Comments by "Gary VAQ" (@stlouisix1) on "Kiev's Worst Defeat, Kursk Troops Surrounded Desperate, Mass Surrenders; US Shifts On Russian Terms" video.
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As expected, the big European ‘second emergency’ conclave on Thursday was another flop, failing to secure any of the vaunted mega-billions for Ukraine:
In manic fashion, the talking points quickly shifted to other desperate ploys to shore up the EU’s favorite hobby horse proxy. Whether it was Macron’s talk of a ‘nuclear umbrella’, which appears to suggest storing French nuclear weapons in various European countries like Germany and Poland:
Or the big new plan of a European air coalition to create a ‘no fly zone’ over western Ukrainian cities like Odessa and Lvov, and strategic sites, like nuclear and gas plants, etc.
It’s now in vogue to talk recklessly—and completely baselessly—about rearmaments and mass build-ups, but in reality, the desiccated Eurocrats admit that they wouldn’t last more than a few weeks against Russia, without the US’ support:
That hasn’t stopped some of them, however, from entertaining the most narcotic of fever-dreams:
But Trump doesn’t seem to realize he’s only digging himself a deeper hole. It has become increasingly obvious that his team is doing a poor job of understanding Russia’s chief security concerns and associated conditions. The problem, as with everything, is the inability to actually listen to what the Russians are plainly saying, via officials like Lavrov, Ryabkov, Peskov, and even Putin himself.
Other analysts have picked up on this tragic deficiency:
Beyond the above ‘root causes’ issue, Trump’s team is not even listening to other more simplistic details from the Russian side. For instance, Kellogg, Rubio, and others continue to cluelessly claim that Russia will “have to make concessions”, particularly on land—which Russia has unequivocally stated over and over again, that they will not do. Yesterday, Kellogg even reportedly hinted that Ukraine would not be allowed to be ‘demilitarized’, completely ignoring that there’s no way Russia could allow a militarily-pumped up hostile power to loom over its citizens again, particularly now that Ukraine has demonstrated its inhumanity in slaughtering Russian civilians by the hundreds in Kursk.
It would be different if the US side at least heard Russia’s demands and concerns but then rejected them—whether out of typical ‘exceptionalist’ haughtiness or imperialistic vainglory, or whatever; but at least it would demonstrate the US has heard Russian concerns but chose to ignore them. But the actual case is even worse: the top American negotiators and Cabinet members are displaying a total disregard for even listening to what the other side has to say, instead blindly barking out their own version of events.
In fact, it’s not a ‘proxy war’ at all—which entails two sides each fighting through proxies. Russia isn’t using a proxy: it is fighting a war against the US’ and Europe’s proxies, which makes it an unequal contest given that Russians are losing lives and Americans are not. This makes it even more egregious for the predators themselves to demand compromises from Russia.
If your head isn’t spinning yet, here’s another one: while threatening to ramp up sanctions against Russia, Trump’s administration is simultaneously studying how to ‘ease’ Russian sanctions, as per a Reuters report:
So much for the era of ‘principled politics’.
As for compromises, Lavrov again put in the final word
Lavrov: Russia categorically opposes the idea of European peacekeepers in Ukraine and would treat their deployment as a direct act of war. - Simplicius
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MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Another HIMARS MLRS along with several of Ukrainian launcher crew members were left in the dust, after a powerful explosion caused by a missile from Russian Army's Iskander operational-tactical complex. On March 8, 2025, the Russian Defense Ministry shared another footage of the successful launch of the Iskander mobile short-range ballistic missile, blowing away the HIMARS multiple launch missile system, a US military war aid. Russian reconnaissance officers quickly found the position of the equipment used by Ukrainian Army, trying to camouflage behind trees near the settlement of Novonikolayevka, about 26 km east of the city of Nikolayev and far from the front line. But in the end, misfortunes continue to happen to the well-camouflaged Ukrainian hardware, if Russian Iskander works!
Thus, a large and powerful blow came to the position of the enemy equipment, where an explosion of a certain diameter, completely smoked the system along with its ammunition including its workers. The Defense Ministry added that the strike destroyed 1 unit of the transport and reloading vehicle for the HIMARS system. At least 10 crew members are believed to have been killed, as documentation shows that the target was hit by missile debris all around, accompanied by fire and thick smoke.
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Russia has liberated three villages in Kursk Region, marking a new advance against the Ukrainian invasion force in the area, the Defense Ministry in Moscow announced on Saturday.
The villages of Viktorovka, Nikolayevka and Staraya Sorochina are situated on the northernmost tip of the Ukrainian-controlled area in Russia’s Kursk Region. The settlements are located immediately to the west of the village of Malaya Loknya, a major stronghold for the Ukrainian force in the region, and across the eponymous river. The fall of the three villages puts the Ukrainian troops holed up in the area in a more precarious position.
Over the past few days, things have rapidly deteriorated for the Ukrainian force in the area. Russian troops continue pressuring the town of Sudzha, the largest settlement under Kiev’s control in Kursk Region. The invasion force has been experiencing logistics troubles and is now dependent on a single major cross-border road, which has been coming under constant Russian drone and artillery strikes.
This week, multiple media reports suggested that Kiev’s troops were on the brink of encirclement in the area, with between 6,500 and 10,000 soldiers at risk of being cut off completely. All bridges in the vicinity of Sudzha have reportedly been destroyed, while heavy damage to the road infrastructure is hampering the Ukrainian forces’ ability to resupply and, potentially, withdraw from the area. - RT
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