Ukraine should be waving the white flag right about now. Zelensky shot his load with his drone strike and Russia said ok. No more Mr. Nice guy here. We will just take it all now. Why Russia waited this long has baffled me. Trump is done here.
Russia was surely unprepared for this war but the immense differences in population, territory, resources and industry did catch up with Ukraine. From a view of the Ukraine general population this war should have never been contemplated. A few days ago somebody referred to a Ukrainian source that stated: Ukraine had 91,000 desertions in the first five months of 2025. If this is a fact, the constant steady expansion of the frontlines will simply stretch Ukraine forces to the point where larger and larger gaps will open in their defensive lines. Very soon, Ukraine will wish to turn back the wheels of history to early 2022 when it was still possible to stop digging their own grave.
Really, if its a “pyrrhic” victory for Russia, it’s a catastrophic defeat for Ukraine and the Euro cat flaps. More likely it signals the end of the illusion of European and US domination and cements the power of Russia, China and the “Global South”
Without that 'pyrrhic victory' Russia would be facing a highly hostile Ukraine on the border under a disturbed management backed with NATO troops EU and their Granma. Naturally, that would include many millions of Russian speakers compromised by unlimited EU and US cash, bio-labs doing gain of research experiments and minimal reaction time allowed for nukes to fly deep into Russia. When you really consider all, Russia did the only logical thing here and they started it way to late.
Don't know if they'll intervene. Donald says no §5. British are keen to intervene anyway but they have no real army. Poles and Germans not so eager. To be on the safe side, Poles just elected a NatCon as a new President.
Here is the bitter truth, most Russian supporters are sincerely disappointed in how it is prosecuting that war. You can not imagine a major power like Russia expending such amount of resources and time just to capture a town like Pokrovsk, Toresk or Chasov Yar. After the fall of Bakhmut, everyone expected Chasov or Chasiv Yar to buckle immediately. That has not been the case. Even, Victor Orban is admitting the Russian military weakness now. It is therefore unrealistic for politicians in Europe to think that Russia can invade them.
LOL, as if you know any Russian supporters outside of the over 70 crowd "in the west" who claim to be "supporters" just so they can trash President Putin because he makes their own "leaders" look like the idiots they are, and have been for 30 years.
Most Russian supporters outside Ukraine, maybe. But I don't see this as "weakness." Many (most?) Russians view ordinary Ukrainians as brothers and sisters, and many have family members and relatives still living there. Also consider the fact that Russian leadership is likely trying to thread the needle, in prosecuting a winning war strategy without creating a nation filled with Russia-haters as its next-door neighbor. Not an easy task.
My aunt in Krivoy Rog is praying the Russians will liberate them, so this madness finally ends and people can get back to a new normal, however that may look like...
Russia’s current position makes a grim sort of sense. They've got the momentum, the depth, and the time. Ukraine, on the other hand, is fighting a war of attrition with a smaller population, stretched logistics, and dwindling external support. That’s not a sustainable equation.
What’s also clear is that the West’s appetite (especially Washington’s) for keeping Ukraine in this fight at full throttle is wearing thin. Domestic politics and bigger-picture strategic priorities are shifting. When you weigh Taiwan, the Middle East, and internal polarization, Ukraine stops looking like the top shelf item it once was. That doesn’t mean they’re about to cut Ukraine loose entirely, but it does mean Ukraine's options are shrinking.
Hitting back with covert ops or drones may sting, sure, but it’s not gonna shift the balance. If anything, it risks provoking Russia into going harder, not backing off. And Russia, at this point, seems perfectly willing to pay the cost to push this through.
So yeah, barring some totally unexpected shift, like a serious Russian internal collapse or a wild escalation from NATO, it’s hard not to see the writing on the wall here.
Don’t blame Zelenskyy, it’s the nato Europeans countries that are pushing him to keep on fighting.
After spider web which is beyond the capabilities of Ukraine forces was timed to wreck peace talks.
Biggest mistake Russia did was to keep fighting land based war . Normal war tactics are to go for heavy bombing to neutralise airel war capabilities then send heavy armour and foot soldiers to wipe out what’s left over. But now Russia has decided to open its bombers and missiles .
India has shown how to bring enemy to its knees, via OPERATION SINDOOR .
