Russia has recently abandoned a large swath of territory around Kharkev, surrendering towns that were taken in months of hard fighting. Contrary to what the official sources were telling us from the Russian side, many pro-Russian residents have been abandoned in the haste of the Russian retreat.
There's a kind of mechanical and legalistic cruelty to the Russian ruling establishment that really shows they didn't want this war. They are more international and liberal and border respecting then the actual West. In a sense, they always have been (Soviets!)
Still, it's heartening to see these failures, because it means things can only go up: either righteous punishment for spiritual failure, or momentous success from learned pain.
Southfront has been heavily pro-Russia and has covered the Syrian conflict for years. But it doesn't shy away from telling things as they are when the going gets tough.
They are repeating what you wrote in this post, more or less, summarizing the situation in the most favourable way reality currently allows (if readers are able to put up with the "Kyiv" spelling, of course):
"Summing up developments of the last days, Kyiv’s forces already achieved a victory on operational scale and captured the strategic initiative in the conflict amid the indecisive posture and ‘acts of free will’ of the Russian leadership. Moreover, their advance continues and the Russian military has not stabilized the frontline so far.
The rapid retreat of units of the Russian Armed Forces in the Izum sector demonstrated a deep systemic crisis of the Russian military-political command. The silence of the military-political leadership of Russia in the face of the deep crisis in the East of Ukraine may lead to the loss of confidence in the leadership among at least a part of the citizens.
If the Kremlin does not take important and radical measures to reform the existing command system and purge dangerous disrupters within it, then a military defeat (at least in some scale) of Russia will become a likely outcome of the military campaign in the East of Ukraine.
Currently, the Russian Armed Forces in the southern part of Kharkiv Region and in the north of Donbass is balancing on the edge of defeat, which is prevented by unprecedented heroism of Russian military personnel."
1. Russia has encouraged residents of disputed territories to evac since the start of the smo
2. They have evacuated whoever they could, & have been receiving & accommodating those who have self-evacuated
3. Bad things happen in war. Territory is gained. Territory is lost. Territory is regained.
Like all the bloggers out there, they knew what was coming & evacuated Russian troops in advance, for a reason. They left national guard & local militias to defend & retreat.
The Russian mod has issued a statement. I believe the 1st sentence. Everything after that is blah, blah, blah used when they aren't telling you crap because they aren't going to give away their game plan.
This was a tactical retreat. They have drawn 30-50,000 Uke troops, as many as 20% foreign, supposedly with US & UK leading the way, stretched into a deep, narrow cauldron (~20 miles across from map I've seen) largely of exposed steppe, which will need to be supplied. A logistical nightmare.
As I wrote before, hundreds of fighter planes & copters were amassed near the border a couple weeks ago. Others have seen reports of troops massing in the past couple weeks.
Russia can supply directly from Russia. The US/Nato have to cross all of Ukraine after crossing other countries.
Give. It. Time.
One last thing: the title here goes a long way to explaining why you are no longer welcome in Russia or Belarus.
Am I the only one who sees a direct connection between NATO continually ramping up against Russia and the massive swatting of American dissidents like Trump, Steve Bannon, Marjorie Taylor Green, Alex Jones, Roger Stone, etc? I see it as the Evil West coming after all autonomous free people everywhere in a unified plan. It is all the same fight. It appears to me that even as some European governments have gone wobbly in this attack, NATO itself and the US government have remained resolved to enslave the entire world.
I guess Ukraine is a toy? Putin is draining the West, and not on his territory. I hope that’s true. I can’t believe there’s not a plan to devastate the Kiev forces when they have moved forward. Russia has been pretty consistent taking Crimea and eastern Ukraine, you believe they’re just going to fold now?
There's a kind of mechanical and legalistic cruelty to the Russian ruling establishment that really shows they didn't want this war. They are more international and liberal and border respecting then the actual West. In a sense, they always have been (Soviets!)
Still, it's heartening to see these failures, because it means things can only go up: either righteous punishment for spiritual failure, or momentous success from learned pain.
"Another point worth making: patriotic groups are calling for an end to the policing operation and for Russia to go on a full war footing."
There were/are critical things that need(ed) to happen before going to a war footing.
This is one if them -- possibly the single most important one.
Southfront has been heavily pro-Russia and has covered the Syrian conflict for years. But it doesn't shy away from telling things as they are when the going gets tough.
They are repeating what you wrote in this post, more or less, summarizing the situation in the most favourable way reality currently allows (if readers are able to put up with the "Kyiv" spelling, of course):
"Summing up developments of the last days, Kyiv’s forces already achieved a victory on operational scale and captured the strategic initiative in the conflict amid the indecisive posture and ‘acts of free will’ of the Russian leadership. Moreover, their advance continues and the Russian military has not stabilized the frontline so far.
The rapid retreat of units of the Russian Armed Forces in the Izum sector demonstrated a deep systemic crisis of the Russian military-political command. The silence of the military-political leadership of Russia in the face of the deep crisis in the East of Ukraine may lead to the loss of confidence in the leadership among at least a part of the citizens.
If the Kremlin does not take important and radical measures to reform the existing command system and purge dangerous disrupters within it, then a military defeat (at least in some scale) of Russia will become a likely outcome of the military campaign in the East of Ukraine.
Currently, the Russian Armed Forces in the southern part of Kharkiv Region and in the north of Donbass is balancing on the edge of defeat, which is prevented by unprecedented heroism of Russian military personnel."
https://southfront.org/russian-defense-collapsed-in-eastern-ukraine/
A few comments:
1. Russia has encouraged residents of disputed territories to evac since the start of the smo
2. They have evacuated whoever they could, & have been receiving & accommodating those who have self-evacuated
3. Bad things happen in war. Territory is gained. Territory is lost. Territory is regained.
Like all the bloggers out there, they knew what was coming & evacuated Russian troops in advance, for a reason. They left national guard & local militias to defend & retreat.
The Russian mod has issued a statement. I believe the 1st sentence. Everything after that is blah, blah, blah used when they aren't telling you crap because they aren't going to give away their game plan.
This was a tactical retreat. They have drawn 30-50,000 Uke troops, as many as 20% foreign, supposedly with US & UK leading the way, stretched into a deep, narrow cauldron (~20 miles across from map I've seen) largely of exposed steppe, which will need to be supplied. A logistical nightmare.
As I wrote before, hundreds of fighter planes & copters were amassed near the border a couple weeks ago. Others have seen reports of troops massing in the past couple weeks.
Russia can supply directly from Russia. The US/Nato have to cross all of Ukraine after crossing other countries.
Give. It. Time.
One last thing: the title here goes a long way to explaining why you are no longer welcome in Russia or Belarus.
Am I the only one who sees a direct connection between NATO continually ramping up against Russia and the massive swatting of American dissidents like Trump, Steve Bannon, Marjorie Taylor Green, Alex Jones, Roger Stone, etc? I see it as the Evil West coming after all autonomous free people everywhere in a unified plan. It is all the same fight. It appears to me that even as some European governments have gone wobbly in this attack, NATO itself and the US government have remained resolved to enslave the entire world.
Anybody know what happened to Daily Stormer? All I have for news now is Infowars, RT, Sputnik, and this blog. Nothing else I see is real.
I guess Ukraine is a toy? Putin is draining the West, and not on his territory. I hope that’s true. I can’t believe there’s not a plan to devastate the Kiev forces when they have moved forward. Russia has been pretty consistent taking Crimea and eastern Ukraine, you believe they’re just going to fold now?