Just a few points for those who are honestly confused and interested and not diaspora and nutcases who shill here:
1) Russian involvement so far is pretty limited, they clearly didn't send all the troops they marshaled in the past few months. It seems they're holding their punches, perhaps they originally planned some coup or something or expected less resistance but that has failed so far. 2) Ukrainian Army isn't Iraqi Army and Ukrainians aren't Arabs. In fact, they are well-equipped by any standard and had years of combat experience. 3) Russian progress so far is steady and they gained a lot of ground in the south, which is actually surprising since they sprang out of Crimea and blocking them would've been quite easy but it seems Ukrainians failed. If they link up with DPR/LPR troops from the east, they could easily outflank Ukrainian positions. 4) I've been following all sorts of groups and websites, and the loses reported here are huge exaggeration, as always. If you believe Ukrainians killed 3800 Russians and destroyed 700 armored vehicles, while suffering 40 (FORTY) KIA, I have some snake oil to sell you. Also, Ukrainian side seem to be making all sorts of wild claims, but they aren't posting much evidence. They're ''winning'' the propaganda war, but that could be a problem once reality hits and their morale could plummet. 5) It also seems that Russians aren't using their aviation much, or artillery, probably to avoid civilian casualties and widespread damage, and because their PGM stocks are limited. If that changes, given how they have mostly neutralized Ukrainian air forces and air defense, things could get very bloody. 6) Russians, with 170-200 thousand troops, and that includes support and everything, lack the ability to storm cities. It appears they tried it on Kharkov early on, probably hoping for a quick success, and it failed and they withdrew, and are now trying to isolate it. Don't expect Kiev or any major city to fall quickly.
Also, all the footage I saw from the Russian or ''Russian'' side have been shots from a car or civilians or something. No kill cams and boasts. It seems Russians are avoiding that, perhaps for political reasons. So far they only posted Ukrainian prisoners.
Jayden Watson
It seems like it has been planned user, but they expected the Kike puppet to give up or run away and for the Ukrainian military to take over, we shall see till the end of this week it will be over
Joseph Bell
>Russian involvement so far is pretty limited
i'm not so sure they air dropped paratroopers to capture the kyiv airport that's deep inside of ukraine somehow, they expected to relieve those paratroopers. that failed and the paratroops were captured
Aaron Morales
Solid post OP. Let’s hope this thread doesn’t get drowned out
Isaac Clark
it will
Isaac Torres
This board is fucked with anti Russia shills, I thought it was bad during the 2016 election with the shilling but damn, now it’s like the Jews and Ukrainians have teamed up to run a 24/7 disinformation campaign on here. I’m just waiting it out. Russia will take out that kike motherfucker Zelinsky. No more brother wars
Russians should false flag nuke China, make it look like an USA attacked, then both China and Russia can wipe out the west
just know the option is available
Xavier Nelson
I bet only 1% of posts are real anons, I really couldnt give a fuck, I just laugh at shills attacking each other
Samuel Williams
>that's deep inside of ukraine That's like 100 km from Belorussian border. It's not that far and that's how paratroopers are supposed to be used, though they only dropped in battalion strength.
maybe the Russians send some bait to be captured, make the Uruks believe they have the upper hand
Oliver Peterson
Solid post, I'm waiting until Ukrainans go fill Taliban and taking out Russian tanks with $50 IEDs.
Chase Gonzalez
It's fluid warfare with a relatively few troops given the geographic distances. 20 or so photos or videos of captured Russians don't mean much. Or captured Ukrainians for that matter. You can be sure they boast about everyone they capture, it's good for morale and bad for your opponent.
Thomas Reed
Exactly what a CIA shill would post. Kys low-t fag.
Jordan Ramirez
I've been watching YouTube livestreamers in Ukraine who upload daily, there isn't a single Russian in any Western city (except ruins of Chernobyl) despite propaganda. Despite the 'omg nonstop bombing' news media they tour their city and show very little damage compared to a typical war (recall USA 'shock and awe').
Russians also have claimed they've only used cruise missiles so far and not aircraft for operations outside the east. Pics of ruined choppers and shit are from 2014 and more psyop bullshit
Ryan Bailey
bump
Nathan Miller
Crazy how the meme flag is calling someone else shill. Post your nose scholomo
Daniel Collins
'Non-shill asesment'
That sounds like something a shill would say
Eli White
Yes, they are obviously aiming to limit collateral damage. Because collateral damage would be a huge problem for their future designs.
Blake Young
You're absolutely free to dispute my claims and assessment and provide evidence to the contrary. Don't assume everyone is subhuman who gets a kick from human misery. Every war is retarded in it's own way. I just hope ordinary people don't suffer.
Zachary Reyes
Another thing: despite the fact that fighting is hardest in Donbas, there isn't much info about it. Russian groups and portals post about progress and some videos and Ukrainian POWs, but no one is focusing there. That's where best Ukrainian units are. If they lose that fight, that is if they don't manage to stage a fighting retreat, things will be very ugly for them. Especially now when Russians are investing Mariupol.
Henry Phillips
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Jayden Evans
Day-old map, but you can see my point. Russian drive on Kharkov and Sumy is facing stiff resistance, but that's just elements of two divisions. With their expansion in the south, and LPR/DPR forces pressing from the east, if they manage to outflank Ukrainian forces in Donbas, Russians could easily remove the gloves and rush for Dnepr bypassing Kharkov, which would be a disaster. Geography alone is making things hard for Ukrainians. If that happens, and their only escape route is across the Dnepr, Russians could really maul them.