Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "William Spaniel" channel.

  1. Its called escalation. If he played the card in March he would escalate way, way too hard. Notice how they escalated closing off gas, 60% 40% 20% 0%.
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  2. Well, if world was truly free the UN laws of people deciding their future would be respected and UN referendum in Crimea would have given it to Russia.
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  3.  @m1l3s27  LOL, I don't even speak Russian. What truth hurts, huh?
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  4. Yes, they have now more equipment.
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  5. LOL!
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  6. Given that around 80% of the Ukrainian soldiers became Russian soldiers I think it was clear that they rather be ... Russians than Ukrainians. I.e. there was no pro Ukraine faction present anywhere.
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  7.  @vladislavbondarenko7067  Russia evacuated the city. Come on you should know that. Why if everyone laws Ukraine so much there is absolutely no pro Ukraine activity??? There were multiple proposals for a referendum - UN one, for Ukraine. Russia agreed. Ukraine did not. I wonder why.
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  8.  @Marvin-dg8vj  Spot on, this is a big permanent kick into EU and UK rear end. And imagine that now all these cheap resources are going to UK / EU competitors making their products cheaper!
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  9.  @vladislavbondarenko7067  Really? How so - if you think it is so fractured than what would be left of US or Canada?
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  10.  @vladislavbondarenko7067  It belongs to the people that are there now. If we look at ingenious population, even Tatars may not be it. Also I fail to see all these Americans packing their bags and going back to Europe. Easiest is to look at current population. I do not agree to any forced removal of population to change the "ratio". This is going on in different areas of the world - frequently with western approval or support.
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  11.  @mfulan7548  If you do not want to live in Crimea - leave! Simple! Kosovo was part of Serbia as per US. If Albanians did not like it - leave - simple huh? So why did US build huge military base there and why west is pushing Serbia to accept Kosovo as independent state??? Why is US not a British colony? If Americans did not like the King they could have just sailed home! Why did they start illegal revolution? Why not just leave! It was British land! They accepted that until they rebelled! What was the problem all of the sudden?
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  12. Well, it seems Germany prepared well, they have good storage reserves. Poland did not prepare well OTOH as they have massive costs to the economy due to war next door.
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  13. Ukraine is in full defense mode and Russia is moving west. Depending how much Russia moves we will see push for UA surrender by early or late spring.
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  14. What for? Line is dead.
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  15. And I guarantee you that no matter how bad Ukraine will loose this war, west will say they won.
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  16. 2025 Ukraine surrenders.
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  17. Exactly - Russia did not need foreign currency to make 100k T-34! Its just idiotic thinking by the west.
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  18. what future relations? I doubt there will be willingness to have much of a relation for at least next 20 years if not more. From both sides.
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  19. Ukraine no longer has troop numbers...
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  20. Russia is not in any hurry b/c of US aid that never stopped. Ukraine simply does not have ... stuff and will not get any stuff that matters ... ever. The war is progressing towards total Russian victory. Nothing seems to be able to stop that.
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  21. No. Not really. Russia had hard time dealing with payments in Euros as they were "useless". Even conversion was an issue. It is far better to get paid in say yuan which can easily convert for goods.
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  22. Ukraine is already being pushed back and retreating. They gambled and lost.
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  23.  @bernardfinucane2061  well it's per live map UA. So is the Ukrainian MOD also doing the Kremlin line?!
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  24.  @mfulan7548  If you do not like the British you can use the Native people. There are plenty of other examples. When Americans started their rebellion they were helped by France. Was France right to help? A lot of Poles also came to help, were they right? Was a Polish revolution (which failed) before the war of US independence a fight for freedom or was it bunch of criminal elements? So what that Russia agreed to respect Ukraine borders - for 20 years they did - and then things changed. French also had peace treaty with the British yet war started and they helped American colonies. Which question you want me to answer? My main view is very simple. People have the right to decide & a concept of a country holding people hostage is as obsolete today as it was 300 years ago. EU for all of its mumblings about "freedom" is as backwardly set as their ancestors were.
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  25. Till Ukraine surrenders?
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  26. Meh as long as Sumy joins Russia its OK. New referendum will show 200% of Kursk wants to rejoin Russia.
