Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "DW News" channel.

  1. They do let US speak....
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  2. Not really, Crimea is a fortress - not just the peninsula itself but the land bridge.
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  3. The boat has partially sailed. Russia does not care about any sanctions - even "severe ones" or "super sanctions" etc. They can completely 100% cut themselves off from the West, as much as Soviets did or more. Main failure is by Germany to not have pushed Ukraine, through sanctions, to force Minsk implementation. Now Minsk is dead. Most likely move by Russia will be to either keep current status or create East Ukraine.
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  4. This woman has no clue what she talks about. No one in Moscow expects to get a written note saying "No NATO for Ukraine". They simply signaling their displeasure with a movement that will limit or remove their sovereign right. We have similar situation to Cuban missile crisis. Main problem here is that no one is her to stop US as EU is too weak to just say no. If not for US involvement we would not have had any events past 2014.
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  5. Must say refreshingly honest news. Shocking.
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  6. Why... why would Russia go into Poland when it does not even want all of Ukraine?
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  7. Yep, after failed UA offensive where he will point out they won some land back and lost 20 brigades worth of troops for it.
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  8. God is with the stronger legions. These do not include UA.
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  9. Maybe cannibalism?
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  10. Germany needs to re-start teaching Russian at school. Can be of great use.
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  11. Sure, but UA refuses to.
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  12. OK, no issues - court proceedings will be fun and touch one sided. Imagine Zielinski life sentence in penal colony out near Chinse border!
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  13. Well, it is true. Anyone in basic politics knows this - more specifically it was made in US. Come on, its like politics 101.
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  14. Its 42t - quite heavy for no armor tank. Each ton of scrap is around 200 USD. So scrap value is about 8500 USD. So they got it for about 2x scrap value. I wonder if engines were included and optics - probably not.
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  15. Sure, we have some accounts. A woman was working at the complex. She was taken by soldiers, told to stay in the bunker and not move out. Any attempts to leave were met with threats. She actually said this to German TV and it was promptly taken off! Then only 1/3 of the interview was shown where she talks about bombs!
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  16. Well, he moved in rather quick - I thought he will give it more a chance, but then again, chance was for 8 years. Now was finally time to act. They had 8 years to prepare for this day - we see how it all plays out when the dust settles. Almost all major EU/US sanctions could have been predicted so we see how Russia responds. On the ground so far they are doing great. Ukrainian defenses collapsed like deck of cards.
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  17. Notice the damage to the tank would be as critical if it was latest Leopard 2 tank - shrapnel damaged the barrel - it would not matter if it was T-72 from 1980s or latest western tank from 2010. Ukraine needs to open negotiations - they are clearly loosing the war and it does not make sense to continue hoping for a miracle. Only thing that can happen is loosing more people and more land.
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  18. At this rate Taliban may have 90% of the country including Kabul by end of this year. They end up better then before 9/11! It feels they have more pp support then in 1990s! It feels vast majority of Afghans support the Taliban. The government in Kabul has little support from their own pp and relies on the west.
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  19.  @cfosnock  For Ukraine to win they would need a steady supply of tanks, IFV, artillery and manpower. In short win is not possible unless Russia lets them win - which seems not possible. As for Leopards Ukraine would need all of them over say next year to stay in the fight and be competitive. Even with ALL leopards they would loose eventually as there simply is not enough of them in the long term.
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  20. Maybe they should do that when US rep speaks - he is more likely on crack - its more common in US ;))))))))))
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  21. Here, we re-draw map of Europe through war ---- west cheers when done by US. Here, we re-draw map of Europe through war ---- west booos when done by Russia. These who do it matter ;))))))))))))
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  22. But not most of the planet.
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  23. That is more like US and EU.
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  24.  @SirChronoCfdgaM  Nope. America.
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  25.  @plaugemarine  Why, he will be watching the court proceedings from Kremlin.
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  26. No chance of that happening. I am quite sure through that Nikolaiv and Odessa may not be in Ukrainian hands for long.
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  27. And so far other then heavy losses not much to show for it!
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  28. LOL, like western panther tanks changed the tide in WWII during battle of Kursk ;)))
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  29.  @SpikeyMikey341  God is righteous and thus he is with Russia for they fight for freedom.
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  30. Nah, like 60.
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  31. Given how Russia works they have more or less unlimited number of shells and unlimited number of spare barrels that can be re-sleeved. I would not worry about that at all.
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  32. They are retreating forward ;)
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  33. Not at all. This will end badly for Ecuador.
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  34. Very happy for billions.
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  35. Conscripts before even basic training. What do you expect?
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  36.  @cfosnock  Why would Ukraine fall quicker when they use Leopards? I do not think two battalions of these tanks will slow down or speed up UA defeat. Their number is too small to make a difference either way.
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  37.  @cfosnock  Yep, multiple brigades and only 15 tanks ;) 100s of vehicles destroyed - maybe close to a 1000. Maybe they had other tanks as well - like maybe T-64? Have you ever considered that? What about well over a 100 of Polish supplied T-72s that took part - forgot about these?