OPRERATION SINDOOR has left Pakistan, China , turkey, USA floundering at India’s capability.
Do not blame the criminal who has become a billionaire from stealing from everyone. Don't blame the fool who promised "his people" peace and immediately after the election increased the shelling of civilians in the Donbass. Do not blame the dictator who has a secret police that makes the KGB look like heroes.
It's complicated. Russia is currently equidistant on Pakistan vs India because it's joined at the hip with China due to Ukraine. India is currently supported by Israel and somewhat by the USA. Distance between Pakis and USA is growing.
It's all kinda strange how Ukrainian manages the screens of the US nuclear radar system ( leased from Israel) that Trump sold
Fermi lab nuclear accelerator is located on Fabian Road and the researchers there are treated badly by Mafia type thugs; I suspect that many of them have been cohersed into unwanted sexual relations judging from the content of the complaints. Rather obviously, the USA suffered a total collapse years ago and is now under the rule of a tyrants.
Cross-border Ukrainian adventures into Russia will accomplish nothing other than further depletion of Ukraine's already-undermanned military. These are, at best, temporary "media victories" with no real corresponding military benefit.
Crossing the border into Belarus and pulling that country into the war would be an egregious and fatal mistake. Ukraine cannot even fully man the front lines as it is; extending that front line to include the entire Belarussian border would only exacerbate that problem. It would also bring down on them whatever resources Belarus can bring to bear. And there would be no grounds for complaint at the UN, since Ukraine would legally be the aggressor in this case. For a country giving more attention to the "narrative war" than to the real one, all those efforts to sell the "unprovoked" narrative would be instantly reversed.
As for "asymmetric war" with assassinations and the like, Russia isn't exactly a babe in the woods when it comes to sabotage and clandestine operations. Is Ukraine really sure it wants to go there?
Ukraine is way past the point at which they should have made an accommodation with Russia--they have had several very good offers and have passed them up. Now the bill is due.
Hypothetically if Ukraine’s defeat is nigh, how does one pacify or ‘denazify’ the segment of western Ukraine that spawns the extreme nationalists even if the war ends? How does one pacify Europeans in ‘the chattering classes?’ It’s fashionable right now to loathe Russia among certain supposedly educated circles in the west. What is the end going to even look like? Given the EU and UK have spent decades panicking about a non-existent carbon dioxide (plant food) crisis… what sense can be knocked into them in any way? Maybe the integration Russia wanted in the European security architecture will never be possible. The US and UK may also just play games backing the 3 seas initiative. Ursula VDL wants to see more sanctions on Nordstream right? Maybe if Trump and Putin lock in a rare earths deal together the US will switch sides but Europe is still Europe.
Also, Ukraine has fought this war like a complete loser and it shoes how dumb NATO is. The entire time they think Russia is out there to conquer territory and snatch up villages. But in the end, Russia just destroys Ukraine's military? Result. Ukraine digs in and defends every tiny square meter with heavy losses. The smart thing do to would be to move freely, give up territory, set up traps and counter attack when beneficial. Instead they counter attacked into a defensive line that was impossible to breach. Total failure, just like the NATO commanders.
The US/NATO planned, funded, and executed this war. So many in the West led by the entirely corrupt media insisting the Ukrainian general Staff did anything besides interviews shows the depth of the lies. NATO command which is really US gives all the orders, It is hilarious to still hear people in the West talk about ALL the mistakes Russia made. Russia has destroyed ALL of NATO stockpiles of weapons, driven NATO economies into recession and Ukraine was the only NATO Army of any consequence and that is destroyed also
The Dogs will soon regret having bitten the Bear.
Slava Russiya 🇷🇺
The Russians are in Dnipropetrovsk? Ukraine is fucked. No wonder Orban just said Hungarians were not willing to die for Ukraine.
I guess Orban thinks that enough of them already died there in 1943-44.
Ukraine should be waving the white flag right about now. Zelensky shot his load with his drone strike and Russia said ok. No more Mr. Nice guy here. We will just take it all now. Why Russia waited this long has baffled me. Trump is done here.
