Australia's largest stock trading and investment forum Australia's #1 stock forum

Russia Ukraine war, page-133291

First 133291 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
squidd

3,910 Posts.

30

02/05/23

13:19

Post #: 67564182
Share

Originally posted by tbirdsrgo: ↑

That, as I said, shows a misunderstanding of the English language.

You are bringing into it issues that Kirby did not. Maybe Kirby should have been a bit more circumspect and put in a few parameters?

So let us see what Kirby said.
"Russia's attempt at an offensive in the Donbas largely through Bakhmut has failed," Kirby said. "Russia has been unable to seize any real strategic and significant territory."

He said the Russians have made some incremental gains in Bakhmut but that this has come at a "terrible, terrible cost" and that Ukraine's defences in the region remain strong.

OK! So, Kirby said that "the Russians have made some incremental gains in Bakhmut".

Mathematically, incremental means a small positive change. What I said was that going from a holding of zero to over 90% is NOT a small change.

Expand

It's entirely possible to make incremental gains over a long period of time, that then add up to a large amount.

That's what Russia has done in Bakhmut. It's taken them 9 months to make incremental gains that, overall, now see them holding the majority of the city.

Cheers!

Last edited by squidd: 02/05/23
1 Upvote

Reply

Top Stories

SER

How flooding did Strategic Energy Resources a favour: Four holes down in 'redesigned' gold & copper campaign

The Rising Tide: How institutional adoption is shaping the future of crypto

Week 34 Wrap: HotCopper's top watched; Oz banks cut saver interest; Kamala’s 28% corporate tax; AI’s back

Why are so many ASX explorers setting up shop in Saudi Arabia? + 8 stocks to watch

CC9

Chariot locks in high-potential drill target at Black Mountain, one of the USA's largest lithium landholdings

There are more pages in this discussion • 101,371 more messages in this thread...

First 133291 Last

SPONSORED BY