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  38.  @cfosnock  FYI NATO is supplying less and less. During 1st year of the war, its 600, 2nd year its maybe 300, 3rd year what - 150??? Supply of new artillery dropped to more or less none in 2nd year of the war. Problems with ammo are so huge any new artillery seems to be ancient stuff such as 105mm. Russia does not need total war - it is winning right now with limited war. It is firing 5-6x as many artillery shells & uses its air power 10x as much. There is no need to get more pp at them moment - but always can if needed. If they had more tanks than Russia (LOL) they would go on attack ;) There was a video of Russian T-55s being moved but no report of any T-55s being actually used by Russia in Ukraine. How is it that Ukraine will get Leopard 1 - and suddenly that is seen as "good" and "Ukraine not running out" but similar move from Russia is seen as act of desperation? Russia knew of both Finland and Sweden NATO pledge and simply ignored it. You do not see or hear much stir in Russia regarding this development. Both of these countries were western aligned and unofficially in NATO since 1992. Does not change much for Russia at all.
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  39. Spot on. International law is only of "value" if it is not broken by the US.
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  40. And just like that they will have Russian base instead on top of bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers.
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  41. Lets hope they let them go free on the streets of Mariupol. I wonder how far locals would let them go? What do you think?
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  42. LOL! I know you mean he will be thrown out - in reality he will be promoted.
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  43.  @jedimaster1445  Plus there are reports now and witness statements that Azov snipers intentionally killed civilians!
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  44. Nah I am hoping a large offensive in the next few weeks will put Kiev out of its misery. But it could go on for another year - they may fight beyond Dniepr river and force Russia to go all the way to Polish border - so it could be 3 years.
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  45. Yep, UA is on the ropes now... but they may fight to the last Ukrainian - so may be still years till the end.
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  46. Yep, German tanks going to Moscow ... how did it work out last time ;)
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  47. Not really, battle of say Aleppo took like 1.5 years. Before final victory there was large counter offensive, which gained a lot of ground before fizzing out and being rolled back quickly.
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  48. Nah, they have hostages - they already asked for food and water or hostages get it.
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  49. Who US?
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  50. Roughly 75 of the city has been liberated. Once all is taken we see what Russia will do, rest or continue to Chasiv yar.
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  51. Yeah this may be forced onto Russia.
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  52. Do not believe all you see. I saw lots of videos of book like maneuvering.
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  53. @JC People evacuated so far have been saying they were hostages.
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  54. Why would NATO get involved? You want nuclear war? If NATO forcibly went into Ukraine Russia would have no choice but to invade & fighting NATO would very quickly turn to nukes. When US was in similar situation with Cuba everyone was totally OK nuking Cuban pp - yet now when cards are reversed somehow view is different?
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  55.  @siralexis6590  NATO is a form of US control and is fully run by US.
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  56. Victory for Donbass. Freedom to Donbass.
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  57. Yep, it would be awesome to see them vs. T-90M. My money is on better trained crews in T-90M winning.
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  58. After city is liberated Russians have multiple other targets. Chasiv yar is Close. There are dual cities of Sloviansk and kremators. Once these are taken Russia will fulfill all war aims. I.e Russian victory.
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  59. Even with help of entire west fully mobilized Ukraine cannot force Russia to mobilize more than 5%.
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  60. Nope up - EU is on the way down.
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  61. Yeah, do not hold your breath for that to happen ;)
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  62. Yes, escalate the war, not end it. Put out a fire with gasoline.
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  63. They should create mirror UN in Asia. More respect.
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  64. Also NATO, we will invade Cuba if there is even single missile operational there. With nukes, if needed.
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  65. Donbass will win, as one day Kiev will understand that people of Donbass do not want to live with Kiev chains around their arms.
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  66. Why Russians should move to Russia? Maybe Ukrainians should move to their supposed ancestral land and let countries their Ukraine is made up of take their land back? Ukraine was constructed of mostly stolen land by Soviets.
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  67. What do you suggest? Russians are trying to get them out every day.
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  68. But unlikely. Ukraine does not know how to attack. They went in all gun ho and taken a nose blow. Russia has advantage in artillery and air power. I expect between 5:1 to 10:1 losses.
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  69. Russia by any means necessary needs to make 100% sure that Ukraine is not in NATO and there are no NATO missiles in Ukraine. It is somewhat similar to Cuban missile crisis - US was ready to invade Cuba. Same here, Russia is ready to invade Ukraine. With US missiles in Ukraine or Ukraine in NATO (and thus missiles coming soon) Russia will loose it sovereign position. Thus it is the duty of every Russian president to prevent such turn of events. Of course it is the duty of US to make sure they keep Russia low and weak, same as China, by any and all means necessary. If it means sacrificing some Ukrainians so be it.
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  70. Nope. They have nukes. NATO is very aggressive alliance - they started all major wars other then Russia in Ukraine in the last 20 years. Super aggressive.
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  71. In Ukraine they do not even do that - all troops know they are just meat to be taken out by the Russians - or as one UA officer said, Russians come to Bakhmut like to a rabbit shooting range.
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  72. I support Donbass right to self defense.
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  73. Note no sanctions on Turkey!
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  74. Not only that NS 1 is not even at 100%
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  75. b/c these are old. They are from the 80s production line. Their number of flight hours is so high they are at their retirement age - planes do not last forever. They also have not been upgraded in over 20 years.
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  76. Let's test that theory on your city 😄
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  77. Nah, not at all. He is doing what he is told to do.
