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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Nowayhaha on January 08, 2023, 10:19:33 AM
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https://www.rt.com/news/569537-rice-gates-ukraine-time/
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates have admitted that Ukraine’s economy and military are almost completely reliant on bailouts from the West, and barring a dramatic turnaround, its chances of victory are slipping away.
Ukraine’s “economy is in a shambles,” the ex-diplomat and former Pentagon chief wrote in the Washington Post on Saturday.
The country’s “military capability and economy are now dependent almost entirely on lifelines from the West,” they continued, arguing that should Ukraine fail to mount a successful offensive in the near future, President Vladimir Zelensky will be pressured by the West to negotiate a ceasefire with Russian President Vladimir Putin – something the Ukrainian leader has repeatedly refused to consider.
With the frontline relatively static since autumn, Russian forces have ground down their Ukrainian opponents in fierce fighting near Bakhmut/Artyomovsk, with an American mercenary commander recently acknowledging that Ukraine is suffering “extraordinarily high casualties” in that sector, and Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada, Vadim Pristaiko, describing his side’s casualties as “huge” and “indigestible.”
Kiev has publicly proclaimed that it plans a major offensive in the spring, but Rice and Gates wrote that Ukraine may have “weeks, not months” to stay in the fight.
To that end, they advocated sending the country more and heavier weapons. Although the US has already allocated more than $110 billion in military and economic aid to Ukraine since February, they said Washington won’t send heavy tanks. Germany “and other allies” should fill this need instead, they argued.
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The Biden administration announced on Friday that it would give Ukraine 50 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles – the most modern armor sent to Kiev so far – as part of a $3 billion weapons package. France also pledged a number of wheeled ‘light tanks’, and Germany promised 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles.
Nevertheless, Kiev says it needs more. In an interview with The Economist last month, Ukrainian general Valery Zaluzhny said he would need 300 more tanks, up to 700 infantry fighting vehicles, and 500 howitzers to conduct offensive operations. This is more than the number of such vehicles in the entire British or German inventory.
Russia, meanwhile, has repeatedly insisted that “pumping” Ukraine with weapons will ultimately have no effect on the outcome of the conflict and will only serve to prolong the hostilities and lead to more bloodshed.
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Here is the same story from the Washington post. Watch what is happening in American cities as we are busy pumping money to fight another dumb war as Obama once said. Very sad indeed.
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how many soldiers/wagner Noway on Soledar and Bakmut front do you think Russia has lost on that meat glinder, after not following war for some weeks,Have come to see horrible Armageddon in those places,Russia has been sending human waves mainly prison conscripts to be cut as cannon fodder. However it appears they are now making some gains, very pitful, from all my analysis including satellite data on my ArcGIS desktop software its total annihilation on both sides.
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Ukraine defence collapsing in East Ukraine. Hundreds of soldiers killed in Soledar. Wagner group in total control. Russian commandos must be embedded in this group. Ukraine had the best of the best highly trained and disciplined group in soledar and Bakmut region and to see them crumble like a cookie tells me Wagner is no joke. This war needs to come to an end. Tired of senseless loss of life.
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Feeding on western media ,when Ukraine loses ooh Russia has lost lives .
Dont you find ironical that the so called “mighty “ Ukrainian army is being defeated snd driven away a bunch of inmates and conscripts ?
Ask yourself why HIMARS is nolonger helping them in Soledar and Bakhmut . Once Russia figures out how to counter these weapons being thrown in the battle field thats when you will know the difference of winning a battle and a war ….
how many soldiers/wagner Noway on Soledar and Bakmut front do you think Russia has lost on that meat glinder, after not following war for some weeks,Have come to see horrible Armageddon in those places,Russia has been sending human waves mainly prison conscripts to be cut as cannon fodder. However it appears they are now making some gains, very pitful, from all my analysis including satellite data on my ArcGIS desktop software its total annihilation on both sides.
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https://www.rt.com/russia/569761-soledar-and-wagner-music/
Fighters from the Wagner Group have completely surrounded the Donbass town of Soledar and are now clearing the extensive tunnel network in the town's salt mines, the head of private military company, Evgeny Prigozhin, claimed.
The news came after weeks of intense battles in an area which sources from both sides, but especially those which are pro-Kiev, have described as a "meat grinder." Despite the sustained, albeit slow, Russian advance, the Ukrainian authorities have chosen not to retreat at the cost of tremendous losses.
“I want to repeat that Soledar has been fully liberated and cleared of Ukrainian army units,” Prigozhin said in a statement on Wednesday evening. “The Ukrainian troops that refused to surrender have been destroyed.”
Prigozhin estimated that 500 Ukrainian troops died in the final stages of the fighting, after Wagner forces encircled them. That's on top of others who perished previously.
The entire town is littered with the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen,” he said.
While gunfire can still be heard in the western outskirts of Soledar, it is clear now that Russian forces will emerge victorious. Their victory will, in turn, collapse a 70 km-long section of Kiev's defenses.
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The Stakes
Soledar is a conglomeration of several settlements established around salt mines and railway stations. In 2001, when Ukraine last conducted a census, around 13,000 people lived here. The town stretches along the right bank of the Bakhmutka River from southeast to northwest.
