25 Dec: BRUTAL: Ukrainian Special Ops TAKE NO PRISONERS. | War in Ukraine Explained

[@RFU]

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[@Join_IT_Army_UA]

🔱Great news & and a Good Yule to you, RFU.🖥⚡🔥😎

[@tanjiro2507]

Merry Christmas RFU 🎄🇺🇦

[@da1vinci1edi]

Every day you are winning right?

[@BrotherofBanshee]

With all the winning you show Ukraine doing why haven't the battle lines moved significantly in the past year. To hear you tell it there shouldn't be any Russians left in Ukraine?

[@NSGrendel]

@@BrotherofBanshee Denys covers the full front lines. This is not a channel that broadcasts bad news about Ukraine as a rule, unless it is important. Plenty of Russian sites that I'm sure will show Russian success if that is your taste.

[@bobdonovan34]

This is what happens when you train your soldiers for parades rather than modern warfare.

[@Bakes-z4c]

And then send them to support a pointless invasion

[@matrixfull]

never uderestimate your opponent, they can take that as their advantage. but yea they didn't even know about drones when first coming to Ukraine, and they were not trained for flat surface tactics, in theory they are "experts" in mountain terrain.

[@da1vinci1edi]

Best training best equipment and you get stuck in a war for 20years with half of the world against sandal wearing shepherds and then lose?

[@JenGM24]

​@@da1vinci1ediThat's the difference when you try protect civilians, Unlike someone we know.

[@johnnycolon3208]

@@da1vinci1ediConflation. On the opposite side of the coin, imagine chucking a bunch of your sandal wearing pals into the Brecon Beacons in Wales for a couple of weeks in January and see how they get on. I guarantee there would be no dealing with much of anything….bar the odd bad case of trench foot.

[@ogrimdoombringer]

"Unfortunately for North Koreans"... Yay!

[@runrau9275]

Was not on my 2024 Bingo card.....

[@snickle1980]

Its my fault. As 2020 was approaching, i said to myself " i want a repeat of the roaring 20s!" So we got the great epidemic, the economic woes, all the snake oil feom those times and a growing threat of a great war... I wanted swing music and flappers! Loose women and speak easies! Maybe some jazz? I never aksed for the 1920s-1930s combo package. Helluva bingo card!

[@ForelliBoy]

@@snickle1980 we already have Putler to get ahead of the fascist 1930s ;)

[@41645]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@snickle1980At least we also got the return of swing music, speak easies, and loose women. May they ease our preparation for darker decades ahead.

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

They were never gonna make it home regardless.

[@brianhaygood183]

I'm sure their families are at risk if they defect or surrender.

[@bcluett1697]

I still think these guys are on Kim's purge list. I wouldn't be surprised if it's like the Storm Z political prisoners marched into the lines to mark defenders for artillery.

[@junicohen7918]

Only a few at best were allowed home​@@brianhaygood183

[@nerfherder4284]

Every day of this war Russia embarrasses itself a little more.

[@fourthknower9831]

in this case it's not even Russia persay. Unless you mean that Russia is refusing to support the North Koreans adequately?

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

​@@fourthknower9831 the fact they even need help from NK is telling

[@wellyforpm]

Russia has already won. the nazis never stood a chance.

[@Carl-w4h]

Merely disposable “cannon fodder”? No embarassment for someone of Putin’s (lack of) character ! How long will Jung-un tolerate this “meat grinder” is Putin’s only concern

[@2XLBlazer]

Unbelievable embarrassment that the 'mighty' Russians themselves cannot liberate their own territory without help. What a bunch of incompetent, blustering, losers.

[@AstroGremlinAmerican]

Of course they've been told that surrendering would be a fate worse than death.

[@thiefofa1073]

True. Their families will be persecuted if they are captured alive and appear on television, or if reports of them caught come out. They can't risk the risk sadly.

[@markusbalbach7608]

@@thiefofa1073 its perverse what the Kims doing to their own people. that country is ONE BIG Konzentrationslager KZ

[@jonathanbryant6443]

Osier’s edmiñuu🎉😊 😊😅gh

[@matthewsecord7641]

If the North Koreans do not wish to surrender, well that's their choice.

[@fatheroftwo9268]

Sure, but there is a reason why, and I feel sorry for them..