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  27. Well, other then he brought down whole EU to its knees ;)
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  28.  @JohnDlugosz  LOL, if you were Russian why would you want to live in Banderostan - that is like saying Jews would not mind to live in Nazi Germany despite discrimination. Once Hitler started to push 1000s started to move away from Germany - despite Jews being quote used to discrimination in Europe. We are not talking about some tolerant state where all are equal here, we are talking here about Ukraine where you are fined for speaking Russian (5000 harvina)
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  29. Rapid re-deployment.
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  30. LOL! Yeah I am sure largest producer of food will miss 0.001% of its agro land ;)))
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  31.  @Artificer101-g8w  No one in Russia cares about being humiliated - they are fighting a war not starring in a comedy.
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  32. More like repeat of the battle of the Bulge. Someone in Ukraine did not read up to the end.
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  33. Umm, but west made sure Russia is firmly with China and India. For the next 100 years.
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  34. If we did same calculation for WWI we get 100 years....
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  35. LOL, Russia is now recognized as a world power - an important country with a lot of influence and prestige. You do know west is only 12% of the world, do you?
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  36.  @mufinsp0  Me, none. Most on this channel are on something very strong - as well as the author. When will you realize Ukraine lost the war - when Russians are in Kiev or Lviv? I bet when west forces them to surrender you spin it as some kind of "victory".
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  37. Comparisons to the battle of the Bulge are spot on - this battle is also Ukraine's last gasp. Main difference is Germans had an objective - albeit far fetched - Ukraine does not seem to have one. What political win exactly? PR does not win wars. Support for war in Russia is going up, way up! Support for Putin is going up as well - during times of stress people go around the leader - see Zielinski for example of this. Imposing costs???? That is Russia on Ukraine as her best units are grinded down in Kursk. Ukraine should surrender - war is clearly lost as Russia cannot be stopped in Donbass.
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  38. Pushing Russia and China together is a major geo political mistake of the west. Also Russia and India are now closer then ever. Good job west - you made sure Putin is stronger then ever.
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  39. This happened in Poland in 1939. Germany had too many mechanized units, enough to outrun Poles marching at night. By the time the river was reached, advance German units were already there.
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  40.  @waynesworldofsci-tech  bigger problem was hot summer. The forts were there because it was a swamp. Well not that September. Also shows the value of fortifications. Poland should have ignored the allies and called mobilization weeks before as well as built as many trenches and tank ditches as possible. A lot of bunkers were not ready at all but still offered stiff resistance. Some still had fresh concrete not dry yet but held for a few days. Not that it would lead anywhere, Poland could not win with Germany and there was little to persuade the Soviets to refrain from the back stab.
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  41. There was nothing of importance there to defend. Never interrupt the enemy when making a mistake. Putin played well and won. Ukraine lost massive amounts of equipment and now is retreating.... For what I ask??? PR?!
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  42.  @rrai1999  LOL, no - why would they? Russia won the war - any desperate acts will not change that.
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  43.  @patwilson2546  Well, Russia did show - they taken Bakhmut, they are now taking Adiivka. They advanced more than Ukraine in 2023. They taken lighter losses then the enemy and are forcing Ukraine into general mobilization.
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  44.  @hgv1947  India.
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  45. They are stopped more or less.
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  46.  @TrumpFacts-wl2ik  Well, so far Putin is one of the most effective leaders Russia ever had - and clearly one of the best if not the best leader of a major country. Many wish Putin lead their country.
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  47. What is the bloody dilemma everyone talks about? There is none - Russia has very clear path - push in Donbass. It only has main problem - how fast it can push in Donbass.
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  48.  @vladislavbondarenko7067  Ukraine said no to any referendums. And the land belongs to the people, not to Ukraine. I support these people, as they fight for freedom. Western politically motivated view is a shame. They are on the wrong side of history.
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  49.  @vladislavbondarenko7067  Well, I see Bandera is strong with you "wipe". Yes, there were transfers of people during Soviet times - but no one says Soviet times were correct. Thus Ukrainian attempts at such transfers should be seen as a war crime.