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  78. Actually joining EU is OK - Ukraine can join EU in say 50 years, preferably also customs union with Russia. That is not existential threat to Russia beyond Ukraine growing rich and thus hard to invade. However, given last 30+ years I think Russia has nothing to worry about for another 50+. As for NATO its not just joining NATO - its NATO presence - imagine missiles in Ukraine, same as missiles in Cuba! That needs to be stopped by any means, including war.
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  79. I love the idea UA successfully invading Crimea ;) What is next - Moscow? Why not - take out whole Russia ;) These documents are all fakes. There was not much anything "classified" about these documents. All things were from open sources - mostly western sources.
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  80. Yeah, they recently asked for food and water or they will starve hostages. I am not making this up - they did!
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  81. This will end with Donbass in mother Russia, and no NATO ever for Ukraine in addition to army size limit.
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  82. They should have out sourced the training to Russian's - Soviet Afghanistan lasted for few years. This turns out to be total overrun.
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  83. Yeah, saw "NATO training" at work in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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  84.  @vancebison  Correct. If you had weapons you would use them to defend at the very least.
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  85.  @Dannyboy16434  No one ;)
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  86.  @BusinessWolf1  I follow the map and news every day - a LOT. I have opinion based on a LOT of sources. I say more than 99.99% of people in the west.
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  87. There has not even been a move to open up old factories. Why bother - Ukraine will loose the war anyways. No need to spend too much money and sending good money after bad.
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  88.  @UnfollowYourDreams  Yeah, especially after west is sending well over 100B in aid ;)
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  89. Its actually 87%.
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  90. What Ukrainian land?
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  91. It is.
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  92. Bakhmut - one of the greatest defeats of Ukraine so far. What do you mean its unclear - don't see Russian flags on buildings? Color blind?
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  93. France will go alone. 😂 Little Napoleon. Lol. Desperation. Russia won the war. EU needs to accept the reality.
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  94. Ukraine needs to end Nazism. 🇨🇦
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  95. There are still some Ukies alive.
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  96. Where was the world looking at when US murdered and is still murdering millions in middle east? Where where you?
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  97. Ukraine is like Germany as well, about 1935. If allies did what Russia did, maybe no WW2
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  98. We may see Ukraine at negotiating table by then trying to sell "no NATO ever" for "some land back" idea as a win. Remember same guy said Crimea will be taken in 2022. Remember Ukraine was supposed to win the war by winter. Russia now is slowly grinding them down. And even if Ukraine, by some miracle stands, they can always mobilize more troops.
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  99. Given that US is about to give over 300B to lower school loans I think they just hope they can borrow more and more.
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  100. They chose the side political puppets were told to pick - not the side of Ukraine. You can clearly see they are puppets as there is almost no resistance. No one wants to die for Zielinski!
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  101. And they shall die as their friends from ISIS.
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  102. Peace will win. Donbass will be free. Kiev regime is high on copium :)
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  103. ​ @mark.r  Sure like Russia was able to ruin Ukraine in few days😁
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  104. What he meant, in a total war.
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  105. Hostages.
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  106. Same as with EU claiming they will win the war in Ukraine.
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  107.  @Favoki  They have to smile - or else they get some FMJ or worse.
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  108. Certainly not to shovels - looks like sticks...
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  109. What civilians??? Only Kiev attacks civilians on purpose.
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  110. Yes, heck even more. Russia from the start had far more drones - and now they are using a lot more smart weapons.
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  111. So are people of Donbass.
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  112. Better arrest Zielinski - why not?
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  113.  @thecatthinks  It is fight for US interests - certainly not for German ones or EU. For EU it is fight against one's interests.
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  114. They do not. This was purely military.
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  115. No. Why would they? Do they look like Ukraine to you?
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  116.  @sababugs1125  Pantisir.
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  117.    Agreed. US lost almost every war since WWII. One of the reasons for being there 20 years was to defeat the Taliban and establish puppet state. On Feb 2020 US ditched that war reason and decided to "save face" by saying "Taliban may stay as long as they do not allow ISIS - people they fight with anyways, stay in Afghanistan". I wonder when US will ditch Kabul government and recognize Taliban as the government of Afghanistan. They will have to - even to control terrorist issues.
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  118.  @ihavenojawandimustscream4681  US predicted before leaving Kabul government will last 6 months. It feels now it will have hard time lasting 3. I.e. there will not be Kabul government as we know it today. Taliban are doing better then they did before US intervention - they may get to control most of the country, not just 75% of it.
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  119.    US may do just that. But it seems everyone else around Afghanistan will have at least behind the doors recognition for Taliban. Afghanistan is a big country in the middle of Asia - you cannot just ignore new rulers. Country is almost as big as Pakistan, bigger then France.
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  120. Secure how? Maybe they should tell Ukraine to stop firing on it? If Ukraine uses bigger missiles and blow it up Russia will eliminate Ukrainian power plants next to their border with EU. We have cool Chernobyl x 50.
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  121. At least they have a bridge - cannot say the same about Ukies.
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  122. And from his handlers associated with Azov.
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  123. Poland is the buffer. And what will be left of Ukraine.
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  124. Yep, till the end - lets make sure they are all dead.
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  125. Yes, cover the costs 100x ;) Offer him same price - what he is going to do with them? Or let Ukraine pay.
