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Robotyne holds!

All I know for sure is this:

The Russians invaded Eastern Ukraine in late February 2022. Within three months, they conquered and militarily occupied about 15% of Ukraine in total, all of it in the Eastern, Russian-speaking areas. They conquered the cities of Mariupol, Melitopol, Luhansk, and Bakhmut within a few months.

Hundreds of billions of dollars have gone to Ukraine to expel the Russians since then.

Ukraine announced a large spring counteroffensive weeks before it was launched. It was launched, and failed to retake one major city.

Ukraine has no military hard assets other than what it is given by western nations.

Ukraine has begun drafting middle aged and teenaged men.

Bakhmut survived the inital invasion relatively intact. Since the "counteroffensive" was launched, it has pretty much been leveled.

Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have died since the "counteroffensive" was launched.

The Russians still control about 96% of the area they conquered last year.

Serious question for those that have been following this bullshit…..is Russia still “acquiring” new territory through combat in Ukraine or are they defending the territory in the east and the Crimea that they captured early on?

From what I have seen it looks like they’re defending the territory that they captured which was exactly what they set out to do. If they dug in and are defending the territory they captured and are not out taking more territory I don’t see how Ukraine dislodges them to retake that territory, not without a whole lot of interference from NATO and likely full escalation of the war.

It's reasonable to assume that they will NOT be dislodged without a huge escalation.

What about Maui?

You are 100% correct.

Also, Russia's advance last year was stopped by the Russians. They did not want to overextend their support lines and thin out the front line troops any more. Ukraine's resistance had almost nothing to do with stopping the advance.

The Russians dug in over the winter, and it will be impossible to dislodge them without massive air to ground attack coordinated with ground based armor and infantry. At this poiont, Ukraine has very little in regard to that, except for a few drones.

Drones ain't gonna cut it. They are a surgical, strategic weapon, not an offensive (or "counteroffensive") weapon.

Russian central bank hikes rates to 12% in an attempt to halt the slide of the ruble.

The central bank’s president in a change of direction now says that the central bank will cut buying foreign currencies until December.

HoosierHawk if you feel that this is untrue be sure and check it out.

Is Russia the only country hiking rates to fight inflation?

The Russian central bank is testing the digital ruble in an attempt to bypass sanctions.

Russian central bank now saying that a hike in interest rates up to 15% may be necessary before November if inflation continues to rise.

RoboStooges are hyped up.

Toot, Toot commie!

Ukraine’s military spokesman is a trannny from America


You can’t make this schit up if you tried. No wonder pedo worshippers like toot, who can’t even find Ukraine on a map, worships Ukraine debauchery and evil

https://x.com/michaeljknowles/status/1691218244097409024?s=12

Fightin’ the good fight says toot.

It’s amazing that he cannot process that the US provoked this and what’s it really about.

Russian bot girl ribka got the lemming hooked with a circle hook.

https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ukraine-invasion-updates-ctp


Key Takeaways:

Ukrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations on at least three sectors of the front on August 15 and reportedly advanced in Luhansk Oblast and western Zaporizhia Oblast.
Russian forces conducted a large-scale missile strike against targets mainly in Ukrainian rear areas on the night of August 14-15.
The Kremlin is using the Army-2023 forum in Moscow (August 14-20) to foster bilateral military and political relations with other states and posture itself as a reliable and technologically advanced partner.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Shoigu made largely boilerplate comments framing the Russian government as effectively meeting Russian force generation efforts, portraying Western and Ukrainian resources as limited, and promoting international cooperation against the West.
Wagner Group affiliated sources are undermining private military companies (PMCs) affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin continues to comment on Wagner issues on the African continent to remain active in the information space but is notably refraining from commenting on the war in Ukraine.
Russian news outlet Kommersant reported that Russian authorities are developing a mechanism to fully control and shut off civilian mobile telecommunications networks in the event of a declared emergency, possibly related to pro-Ukrainian cross border raids.
Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, near Bakhmut, along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line, and in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area, and reportedly advanced near Svatove and Bakhmut.
Ukrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations on at least three sectors of the front on August 15 and reportedly advanced in Luhansk Oblast and western Zaporizhia Oblast.
The Russian “Vostok” Battalion, which is notably fighting near Urozhaine claimed on August 15 that Russian forces have entirely lost Urozhaine and blamed a lack of infantry and equipment for the loss of the settlement, but ISW has not yet observed visual confirmation that Russian forces have completely withdrawn from the town.
The Russian federal subject “Bashkortostan Regiment” volunteer formation has reportedly deployed to Ukraine.
Russian authorities continue to integrate occupied Ukrainian territories into the Russian cultural and educational sphere.

You love to argue but you have no counter points. Only MSM propaganda that you puke up from watching “news” 24/7 while waiting for the grandkids to call and posting here 80x per day.

You’re here all day but still can’t be real or connect to anyone. Your handles a lie, your made up fish camps a lie. It’s all lies.

TOOT'S PEDOPHILE SOCK PUPPET CHIMES IN

Are You thinking it likely that Russia will be defeated?