Otis
Well-Known Member
Is that still the 10 day plan?
Is that still the 10 day plan?Russian Security Council Secretary and Putin confidante saying full scale regime change is still the aim.
Yeah but they didn’t state which 10 days.Is that still the 10 day plan?
I wonder if they think we'll be scared ?Russia claims (so take with a huge pinch of salt I guess) that they have killed 23 British mercenaries fighting for Ukraine.
I wonder if they think we'll be scared ?
Wow just wowWho knows, but they seem to think the West is arming Ukraine against their will and that it's actually the West damaging European security
Fuel crisis biting here now.
Govt announced yesterday from August 1st any usage of electric and gas above supposed average consumption will be charged at 6.8x for electric and 9x for gas (per unit).
Winter going to be key to how long govts will be able to support Ukraine with public opinion on their side.
This is why Grendels “stop buying Russian fuel immediately” is such a nonsense idea. Public support would vanish overnight and there’d be huge pressure to just let Russia win.
And it’s why in the end Russia won’t be hit as the EU is handing billions over a year to fund the Russia war effort - its the only way he won’t win
Except they won’t be. Germany for example is cutting oil and gas off by the end of the year, but to do it immediately with no replacement as you’ve suggested would just lead to a huge public backlash against the war.
It’s plans look flaky and who knows the decision may be taken out of their hands. Are they really saying they are re-opening coal mines?
Germany braces for ‘nightmare’ of Russia turning off gas for good
Ministers fear flow may never restart as maintenance work soon begins on Nord Stream 1 pipelineamp.theguardian.com
I don't think there would be " pressure to let Russia win" because no one know what that actually means. East Ukraine ? The whole of Ukraine ? Are you talking about victory from a western perspective of Russian ambitions of from Putin's own perspective. One is more obvious than the other .This is why Grendels “stop buying Russian fuel immediately” is such a nonsense idea. Public support would vanish overnight and there’d be huge pressure to just let Russia win.
1) Surely the stadiums are going to be targeted?
2) If not. Why would they even do this unless the war wasn't that bad then?
This is all a bit bizarre.
1) Surely the stadiums are going to be targeted?
2) If not. Why would they even do this unless the war wasn't that bad then?
This is all a bit bizarre.
They will be in the offensive next month especially in Kherson and probably Kharkiv, I don’t think they will try take the Donbas until they have cleared everywhere else and secured it.Heard an expert on LBC earlier in the week suggesting that Ukraine will carry on building up/training troops (up to a million) before going on the offensive. I think he was also saying ukraines missiles now have a longer range than Russias*
Let’s hope they can pressure Russia into some kind of end by winter, not just to stop the unnecessary deaths but it’s also going to become very painful for Europe and ourselves in relation to energy/heating, Germany especially, and only going to worsen a likely Europewide recession
Be interesting to see Nordstream 1 announcement today. Europe needs to build up stock
*dont quote me as only had on in background but it sounded positive news
They will be in the offensive next month especially in Kherson and probably Kharkiv, I don’t think they will try take the Donbas until they have cleared everywhere else and secured it.
Apparently Russia has agreed to let Ukraine resume exporting grain out of the Black Sea. After months of stealing and burning it themselves mind you, but still.
Kharkiv is Ukrainian held but the villages to the north close to the border around 25km from Kharkiv are Russian held, they need to free them all and I’m sure they will.What’s the status of Kharkiv? The maps I’m seeing show Ukrainian held territory all around it, is it still Russian held?
Kherson would be huge if they managed it. I’ve seen talk of going for Crimea as well but how realistic that is I don’t know.
What’s the status of Kharkiv? The maps I’m seeing show Ukrainian held territory all around it, is it still Russian held?
Kherson would be huge if they managed it. I’ve seen talk of going for Crimea as well but how realistic that is I don’t know.
The other one is a dam also they won’t blow that up it will kills 1000s and flood everything south of it, but yes khakiv is mostly Ukrainian held but they get smacked with artillery and shit every day because the Russian troops in nearby villages, good information on YouTube tbhKharkiv is Ukraine held
They are definitely planning a counter-attack on Kherson. They have launched some strikes against one of the main bridges out of Kherson to both limit supplies in and limit Russian ability to withdraw.
Be awesome if they got the 300km missiles could completely cut off crimera, not only that they could target bridges and roads and well what everThe hits on Russian supply depots by the artillery systems donated by the West seem to have been incredibly successful. It's a shame they didn't get them sooner, but they've certainly been very effective in halting any Russian progress.
The cruise missile hits on Odesa show you can’t trust the Russians to do they anything they agree to
Especially when Ukraine are close to having 1 million trained troops, ok not fully trained and in the army but ready to be deployed given phone call.If the Kherson push works out, I can see Putin faced with a choice of either mobilising the country instead of using ethnic minorities and yokels to fight the war, or beating a hasty retreat. The HIMARS hits to logistics seems to have blunted them with fire rates nothing like they were before the “operational pause”. If they lose the south coast, there’s every chance Crimea will be next and losing that would be very hard to propagandise. Short of something major I don’t see how Russia start to gain territory again.
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