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  126. They taken only 10 houses on an open field. All other attacks were stopped. It feels this may have been for Twitter audience.
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  127. They are part of 87% of the planet.
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  128. There was not to be any NATO members. As per signed memorandum. Why did NATO expand?
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  129.  @chuckkv  Sure, the actual document is agreement on reunification of Germany. It is there, in writing.
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  130. No I am not. I am talking about a written document. WRITTEN. As in writing. Get it? Western media talks all the time about some "spoken stuff" - I have no idea about that who spoken to whom about what. Also Russia is a successor state to Soviet Union - hence its seat at the security council - so any agreements with Soviet Union are passed onto Russia - same with all treaties regarding nukes. There is nothing much from 2002 - there is only a framework for dealing with new security threats following 9/11. Again, I am talking about **written** agreement which is part of unifications of Germany. **written** as in the form we communicate now, writing.
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  131. The Russian advantage since 3rd month of the war was / is constant at around 6x.
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  132. Russia is sending 20,000 - 30,000 per day.
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  133.  @gerritvalkering1068  Yes, there seem to be a lot of guys that say things will fall within days. On Friday say that Bakhmut will be all taken in two weeks. I have like 11 days. Lets see whatever I make it. Or will it actually be longer than that.
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  134. Yep - the use of Russian JDAM is ramping up. We should see more use of Tornado missiles with guidance as well - sort of like long range Himars.
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  135.  @D.A.OhK.  You mean Ukrainian.
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  136. please learn geography.
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  137. It means that if we collapse, west will collapse as well.
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  138. It's pushing back.
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  139. City can be targeted cheaply with cheap missiles. Don't hold your breath regarding who will rule there by wars end. The way its going i see it as a Russian city very soon.
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  140. Towards Kiev!
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  141. At least, depending how you Draw front it is 80k. 20 brigades.
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  142. So why known Russia is so afraid and paranoid did Ukraine and US made a point that Ukraine will join NATO even if this means war? It feels like Russian fears were 100% justified.
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  143. Does this include Donbass Ukrainians?
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  144. Sure, but so what?
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  145.  @Chogy1  Wait, Russia did win the war with Finland - Finland capitulated. Learn some history.
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  146. Targeting of civilians? When they start actually targeting civilians you see 1000s or 10,000 civilians dead per day. If US was running this war there would be 10x as many dead civilians already.
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  147. LOL, like when he said Ukraine will win before winter? ... winter 2022 / 2023?
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  148. Someone needs to tell Zielinski that Russia is a sovereign state and it will remove that NATO attempt of Ukraine by force. Why does Ukraine want war so much? Is it in Ukraine's interest? No. So why? Why not trade with Russia? Why doesn't Ukraine want peaceful relations? Or maybe Ukraine wants but someone that pulls the levers of power somewhere does not want? Same in Poland, US ambassador went to Polish president TWICE in one day. Reminding him what decision was made in Washington. This is worse then when Tsar was a king of Poland and there was no Poland.
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  149. Lets kick out France, UK and US! Or better yet create more representative UN in Asia! Down with imperialists!
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  150. Yeah, good comic relief for sure. People have short memories you know.
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  151. Leaked documents are a joke. They feel like fakes - most info is from ... public domain. It all feels like a document to throw Russians off but Russia does not bite.
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  152.  @libertarian4323  Not really - most of this is from 1970s and very accurate. Seen Russian artillery drone controlled take out single Ukrainian soldiers in trenches.
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  153.  @libertarian4323  Actually on video I saw dozens of rounds - most missed but some scored a hit. Not edited. The can get lucky - artillery with dumb rounds can be quite precise. Or they can use guided ammo. 1970s and 1980s era artillery is roughly as precise as modern stuff - main difference is range - usually the barrels are longer and there can be changes in max pressure of the chamber. 1970s /1980s era artillery can be easily upgraded with things such as round velocity computer, GPS, ballistic computer etc. Old Soviet stuff is frequently upgraded - it is not expensive upgrade. D-20 howitzer is a post WWII design. its not 1970s nor 1980s it is 1950s.
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  154.  @libertarian4323  Sure, US sent some 105mm guns - so what is your point exactly? That old stuff is used in secondary roles? D-20 is mostly used by units of DPR and territorial defense on Russian side. T-62s are mostly block tanks / guard tanks / assault guns. Not sure how does that invalidate my point. US flies some bombers that are well over 50 year old - does that mean US air force is junk?
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  155.  @harmless6813  I mostly watch videos here on YouTube. Some Russian media can be auto translated. But also has visuals like 100s of pows. I was the one to pointed that Russians show. 82 pows from snake island while everyone was claiming their heroic death. I said how come little resistance everywhere else but so much on some remote island. Logic. Hard to argue with a video showing you stuff. Then again, there are videos where Ukrainians Draw Z on their own vehicles to pretend they are Russian.
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  156.  @news2hedz227  No one ever imprisoned US presidents yet in the last 20 years they killed like what, millions of civilians? Be real.
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  157.  @harmless6813  Its easy for Ukrainians to pretend to be Russians, its next to impossible the other way around - at least if they use their national languages. Almost all Ukrainians speak Russian - more then Ukrainian (!). Almost no Russian speaks Ukrainian.
