How Bad Are Things For Ukraine Right Now?

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[@zomfgroflmao1337]

From what I heard from military people changing generals during war time is quite normal and the time was even considered long until a change. Given the pressure on a top general, in charge of so many lives and heavy decisions I would say it makes sense.

[@emachine310]

I mean, Russia has had to change generals and commanders multiple times during this war...

[@pancakes8670]

​@@emachine310TRUE, we can at least be happy Ukraine is doing it on their own terms lmao

[@atlantiswolf]

Might not be a 1 to 1 parallel but if I recall correctly, the General who was supposed to be in charge of the D-Day Landings was Patton, but they later switched to Eisenhower. I might be slightly misremembering the details of that however.

[@DavidRichardson153]

​@@atlantiswolf Eisenhower was in charge of the landings - well, planning the landings - from the beginning. Patton was one of the generals under his command and was one of the frontrunners for leading the push into Germany from there. Unfortunately for Patton, despite his battle record, he was already in quite the hot water, with one of the most infamous incidents prior to D-Day being when he slapped a shell-shocked American soldier and called him a coward (this was in August '43). Yes, Patton had later regretted his action, but the damage was already done. Still, Eisenhower and the advisors recognized the psychological aspect of making it look like they would be unleashing him at D-Day. Hitler was known to be worried about Patton leading the charge, so Patton was put in charge of Operation Fortitude, which was going on simultaneously with Overlord. Fortitude was an entirely fake army, complete with the "tanks" being highly detailed inflatables, meant to trick Hitler into thinking that D-Day was going to be at Calais instead of Normandy. Yes, after D-Day (nowhere near immediately after, but still), Eisenhower did release Patton to charge to Germany, but for D-Day, Patton was not making any critical decisions, at least nothing beyond how to make Fortitude look real.

[@theuscivicsnerd7070]

In the U.S. Civil War we changed Generals several times for the Union as they had different approaches that at certain times were advantageous but in other stages were not applicable. McClellan for example was great at creating the largest Union Army at the time, training and equipping them but he was bad in the field once actual fighting happened when the Army was deployed in the Peninsula campaign. He was too cautious and slow for what was needed.

[@itsmealex8959]

From what I've heard from experts, he was the sort of general you want to modernize an army rapidly (from an old soviet-style army with dated equipment to a modern fighting force). But for the next stage of the war, it probably takes another kind of general. We changed generals a lot in wwii, even ones with prior success, so I'm not too worried about Ukraine based on this.

[@maxkopfraum]

Why is this being dramatized? It's been two years, they have to adjust strategies all the time, battle burnout is a thing, and the future of the country depends on the right staff in the right positions...

[@Ponyalaa]

Because people don't like new general, that's the problem. All military personnel I know want him back

[@maxkopfraum]

@@Ponyalaa That may be an internal issue, but I doubt the western media reporting on it dramatically knows that.

[@gustavchambert7072]

Because it seems much more likely that this is political, rather than anything else. The guy who got replaced is apparently a lot more cautious than Zelensky. For example, he seems to have had a pretty grounded view on the Ukrainian summer offensive, being quite quick to call the fact that it wouldn't result in a strategic breakthrough. Zelensky didn't like that, especially because the general did it publicly, and Zelensky apparently also wants a whole different kind of fighting. The way the sacked general ran the war he was very careful to not waste troops, and he would rather pull out of a position than defend it at all costs. Zelensky didn't like that, and has been pushing for Ukraine to defend every single inch of territory even if the casualty rate favours the Russians. Which, to be clear, is retarded. He's also been pushing, as I understand it, for more offensive action, which again is very costly. This difference of opinion, in combination with the massive popularity of the general makes it seem like Zelensky got rid of him because he sees him like a political rival, rather than because of something productive like switching out a burnt-out officer.

[@lmr8277]

According to the Washington Post many front line units only have 20% of their troops left. Things aren't looking too hot right now

[@apilolomi4354]

Exactly. I remember the many times Russia has changed their generals and commanders and it feels like they were mostly just ignored.

[@justinlacek1481]

Also, all things considered, I think Ukraine is still over-performing. People are forgetting that Russia essentially has the advantage by every metric, especially in manpower.

[@Nyarurin]

more than manpower what they rly have is - the amount of old military hardware and ammunition. The lack of the later one - is the main problem right now and the reason why we are slowly loosing ground atm. All because US is blocking aid, while EU is outproduced in shell numbers by north korea alone.

[@thelouster5815]

@@NyarurinThe US is blocking aid because the Republicans are Putin supporters. They want to see him win the war.

[@thelouster5815]

@@NyarurinThe US is blocking aid because Republicans are pro-Putin. It’s abhorrent and shameful.

[@danieltobin4498]

Ukraine is over-preforming and Russia is under-performing. This whole war is a shitshow and I don’t know why Putin even thought this was a good idea

[@aquelegabriel]

Military power is different from the capacity to conquer land. The US had a MASSIVE military advantage against Taliban. And yet... If Russia wanted to obliterate Ukraine, sure. They have large missiles they could use to flatten the region. The political cost of this would be catastrophic, so that's why they don't. So they need to have a ground invasion. And their advantages diminish significantly. Anyone thinking Russia had the capacity to roll over Ukraine was delusional. With the western support, this was even more unlikely.

[@Nyarurin]

There is going to be a big conscription campaign because there are a lot of ppl who are serving from the day of invasion - which is almost 2 years now, and they have to return home. So the replacement is needed. The new law is going to limit the term for service to 3 years. So there is one year to get all those ppl out of combat and fresh soldiers trained and put as a replacement. Personally i don't follow the whole Zaluzhny drama closely unlike my father who recently finished his serves as he got demobilized because of his age, so i can't comment much on that question - personally i don't have strong opinions and in a position of "wait and see".

