more souls for busification to the front lines. Plus you do realize that the bridge is not the only path to Crimea now, and Russia has a path over land where they're even building train tracks or facts don't really matter to you in your search for more souls?

[montaga]

"took"

In no part of the civilized world is it legal to club someone over the head and take his walled.

To drive the long way around is a lot of opportunity to be blown to smithereens, not the same as a quick escape out the back door.

As of 2021 76,4% of people in Crimea were Russian, 12,7% Crimean Tatars  and 7,7% Ukrainians guess what happened to the demographics since then, but keep peddling hope to get just a bit more souls for busification to the front lines. ..........

Yes, because of the large scale ethinc cleansing in soviet times, a lot life in Uzbekistan, Turkey, Bulgaria...
Back in the day when Crimea already has been a country 100% have been Crimean Tatars because Russia (or Ukraine) did not exist.
Not my hope, i am not Crimean, Ukrainean, Muslim..., just stating facts.

[paxmao]

You're not supposed to say the quiet part out loud. But yes, I agree that that was the plan by Boris and initial US delegation to Ukraine with their cookies, get the slavs to fight each other. What i don't get is Ukrainian politicians, are they in on this and willingly sacrificing their people, or are they really so incompetent that they don't see that they're just being used?

We do all realize what the military based conclusion of Ukraine vs Russia means though, right? The weakest links in Russia were always financial (sanctions) and political (isolation) if the hope is now to win Russia militarily then a blind sees the outcome.

It's a shame really, Ukraine had an option, even supported by US, to end this but they're now forced to really go "to the last Ukrainian"

If Crimean Bridge gets completely destroyed Russia most likey also has a Civil War to deal with, with the Crimea nation/ Crimea native people.
Civil War is not fought with iskander and nukes.
https://x.com/qirimlia
If anyone thinks there will be peace with a ethnically Russian Crimea, lives in fantasy world.

As of 2021 76,4% of people in Crimea were Russian, 12,7% Crimean Tatars  and 7,7% Ukrainians guess what happened to the demographics since then, but keep peddling hope to get just a bit more souls for busification to the front lines. Plus you do realize that the bridge is not the only path to Crimea now, and Russia has a path over land where they're even building train tracks or facts don't really matter to you in your search for more souls?

Nope, what I have said is that Trump has reached that conclusion, not that it is my idea, nor my desired outcome nor that it came from anywhere. What I did say is that the Ruzzian brainwashing and actitude towards all the surrounding nationalities drives a violent and inhuman behaviour based on a supremacist concept. I find it amusing that Ruzzia call Nazis here and there so happily, when they have all the characteristics of a Nazi government.

Look, if you think all this came from Boris (and I am not going to defend this guy), then why did Ruzzia just followed through to the "trap"? May it be that they got it wrong? That Ukraine was not so easy? Explanation: see just above.

But that is not something that can be changed quickly here and now, so if Ruzzia can only accept an inconditional surrender... well, there seems to be war for a few more years. Again, stating facts, not my wishes.

I think that the next step for Ukraine is similar to the last step: make sure this costs billions in damage there where it hurts.

BTW apparenty the lower price of oil is driving lower sign-off fees for new soldiers. This is something quite interesting.

[BADecker]

~

Nope, what I have said is that Trump has reached that conclusion, not that it is my idea, nor my desired outcome nor that it came from anywhere. What I did say is that the Ruzzian brainwashing and actitude towards all the surrounding nationalities drives a violent and inhuman behaviour based on a supremacist concept. I find it amusing that Ruzzia call Nazis here and there so happily, when they have all the characteristics of a Nazi government.

Look, if you think all this came from Boris (and I am not going to defend this guy), then why did Ruzzia just followed through to the "trap"? May it be that they got it wrong? That Ukraine was not so easy? Explanation: see just above.

But that is not something that can be changed quickly here and now, so if Ruzzia can only accept an inconditional surrender... well, there seems to be war for a few more years. Again, stating facts, not my wishes.

I think that the next step for Ukraine is similar to the last step: make sure this costs billions in damage there where it hurts.

