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In reply to the discussion: Russian Forces Push Deeper Into Northern Ukraine [View all]Voltaire2
(13,695 posts)28. It's not meaningless if Ukraine's defensive perimeter's for Karkhiv have been breached.
And that appears to be the case, unless of course the BBC and NYT are just mouthing 'Putin's bs'. I guess that is possible. This BBC report, which of course is obviously 'Putin's bs' is not good:
Denys wants to know what happened to Ukraines defences.
There was no first line of defence. We saw it. The Russians just walked in. They just walked in, without any mined fields he says.
He shows me video from a drone feed taken a few days ago of small columns of Russian troops simply walking across the border, unopposed.
He says officials had claimed that defences were being built at huge cost, but in his view, those defences simply werent there. Either it was an act of negligence, or corruption. It wasnt a failure. It was a betrayal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72p0xx410xo
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It's not a generic "Congress" at fault, it's the fucking Russiapublicans in our House.
Hermit-The-Prog
May 13
#14
You're still saying "Congress" when it is specifically Republicans causing the problems.
Hermit-The-Prog
May 13
#24
Russia could send half of their population to this war, it doesn't matter to the government, so losses are irrelevant
tornado34jh
May 13
#13
It's not meaningless if Ukraine's defensive perimeter's for Karkhiv have been breached.
Voltaire2
May 13
#28
Hopefully with the needed weapons and the F-16 fighters they (Ukrainian fighters) and international help
Botany
May 13
#29
An unsustainable Pyrrhic victory to regain ground already lost. Great plan, Moscow.
Torchlight
May 13
#32