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According to Russian state media, Progozhin is to leave Russia for Belarus and all charges against him and his Wagner forces will be dropped by authorities to avoid "bloodshed". So Wagner will be absorbed into the Russiam military and directly under Moscow control. Progozhin will be "taken care of", one way or another.
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
According to Russian state media, Progozhin is to leave Russia for Belarus and all charges against him and his Wagner forces will be dropped by authorities to avoid "bloodshed". So Wagner will be absorbed into the Russiam military and directly under Moscow control. Progozhin will be "taken care of", one way or another. Yeah yeah and your accommodation has awesome views and a nice balcony.
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
According to Russian state media, Progozhin is to leave Russia for Belarus and all charges against him and his Wagner forces will be dropped by authorities to avoid "bloodshed". So Wagner will be absorbed into the Russiam military and directly under Moscow control. Progozhin will be "taken care of", one way or another. So quite a day out, wasn't it? The citizens of Rostov seem to think it was a bit of a blast, the rebels didn't bother them. The Russian soldiers what is the state of their morale, the ordinary Russian citizen, what are they thinking, just resigned probably. Russia 'a puzzle, wrapped up in an enigma' - Churchill.
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Originally posted by steeleye20
So quite a day out, wasn't it? The citizens of Rostov seem to think it was a bit of a blast, the rebels didn't bother them. The Russian soldiers what is the state of their morale, the ordinary Russian citizen, what are they thinking, just resigned probably. Russia 'a puzzle, wrapped up in an enigma' - Churchill. Just like it doesn't matter here how people feel about things.it doesn't matter in Russia either....surprised to hear you promoting populism there Steely. As with us these are highly propagandized people and the vast majority will 'go along to get along'. The vast amount of the military will be working class lads looking for a living.....with the difference that they haven't been fed generational commie crap for fifty years so there won't be any pronouns in their bios or all the rest of the self indulgent crap. The sad fact is that Europe has decided to be the US's client state just as much as Belarus appears to be Russia's. The whole policy towards this war has been the same group think disaster that lockdown was. These sanctions hurt us just as much as Russia and the only people who really suffer from them are the working classes and vulnerable anyway....why it's so easy for elites to use them. As I and others stated early on....Ukraine can't win this war....the best we can hope for is for Russia to implode or for a very expensive continual stalemate....but it's more likely that Russia will slowly take more cities and territory than would have been the case if we had negotiated back in 21. Outside of Robert Kennedy Junior the Democrats are the neo con party....the Republicans are full of them too but at least their main candidates for the 2024 election want to negotiate a peace rather than continually spend on this mess. Personally I don't want a cold war where we are now under serious threat from several quarters I want cheap energy and Russia is that gateway.....But that's been taken away. Ultimately I blame the US state department more than I do Russia for the background of why this war happened.....but as I said, Russia is to blame for the invasion, which I think was a terrible decision.
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As I and others stated early on....Ukraine can't win this war....the best we can hope for is for Russia to implode or for a very expensive continual stalemate....but it's more likely that Russia will slowly take more cities and territory than would have been the case if we had negotiated back in 21. It has been shown beyond doubt that any agreements negotiated with Putin are worthless. Putin would simply promise one thing then do as he intended anyway.
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More mission-creep from the US My understanding , is that countries have banned their use because : Do your own research, but for me it's another step down the spiralling ladder.
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
Do your own research, but for me it's another step down the spiralling ladder. Seen an interesting take on this, putting forward the opinion that it is a sign of real desperation. Essentially the Ukranians are using shells at a rate that cannot be replaced, for almost zero gains. Since this particular type of shell is considered so controversial, then it is a kind of scrapping of the barrel stunt because they have very little else to supply and putting forward a viewpoint that for the type of fighting involved, they are not that practical. But like everything else in this wretched war that sees Europeans killing Europeans at the behest of non-Europeans, who honestly knows what the true motives are. But this is bad PR for the US, no matter what.
