For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine

[Lazaran]

What?! How can little NK possibly have more military production capacity than Russia?!

Notice how the warmongers say that Russia is both losing the war and threatening to overrun Europe? The math doesn't add up.

The fact is that Russia has already effectively won the war, and NATO, especially the European leaders, have gone into denial about it.

Becky obviously does NOT understand “The Domino Effect” and what would happen should Russia profit from its aggression / consolidate its gains in territory & natural resources, etc. An enriched and emboldened Putin / Russia (Belarus, etc) would obviously exploit their advantage and look to expand on their success.





Also:

If Russia isn’t stopped in Ukraine and ALSO made to pay a price for reconstruction & reparations, etc, it sets an unholy precedent.

An “inflection point” is NOT hyperbole in this case.

Hope that ^ helps.





Slava Ukraini!!!





Also:

We. Told. Them. So.

 

[RandyRebecca]

Define "won"

That Russia has territory that they currently occupy and aren't going to lose, that Russia are slowing advancing into more territory, that Russia have both time and troop numbers on their side to carry out their aims. And most importantly of all, that Russia have largely wiped out the troop forces of the Ukrainians. War is, ultimately, about wiping out your opposition's forces.

Also, Russia is now battle hardened in a new era of warfare, i.e. drone warfare. War with tanks is now more old fashioned. NATO have sent so many weapons to Ukraine that they have depleted their own weapons stocks.

 

[RandyRebecca]

Becky obviously does NOT understand “The Domino Effect” and what would happen should Russia profit from its aggression / consolidate its gains in territory & natural resources, etc.

The NATO warmongers are in denial, especially the European leaders. They can't admit that Russia has been strengthened as a military power, and that they for so long outsourced their military and defense policy to the US. The US is now increasingly unstable, from both big parties, with Biden compelling European countries into supporting a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine that has attacked the living standards of the working classes of Europe, through rising energy bills. And Trump basically sees the Europeans as a massive irritation to his foreign policy.

Trump's wing of the ruling class wants America to retreat to the Americas continent, hence all the talk of Greenland, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Colombia etc. and to focus on China across the pacific. Trump wants a normalization of relations with Russia, or at least back to how they were during his first term, which he also hopes to divide Russia from China, a Nixon era policy that Biden had ended.

An enriched and emboldened Putin / Russia (Belarus, etc) would obviously exploit their advantage and look to expand on their success.

Like being closer to China. Biden did a good job of helping that along.

 

[ll74]

That Russia has territory that they currently occupy and aren't going to lose, that Russia are slowing advancing into more territory, that Russia have both time and troop numbers on their side to carry out their aims. And most importantly of all, that Russia have largely wiped out the troop forces of the Ukrainians. War is, ultimately, about wiping out your opposition's forces.

Also, Russia is now battle hardened in a new era of warfare, i.e. drone warfare. War with tanks is now more old fashioned. NATO have sent so many weapons to Ukraine that they have depleted their own weapons stocks.

Let me restate my question:
Out of the stated goals of the Russian invasion, define won.

Because nothing you stated has been any publicly declared objections.

What I was told were the goals:
1. Defeat the Nazis in Ukraine
- I have seen absolutely zero numbers of Nazis killed in battle
2. Ensure that NATO does not have troops on the border with Russia
-Russia's invasion led to Finland joining NATO

 

[ChloeTzang]

ZSU 3rd Brigade UAV team in action - $1000 drones taking out $20m arr defence systems just one example

 

[Lazaran]

Like being closer to China. Biden did a good job of helping that along.

"Becky" spelled Trump wrong…



"Becky"



Also:

We. Told. Them. So.

 

[RandyRebecca]

Let me restate my question:
Out of the stated goals of the Russian invasion, define won.

Because nothing you stated has been any publicly declared objections.

