Unit2Sucks said:
Putin is importing a lot of the war effort because their home-grown solutions aren't enough to beat their smaller neighbor. This war continues to be a humanitarian disaster for both sides and a massive strategic failure for Putin. While they have achieved a few of his primary goals (preventing Ukraine from competing economically with Russia) and ruining Ukrainian civilian lives, he's done so at great cost to Russia and the Russian people. It will take Russia years, if not decades, to recover from the disaster, even if they "win" by outlasting western resolve, which is their only path to "victory" given the performance of their military.
Since Russian propaganda pretending that they killed Budanov and Zalushni (both of whom are very much alive), they're now relying on North Korean ballistic and cruise missiles. Fortunately, so far those missiles have been even worse performing than the junk Russia is unable to produce fast enough.
And since they are running out of convicts to throw into the meat-grinder, they are offering up passports to anyone dumb enough to sacrifice their last few months of life to this idiotic criminal war.
I'm sure we'll see a renewed propaganda push to distract from what's going on, similar to waves of Russian propaganda pretending that they killed Budanov and Zalushni (both of whom are very much alive) when they wanted to distract from the fact that they had no winter or spring offensive last year.
Ukraine has launched significant air strikes on Crimea within the last day or so. That's not really big news, since Russia is claiming that they've completely repelled the attack, but you may recall a poster in this thread claiming that attacks on Crimea would lead to WWIII and perhaps up to 100 million dead. LOLOLOLOL.
But remember, continuing to wage a 3-day war for 700+ days is making Russia stronger lol.
U2S is back to full on firehose of fibs mode, kind of hard to refute every claim but here's a sample:
Russia is winning. It has been waging the type of war that is best suited for its military resources, an artillery and drone/missile-based war of attrition, which it is largely winning. See UK press clipping above.Quote:
This war continues to be a humanitarian disaster for both sides and a massive strategic failure for Putin
-Ukraine is not an economic competitor for Russia, Russia fears Ukraine wiping out and de-Russify its large Russian minorities and having a hostile government at its western border and only warm water port armed to the gills by NATO, a government that has openly stated it would acquire nuclear weapons.Quote:
Putin's primary goals (preventing Ukraine from competing economically with Russia) and ruining Ukrainian civilian lives, he's done so at great cost to Russia and the Russian people. It will take Russia years, if not decades, to recover from the disaster,
-Russia has used somewhere around 8 MILLION shells, if it wanted to ruin Ukrainian lives, it would have turned every Ukrainian city into Gaza ruble. The Russians have made a concerted effort to spare civilians, who constitute less than 5% of total casualties (vs 50%-65% civilain deaths in WW1 and 2)
-Russia's economy is zooming along, it has had a 3% GDP growth last year.
https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp-growth-annual
Ukraine hasn't managed to touch slower Russian supersonic missiles, according to the spokesman of their Air Force, yet we are supposed to believe they shot down 10 out of 10 of the last salvo of much faster hypersonic Kinzhals?Quote:
Since their Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have been complete failures, they're now relying on North Korean ballistic and cruise missiles.
🇺🇦🇷🇺‼️🚨 Yuri Ignat clearly statesd they did not shoot down a single Kh-22 in the entirety of the war thus far. The Kh-22 flies 4,000km/h.
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) January 2, 2024
But against the 12,000km/h Kinzhal, they got 10/10.
-> All the Ukraine propagandists are contradicting the AFU
pic.twitter.com/MMFXxr0yOH
Zaluzhni was sidelined for a few weeks because of a rift between him and other leaders including Zelensky who were obsessed with trying to hold on to Bakhmut at any cost.Quote:
Russian propaganda pretending that they killed Budanov and Zalushni (both of whom are very much alive)
it was not about Ukraine managing to hit a few targets in Crimea (or other Russian cites like Belgorod), it was a scenario where Ukraine would overpower Russian positions and break the land bridge to Crimea, threatening to advance on Crimea. This is the scenario under which the Russians could have started escalating this war.Quote:
attacks on Crimea would lead to WWIII and perhaps up to 100 million dead. LOLOLOLOL.
As I've mentioned in my 2022 prediction, that scenario where Ukraine would overwhelm Russia in the south and move towards Crimea was highly unlikely (I gave it a 5% chance). It turns out I was correct.