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  158. Any capability should not be the reason. Freedom for Donbass. End Nazism in Ukraine.
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  159.  @gothenmosph5151  Russia did keep that promise till 2014 - notice what occurred in 2014. US took over & Ukraine no longer was unaligned - it switched to the enemy.
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  160.  @ЛевЛевый-ж2щ  Re read 2014 and why Russia took Crimea. Again, check again WHY. The non block status was violated.
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  161.  @gothenmosph5151  Canada alone has 100 troops plus and was planning to increase to 200. There are few thousand NATO troops in Ukraine right now. Canada is not a sovereign state. Its a play thing of the US.
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  162.  @willc1294  fins were already digested in WW2. No need to grab more. They are 100% safe. Baltics? Maybe, they could clean them up. Poland? Why, no Russians there and it was already robbed same as fins in WWII. Through stolen lands went to Ukraine.
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  163.  @sammy4124  how can they target Putins money? Does he even have any? Stalin did not own much personal property. By western standards he was poor.
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  164.  @pupsiuspupuliukas2394  Yes, he essentially owned whole country. If he wanted to fly a plane, he took one. If he wanted a ship, he took one. Besides, it was communism - allergic to large personal property.
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  165. the game changer!
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  166.  @pomperidus  Fun fact, during WWII Soviets received as much help during entire WWII as Ukraine in just 1 year! Another fun fact, Soviet industrial output matched US output at the end of WWII. Yet another fact, disclosed ammo (152 / 155) production for Russia is 4x the total ammo production in the US (2022)
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  167. 87%
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  168. A lot of what he speaks is BS. But a lot of it is true.
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  169.  @Mike-zx1kx  If that is the case then US must be taking a blood bath.
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  170. It is far more connected with reality then when US speaks.
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  171. Maybe not for long. DW is already using Soviet name, so maybe they know of future plans.
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  172. ​ @Spearca  nah, if it becomes part of Russia, name change feels unlikely.
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  173. The F-16 is predicted to be sent sometime next year if Ukraine lasts that long. It will not make a difference. S-400 system has very PK against 4th gen fighter. So any F-16s trying to dodge S-400 missiles is a suicide - they will be flying low.
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  174. Well, more like 75 according to more reliable sources. Sending all Polish and Slovakian MiGs would replenish their losses in fighter aviation.
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  175. These were not missiles. These were washing machines. Russia run out of missiles long time ago.
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  176. LOL! Anti tank aircraft such as A-10 have lesser survival over Ukraine then Su-25 ;)
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  177. Nah hopes are low.
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  178. These troops will not be used in freshly added territories. Through they can be stationed inside Russia proper to defend against Ukrainian saboteurs, once they complete basic training.
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  179. There is no path to Ukrainian victory unless such victory is heavily re-defined. Russia is clearly winning this war and is achieving its goals. Sending more weapons just prolongs the war and gives false hopes to Ukraine.
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  180. 95% of Russians including opposition understands and supports Crimea as part of Russia. It is part of Russia now. So they will fight for their land rather hard. It would be a reason to mobilize and use everyone involved to fight for their land. So no. Crimea will not go to Ukraine. Till there are still Russians alive to fight for their country. It would be like asking US to give Texas back to Mexico.
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  181. He is clearly talking to the west.
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  182. ​ @Usamaalbelda  that was what Ukraine rejected before the war.
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  183. ​ @andriyy53  no he annexed Donbass right at the start of the war, in Feb 2022. Come on, basic info.
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  184. Nah, US takes the cake. And EU is now quite close behind.
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  185. Lol, these are mobile. And can be in the air. Also with what? Range here is 1000s of km.
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  186. 87% of the planet.
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  187. Why is US?
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  188. Yet US and Ukraine claims that it is Russia bombarding it ;)
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  189. That is US, when they kill millions its totally fine and cool.
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  190. What will they win?
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  191.  @Noamchomsky1917  What land? Land belongs to the people that live on that land! Freedom for Donbass!
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  192.  @Noamchomsky1917  if that was true Ukraine would love a UN referendum. And Russia would oppose it. But we have the other way around. This suggests ethnic Ukrainians are no more than 40 percent and Russians are 60 plus.
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  193.  @Noamchomsky1917  Census in 2001 was a LONG time ago. Why not have a UN referendum??? Both sides move troops out, UN move in, all people whom lived in Donbas 6 months before the war are eligible to vote. Super fair. Russia is 100% for this. Ukraine is not. Me think the actual voting would leave Ukraine without Donbass ;)))
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  194. They are in the air over international waters.
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  195.  @winstonmaraj8029  Piolsudski would certainly deal hard with Russia but would immediately kick out half of US diplomats as well. He would also snake around between Russia and German. Going from one to the other. Certainly there would be little thought of any wars.
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  196.  Betty Swallocks  What do you mean? Russia is super close - it has fully liberated Lugansk and Donetsk is almost there, matter of time only. Since Russia achieved most of its objectives and will achieve remaining objectives soon it has won the war.
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  197.  Betty Swallocks  How can the territory revert to Ukraine if people of that land do not want Ukraine there? This implies same as in Afghanistan, Ukraine loss. US, Soviets as well as UK lost in Afghanistan b/c people of Afghanistan did not want them to be there and fought hard to kick them out. Same is true in Ukraine, Kiev regime will loose as people of Donbass do not want them there! So you are proving that Ukraine will loose! Suck it up!
