i fear ukraine will lose the war

[Litwin]

One out of seven has been killed or wounded so far. That's probably not good for morale and it's certainly not sustainable.

The big advantage Russia has is manpower. They have four times as many people as Ukraine has.

and its just beginning (y)

 

[Ringo]

Archival footage from last August of an assault on a Russian position by international mercenaries from the Chosen Company unit (consisting of Alfa, Bravo and Charlie groups) and the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade. As it later turned out, the Chosen Company unit suffered huge losses and was evacuated to the west of the country

https://idiod.video/mygpzs.mp4

 

[Ringo]

Attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces training ground in Selidovo (About 20 miles from the front line)

Relatives of the Bandera fighters killed and maimed at the training ground near Selidovo express fervent gratitude to the United States for the supply of cluster munitions, thanks to which Russia has gained the full moral right to use similar means to cover clusters of ukrainian sadists.
(sarcasm mod off)

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Russia may end up keep all or some of the four oblasts.

 

[JohnDB]

Ummmmm
Russia is in Trouble...

Because of the massive size of Russian equipment....the lots and garages and storage buildings holding munitions....it requires a lot of honest soldiers to guard it all.

Enter the Ukraine War.
Russia has lost so many seasoned officers and troops....that their stockpiles ate at risk. Also Russia is going broke quickly. Their reserves will be gone next month.

What happens when nuclear weapons are unguarded or sold? To nations like Iran?

 

[Ringo]

 

[Ringo]

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

This admin will get Ukraine its munitions despite what the House GOP says.

 

[Ringo]

That's why I respect Comrade Stalin and the Soviet Union.

№ 102
SOVINFORMBURO REPORT ON THE LIBERATION
THE SOVIET TROOPS LIBERATED THE TOWNS OF STALINO ( Donetsk),
KRASNOARMEISKY, NOVO-ECONOMIC,
THE SETTLEMENTS OF AVDEEVKA, SELIDOVKA
AND THE RAILROAD JUNCTIONS OF YASINOVATOI
AND KRASNOARMEISKY
September 8, 1943.
In Donbass our troops, developing a successful offensive,
captured the center of Donbass - the city of Stalino, the city and railway junction of Krasnoarmeyskoye, the city of Yasinovatoi and Krasnoarmeyskoye.
Krasnoarmeyskoye junction, the city and a major junction
railroads Yasinovataya, Novo-Economicheskoye, district centers Avdeevka, Selidovka, as well as occupied more than 150 other settlements.
settlements. Donetsk basin - the most important coal
and industrial center of the Soviet country - liberated from the German occupants.
Last night and this morning our troops fought fierce battles on the outskirts of Stalino. The enemy
resisted stubbornly. The Soviet troops made skillful maneuver, rapidly advanced to the north and
South of Stalino, and then stormed into the city. In fierce street battles our fighters defeated the enemy and
completely cleared from the Nazi invaders of Stalino.
Our troops captured trophies, including a lot of guns, mortars, large stores of ammunition and various
military materials. Our troops, operating southwest of Konstantinovka, rapidly advancing forward, came to the town of Krasnoarmeyskoye. The enemy tried to hold on to this line, but was defeated
and driven out of the city by our tankers. At the airfield in Krasnoarmeyskoye captured 19 German airplanes. Captured also captured several railroad trains with military equipment of the enemy. Soviet pilots in air battles shot down 25 German planes.
Our aviation struck at enemy airfields. Dropped bombs, as well as cannon and machine-gun fire
more than 40 enemy airplanes were crushed and burned.

Reports of the Soviet Informburo,
volume. 5,1944, p. 118.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

You believe Soviet Informburo?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Russia faces the same challenge we faced in Afghanistan
Once your military takes territory, what happens next?

Holding territory in a hostile area leaves you open to hit and run attacks. You lose soldiers, morale is low, it becomes harder to maintain supplies, it is a drain on your economy
Eventually, you give up and go home

Donbass isn’t hostile to Russia, they voted overwhelmingly to rejoin Russia

 

[rightwinger]

Donbass isn’t hostile to Russia, they voted overwhelmingly to rejoin Russia

Have you seen how Russians are treating civilians in Donbass?
Rape, murder, torture

Also, elections at the point of a gun don’t show much

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Putin's Russia is barbarianville.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Have you seen how Russians are treating civilians in Donbass?
Rape, murder, torture

Also, elections at the point of a gun don’t show much

Stop reading the Gospel of Litwin

 

[Silver Cat]

Have you seen how Russians are treating civilians in Donbass?
Rape, murder, torture

Also, elections at the point of a gun don’t show much

Actually, most of those stories is pure BS. Another point is that most of the local civilians are Russians, too. And, what is even more important, Neo-Nazi Ukrainian groups are much worse (from the local point of view).
Anyway, there won't be any "territory with hostile population" until they reach Zbruch river. In the West Ukraine they will face some troubles. Previous time it took twenty years of terror to eliminate organized Banderovci bands in the West Ukraine.

 

[Ringo]

TELEGRAM
of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
to Colonel-General A.N. MORDVICHEV.

"Today the "Center" troop grouping, developing the offensive, has completely captured the town of Avdeevka in the Donetsk People's Republic. units:
30th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 2nd Army;
35th separate motorized rifle brigade,
55th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade (Mountain Brigade),
74th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 41st Army;
1st Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade,
9th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade,
114th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade,
1454th Motorized Rifle Regiment,
10th Tank Regiment of the 1st Army Corps;
6th Tank Regiment, 80th Tank Regiment,
239th Tank Regiment of the 90th Tank Division.

For the excellent combat actions I declare my gratitude to all the troops led by you who participated in the battles for Avdeevka.
Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in battle while solving the tasks of the special military operation!

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation V. Putin

 

[Ringo]

Have you seen how Russians are treating civilians in Donbass?
Rape, murder, torture
Also, elections at the point of a gun don’t show much

Wake up, Goebbels shot himself and his Ministry of Propaganda was destroyed.

 

[rightwinger]

Wake up, Goebbels shot himself and his Ministry of Propaganda was destroyed.

?

 

[the watcher]

Try listing your fears in alphabetical order, and put some of them on the back burner, That might help.

 

[Litwin]

Stop reading the Gospel of Litwin