The Ukraine War thread

[Bada-Bing!]

I assume there's more to that headline… there shouldn't be, but I assume there is.

Did you watch it?

 

[Bada-Bing!]

What does Vladimir Putin gain from his Tucker Carlson interview?

The Russian leader's first interview with Western media since invading Ukraine comes at an opportune time.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Putin tells Tucker Carlson the US ‘needs to stop supplying weapons’ to Ukraine

Russian president’s rambling, two-hour talk with commentator is his first interview with western media since the Ukraine invasion

www.theguardian.com

Yes, course stop supplying weapons and the war will be over in a few weeks. Of course the message is to appeal to those simple minded Trump supporters.

 

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Tucker Carlson interview: Fact-checking Putin's 'nonsense' history

Historians say the litany of claims made by the Russian president are nothing more than a selective abuse of history to justify the ongoing war in Ukraine.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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[McTallshort]

If you know you know

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

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If you know you know

 

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Faisal Islam: Russia’s war economy cannot last but has bought time

Western nations must now weigh up the risks of diverting some seized assets to Ukraine.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Senate's $95bn for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan faces uphill battle in House

Ukraine's leader praises the package, but the US House Speaker suggests he might block the bill.

www.bbc.co.uk

Well I should be happier but it's only half way there and Advinka is about to fall

 

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Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov sunk off Crimea, says Ukraine

The landing ship Caesar Kunikov is hit in the Black Sea, according to Ukraine's armed forces.

www.bbc.co.uk

Some conciliation for Ukraine

 

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Avdiivka: Ukraine troops leave embattled eastern town

Russia's defence ministry says it has taken "full control" of the town, which had been besieged for months.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Avdiivka: Ukraine troops leave embattled eastern town

Russia's defence ministry says it has taken "full control" of the town, which had been besieged for months.

www.bbc.co.uk

It was only a matter of time

 

[Amiga500]

It was only a matter of time

To be honest, long past time.

Ukraine should be a bit smarter about bleeding the Russians without overly burning their own manpower. Let them have a shell of a town. When it becomes untenable, booby trap the f8k out of it and move out in orderly fashion.

If weapons don't come, they'll lose anyway. If weapons do come, they need to have conserved their manpower to use them.

 

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Rosenberg: How two years of war in Ukraine changed Russia

The BBC's Russia Editor reports on a catalogue of drama, bloodshed and tragedy since the war began.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Which Tyler]

Ukraine should be a bit smarter about bleeding the Russians without overly burning their own manpower. Let them have a shell of a town. When it becomes untenable, booby trap the f8k out of it and move out in orderly fashion.

Isn't that exactly what they did in both Bakhmut and Avdiivka?

Let the Russian sustain casualties at >10x the number of the defending Ukrainians; but when encirclement looms, or the casualty ratio dips down to 7-8 Russians per Ukrainian, withdraw in good order.
If the Russians are willing to kill themselves, and their equipment for no good reason - why not let them? When they're actually making ground, and have fewer casualties - get out of there.

 

[McTallshort]

Isn't that exactly what they did in both Bakhmut and Avdiivka?

Let the Russian sustain casualties at >10x the number of the defending Ukrainians; but when encirclement looms, or the casualty ratio dips down to 7-8 Russians per Ukrainian, withdraw in good order.
If the Russians are willing to kill themselves, and their equipment for no good reason - why not let them? When they're actually making ground, and have fewer casualties - get out of there.

Yes and no. The casualties in Bachmut were very heavy for the Russians compared to Ukraine but the Ukrainian casualties were experienced units and the Russians mainly lost prisoners. The only real consolation was it resulted in the Wagner mutiny but the Russians seem to have gotten their **** together now. Yes they are taking massive casualties but they can and are willing to do so. They are losing lots of vehicles but have loads of soviet stock to replace them, they have also had a massive shipment of shells from North Korea which has helped massively in the current winter offensive.

Ukraine on the other hand are now short of men, ammo, shells, SAM missiles, money, frankly just about everything and their troops haven't rotated out of the line for months. It's not looking good I'm afraid

 

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Ukraine says it has downed second Russian A-50 spy plane in weeks

An A-50 radar detection aircraft is reportedly shot down over Russia, more than 200km from the front line.

www.bbc.co.uk

Bit of good news. Russia has lost another A50. That means they now have only 1 operational "AWACs" plane and they no longer produce them.

 

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Small crowd gathered in my local town centre to re raise the Ukrainian flag and mark 2 years.

 

[Al Bangor]

Small crowd gathered in my local town centre to re raise the Ukrainian flag and mark 2 years.

My neighbor recently replaced the Ukrainian flag that he flies in his yard. The previous one faded from all the sun we get here in SoCal. I commended him for buying a new one and I still support Ukraine's effort through charity donations. I just hope they come out victorius!

 

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