Russia was surely unprepared for this war but the immense differences in population, territory, resources and industry did catch up with Ukraine. From a view of the Ukraine general population this war should have never been contemplated. A few days ago somebody referred to a Ukrainian source that stated: Ukraine had 91,000 desertions in the first five months of 2025. If this is a fact, the constant steady expansion of the frontlines will simply stretch Ukraine forces to the point where larger and larger gaps will open in their defensive lines. Very soon, Ukraine will wish to turn back the wheels of history to early 2022 when it was still possible to stop digging their own grave.
It doesn't matter now whether Ukraine loses or not. Any victory Russia exacts in Ukraine now is just phyrric victory.
Really, if its a “pyrrhic” victory for Russia, it’s a catastrophic defeat for Ukraine and the Euro cat flaps. More likely it signals the end of the illusion of European and US domination and cements the power of Russia, China and the “Global South”
Without that 'pyrrhic victory' Russia would be facing a highly hostile Ukraine on the border under a disturbed management backed with NATO troops EU and their Granma. Naturally, that would include many millions of Russian speakers compromised by unlimited EU and US cash, bio-labs doing gain of research experiments and minimal reaction time allowed for nukes to fly deep into Russia. When you really consider all, Russia did the only logical thing here and they started it way to late.
More likely, the various european poodles will intervene.
That said, going around strongpoints is something Russia should have been doing from the outset.
Don't know if they'll intervene. Donald says no §5. British are keen to intervene anyway but they have no real army. Poles and Germans not so eager. To be on the safe side, Poles just elected a NatCon as a new President.
The various european poodles expect that the United States will ride to their rescue, rather than leave them to twist in the wind.
Here is the bitter truth, most Russian supporters are sincerely disappointed in how it is prosecuting that war. You can not imagine a major power like Russia expending such amount of resources and time just to capture a town like Pokrovsk, Toresk or Chasov Yar. After the fall of Bakhmut, everyone expected Chasov or Chasiv Yar to buckle immediately. That has not been the case. Even, Victor Orban is admitting the Russian military weakness now. It is therefore unrealistic for politicians in Europe to think that Russia can invade them.
yes, that's how I would also argue if I don't understand anything but I'm forced to say something
For which side?
We are moral supporters of Russia and are enthusiastic about their warfare!
Putin is something you've probably never heard before: A human being!
Appear weak when you are strong. Not a single army in Western Europe could fight a war like that...
LOL, as if you know any Russian supporters outside of the over 70 crowd "in the west" who claim to be "supporters" just so they can trash President Putin because he makes their own "leaders" look like the idiots they are, and have been for 30 years.
Most Russian supporters outside Ukraine, maybe. But I don't see this as "weakness." Many (most?) Russians view ordinary Ukrainians as brothers and sisters, and many have family members and relatives still living there. Also consider the fact that Russian leadership is likely trying to thread the needle, in prosecuting a winning war strategy without creating a nation filled with Russia-haters as its next-door neighbor. Not an easy task.
My aunt in Krivoy Rog is praying the Russians will liberate them, so this madness finally ends and people can get back to a new normal, however that may look like...
You won't believe it,
but even Germany, which is occupied by the cabal, would like to be saved by Russia.,
The people have nothing to do with these criminals above!
Russia’s current position makes a grim sort of sense. They've got the momentum, the depth, and the time. Ukraine, on the other hand, is fighting a war of attrition with a smaller population, stretched logistics, and dwindling external support. That’s not a sustainable equation.
What’s also clear is that the West’s appetite (especially Washington’s) for keeping Ukraine in this fight at full throttle is wearing thin. Domestic politics and bigger-picture strategic priorities are shifting. When you weigh Taiwan, the Middle East, and internal polarization, Ukraine stops looking like the top shelf item it once was. That doesn’t mean they’re about to cut Ukraine loose entirely, but it does mean Ukraine's options are shrinking.
Hitting back with covert ops or drones may sting, sure, but it’s not gonna shift the balance. If anything, it risks provoking Russia into going harder, not backing off. And Russia, at this point, seems perfectly willing to pay the cost to push this through.
So yeah, barring some totally unexpected shift, like a serious Russian internal collapse or a wild escalation from NATO, it’s hard not to see the writing on the wall here.
Don’t blame Zelenskyy, it’s the nato Europeans countries that are pushing him to keep on fighting.
After spider web which is beyond the capabilities of Ukraine forces was timed to wreck peace talks.