[@hectorpascal]

Their lifelong brainwashing allows them NO conscious choice. It's sad to say it, but the Ukrainians have no option but to treat them as very dangerous wild animals.

[@ryanw724]

No shit.

[@snipescore3302]

You know nothing of North Korea that can’t surrender or they will kill there families. North Korea penalize generations so kids and parents

[@klop3re]

I think they forced to not surrender becouse they family at home are hostages

[@Ichbinkleinundhaarig]

Greetings from Germany.. wie Trust in you guys!❤ god Save Ukraine

[@winfordnettles3292]

When enemy soldiers do not want to surrender, it indicates their desire to die.

[@edwickford2377]

They were probably told that was not an option 😢

[@skipperg4436]

In case of RU they were brainwashed to believe that they will be tortured to death if they do

[@daydays12]

@@edwickford2377 Certainly. The vilest of the vile are Putin and Kim Jung Un

[@GWNorth-db8vn]

@@skipperg4436 - They see the horrors their own commit on prisoners and expect the same in return.

[@eanw7882]

Their families back home will likely pay if they surrendered

[@Delgwah]

Thank you for the report, seasons greetings to you, the team and community.

[@kennethmochan4969]

The very best wishes to ALL Ukranian Armed Forces personell who are away from their famalies this christmas and to the team from REPORTING FROM UKRAINE.. your daily updats are much appreciated ..!!

[@vlastapegrimkova2607]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marciomiranda888]

Slava Ukraine, forever, direct from São Paulo, Brazil. Avante Ucrânia .....

[@mattsapero1896]

Crush, rinse, repeat. Slava Ukraini! 💪🏼🫡🇺🇦

[@lordphullautosear]

Heroyam Slava!

[@mikenahnychuk4413]

absolutely

[@vlastapegrimkova2607]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👎👎👎👎👎

[@janlindtner305]

Længe leve Ukraine🍀❤👍

[@vlastapegrimkova2607]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@martimasters7704]

Heroyam slava 🥇💙💛

[@susanaqueiroz9366]

Slava Ukraine 💙💛🎄

[@johns1625]

Bro it's actually embarrassing how they have been trying to take back Kursk for months now and simply cannot despite North Korean human meat waves. The Kursk are of operation is not even a large area either. Another point in history where everybody suddenly realized that the tiger was paper all along.

[@attilamarics3374]

None of that is true.

[@deadrose007]

@@attilamarics3374 Putin came out recently and said he started the war because he was bored.

[@attilamarics3374]

@@deadrose007 No, he didnt. Come on...

[@attilamarics3374]

@@deadrose007 Thats a lie. I guess the sourc eis this same channel.

[@malcolmgibson5088]

@attilamarics3374 yawn

[@SookieLuxe444]

인정사정없다, 타협하지 않는다

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for the update.

[@DieyoungDiefast]

New statement for the year... "Unfortunately for North Koreans" :)

[@pippa212]

Good wins over evil

[@Rober-y1i]

Bravo 👏🏽

[@evandrosantiagorodrigues618]

Slava Ukraine

[@lordphullautosear]

Heroyam Slava!

[@alwintiedemann9045]

Danke!

[@Fake-dq6gb]

"Unfortunately for North Koreans..." Yo everyone, the sequel to Unfortunately For Russians just dropped!

[@markdonegan9577]

Slava Ukraine 💛🇺🇦💙🇺🇦💚🇮🇪

[@martinaasandersen3775]

3:28 They properly fear for their families back home if they surrender. Familial punishment (punishing the family of an "offender") is common in North Korea.

[@DianaLachman]

God protect Ukraine.❤

[@wellyforpm]

Stop supporting nazis.

[@simonbattle0001]

Slava Ukrayini!

[@lordphullautosear]

Heroyam Slava!

[@johnfrancisco1851]

Slava Ukraini

[@NickTheShark_]

Merry Christmas 🇺🇸♥️🇺🇦

[@TTOSWE]

"unfortunately for the north koreans" 😂

[@jeffasbestos7813]

Crazy times.

[@odilijude1100]

Thank you for this awesome update from Reporting from Ukraine and bravo to our great Ukrainean commanders and soldiers for their determination and great zeal in this report, I believe in Ukraine and I stand with Ukraine Slava Ukraini and merry Christmas from eastern Nigeria.