In late 2022, it became an infamous urban warzone. In peaceful times, however, it was known as the largest source of mineral salt in Central and Eastern Europe, covering around 80% of Ukraine’s needs. Deep salt mines have also made Soledar a tourist and leisure destination with tours around the caves.
There was, however, a second, military purpose to the city and its industries, as was typical for the Soviet Union. In the case of Soledar, several of its depleted mines were used as spacious and secure military warehouses.
Last year, this previously disregarded aspect of Soledar’s identity became its most prominent feature. Salt production stopped, and the gypsum plant ceased operating; the only visitors around were now Ukrainian soldiers – and developing asthma was the least of their problems.
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FILE PHOTO: Artemsol salt mine with salt mining museum and sanatorium at a depth of 288 m in Soledar. © Elizaveta Becker / ullstein bild via Getty Images
Strategic Positions
Soledar became the focus of Russian offensive operations last May, after troops seized Popasnaya and breached the first line of Ukrainian defenses. The Ukrainian command turned the town into a major piece of its second defensive line, a stretch of fortifications along the Dzerzhinsk – Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) – Soledar – Seversk line.
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Up until early August, fighting continued around Soledar: Russian forces were busy cutting off the pocket of Ukrainian forces near Severodonetsk and Lisichansk, and gradually advancing toward Soledar and Artyomovsk, seizing fortifications at Pilipchatino and Pokrovskoye along the way. Wagner units and the 6th Cossack Regiment of Lugansk gradually moved into the combat area. Russian troops enjoyed uncontested superiority in terms of artillery, but there were some early signs of ‘ammunition hunger’ looming on the horizon.
The Russians were unable to penetrate Ukrainian defenses in one burst. The troops, exhausted after a major operation to liberate the entirety of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), simply could not break through the numerically superior Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian defenses in the area consisted of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, supported by numerous units of the Territorial Defense Forces. The second line was formed by the 24th Mechanized Brigade, which had suffered losses during the earlier fighting in Popasnaya. Combined, these forces were sufficient to hold off the attacks along most of the Artyomovsk-Soledar-Lisichansk line, a stretch of fortifications that would not be breached until December – a development that would ultimately spell defeat for the Ukrainians.
Yet, over the summer of 2022, Ukrainian defenses in the area held strong – so much so that one of Ukraine’s top media spokesmen, Aleksei Arestovich, boasted that the Russians would not take a single Ukrainian town beyond Lisichansk, including Artyomovsk and Soledar. The frontline stabilized, and the armies switched to positional warfare. In the Donbass farmland, fields are separated by strips of trees to prevent soil erosion; these strips were fortified and used as strongpoints. The Russian troops wrestled the farmland away from the Ukrainians, 500 meters at a time – however, an unconventional approach was required in order to achieve a decisive breakthrough.
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Until then, Russian assault groups, under the cover of artillery fire, had been working their way slowly, but steadily, through the Ukrainian defenses. Their first successful operation, which marked the start of the battle for Soledar, was the capture of the Knauf Gips gypsum plant in early August, by the 6th Cossack Regiment of the LPR army and Wagner units. Then, using the plant as a foothold, the Russian forces engaged in months of fighting in the southern part of the city, which consisted of private residences, several blocks of multistory residential buildings, a gypsum plant, a gypsum quarry and a refractory materials factory.
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The fighting dragged on for the rest of the summer and into the fall. After the pullback from Kharkov Region and Krasny Liman, a new tug-of-war started over Peski, Marinka and Avdeevka. Later, the Russian army pulled out of Kherson, but managed to hold Svatovo. In the meantime, the situation around Soledar and Artyomovsk remained unchanged. Wagner forces, in cooperation with units from the Donbass republics and assisted by Russian aviation and artillery, lay the groundwork for a successful breach of the multi-layered Ukrainian defenses.
Fresh blood
What finally got things moving was the Wagner group’s decision to focus on assault tactics and scale up its operations by increasing its numbers. To get an influx of fresh blood, it used several approaches. First, friendly media created an entire subculture that praised Wagner as the leading military force and made it desirable to serve in its ranks. This promotional effort was driven by military bloggers (often Wagner veterans themselves), journalists, musicians and artists, and was certainly helped by the outspoken head of the group, Prigozhin.
As a result, when Russia announced a partial mobilization, some eligible men decided that it would be better to go to war themselves than sit around and wait for a draft summons. Volunteering gave you one privilege: You could choose which force to join. Wagner was one of the top choices.
Second, it was decided to start recruiting among prison inmates. Subject to strict discipline, they were offered equal treatment to other soldiers and a six-month contract, after which it was promised that they would be pardoned and their criminal records cleared. The first unit made up of such volunteers set out for the front in July, and those who survived until January went home, as shown in videos published by Prigozhin’s affiliated media.
The whole enterprise would not be as effective if not for the training system, in which assault units were actually prepared for this role, without wasting time on other skills that would be useless in this context. Another factor was Wagner’s combat control system that enabled coordination between many small groups.
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By December, the assault units had proved their worth in Artyomovsk, breaking through Ukrainian defenses south of the city. Ukrainian commanders had to send brigade after brigade over to this front, losing opportunities in other areas.