Biggest mistake Russia did was to keep fighting land based war . Normal war tactics are to go for heavy bombing to neutralise airel war capabilities then send heavy armour and foot soldiers to wipe out what’s left over. But now Russia has decided to open its bombers and missiles .
India has shown how to bring enemy to its knees, via OPERATION SINDOOR .
OPRERATION SINDOOR has left Pakistan, China , turkey, USA floundering at India’s capability.
God forbid anyone should blame that nice Mr Zelensky.
Do not blame the criminal who has become a billionaire from stealing from everyone. Don't blame the fool who promised "his people" peace and immediately after the election increased the shelling of civilians in the Donbass. Do not blame the dictator who has a secret police that makes the KGB look like heroes.
It's complicated. Russia is currently equidistant on Pakistan vs India because it's joined at the hip with China due to Ukraine. India is currently supported by Israel and somewhat by the USA. Distance between Pakis and USA is growing.
It's all kinda strange how Ukrainian manages the screens of the US nuclear radar system ( leased from Israel) that Trump sold
Fermi lab nuclear accelerator is located on Fabian Road and the researchers there are treated badly by Mafia type thugs; I suspect that many of them have been cohersed into unwanted sexual relations judging from the content of the complaints. Rather obviously, the USA suffered a total collapse years ago and is now under the rule of a tyrants.
Crossing the Dnieper has always been the red line Putin would not cross.
Entering Dnipro, the capital of Chadab’s homeland, is another red line crossed.
Cross-border Ukrainian adventures into Russia will accomplish nothing other than further depletion of Ukraine's already-undermanned military. These are, at best, temporary "media victories" with no real corresponding military benefit.
Crossing the border into Belarus and pulling that country into the war would be an egregious and fatal mistake. Ukraine cannot even fully man the front lines as it is; extending that front line to include the entire Belarussian border would only exacerbate that problem. It would also bring down on them whatever resources Belarus can bring to bear. And there would be no grounds for complaint at the UN, since Ukraine would legally be the aggressor in this case. For a country giving more attention to the "narrative war" than to the real one, all those efforts to sell the "unprovoked" narrative would be instantly reversed.
As for "asymmetric war" with assassinations and the like, Russia isn't exactly a babe in the woods when it comes to sabotage and clandestine operations. Is Ukraine really sure it wants to go there?
Ukraine is way past the point at which they should have made an accommodation with Russia--they have had several very good offers and have passed them up. Now the bill is due.
Hypothetically if Ukraine’s defeat is nigh, how does one pacify or ‘denazify’ the segment of western Ukraine that spawns the extreme nationalists even if the war ends? How does one pacify Europeans in ‘the chattering classes?’ It’s fashionable right now to loathe Russia among certain supposedly educated circles in the west. What is the end going to even look like? Given the EU and UK have spent decades panicking about a non-existent carbon dioxide (plant food) crisis… what sense can be knocked into them in any way? Maybe the integration Russia wanted in the European security architecture will never be possible. The US and UK may also just play games backing the 3 seas initiative. Ursula VDL wants to see more sanctions on Nordstream right? Maybe if Trump and Putin lock in a rare earths deal together the US will switch sides but Europe is still Europe.
Also, Ukraine has fought this war like a complete loser and it shoes how dumb NATO is. The entire time they think Russia is out there to conquer territory and snatch up villages. But in the end, Russia just destroys Ukraine's military? Result. Ukraine digs in and defends every tiny square meter with heavy losses. The smart thing do to would be to move freely, give up territory, set up traps and counter attack when beneficial. Instead they counter attacked into a defensive line that was impossible to breach. Total failure, just like the NATO commanders.
The US/NATO planned, funded, and executed this war. So many in the West led by the entirely corrupt media insisting the Ukrainian general Staff did anything besides interviews shows the depth of the lies. NATO command which is really US gives all the orders, It is hilarious to still hear people in the West talk about ALL the mistakes Russia made. Russia has destroyed ALL of NATO stockpiles of weapons, driven NATO economies into recession and Ukraine was the only NATO Army of any consequence and that is destroyed also
You might inevitably renounce verbal hair splitting (perhaps). If thats all you got out of reading the article, stick to reading dictionaries.