Better to flee than sacrificing yourself to a meaningless war....
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Serious Kiev vs Moscow! Showdown! (2022)
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They better do it fast before they get surrounded according to latest info.
bait and encirclement. a typical soviet tactic in ww2.
Ruskies invaded Bakhmut already according to latest news...
video footage of russian “cyclops” trench taken by ukrainian infantry on the outskirts of bakhmut.
video footages of retaking 20 square km of bakhmut.
You know these are old video? If you can't sleep, think of Ukraine as Palestine and Russia as Israel. Let me post some video to make you feel better in a moment.
the last 2 were 6.9 days old, which means russian trenches surrounding bakhmut were already occupied by ukrainian troops. and the wagner group which is in the heart of bakhmut fighting building to building is being trapped.
Looks like some kind of SAF recruitment advertisement video. The camera man seems to care more about the angle of the shots instead of his own safety. The part where one of the soldiers dislodged from the armoured vehicle and start firing away is just pure theatrical. His comrades ahead of him were simply strolling away....
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has come at a steep geopolitical price and tens of thousands of people have died, but a new analysis by the Economist suggests the country is actually spending a small amount on the war effort.
The direct fiscal cost of the war — spending on soldiers and machines — is estimated to be about 3% of Russia's GDP, or roughly $67 billion a year, according to the report. That figure comes from a comparison of Moscow's pre-invasion spending forecasts for defense and security with what it actually spent.
One reason for the relatively low spending on Ukraine is political, as the government has repeatedly called the war a "special military operation," which could preclude using an exorbitant percentage of the GDP.
There are also economic reasons. Printing additional cash to fund the war would push inflation higher and weigh on Russia's citizens. Saddling banks with war debt could do the same, and both options in turn could harm Vladimir Putin's political aims.
Plus, the technology underpinning armed forces today is more advanced than ever, which means militaries require fewer people and machines for a war effort.
They're spending little because they have little to spend. Even digging up their T-54s and 55s from the 1940s and 50s to use.
Thise aging weapons work.
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Anyway russia is not in a hurry. 30% of people in ukraine support their military intervention. Their army many times bigger than ukraine. Plus their military industries are not affected by the war.
Even with F-16, unless NATO allows it to be used to bomb russia, it is practically useless. Ukrainian army is just a shadow of itself when it all started so i was told. I reckon nato will bolster that with its army in the form of mercenaries.
Even with F-16, unless NATO allows it to be used to bomb russia, it is practically useless. Ukrainian army is just a shadow of itself when it all started so i was told. I reckon nato will bolster that with its army in the form of mercenaries.
Major dam breached in southern Ukraine, unleashing floodwaters
ReutersJune 6, 20234:22 PM GMT+8Updated an hour ago
A satellite image shows Nova Khakovka Dam in Kherson region, Ukraine June 5, 2023. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
- Summary
- Major dam in Ukraine wrecked
- Ukraine says Russia blew it up
- Russia says Ukraine struck it
- Flood water surges across the south
- Evacuation of civilians begins
Unverified videos on social media showed water surging through the remains of the dam with bystanders expressing their shock, sometimes in strong language. Water levels raced up by metres in a matter of hours.
The dam, 30 metres (yards) tall and 3.2 km (2 miles) long and which holds water equal to the Great Salt Lake in the U.S. state of Utah, was built in 1956 on the Dnipro river as part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.
It also supplies water to the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, and to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is also under Russian control and which gets cooling water from the reservoir.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there was no immediate nuclear safety risk at the plant due to the dam failure but that it was monitoring the situation closely. The head of the plant also said there was no current threat to the station.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy blamed Russia for the damage.
"The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam only confirms for the whole world that they must be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian land," Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukraine's military said that Russian forces blew up the dam.
Russian-installed officials in Kherson said Ukraine struck the dam at 2300 GMT several times, destroying the hydraulic valves of the hydroelectric power station but said the dam was not totally destroyed.
"We ask all residents of coastal settlements to be ready for evacuation," the Russian-controlled region said. "Emergency and special services of the region are in full readiness and will provide all necessary assistance."
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the battlefield accounts from either side.
It was not immediately clear how the flood waters would affect Ukraine's long planned counter-offensive against Russian forces who are dug in across southern and eastern Ukraine.
Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne, Guy Faulconbridge in Moscow and Valentyn Ogirenko in Kyiv; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Michael Perry
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