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  198.  @bonnie7898  Exactly, hence most countries do something called "compromise". This is not what Ukraine did - its either the way of Bandera or death. Well, that was not exactly liked by Russian minority....
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  199. Well, I hope they get released on streets of Mariupol. If they can walk to Kiev they are free.
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  200.  @siralexis6590  Why would US "protect" smaller nations for free? Its "protection" is same as Russian protection of say Tajikistan from China - its just a sphere of control.
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  201. ​ @xiphoid2011  Ukraine should leave Donbass and end illegal occupation.
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  202.  @xiphoid2011  It is illegal as they are denying human rights to choose. It is not their country - it is the country of people of Donbass.
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  203. If US did not push Ukraine to join NATO we would not have a war and no need to arm anyone.
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  204. But but they are hostages!
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  205.  @Warsie  What he means is US wants to control Russia. Like it wanted to control Afghanistan.
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  206. Where is Ukraine asks Putin? Third place.
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  207. They cannot win this war. They can negotiate peace deal or loose big. No other option seems possible.
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  208. Well, the west is part of it, no? Who armed Ukraine? Who put a blind eye to growth of Nazism in Ukraine? Who was totally fine with laws that are straight from 1930s Germany? WHO!
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  209. Control. With missiles there Russia's hand internationally will be very weak. NATO == US.
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  210.  @ingabaranauskiene5889  LOL - yeah they do - sure ;)))) One party one country - anyone against gets 10 years for non patriotic feelings ;) About as democratic as North Korea whom holds elections regularly as well. Heck, I think in NK voting is mandatory.
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  211.  @rchot84  yes, that is correct - we don't really have any true democracies on earth anymore.
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  212. No, if it was US there be 1000s more dead.
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  213. Oh they can surrender but they get shot before they get to the Russians. Really, I am not making this up.
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  214. Who, you mean US spy???!!!!
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  215. Nah, this is way faster.
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  216. They already got 1 Canadian general. He was on vacations there.
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  217. Russia hit on a single day 20 depots. But it did not make the news ;)
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  218. Why are western hands again in Africa? China should step up as world's largest economy and offer military aid to stop external interference.
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  219. MiG-21 is an interceptor, MiG-29 clearly not. However, older versions of MiG-29 are not at all multi role as their ground attack capabilities are very limited. More modern MiG-29, sure, mutirole. However, that being said, neither MiG-29 nor F-16 are well suited for a lot of missions within Ukraine with weapons supplied. Most of Russian attacks against UA with multi role stuff is with JADAM style weapons, while most bombers drop cruise missiles etc. Ground attack aircraft take out assets close by.
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  220.  @artmcteagle  maybe, Russia have been using HARM so far a lot, as well as JDAM daily. Russian HARM is far more potent as it is a supersonic missile. Similar to new version US is getting now.
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  221. But they have alternative system up and operational. Why not say that?
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  222. LOL, no. As you can see on the video most of it is old soviet stuff. Same as Russian videos of blow up Ukrainian tanks - all are T-64s.
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  223. But they are not their civilians.
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  224. @Юрий & Ко No one kicked anyone out of Crimea as 70-80% of soldiers joined Russia. It was the most peaceful transfer of land ever.
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  225. It is obvious that as long as AM does not get support or does not stop AZ advance AZ will break every ceasefire there is and making "more" of them is pointless. Whole AZ sees small advances and stopping these now will put their president in bad position. Thus AZ will continue unless it meets hard resistance.
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  226. Given time period form 2014 till 2022 - i.e. 8 years I think Russia knew exactly what they will deal with.
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  227. It's for defense. I.e. when NATO attacks they nuke back.
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  228. On has to remember WHY there was the territorial note in that memorandum. Initially Russia refused to give Crimea to Ukraine. But in order for Ukraine to disarm they had to give it up - also Yeltsin was a non leader. So Russia lost Crimea in exchange for a base they were to keep there and for UK loosing nukes. Fast forward to 2014 - UK, under US "help" started to take "Crimea" away completely from Russia. Putin, seeing turmoil and possibility of Ukraine fully being taken over US made 100% correct decision to cut his losses and take Crimea back. Also started Donbass thing - with good help of Ukraine. All Russian moves were in response to Ukraine doing pro US politics not pro Ukraine.
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  229.  @Gray_ninja  There was no Crimean in Ukrainian possession in 1918 - 1919 - not even close for both WUPR and UNR. If you are referring to "Ukrainian State" that existed in 1918 - "covered most of the territory of modern-day Ukraine—minus West Ukraine and Crimea." Crimea was Crimean Regional Government in 1918. "The first Crimean Regional Government was established on 25 June 1918. It was formed under German protection with Lipka Tatar General Maciej (Suleyman) Sulkiewicz as prime minister, minister of interior and military affairs. There were efforts by Ukraine to exert control over Crimea but, with German support, the regional government remained separate from Ukraine though, in September and October, there were talks to effect a federation of the two."
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  230. Sure, mostly US could just say no to NATO and also force Ukraine to enforce Minsk and then ask Russia to comply. Simple.
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  231. LOL!
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  232. What if people of these regions don't want to be part of Ukraine? Should we force them against their will?
