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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 3:07 pm to VolSquatch
Posted on 2/27/26 at 3:07 pm to VolSquatch
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Which is why I said it's not a criticism of Ukraine. They are just trying to appease Trump.
Yes, they are just playing along with the Trump team.
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Posted on 2/27/26 at 4:31 pm to Lee B
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I believe Poland has stated it would immediately jump in the fight with the Baltics, so I guess they're working out how to do that if the land route through the Siwalki Gap is controlled by the Russians.
Poland shares a close friendship with the baltics. They spent hundreds of years as one country (Commonwealth, or Poland-Lithuania)
Russia isnt going to be invading anyone but Ukraine, they dont have the means to do it. Russia was dying long before it invaded Ukraine (demographics and lack of modernized economy), the war only exacerbates their issues
Its not a US problem, its a European problem, and they can send their men to fight it and their dollars to finance it. Russia poses minimal risk to the US
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:50 pm to doubleb
ISW reporting early signals that Russia is gearing up for a spring-summer offensive against the Ukraine fortress belt.
ISW
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Key Takeaways
Russian forces have likely begun artillery and drone preparation of the battlefield for the anticipated Russian Spring-Summer 2026 offensive against Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia is reportedly expanding recruitment efforts in higher educational institutions to staff the Russian Unmanned Systems Forces (USF).
The Kremlin is continuing to crack down on pro-war information space figures that it cannot fully co-opt or subordinate to state control as part of wider efforts to consolidate the information space under the Kremlin’s control.
Russian drone approached the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Swedish port of Malmo on February 25.
Russian forces likely used white phosphorus in Kostyantynivka and may have indiscriminately affected civilian areas in violation of international law.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area and near Oleksandrivka. Russian forces recently advanced near Hulyaipole.
ISW
Posted on 2/27/26 at 10:52 pm to doubleb
The whole video is interesting as it discusses the current state of Russia's tank stockpiles. This link points to the 6:06 mark, where a table showing the stockpile size by year is shown. Russia is out of modern tanks.
The modern tanks in their inventory are the T-72s, T-80's, and the T-90. They had a total of 4,002 in storage at the start of the war. They now have 705, and most of them are older T-72s.
Russia has used up 82.3% of its modern tank reserves. They aren't going to be picking fights with anyone for a long time.
Was the juice worth the squeeze?
The modern tanks in their inventory are the T-72s, T-80's, and the T-90. They had a total of 4,002 in storage at the start of the war. They now have 705, and most of them are older T-72s.
Russia has used up 82.3% of its modern tank reserves. They aren't going to be picking fights with anyone for a long time.
Was the juice worth the squeeze?
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Posted on 2/28/26 at 12:49 am to Chromdome35
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Each battery consists of 6 / 8 units. Italy has 60/70 stored, plus nearly 200 that it sold to Belgium. It's shameful that they've taken so long and in such a scant number.
Italy's less than lukewarm support for Ukraine is mainly due to the successful Russian efforts to influence Matteo Salvini, the Italian Vice-President of the Council of Ministers. This will not end well for Salvini as even he can now see he picked the wrong horse. So small cracks are showing.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 12:52 am to Coeur du Tigre
Maybe we are... maybe we aren't... maybe frick you.
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Posted on 2/28/26 at 7:34 am to Coeur du Tigre
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Maybe we are... maybe we aren't.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 8:50 am to VolSquatch
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Maybe we are... maybe we aren't.
Your point? The grammar is correct. Or is this just another or your juvenile drive-by attempts to split hair?
Posted on 2/28/26 at 11:25 am to Coeur du Tigre
I thought it was pretty obvious, slav
Posted on 2/28/26 at 11:33 am to doubleb
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The Kremlin is continuing to crack down on pro-war information space figures that it cannot fully co-opt or subordinate to state control as part of wider efforts to consolidate the information space under the Kremlin’s control.
The Putin mafia only wants to hear and see what it wants to hear and see. That's part of what got them into this quagmire to start with.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 12:41 pm to Auburn1968
The noose tightens around Russia. Venezuela, Cuba about fold as well as Iran.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 2:42 pm to CitizenK
Syria, Armenia, Venezuela, Iran, and soon to be Cuba. Russia is losing all of its satellites. Is Belarus the last remaining?
Putin is a master strategist
On a high point, today probably represents the high point of the amount of Ukraine Russia controls. There is a very high possibility that it is only backwards from here for Russia.
Putin is a master strategist
On a high point, today probably represents the high point of the amount of Ukraine Russia controls. There is a very high possibility that it is only backwards from here for Russia.
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Posted on 2/28/26 at 4:00 pm to Chromdome35
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There is a very high possibility that it is only backwards from here for Russia.
Unfortunately Russia it was reported that Russia is beginning to soften up Ukrainian defenses for a Spring-Summer offensive.
Russia probably will gain 40 acres and a mule.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 4:48 pm to doubleb
Yeah, I saw that, but discounted it due to the lack of equipment and logistics infrastructure to sustain any major troop build-ups.
If the shutdown of Telegram was a preparatory step for a forced mobilization, as some say, then they still have to get those troops into uniform, equipped, and a couple of weeks of training (if they are lucky), then ship them to the front and feed them into the meat grinder.
Can they do that under the watchful eyes without getting wiped out before they ever arrive at the front?
If the shutdown of Telegram was a preparatory step for a forced mobilization, as some say, then they still have to get those troops into uniform, equipped, and a couple of weeks of training (if they are lucky), then ship them to the front and feed them into the meat grinder.
Can they do that under the watchful eyes without getting wiped out before they ever arrive at the front?
Posted on 2/28/26 at 7:32 pm to Chromdome35
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If tweet fails to load, click here. This could be a breakthrough on the diplomatic front if true. Wonder if Ukraine's counteroffensive is straining Russia more than is being reported> IMO there is no way Russia allows the USA to protect Ukraine like we protect Israel if his military isn't about to crap out on him.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 7:48 pm to WeeWee
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This could be a breakthrough on the diplomatic front if true. Wonder if Ukraine's counteroffensive is straining Russia more than is being reported> IMO there is no way Russia allows the USA to protect Ukraine like we protect Israel if his military isn't about to crap out on him
Have any mainstream outlets picked up on this?
Posted on 2/28/26 at 8:04 pm to WeeWee
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Putin is willing to accept US security guarantees in Ukraine.
We guaranteed Ukraine's security in the 1994 Bucharest Memorandum. Why would our security guarantee mean anything now?
Posted on 2/28/26 at 8:20 pm to WeeWee
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IMO there is no way Russia allows the USA to protect Ukraine like we protect Israel if his military isn't about to crap out on him.
Could also be the Russian economy is in deep trouble.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 8:20 pm to Tigris
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We guaranteed Ukraine's security in the 1994 Bucharest Memorandum. Why would our security guarantee mean anything now?
The only thing that we were required to do in the Budapest Memorandum was bring the issue up in the UN Security Council. We did that.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 1:24 am to WeeWee
You know it's bad when the fricking Belgians pile on -
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