You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Germany's Welt Newspaper Claims Ukraine Is 'Crumbling' & That Orban Was Right But 'Nobody Dares Admit It'
2023-12-06
[ReMix via ZERO] Germany’s Welt newspaper, perhaps the most popular publication in the country, is well known for its pro-Ukraine stance and ran numerous articles in the past about the likely success of Ukraine’s military offensive against Russia.

However, in a column published yesterday by the paper’s chief correspondent, Sascha Lehnartz, the assessment of Ukraine’s chances in the war is decidedly bleak.

Posted by:Besoeker

#12  I was told Africans were building temples there while Greeks were still homos living in caves.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-12-06 15:21  

#11  Give it back to whoever lived there before the Indo-European migration. It's only fair.
Posted by: Angstrom   2023-12-06 14:31  

#10  Ah yes, the Vikings. The term Slav is derived from the Swedish word for slave.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-12-06 12:19  

#9  Don't forget the Vikings!
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-12-06 11:19  

#8  Trump was right - but nobody (who needs to wake up and smell the coffee) dares admit it.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-12-06 11:13  

#7  Ukraine for The Greeks!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-12-06 10:59  

#6  The Lithuania of then, is Belorussia today.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-12-06 09:12  

#5  So Ukraine is Lithuanian territory, and not Russian?
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2023-12-06 08:51  

#4  P2k: That's Mongols - doesn't count (e.g. they took Moscow in 1238).
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-12-06 07:04  

#3  ...more like 1240, but who's counting? :)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-12-06 06:51  

#2  Ukraine lost in 1320.

Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-12-06 05:24  

#1  Failure looms large. The Biden administration is frantic to continue funding the effort until after the presidential election.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-12-06 02:37  

00:00