BTW apparenty the lower price of oil is driving lower sign-off fees for new soldiers. This is something quite interesting.

But it is the Deep-State/paxmao brainwashing that has made paxmao think like this.

The Deep State attitude is using Ukraine to plunge the whole world into WW3. And paxmao loves it this way.

[Branko]

Russians hate-meter currently:

1. Germany
2. UK
3. Ukraine
4. US

Interesting?

[DaRude]

You're not supposed to say the quiet part out loud. But yes, I agree that that was the plan by Boris and initial US delegation to Ukraine with their cookies, get the slavs to fight each other. What i don't get is Ukrainian politicians, are they in on this and willingly sacrificing their people, or are they really so incompetent that they don't see that they're just being used?

We do all realize what the military based conclusion of Ukraine vs Russia means though, right? The weakest links in Russia were always financial (sanctions) and political (isolation) if the hope is now to win Russia militarily then a blind sees the outcome.

It's a shame really, Ukraine had an option, even supported by US, to end this but they're now forced to really go "to the last Ukrainian"

If Crimean Bridge gets completely destroyed Russia most likey also has a Civil War to deal with, with the Crimea nation/ Crimea native people.
Civil War is not fought with iskander and nukes.
https://x.com/qirimlia
If anyone thinks there will be peace with a ethnically Russian Crimea, lives in fantasy world.

As of 2021 76,4% of people in Crimea were Russian, 12,7% Crimean Tatars  and 7,7% Ukrainians guess what happened to the demographics since then, but keep peddling hope to get just a bit more souls for busification to the front lines. Plus you do realize that the bridge is not the only path to Crimea now, and Russia has a path over land where they're even building train tracks or facts don't really matter to you in your search for more souls?

Nope, what I have said is that Trump has reached that conclusion, not that it is my idea, nor my desired outcome nor that it came from anywhere. What I did say is that the Ruzzian brainwashing and actitude towards all the surrounding nationalities drives a violent and inhuman behaviour based on a supremacist concept. I find it amusing that Ruzzia call Nazis here and there so happily, when they have all the characteristics of a Nazi government.

Look, if you think all this came from Boris (and I am not going to defend this guy), then why did Ruzzia just followed through to the "trap"? May it be that they got it wrong? That Ukraine was not so easy? Explanation: see just above.

But that is not something that can be changed quickly here and now, so if Ruzzia can only accept an inconditional surrender... well, there seems to be war for a few more years. Again, stating facts, not my wishes.

I think that the next step for Ukraine is similar to the last step: make sure this costs billions in damage there where it hurts.

BTW apparenty the lower price of oil is driving lower sign-off fees for new soldiers. This is something quite interesting.

So US went from Biden "we will Stand With Ukraine 'For as Long as it Takes'" to Trump "let them keep on fighting for a while" and that's passing Russian diplomacy 101 test in your mind, and totally not distancing themselves away from conflict?

The use of soft power is obviously a preferred method but make no illusions, if soft power is not achieving it's goals all global powers will switch to hard power if it concerns their national security/existential threat, as US has proven so many times.

Everyone saw how US was changing governments around the world (spring revolutions), huge failure on Russia was their naivety, they clearly didn't expect US to orchestrate the coup of democratically elected president on their border in Ukraine. Can you imagine how much different the world would be only if Yanukovych would be able to serve out the rest of his term for just 352 more days? And perhaps a country could've then voted for another president if they wanted to. Russia's second failure was underestimating the degree the west pumped Ukraine with intelligence and weapons (supposedly the whole Kyiv in 3 days cliche) but Russia was able to step back, recover from those mistakes, and now move this into war of attrition where Russia clearly has an advantage. "West" professionally executed the coup with the cookies, secretly over saturated Ukraine with weapons to withstand initial Russian attack, and masterfully manipulated the population of Ukraine so initially there were lines of volunteers to go to the front, but they failed miserable by overestimating the effect of their sanctions (or this was the plan all along?). So both sides made mistakes, but letting Russia recover and move this conflict on their terms into war of attrition is a fatal mistake from which there's no recovery. Now Trump is pulling US out but Europe put themselves in a corner and didn't grasp the last safety rope Trump threw them.

