The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread

[rsemmes]

'Ukraine has been trying to show it can inflict significant damage on Russia, especially after U.S. President Donald Trump said that Zelenskiy did not "have the cards" in the negotiations.' Reuters.

What is the meaning of "significant" and what have Ukraine suffered? Who is winning the propaganda war?
I am curious about the angle of the camera, what were port defences doing? The camera-drone got there just seconds before the explosion? The mine-drone was waiting there, like those we have seen waiting by the roads? That would have been risky. Another case of Russian incompetence, more than of Ukrainian ability? First try or first successful after how many operations?

 

[swerve]

Will slaughtering Ukrainians in Donbass help not getting NATO closer?

So far, Putin's war has got NATO much closer. It's more than doubled Russia's border with NATO, & put a lot more of it close to St. Petersburg, for example. It's also put almost all of the coast of the Baltic in NATO hands, & all of its entrances in NATO territorial waters, & considerably increased the number of NATO troops & weapons near those borders. Very clever! All part of Putin's cunning plan, no doubt, & it's only cost hundreds of thousands of dead & injured, & vast amounts of money.

The whole thing shows that Putin's plans were based on delusions.