[@donkey8471]

Thank you for the updates!!

[@hmmmintresting3770]

imagine being told that you were part of one the greatest if not the greatest military powers in the world just to realise how much you have been lied to by having to fight horrors beyond your comprehension with an opponent who could see your every move

[@gardenjoy5223]

Especially daft... and treacherous... and none on the planet anymore... and none of those murderers missed ever...

[@tomwende5529]

That narrow strip of forest must be getting thinned out a fair bit, and it's likely loaded with UXO (Unexploded Ordinance). Their lack of willingness to surrender tells us a fair bit about what the unfortunately-for-the-North-Koreans are being told about the AFU. The US would be using loudspeaker teams and leaflets to deliver surrender appeals and instructions. That confrontation was their only opportunity to get out of this alive. I'm highly, highly partisan in this war, but that doesn't mean that I'm without empathy.

[@briseboy]

Ukrainian units TYPICALLY shout out "surrender and LIVE", Repeatedly. They DO adhere to their promise. Printing presses are no more effective than personally HEARD assurances. Or have you not been in analogous situations? Loudspeakers may not be practical for personal gear .

[@1midnightfish]

The UAF too got Korean speakers to write and record material with instructions to surrender. But even for the norks who do come across that information, it will always be up against a lifetime of brainwashing.

[@MrJones-yq7wm]

They've tried many many many times to get the information to the Russian and NK forces that they will take prisoners of war and treat them fairly, and feed them. The problem is that their homeland propaganda combined with the way they treat each other, most don't believe a word of the leaflets or think the "I want to live" surrender hotline is actually Russian Moskova(a trap)

[@goiterlanternbase]

They may come out alive, but then, their families wont😒 They chose the less worse option.

[@theghostoftom]

They've had leaflets and loudspeaker campaigns telling them to switch sides fairly consistently while they were still in NK. It's unlikely to work, though perhaps worth trying.

[@sblumenstein6688]

The Russians and NKoreans are fighting like this is 1944 not 2024.

[@davefave4351]

Thank you RfU. A very happy and peaceful Christmas to you and to all xx Slava Ukraini 💛🇬🇧🇺🇦💙 Heroyam Slava

[@alandevries7170]

Thanks for the report. Slava Ukraine.

[@AirB-101]

Thank you RFU! And you are sooo correct when talking about the basements of "Soviet times" buildings in Eastern Europe. They are like bunkers. Same here in PL. Now 2024 is coming to a close and I thought that a quick recap of da ru f fest could be interesting. So what happened to ru in the last year? Economically: - 40% of their National budget is now geared towards (unproductive) Mil. expenses. Good luck to ru citizens with your roards, infrastructures and hospitals and schools and and and... - An unwinnable economic stagflation the 1970's NYC would have looked at as healthy, a rubble basically acting as monopoly money similar to that of the Weimar, not even traded on the ForEx markets anymore! Militarily: - Some 47km advance in 3 years in the Donbass. 3 years! 47km! Think again! 3 years for 47km. - Lost part of their OWN territory to the AFU in Kursk - The black Sea fleet is essentially a thing of the past. - Their stock of heavy metal gears is down to the 1970's digging into the 1960's. Internationally: - Lost their foothold in Syria - China told them to basically x off with their bric currency fantasy at the last brics summit. - Their importance in the world's oil markets is down to a fleet of shadow tankers which are ending at the bottom of the sea on a bi-monthly basis. - Their Arms Export sector is now ranking 3rd in the world. With the US and France taking the first 2 positions. "When you wanna buy cheap, buy Chinese. When you want to buy cheap junk, buy ru junk". Have I missed anything? Ohhh yeah, NATO is bigger now and PL has more Gen 5 fighter Aircrafts than ru. Support for the AFU and the Ukrainian people!

[@minecraftfox4384]

Poland doesn't have any 5th Gen fighters.

[@AirB-101]

@minecraftfox4384 are you sure bud? I guess minecravttzz knowns better

[@elduquecaradura1468]

@@minecraftfox4384 F-35s are stealth multipurpouse aircraft, so yeah, they do have more fifth gens than russia P.s. they called the F-35 Huszars (the winged hussars are back!)

