The latest Ukrainian air and sea campaign is absolutely devastating for Putin. While Russians are bleeding to death for tiny villages in the Donbas, Ukraine is targeting economic neurocenters of Russia's economy.
"Nobody attacked russia, nobody threatened it. It was putin's regime that attacked Ukraine - solely because of the megalomania of its leaders, because of the inhuman thirst for power over everything around it." https://twitter.com/user/status/1880172030785384844
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Cheese how dare you post this drivel and not stories of Russian successes on the battlefield and how corrupt and authoritarian Zelensky and the Ukrainian government are.
You have very fine people on both sides, amirite?
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Today's latest news THREAD on #UkraineWar: 1. Independent RU media, Mediazone, reports that 8 senior staff, including 4 officers, were killed in UA strike on RU command centre in #Lgov in RU's #Kursk region on Dec 30th. A further 22 were injured. https://twitter.com/user/status/1880374357551378514
#Trump's Treasury Secretary nominee, Scott Bessent, questioned under Congressional scrutiny, says he wants to impose "crippling sanctions" on RU's oil sector & that RU invasion of UA was "1 of the greatest tragedies" of his adult life. (Promising! If Trump allows.) https://twitter.com/user/status/1880374369161224443
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Russia and Iran signed a comprehensive strategic partnership An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia and Iran became even closer allies, and Russia attacked civilians in Kryvyi Rih.
Yesterday, the Ukrainian military reported a yet unusual incident, when a unit of wounded Russian soldiers on crutches was sent to take up positions on the front line.
Such occupiers are called "camels". Their main goal is to run as close as possible to our positions and leave ammunition, mines or a radio there for the assault groups to use later.
BURN RATE: UKR Defense Intel reports Russia’s battlefield casualties are escalating. 105,960 in 2022. 252,940 in 2023, 429,660 in 2024. 790,000 total casualties. 48,000 casualties just in December.
During the week air defense shot down over 500 enemy UAVs and missiles, - AFU 33 missiles; 300 Shaheds; 72 reconnaissance UAVs; 106 UAVs of other types. https://twitter.com/user/status/1880976302964162735
This orange spot on the map is approximately what constitutes Siberia. The region Russia began colonizing back in 1581. In today’s Siberia, the descendants of colonizers are getting worried about the war with Ukraine.
Slovak PM Robert Fico criticized opposition MPs for visiting Kyiv, calling it a "gesture of flattery" and accusing them of "kissing Zelensky's ring" while promising NATO support for Ukraine. Fico vowed to block Ukraine’s NATO bid, oppose troop deployments, and veto EU aid https://twitter.com/user/status/1880940337855664343
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The situation is still essentially stable, and despite some.of the doom and gloom, there are no obvious, visible immediate breakpoints, and the question of whether Russia or Ukraine will break first remains open, with or without US aid.
Ukraine still has significant local arms production, their own stockpile of old Soviet stuff like T-64s has not run out for example, they still have significant outside support.
(It's also worth noting that Trump is not necessarily going to be against Ukraine just buying materiel from the US.)
That said, air defense was not covered in this video and my understanding is that that specific area is the one where US aid has beem most irreplaceable.)
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The situation is still essentially stable, and despite some.of the doom and gloom, there are no obvious, visible immediate breakpoints, and the question of whether Russia or Ukraine will break first remains open, with or without US aid.
Ukraine still has significant local arms production, their own stockpile of old Soviet stuff like T-64s has not run out for example, they still have significant outside support.
(It's also worth noting that Trump is not necessarily going to be against Ukraine just buying materiel from the US.)
That said, air defense was not covered in this video and my understanding is that that specific area is the one where US aid has beem most irreplaceable.)
I keep hoping the various other countries in Europe realize funding Ukraine to defeat Russia when Russia is literally on its last legs and a decent push will finish them is way way cheaper than the 5% of GDP Trump is demanding for defense spending
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Any concrete news about aid to Ukraine with the new US administration? Tons of slop all over the internet; its hard to keep track of what Trump "said he would do" and what Trump is actually doing.
Trump is currently threatening using his only hammer. At least he's not both siding it yet. But threatening Putin might not be the best move with the piss tape out there.
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I am cautiously optimistic that Trump is such a narcissist, he now sees Putin as extremely weak and with him refusing to end the war now as he promised, he is taking it out on him and will force him to end the war.
So far everything I have read and heard has been very critical of Putin and how poorly he's doing. It's probably throwing the MAGA and pro-russia agents for a spin. The cut to foreign aid apparently doesn't impact Ukraine as the aid is not in monetary value.
Zelensky is playing it extremely well, buttering him up and selling a post war Ukraine as a Trump ally and resource rich land for him. Putin can't end the war, even if the lines were drawn as is today as it means the end of him.
Zelensky could just tell Trump he is renaming Kyiv as Trumpgrad
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Maria Zaytsava gained some fame 4 years ago when she was maimed by a stun grenade during anti-Lukashenko protests back in 2020. She recovered from her injuries in Czechia before joining the Ukrainian armed forces, first as a medic then as a sniper.