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  233.  @crusadinghours3505  It is - both sides have military casualties combined of well over a million. Ukraine alone is close to a million by now - some counted twice.
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  234.  @crusadinghours3505  You have about 5 wounded per one KIA for UA side / militias and about 7:1 for Russian side / Wagner. Plus you have killed and wounded on civilian side, probably closer to 1:10 ratio here. So civilian side is at last 100k. No military, for Ukraine that would be at least 150k KIA so at least 750k wounded. For Russian side, without militias it is now 17,000 and x7 it is 120k. Double that for militias and you get Russian side under 300k. So together about a million plus. I ignore what both MOD say - these are joke numbers.
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  235.  @GrzegorzKent  that is b/c it's filled with poor Ukrainians. Not even Russia wants it. If even Russians don't want you, must be bad.
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  236.  @MacDaddy8200  And did Ukraine ever abide by Mińsk or planned to? No. Did EU ever push for implementation of Mińsk? No. So what was this Mińsk stuff really worth? Nothing.
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  237. Probably another UA missile that missed the target.
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  238. So far they asked for food and water for hostages. Not sure how much food and water per hostage.
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  239. No. Unless you made more then half of Ukraine into such zone.
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  240. Yes. And clearly it still is. Much stronger than expected.
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  241. Yes, just like SS, fully devoted to their country.
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  242.  @nenasiek  No - only UA side has. Russia is doing well. They have shovel rockets ;)
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  243. Expansion? He does not even want Donbass and its filled with Russians. Even if Ukraine disbanded its army there is no "expansion". Who wants poorest nation in Europe? Russia would bankrupt itself trying to bring them up to their low standard. Putin would be out of the job.
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  244. Well, Ukraine is on the ropes - and Putin is the one pushing it there.
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  245. Why?
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  246.  @nesipnesipoglu8105  At least none related to NC on Turkey (maybe some individuals etc. nothing that can easily be dug out from google). NC cannot freely trade, but outside of that, nothing on Turkey.
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  247.  @teddie7844  So what is the difference with Ukraine? Are minority rights respected? God no. Are people forced? Sure yes!
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  248.  @trishawilson1436  I suggest you look at OSCE report of whom is shelling whom. Its EU observers. They seem to report that Ukraine is shelling Donbass. Go take a look! They have report from today, with a map and concentration of shelling. Why would they have unbadged troops - there is no need - locals take care of stuff & now they will have support of regular Russian army.
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  249. They were more or less NATO since 1992.
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  250. Then defeats best army units of Ukraine with minimal losses. Come on, finish it.
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  251. Russians would just blow up such dome.
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  252.  @MovieGuy808  Oh this one is easy, US redraw borders in Europe recently by creating a "state" of Kosovo - they have huge base there. US is supporting rebels in Taiwan - yet it says its totally wrong and inhumane for Russia to support rebels in Crimea and Donbass. US invaded Syria and is illegally occupying oil fields there... yet no one seem to see it. Need I go on?
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  253. They can sustain this for maybe up to a week. I expect Russia and allies to take back any losses a week later.
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  254. But that is the plan - use Ukraine to weaken Russia and then throw away - just like Kurds in Iraq!
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  255. If he wanted land bridge he would not pay billions for ... actual bridge. Also he could have had one in 2014. Not needed.
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  256. Oh, and why is that - maybe we should soundly evict you from your home as well huh? Would you like that? We just give it to someone else, b/c city officials say so. Would that be cool?
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  257. Excellent news! I hope they never surrender - just like German SS at the Chancellery. Its better for the planet if they die. As to hostages - well, would anyone negotiate with terrorists?
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  258. Why would they - over 1 million brutally killed in WWII and now Ukraine made these murders their heroes! Polish minority lives in Donbass as they had to move out of supposedly "free" Ukraine.
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  259. Sure they can - they could since day 1.
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  260.  @AaSs-ln9mm  Russia said it was OK for Ukraine to join EU - something that is much further away then NATO push by the US.
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  261. When Russia carves out big chunk of Ukraine there will be a period of frozen conflict and both sides will claim victory. Then token support will be given to Ukraine other then more weapons. Why would they rebuild Ukraine for real? What for? It has nothing of interest.
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  262. Germany better chip in a bit on the Polish side or there may be some leaks of these Germany bound Syrians ;)
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  263.  @stefanweisshappel364  Golden Horde were Tatars that lived in Crimea and invaded Poland (now Ukraine).
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  264. How do they know it was Russinas, how? You cannot trace such missile to the source. Also, to see it you need radar close by. Finally, these missiles have a well defined path, they don't have AI to change course. Missile could be jammed. Poland did not take it down as they had no air defense to deal with it. It could be Ukrainian missile, I think that is far more likely.
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  265. Sorry, Poland is of little importance in this game. It is certainly not in Polish interest to get too involved as there are no benefits for Poland but costs. For a good lesson see 1939.
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  266. He is.... The far right.
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  267. But there is no path to Ukraine winning it. It is now very obvious that Russia is clearly winning the war and Ukraine is loosing without any hope of turning the tide. Even if Ukraine goes on a big offensive and wins lots of land it will not change the fact they will loose the war. The longer the war lasts the weaker Ukraine is. Sending it more weapons only prolongs the war that is lost. Or just change what "win" means - now you can say Ukraine won ;)
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  268. Why? So war can continue? Stop all aid and force end now. Before there is still some Ukraine left.
