North of Kharkiv, the Russians have been routed in many places, Ukrainian forces have done an incredible job, if the momentum carries on there is a very real chance of Ukraine cutting off a key supply line into Russian held territory, Russians have sent reinforcements to the area.

Further south Russians are winning and starting to take ground a bit faster.

See the attached jpg these villages are in real danger of being surrounded & cut off and its likely we will see a Ukrainian retreat from this region soon.

If you're interested in what the actual region looks like that is being fought over see this link
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In other news Slovakia seems to think its gas is getting switched off next month, we'll see but obvious catastrophic for my B&B, alot of the Ukrainian refugees that were in my city have returned to Ukraine, I have taken in two so far, one headed further West & one went home.

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The mountains are calling & I must go.

Zelensky is talking up having 1,000,000 soldiers at his disposal soon (we'll see if that is true in time) he has also recently replaced the head of his territorial defence force so it appears on the surface things are going to happen.

I dont doubt for a second these new recruits will be fully capable & motivated infantry however they will need logistical support & support from Artillery/airforce etc otherwise I cant see them pushing into Russian held territory much, It will be interesting to see how they're utilised.

The mountains are calling & I must go.

From the horse's mouth:

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Red and Blue Army!

I'll check it out.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I realise, but honestly I'm not listening to a pile of Russian shyte. I know it all too well, having done several stints across Eastern Europe but better not say too much. I realise I'm biased, completely willing to admit it.
I don't like the BBC but sometimes it's all there is, despite everything I trust them slightly more than Putin and his ista's. Try Russia during election time. In my experience 'a right laugh'. Unfortunately, although highly comical in my eyes, it does have consequences. The corruption is unreal and is so widespread, it isn't hidden in the slightest.
A Hungarian/Russian colleague of mine was told to take a photo, with his mobile phone, of his ballot slip voting for Putin - or else no job. What do you do? He told me, as though I could save him. I said what most of us would say - just do it. Everyone else is, save yourself.

Red and Blue Army!

I think with both what you find is a level of exaggeration but most of all omission. The bias most often comes in the form of language usage.....obviously it's rare that a European is ever completely objective but there are levels.

It's actually not that easy to find Russian stuff unless you look for it....then again, there are pro Russian stance outlets in the west anyway like the Duran on YT.

The BBC seem mostly to just be presenting whatever the Ukraine say....so we get the 'evacuation' instead of what seems to me to be a surrender in Azovstal.

I don't like too much bias because I want to actually know what's happening. For me, the least BS independent commentator I've come across so far is Michael De La Broc.....he does infrequent streams on the war but they are pretty detailed and objective when he does.

I'll link in his next one.

Edited by Stirlingsays (19 May 2022 5.11pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)