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  50.  @mfulan7548  Sure I can give lots of examples, Kosovo, Taiwan, South Sudan, breakup of Yugoslavia. Eritrea. How many examples do you need? Lots of examples from very recent times. Essentially all these places had to fight for their independence in one way or another. There are still conflicts based on who lives where. This is why I firmly believe in simple, human non barbaric way of settling things - people decide. Or you can follow Kiev regime.
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  51. I doubt that - he seemed rather in good spirits on different videos from current massive Vostok drills in Asian part of Russia.
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  52. Why would he suddenly engage in peace talks? It is clear that Kiev regime needs to be changed now - as any talks are futile as they will lead to possible future conflict. So only peace talks will center around Ukraine surrender. Without conditions.
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  53. LOL, the orders to advance were done weeks if not months before actual start of hostilities. There is no talk here about diplomatic push before the war. None. 6:30 - Russia predicted very well western response - they were more or less told of the main sanctions! 7:00 - yeah - there was push not to change borders unless it was done by the west ;) 21:00 - Putin is know for reading press and directly calling people ---- i.e. exactly the opposite of what is said here... even recently he publicly told off one of his own ministers by asking why military orders were not placed --- he personally called factory directors! 25:14 really and where would they sell it to??? eBay? Who would exactly buy things such as optical coincidental range finder for T-72??? What could this be used for? Did anyone ask simple questions like that??? No! Just pure idiotic propaganda. 31:35 - yeah Putin sick trope ;))) Maybe someone should look as how Biden ... moves or shakes hands with ghosts ;))) Why would Putin miscalculate Ukrainian resolve - they been having a proxy war since 2014 --- that is 8 years of fighting! I have a feeling he sort of knew what is out there... after 8 years.
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  54. Putin is not Russia. There is zero need for any nukes.
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  55.  @sirfanatical8763  What economic troubles? Russia is fastest growing economy in Europe and largest. What Ukraine "fight" what BS you are talking about? Is there any fight in new territories Russia acquired? I was under impression that 100s of vehicles were burned in Kiev, Odessa and many other cities by the resistance movement against dictator Zielinski. We have plenty of evidence on video to back it up with clear geo location. How do you explain that? They myth of Ukrainian partisans is just that - a myth. When Ukraine was part of Soviet Union there were no problems with any resistance. There were more leaders of Soviet Union from Ukraine than Russia (!)
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  56. What a BS. Russian message to Kiev is not about any land. It's clear, say no to NATO. Ukraine says, over our dead bodies. To which Moscow say, that will be arrenged.
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  57.  @Achill101  Who cares about Finland and their membership in NATO? Same for Sweden? Ukraine has shown they are unable to deal with situation where Russia has disadvantage in numbers of 2:1. As long as Estonia and Latvia are not going to go on full homicidal mission there there is little reason for Russia to intervene. Of course both Estonia and Latvia break EU laws regarding their minorities but for some time EU just looks the other way - so much for "rule of law". Same with US lead NATO that is clearly not some kind of "rules" based institution - rules exist but they are changed as interests seem to fit them. Russia does not need to fight too hard - all they need to do is continue current operation - they don't even need large operations - through they may chose to do so in order to firmly show that Ukraine cannot win this conflict using the military.
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  58.  @Kektamusprime  No body is fighting against Russians there as almost everyone there is Russian ;) What videos have you seen of fighting there? Other than drone attacks? I have no seen any videos. There is also small Tatar minority there, but I did not see them doing anything with arms either.
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  59. But there is no dilemma. Russia will try to slow down attack in Kursk and take Donbass forcing Ukraine to surrender or be overrun. Region can be taken back later on for free or next to free. God people in the west are idiots. There is obvious choice for Russia and they have picked it... your move!
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  60. What if Russia refuses to turn it off? Will Ukraine hit working nuclear power plant? LOL! Western idiots are amazing.
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  61. More or less Russian influence in the world stage goes only up and up and up.
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  62. Yeah, Russia was invaded many times - and with few exceptions it did not work out well for the invader.
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  63.  @Chuck_Hooks  Yeah and US needs Pakistan. Doing excellent I see!
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  64. Russia won the war. No one is pushing them anywhere.
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  65. For what?