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Originally posted by Matov
Seen an interesting take on this, putting forward the opinion that it is a sign of real desperation. Essentially the Ukranians are using shells at a rate that cannot be replaced, for almost zero gains. Since this particular type of shell is considered so controversial, then it is a kind of scrapping of the barrel stunt because they have very little else to supply and putting forward a viewpoint that for the type of fighting involved, they are not that practical. But like everything else in this wretched war that sees Europeans killing Europeans at the behest of non-Europeans, who honestly knows what the true motives are. But this is bad PR for the US, no matter what. Yes it looks like making things even worse. What Ukraine really wants is the F16 fighter jet. The longer it goes on eh, the worse the logic is, like WW1?
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Originally posted by steeleye20
Yes it looks like making things even worse. What Ukraine really wants is the F16 fighter jet. The longer it goes on eh, the worse the logic is, like WW1?
The issue as I see it is that Russia simply cannot lose it. And they have the war economy now gearing up, producing their own tanks and so on whereas Ukraine is purely dependent on outside aid. Not even sure if these much-fabled F-16's will make any real difference because even if they get them up in the air, and can keep them up due to logistical demands, they are up against a far more modern generation of Russian planes along with one of the most effective air-defense systems that has been battle honed. Now I try not to play armchair general, especially in this sordid conflict because NOTHING is what it seems to be, with almost no impartial sources. But from what I understand, Russia has massive reserves, is building up its armour and is absorbing everything Ukraine can throw at it. The only reason I can see for this war being prolonged is because a lot of people are getting bloody rich off the back of it, along with Biden simply far too invested to take the L. My suspicion at this time is that it will take something like Biden being out of the game for this war to come to an end as Ukraine is nothing more than a proxy at this stage.
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
More mission-creep from the US My understanding , is that countries have banned their use because : Do your own research, but for me it's another step down the spiralling ladder. The US proving that there are no good guys in wars. Just needless victims and an elite getting rich off of trading arms. Sickening. These are disgusting weapons. A few years ago I visited Laos and saw the damage these types of bombs still cause decades after they've fallen.
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Originally posted by Matov
The issue as I see it is that Russia simply cannot lose it. And they have the war economy now gearing up, producing their own tanks and so on whereas Ukraine is purely dependent on outside aid. Not even sure if these much-fabled F-16's will make any real difference because even if they get them up in the air, and can keep them up due to logistical demands, they are up against a far more modern generation of Russian planes along with one of the most effective air-defense systems that has been battle honed. Now I try not to play armchair general, especially in this sordid conflict because NOTHING is what it seems to be, with almost no impartial sources. But from what I understand, Russia has massive reserves, is building up its armour and is absorbing everything Ukraine can throw at it. The only reason I can see for this war being prolonged is because a lot of people are getting bloody rich off the back of it, along with Biden simply far too invested to take the L. My suspicion at this time is that it will take something like Biden being out of the game for this war to come to an end as Ukraine is nothing more than a proxy at this stage. Yep, it's a disaster. It's like covid, there are a hell of a lot of people who agreed with really bad judgements that now we all have to collectively pay for. If the media sell it right people today cheer on their own decline. Biden and the rest of them will double down until they are removed.....they can't admit to even themselves that they have worsened this because to do so would be to admit culpability. Anyone giving this serious analysis at the start realised that unless you could destroy Russia's economy this wasn't a war that Ukraine could win. If Nato were fighting it then sure, eventually Russia would be beaten, however we'd also probably all be dead. This should have been negotiated back in March 21 and hundreds of thousands of young men have died for nothing. No one should support this war continuing unless they are personally prepared to go fight in it. All it's done is create a new cold war and a Russia/China coalition. There are far more hardliners close to power in Russia than Putin and all I hear are normies thinking it's great if Russia breaks up. We have been in dangerous waters since this started and everybody just wants to swim deeper because that's what the elites are selling them. Edited by Stirlingsays (08 Jul 2023 9.51pm)
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