Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion

He does exude a certain Vader without the helmet vibe.
I was going to say that Vader apparently recovered after Luke helped him take off the helmet. Probably another Disney retcon.
 
Didn't the senior generals leave weeks ago and isn't there the idea that Russia might have left some of its army in the city, hidden as civilians, to engage in brutal gorilla warfare?

Or were they just rumours?

Obvious trap too obvious?
 
Didn't the senior generals leave weeks ago and isn't there the idea that Russia might have left some of its army in the city, hidden as civilians, to engage in brutal gorilla warfare?

Or were they just rumours?

Obvious trap too obvious?
Who would those suicidal guerrilla fighters be exactly? Imagine how high your morale has to be to willingly get left behind to fight the overwhelming opposing force for… what exactly?
 
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.
On one hand, the retreat obviously was already happening during the last days, and on the other hand Ukraine broke through their lines last night. This was the last chance to call it a retreat before it becomes a lost battle.
 
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.

The retreat has been going on for weeks to be fair to um, they’ve been steadily withdrawing people, equipment and looting anything of worth. Just in final stages now.
 
Who would those suicidal guerrilla fighters be exactly? Imagine how high your morale has to be to willingly get left behind to fight the overwhelming opposing force for… what exactly?

I'm not saying it will work, or that it is a sensible tactic.

But those things don't preclude it from potentially being Russia's plan.
 
Weekly update of German deliveries this time consists of these items:
  • 30 MRAP vehicles DINGO
  • Iris-T SLM missiles
  • 4 anti-drone sensors and jammers
  • 18 reconnaissance drones
  • 5 tank transporter tractor M1070 Oshkosh
  • 1 lift trucks
Essentially a mixture of air defence and mobility/logistics support
 
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US releasing an estimated death figure of 100k fighters on each side.

Are they trying to win hearts and minds that now is the time to take negotiations seriously?
 
Given recent battle field losses you would expect them to retaliate soon with massive missile attacks on civilians again.
 
Given recent battle field losses you would expect them to retaliate soon with massive missile attacks on civilians again.
Yes that would fit... Let's hope that the recently delivered NASAMS and Aspide are already operational and further increase the performance of Ukrainian air defence
 
I still don't trust the Russians. I think Ukraine should edge into the city really slow and steady
 
I still don't trust the Russians. I think Ukraine should edge into the city really slow and steady
They do, but so far it looks like there are just some lost soldiers that are then taken as PoW, but not really much more (obviously obstacles like mine fields exist, so they have to be careful anyways)
 
US releasing an estimated death figure of 100k fighters on each side.

Are they trying to win hearts and minds that now is the time to take negotiations seriously?

It wasn’t a “release”, just an off the cuff remark while Milley was speaking at some economic club.

Seems hard to believe, but if Ukraine is sharing that data with the US, Milley would know. Then again, he probably wouldn’t use the word “probably” if he’s referring to data.
 

Yea that's wrong because since the start of the Ukrainian offensive counterattacks it's been said that the average daily routine was a 1 to 6 ratio, as 1 loss on the Ukrainian side to 6 Russian losses.

Ukraine had a lot of losses during springtime at Donbas, but the overall number can't be at 100k despite how bad your math is.
 
UAF should really be careful of entering the city. I've never seen a side so publicly aknowledging they're retreating and several times at that.
 
I kinda just wanna sit at home all day watching liberation clips as they push forward. The tearful babushkas just break me.