What I was told were the goals:
1. Defeat the Nazis in Ukraine
- I have seen absolutely zero numbers of Nazis killed in battle
2. Ensure that NATO does not have troops on the border with Russia
-Russia's invasion led to Finland joining NATO

In the early weeks of the war, Russia did aim to take the whole of Ukraine. They blundered, made mistakes, and had to change course. They then started playing the long game, aimed at playing for time, slowly taking the Donbass and the Black Sea coast. If Russia takes all the Black Sea coast, Ukraine is landlocked. What use is a landlocked Ukraine to NATO? And it's Russia that has time on its side, and who have the troop numbers.

 

[RandyRebecca]

"Becky" spelled Trump wrong…



"Becky"



Also:

We. Told. Them. So.

Trump is trying to revive the Nixon era policy that aims at separating Russia and China. Biden's proxy war pushed Russia and China very close together. Biden acted like US imperialism was as strong as the 1990s, and that they could just bully the world at will. Trump does the latter with the tariffs, but the world looks at the US and thinks "These guys are totally unreliable".

 

[ll74]

In the early weeks of the war, Russia did aim to take the whole of Ukraine. They blundered, made mistakes, and had to change course.

So that was their goal and they failed at that goal.

They then started playing the long game, aimed at playing for time, slowly taking the Donbass and the Black Sea coast. If Russia takes all the Black Sea coast, Ukraine is landlocked. What use is a landlocked Ukraine to NATO? And it's Russia that has time on its side, and who have the troop numbers.

Where has Russia stated this as an objective of their invasion?

 

[ChloeTzang]

The creation of a Ukrainian dirtyu bomb could take from several days to several weeks only - a look at Ukraine's nuclear capabilities

 

[RandyRebecca]

So that was their goal and they failed at that goal.


Where has Russia stated this as an objective of their invasion?

https://www.euractiv.com/section/gl...-is-to-leave-ukraine-as-a-landlocked-country/

 

[Lazaran]

Trump is trying to revive the Nixon era policy that aims at separating Russia and China. Biden's proxy war pushed Russia and China very close together. Biden acted like US imperialism was as strong as the 1990s, and that they could just bully the world at will. Trump does the latter with the tariffs, but the world looks at the US and thinks "These guys are totally unreliable".

"Becky" from Bizarro World has "thoughts"…



"Becky"



Also:

We. Told. Them. So.

 

[RandyRebecca]

"Becky" from Bizarro World has "thoughts"…



"Becky"



Also:

We. Told. Them. So.

How did Harris go in November? Oh yes, she lost. It went as I said. Not bad for "bizarro world".

 

[ll74]

https://www.euractiv.com/section/gl...-is-to-leave-ukraine-as-a-landlocked-country/

So if they achieved their objectives, why don't they cease their invasion and negotiate peace?

 

[Lazaran]

How did Harris go in November? Oh yes, she lost. It went as I said. Not bad for "bizarro world".

And???





"Becky"



Also:

We. Told. Them. So.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

And???





"Becky"



Also:

We. Told. Them. So.

I totally forgot about Becky...lol

 

[Lazaran]

I totally forgot about Becky...lol

"She" is forgettable.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Meanwhile, in the real world outside Becky's fevered imagination

The ZSU (Zbroini syly Ukrainy - Armed Forces of Ukraine) are restructuring into a Corps-based organizational pattern. Here's a Video Address from the new AZOV Corps Commanding Officer, Colonel Denys Prokopenko.

The 1st Corps of the Ukrainian National Guard “Azov”:

Corps Headquarters
1st Presidential Operational Brigade "Bureviy"
12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov"
14th Operational Brigade "Chervona Kalyna"
15th Operational Brigade "Kara-Dag"
20th Operational Brigade "Liubart" [uk]
Colonel Ihor Obolensky, commander of the 13th National Guard Khartiia Brigade, will lead the second corps, which will be formed around the Khartiia Brigade, which also has a reputation as one of the best and most combat effective units in the ZSU.

The 3rd (Azov) Assault Brigade, commanded by Andriy Biletskyi, is a seperate unit and plans are underway to make this unit the basis of the the III Army Corps (Assault), with Andriy Biletskyi expected to retain his billet of commanding officer upon the conclucion of the reorganization process.