Path to victory
The front line in Soledar was moving north, rather slowly. But the Ukrainian army was suffering losses. The 93rd Mechanized Brigade, which had stopped Russians near Soledar in August, was shattered so badly that it lost combat effectiveness and was pulled back for reinforcements.
It was replaced by the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, which was supposed to have been drawn out of combat to be replenished after heavy fighting on the right bank of Dnieper in Kherson Region. But the Ukrainian general staff had to draw on reserves, so there wasn't enough time to replenish the 128th brigade before it was put up against Wagner’s assault troops in Bakhmutskoye and Soledar.
In the latter, fighting had intensified along the flanks. The Russians started to move forward through the industrial areas of Artyomovsk, opening up possibilities for moving into the southern outskirts of Soledar and for attacking Yakovlevka from the north.
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Yakovlevka was seized on December 18, which enabled further advancement towards Soledar. Ukrainians undertook a number of counter-attacks, trying to use the wood strips in the fields for their defense. The fall of Yakovlevka was a turning point that defined future success in Soledar.
The situation in the industrial area of Artyomovsk was different. The assault operation stopped after the frontline had shifted several kilometers away from the highway. Ukraine’s government and Western media described this as a victory, claiming that the Russians were evidently unable to seize Artyomovsk and had to shift the focus to a minor target – Soledar. In reality, the battles in Artyomovsk and Soledar were interconnected.
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By advancing east of Artyomovsk, the Wagner Group took the upper hand and was able to storm Bakhmutskoye. Since the summer, the frontline ran through the village, splitting it into two parts, with the Ukrainian Armed Forces setting up a fortified area in the local school and equipment storage facilities in its northern part. After this, events took a faster course. On December 26, the Ukrainians were driven out of the school building and, on January 9, Bakhmutskoye was liberated almost completely and the Russian storm units moved on to Dekonskaya railway station.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's defense in Soledar suffered an operational crisis, with the garrison stationed in the town attacked at the southern and northern flanks and unable to stop the Russian offensive. Kiev's troops were exhausted with some fighters fleeing from their positions, according to Arestovich.
On January 5, the crisis Ukraine's defenses became apparent, with its Forces withdrawing from the southern part of the town. On January 6, fighting broke out on the premises of salt mine No. 1-3, located downtown. The following day, Ukraine’s 46th Airmobile Brigade, one of the freshest units on the battlefield, was moved there from Artyomovsk to reinforce the defense – or rather, to cover retreat of Kiev's fighters, in reality.
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Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin tours the Soledar salt mines with fighters of the Wagner Group PMC. © RIA News
On January 9, Prigozhin reported that there was fighting for control of Soledar’s municipal buildings. By January 10, the Russians had taken control of the town center and surrounded the Ukrainian units that hadn’t retreated to Soledar’s western parts. They were then given time until midnight to lay down their arms.
What happens next?
At the moment it’s hard to say how effective this rhetoric might be for encouraging the Ukrainian troops to surrender. There have been cases of some soldiers giving up, but there have also been quite different cases – like, for example, that of five Ukrainian troops who preferred to jump off a five-story building than submit to Russian custody during the assault of Soledar.
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By late Wednesday, Russian troops had mostly cleared central Soledar. Clearing the salt mines is expected to take more time. According to open-source intelligence, Ukraine recognizes that mine 4 is under Russian control. and its troops to the east that point are surrounded. There is no data concerning the situation around mine 7 and railway station Sol, which have been under the control of the Ukrainian Army. These are Kiev’s last footholds in the area of Soledar and they will be hard to keep since all the supply routes are open to enemy fire.
The Russian offensive is targeting not only Soledar, but also the settlements on its flanks. The village of Podgornoye is already under Moscow's control, and an offensive is in progress to capture the settlement of Krasnaya Gora, located between Soledar and Artyomovsk. If successful, this operation will cut off Artyomovsk’s supply routes from Slavyansk in the north, leaving it only accessible from Konstantinovka and Chasovy Yar.
A Russian offensive targeting railway station Sol, Krasnopolye, and Razdolovka is also in progress. Should this be a success and the troops succeed in crossing the Bakhmutka River, it will be a serious threat to the Ukraine-controlled Seversk that is strategically important to the Ukrainian Army since it keeps both Lisichansk and Kremennaya in check.
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The Ukrainian resistance in Soledar and Artyomovsk is currently weakening due to the intense Russian offensive. There is a clear shortage of battle-ready Ukrainian troops up to the challenge of withstanding the efficient offensive tactics employed by the Wagner PMC assault units.
And yet, the outcome of the Soledar offensive is up to the Russian command now. It remains to be seen within the next few weeks whether the command will take the risk of large casualties and try to step up the offensive or revert to slower tactics in crushing the Ukrainian defenses.
This is Russia’s first major victory since the withdrawals from Balakleya, Krasny Liman and Kherson and it’s important for boosting the morale of the troops. It is certainly a bitter pill for the Ukrainian Army. Whether we can expect Kiev to try and adapt to the new situation and look for out-of-the-box solutions remains to be seen. All we know now is that President Zelensky keeps promising the Ukrainian people he will recapture all of Donbass even though his troops are retreating.
