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And I still disagree here about peace negotiations, Ukraine can offer the Donbass region and be done with this tomorrow.
"Once Germany is allowed to regain the Sudetenland, their territorial ambitions will be over and we will have peace in our time." We've seen this movie before.
Russia will expand their rail network (their army is heavily rail-dependent) and take the next bite in 4-5 years, once they've rebuilt. The pattern is established.
"6 Russian oligarchs & their families were found dead. in different locations Surrey in England, Moscow, Spain, & Leningrad. Putin's long-time close friend Defense Minister Sergei Shonigo is hospitalized w an induced heart attack, 20 Russian generals arrested for embezzling $10B," Carolyn Reilly
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"6 Russian oligarchs & their families were found dead. in different locations Surrey in England, Moscow, Spain, & Leningrad. Putin's long-time close friend Defense Minister Sergei Shonigo is hospitalized w an induced heart attack, 20 Russian generals arrested for embezzling $10B," Carolyn Reilly
Induced heart attack?
According to the latest from Sky News, there is deep division in Russia, with the possibility of a coup against Putin.
"Ukraine latest amid anger after Russia bombards Kyiv during visit by UN chief; US says it does not believe there is a threat of a Russian nuclear strike; expert predicts Putin will face coup as his forces collapse" - Sky News.
According to the BBC, Russian forces became bogged down in mud in Eastern Ukraine, and analysts are in a agreement with Ukrainians that Russian losses have been colossal.
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Russian forces will collapse in weeks, predicts military expert
Russia's assault on Donbas has "sort of fizzled" and the battle for the region will be over in two to four weeks, says military expert Dr Mike Martin.
The war studies visiting fellow at King's College London says: "Basically the Russians are gonna run out of troops, and the Ukrainians are going to counterattack."
The Russians have squandered their one chance to take the region, he believes.
"They pulled all of these mauled units out of Kyiv, and then tried to reconstitute them for combat in the east," he explains.
But they were "bruised and damaged" by the battle for the Ukrainian capital and Russia failed to build them up and "do some bold manoeuvre".
And Martin says there has been a "major strategic shift" in the war, with the UK declaring its aim is to clear Russian forces from Ukraine, including Crimea.
He adds that UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is "wrong", however, to say this would take 10 years, insisting: "Russian forces will collapse before that, and we’ll see a coup."
And with the US announcing US$33bn (£26bn) of funding for Ukraine, "that is an extremely clear signal of intent", says Martin.
It also means Nato and the US have decided Vladimir Putin is bluffing about using nuclear weapons if Nato up the ante, he adds.
This is interesting....how do they know how many days Russia is behind schedule....perhaps the same source that said Russia was definitely going to invade Ukraine? "RU is days behind schedule in Donbas"
This looks like it is going to get real bloody. I wonder if the person or persons advising Putin on the invasion of Ukraine are among the living....cause they made him look like a fool.
I feel like a month ago I read that Russians would all starve if they dont win within 10 days or so.
And more than a month ago, the reported troops losses were about the same...
I guess at some point you realize the need to slow down, otherwise very soon it would be impossible to explain why the war is still going...
I dont remember specifically but I am sure I am not the only one here who remembers reading stuff like that a while back.
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