Notably, the command staffs of all of the brigades which will form the anchor units for each Corps have proven their capability to be expanded into corps commands (in fact: some of the brigades in question are already operating as ‘mini-corps’). Such a reorganisation positions a ‘solid’ unit as the core of a corps: its proven staff would then ‘automatically’ influence all the procedures within all the units subordinated to them. In other words: the commander of the anchor unit - and the ZSU has not only a number of such commanders, but the commanders in question (who have created excellent command staffs, i.e. ‘teams’) after being promoted to corps commander are going to be able to change the culture of the other units by implementing proven practices, procedures, and training. About 20 corps are currently beimg formed.

 

[ChloeTzang]

That Russia has territory that they currently occupy and aren't going to lose, that Russia are slowing advancing into more territory, that Russia have both time and troop numbers on their side to carry out their aims. And most importantly of all, that Russia have largely wiped out the troop forces of the Ukrainians. War is, ultimately, about wiping out your opposition's forces.

Also, Russia is now battle hardened in a new era of warfare, i.e. drone warfare. War with tanks is now more old fashioned. NATO have sent so many weapons to Ukraine that they have depleted their own weapons stocks.

Rebecce Rebecca Rebecca, let's go through these one by one: and I'll start by saying every single statement you have made is incorrect, but let's go thru each of them.

• Russia has territory that they currently occupy and aren't going to lose
  • The nature of war has changed, and we have largey returned to a WW1 style of fighting where any massing of men and equipment draws immediate fire - artillery and, mostly, drones,
  • Russia occupy territory, but they are unable to make any real gains, and their frontline units are being thinned out. 80% of the infantry being sent up toe the contact line are being culled before they get there, and Russian artillery and logistics are being relentlessly thinned out as the ZSU establishes their 40km deep "drone line." Ukraine has been developing tactics to exploit their superiority in drone warfare to make local tactical gains almost at will now, using specialized assault formations such as Azov Brigade, Skala Regiment and others.
  • The ZSU is continually building strength - they have artillery superiority, they are now outproducing the entirity of the EU and also Russia with their Bohdana 155mm guns, they are producing 40% of their military needs, they are producing their own IFV's, as well as Rheinmetall Lynx IFV's now rolling off Rheinmetall's Ukrainian production lines. Hundreds of CV90 IFV's are coming. They are both manufacturing and receiving MRAPS by, literally, the hundreds every month. They are manufactiring and introducing new Czechia-licensed Bren rifles which will become standard for the ZSU. They are making 120mm mortars as fast as they can fund them and have spare manufacturing capacity.
  • Syrski is not wasting his troops by attacking before the ZSU is ready. When the attack does come, it will be swarms of drones wiping out everything up to 40kms behind the front, isolating and pinning down any Russian troops that survive FPV attacks and supporting the Ukrainian assault units. It will be methodical, brutal and it will wipe out the Russian units being attacked. Other units will then move up and take over defensive positions. Rinse and repeat. While all this is going on Ukrainian cruise missiles will be hammering the Russians with deep penetration strikes and log range drones will be attacking more strategic logistical targets. Rather reminiscent of WW1 Stormtrooper tactics - and the tactics the Allies evolved at the end of WW1 where they began rolling up the German Army,