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Russia propaganda. No serious fight will happen in winter.Its just muddy snowy cloudy deadlock until April when war proper resume
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Even the comedian disagree with you...Ukrainian soldiers on the Eastern front has no options now...supply line cut off and thousands of Ukrainian soldiers behind Russian line...no foreign fighters willing to fight under frigid weather. Lesson learnt 1. Never elect a comedian 2. Never poke a bear just because another bear promised to help. Ukraine staring at worst disaster and heavy loss of life.
Russia propaganda. No serious fight will happen in winter.Its just muddy snowy cloudy deadlock until April when war proper resume
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Yes no serious fight , Soledar is gone Bakhmut is next , continue drinking Western Propaganda cool aid . Mr High IQ .
Russia propaganda. No serious fight will happen in winter.Its just muddy snowy cloudy deadlock until April when war proper resume
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Yes no serious fight , Soledar is gone Bakhmut is next , continue drinking Western Propaganda cool aid . Mr High IQ .
Russia propaganda. No serious fight will happen in winter.Its just muddy snowy cloudy deadlock until April when war proper resume
yeah my most trusted media remain The Economist and it said Russian desperate use of mercenaries and prisoners in muddy war of little strategic value is waste of time. Wagner group are looking for any win...including one where all residents
have fled and death toll is huge. Ruto is ready to work with Ukraine because the war is over.Ukraine are rebuilding in the winter for real war in sprint if Russia will still be ready
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Wacha bangi , the war is far from over even State Department are saying it expected to go into next year snd their fear is if it spills over to the next campaign cycle.
As to winning Soledar its strategic importance is they will be able to encircle ukrainian forces in Bakhmut and by so doing advance and capture Sloviansk and Kramatorsk a rail and a road hub essential as a supply line for Russian offensive push.
This you wont be told by the Western media .
Ruto is ready to work with each and everyone including Chinese Russians Libyans Somalis and Western Sahara. He needs all nations because Kenya is in a very bad economic situation as we speak hence the reason he is taxing each and everything from land transactions to mobile money transfer . He is also removing subsidies on each and everything from fuel to education to food. The question is where is this money going ? To pay debt or in peoples pockets ?
Yes no serious fight , Soledar is gone Bakhmut is next , continue drinking Western Propaganda cool aid . Mr High IQ .
Russia propaganda. No serious fight will happen in winter.Its just muddy snowy cloudy deadlock until April when war proper resume
yeah my most trusted media remain The Economist and it said Russian desperate use of mercenaries and prisoners in muddy war of little strategic value is waste of time. Wagner group are looking for any win...including one where all residents
have fled and death toll is huge. Ruto is ready to work with Ukraine because the war is over.Ukraine are rebuilding in the winter for real war in sprint if Russia will still be ready
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Wacha bangi , the war is far from over even State Department are saying it expected to go into next year snd their fear is if it spills over to the next campaign cycle.
As to winning Soledar its strategic importance is they will be able to encircle ukrainian forces in Bakhmut and by so doing advance and capture Sloviansk and Kramatorsk a rail and a road hub essential as a supply line for Russian offensive push.
This you wont be told by the Western media .
Ruto is ready to work with each and everyone including Chinese Russians Libyans Somalis and Western Sahara. He needs all nations because Kenya is in a very bad economic situation as we speak hence the reason he is taxing each and everything from land transactions to mobile money transfer . He is also removing subsidies on each and everything from fuel to education to food. The question is where is this money going ? To pay debt or in peoples pockets ?
Yes no serious fight , Soledar is gone Bakhmut is next , continue drinking Western Propaganda cool aid . Mr High IQ .
Russia propaganda. No serious fight will happen in winter.Its just muddy snowy cloudy deadlock until April when war proper resume
yeah my most trusted media remain The Economist and it said Russian desperate use of mercenaries and prisoners in muddy war of little strategic value is waste of time. Wagner group are looking for any win...including one where all residents
have fled and death toll is huge. Ruto is ready to work with Ukraine because the war is over.Ukraine are rebuilding in the winter for real war in sprint if Russia will still be ready
Bakhmut itself is of little significance except Russia after many months of setback desperately need any win to bolster troops morale and keep Russia hopeful. You cannot lose kherson in Nov ..a city of 600k..then December try to win city of 10k residence. When you fail to capture....you go and capture a salt mine on its outskirts. Ukraine is doing great.As for economy..ufool bankrupted kenya and there is nothing to steal..unpaid debt and bills need to paid...I don't see any new projects soon.New projects is where new hyenas will steal from
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You have no idea of the special military operation in Ukraine.
First Xerson population even pre war times was about 280K , where did you get 600K ? Perhaps you are confusing Xerson city and Xerson Oblast . If thats the case Russian army still occupies a larger portion of Xerson Oblast they retreated from the the west side which is separated from the East side by Dnipr river
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Russian_Occupation_of_Kherson_Oblast.svg)
The reason of retreating was strategic .
They had intelligence Ukraine was planing to destroy khahovka resoivor which would have flooded west bank thus killing their soldiers and secondly this would have affected fresh water supply to Crimea a big reason why the special military operation started .
Ukraine had already bombed several bridges running through Dnipr river so affecting resupply lines to Russian troops in the westbank.