[@Bakes-z4c]

@@minecraftfox4384 as far as combat goes, Russia doesn’t have any 5th generation fighters either

[@kipschwanenberg4934]

You haven’t focused on what’s happening with Ukraine. Ukraine’s outlook is dismal. They have an extreme shortage of manpower and are losing on ALL fronts. Zelenskyy’ report of AFU losses as 43,000 is an outright lie as well as his reported losses for RU at over 700,000. Ukraine cannot survive their attritional losses. Continuing an unwinnable war for Ukraine means that Zelenskyy has little regard for Ukrainian lives. What if Robert E. Lee listened to some of his officers to continue the war and make guerrilla warfare and not surrender at Appomattox. Would that have made a difference? This same scenario applies to Ukraine. Why waste further lives and have more destruction. Ukraine is mortally wounded. It’s time for Ukraine to realize this.

[@bck481]

Merry Christmas, To one and all, And i pray for ah better new year for Ukraine,

[@christopherkims]

Amen 🙏

[@lianlengchew7325]

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[@creativeforeignpolicy]

Thanks for bringing these insights!

[@trucksanddirt1506]

Sweet!!

[@jankuyper8353]

Thanks and appreciate your coverage.. best wishes 😊

[@Fromdownunder-dq6he]

It shows again that intelligence is more effective than brute force. That's how David conquered his adversary !

[@malcolmgibson5088]

Different mindset in Orkistan, strength is all that is important.

[@magicbulletdancers]

Yup. Unfortunately for N Koreans ... and geez, why does UA have to endure another Xmas being attacked. ffs.

[@MkhuluMlungu]

Slava Ukraine 😊😊😊

[@jamesf.lateganojr.4035]

Watched to the end... Thank you for the facts...

[@davidsalls7173]

Thank you RfU. Merry Christmas.

[@Vespuchian]

Trying the old ‘fake surrender grenade surprise’ like he’s fighting for Imperial Japan? Yeah, that’s gonna work out well for ya.

[@elduquecaradura1468]

Well, the Kim dinasty were collsborators of the japanese empire, but decided to serve the soviets/chinese when they took the japanese by surprise late 1945 so yeah... the same scum but with different brand

[@jeffasbestos7813]

Watching an update on the *North Korean* offensive on Ukrainian held russia was certainly not on my bingo card a few months ago.

[@Bauks]

The ole' last second grenade trick... So 1940's .....

[@kitklayton2198]

I'm glad to see the NK troops are having a good Christmas. Merry Xmas boys.

[@HeatherT-y7i]

Thank you so much. Merry Christmas and God bless all of you.

[@Good-idea-maker]

It sounds like there’s barely any actual fighting going on and they’re still losing everything they commit. It’s unbelievable how they aren’t changing tactics. So many people being sent so far just to march into an open field and get blown up before they even get anywhere. Completely insane.

[@malcolmgibson5088]

Russians have no respect for human life and even less respect for minorities and foreigners.

[@tompabay8721]

Merry Christmas 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦♥️🤟🤟🤟

[@yvesprovencher]

🐹🍁Bravo les gars , je ne risquerais pas ma vie pour des prisonniers hypocrite , on a vue ce qu'ils ont fait avec les prisonniers Ukrainiens , 💙💛

[@d.t.4523]

Thank you, keep working.

[@duelenigma7732]

meanwhile shrimpie Pootie and blimp Kim eat and eat and drink .

[@kipschwanenberg4934]

I take it you don’t eat or drink. You must be a robot and only eat electricity.

[@Santiago2861]

Felicitaciones!! Excelente análisis

[@DominikGentener]

Thank you very much for sharing those great news with us.

[@barbaramassey3787]

Thank you as always for your excellent work. 😊😊😊

[@Join_IT_Army_UA]

🔱And a Good Yule to you, RFU.🖥⚡🔥😎

[@slow2K2GT]

Seven words to satisfy the KZbin algorithm. "Unfortunately for North Koreans" is delightful to the ears.

[@tealkerberus748]

The al-thingy reportedly now detects and discards comments where it is mentioned by name.

[@ztac_dex]

slava

[@malcolmgibson5088]

Heroyam Slava

[@fridamaldonado8426]

Prayers for ukraine 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦🙏💛💙

[@JohnBarile-vs3sy]

Amen.