  • Oh, and the Kursk Bridge will evaporate, Crimea and Southern Kherson will be cut off, their air defences will be gone and their will be columns of Russian refugees.
  • The Russian economy is under strains now, and over 2025 is going to be brutalized by Ukrainian cruise missiles and drones. Inflation is climbing. AT some point Ukraine will ignore Trump and start wiping out more Russian oil refineries. The price of oil has crashed and the Russian 2025 financial budget is already taking a beating.
  • Russia are going to lose. he Russian Federation will disintegrate and Putin will eat a lead pill. Trump will be irrelevant and his dreams of Russian wealth will evaporate.
• Russia are slowing advancing into more territory,
  • Russia are making incremental gains at the cost of thousands of casualties. Big deal. Ukraine is tradimg away a field here and a field there for thousands of dead Russians. As we have been seeing lately, where the Ukrainians want to hold, they hold and Russians die. The ZSU is not wastimg their men's lives to hold a field which has no strategic value. Where they wish, they are counterattacking and wiping out Russians.
  • The front line has been, for all intents and purposes, static for the last couple of years. A Russian miracle is not going to happen. They are running out of tanks, IFV's and artillery, their stockpiles will be empty by later this year and their industry is not capableof manufacturing more than a trickle. Their airforce has been nullified and their navy has been converted to scrap metal on the seafloor.
• Russia have both time and troop numbers on their side to carry out their aims.
  • Russia has run out of time. Putin however still thinks he can win and will ignore Trump's attempts to impose a ceasefire, as will, in the end, Ukraine.
  • Troop mumbers? Irrelevant. They will simply die in grater numbers than they already are. This war is a demographic disaster for Russia.
• Russia have largely wiped out the troop forces of the Ukrainians.
  • Good grief, how do you figure that? Ukraine has had some draft and mobilization issues but those seem to have been resolved. Trainings is being improved and is far more professional, volunteers are signing up and the draft is working. There have been infantry shortages but these are being addressed and as experience is gained, the ZSU is becoming more and more battle-effective.
• Russia is now battle hardened in a new era of warfare, i.e. drone warfare.
  • I'm rotflamo. Battle-hardened? You're joking. They go to the front, they largely die within a few days of arrival. They are thrown into unsupported meat assaults and they die. If they retreat, their own side shoot them. If they are wounded, they are told to kill thenselves. Their training cadre all died in the first year of fighting, there is no passing on of experience or lessons learnt. They attack the same old way and they die the same old way, again and again. The wild pigs eat most of the bodies. Battle-hardened my ass.
• NATO have sent so many weapons to Ukraine that they have depleted their own weapons stocks.
  • Some countries like Denmark and the UK have. Others have not, but their defense industries are changing gears. They outproduce Russia easily, and Ukraine is now producing 40% of what it needs. That percentage will increase substantially over 2025. Not to mention drones, and Ukraine is mass-producimg literally millions of drones. Given 80% of killed Russians are killed by drones, this is good.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Holy guscamole, Batman, do you see the logostics hits and the artillery taken out. Outstanding work by the ZSU as we reach 1,150 days into Putin's three days war.

