• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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    1 year ago

    It’s literally territory they’ve annexed from Ukraine. And anybody who actually paid attention for the past month can see that Ukraine is in no position to take any territory back based on how their offensive is going.

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      1 year ago

      No position to take any territory back? How about the 300km^2 they took back already this summer?

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        1 year ago

        Oh you mean the territory Russia didn’t actually contest because they haven’t mobilized yet. Amazing counterpoint you’ve got there. 🤡

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          1 year ago

          They have mobilized 300,000 troops last year. It’s news to Russia that they didn’t contest it, since they fought for and lost Pyatyhatky, just now fighting for and losing Zherebyanky.

          There are intense battles in Orikhiv area, but that could go either way. If Russia loses anything “they are not even trying”?

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            1 year ago

            Don’t engage. He is a useful idiot and very determined.

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              1 year ago

              Why should I believe those people? Who made them experts?

              Watch the actual developments on the ground, don’t listen to propaganda. Russian telegram channels tell you how the war is going, don’t need a guy to pretend to know the future

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                1 year ago

                Why should anybody believe people who have been studying geopolitics all their lives is the question you’re asking?

                Unlike you guzzling propaganda out of a firehose, I am watching the actual developments on the ground. The developments are that Ukraine failed to reach even the first line of Russian defence after a month long offensive while suffering horrific losses. Those are the facts of the situation. The fact that you don’t understand this says volumes.

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                  1 year ago

                  Just because you study something doesn’t mean you magically know the future. Stop following “experts” and form your own opinion

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                    1 year ago

                    People who study things have the best idea of what’s likely to happen in the future by virtue of spending the time to understand the domain they study. Maybe if you spend the time learning about the subjects you opine on then you too will be able to make a coherent argument in the future. Consider doing that instead of trolling on internet forums.