Now as for Soledar Bakhmut kramatorsk and Slovyansk . As Putin has mentioned already one of their main goal is liberating Donestk , Donestsk has already been incorporated in Russian Federation so it is part of Russia . Getting Soledar you get Bakhmut then you get Kramatorsk and Slovyansk with that you liberate the whole of Donestk .
When Ukraine come back to negotiate they will realise its a fait accompli for Donbass , zaporajijie and Xerson being a part of Russian federation.
This information you will never hear in western media . All you will hear is Ukraine is winning a lie repeated since Feb 2022 .
Wacha bangi , the war is far from over even State Department are saying it expected to go into next year snd their fear is if it spills over to the next campaign cycle.
As to winning Soledar its strategic importance is they will be able to encircle ukrainian forces in Bakhmut and by so doing advance and capture Sloviansk and Kramatorsk a rail and a road hub essential as a supply line for Russian offensive push.
This you wont be told by the Western media .
Ruto is ready to work with each and everyone including Chinese Russians Libyans Somalis and Western Sahara. He needs all nations because Kenya is in a very bad economic situation as we speak hence the reason he is taxing each and everything from land transactions to mobile money transfer . He is also removing subsidies on each and everything from fuel to education to food. The question is where is this money going ? To pay debt or in peoples pockets ?
Yes no serious fight , Soledar is gone Bakhmut is next , continue drinking Western Propaganda cool aid . Mr High IQ .
Russia propaganda. No serious fight will happen in winter.Its just muddy snowy cloudy deadlock until April when war proper resume
yeah my most trusted media remain The Economist and it said Russian desperate use of mercenaries and prisoners in muddy war of little strategic value is waste of time. Wagner group are looking for any win...including one where all residents
have fled and death toll is huge. Ruto is ready to work with Ukraine because the war is over.Ukraine are rebuilding in the winter for real war in sprint if Russia will still be ready
Bakhmut itself is of little significance except Russia after many months of setback desperately need any win to bolster troops morale and keep Russia hopeful. You cannot lose kherson in Nov ..a city of 600k..then December try to win city of 10k residence. When you fail to capture....you go and capture a salt mine on its outskirts. Ukraine is doing great.As for economy..ufool bankrupted kenya and there is nothing to steal..unpaid debt and bills need to paid...I don't see any new projects soon.New projects is where new hyenas will steal from
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Noway, once more. When is Putin having lunch in Kyiv?
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Putin initial aim was to overthrow what he called now Nazi gov ..now it's back same trenches it proxy rebels been since 2014.Epic failure.We are back to last 10yrs of civil war btw ukrainian nationalist and separatist.. with Russia directly involved and even more grim for him..NATO are also involved. Putin will lose this.He will be lucky to walk away with Crimea
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Putin also managed to do the impossible, unite a once very divided Ukraine. Even the Russian speaking Ukrainians are not on Putin's side. The man thought he will be welcomed the same way it happened in the Crimea. Now he will be lucky to keep the Crimea since Ukraine at last has a reason to attack the Crimea and recalim it without many of its allies crying foul.
Putin initial aim was to overthrow what he called now Nazi gov ..now it's back same trenches it proxy rebels been since 2014.Epic failure.We are back to last 10yrs of civil war btw ukrainian nationalist and separatist.. with Russia directly involved and even more grim for him..NATO are also involved. Putin will lose this.He will be lucky to walk away with Crimea
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How is Ukraine winning again if I may ask?
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Putin also managed to do the impossible, unite a once very divided Ukraine. Even the Russian speaking Ukrainians are not on Putin's side. The man thought he will be welcomed the same way it happened in the Crimea. Now he will be lucky to keep the Crimea since Ukraine at last has a reason to attack the Crimea and recalim it without many of its allies crying foul.
Putin initial aim was to overthrow what he called now Nazi gov ..now it's back same trenches it proxy rebels been since 2014.Epic failure.We are back to last 10yrs of civil war btw ukrainian nationalist and separatist.. with Russia directly involved and even more grim for him..NATO are also involved. Putin will lose this.He will be lucky to walk away with Crimea
Yes he won't struggling if he had popular support..the bubble was pricked..all we have left are rusted soviet era tanks.Ukraine has national and International support..Russia is a lower everyone's running from.Defeat is an orphan.
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Where is lunch in Kiev and me connected ?
Im a real person , I speak the truth devoid of Media propaganda .
Go through my posts and you will see Ive been consistent .
Mambo ya ndungukumaria achia Pundit.
Noway, once more. When is Putin having lunch in Kyiv?
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Where is lunch in Kiev and me connected ?
Im a real person , I speak the truth devoid of Media propaganda .
Go through my posts and you will see Ive been consistent .
Mambo ya ndungukumaria achia Pundit.
Noway, once more. When is Putin having lunch in Kyiv?
When is special miliary operation ending...why invade Kiev if you don't intend to occupy it. I am best barometer of this issue...because i imagind Russia pulling another crimea ossetia,Georgia....land grab without resistance. I didn't see comedian taking the joke far but he is now man of the year...most serious war General who has beaten putin.Crazy
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What do you guys smoke ? What is unity for you guys ? Majority of Russian Ukrainians and Russian speaking Ukrainians already migrated to Russia going back to 2014 and the ones who had stayed were eventually evacuated just before the war or during the war.