[@Anymoose-le8vd]

TLDR of Video: Ukraine shells NK positions revealed by Ukrainian drones at the border of war zone. Ukrainian Spec Op raids to clean up the survivors. War is hell, I cannot comprehend what those men went through.

[@realiteechecka]

The NKs are too brainwashed to know that surrender is a better option. I don't know if its legally possible, but perhaps Ukraine could not publicly acknowledge their capture, and "repatriate" secretly them to SK ? This might save the soldier's family from any harm by Kim Jung Phat.

[@Raumance]

Putin has to be desperate to accept north korean troops.

[@jean-michelvanpruyssen936]

He's fighting like a cornered rat.

[@Alknix]

@@jean-michelvanpruyssen936 Uhuh, constantly advancing and seizing a settlement per day - typical cornered rat behavior.

[@ryanmalady376]

He probably figures ' if someone's going to be a bullet sponge, might as well be someone else's soliders'

[@hallowedbeyourdays]

Yeah. This is increasingly how it's looking: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnK0iHSAfMZnh5Y

[@kipschwanenberg4934]

@@jean-michelvanpruyssen936 “cornered rat”. It is Ukraine that is retreating on ALL fronts. Watch on KZbin Military Summary, he comments on the daily events in Ukraine with his mapping. You will see it is Ukraine doing the losing.

[@advertisercommerce6990]

Slava Ukraine!

[@markkilley2683]

This war isn't going to be over anytime soon. NK has many soldiers.

[@situational.analysis]

Yes, but can Putin afford to keep buying them.

[@seantiz]

Merry happy chrismahannukwansamas

[@mochabear88]

ty

[@jamespriddy8275]

Brer Fox says “I’m going to send you to your death”. Brer Rabbit says “Just don’t throw me into that group of soldiers”. So Brer Fox throws Brer Rabbit into that group of soldiers. They all die.

[@hakimhakem5447]

اتمنى ان تقوم أوكرانيا بنشر ان اي جندي من كوريا الشماليه سيسلم نفسه سيتم تسليمه لكوريا الجنوبيه بأحترام ولن يعود ابدا لكوريا الشماليه هؤلاء جنود جياع ويتمنون الهرب من الحكم المستبد القذر في كوريا الشمالية

[@marcuscoquer5958]

I agree. Sending someone back to North Korea should be illegal.

[@Hawkertempest1]

No, that wouldn't happen. They are brainwashed robots that have been conditioned just for this scenario. To us, it seems alien and shocking. To them, it is just normal. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦

[@ronalddavis]

you speak for south Korea? they might not want them

[@zuki70]

@@ronalddavis They probably will, if they're not too brainwashed. They're Koreans after all...

[@Dr.-Ing._M]

@@ronalddavis Historically speaking, South Korea has been very open to defectors from the north. Same goes for east Germans that escaped to west Germany during the cold war. Divided nations, one side capitalist democracies with a respect for human rights, the other side impoverished and suppressed seem to have that dynamic: the free rich side wants to show the citizens of the poor oppressed side how much better life could be, and the dictatorship instead militarizing the border and building a strong military, and an even mightier secret police...

[@tomsampson25]

Long live Ukraine!

[@NusretTaras-q1x]

More Likes For Reporting From Ukraine 👍

[@sharptooth117]

Merry Christmas, Ukraine. 🙏💪🇺🇦

[@markdowse3572]

Wishing all fighting for and supporting Ukraine a Merry Christmas! 🌲😊 Similarly to the RFU Team - Merry Christmas and thank you for your amazing reporting. 🌲😊👍 Slava Ukraini and stay strong - from Australia! 💪💪 M 🦘🏏😎

[@charlessaint7926]

According to Oryx, Russia has lost 2,593 tanks destroyed. A further 534 have been captured. Sources claim that between 1,000 to 3,000 North Koreans became casualties thus far.

[@kipschwanenberg4934]

Meanwhile Ukraine has lost 6 soldier soldiers KIA and 15 soldiers with sprained ankles during this war.

[@bradhansen3503]

Amazing!

[@ElectroCurmudgeon]

Bless Ukraine and Bless the AFU My heart is breaking for the peaceful people of Ukraine. May Ukraine have all defense systems to protect itself possible

[@kinwingwu6442]

🇺🇦💪🦁🦁🦁👍😉

[@DatsWhatXiSaid]

2:31 "Unfortunately for Russians" meet "Unfortunately for North Koreans." You two were made for each other.

