Russia Ukraine war

Originally posted by watso: ↑

for watso's good mate @tangs and the gang (ie crom/andy/milo) .. who have a narrative of ukrainians winning blah blah blah .. anyway a story from CNN - from 8-9-2024

Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/08/europe/ukraine-military-morale-desertion-intl-cmd/index.html

and a story from last year
Captured Russian soldiers tell of low morale, disarray and horrors of trench warfarehttps://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/06/europe/captured-russian-soldiers-ukraine-intl-cmd/index.htmlbut watso quoting from almayadeen Rising desertions, low morale plague Ukrainian troops: CNN Several commanders told CNN that the lack of artillery support and resources contributed to a sharp decline in morale among frontline units.
The report focuses on Dima, a former battalion commander who recently stepped down from his role after witnessing most of his 800 troops either killed or severely injured.
Several commanders told CNN that the lack of artillery support and resources contributed to a sharp decline in morale among frontline units.blah blah blah ..
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/rising-desertions--low-morale-plague-ukrainian-troops--cnnthe good news for the ukrainians, according to watso's good mate @tangs, is that the russian economy is too small to sustain the military ...watso gets the feeling that russia is throwing everything they have into current operations .. , in a last desperate attempt to have a small victory .. should be out of guns and stuff in 2 weeks time .. then ukrainians will be in moscow, capture war tyrant/criminal st poots - and parade him (in a cage and in his undies) in the maidan, by the end of the month
and forget trump.. the guy is an idiot .. all talk.. and easy to be wise in hind sight ..

anyway - a story from almayadeen ..

Medvedev: Sanctions on Russia are forever or will end with US collapse

The former Russian President says neither Trump nor Harris is expected to change the current administration's anti-Russia policy.

"Out of spite for the current administration, Donald Trump has threatened to lift sanctions against Russia. But will he really do it if elected? No, of course not," Medvedev said.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/medvedev--sanctions-on-russia-are-forever-or-will-end-with-u

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Medvedev: Sanctions on Russia are forever or will end with US collapse

Makes a lot of sense. America will crash and burn well before any amount of sanctions on Russia has any serious impact. Besides, Russia is a member of an ever-growing and powerful alliance called the BRICS alliance, and so the sanctions are doing diddly squat against Russia. The collective West has finally met its match.