re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

I think hitting the Popsana area hard makes sense for the Russians. Ukraine has the majority of its combat power to the north on the Izium to Lysychansk line.

Hit them hard where they aren't as strong. It looks like someone is finally showing some military intelligence on the Russian side.

Will Ukraine be able to bring in enough strength to hold? Guess we'll see over the next week.

It is a very active battlefield right now. You have the northern push by the Ukrainians, with the Russians starting to respond by pressuring Sumy again. Meanwhile, Ukraine is awfully close to the critical town of Vovchansk. Russia really needs to prevent Ukraine from moving on that town.

Just a bit further south, there are really spotty reports about Ukraine crossing the Donets and establishing bridgeheads at Staryi Saltiv and Rubizhne. I didn't see anything on this today so either they are keeping it hush-hush, or who knows?

On the Izium-Severodonestsk line, you have the Russians making gains around Lyman with the city now being encircled on three sides. The Ukrainians have so far prevented the Russians from crossing the Donets. Russia is staging to siege Severdonestsk and now to the south, it appears they are going to make a big push out of the Popsana area.

The tempo of the battle is increasing

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1527147515686035459

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Senior US Defense Official- "[The Russians] still have not corrected their coordination issues... Their communications are still not very efficient between commanders... [they are sticking] very closely to their doctrine of artillery fire...then a frontal attack by formations that are small, and in some cases, not fully resourced, fully manned, fully strong, and they get rebuffed by the Ukrainians. That is sort of why we're seeing all this back and forth, particularly in the Donbas region."

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Russia is reportedly implanting informants into one of its military regiments so it can identify and "neutralize" the soldiers who refuse to carry out orders.

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find this point of view very interesting.

I mean.. let’s say Ukraine is a US “puppet state” as so many like to put it. It still doesn’t explain why any American would cheer for Russia to win a war against America’s proxy.
Because it's an "American puppet state" as he said.

Apparently he hates his own country to the point where he hopes we fail and Russia prevails.

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I guess he pulled for the Viet Cong too?

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Apparently he hates his own country to the point where he hopes we fail and Russia prevails.

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It's disgusting.

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Quite a few of these types around here.

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There are. Too many with it’s my way or thd highway attitudes.
They seem to March lock step together with one agenda, putting America down.

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There are. Too many with it’s my way or thd highway attitudes.
They seem to March lock step together with one agenda, putting America down.

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It's simply because of who's in the Whitehouse. If it was Trump, they would be cheering louder than anyone for Ukraine.

Just as there would be others, some in this thread even, that would be cheering on Russia if Trump was still in office and supporting Ukraine.

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It's partially Biden hate, but there's more to it than that. To some of them, Putin is a bastion of traditional values and is leading the fight against globalism and western decadence. This predates the current situation by a number of years

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That's right. For awhile we were getting quite a few memes running down western militaries due to the compositions of the forces, but for some weird reason, I'm not seeing those posted much recently.

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Just as there would be others, some in this thread even, that would be cheering on Russia if Trump was still in office and supporting Ukraine.

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Trump to his credit and unlike Obama was aiding Ukraine by providing them with defensive weapons. He was ahead of the curve in that area.
If Trump was president now, I doubt Putin invades Ukraine. I believe he saw Biden as weak just as Obama was weak so he attacked. Biden’s reaction surprised him.

Lesson? The image you portray can make a difference.

Russia is like the zombies in a zombie movie. Mindless, uninhibited, just keep moving forward even as they get their heads shot/beaten in. That's why they won't "lose" this war, because they will never stop coming no matter how badly they are losing.