It occurs to me that with the ZSU's FPV hits taking out 80% of the Russian meat moving up towards the frontline, and with all the logistics strikes, water supply is going to be an issue over this summer. Dehydration kills quite effectively. Something to keep in mind.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Now this warms my heart... failing your exams in Russia now gets you a death sentence. Not too many Russians are surviving the meatgrinder and being released.....

 

[HisArpy]

Yeah, but I could care less about dead Russians. Putin started this, and quite frankly, the more weeping Russian mothers and the more dead Russians the sooner they will be defeated. They're a curse on humanity. There is no equivalence between dead Russian war criminals who pillage, torture, rape and kill, whose deaths are to be celebreated, and herorc Ukrainian casualties who died defending their country and people from the invading orcs.

Heroiam Slava

Dead is dead. Picking sides for the dead is Charon's job.

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

And on the Economic War frontlines....Trump “accidentally” hits Putin’s oil budget with a $ 20 billion bomb

I'm sure this was NOT intentional, but there's nothing much Trump can do to fix this one for Putin. Oil pricing is changing completely independantly of anything to do with Russia, amd driven by Trumps 1st World Trade War.

Today, interesting news comes from the Russian Federation. Global oil price changes have created a dangerous situation for Russia. Its budget is at unprecedented risk of collapse, sabotaging not only Putin’s war plans but, in the long term, his whole government. The recent plunge in global oil prices—triggered by President Donald Trump’s new tariffs and escalating trade tensions—significantly strains Russia’s economy. Although Trump didn’t place any tariffs on Russia directly, fears of a global recession (which means a major slowdown in economic activity) are already causing oil demand to drop. Increased oil production from countries like Saudi Arabia, Norway, and Brazil is contributing to an oversupply, further lowering prices. Notably, Saudi Arabia appears to be pursuing policies aimed at pushing prices even lower to resist competition from the United States and other suppliers.

The Russian economy is heavily reliant on energy exports, with oil and gas revenues constituting approximately 30% to 35% of Russia’s federal budget in 2024. Beyond the federal budget, the broader Russian economy is significantly dependent on oil exports, which generated $192 billion in 2024. The Russian government is aware of this vulnerability and has intentions to reduce this dependency to about 23% by 2027, but oil exports remain a cornerstone of Russia’s economic structure. Russia’s natural gas sector is also under pressure, with export revenues dropping over 65% in 2023 due to reduced pipeline flows to Europe. The end of the gas transit deal with Ukraine in late 2024 further cut exports. Although Russia is shifting toward Asian markets, discounted prices to attract buyers have failed to offset the losses and have squeezed profit margins. The sharp decline in oil and gas revenues is already having a noticeable effect on the Russian economy. In February 2025, income from these key exports dropped by 18.5% compared to the same period last year. This downturn is primarily driven by falling prices for Russian crude, with Urals oil trading at around $58 per barrel, well below the $70 benchmark used when planning the federal budget for this year.

That benchmark was essential to keeping Russia’s projected budget deficit at 800 billion rubles. However, with oil prices collapsing, the actual deficit is now expected to surpass that target significantly, reaching approximately two trillion rubles (around $21 billion), over double what Russia had planned for. In the long term, sustained low oil prices could have severe consequences. Russia’s National Wealth Fund, originally established as a financial safety net to stabilize the economy during periods of low oil revenue, has been heavily drawn on in recent years to cover soaring wartime expenses and shortages in the national budget. Analysts estimate that each $10 drop in oil per barrel costs Russia about $17 billion annually. To compensate, the Russian government is resorting to measures such as tapping remaining reserves, increasing domestic borrowing, and introducing tax hikes on high-income individuals and corporations. However, these strategies may not be sustainable when combined with high military spending and volatile energy prices. Continued low oil prices could force deeper budget cuts, increased borrowing, or more aggressive taxation, potentially stifling economic growth.

In addition, each day of Russia’s war in Ukraine drives up costs. Sign-up bonuses and military salaries have steadily increased as enlistment drops, yet massive daily losses, from 1,000 to 1,500 soldiers, force ongoing recruitment to continue at any cost. At the same time, heavy equipment losses strain the defense industry budget. Additionally, with Western sanctions making replacement parts and materials significantly more expensive, the pressure continues to build. Overall, while President Trump’s tariffs are not directly aimed at Russia, their impact on global oil prices exacerbates Russia’s economic challenges. As oil prices decline, Russia’s budgetary constraints intensify, limiting its ability to sustain prolonged military engagements and potentially leading to internal economic and social tensions.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04...s-oil-budget-with-a-20-billion-bomb/?swcfpc=1

 

[ChloeTzang]

I guess this one is for Rebecca and Buffalogurl.....

Ukraine’s F-16s and Mirages are blasting Russian commanders with French smart bombs​

Today, the biggest news comes from the Ukrainian skies. Here, Ukrainians launched a massive F-16 airstrike campaign on Russian military targets, using the new Western jets’ deadly capabilities to the maximum. Ukrainians demonstrated their new capabilities by crippling Russian preparations for their spring offensive. In recent weeks, Ukraine has intensified its aerial operations against Russian targets, leveraging newly acquired F-16s from the Netherlands and Mirage 2000s from France to conduct a series of strategic airstrikes. As you remember from previous reports, Ukrainians have already destroyed a massive number of Russian air defense systems, not only opening the sky to long-range strikes but also enabling much more aggressive air operations close to the front. On the northern front, Ukrainians executed multiple precision strikes to disrupt Russian efforts. Near Grafivka, Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, Ukrainians used an American GBU-62 JDAM to destroy a Russian border checkpoint being used to store ammunition and gather personnel. Geolocated footage also confirms several more hits on Russian positions, targeting and disrupting Russian force accumulations as Russians keep sending in more reinforcements to deal with the Ukrainian incursion into Belgorod.

