Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.
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Quote:Trumptards are self-destructive but it is not my problem when they suffer and die in vain. The same goes for Russians killing themselves. It is their problem. Godspeed them to their doom.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.
Ardent nationalist and former Russian officer Igor Girkin argued that Russian forces will be “even less capable of offensive operations than they are now” by spring 2024 given the current nature of Russian offensive operations along the frontline.[1] Girkin’s wife, Miroslava Reginskaya, published a hand-written letter from Girkin dated October 26, in which he summarized the frontline situation in Ukraine for the month of October. Girkin claimed that the situation for Russian forces is “gradually deteriorating” and that Russian forces are showcasing “growing weakness (compared to [Ukraine’s] capabilities,” despite Russia’s “generally successful repulsion” of the Ukrainian offensive over the summer and fall of 2023. Girkin argued that Russian forces were not only unable to start broad offensive operations at the beginning of the fall season but were also unable to complete even limited offensive operations to achieve operationally significant goals – namely around Kupyansk, Lyman, and Avdiivka. Girkin claimed that Russian forces failed to advance in the Kupyansk direction and are now impaled in battles on “the distant approaches to the city,” while also failing to change the situation in the Lyman direction. Girkin added that tactical advances around Avdiivka led to significant losses in Russian manpower and equipment and did not lead to the further development of the Russian offensive. Girkin observed that the Avdiivka offensive demonstrated Russian forces’ inability “to achieve superiority on a very narrow sector of the front” despite Russia’s careful preparations, good coordination of strike forces and means for the initial stage of the offensive, and the abundance of ammunition “unheard of since the assault on Bakhmut.”
Girkin suggested that Russian efforts to repel Ukrainian localized attacks across the frontline and simultaneous fall-winter offensive operations will likely degrade Russian offensive and defensive potential by spring 2024. Girkin noted that Russian forces would need to spend the rest of the fall-winter campaign on the defensive to try to eliminate emerging operational crises – such as the Ukrainian presence in the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast. Girkin argued that Russian forces will continue to be “incapable of any broad offensive actions” even if Ukrainian forces are unable to “knock out” Russian frontline units, fail to achieve a breakthrough over the fall-winter season, and are exhausted. Girkin, however, added that such a “positional scenario” is not guaranteed and that he fears that Ukrainian forces may be successful in breaking Russian forces that have already been exhausted by months of combat. Girkin’s suggestion that ongoing Russian offensive operations are harming the prospects for future Russian operations is notable because Russian forces still must repel Ukrainian offensive operations while attempting to initiate their own offensives. The timing of current Russian offensives around Avdiivka was also somewhat odd and suboptimal because the rainy and muddy weather has predictably hindered Russian operations.[2] ISW continues to assess that fall and winter weather conditions are unlikely to preclude Russian or Ukrainian offensives.[3]
Girkin implied that additional Western military aid to Ukraine and the lack of mobilization in Russia could allow Ukraine to end positional warfare and conduct successful offensive operations in 2024. Girkin stated that Ukrainian forces are continuing to use Western-provided materiel to target the Russian rear and even destroy the Berdyansk airfield in occupied Zaporizhia Oblast against the backdrop of Russian offensives in Avdiivka. Girkin implied that Ukrainian forces would continue to devastate the Russian rear over the
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Quote:The essay contrasted the smart move of the British (leave your colonies with minimal bloodshed) and the dumb move (Tsar Nicholas II fell and then the Bolsheviks killed millions in Ukraine to gather up the fallen pieces of Tsar Nicholas' Empire). Signym, you are stupider than you can understand about the history of Empires, including the three different Empires on the land called "Russia". Putin's Empire is killing hundreds of thousands, eventually maybe millions, trying to gather up the fallen pieces of the Soviet Union's Empire.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Nah ...
Even as Rome crumbled, not many people fled Rome. As the British Empire dwindled, who fled Britain? Anyone flee France, or Spain, as THEIR empires broke?
As long as you an convince people that theirs is the best, people won't leave, no matter how horrible it is.
BTW, I see youre trying to derail the topic from the fact that Russia is beating NATO in Ukraine.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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If Putin really desired land, he would have gone 'all in' on obliterating Ukrainians. As it is, he's being very sparing of civilians. Unlike Israel.
You have many fixations, and they're leeping you from seeing the truth.
I think you're a lost cause. Not even reality will wake you up.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Loving America is like loving an addicted spouse - SIGNYM
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https://sonar21.com/meanwhile-back-in-ukraine-desperation-sets-in/
Some pretty disturbing images coming out of Ukraine. A video appeared on Telegram today (Sunday) that shows two English speakers (they sound American) coming out of a bunker and trying to persuade two retreating Ukrainian soldiers to return to their lines. The Ukrainians execute the English speaking soldiers.
you need Rumble to watch it
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Loving America is like loving an addicted spouse - SIGNYM
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Trumptards are self-destructive but it is not my problem when they suffer and die in vain. The same goes for Russians killing themselves. It is their problem. Godspeed them to their doom.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.