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  66.  @InspiriumESOO  Yes, its a benefit but to Russia. It is political posturing by Ukraine for political points in the west - problem is that it will cost them military loss. War is extension of politics by means of physical force - physical force trumps any non physical posturing. So Russian military wins trump any Ukrainian posturing for soft political wins. I.e. this is a mistake by Ukraine.
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  67. Sure they can - they can say Ukraine needs to give up all the land Russia controls and return all land in Russia taken by Ukraine. Through this is off the table - Russia is winning the war and they need to ask for more.
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  68.  @krisfrederick5001  well, Ukraine crossed Russian red line and look at it now. In 2019 interview the presidential advisor knew that Russia would not let it slide. They even predicted up to 3 wars with Russia over a dozen years. Oh how wrong they were. Russia has proven far and wide more powerful than expected.
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  69.  @PhysicsGamer  LOL, dude you are clueless. Ukraine before the war was strongest military (ground force) in entirely in Europe. Mexico cannot even defeat local gangs. Ukraine air defense network was almost as big as rest of Europe COMBINED. And roughly half that of US. With aid Ukraine air defense power not counting losses is roughly that of US! With aid the number of tanks not counting losses is that of US. With aid the artillery systems count is roughly same as US not counting losses. Europe itself sent more than 1/3 of all of its weapons as aid (!) This would be equivalent of Russia invading US and US managing to invade it back if oceans dried up and there was land bridge. Would Russia be pathetic for being able to take and hold large chunk of US? As for Mexico - do they even have air defenses? Canada does not have a single air defense system other than hand held stuff and air force... Russia is doing excellent thanks to preparation. It took them years to prepare. They correctly calculated what the west can do, what west can send and they planned for it. This is why Russia is able to make more artillery shells than entire west combined even including Japan and South Korea. This is why Russia can make more missiles than entire west combined. This is why Russia can make more tanks than entire west combined... I think you get the picture.
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  70.  @PhysicsGamer  Czehia sent around 60% plus of all their weapons. Same for Baltic states. I know it sounds ridiculous but its a fact. Poland sent about half of its tanks. Russia did take initially large parts of Ukraine but could not hold them without mobilizing - something Putin refused to do. To expect Russia to take whole Ukraine, country larger than France, in few days is a joke when you realize they are using their regular army and just over 100k at that. Anyone whom believed that is an idiot. Clearly US government has plenty of rather retarded people in it. I think people don't realize Ukraine was very well armed - as I stated - it had massive stock pile of weapons from Soviet times and a sizable army. It also had multi layer defenses in the east built since 2014. Russia just few weeks ago finally passed the last 2014 defenses. For 2023 offensive west sent Ukraine around 10,000 vehicles of different types. 10k. Let that sink in. Russia is doing way, way, way better than expected anywhere in the west - what was the quote from idiots in US - "I cannot wait to see their tin can army crushed" - guess it was not tin can army after all...
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  71. Russia is not interested in cease fire as it would allow Ukraine to re-arm. Russia is only interested now in unconditional surrender.
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  72.  @ixfr123  Well battle of the Bulge had valid targets and was better thought out. This was plain stupid. But net result is the same.
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  73.  @ixfr123  it is like a battle of the Bulge as it is an act of desperation. Both Nazi Germany and Ukraine knew they lost the war but they refuse to surrender. The main difference is that Germans actually had military objectives in mind while Ukrainian objectives are a total mystery. Both Germany and Ukraine wasted precious resources they could use to prolong their futile defense. In retrospect Ukraine did everyone a favor as war will end sooner.
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  74.  @ixfr123  Who said 3 days? West. Who said NK troops are used? West. Who is retreating every day? Ukraine. Less than 10 counter attacks per month.... Full defense and constant retreat. And they are desperate.... desperate? Why? City of Soledove fell in a week. 22000 pre war population. Multiple villages captured per day... But they are desperate...
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  75. Of course and now Ukraine realizes its mistake and redeploys from Kursk....
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  76.  @reboundrides8132  Of course, now its going according to Russian plan. Ukraine badly out gunned is being ground down in attrition war. All Russia needs to do is continue till Kiev comes to its senses or runs out of people. Either way is good for Putin. Bleeding Ukraine dry at minimal own costs. I am unsure why such plan - that is working - is a bad plan. It was also used by the allies in WWI with similar results. Except in WWI allies did not have such huge fire power advantage as Russia has over Ukraine.
