kyle04

A slightly more balanced and considered view :

It's been established a while ago that Mercouris is a pro Kremlin mouthpiece, anything that emerges from his smug mouth is worthless. If these people are your hero's Manji then you are beyond help. I'm surprised you haven't referenced Trump's latest eloquent ramble of the need for peace talks. I suspect you may be just a sad WUM, nobody this stupid could work a PC or iPhone surely? I think Badgerx16 is still waiting for a reply regarding the strike on civillian infrastructure. Your response is to post a YT video of a useful idiot.

This is the man (known affectionately as Mr Potato Head) who burst into tears when Putin angrily stormed out of a meeting a few months back. This arsehole's really playing with fire, Russia are already launching missiles and drones from Belarus territory, one Belarus soldier steps over the border and it's all the excuse Ukraine need, not that they need a 3rd extended front right now but their HIMARS and artillery might start making mincemeat of their positions quite quickly. I really don't know how fragile his position is, but it wouldn't surprise me to see him either "Musolinied" or exiled to the Kremlin at some point, Putins only ally in Europe gone. Germany delivers first of IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine, late as usual but it all helps.

Not that I'd want to take the risk, but ; Do any of Russia's Nuclear Weapons Actually Work? (dailykos.com) There was a report a couple of days ago on "150.000 missing winter uniforms" in Russia, they were ordered, paid for, and the fraction that actually got manufactured were sold off, everyone in the chain getting their bung. Thousands of Russian soldiers will probably freeze to death as a consequence, who cares, not Putin that's for sure. In contrast Germany is to send 100,000 winter uniforms for AFU, together with 100 team tents with heating facilities, other countries are contributing in this area as well.

This is what he means :

"Final" act, really? As it stands no-ones even sure what happened exactly, all you can guarantee is that is was not a truck bomb as the Kremlin are saying, if only because they are saying it (and the blast is not consistant with that explanation etc). As a result of this publicity stunt thousands are attempting to leave Crimea, welcome to war, scary isn't it? I must say Manji you pro-Russians are at least consistent from what I've read these past months, your delusional paranoia allows nothing inconvenient to you to pass without tagging it as fake, western propaganda. Shiogu and Gerasimov both sidelined earlier by Putin, and you say Zalenski is desperate?

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City won't have an easier season all season.

All vehicles are supposedly scanned for explosives at the entrances, this was up to a ton of TNT or equivalent. The truck was coming from Krasnodar in Russia apparently... New rumours of a vessel seen under the bridge prior to the explosion, still inconclusive : Expect a rain of Shahed drones will be unleashed in response. Widespread panic in Crimea as you would expect, Ukraine have won half the battle for Crimea already as no-one feels safe there anymore.

Seriously, after mounting international pressure, Ukraine MOD have finally revealed their losses in the war so far : The T800's have proved disappointing in particular.

What does this remind you of : Manji please feel free to comment. Manji...?

Imagine Cummings disappointment when 5kg of fish arrived at his door, sign here comrade.

US putting the boot in : The Excalibur shells have been quite effective so far, judging from video evidence. One shot, -1 Russian vehicle and crew.

Maybe, incrementally, but don't forget the western military hardware has almost been drip fed from the beginning. Ukraine faced a 15-1 artillery/MLRS disadvantage (at least), together with a massive disparity in tanks, APVs', long range missiles and aviation capability. A few hundred MANPADS and similar, a couple of hundred of artillery systems, and a mere 12/16 HIMARS systems late in the game have turned the tide. The reasons are simple enough, motivation, organisation and leadership, qualities the Russians clearly do not have with their top-heavy style of command structure and their callous disregard for their own soldiers. AFU have captured more ready to go armour from the Russians than they have received from any western source. Regarding the "annexations", I'd like to know if the "regional governors" of Luhansk and Kherson are back in the office right now, or just shitting their pants in a Moscow hotel watching RT.

There are far more pertinent and less puerile questions he could have posed : 1) Should Russia withdraw all it's troops from Ukraine and stop murdering children? 2) Should Putin stop threatening nuclear war because he's losing in Ukraine ? 3) Should people in positions of influence who haven't the first clue about the Ukraine war continue posting inane and ill-informed "polls" ? To name but 3...

AFU aren't stopping either, currently shelling several towns east of Lyman, as well as a recent tank offensive in the north-east Kherson region, reports that Ukraine have pushed 20km southwards already. Russian milbloggers currently tearing their hair out. I expect Putin , in his alternate reality world, expected AFU to withdraw all their forces realizing they're now trespassing on Russian soil.

Given the apparent combat ineffectiveness of these men, to say the least, and the poor provision of virtually everything a soldier would need on the battlefield, this is going to be another disaster for Russia. The sham referenda are totally irrelevant, AFU won't pause because 4 traitors shook hands with Putin in the Kremlin, nor will they motivate these Russians, who have been mostly taken from poorer neglected parts of the empire. There must be plenty of Russian military figures who know this, with one eye on their own skins when it all implodes.

Seems like it :

And so it goes on, children murdered in cold blood at close range this time. Manji and his ilk will probably say it's false flag or old footage from Serbia.

Bloody hell ! Lets see, black, glasses, smart suit, must be him right?

Everything has an origin, this is a sad day for SWF I have to say.

That's reasonable grounds for divorce I'd say. The word "probably" seems to have changed to "prolly" lately in SM comments etc. I can't put into words just how angry I am.

Looks like reality is dawning on the Russians :

Ukrainian losses so far. according to Russia MOD : The numbers in brackets are some of the listings from oryxspioenkop, which are verified proven losses, although these are "significantly" lower than actual. (Taken from Russia talks about "heavy losses" for Ukraine... and the Himars strike – Archyde) 307 aircraft [47] 155 helicopters [14] 2107 drones [36] 377 anti-aircraft missile systems 5147 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles [669] 855 multiple launcher [24] 3,439 pieces of field artillery and mortars [108] 5973 Special Military Vehicles I'm not sure which listing is the most ridiculous. The fact that AFU are pushing Russia back in many areas, and preventing advances in others with all these losses, just how large was their army to begin with?