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2022-05-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian Soldiers detained after an interview with their commander about the plight of the army

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Posted by badanov 2022-05-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 This is why Kissinger and The NY Times' ghost writers inside the intel community are urging a cease fire and peace talks. The truth on the battlefield is that the Ukrainians are desperate.

They've lost so many of their elite, savage fighters (like Azov) and the NATO-trained troops that now the replacements are press-ganged "volunteers," sent with next to no training and scarcely any ammo to the Donbas killing fields. They're cannon fodder and they know it.

The humane and prudent course of action is to call for an immediate cease-fire and stop the slaughter. Instead, Biden is escalating and prolonging the slaughter. Madness.

Posted by Billy Budd 2022-05-28 00:14|| 2022-05-28 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Putin can end the war any time. Why the attention on Biden? The US isn't a party to the conflict.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-05-28 05:07|| 2022-05-28 05:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Bad neighborhood, take the by-pass.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-05-28 07:29|| 2022-05-28 07:29|| Front Page Top

#4 How hard could it be to figure out how to use an RPG? Cavemen in Afghanistan have been using them for years now.

Posted by Chris 2022-05-28 09:09|| 2022-05-28 09:09|| Front Page Top

#5 ^
These recruits may have been Verizon retail sales reps a few weeks ago.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2022-05-28 09:13|| 2022-05-28 09:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Biden is escalating

Actually, he's just bullshitting, as usual. US support is declining, not increasing.

Of the $15B slated for weapons in the recent authorization, only $6B will actually go to the Ukrainians. $9B is actually going to replenish the depleted US arsenal -- depleted by earlier shipments to Ukraine that merely bought the Ukrainians a few extra weeks. The amount supplied is therefore decreasing, from $9B previously to $6B now.

Also, EU Foreign Affairs head Josep Burrell recently said, "the European armies couldn't maintain a war like the one in Ukraine for more than two weeks. They'll run out of ammunition." They're depleted, and the US arsenal is being depleted as well.

Wonder how much of the $6B will end up in Russian hands...

Posted by Oye Como Va 2022-05-28 13:29|| 2022-05-28 13:29|| Front Page Top

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