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  77. These are Russian islands as per international law.
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  78.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  no they are not. UN says that nations have the right to decide their future. Thus it is the right of the people of Crimea to secede from Ukraine. The right they have legally executed.
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  79.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  So what? Golan heights are Syrian according to 99% of the world. Taiwan is Chinese according to 99% of the world. Kosovo is Serbia according to 90%+ of the world. Need I go on?
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  80.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  Crimea belongs to the people of Crimea.
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  81.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  Umm, there were not even "illegitimate" elections/ referendums anywhere else I mentioned. Border changes after WWI and WWII by the victorious side were also not proceeded by any referendums. Most land transfers were political with a hint of basing them on ethnic makeup. This is why Sudeten land was taken from Germany and Silesia from Poland. So it may come as a shock to you but no one so far even bothered to hold any votes.
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  82.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  "Crimean referendum of 20 January 1991. The referendum asked Crimeans whether they wanted to restore autonomy to the region, and just over 93% of voters approved. " "in May 1992 the Crimean parliament established a Crimean constitution, and in September-October 1993 it established the post of President of Crimea. But in early 1994, after a polarising election campaign, Crimeans elected as their President a strongly pro-Russian candidate, Yuriy Meshkov. A power struggle between the Ukrainian parliament and the Crimean parliament commenced. Another Crimean referendum in March 1994 asked three questions: ‘1.3 million voted, 78.4% of whom supported greater autonomy from Ukraine, 82.8% supported allowing dual Russian-Ukrainian citizenship, and 77.9% favored giving Crimean presidential decrees the force of law’." So from the very start Crimea was not interested in being part of Ukraine. Even in early 1990s when Ukraine was not doing too bad - it was doing as well as Russia and better than Poland. In later years Ukraine started to disintegrate while both Poland and Russia flourished. Ukraine grip on Crimea is not justifiable by any EU laws - yet EU supports it - which shows what kind of institution EU is.
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  83.  @tapultanul97  I do consider them as Russian version of Sudetenland - and if you do as well than you fully agree they should belong to Russia.
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  84.  @tapultanul97  Taiwan is seen as Chinese as it is legally part of China. If US applied its policy evenly it would have helped PRC take Taiwan back... but somehow they help rebels in Taiwan yet they disagree with Russia helping rebels in Donbass... strange, no?
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  85.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  Not US is not. US does not support Crimea as part of Russia. Instead US supports Ukraine. There is no aid to Russia to fend of Ukraine occupation.
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  86.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  Whose laws are these? And why should Russia fall under them? The west does not care about them so why should anyone else? Laws are created by stronger - once east is seen as stronger a lot of things west does will be illegal and US will be forced to pay repatriations or face sanctions.
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  87.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  Russia helped people of Crimea throw Ukrainian occupier off their land. US is supplying Kiev regime to fight Russia and occupy land against the will of the people. You are very confused by propaganda person.
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  88. Of course Ukraine should surrender - not doing so is same as advocating for Nazi Germany to fight to the end. Republicans don't want all Ukrainians dead in difference to Democrats. For what, few more dead Russians?
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  89. Umm, not sure - not anytime in the last few hundred years. Russia has not been this strong since fall of Soviet Union - maybe mid 1980s.
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  90. Maybe he sees an image of the comic
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  91. But they will not retake them - now what?
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  92.  @hummingbirdman  correct.
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  93. And now leaving them for Putin as they run away from the region. Massive losses for what???
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  94. Which as this war has shown was a correct assessment.
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  95. No, we discovered comedian is a comedian.
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  96.  @o0alessandro0o  In Russia smiling is not common. Putin is a chess player - no emotions. He plays and enemy made a foolish attack deep into his line. For which Putin is slowly moving to mate.
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  97. Who cares. Ukrainians gambled and lost now moving troops away from Kursk. Putin won.
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  98. Ukrainians did not cut even single supply line - that would be a success - but they failed to do so.
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  99.  @Byzantine-Revolt  Yes but US killed it. This was like a decade ago.
