You are aware that according to Russia, the Moskva
- only had engine troubles
- was on fire but steaming back home under own power
- was being towed
- did catch fire due to some guy smoking
- sank in a storm (there was no storm that night)
Within a couple of days.
Moscow claimed the lifted the siege on Kyiv because they accomplished mission objectives (lol, which ones?). They also vacated Zmiinyi Island as a gesture of goodwill after Ukraine started killing their occupation force again and again.
Reportedly, Russia also has destroyed a couple of HIMARS launchers, at least one PzH2000, a Gepard Flak tank and warehouses full of western ammo. They have shown literally no proof of that.
Basically, Russia is the fire-hose of falsehood.
Apparently only 5 out of 15 units in Ukr are currently fully operational, the rest wore out and are in service.
ru managed to get one Caesar tho https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1557722428960227335 must of been huge celebration t
I love this idea.
The fascist russians have decided that Ukrainians are all Nazis, but that they'd like to offer a gesture of goodwill… to… the Nazis!?
That was in June. Now they have HIMARS and Russian stuff is blowing up left and right, even deep into enemy territory like in this case, and it is so humiliating that Russia won't even recognize that their whole aviation regiment was blown up in a single attack in daylight in front of thousands of tourists at nearby beach resort, despite earlier threats of Armageddon if targets in Crimea were to be attacked.
This war will stop when Russia finally recognizes its humiliating defeat. It's now day 160-something of a 3-day "special military operation", perhaps a time to face the reality, no?
The longer they stretch it out, the worse it is for Russia.
The war has shown that modernization of Russian military has been a bluff. All they've got is upgraded Soviet gear, in rather limited numbers, utterly defenseless against modern western weapons from Javelins to HIMARS. By now they've now lost virtually all of their "modernized" equipment and are not able to replace them anytime soon due to lack of access to western materials, tools and parts. Officer corps educated in the last 10-15 is also virtually wiped out. Essentially, they're demilitarizing themselves. With every passing day, they slip a week or more back in time, while Ukraine keeps getting better and better weapons. Six months ago, there were doubts about giving Ukraine shoulder-fired anti-tank weapons. Now Ukraine's operating the most modern western rocket artillery and soon the same air defense system that protects the White House.
Economically, national security people in Europe have now joined treehuggers in switching away from oil and gas to alternative sources of energy, which will have wide and long-lasting impact on Russia. Oil and gas make up about half of Russian government budget. This transition is slow, but permanent. Reminds me of SpaceX and how Russians mocked Elon that a trampoline is his best bet of getting into space. Took a while, but the tables have turned.
Why? Your first sentence is reasonable, kind of like a setup that I should value your comment but then you just make a decision about which side is more trustworthy without proof?
It's an airfield in a Russian area, you can view satellite images yourself
This is a common (and effective) propaganda/conspiracy technique.
"I'm not political but I don't think I like <x person> very much"
"Look, I'm not on either side but <side x> seems like it's wrong"
"oh, I haven't been following the news that much because I've been working on my truck to help out my loving family which is composed of a thin and slightly younger wife, a male child, and a female child that is exactly two years younger than the male child. I wanted to get my truck working so I can attend the the annual farmers and blue-collar worker festival, later I have to help my best friend Big John fix his tractor so he can harvest wheat and feed the rest of the country.
Now I don't know much about world politics or the complexities of business since I'm such a humble simple man but I sure wish that Biden fellow would lower gas prices and stop hurting the average American family. Did I mention I always wear jeans and plaid red/black shirt?"
Yes, Ukrainians are capable of inflicting pain, but this will not change the outcome.
I mean, if the history of the USA between the years of 2001 and 2021 are any indication, small countries inflicting pain on much larger and better equipped armies is absolutely enough to change an outcome.
Surrounding Kyiv several months ago, were thousands of items of Russian military hardware, plus thousands of troups.
After most were destroyed/liquidated/killed, the remainder ran away like the barbarian cowards they are.
Current Russian military presence around Kyiv = zero.
Outcome = changed.
"winning"
We've seen how Russians castrate those who surrender, cut heads and hands and put them on pikes, rape women and children. There's literally no reason to surrender. It's better to fight and die than to surrender and die.
The Russians are mobilizing. If you read the Institute for the Study of War's daily briefings on Ukraine (which is based entirely on open-source intelligence), it's clear that Russians are trying everything short of a draft to patch up their manpower numbers.
And Russia is most definitely not winning. Five months into the war, their original intentions of a lightning-quick decapitation of Kyiv failed, followed by the failure of their attempt to press it by force. Similarly, Kharkiv--a day's march from the Russian border--remains unbesieged. Zaporizhzhia and the Dnieper River remain largely in Ukrainian hands. Advances to Odessa have been repeatedly checked, and Russia not long ago retreated from Snake Island. Russians have successfully advanced in the Izyum region, not to mention Marioupol, but they are losing ground in the Kherson region, and the latest attacks show that even Crimea is within attack range of Ukraine. I'd hardly say that Ukraine is winning either, but Russia is most certainly not in a position of strength here.
Are you trying to pivot the russian narrative into a underdog story?
The fascist russians retreated from Kyiv.
The fascist russians retreated from Kharkiv.
The fascist russians retreated from Sumy.
The fascist russians retreated from Chernobyl.
The fascist russians retreated from Zmiinyi.
The fascist russians lost the flagship of their Black Sea Fleet.
The fascist russians have lost tens of thousands of soldiers.
The fascist russians have brought NATO right up close by their second city.
…
Winning!?
Best case, Chamberlain bought the UK time, while appearing as an appeaser and only very quietly funding rearmament.
Personally, I think one of Chamberlain’s greatest errors was staying “dovish” after Munich: had he adopted a more hawkish position upon his return, he might have kept his job and reputation.
As it was, his reputation being savaged after his death was as inevitable as the war itself.
It’s not as if there weren’t loud counter arguments being made, and not just by Churchill.
Let's not do classic victim blaming here: it's Putin who should realize that.
Russian propaganda proposes partitioning of Ukraine. Sometimes they present Ukraine as small buffer after its western part is annexed by Poland as their pre-WW II territories and eastern part as being ethnically russian anyway. Regrettably radical polish right is dumb enough to pick this up and call for cooperation with Russia
But people forget that Russia is a mafia state and this war is little about Ukraine for them and all about demonstratibg their status as local superpower to internal population, to regain popular support for the govt.
What?!!! While I agree with your comment, this sentence makes no sense. Which radical Polish right? Is there at least one member of the Polish Parliament who would formulate such absurd suggestion aloud? I saw this kind of stupidity on Russian TV only. It makes no sense on literally any level.
They also try to stir up tensions by proposing that Poland and Romania annex parts of Ukraine too. Example: https://adevarul.ro/assets/adevarul.ro/MRImage/2022/07/28/62...
The maps are ridiculous, especially considering Romania's interests are only in re-unifying with the rest of Moldova, but that's been prevented for last 30 years by Russia's occupation of R. Moldova.