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  269.  @218Flow  The aid did provide collapse but as Russians pointed out there is no path to Ukrainian victory so in a twisted fate the aid actually helped to destroy more of Ukraine and caused more dead people.
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  270. LOL!
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  271. Really, I see them doing much better than EU!
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  272. How can Ukraine create and maintain a situation where Crimean land bridge is cut off? Feels impossible.
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  273.  @ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п  Ukrainian presidential adviser has a plan of ethnic cleansing. Essentially either deport or imprison or kill. Yep, on record.
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  274. Sure, as long as UN is moved to some island in the pacific and US is kicked out as well - together with UK.
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  275. I doubt that. What she does is simply tells the truth which most generals and especially politicians do not.
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  276. LOL!
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  277. LOL, not really ;)
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  278.  @gintasvilkelis2544  Yes, they were forced into the bunkers - at least that is what hostages are sayin ON German TV! Also many of these civilians are Russians.
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  279. They may not be at the border. It is strange that tanks well all nicely lined up when satellite went over.
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  280. Factories?
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  281. Yeah, how about we make a little trade, you can put nukes in Ukraine but Russia and China can in Cuba. You cool?
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  282. Well, they are Soviet and do no carry AIM-120. They are right now VVR only fighter.
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  283. Zieliński would be more logical target but neither dying would solve a lot.
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  284.  @abcdedfg8340  Now it would be a miracle if Kabul does not fall this year. ISIS did not have much local support. They had rather large opposition from everywhere. Taliban have local support and US is only doing token attacks from all the way out to US. Without local support chances of victory are next to nothing. The support Kabul government has is far and wide less then the Soviet imposed Kabul government.
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  285.  @abcdedfg8340  In civil war scenario especially when there is little outside support (who exactly supports Taliban? - in meaningful way?) the actual winning side has the people - Kabul government even with token US support is being run over - clearly they cannot possibly carry the people. Since the Taliban are made of Afghani in AFAIK equal proportions (so no huge tribal differences) they represent similar combat capability as the Kabul government. Thus their swift winning suggests that Kabul has zero support and elections may have been thrown / unfair. I.e. if there were only 10 fighters in Afghanistan and the Taliban had only 2, feds 8 its impossible for these 2 to be winning with 8! What we see is opposite - the Taliban have 8, feds have 2 and are loosing quickly despite some token US support. Soviet imposed government had far and wide more support as it lasted years without Soviet support (token) - thus it was more supported by locals - in above scenario it had like 4 to 6. I.e. Soviet "dictatorship" was like 2x as popular as US "democracy". Remember in US "democracy" is reserved for US as a country - there is no provision of having the "others" have the same - hence why SA is such a big allay of US despite being absolute monarchy.
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  286.  @thegreatdane3627  Russia agreed to pull their forces and for UN to do referendum. Ukraine refused even with all people living there before returning.... Mostly b/c vote would easily be in Russian favor. Heck, Musk proposed that + no NATO --- Ukraine flatly refused.
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  287.  @bonnie7898  Nope, I mostly use western sources.
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  288.  @thegreatdane3627  What lie? Why don't you google yourself? Refuse to use google, huh? Google "elon musk proposal for ukraine referendum"
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  289.  @bonnie7898  Nope. The only guy that I actually like is New Atlas. And he uses things such as Washington Post in most of his arguments. Check him out. You will cry if you support Kiev regime.
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  290. They had no choice. It was hard decision for Putin to take but necessary. US influence in Ukraine, rise of Nazism and risk of NATO expanding to Ukraine was too much to ignore. If not for covid Putin would go in not in 2022 but sooner.
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  291. LOL, where will they get millions of shells from? Maybe they use shovels? Look at how many shells they received from NATO - what you say is not possible. Also the spring / summer offensive seems like a suicide mission - its collapse may end the war this year with some major advance by Russia.
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  292.  @victory-ukraine  Bakhmut is part of Donetsk. Democracy is when you fight for freedom. Freedom for Donbass.
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  293.  @abc-eq9so  Spot on, US will weaken Russia with Ukrainian blood and EU $.
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  294. LOL! Yep, no one - no one at all. LOL! Let me start building some gun postions near your house - totally non threat. When Soviets went to Cuba US went on full alert and threaten to invade --- why, no one threaten US??! Why does US threaten war even to this day against anyone within 1000 miles that allows Chinese base? No threats man, yet evil US wants war!
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  295. We shall see ;)
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  296. Yeah, 87% of the world did not join the west in sanctions and most of Asia and Africa are quietly in Russian camp.
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  297.  @regular-joe  And you trust DW? What will be next, trusting CNN?
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  298.  @ЯБезымянный-о5ф  Nothing. Corruption?
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  299. @Spots Corner These 23m are rifle ammo ;))) US current production per YEAR is 180,000 shells. YEAR.
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  300. Does it include Donbass Ukrainians fighting Kiev regime?
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  301. Do the same for US, UK and France!
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  302. It could be a negotiation strategy... BUT, we are back to multipolar world - so WWI style expansion cannot be ruled out. US cannot stand by as others are expanding. Does not mean full on takeover.
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  303. Third party == US.
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  304. So who cares?
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