Okay so this is a complete turn around from previous claims on Bakhmut. It’s been repeatedly claimed that Russia taking Bakhmut was a hollow, pyrrhic victory. Of no significance. Politically important but not strategically important? Now Zelensky is stating the fate of Ukraine, the entire nation rests on the eastern battles including Bakhmut?! Evening Standard […]
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Only Zelensky seems to be high on something! Blood lust? I don’t know. Washington Post- Ukrainian Casualties, Losses and Pessimism Grow The quality of Ukraine’s military force, has been degraded by a year of casualties that have taken many of the most experienced fighters off the battlefield The once considered…. claim omitted- because it’s speculative […]
This rapprochement is one I’ve been waiting for! I’ve written about it on multiple occasions. Having previously moved older reports from my big tech censored blog here- It seemed time to move yet another one October 2019- https://web.archive.org/web/20191217170056/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/10/russia-iran-turkey-penny-talkin-up.html Most people in the west are completely unaware of the Adana agreement- Russian leadership has been very […]
Interesting take on the NYT’s piece of yesterday There are only 2 real takeaways from this report to my mind.. Like all effective propaganda there is some truth, I see 2 as follows – The US tacitly admits as a pro Ukrainian force they were the perps– Russia didn’t destroy it’s own pipelines because that’s […]
Given Poland’s prominence in NATO, only surpassed by the US, we should expect that this government in waiting has the US/NATO seal of approval. Globe and Mail Russian dissidents in Poland clash as they try to plot a future without Putin The group, called the People’s Deputies of Russia, has drafted a new constitution and […]
From my big tech censored blog. May 6 2014 https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2014/05/ukraine-militias-masquerading-as.html only available via wayback or now HERE! via wayback Mariupol and the neo nazis. Present and terrorizing since 2014- Finally removed when Russia began it’s military action Continuing on.. Despite the Washington Post spin job, as stated, the fact is- Ukraine’s top, richest warlord/oligarch has […]
I’m afraid it is. Yesterday’s news via Globe and Mail (archive.ph) The image above was taken 3 days ago. How could troops withdraw to safety in those conditions? Russian forces were trying to close their circle around the small mining city of Bakhmut on Monday, while rain and an early spring thaw turned east Ukraine’s […]
Firing Military Leadership- No reason given AsiaOne or Sky News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday (Feb 26) fired a senior military commander helping to lead the fight against Russian troops in the country’s embattled east but gave no reason for the move. In a one-line decree, Zelenskiy announced the dismissal of Eduard Moskalyov as […]
As the situation changes the tactics have changed https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/16/russia-surrounds-bakhmut-as-ukraine-sends-in-troops Ukraine faced its toughest week so far this year on the eastern front, where its defenders lost more ground to Russian forces but committed enormous resources to holding Bakhmut, a coal-mining town that has acquired emblematic importance to both sides. Russian troops have been launching probing attacks on a wide front […]
If Bakhmut hasn’t fallen as of the post. It’s got to be close. Because the White House is already downplaying it’s significance. We’ve all seen this language used before! It’s spin, of course. Bakhmut falling to the Russians can change the course of the war. https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/02/08/ukraine-war-borrowed-time-for-bakhmut-as-russians-close-in/ “These heights (in Bakhmut) are more important for the […]