Ukraine - Russia Conflict

The Armed Forces is a force: the 2 banks of the Dnieper were connected by pontooners under fire from the occupiers


The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed Russian ammunition warehouses in Chornobayivka and Bilohirka, - South Operative Command​

 
Kherson is across the river. The two bridges I've marked in red. The one near Kherson has been destroyed.

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All other crossings are under Ukrainian control.

So the Russian troops in Kherson are trapped until the bridge is repaired. I guess the Ukrainians have allowed the second bridge to survive for retreat.
It'll allow it to survive for a while, if they don't retreat then fully isolating them from supplies will become the goal.
 

 
Why do you people think the Ukrainians are fighting because Uncle Sam tells them to? They fight because they do not want to live under the oppressive boots of a glorified mafia Don's fascist thugs.

If people actually remembered the actual facts instead of guzzling down Kremlin propaganda like it was the Divine Truth straight from the mouth of God, they'd know that the USA offered to evacuate Zelenski back in February, to which the Ukrainian president famously responded he needed ammo, not a taxi. America thought that the Russian coup would work, that Ukraine would crumble in three days.
It's because the Ukrainians are fighting fiercely that the West decided to help them. At first the thought was that they didn't stand a chance so why bother?

Worshipers of the Sacred Moscow like to pretend that people have no agency and that the only reason one could want to fight against the hopeless life of a Putin serf is because of America meddling. When in fight they want to fight against that because being a Putin serf is one of the bleakest existence on this Earth, only surpassed in hopelessness by being a Kim Jong-un serf.
saviors of humanity, messiahs of democracy, oppression, repression,........ 🤣. World has seen it all and no one is buying that BS. A standard tactic used by west is to act as if they are good guys , other side is bad and any body who does not agree with them is supporting bad guys. World had enuf of west's hypocrisy and its high time west stopped preaching about its so called high morals & values to others.

The very fact the west has to indulge in so much propaganda shows there is lot more to hide.
 
So France was the aggressor in Libya?
Going beyond the UN mandate of a simple no-fly zone was indeed stupid and do not expect me to defend that just because my country was partly responsible for it.
Did you forget that the Russians didn't even think they were actually going to have to fight?
They started with a "shock and awe"-style massive missile launch, so they went in fighting. The troops were largely unprepared and thought they'd just have to do a parade, but the higher brass knew it was a fight.
Ukraine will get troops with experience, but no population or economy to back up that experience.

This war will result in Russia coming out as the most experienced battle-hardened army in the world. For Ukraine, the same's coming at an unaffordable cost. To make matters worse, Russia is in the process of major modernisation and militarisation as well, so the experiences learned here will see a double impact.
Ukraine will get European and American assistance to rebuild, while Russia will remain under crippling sanctions. Ukrainian army is being upgraded to NATO standards right now.

Can Russia's modernisation effort succeed while relying solely on China (and I guess India) for advanced technology? That remains to be seen. Especially since it also means that China has to accept losing the West as a trade partner for its high-tech companies, since assisting the Russian effort will get them blacklisted from Western markets... When you think about it, a market of less than 150 million poor people is rather less interesting than a market of over 900 million rich people.
It's not a zero-sum game for the Russians.
It can be. Imagine tensions keep escalating between India and China and things move to the point of a full-fledged war. Will India and China both be happy with Russia not taking a side?
 
She'll have to stay in prison, no way they should release Viktor Bout.


U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan. A person familiar with the matter said the U.S. government proposed trading convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Whelan and Griner.
 
saviors of humanity, messiahs of democracy, oppression, repression,........ 🤣. World has seen it all and no one is buying that BS. A standard tactic used by west is to act as if they are good guys , other side is bad and any body who does not agree with them is supporting bad guys. World had enuf of west's hypocrisy and its high time west stopped preaching about its so called high morals & values to others.

The very fact the west has to indulge in so much propaganda shows there is lot more to hide.
More like it's in your interests to pretend Russia are the good guys because you are reliant on them.

You are supporting a dictatorship that's banned civil protest and kills opposition leaders, journalists and dissidents, as well as invading a democracy.
 

The Russian offensive from Donetsk is developing, the Russians are in the suburbs of Soledar, the Ukrainians have broken their teeth in their offensive in KHERSON and would be recrossing the Inulet river in reverse.
 
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The Russian offensive from Donetsk is developing, the Russians are in the suburbs of Soledar, the Ukrainians have broken their teeth in their offensive in KHERSON and would be recrossing the Inulet river in reverse.
They literally took 1 field outside Soledar. No progress anywhere else. That's all they've achieved in 1 week. Only another 12,000,....000,000 fields to go to victory.
 
@Picdelamirand-oil, @Bon Plan, @Amarante, @A Person No more dealing with Putin for oil/gas.


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More like it's in your interests to pretend Russia are the good guys because you are reliant on them.

You are supporting a dictatorship that's banned civil protest and kills opposition leaders, journalists and dissidents, as well as invading a democracy.
just, keep repeating it. we are the good guys, good guys, good guys...

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She'll have to stay in prison, no way they should release Viktor Bout.

what is surprising here? This is the hypocrisy west practices, they did exchanges with terrorist taliban this is nothing.