US President Donald Trump has suggested that Ukraine itself provoked the Russian strikes by conducting Operation Spider's Web.
White House Quietly Pressures Senate to Water Down Russia Sanctions -WSJ
 

[paxmao]

The US says "distancing", the intelligence and arms keep flowing...believe what you want.

And now it seems Ukraine has managed to destroy a tank column... while still on the train. Some sources say that they have use a similar delivery system as the one used to target strategic aviation. A grain hopper loaded with drones was used to target the locomotive to then proceed to destroy a large number of armoured vehicles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=regBzLqF_Fo

I will be looking for confirmaiton anyway.

Also worth mentioning that Urkaine has managed to down a Su-35. Maybe that's a result of having the A-50s too spread over the front?

[tvbcof]

How long before Zelensiky orders a himars strike on the 6,000 or 12,000 Ukrainian corpses he is refusing to take from Russia so as to avoid sharing the western loot with the Ukrainian families who lost loved-ones?

It is awfully greedy of the families to use the loot for buying food now that their kidnapped men are dead when it could go to a good cause; like buying more sports cars for the poor zionazi oligarchy who were displaced to Monaco.

[DaRude]

The US says "distancing", the intelligence and arms keep flowing...believe what you want.

And now it seems Ukraine has managed to destroy a tank column... while still on the train. Some sources say that they have use a similar delivery system as the one used to target strategic aviation. A grain hopper loaded with drones was used to target the locomotive to then proceed to destroy a large number of armoured vehicles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=regBzLqF_Fo

I will be looking for confirmaiton anyway.

Also worth mentioning that Urkaine has managed to down a Su-35. Maybe that's a result of having the A-50s too spread over the front?

Ukraine's president said the US redirected 20,000 missiles to the Middle East.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News the Biden administration agreed to send it the anti-drone weapons.
Ukraine is facing intensifying aerial attacks from Russia.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US has redirected specialized anti-drone weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East.

Speaking to ABC News in an interview broadcast Sunday, Zelenskyy said that the Biden administration had agreed to send Ukraine the weapons, to help take out Russia's Shahed drones that have been used to target Ukraine's cities and infrastructure.

"This morning, my defense minister informed me that the United States has sent those missiles to the Middle East," he said.

  Are you in denial or just propaganda?

[paxmao]

The US says "distancing", the intelligence and arms keep flowing...believe what you want.

And now it seems Ukraine has managed to destroy a tank column... while still on the train. Some sources say that they have use a similar delivery system as the one used to target strategic aviation. A grain hopper loaded with drones was used to target the locomotive to then proceed to destroy a large number of armoured vehicles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=regBzLqF_Fo

I will be looking for confirmaiton anyway.

Also worth mentioning that Urkaine has managed to down a Su-35. Maybe that's a result of having the A-50s too spread over the front?

Ukraine's president said the US redirected 20,000 missiles to the Middle East.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News the Biden administration agreed to send it the anti-drone weapons.
Ukraine is facing intensifying aerial attacks from Russia.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US has redirected specialized anti-drone weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East.

Speaking to ABC News in an interview broadcast Sunday, Zelenskyy said that the Biden administration had agreed to send Ukraine the weapons, to help take out Russia's Shahed drones that have been used to target Ukraine's cities and infrastructure.

"This morning, my defense minister informed me that the United States has sent those missiles to the Middle East," he said.

  Are you in denial or just propaganda?

Mmm.. this one fits the narrative... this one does not... Let me see, how do I cover up the fact that Ukraine is hitting the strategic forces 2000 kilometers inside Ruzzia... Maybe I will talk about drones which anyway are being mostly intercepted anyway...

I am not saying things are not harder, I am just saying that some cherrypicking does not mean the US will stop sending military weapons. Perhaps the difference is that they will not be free.

[BADecker]

The US says "distancing", the intelligence and arms keep flowing...believe what you want.

And now it seems Ukraine has managed to destroy a tank column... while still on the train. Some sources say that they have use a similar delivery system as the one used to target strategic aviation. A grain hopper loaded with drones was used to target the locomotive to then proceed to destroy a large number of armoured vehicles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=regBzLqF_Fo

I will be looking for confirmaiton anyway.

