Cant pick out a bit to quote as it's disaster after disaster
Zelenskiy fires head of air force after fatal crash of donated F-16 fighter jet
Mykola Oleshchuk’s dismissal thought to be linked to death of pilot and loss of plane newly delivered to Ukrainewww.theguardian.com
Sending new forced young recruits to the frontline with no training is the worst of it in there for me
Might be T shirt sellersRussia taking 100 soldiers from Burkina Faso to Kursk
Burkina Faso: Russia's Bear Brigade troops to leave for Ukraine war
The Russian mercenaries were helping Burkina Faso fight Islamist insurgents, who recently staged a huge attack.www.bbc.co.uk
Not cos they're running out of soldiers locally or owt, of course.
Zelensky knows he is finished when the war is over. Even the role of clown on tv will be long gone.
Strategically, removing battle hardened troops from the eastern front to go on a jaunt in Kursk, replacing them with press ganged kids looks increasingly deranged.Cant pick out a bit to quote as it's disaster after disaster
Zelenskiy fires head of air force after fatal crash of donated F-16 fighter jet
Mykola Oleshchuk’s dismissal thought to be linked to death of pilot and loss of plane newly delivered to Ukraine
Sending new forced young recruits to the frontline with no training is the worst of it in there for me
“If we lose Pokrovsk,” military expert Mykhaylo Zhyrokhov warned, “the entire front line will crumble."Russia pushes on key Ukraine city of Pokrovsk while Kyiv's Kursk incursion slows
Russia is poised to assault Pokrovsk, a crucial supply and reinforcement hub for Ukraine's frontline troops.www.bbc.co.uk
What now?
They can’t supply their troops on the front line if Pokrovsk falls is how I understand it.
Yes it's a key logistics hub....
Their options were terrible to be fair.
not really. churchill got a rude shock when after leading the country to victory in europe he was ejected from downing street. zelensky may have a similar experience even if ukraine achieves its objectives as he will be largely associated with the conflict and the ukrainians may desire a different personality to lead the more difficult task of rebuilding the country
And suffer the unfortunate fate of being memorialised as a national hero as Churchill has been?
Do you think the possible outcomes include success for Ukraine?
It is one of the possible outcomes, yes, and there are several outcomes short of full victory (eviction of Russian forces from Crimea and all pre-2014 Ukrainian territory) which could be framed as a kind of victory. Preventing Russia advancing further than it currently has (and perhaps taking back more coastline) and gaining some kind of security assurances (e.g. presence of NATO soldiers) could also be construed as a victory.
It's hard to see an election fought on normalising relations with Russia after this tbh.
Do you seen any of those as likely?
Zelensky can’t really negotiate a peace. Would have to be someone else.
It's September. There'll be another frost or two before the rasputitsa.
bsky.app
Positive news apparently? What do you know?
Realpolitik.Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social)
Russia has become the second-largest gas supplier to the EU again, surpassing the United States for the first time in almost two years.
Ffs
Only rumours from a poster on another forum who frequently gets mainly correct info before the media does. Apparently Russia has a severe shortage of shells & are losing a lot of armour on the Pokrovsk front.
That's YouTube for you.