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  100. They can - Russia now is counting on some major operation there.
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  101. And proof of this NK weapons use??? Oh wait, none.
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  102.  @williamlloyd3769  Russia used lancets to destroy a lot of UA trench digging machinery and thus now most UA trenches are done by hand.
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  103.  @alexiskiri9693  it is certain. The question is when. Same as with chasiv Yar, it will eventually fall.
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  104. It was a bloody SHOW.
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  105. Russia won the war.
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  106. Kiev is an example of what happens when you take drugs and loose your brain in the process. Either that or some brain dead people from US are advising Ukraine. Clearly Russia plays chess and Ukraine ... does not play anything at all.
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  107.  @sadafhusain2059  maybe. But given the state of UA army Russia may just go for the city or for say Sumy region.
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  108. Crimea is now Russia. We see whatever whole left bank of Dnieper will be Russia + Odessa. Or all of Ukraine or 90% of it will be incorporated into Russia.
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  109. LOL!
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  110.  @johngoldsworthy1925  I doubt that will happen. No one has appetitie to invade Russia. Also not even Navalny in his prison cell thinks Crimea is Ukraine. So there is no even super pro western leader that would end the war with Ukraine.
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  111. I would put the "report" as a fake, as well as NK weapons purchase. So remove that. I assume that simply Russia does not need to deal with Germany as it does not need Germany. west is just simply not understanding this - RUSSIA WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WEST. Its a full divorce. Nothing to do with. No gas, no business, no relations, nothing. Thus it has little care if Germany switches its energy supplies and never needs RU gas.
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  112. And what will that do? They can be fixed quickly.
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  113.  @foxtrotbravo1744  Sure it can, Ukraine fixed these quickly and Russia can strike 10x as much as Ukraine can.
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  114. Lol 😂😂😂😂
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  115. LOL! Not with such strong economy.
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  116. Relax. Ukrainians already re deploy from Kursk to save Pokrovsk signaling operation failure. They gave up only after a few weeks!!!
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  117. The defections etc. show that no one in Crimea really feels like they want to be part of Ukraine - most of the population is Russian. I cannot understand why Kiev regime wants this Russian province so badly - people there do not want to be Ukrainians - this is 21st century, you do not force people to be with you at gun point.
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  118. I do not see Russian gas or oil flowing to Europe even when there is regime change - Russia will in few years not even have capability to send any oil or gas to EU - all resources will go to Asia.
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  119.  @marcdc6809  it shows Russia is run by the military whom think.
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  120. China invading Russia is as likely as US invading EU.
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  121. Russians did not think anyone is that stupid.
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  122. Of course - problem is that it will be difficult in 2025 for Ukraine to still be in this fight.
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  123. LOL! And whom will make Russia insignificant? You want to invade first? Their sheer size makes them big player.
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  124.  @Alexander-yb1zc  no, you are correct. Also Russians when they are stopped in one place attack another. The Russian war style may be boring but it leads to victory.
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  125. This is now as likely as Russia pushing US out of Alaska.
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  126.  @Katobase-u6t  it's not possible. Russia has too much world support.
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  127.  @FerroEquus-262  yeah and western ideas have not changed since then.
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  128.  @sszorin  lol yeah. Sure. Ukraine is getting more than double the aid Soviets got.
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  129. I do not see any backfire for Russia - they do not want to sell gas to Europe. Their choice. EU wants RU more then the other way around & it acts as a girl that was dumped - how dare RU not like us anymore?! There will be consequences! I find a new BF!
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  130. Russian channels do acknowledge it but relegate it to secondary front as they are more interested in Donbass front moving forward.
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  131. Russia sent reserve troops and stopped any progress as well as started counter attacks and regained lines. Ukraine created a dilemma for itself with Kursk failed attack. Ukraine now is moving troops away from Kursk. Well played Putin. As usual.
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  132. I think Poland invading Finland is more likely.
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  133. Why? Putin will 100% agree to adhere to agreement whereas Ukraine surrenders without conditions - why would he not?
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  134. LOL, no. Resources of Russia are already mostly Chinese - they can buy them. For cheap. Taiwan is part of China - they want to get part of their country back.