Also worth mentioning that Urkaine has managed to down a Su-35. Maybe that's a result of having the A-50s too spread over the front?

Ukraine's president said the US redirected 20,000 missiles to the Middle East.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News the Biden administration agreed to send it the anti-drone weapons.
Ukraine is facing intensifying aerial attacks from Russia.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US has redirected specialized anti-drone weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East.

Speaking to ABC News in an interview broadcast Sunday, Zelenskyy said that the Biden administration had agreed to send Ukraine the weapons, to help take out Russia's Shahed drones that have been used to target Ukraine's cities and infrastructure.

"This morning, my defense minister informed me that the United States has sent those missiles to the Middle East," he said.

  Are you in denial or just propaganda?

When you look at the things that are really going on in Ukraine and the Baltic Sea, it's obvious that Russia is like a cat playing with a cornered mouse (Ukraine).

I'm beginning to wonder if the US and NATO have any strength at all. They might have some powerful weapons that they aren't using against Russia. But they aren't even showing them to us. So, do they really have them? Or is it all propaganda?

Zelensky is showing us how words are much easier to use than actions, and how fear from those words can work wonders among ignorant sheeple.


Note that Russia limits its use of its forces. Also note that Russia wipes out large chunks of Ukraine following any attack Ukraine does on Russia.

[paxmao]

The US says "distancing", the intelligence and arms keep flowing...believe what you want.

And now it seems Ukraine has managed to destroy a tank column... while still on the train. Some sources say that they have use a similar delivery system as the one used to target strategic aviation. A grain hopper loaded with drones was used to target the locomotive to then proceed to destroy a large number of armoured vehicles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=regBzLqF_Fo

I will be looking for confirmaiton anyway.

Also worth mentioning that Urkaine has managed to down a Su-35. Maybe that's a result of having the A-50s too spread over the front?

Ukraine's president said the US redirected 20,000 missiles to the Middle East.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News the Biden administration agreed to send it the anti-drone weapons.
Ukraine is facing intensifying aerial attacks from Russia.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US has redirected specialized anti-drone weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East.

Speaking to ABC News in an interview broadcast Sunday, Zelenskyy said that the Biden administration had agreed to send Ukraine the weapons, to help take out Russia's Shahed drones that have been used to target Ukraine's cities and infrastructure.

"This morning, my defense minister informed me that the United States has sent those missiles to the Middle East," he said.

  Are you in denial or just propaganda?

When you look at the things that are really going on in Ukraine and the Baltic Sea, it's obvious that Russia is like a cat playing with a cornered mouse (Ukraine).

I'm beginning to wonder if the US and NATO have any strength at all. They might have some powerful weapons that they aren't using against Russia. But they aren't even showing them to us. So, do they really have them? Or is it all propaganda?

Zelensky is showing us how words are much easier to use than actions, and how fear from those words can work wonders among ignorant sheeple.


Note that Russia limits its use of its forces. Also note that Russia wipes out large chunks of Ukraine following any attack Ukraine does on Russia.

More of a porcupine than a mouse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W3VjSMJnD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YasfiefSG6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXNjez4z7g

Nope, this is not a mouse... is more of a wildboar or a porcupine. The first one of this animals was frequently hunted by the nobility in the past. But it is not unknown to have killed a king from time to time. I hope Putin, so well versed in history and maps, understands the key takeaways of this metaphor.

As for the porcupine, they have teeth and you really do not want to bite them for obvious reasons.

[BADecker]

More of a porcupine than a mouse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W3VjSMJnD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YasfiefSG6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXNjez4z7g

Nope, this is not a mouse... is more of a wildboar or a porcupine. The first one of this animals was frequently hunted by the nobility in the past. But it is not unknown to have killed a king from time to time. I hope Putin, so well versed in history and maps, understands the key takeaways of this metaphor.

As for the porcupine, they have teeth and you really do not want to bite them for obvious reasons.

A mouse that a cat is playing with gets a bite in, once in a while.

