I agree with this sentiment. He is getting military aid by the west so he feels emboldened. I think this will change once Ukraine has a series of major defeats in Mauripol,Severodonetsk, Khariv,Sumy, Odessa etc. Kiev is embolden because the only major city they lost was Kherson. But that will change. In a month Kiev’s position will be precarious. Their best bet is drag this out by the spring rains. Once the heavy mud season comes Russian forces will be halted and Ukraine may plan a “spring offensive,” with the Russians forces grounded because of the mud. Wouldn’t be surprised that’s what is planned but it sounds like a fairy tale.
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They attributed the Mayor of Mariupol as the source of the info of the Russians having reached the centre of the city... Even if there are no Russian sources confirming this, they are not denying it...
You don't need evidence of the whatsoever. Its enough if you can cast reasonable doubt. Hence its always the burden of the one who presents the evidence in the first place that the evidence must be of the quality that presents no doubt.
I'm thinking some people in Ukraine's government are drinking the kool-aid.
If they hold out long enough, the Russians will collapse, then they can send in the counteroffensive to mop up and rout the Russians on the field. No need for concessions, or any need to fight to retake the Donbass either as the Russian flee back to their borders.
We'll see if diplomatic talks fail or not. That's a big indicator.
If they hold out long enough, the Russians will collapse, then they can send in the counteroffensive to mop up and rout the Russians on the field. No need for concessions, or any need to fight to retake the Donbass either as the Russian flee back to their borders.
We'll see if diplomatic talks fail or not. That's a big indicator.
I'm not sure whether it's Zelensky's policy to fight to the last Ukrainian or Biden's. It could be both as well.
This being an American plan to punish Russia doesn't make correlate with the fact that they've spent the last 4 years putting China in the crosshairs. It doesn't make sense to do that and then suddenly turn around and beg Xi for help to stop the Russians. I'm sure all the economic and information warfare being deployed right now were planned to be used against China. It wasn't long ago people were using the term "Xitler". Why show your hand now and waste that on Russia?
At some point one of them will find the losses to be too much to stomach. Being a Ukrainian you'd think it would be Zelensky. If he does, his people will hate him.
The only problem with this strategy is that dug in tanks can be much harder to target and kill than maneuvering tanks. If the Russians are either allowed, or forced by circumstances, to dig-in, and assume a defensive posture, it actually gets more difficult for Ukraine as their offensive maneuvering will put them at greater risk from air-strikes and, ironically, ATGMs.
Edit: And, btw, if any of you has never seen what an automatic grenade-launcher can do, I can assure you, it’s not a weapon you’d want to have to execute an infantry-assault into!
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Looks like that guy failed the tattoo test.
I agree, having political tattoos in a warzone is Darwin award worthy.
He could ask that they are Chinese ?
Most spend less than 2% of their GDP, and their GDP are abysmal.Yeah, diabolical and subversive isn't it that most NATO members have such small armies when clearly the organization is hell-bent on aggressively conquering the world and Russia in particular
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