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▶Latest >Russian forces have liberated Udy in the Kharkov Region >Ukraine says it will target RU soldiers at Zaporozhye power plant >Russian forces have liberated Peski in the Donetsk Oblast >Explosion at airbase in Novofedorovka, Crimea kills at least 1 - Kiev denies responsibility >Podolyak: "Claims of a Kherson counteroffensive were part of psychological and demoralizing warfare" >Ukraine shells Zaporozhye NPP >Russia condemns Israeli airstrikes on Gaza >Turkey, Russia agree to trade in rubles >Medvedev: Russian Forces returning to the residents of Donbass lands that were "criminally acquired" by Kiev >LPR reports no AFU shelling recorded since August 1 >Russian forces storming Avdeevka and Peski in the Donetsk Oblast >Zelenskyy asks government to look into legalizing gay marriage - archive.today/dCRdS >Zelenskyy: "We cannot completely break the advantage of the Russian army in artillery and in manpower... especially in Donbas and other directions. It's hell there." - archive.today/jNUaq >USAF grounds its fleet of 300 F-35s over faulty ejection seat - archive.today/RE8A3
>So the Kazah who said that the war will end by Fall is wrong? Maybe, war is always tricky. Maybe Ukraine will give up on this useless struggle tomorrow, maybe they'll keep throwing conscripts in the trenches and forts to make this mess last a lot of time.
And the most important, Russia doesn't seem to be willing to claim victory (like certain country usually do) before all is over.
Xavier Miller
In Moscow and St Petersburg, everyone will not care that you are a brit
Julian Cook
>Lower your gaze... >going out to jumma >see a hijabi >face is absolutly caked in makeup making the entire piont of the hijab usseless. why are roasties like this?
>Soledar >Bakhmut >Seversk >Then the heights at Chasov yar >At the same time, they must develop offensive from Izyum to put Sloviansk in pincers As long as there isnt a catastrophic collapse of ZSU, a long time. But I am optimistic in thinking that after they develop offensive from Barvenkoye/Izum hohols will have to cede Sloviansk with minimum fighting and the fighting towards Kramatorsk should be primarily led on the heights outside of residential areas.
Jaxon Wilson
They'll likely abandon it today or tomorrow morning.
Joseph Turner
Soviet monuments?
Ryder Cooper
At this point it's questionable if they believe this shit or if they are all in on the big joke.
Just for that whining post they are getting double the tanks pointed at them.
Nathaniel Ross
cnn.com/2022/08/14/europe/ukraine-frontline-analysis-robertson-intl-cmd/index.html >Perhaps most striking is the number of military age males across the country who are not yet committed to the fight. Ukraine is at war, but not yet it seems, all in. Only some of Ukraine’s potential fighting force are in bunkers buried in tree lines overlooking Russian forces.
>Ukrainian officials say they’re expecting a Russian advance and have built up a counter-narrative they’ll retake Kherson, one of the first cities to fall in early March, as Russia ramps up strikes on Mykolaiv. Logically Kherson is the obvious first big grab, most Russian forces are on the other side of the Dniper river making it a vulnerable bridgehead valued by both sides.
>But the reality on the ground is that we saw no buildup of Ukrainian forces. In fact, quite the opposite: huge expanses near the front were devoid of soldiers. They weren’t hiding in the trees either; roads seemed virtually untouched by heavy-tracked fighting vehicles or tanks, with no tell-tale mud on the road or any sign troops were moving in numbers.
>Russia lied its way in to this war, lied to the world it wouldn’t invade, and lied to itself an easy victory awaited. It may now also be victim of a carefully curated lie, or information operation sowing false information about Ukrainian intentions. Hype about a Ukraine’s southern offensive maybe nothing more than that, a trick causing Russia to redeploy forces from the east to the south.
Interesting article. TLDR: Both sides aren't nearly depleted and the war will be a long one.
The northern withdrawal happened in late March. They underestimated Ukrainian NATO defences due to bad intel,lack of supplies,constant logistics destruction from rear Ukrainian units and sheer arrogance(the official excuse is "it was a distraction to secure a southern bridgehead" or "a show of good faith for peace negotiations") and the army went home to refit,regroup and redeploy in the east and south. The north was a complete clusterfuck but they've learned their lessons the hard way.
Though now that force is returning along the border at Bryansk to Belgorod and there are ongoing whispers that Russia is about to open a northeast front with 110,000 men from Chernigov to Sumy and pushing through the east of Ukraine.
