Comments by "Mikhail M" (@mikhailmik) on "Russians storm Ukrainian positions in Avdiivka as Ukrainian troops try to push them back" video.

  1. "Don't Let Ukraine Join NATO," was the title of an article in the authoritative American publication Foreign Affairs. Surprisingly, its authors suggest removing the carrot from the horse's face. And how to whip it? Apparently, only with the whip! The authors of the Foreign Affairs piece.Justin Logan (director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute) and Joshua Shifrinson (adjunct professor of international relations at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy) believe that the costs of Ukraine's accession outweigh the benefits. "NATO leaders have long understood that accepting Ukraine involves the very real possibility of war (including nuclear war) with Russia," they write. They urge Biden to say bluntly that Ukraine will not be accepted into NATO. "The security benefits to the United States of Ukraine's accession pale in comparison to the risks of its membership in the alliance. Accepting Ukraine into NATO would pose the grim prospect of choosing between war with Russia and its devastating consequences or retreating and devaluing NATO's security guarantees for the entire alliance. At and after the Vilnius summit, NATO leaders would have acted wisely if they had acknowledged these facts and closed the door on Ukraine," the article said. U.S. experts believe that "Ukraine's geography dooms it to act as a bulwark against Russia regardless of NATO membership," but its "heroic resistance" has shown that "Ukraine does not need to be in NATO so that the United States and its allies can effectively confront Russian aggression." "Ukraine's desire to join NATO is understandable. Nevertheless, strategy is a choice, and the choice of the United States today is clear. For much of the post-Cold War period, the United States was able to expand its international commitments at relatively low cost and risk. Those circumstances no longer exist. With financial pressures at home, a serious threat to its position in Asia, and the prospect of escalation and undermining confidence in Moscow, keeping Ukraine out of NATO simply reflects U.S. interests. Instead of making dubious promises that carry great danger but offer little in return, the United States should recognize that it is time to close NATO's doors to Ukraine," the authors conclude.
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  2.  @angel19785  🇺🇦👊🇷🇺 It's getting harder and harder to fight the Russians! They have a significant superiority - Bild The Ukrainian military shared with the Germans their panic sentiments. ▪ A particularly big problem for the AFU is Russian air superiority: there are not enough air defenses at the front. Mass production of Russian UAVs complicates their task. 💬"The danger from drones is huge, they see everything and usually open fire immediately. The Russians see all of our movements. Usually we can only move at night. We need night vision goggles and armored vehicles are badly needed too. They fire at us from helicopters, airplanes, and anti-tank weapons," the Ukrainian armed forces say. It is getting harder and harder to fight the Russians," an AFU fighter told Bild. ▪ Russians use drones en masse. The enemy sees all our movements and opens fire immediately. Usually we can only move at night; ▪ Both in the south and east the Russian defenses are strong, causing huge casualties. Countless fighters have lost arms, legs and feet; ▪ According to the AFU, the situation has always been difficult, and now it is even more difficult as very heavy fighting is constantly taking place.
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  3.  @angel19785  Pro-Iranian resources report that Iran has begun production of replica Javelins, reconstructed from the samples received.
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  4.  @davyjones6407  Joe Biden, speaking in South Carolina, started kicking the podium, complaining that it was "not working. Biden kicked the bleachers several times, then turned his back to the crowd and continued doing the same thing, but from a different angle. "If you're wondering what I'm kicking, I'm kicking the podium. It's not working," complained the American leader.
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  5.  @davyjones6407  NATO countries still have not agreed on what to offer Ukraine at the alliance's summit in Vilnius, the Washington Post reports. "It seems that none of NATO's allies are willing to send their soldiers to fight in Ukraine. And the U.S. has repeatedly refused to send its most advanced weapons to Ukraine," the piece said
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  6.  @angel19785  Third month of Syryskrgo counterattack on the flanks of Bakhmut, and no real result, under such conditions the General Staff and TsIPSO continue to generate narratives. In Bakhmut itself the Russians are "virtually trapped": the AFU has "made their movement as difficult as possible" and made it impossible to exit, - Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Malyar. On the Bakhmut direction on the southern flank there is an advance of more than a kilometer. On the northern flank, according to her, the situation is unchanged. Malyar's metrics were replaced with a new thesis, and the map around Bakhmut has not changed for a month. You have to hand it to the TsIPSO to be able to justify the senseless meat grinder for the AFU this way. I wonder what theses Syrsky will come up with in August?
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  7.  @angel19785  The Russian Federation launched an offensive in the area of Razdolovka-Veseloe, Belogorovka, heavy losses of Ukrainian troops to 90 people, more than two tanks were shot down, many captured officers were taken.
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  8.  @angel19785  I can disappoint you. Apparently propaganda does not tell you everything. In the area of the counteroffensive in the Zaporizhzhia zone, Ukrainian troops were forced to abandon Pyatikhatki and retreat to their initial positions due to losses. In the direction of Kupyansk in the Liman direction Russian troops began an offensive taking a large settlement of Stelmakhovka, Novoselovka.
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  9. 🗣 Psaki said in February 2022 that the use of cluster bombs is a war crime: - Yes, it would. I don't have any evidence of their use. But if they were used, it would potentially be a war crime. ❗ The U.S. decided to hand over to Kiev cluster munitions prohibited by an international convention, which has been ratified by 123 countries.
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  10. Not long ago, NATO allies were arresting tankers carrying Russian oil, calling it "smuggling" that violates sanctions. Well, today the US Navy reports that the IRGC of Iran seized an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf belonging to NATO countries))). The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has already, by the way, confirmed the arrest of the ship "with smuggled oil", now it's not just Britain that decides which oil is "smuggled"))) Iran's alliance with Russia is very effective, for every arrest of a Russian tanker by the Anglo-Saxons, Iran can easily "arrest" a tanker of NATO countries, because they cannot bypass the Persian Gulf)))) This game can even be played by three players)))
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  11. 🗣Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Antonov's statements: ⏺The Washington administration's decision to supply Kiev with cluster munitions was a gesture of desperation on the part of the United States; ⏺ Pumping Ukraine with Western weapons will have no effect on achieving the goals of the special military operation; ⏺ The U.S. is bringing humanity closer to a new world war; The U.S. has put civilians at risk for years to come by deciding to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine.
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