tgw

that's why there is "neutrality guaranteed by NATO" in the package

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

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.

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.

I bet there are enough sharks in his wake, Putin could conveniently miss a step on one of the Kreml's huge staircases.

if this war in Ukraine continues to go sideways, Putin's time will be up soon.

unlikely. it will turn into Russia's next Afghanistan. Ukrainians have had enough of Russians since 1932's holodomor

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.

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.

it's complete madness, they put it on high alert because Russia feels threatened in its "defensive war" it itself started abroad?

seeing how well Ukrainian forces are resisting, I wonder if the whole thing has not been planned as a bear trap.

helping refugees does not help Ukraine. Ukraine needs weapons, fuel, food and ammunition

no, they would have blended in quite easily. there were probably hundreds if not thousands of them in Ukraine before the invasion.

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

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

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"

"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.

you take "blaming the victim" to an entirely new level.

wow, well done Ukraine ! https://www.facebook.com/100052259093871/posts/487047459713886/?d=n

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.

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.

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.

BBC source

The Ukrainian general staff have just posted the latest estimate of Russian losses: https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/259492119697207

on a more humoristic note, if that's possible, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine posted today: https://www.facebook.com/MinistryofDefence.UA/posts/264282702550856