That’s the message that the Russian military put out today. I apologize for mostly just pasting in the work of others, but there is matter out there that needs to be collated. First, Polina Ivanova is the FT correspondent for Russia. Here twitter account is available, but you’ll find that her closing link won’t work—because someone doesn’t want you reading it. What’s interesting here is the apparent frankness. The RF military is basically stating the first phase was to degrade Ukraine’s ability to support its forces in the east—which Tom Luongo (linked below) maintains were poised to launch a blitzkrieg against the Donbas. Now, with Ukraine unable to conduct any sort of offensive operations, Phase 2 begins. What that means is that Russia considers that the UKR forces in the east are either encircled or will imminently be encircled. Those forces will then be addressed with heavy bombardment:
I've been following MiH for a year or two now and have found the information to be really useful and trustworthy.
I have a good friend who watches a lot of Fox News who says that Mariupol was about 80% devastated by Putin. He said he saw drone footage of the devastation. This seems to be in contrast to what others here (and other places) indicate regarding the Russians trying to avoid damaging much of the cities and infrastructure.
Does anyone here know whether this information about Mariupol is correct and could point me to news links about it?
Even after overriding the certificate that's not "trusted" by my usual western certificate authorities, I wasn't able to load https://eng.mil.ru/en/special_operation/news.htm until I went through Switzerland. Good to have a VPN, if you want to get that sweet "Russian propaganda" direct from the source.
Leaving an opponent an opportunity to withdraw in order to not force them to act out of desperation seems a reasonable alternative in the Russia/Ukraine conflict at the moment. The ten point plan above is maddness.
Not a fan of Zelinsky, at all. However, maybe Putin is adjusting his plan so he can claim victory by securing a smaller objective. It's a possible concession on his part without calling it a concession. If so, this is a positive step.
This could be an indication that both sides can claim victory without scaling up on the way; but maybe not.
Just an opinion, but it is a possible way for Putin to save face.
"Despite my deep cynicism, I am essentially an optimist."
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"...unfortunately, the graveyards all across Ukraine, Russia and the West will be overflowing."
I guess you can consider that an optimistic view, if you (like me) want the D.C.-produced globalist ideology to die off. Just like any virus, we must suffer in order to develop immunity and regain our health.
I've been following MiH for a year or two now and have found the information to be really useful and trustworthy.
I have a good friend who watches a lot of Fox News who says that Mariupol was about 80% devastated by Putin. He said he saw drone footage of the devastation. This seems to be in contrast to what others here (and other places) indicate regarding the Russians trying to avoid damaging much of the cities and infrastructure.
Does anyone here know whether this information about Mariupol is correct and could point me to news links about it?
Great job, Mark. Luongo and Kunstler are top guys on this all this.
Even after overriding the certificate that's not "trusted" by my usual western certificate authorities, I wasn't able to load https://eng.mil.ru/en/special_operation/news.htm until I went through Switzerland. Good to have a VPN, if you want to get that sweet "Russian propaganda" direct from the source.
Leaving an opponent an opportunity to withdraw in order to not force them to act out of desperation seems a reasonable alternative in the Russia/Ukraine conflict at the moment. The ten point plan above is maddness.
Nice:
https://youtu.be/gG1prld0bAA
Not a fan of Zelinsky, at all. However, maybe Putin is adjusting his plan so he can claim victory by securing a smaller objective. It's a possible concession on his part without calling it a concession. If so, this is a positive step.
This could be an indication that both sides can claim victory without scaling up on the way; but maybe not.
Just an opinion, but it is a possible way for Putin to save face.
Luongo:
"Despite my deep cynicism, I am essentially an optimist."
...
"...unfortunately, the graveyards all across Ukraine, Russia and the West will be overflowing."
I guess you can consider that an optimistic view, if you (like me) want the D.C.-produced globalist ideology to die off. Just like any virus, we must suffer in order to develop immunity and regain our health.
As if all that isn't bad enough:
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/03/25/biden-just-stuck-his-foot-straight-in-his-mouth-in-a-way-that-could-set-off-wwiii-n540786
Thanks, Bluto Barr. You and the rest of the Establishment thought Zhou was good enough for the American people.