Any monkey business they try to attempt in Crimea will just escalate the situation and will give Russia an excuse to use its tactical nuclear weapons .
Ukraine is on a losing streak and you guys are still singing Ukraine is winning songs . Just goes to show the brain washing has been done beyond redemption.
Ask yourselves why Western governments are now approving sending of tanks to Ukraine
Putin also managed to do the impossible, unite a once very divided Ukraine. Even the Russian speaking Ukrainians are not on Putin's side. The man thought he will be welcomed the same way it happened in the Crimea. Now he will be lucky to keep the Crimea since Ukraine at last has a reason to attack the Crimea and recalim it without many of its allies crying foul.
Putin initial aim was to overthrow what he called now Nazi gov ..now it's back same trenches it proxy rebels been since 2014.Epic failure.We are back to last 10yrs of civil war btw ukrainian nationalist and separatist.. with Russia directly involved and even more grim for him..NATO are also involved. Putin will lose this.He will be lucky to walk away with Crimea
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Putin has said its going to take several years and gave example of how Peter the great took years to get their lands from Sweden
Putin even said at the begining the goal of special military operation was not to occupy Kiev or for that matter Rule Kiev.
As for you being a barometer , yes you are a barometer of talking war but when it comes to real things your fear is gigantic.
You fear meeting me , you fear 2 thugs in a car . Come on.
Where is lunch in Kiev and me connected ?
Im a real person , I speak the truth devoid of Media propaganda .
Go through my posts and you will see Ive been consistent .
Mambo ya ndungukumaria achia Pundit.
Noway, once more. When is Putin having lunch in Kyiv?
When is special miliary operation ending...why invade Kiev if you don't intend to occupy it. I am best barometer of this issue...because i imagind Russia pulling another crimea ossetia,Georgia....land grab without resistance. I didn't see comedian taking the joke far but he is now man of the year...most serious war General who has beaten putin.Crazy
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I fear jokers more.That lesson from this war.You don't threaten war on comedians.They wear a t shirt and fight you.You don't know if they are serious or joking until they kick your arse. And become the man of the year as you release prisoners and mercenaries to hold ground in muddy snowy and dark winter. Ukraine turned around this war in ways I couldn't imagine. Russia is finished..now forever encircled by NATO
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Comments in youtube are so funny……..
Florida Adventure Sports
2 hours ago
Two videos ago Russian troops are starving and don’t have water and are on the retreat 😂
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Eric Hill
20 minutes ago
They also were on the verge of running out of munitions a 100 times since mid march
Gehad El-Ramli
19 minutes ago
Soledar is not an important town because it is occupied by the Russians . Bakhmut is important city now and it will not be important when the Russians occupy it. 🤣
Neo2905
1 hour ago
it is a big deal. They can now cut off some major ukrainian supply routes into bakhmut and they can now open a new Frontline north of Bakhmut. Ukraine didnt send about 30k Soliders to defend Soledar just for fun. They know how significant Soledar is.
Spring Bloom
20 minutes ago
So what you're saying is, Zelensky murdered thousands of his best men, for his ego.
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kdzrgnc
1 hour ago
Reality is a bit different. City by city , village by village going down and that is real situation friend , just nobody wants do admit. Yesterday Zelensky said Soledar is 100 % Ukrainian , what happened?
Rogy N
2 hours ago (edited)
Ukraine soldier: "We are stuck here without water, food or any help", CNN : "There is no panic it is well organized retreat"
Samuel Culper
1 hour ago
First Soledar was a city when Ukraine liberated it, then a town when the Russians countered, now just a small village when the Russians have reoccupied it. Come on Western media! We are not dumb, the situation is dire in the sectors around Bakhmut. Many of the locals who are still there are pro Russian. This is a complex situation.
KM
2 minutes ago
Hearing "Organized pullback" and "Abandoned troops" in one sentence raises some questions.
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Alysc Studjo
1 hour ago
Send more money and weapons to Ukraine! They are winning everyday so we need to give give give until there is nothing left to give
M
43 seconds ago
A disorganized withdrawal in fact they were complaining of not being withdrawn in time. Pointlessly defending a city which was doomed at the cost of 17 brigades. Bro what a loss. Show me some footage of the Ukrainian jets flying in the city
John Gueli
4 minutes ago
if ukraine is winning why do they need all our money?
Tambo Wayuda
2 hours ago
Zelensky is playing the same game like in Mariupol and severodonesk where he let his soldiers fight till extermination and lost
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Frank Feng
1 hour ago
I trust CNN and its reporters when they tell the truth. The hard part is to figure out whether they are.
Inquisitive
2 hours ago
If lie had a face, it would've been of that reporter. LOL
He is even struggling to complete the sentence because he knows how much lies does he need to tell to appease his masters. 😂😂😂
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Seems comedian never runs out of jokes. Fell for some pawn games now his country is on fire and he is talking about some Fucking grains depot in Africa...Jeso.
Kenya foreign policy need to be recalibrated. We need some serious foreign minister like the present India foreign minister or some lavrov not some jokester like Mutua.
