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DIY-HP-LED
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Any Russians evacuating from Lyman have been slaughtered on the road by Ukrainian drone directed artillery fire for a while now.
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Ukraine advance on Russian outpost challenges Putin’s grip on Donbas
Ukrainian troops are moving to capture the Russian-held eastern town of Lyman, threatening a new setback for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's campaign in the Donbas as he prepares to declare the region part of Russia. The capture of the town in the north of Donetsk region could pave the way for...
Roger A. Shrubber
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yeah, but he wasn't, and now we have to deal with him...
cannabineer
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I don’t expect much different from his successor. Even so, it would be an object lesson.
DIY-HP-LED
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Kicking down the door into Luhansk Oblast.
Lyman Update -- LiveUA Shows It Cut Off and Surrounded
Lyman Update -- LiveUA Shows It Cut Off and Surrounded
DIY-HP-LED
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His replacement can blame it all on Vlad and withdraw from Ukraine, Vlad can't.
DIY-HP-LED
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Meanwhile the ordinary lives the asshole is snuffing out...
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DIY-HP-LED
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I noticed in the recent inventory of aid Uncle Sam was giving 75,000 helmets and body armor, the way the Russians measure such things, enough for 75 of their BTGs. Other allies are also giving such items and you can gauge the increase in Ukrainian forces as more fit young men go through months of professional military training by now. The don't have to throw people in with minimal training and a lot of guts anymore.
Paul Drake
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aaaaaaaaand
Paul Drake
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Good
DIY-HP-LED
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They are also getting double the amount of M777s (126) that they have now and the same goes for HIMARS, plus a shit load of other things that many of their troops are being trained on now. Looks like those 75 to 100,000 new troops will have something to shoot besides small arms, this is an arms package designed to take turf.
Roger A. Shrubber
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the guy in the gray jacket with the gray hair...you can hear the clicking and whirring as he tries to answer some of the questions...it's EXACTLY like watching Jordan Klepper ask magats tough questions...click buzz grinding noise smell of burning electrical insulation...stutt-tt-tered reply...final admission of ignorance.
i don't know whether it's good to know we're not the only country with people like that, or if that scares the hell out of me, that they're EVERYWHERE.
Roger A. Shrubber
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Aannddd....The best way to deal with him is attrition.
Not the most satisfying way, not the most "just" way, but it keeps things calm enough that putin can't justify using what still works out of his arsenal of antique nukes.
The Ukrainians seem to accept this is the best way to go. They don't want him using nukes or chemical weapons either. They're getting advanced weapons systems, and the training to use them. Their soldiers are getting top notch training, from NATO nation trainers. They have high moral, after facing a tough fight over the winter.
Their opponents are running out of gear, have little desire to fight, many are going into battle expecting to die. The Ukrainians are breaking russian supply lines, reclaiming territory at an incredible rate...
this is far from over, but things are going very well. putin can't continue to press this war for much longer, his first round of real conscriptions has been met with defiance, arson, masses fleeing the country. the next round will be drafting grandfathers, boyscouts...how long till they take grandma and the girl guides? will he draft dogs next?
but my point is that while this seems to take forever, and cost a lot of lives, the alternative would be worse, and could lead to something horrific...
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Updated Invasion Day 219 - Lyman encircled during 'mandatory fun' celebrating annexations in Moscow
Celebrating an incomplete annexation is symptomatic of a worsening situation that includes more setbacks in eastern Ukraine for the occupiers. Ukraine’s counter is to move closer to NATO, making its potential commitment more credible. This updates the...
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"Unless Russian command takes decisive measures within a day, Lyman will face the fate of Balakliya. [Russians in Lyman] will be completely cut off from the main group. If they are destroyed in the city, (...)
"the entire defensive potential of the RF Armed Forces in this sector of the front will be reduced to nothing."
"The capture of Lyman will open the doors for the UAF to Svatove, and then to Kreminna and Rubizhe. It is not yet clear where the new front would settle."
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How the Anti-war Camp Went Intellectually Bankrupt
Critics of U.S. foreign policy from both ends of the ideological spectrum have found common cause in supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.