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It is not a 'grift' to want to reclaim their borders, and guess what, this is not going to be a short war. If DC was not slow rolling aid, the Ukrainians would be in a much better position right now. This is not going to be a short war, and it is not the opinions of the American public that...

It's not a grift to understand Putin and Russia will not negotiate in good faith, and only use talks as stalling tactics while they rebuild/regroup forces. Thus, Zelensky has no reason to attempt any talks with Putin or Russia any more, instead focusing on pushing them out of Ukraine's 1991...

The Ukrainians pretty much only hold the SW corner of the town near the Mig-17 monument now, and that's simply because the Russian's have taken to just leveling their way through the town with artillery. The counter-attacks on the flanks seem to have allowed forces in Bahkmut to withdraw under...

Good thread that goes through and eviscerates the idea that peace can be achieved by cutting aid for Ukraine and deconstructs most arguments used by those in favor of cutting support. Edit: Oh, and Russia's Supreme Court has made it illegal for Russians to surrender; guess this is part of their...

Boris Johnson unleashing a real rant against Marcon, saying he had a bromance with Putin before the war, calling Macron a cunt and saying he's 'Putin's lickspittle'.

Pure numbers doesn't help if all they can given the mobiks is a Mosin-Nagant, a unmodified T-55, and have to ask them to provide their own medical supplies. Plus, logsitical bottlenecks are a thing; doesn't matter how many troops you have if you cannot get them all to where you need them, when...

MacGregor is a pure Russian shill, take nothing he says seriously.

Yeah, looks like it's a body double of Lukashenko that has been seen.

Eh, we forced the Taliban into cubicles and turned them into office drones. We may have left in an inglorious fashion, but you have to admit seeing the Taliban complaining about being forced to actually govern is kinda hilarious.

Even Shoigu? He's still pretty popular outside Wagner circles, and is a long established face in the Kremlin. I guess I want to ask who you think will be in charge when Putin's gone?

All true. Though I would point out the internal pressures on them for those positions are coming from different directions; Zelensky isn't keeping everyone at 30 foot distances or using body doubles for anything with risk involved, because unlike Putin Zelensky isn't afraid of his own people...

Yep; Russia going into a civil war is the best time for the people Russia has stolen land from to retake their territories. I also expect Russian nuke officers will likely become effective kingmakers/warlords once the fighting sets in.

Frankly I expect either Shoigu, Gerasimov, or possibly even Girkin to be the next in line after Putin bites it, though whether any of them take power afterwards and don't end up in a ditch in the new Russian Civil War is an open question.

While true, there is a big difference between Putin's position and Zelensky's; one is demanding another nation's territory be ceded and effectively made a vassal to Moscow again, the other is effectively fighting his nation's war of independence with most of the world backing him. Putin also...

Zelensky is saying plainly and directly there is no point to negotiating with Putin, because Putin cannot be trusted to negotiate in good faith.

Moldova is leaving the CIS.

Hence the laughter. Though I think they are talking about the full up version of the Storm Shadow fromt he UK, not the US weapons system.

So now Russia state TV is reporting Lukashenko is 'ill', after a Russian diplo/state jet was tracked going into Minsk last night and rapidly returning several hours later. Safe bet Luka may not be among the living anymore, and they are trying to slow walk news of his death while Russia's new...