MiGs and Mirages shatter Russian lines

In Kursk, Ukrainian MiG-29s used French AASM Hammer guided bombs to target Russian force concentrations in Guevo and Goptarivka, preventing them from establishing footholds in these villages. The Ukrainian-French airstrike combination continued to devastate Russian efforts, targeting Russian drone operators’ launching points and command posts in Tetkino, and finally destroying a critical bridge used by armored vehicles in Kursk. These strikes disrupted the Russian command and control structure, preventing coordinated Russian assaults into Sumy and dooming them to small infantry group tactics that were destined to fail. Meanwhile, the strikes on Russian drone operators’ outposts denied the Russians the ability to target Ukrainian troop movements on the Sumy-Sudzha road.

On the Donetsk and Luhansk frontlines, Ukrainian airstrikes have aimed to alleviate the pressure on Ukrainian defenders in the hottest sectors of the front. Along the Pishchane funnel near Kupiansk, Ukrainian aircraft successfully struck two-story buildings full of Russian soldiers. In Soledar, north of Bakhmut, a MAVIC 3 drone captured the impact of two GBU-62 JDAM bombs on Russian troop positions preparing for frontline deployment and assaults toward Siversk. At Pokrovsk, Ukrainians carried out precision strikes in Selidove and Novojelyzavetivka, targeting large buildings housing Russian soldiers and drone operators, collapsing the structures and eliminating everyone inside.

Ukrainian intel-led strikes kill Russian commanders

Finally, in Velyka Novosilka, reconnaissance drones guided AASM Hammer bombs to hit buildings being used as command posts and gathering points for Russian soldiers. Notably, Ukrainian strike aircraft have been operating with increased confidence, bolstered by air-to-air fighter cover provided by the newly acquired F-16s and Mirage 2000s. With increased air-to-air and radar capabilities, this enhanced fighter support was used to engage enemy aircraft while allowing Ukrainian strike planes to focus on destroying their targets. At Kherson, this allowed Ukrainians to repeatedly target the command post of Russia’s 81st self-propelled artillery regiment near Nechaeve, resulting in the elimination of approximately 30 Russian officers. After the Russians had replaced the killed commanders of the regiment, Ukrainian intelligence passed on the coordinates of their new command post. The footage shows Ukrainian bombs hitting the target on precise weak points with GBU-62 guided bombs, allowing them to penetrate and cause massive internal damage to the new command post, despite not even being bunker busters. Additionally, a MiG-29 delivered two AASM Hammer bombs on a Russian company command post and a building housing Russian troops on the Dnipro River bank.

Overall, recent airstrikes reveal a clear Ukrainian focus on hidden troop concentrations and command centers, disrupting command structures and undermining Russian assaults before they can even begin. Bolstering Ukraine’s aerial capabilities by delivering Western fighter jets and precision-guided munitions has allowed for a massive airstrike campaign against Russian targets. The Air Force has combined older jets like the MiG-29s with newly acquired F-16s and Mirage 2000s, enabling more expansive use of precision munitions such as GBU-62 JDAM and AASM Hammer bombs. These Western multi-role fighters can participate in the Ukrainian airstrike campaign and provide air-to-air cover for Ukrainian jets conducting strikes. Most notably, Ukrainians conducted over 19 successful airstrikes against high-priority Russian targets over the last two weeks alone. With France continuing to supply approximately 50 AASM Hammer bombs to Ukraine per month, Ukrainians can continue to devastate Russian offensive plans.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04...g-russian-commanders-with-french-smart-bombs/