The Ukraine war thread

[George K]

"Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela are all staying silent"

[Renauda]

@George-K

He should have waited until Gollum announced it in Red Square.

[Renauda]

Putin always chooses escalation:

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/29/putin-always-chooses-escalation-a78923

[George K]

There's been a fair amount of reporting of Russian casualties - KIA, wounded and others.

I haven't seen much about Ukrainian losses lately. Last time I saw anything, there was supposedly a 1:3 ratio between the two forces.

[George K]

Putin speaks (live):

Link to video

[Jolly]

Wonder what was able to be salvaged from all the abandoned or disabled Russian stuff?

[Jolly]

Ah, the John Deere Brigade...

https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainians-soldiers-are-refurbishing-abandoned-russian-tanks-and-trucks-191724346.html

[Mik]

@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

Putin always chooses escalation:

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/29/putin-always-chooses-escalation-a78923

He's just a little guy.

[Renauda]

@George-K

Parsing the vitriol:

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-denounces-imperialism-while-annexing-large-swathes-of-ukraine/?mkt_tok=NjU5LVdaWC0wNzUAAAGHLohcyGbb_OlzJ7jTbk4Q9bTLv8zBRNtGKkP2KEDbkjWONS8hTranaaDZE477RNM5L69010ElevhMLwl9tRlVMbq2o6enAfb0FPJdpMDj7w

[Rainman]

Nice, short, scary article. Thanks for posting that, Renauda.

[George K]

Putin: takes Ukrainian territory, wants to claim attacks in annexed regions are attacks on Russia

Zelensky: applies to join NATO, wants to claim attacks on Ukraine would trigger article 5

[Renauda]

@George-K

Even funnier- Putin is yet still to figure it out that Russia is very much the junior partner to China in the New Cold War with the West.

[George K]

[bachophile]

damn, the city of Lyman was able to be Russian for just one day....

[George K]

@bachophile said in The Ukraine war thread:

damn, the city of Lyman was able to be Russian for just one day....

"Vladimir Putin is the only leader to annex territory while his troops are retreating."

Supposedly the Russian troops in Lyman want to withdraw, because they're surrounded, but the word from the top is "Nyet." There's 5000 of them.

[Jolly]

There'll be less. Give it time.

[George K]

[Mik]

@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

@bachophile said in The Ukraine war thread:

damn, the city of Lyman was able to be Russian for just one day....

"Vladimir Putin is the only leader to annex territory while his troops are retreating."

Supposedly the Russian troops in Lyman want to withdraw, because they're surrounded, but the word from the top is "Nyet." There's 5000 of them.

Might be 5,000 new Ukrainian soldiers soon.

[Renauda]

Putin’s fantasy doesn’t fit the reality:

https://samf.substack.com/p/putins-annexation-and-lymans-encirclement?r=17wfy3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

[bachophile]

That’s the danger when your army can’t fulfill your ideological goals. First rule of being a dictator. Only threaten what you can achieve.