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2023-08-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

It is impossible to win: the West is preparing for the surrender of Ukraine

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Posted by badanov 2023-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Ukraine lost the war in 1320.

Posted by Grom the Kindly 2023-08-27 00:12|| 2023-08-27 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 According to multiple sources, Ukrainian forces have gained tactically significant ground in western Zaporizhia Oblast, but there is no confirmation if they have completely breached the most challenging series of Russian defensive positions yet. While Ukrainian forces have entered areas where they encountered only Russian logistics groups. It remains to be seen if they can penetrate the Russian heavily fortified positions with its well-trained Russian soldiers. https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-26-2023

Posted by Herb Johnson6409 2023-08-27 04:09|| 2023-08-27 04:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Ukrainian troops 'break through toughest Russian lines'
Ukrainian forces have broken through the most difficult line of Russian defences in the south and should be able to advance more quickly now, a commander on the southern front has claimed.

“We don’t stop here,” a commander who led some of the troops into Robotyne told Reuters. Kyiv said on Wednesday that its troops had raised the national flag in the settlement of Robotyne in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, about six miles south of the Orikhiv frontline. “Next we have Berdiansk, and then more. I made it clear to my fighters at once: our goal is not Robotyne, our goal is (the Sea of) Azov.”

Reaching the Sea of Azov would sever Russia’s land route between occupied Crimea and Donetsk.

“We have passed the main roads that were mined. We are coming to those lines where we can go (forward). I’m sure we’ll go faster from here,” said the commander, who goes by the nom de guerre “Skala”.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 05:12|| 2023-08-27 05:12|| Front Page Top

#4 There. Light. At the end of the tunnel.

Posted by JHH 2023-08-27 08:57|| 2023-08-27 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 "Are we there yet?"

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 09:29|| 2023-08-27 09:29|| Front Page Top

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