[@fishstjohns]

Rinse and repeat. Good grief.

[@Tanks_In_Space]

Thanks for your live reporting right from the command centers at the front lines.

[@Pat64783]

That tactics of pretending to surrender sounds just like what the Japanese and Nazi SS did towards the end of WW2. And we know how that worked out for them don't we. 😂😂

[@iaSiSpala]

Slava ukraini

[@malcolmgibson5088]

Heroyam Slava

[@AntonioRomero-te4cb]

You forgot to mention that the little mermaid, Sasquatch and the Papa Smurf army are trapped.

[@nicolaasstempels8207]

'Unfortunately for the Russians' became "unfortunately for the North Koreans". Will we soon hear "Unfortunately for the Iranians"?

[@tealkerberus748]

Russia has also lured men from India and other relatively low-income countries to travel to Russia for "clerical" and "factory" jobs, and then conscripted them into its army as soon as they arrived. I'm actually not sure why we haven't seen a lot of African troops in Russia yet.

[@bunzeebear2973]

Rinse, spit, repeat is what the dentist says

[@Dilley_G45]

Unfortunately for Russians....I mean North Koreans....

[@andreaslemke6928]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍

[@gatonegro5193]

Merry Christmas… 🤘🤘👍👍👏👏🫶🙏🫡🇺🇦🐈‍⬛

[@timmommens901]

NAFO 69th Brigade 👋🇧🇪🇰🇷 Merry Christmas 🎄🎅 🔱🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦✌🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🔱

[@richardmarshall159]

Thanks!

[@agentk9america.]

Merry Christmas.❤❤❤

[@theoink636]

If enemy troops start doing false surrenders then I would just stop accepting surrenders.

[@robertroberts7166]

I wonder what the russian videos, to the russians, look like?

[@badhandjim2524]

It's interesting North Koreans are not surrendering and defecting. Life at home is not better than combat in Russia/Ukraine and if they make it home, there is no chance of escape.

[@kipschwanenberg4934]

Ukraine cannot escape from Russia’s victory.

[@badhandjim2524]

@@kipschwanenberg4934 Don't disagree, but it has clearly been far more costly than expected.

[@Dr.-Ing._M]

@@kipschwanenberg4934 Nonsense. Strategically on a gobal scale, RU already lost. The question is whether the regional goal of extinguishing an independent AU is still reachable, and that largely depends on whether the west is willing to keep supplying and funding AU. As the west gets a bargain for reducing RU's military power by funding and supplying AU, its just a question of escalation management calibration. RU being EU's biggest foreign threat, at least EU countries will keep up the material and financial support for as long as needed. And if you learn anything from wars like Vietnam, Afghanistan or Iraq, ultimately the winner is the one who stubbornly refuses to give up, no matter the cost or the duration - should AU simply refuse to surrender (and RU's treatment of the people of the occupied territories has given AU every incentive to not give up while western support has given AU the means to not give up), RU has already lost this war, even if they achieve what the world thought they would achieve in the first few weeks - I mean taking out the central government, destroying the official military and occupying the whole country won neither the Iraq nor the Afghanistan war. But RU-exceptionalists are to blind to see that they are not exempt from the dynamics of nationalism and modern warfare. Nato was assuming RU would steamroll AU and was preparing to make it a second Afghanistan for them, hence the many man portable weapons in the early shipments. Almost no one expected RU to fail so spectacularly at their Blitz-Krieg... in modern colonialism, the hard part comes after the initial victory over the victims regular forces, and RU is nowhere near even that, they can't even eject AU's regular forces from RU. If AU and the west just keeps their nerve, RU is gona loose, the question is just how much of RU's war making potential and political capital the West can burn through prolonging the war in AU before RU finally realizes that discretion is the better part of valour. I guess at the moment RU's ruler's short and medium term interests of staying in power line up with the west's medium and long term goal of making sure RU does not threaten the west militarily through burning RU's might in an ungainful war line up, which is extremely sad for everyone involved. But always remember, the fighting could end today if RU just calls it troops back behind the borders agreed to by RU in 1991, I'm confident AU would most gladly reciprocate.

[@marcuscoquer5958]

They should’ve watched Predator.