I was in Turkey last week and the number of 20 something (and obviously educated) Russians was astounding. The future of their country has gone into exile and they are left with the likes of that drunk in the video.
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I was in Turkey last week and the number of 20 something (and obviously educated) Russians was astounding. The future of their country has gone into exile and they are left with the likes of that drunk in the video.
Wow a paved road, surprised to see that.
How much difference will the outcome of the mid-terms make to the war?
Republicans look like they'll win but only a small margin
Republicans look like they'll win but only a small margin
Go play EU IV, lads.
Both are gonna be tight, but I think there would still be enough Republican bi-partisan support to get stuff done. Part of the issue is that lots of people, even on the Democrat side, will have a lot more leverage when every vote counts, so Biden will likely have to grant concessions.
Russian army is retreating from west side of the Dnipro in Kherson region leaving blown up bridges behind them as well. Unless they want to further put a dent on their logistics and cut themselves off as part of some grand master plan it’s seems like Ukraine might enter Kherson city in the upcoming days.
Is that an accidental execution, or an accidental slip out of the window?
There seems to be some gains made by the UKR near Kherson.
Sounds like Russia has now ordered a full retreat so would expect Ukraine to be pushing forward, slowly, everywhere is going to be mined to shit.
It’s official - another gesture of goodwill:
Still plenty to come.
Still plenty to come.
Lots of rumours flying about that Russia last night started withdrawing all its remaining forces from the west side of the dniepr and the withdrawal will be made public tonight.
Shoigu just now confirmed the withdrawal.
Safe to say my relative perceptions of Ukrainian vs UK railways have changed over the last 10 years:
Good day today.
Wonder what the reaction on pro-Russia social media is to this?
Is this the biggest Russian loss so far not including the initial blitzkrieg's failure? Reputationaly at least.
The only oblast' centre that they have been able to capture throughout the war is lost now.
The only oblast' centre that they have been able to capture throughout the war is lost now.
Unless the majority of the Russian troops and equipment are already on the other side of the river, announcing the retreat could be a massive mistake. Panic might spread among the remaining troops as no one want's to be the last men holding the line and everyone could start fleeing and leaving the equipment behind.
Calling for punishment of the responsible ones. Explicitly excluding the current military leadership who inherited this mess and seem to get some respect for the decision not to send wave after wave of mobilized to hold an impossible to hold area.
That happened during every Russian retreat and it is happening now as well. Russia simply isn't able to inform all their troops in time, so some will be left behind.
So weird…
I think so, and as you say so much destruction, almost whole professional army and equipment wiped out, sanctions, mobilization, international isolation and you don’t have even one regional center to show for this whole mess.
I am not sure about that, but is this the first time that Russian officials just talk about defence and not make silly excuses for it? I believe I remember around Kharkiv they talked about straightening the front and such stuff?
Got a fat Emperor Palatine vibe, from Jedi.
Them saying that they care about the lives of Russian soldiers is even sillier that all of those strategical regroupments & gestures of good will.
So what exactly are they retreating from? The whole Kherson city? I'm confused by left bank, west bank of the river etc.
He does exude a certain Vader without the helmet vibe.
So the "west bank" in this case is the right bank of the river, I believe, which is the side that Kherson sits on. So yeah they're retreating from the city.
It’s confusing because the river flows north to south (generally speaking). So the right bank = the west bank.
It means the Ukrainians recliam Kherson City and surrounding area on the same side of the river. Here's another map.
Fantastic news on the face of it. God that
pantomime statement seems to be so false though. Why telegraph the retreat before it happens?
Makes no sense to me.
pantomime statement seems to be so false though. Why telegraph the retreat before it happens?
Makes no sense to me.