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all talk about NATO intervening is nonsense and dangerous, the "red button" type of dangerous. let Putin get bogged down in Ukraine. I sincerely hope that we get good news today from that huge Russian column, apparently the Turkish TV2 drone has been Ukraine's favorite weapon these last days. I hope Ukraine can repeat what they did in Bucha, only this time 60 Km long.
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Thousands are going back, thousands of foreign fighters join Ukrainians and Ukraine itself already had around 130.000 volunteers before the invasion. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/01/31/kiev-could-mobilize-130000-volunteers-to-fight-the-russians/?sh=5614b0621190 Ukrainians are absolutely galvanized and highly motivated. I expect many more to join the volunteers. Many men drove their family to the Polish border and then did a U-turn to drive back to combat zones. Men drove their families out of the cities and put them in country houses, before collecting their gun and ammo. 130.000 volunteers before the invasion ... you just imagine how many volunteers there are now. Russian orcs from Mordor stop people on the roads and ask them for papers, brave Ukrainians reply that they have no business doing that on Ukrainian soil, tell them that they stay in Ukraine illegally and have no authority.
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Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
that's why there is "neutrality guaranteed by NATO" in the package -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
what I would like to see now: - Ukraine agrees to cede Crimea and the territory both separatist republics controlled before the invasion - Ukraine agrees to be neutral, but not demilitarized and a member the EEA, same as Switzerland - Russia and NATO guarantee Ukraine's neutrality -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
in many posts, Ukrainians call the Russian soldiers "Orcs" and in others "Orc from Mordor" the white markings on Russian vehicles certainly helps the association. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
from the Ukrainian Army's general staff: https://www.facebook.com/UkrainianLandForces/videos/1351511025364877/ according to the filmer, this is one of Putin's Chechen columns. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
I bet there are enough sharks in his wake, Putin could conveniently miss a step on one of the Kreml's huge staircases. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
if this war in Ukraine continues to go sideways, Putin's time will be up soon. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
unlikely. it will turn into Russia's next Afghanistan. Ukrainians have had enough of Russians since 1932's holodomor -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
no... the Russians are trying to not raze Ukraine and instead conquer it without destroying it completely. but this is failing because of Ukrainian determination and courage (and because of years of preparation and arms supplies), which puts Putin to the choice: raze entire cities or lose. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
well, the narrative of left-wing fascist nutcases is that the EU is Germany's IVth Reich, Hydra-Style (cf. The Avengers). it's a view that many Russian squareheads share. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
it's complete madness, they put it on high alert because Russia feels threatened in its "defensive war" it itself started abroad? -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
seeing how well Ukrainian forces are resisting, I wonder if the whole thing has not been planned as a bear trap. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
helping refugees does not help Ukraine. Ukraine needs weapons, fuel, food and ammunition -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
no, they would have blended in quite easily. there were probably hundreds if not thousands of them in Ukraine before the invasion. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-26-22/index.html clearly already making excuses as to why they are slow to progress -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
I just saw a video where a group of Russian soldiers has been stopped, they had been using a civilian van marked "TV" https://www.facebook.com/UkrainianLandForces/videos/932825467433787 -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60517447 it looks like the crazy ivans want to emulate and be best friends with North Korea's "rocket boy" -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
"thousands" of Russian soldiers dead is very likely. this morning, the announced number was 3500 Russians dead. the two shot down Iliyushin paratrooper transports already contribute 250 bodies. I think that the Ukrainian military was prepared for attack. they were informed of Russian plans and troop movements in advance and they had received numerous man portable armaments in the months and weeks before the attack. Placing units equipped with portable anti-aircraft weapons around airstrips that could have received Russian troop transport planes was a no brainer. I wonder if they had time to mine bridges. if we apply the usual dead to wounded ratio of 3 or 4, we could estimate the 3500 dead mean around 10.000 to 15.000 wounded. to put things in perspective, the Soviet war in Afghanistan cost them 15.000 dead per YEAR. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
you take "blaming the victim" to an entirely new level. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
wow, well done Ukraine ! https://www.facebook.com/100052259093871/posts/487047459713886/?d=n -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
Ukraine won't fight tank battles. They have infantry, and I expect cities to become very very difficult for the Russians. I hope there is an anti-tank missile at every window. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
and France24's analyst who is currently speaking on air shakes his head and wonders how Putin can think that a war on Ukraine will succeed in turning away Ukraine from its path towards the West and the EU, says Russian military must rethink its strategy because it's not progressing fast enough. -
Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital
tgw replied to Chris.B's topic in The War in Ukraine
actually, I am impressed how the Ukraine military has resisted so far. the Russians still have taken none of the major cities, and have been repelled from taking strategic objectives as far as I know. France is sending help to Ukraine in the form of MMP missiles and other defensive weapons.