You say that, but boy do you talk about it a lot for a guy who says it isn't his problem.
One might even call it an obsession.
Get some help.
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Quote:Obliterating Ukrainians? How, short of nuking Ukraine? But Putin did blow up the Kakhovka Dam, which is as close to obliteration as Russia can achieve, short of blowing up a nuclear power plant in Ukraine:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
If Putin really desired land, he would have gone 'all in' on obliterating Ukrainians. As it is, he's being very sparing of civilians. Unlike Israel.
You have many fixations, and they're leeping you from seeing the truth.
I think you're a lost cause. Not even reality will wake you up.
A disaster in photos: Nova Kakhovka dam breach in Ukraine
https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/st
ories/disaster-photos-nova-kakhovka-dam-breach-ukraine_en
Signym, you said Ukraine blew up its own dam, but that is a patented falsehood:
Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam Responsibility
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_the_Kakhovka_Dam#Responsi
bility
Signym, I almost forgot that Russia murdered civilians by the thousands, torturing some to death, but you also said that wasn't Russia. Instead, it was the Ukrainians torturing and killing Ukrainians according to you. That is so false of you, Signym, but what's new about that?
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Russia Formally Quits Post-Cold War Arms Treaty With Europe
Russia has formally withdrawn from a key conventional arms control treaty with Europe decades after suspending cooperation over NATO expansion, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) placed limits on the number of conventional weapons that could be deployed by NATO and Warsaw Pact countries west of the Ural Mountains.
The collapse of the Soviet Union changed strategic balances, leading to Russia’s ratification of a revised CFE in 1999.
In 2007, Russia imposed a moratorium on participating in the CFE and halted participation in its consulting group in 2015, blaming NATO countries for failing to ratify the updated treaty.
The United States and other NATO members called on Russia to first withdraw forces from separatist territories in Georgia and Moldova before signing the updated CFE.
“At 00:00 on Nov. 7, 2023, the procedure established by the CFE for Russia’s withdrawal from the treaty was completed,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
“Thus, the international legal document... has finally become history for Russia.,” it said in a statement.
In May, President Vladimir Putin signed a law formally exiting CFE, with the Kremlin saying at the time that the Russian leader's signature was a formality because the treaty was “already dead.”
The Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that “even the formal preservation of CFE has become unacceptable from the standpoint of Russia’s fundamental security interests.”
It noted that Moscow’s move stemmed from NATO bearing “direct responsibility” in fomenting the invasion of Ukraine, as well as the U.S.-led military alliance accepting Finland's membership and considering Sweden’s application.
NATO has placed the blame on Russia for failing to comply with CFE obligations and said Moscow’s exit would undermine Euro-Atlantic security.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/07/russia-formally-quits-post-c
old-war-arms-treaty-with-europe-a83017
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Quote:Have you stopped smoking, 6ix? Rush Limbaugh died of smoking, but he said in the end that it wasn't his fault he got lung cancer. Trump agreed and gave Rush the Medal of Freedom. When Trumptards die young, it is never their fault. Just ask a dying Trumptard and they will tell you it was the Democrats' fault. Those warning labels about cigarettes are part of a plot by Democrats to take away the freedom to kill yourself, or as Trumptards formulate it: The Right to Live As You Please Without Government Interference. Even the high taxes on cigarettes is a plot by Democrats.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:Trumptards are self-destructive but it is not my problem when they suffer and die in vain. The same goes for Russians killing themselves. It is their problem. Godspeed them to their doom.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.
You say that, but boy do you talk about it a lot for a guy who says it isn't his problem.
One might even call it an obsession.
Get some help.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Have you stopped smoking, 6ix? Rush Limbaugh died of smoking, but he said in the end that it wasn't his fault he got lung cancer. Trump agreed and gave Rush the Medal of Freedom. When Trumptards die young, it is never their fault. Just ask a dying Trumptard and they will tell you it was the Democrats' fault. Those warning labels about cigarettes are part of a plot by Democrats to take away the freedom to kill yourself, or as Trumptards formulate it: The Right to Live As You Please Without Government Interference. Even the high taxes on cigarettes is a plot by Democrats.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:Trumptards are self-destructive but it is not my problem when they suffer and die in vain. The same goes for Russians killing themselves. It is their problem. Godspeed them to their doom.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.
You say that, but boy do you talk about it a lot for a guy who says it isn't his problem.
One might even call it an obsession.
Get some help.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
There's more of that worrying about shit that doesn't matter to you again.
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