The Ukraine war thread
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Russian diplomat complains to Turkey about Ukraine military's aggressive behavior. Seriously, you could not make this stuff up.
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Here is a 10 minute video report describing how Putin’s propaganda has shifted over the course of the past 9 months:
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Russia planning new offensive in new year:
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@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
Russia planning new offensive in new year:
I imagine they've learned a lot from their missteps last February.
OTOH, just how good are the mobiks? They've burned through a lot of materiel in 10 months (about 3K tanks, 200 aircraft). I imagine supplies are dwindling.
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This is all well and good. I just wish we'd stop announcing it and giving the location.
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I see another side to announcing it. It is an open declaration of defiance to Putin’s intimidation tactics against NATO. It also counters Kremlin disinformation regarding covert NATO support to Ukraine. I trust that the Pentagon knows what it is doing.
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Kissinger says we should not crush Russia but should negotiate. He thinks Ukraine should cede territory to Russia. I will consider what he says, but it is near impossible to think Russia should be rewarded for aggression.
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@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
t is near impossible to think Russia should be rewarded for aggression.
The reward isn't for the aggression, it's for winning.
Or in the case of a negotiated settlement, the reward is negotiated. Stopping the aggression is worth something.
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At the this point, Russia is only prepared to dictate terms of surrender to Ukraine that amount to nothing less than the unconditional surrender of its territory and sovereignty.
So no, in the foreseeable future it is folly to even consider the Kremlin could sit down and negotiate in good faith a stop to its aggression against Ukraine and, by extension, NATO.