Meantime Ruto talked to Ukraine Had a fruitful conversation with 🇰🇪 President @WilliamsRuto. Thanked for constructive cooperation in the UN, for support as a 🇺🇳 Security Council member. Discussed #GrainfromUkraine initiative, food security and creation of grain hubs in Africa. Agreed to enhance cooperation!
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What happens to Nato once they lose in Ukraine???
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https://youtube.com/shorts/66Hr-FNN45Q?feature=share
Ukraine is winning so much they are getting tired of winning.
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I have not heard of NATO troops fighting in Ukraine. One cannot loose a battle not being fought.
What happens to Nato once they lose in Ukraine???
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Below from Polish newspapers , you can take a guess how many have been injured and how many currently fighting . This is from one of the NATO . What about the ones on contract and other Nations.
Now who is providing guidance and intelligence to Ukraine , who is training Ukraine and giving them weapons .
The current war ongoing is between NATO AND Russia. Even NATO acknowledge it. Now a girl from suburbs of Nairobi thinks she knows better
MCiting the factual evidence established by the news outlet Niezalezny Dziennik Polityczny, claimed on Monday that a large number of military burials have been taking place in the said cemetery, an estimated 1,200 Poles, who may have died fighting a war in Ukraine. The 1,700 plots for urns with cremated remains with 'standardized tombstones' was built along the line of American war cemeteries.
I have not heard of NATO troops fighting in Ukraine. One cannot loose a battle not being fought.
What happens to Nato once they lose in Ukraine???
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This boy with Russian and Mt Kenya blood knows it all.
Let me leave him this field and go back to cook in the kitchen. This is something I know best. To
Below from Polish newspapers , you can take a guess how many have been injured and how many currently fighting . This is from one of the NATO . What about the ones on contract and other Nations.
Now who is providing guidance and intelligence to Ukraine , who is training Ukraine and giving them weapons .
The current war ongoing is between NúATO AND Russia. Even NATO acknowledge it. Now a girl from suburbs of Nairobi thinks she knows better. Try
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Honestly if you live in Germania we can always meet and discuss , Its not a must I make you share my views . In Europe I respect Germans ……..
This boy with Russian and Mt Kenya blood knows it all.
Let me leave him this field and go back to cook in the kitchen. This is something I know best. To
Below from Polish newspapers , you can take a guess how many have been injured and how many currently fighting . This is from one of the NATO . What about the ones on contract and other Nations.
Now who is providing guidance and intelligence to Ukraine , who is training Ukraine and giving them weapons .
The current war ongoing is between NúATO AND Russia. Even NATO acknowledge it. Now a girl from suburbs of Nairobi thinks she knows better. Try
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No thank you. I feel better contributing here and remaining anonymous.
Honestly if you live in Germania we can always meet and discuss , Its not a must I make you share my views . In Europe I respect Germans ……..
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No thank you. I feel better contributing here and remaining anonymous.
Honestly if you live in Germania we can always meet and discuss , Its not a must I make you share my views . In Europe I respect Germans ……..
Thank you @Kadudu for your service to mankind and society at large. That one who is saying he respects Germans, if this was 1939 - 1945, he would no doubt be saying he respects Nazis!
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I have always been on the right side of history because i gauge and measure the truth , i support the truth . Im on the side of the soviets during world war 2 . On this World War 3 Im on the sides of Russians because they are right .
Ukraine was part of Soviet Union , same way California is part of U.S. how would you feel if Carlifonia declared independence then 20 years later wanted to keep offensive weapon which could be used against U.S.
Why arent you people seeing the genocide which happened in South Eastern Ukraine .
Why is NATO expanding against who ? Why did they refuse to incorporate Soviet Union ?
The truth will always prevail .
No thank you. I feel better contributing here and remaining anonymous.
Honestly if you live in Germania we can always meet and discuss , Its not a must I make you share my views . In Europe I respect Germans ……..
Thank you @Kadudu for your service to mankind and society at large. That one who is saying he respects Germans, if this was 1939 - 1945, he would no doubt be saying he respects Nazis!
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I have not heard of NATO troops fighting in Ukraine. One cannot loose a battle not being fought.
What happens to Nato once they lose in Ukraine???
He could be conflating NATO second hand legacy weapons(I hear they were given about 2 dozen scaled back HIMARS) with actual NATO troops. Yes, there are still some people who believe Russia stands a chance against NATO.
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The truth is nobody cares.
Russia instead of learning from soviet fall - taking advantage of capitalism - opening up and embracing modernity - retreated to soviet era dreams. The discovery of Oil and Gas - has given Putin - the perfect platform to live in a timewrap - of his KGB days.
Now it's been found nabbing - with rusted weaponry of doubtful efficiency.
Russia cannot live in the past of sijui Catherine the great - we are in the future.
In the present and future - USA is BEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEMOTH. Russia alone is useless. US of A has 23 trillion dollar economy (Russia has 1.7 trillion of mainly oil & gas) - far ahead in tech - and industrial-military complex that is far ahead of competition.
Chinese are playing this right - play for the long term - modernize - avoid conflict with USA - buy time.
Russia under Putin still dreams of going back to Soviet USSR glory days.