[paxmao]

More of a porcupine than a mouse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W3VjSMJnD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YasfiefSG6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXNjez4z7g

Nope, this is not a mouse... is more of a wildboar or a porcupine. The first one of this animals was frequently hunted by the nobility in the past. But it is not unknown to have killed a king from time to time. I hope Putin, so well versed in history and maps, understands the key takeaways of this metaphor.

As for the porcupine, they have teeth and you really do not want to bite them for obvious reasons.

A mouse that a cat is playing with gets a bite in, once in a while.

It only takes one bite - precisely in the balls.

[DaRude]

The US says "distancing", the intelligence and arms keep flowing...believe what you want.

And now it seems Ukraine has managed to destroy a tank column... while still on the train. Some sources say that they have use a similar delivery system as the one used to target strategic aviation. A grain hopper loaded with drones was used to target the locomotive to then proceed to destroy a large number of armoured vehicles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=regBzLqF_Fo

I will be looking for confirmaiton anyway.

Also worth mentioning that Urkaine has managed to down a Su-35. Maybe that's a result of having the A-50s too spread over the front?

Ukraine's president said the US redirected 20,000 missiles to the Middle East.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News the Biden administration agreed to send it the anti-drone weapons.
Ukraine is facing intensifying aerial attacks from Russia.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US has redirected specialized anti-drone weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East.

Speaking to ABC News in an interview broadcast Sunday, Zelenskyy said that the Biden administration had agreed to send Ukraine the weapons, to help take out Russia's Shahed drones that have been used to target Ukraine's cities and infrastructure.

"This morning, my defense minister informed me that the United States has sent those missiles to the Middle East," he said.

  Are you in denial or just propaganda?

Mmm.. this one fits the narrative... this one does not... Let me see, how do I cover up the fact that Ukraine is hitting the strategic forces 2000 kilometers inside Ruzzia... Maybe I will talk about drones which anyway are being mostly intercepted anyway...

I am not saying things are not harder, I am just saying that some cherrypicking does not mean the US will stop sending military weapons. Perhaps the difference is that they will not be free.

So we all see the progress Ukraine made when it was "easier" and US was standing with Ukraine "For as Long as it Takes", it doesn't take a genius to see what will happen now when things for Ukraine are "harder" and Trump wants to see "them" fight it out a bit more so the negotiation terms will become acceptable.

[BADecker]

~

A mouse that a cat is playing with gets a bite in, once in a while.

It only takes one bite - precisely in the balls.

That's why the cat only plays with the mouse that he isn't ready to kill, yet. However, the cat usually devours the head first, and the female mouse doesn't even have balls.

So, thank you for understanding that Russia is way stronger than Ukraine, and maybe stronger than the combined military of the West.

[LTU_btc]

I remember last week some was crying that Ukraine made terrorist attack on passenger train. But again, it didn't turned to be true.
According to official data bridge collapsed on 10:20PM local time, while train crashed into it just on 10:50 PM. There was 30 minutes, more than enough time to stop train. So, deaths of civilians is responsibility of Russian authorites.
And no, it's Ukrainian or Western propaganda. It's official investigation by Russian authorites:
https://t.me/Nackepelo/7400

[BADecker]

I remember last week some was crying that Ukraine made terrorist attack on passenger train. But again, it didn't turned to be true.
According to official data bridge collapsed on 10:20PM local time, while train crashed into it just on 10:50 PM. There was 30 minutes, more than enough time to stop train. So, deaths of civilians is responsibility of Russian authorites.
And no, it's Ukrainian or Western propaganda. It's official investigation by Russian authorites:
https://t.me/Nackepelo/7400

Russia often drops fliers before invading a Ukrainian position in Ukraine. Sure, it might be a tactic to scare Ukraine troops. But it is definitely a warning.

Thirty minutes to stop a train if there isn't any known reason to stop it, is way too short. One needs to find the warning that Ukraine gave to Russia that they had taken the bridge out. Otherwise, it was terrorist activity.

[Branko]

Ukrainian munition depots get blown up from time to time, too:

https://youtu.be/GaaPiH1cLsI

Also, lots of bodies:

https://youtu.be/vefoXA6TFS4