Hey, Spowdiednick. Sure looks like the Ukrainians have “retreated” a good bit towards liberating Kharkhiv, and the Russians are “advancing” backwards. Who says so? The Russians.
From Bloomberg News today:
…A local Moscow-backed official and pro-Russian military bloggers said Saturday that Kremlin forces had pulled out of Izyum, a staging post for the campaign in Donbas, to avoid being encircled…Russia’s defense ministry confirmed the pullout.
…Igor Girkin, a former Russian intelligence colonel who became a commander of the pro-Russian separatist forces in Donbas in 2014, also confirmed the retreat from Izyum.
“A hasty retreat will inevitably lead to heavy losses by the retreating troops in equipment and munitions and – most sensitive of all – in people,” Girkin said in a Telegram post.
But hey, Spowiednick, maybe your YouTube guys know more than the Russian defense ministry.
Fantastic and what a change of heart. Suddenly it is revealed to the readers of woke media , that what Ruskie say is not Putin propaganda. First successful action since 2014 and Russian generals have suddenly become trust- worthy source of information quoted by WAPO and Fareed Zakaria.
It is Your choice and I respect it and surely I will not waste my time telling You or trying to convince You otherwise. I do not care what You read and it does not bother me a lot. Time will show who was right so please exercise some patience . Surely USA will fight this war to the last Ukrainian and i would be very happy if You win .
The fact that the main base for the Russian Black Sea Fleet is on Crimea may help to explain both the US’s interest in getting a more friendly (and influenceable) regime in Ukraine and the Russian reaction to the events.
It could be described as if China (or Russia) meddled in local politics in California and succeeded in getting them to declare independence from the US. (incl. the US Navy base in San Diego)
I thought by coup you were talking about Russia annexing Crimea, but if you meant the US backing opposition of Yanukovych and support of Ukraine approving the EU agreement then sure. We obviously have a history of meddling. I thought you meant the US supported Russia, but I see that is not what you meant.
“These guys have been trained for eight years by Special Ops,” said Evelyn Farkas, the top Pentagon official for Ukraine and Russia in the Obama administration. “They’ve been taught about irregular warfare. They’ve been taught by our intelligence operators about deception and psychological operations.”
In my life I have seen enough Putins of this world , one more or less does not make any difference. Because of that a clear and precise location of " evil empire" or “axis of evil” is somewhat challenging.
Russia just doesn’t seem to be doing so well at the moment against an army that were mostly civilians 12 months ago. What happens if, and when, they reach a Russian border ?
They ARE at the border and should not provoke by crossing or firing rockets across.
That would only serve as an excuse to declare all out war and mobilization in Russia.