Those days are over - Russia is now almost 3rd class - importing almost everything like Kenya
The fight in Eastern Europe since 1980s has been simple - Should Eastern Europe remain in a time warp or embrace western europe modernity and living standards. The rational answer - everyone wants to live like Western Europe and Northern Americans.
Ukraine is the latest to violently break up from Russia medieval thinking. Ukraine just want to join EU for it's people to prosper. They are paying with their blood to cut ties with backwardness.
Russia after this war - should completely get out of communist time wrap - and even join EU and NATO - embrace democracy.
I have always been on the right side of history because i gauge and measure the truth , i support the truth . Im on the side of the soviets during world war 2 . On this World War 3 Im on the sides of Russians because they are right .
Ukraine was part of Soviet Union , same way California is part of U.S. how would you feel if Carlifonia declared independence then 20 years later wanted to keep offensive weapon which could be used against U.S.
Why arent you people seeing the genocide which happened in South Eastern Ukraine .
Why is NATO expanding against who ? Why did they refuse to incorporate Soviet Union ?
The truth will always prevail .
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Exactly - this war is a perfect opportunity for NATO to discard old hardware. Russia are so useless they are struggling against very old tech.
He could be conflating NATO second hand legacy weapons(I hear they were given about 2 dozen scaled back HIMARS) with actual NATO troops. Yes, there are still some people who believe Russia stands a chance against NATO.
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The truth is know nothing about Russia and Eastern European affairs.
The biggest mistake Putin made was opening up and conceding some of the red lines .
Putin was meeting Merkel bi monthly while swimming in Gas and Oil money . While his predecessor was a drunkard, Putin should never be forgiven for closing his eyes when NATO expanded Eastwards and absorbing Former USSR countries the likes of Latvia, Estonia, Liuthenia.
Then the reason he gave us was that he needs the money to modernize the economy and the army .
As for Oil and gas this was discovered eons ago and it was the motivation for Hitler invading U.S.S.R. The pipelines were expanded during Soviet times , Oil and Gas was not discovered during Putins time , Seems you slept in your history classes.
Putin knows for the survival of Russias future the current military operation is necessary. You talk of rusted weaponry thats the brainwashing we have always been talking about . U.S. Secretary of State has been on recording indicating how sophisticated and impressive the weapons are , who are you Musoit boy to say otherwise .
NATO millitary committee today giving a presser about the war and the learning points . They agree they have been lacking in some areas and Russia has also learnt from this operation and they expect some improvements from Russia in the near future , thats war for you . Hitler had the best army and military weapons at the start of the war by the end of the war USSR had better weaponry and army which made them a Super power. This is expected so you continue dickriding are you known too.
So what is Russia importing can you list ? We compare with what Kenya is importing . You and “ your facts”
You need re-education the brainwashing which has happed in you and others is so dire . Standards of living in areas like St Petersbourg and Moscow cannot even be compared with some Western European countries .
What is happening in Ukraine is what has always been happening since time memorial. Before yapping sit down learn first and understand.
The outcome will always be the same Russia will prevail.
The truth is nobody cares.
Russia instead of learning from soviet fall - taking advantage of capitalism - opening up and embracing modernity - retreated to soviet era dreams. The discovery of Oil and Gas - has given Putin - the perfect platform to live in a timewrap - of his KGB days.
Now it's been found nabbing - with rusted weaponry of doubtful efficiency.
Russia cannot live in the past of sijui Catherine the great - we are in the future.
In the present and future - USA is BEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEMOTH. Russia alone is useless. US of A has 23 trillion dollar economy - far ahead in tech - and industrial-military complex that is far ahead of competition.
Chinese are playing this right - play for the long term - modernize - avoid conflict with USA - buy time.
Russia under Putin still dreams of going back to Soviet USSR glory days.
Those days are over - Russia is now almost 3rd class - importing almost everything like Kenya
The fight in Eastern Europe since 1980s has been simple - Should Eastern Europe remain in a time warp or embrace western europe modernity and living standards. The rational answer - everyone wants to live like Western Europe and Northern Americans.
Ukraine is the latest to violently break up from Russia medieval thinking. Ukraine just want to join EU for it's people to prosper. They are paying with their blood to cut ties with backwardness.
Russia after this war - should completely get out of communist time wrap - and even join EU and NATO - embrace democracy.
I have always been on the right side of history because i gauge and measure the truth , i support the truth . Im on the side of the soviets during world war 2 . On this World War 3 Im on the sides of Russians because they are right .
Ukraine was part of Soviet Union , same way California is part of U.S. how would you feel if Carlifonia declared independence then 20 years later wanted to keep offensive weapon which could be used against U.S.
Why arent you people seeing the genocide which happened in South Eastern Ukraine .
Why is NATO expanding against who ? Why did they refuse to incorporate Soviet Union ?
The truth will always prevail .
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So what is Russia doing ?
Exactly - this war is a perfect opportunity for NATO to discard old hardware. Russia are so useless they are struggling against very old tech.
He could be conflating NATO second hand legacy weapons(I hear they were given about 2 dozen scaled back HIMARS) with actual NATO troops. Yes, there are still some people who believe Russia stands a chance against NATO.