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  135. So they solved the problem by making sure they surrender sooner? Like before new administration takes power? How smart is that?
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  136.  @VilleKivinen  The can build liquified gas terminals. Or just ... burn not needed gas off.
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  137. No. Most likely the dam was taken out by Ukraine as they had the most to gain from its demise.
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  138.  @enpakeksi765  Well, they are the ones that mainly benefited from the dam demise. There was nothing for the Russians. Alternatively dam simply disintegrated due to luck of maintenance. The dam was attacked multiple times by Ukrainian forces using Himars system.
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  139.  @enpakeksi765  1. Attacks did happen 2. attacks did damage the gates / their mechanism Why then attack the dam? Please do explain. No that you admitted dam was attacked but state it did not damage, why millions of USD in ammo were spent?
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  140.  @enpakeksi765  Haw can you attack bridge section of a dam? You do know it's solid, right? I.e. You cannot make any holes. If you remove some surface concrete it can simply be filled in. Thus only thing you can attack are the gates or other control systems.
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  141.  @enpakeksi765  "The dam was visibly scarred by fighting in the months before the breach. Ukrainian strikes had damaged one part of the roadway over the dam" NY times. "A Maxar satellite image taken at 12:15 p.m. local time shows damage to a section of the roadway and sluice gates at the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine on June 5." foreignpolicy I finally found an image from 15th of August - to the little bridge. Looks like damage was fixed later on. Through in September 22nd part of the tiny bridge is collapsed. So you are correct, the little bridge was targeted in addition to the dam itself - through the dam itself was attacked much later on.
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  142.  @enpakeksi765  Ah found the evidence of direct strikes on the dam, both video and pictures of the dam hits by HIMARS - google "SIMPLICIUS THE THINKER" and June 6th. Lots of info showing hits not on some bridge but the dam.
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  143.  @vladislavbondarenko7067  Stalin moved people around without much reference to race. As there was no race. There was class status only. Bandera wanted to wipe out all other races in his perceived land. Bandera also killed well over a million. Stalin polices were more in line with "You now live in Soviet Union ----> you are now a Soviet citizen. If you do not like it, we can wait till you do". Bendera - lets wipe them out so there is no trace of them, salt the land they had their fields on. Thus moving or eliminating populations is far more of a Bandera thing than Stalin thing. Stalin assimilated, frequently by force. Bandera killed. Stalin was - all are equal Soviet people. Bandera was, Ukrainians are master race. Current setup in Ukraine is Bandera - racial superiority.
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  144.  @cbo9090  what attacking force? The are defending force.
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  145.  @mfulan7548  Oh its simple, Crimea? That is the problem between Russia and Ukraine. Russia has resolved that problem. Using your exact logic.
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  146.  @mfulan7548  You are delusional. Land belongs to the people. Its not slavery times anymore. Move on with times - its time of freedom. Crimea belongs to the people of Crimea - and they want to be Russian. So any Nazi Kiev lovers are free to leave. West is on the wrong side of history - imperialism is not the future!
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  147.  @chairde  umm, right. And pigs fly.
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  148.  @chrissheppard3023  Ukraine has a plan??!
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  149. That is a myth as Ukraine attacked Russia proper many times - Belogrod terror attacks come to mind. Its just excuse to say why we lost the war.
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  150. Nah, Russia has like 5x as many POWs - Azov will not easily be exchanged for conscripts. Maybe at 5:1 ratio - or none at all. Stalin did not exchange his own son. West does not understand Russia AT ALL.
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  151. Yeah largest economy in Europe and fastest growing...
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  152. Good actor and comedian. Not a leader by a long shot.
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  153.  @mac_mcleod  I say best leader is V Putin. He has tuned Russia into a country that can challenge the west and win. He has started and won largest war in Europe since WWII. Despite sanctions turned Russia into economic power house. He has turned Russia into world respected power. And comic did what? Made sure Ukraine is doomed? That millions of people run away never to come back? That he fights for interests of US? What did he do so well? Beg? Act?
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  154. Recently they said 2 years to Kiev. By maybe September (at most) Pkorovsk will be heavily contested. by end of September taken. Then what will UA do? Russia can ride down even before winter offensive season! Now what?
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  155. LOL!
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