Good overview of the current Rus-Ukr war. Includes hard numbers. Warning: tough viewing [View all]
It makes me ill to watch this. Most of what I watch on the war is has a clear pro-Ukraine bias--not misinformation, but with a spin that celebrates the Ukraine victories and makes it seem like the Republican (ooops) Russian losses are significant. They aren't; their numbers are replenishable. They don't mind the casualties since a lot are coming out of prisons anyway.
So I needed to hear this bad news. I'm sharing it here cause it might help you too.
That's the bad news: Russia is advancing and they're learning from their mistakes, finally. The curtailing of Ukrainian ground-to-air defenses (by Trump & Johnson) means Russia is increasing its air campaign in some locales on the front. They are expanding their ability to make new artillery. So they're not running out of offensive capability.
But there's also good news: France is floating with NATO taking on a more radical involvement with "non-combat troops." Pro-Ukrainian Russian militias have risen inside Russia. Ukraine is holding the line on most of the fronts. They're upping their ability to reconstitute lost combat supplies. Once the Ukraine package has broken through the Republican obstructions, the stalemate can resume.
The bottom line: a lot of these Ukrainian losses are because of Ukraine's artillery shortages. So Russian advances are directly linked to Republicans blocking the latest aid packet. Republican attacks on democracy are not solely at home.
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