[@Rb39-ej5hh]

There will be an intensified conscription campaign, but it could backfire for Ukraine in my view. The vast majority of people who wanted to fight have already volunteered. Forcing lots of people to fight would be unpopular and filling up the army with people who don't want to be there is going to make for a dramatic drop in quality. As for Zaluzhny, he's been quite effective from what I've seen. He's also popular with soliders, whereas Syrskyi is not, which ia a problem for morale. For a while now there have been rumors of Zelensky and Zaluzhny having a bad relationship, so I fear Zelensky made his decision for personal / political reasons rather than any strategic logic. Of course none of us know the internal operations of the govenrment, so we'll ultimately have to wait and see like you say, although my hopes aren't high at the moment.

[@Nyarurin]

@@Rb39-ej5hh the prospect for drop in quality and morale is pretty obvious. Which is why it is so unfortunate that the west failed to support Ukraine early on when it could turn the conflict in to a fast and relatively painless victory if UA was provided with the proper quantity of material. Instead we had a slow drip-feeding that led to limited success on the battlefield, and now with the support drying out - we get the battlefield stagnation. The west is sitting with their hands crossed while Ukraine is utilizing our best and most motivated troops to just hold the line in absence of ammo and material. So much of wasted potential...

[@Rb39-ej5hh]

@@Nyarurin Agreed

[@TheNewOption]

the drama is nowhere near as bad as influencers pretend it is. Zaluzshny left amiably, the new general is competent. Everything else is speculative nonsense for the sake of drama. The only thing going wrong for Ukraine right now are the turds in the House blocking aid, Putinite traitors straight up. Otherwise, Ukraine is doing very well in the fight. 1/3rd the black sea fleet is gone now. Oil refineries all across Russia blowing up. an ICBM factory was blown up a few days ago. Theres partisan attaacks all over. Putin is using Tucker carlson to present an illusion that things are going well.

[@TheCkap35]

I'm freaking the fuck out about the Ukraine aid. My friends and family are in Ukraine and I don't want them to die. Please call your senators/rep and ask them to support further aid to Ukraine.

[@unyieldingsarcasm2505]

Sadly, many of us cant. Ohioan here, the GOP just ignores us. Any state with a republican representing it cant really put any pressure on them. Bunch of traitorous shits will gladly help putin.

[@mwcool87]

Please have Dylan Burns back on soon it's been way too long, and you guys are great together!

[@tylerhackner9731]

Would love to see him and vaush talking together

[@commandercorl1544]

Switching Generals happens all the time, the U.S does it constantly during war. During WW2, we had MacArthur, Marshall, Hap Arnold, and of course Eisenhower.

[@phaerlax]

zelensky finishes every sentence like he's finishing the whole speech

[@seemysight]

Tik tok politics

[@rickastely996]

Love it how Russian bots are acting like the Ukrainian counter-offensive was there battle of the bulge, completely forgetting the counter-offensive that liberated Kherson.

[@Kroq_Gar]

Lol the afu counter offensive officially commenced in June 2023, and Russia withdrew from Kherson before the siege of Bakhmut. So you're mixing up dates.

[@rickastely996]

@@Kroq_Gar I am not mixing up anything I was referring to the 2022 counteroffensive

[@natblank0s]

wonder how the bottom generals feel about this

[@JamesMorgan-ne8qu]

They're bottoms, who cares.

[@RyuKyu.77]

We should ask Julius Caesar

[@WrongholeReagan]

So do I. Bottoms are more popular so their opinions carry weight

[@bakermateo]

The power bottom will come forward soon.

[@canaconn2388]

Probably feeling a little horse

[@thaenaa]

slava ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@ASocialistTransGirl]

fact check: true 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@rainbowkrampus]

🇺🇦🇺🇦heroyam slava

[@rainbowkrampus]

It's been this long and ppl still don't know that this is a call and response, smh

[@commandercorl1544]

Ermm, akthually, the Ukrainian letter ї is pronounced "yi", and is even romanized as "yi", so the correct spelling would be "Slava Ukrayini". ☝🤓

[@Rizzouri]

Slava russia 🇷🇺

[@tylercamp563]

The Changing of high commands, and generals in general during war is not a crazy or necessarily bad, (or good) thing. The OKW changed its leaders constantly, normally for political reasons. But the allies changed their generals, tactics, and command structures constantly. A positive example is the dismissal of Raeder and his replacement with Doeniz in the kriegsmarine

[@gustavchambert7072]

I'm pretty sure Zalushnys long-term goal IS to recover all the lost territory. He just understands that the way to do that is slow and purposeful, by bleeding the russians of their stockpiles of equipment faster than they can replace it, until the point where Ukraine has actual battlefield superiority to go on the offensive. Zelensky seems to want to go on the offensive now, and seems to think that if Ukrainian commanders are just aggressive enough they can magically overcome the russian material superiority. I have a bad feeling about this situation, and I'm really concerned that we will soon see Ukraine waste a lot of resources on a bunch of offensive actions that lead nowhere. Zelensky seems like he's getting impatient to end the war, and that's an attitude that's almost guaranteed to lead to disaster. I really hope I'm wrong, though.

[@forgot-to-log-out]

I don't think that he thinks that the only problem is aggression, but rather the fact that aggressive actions would bring back the worlds attention.

[@gustavchambert7072]

@@forgot-to-log-out it doesn't really matter why he thinks that. Going on the offensive now would have disastrous consequences regardless of why it's done.

[@forgot-to-log-out]

@@gustavchambert7072 well my point is that not going on an offensive might have disastrous consequences. Well I do agree with you, i just think that reasoning is more complicated than him believing we just weren't aggressive enough to win.

[@gustavchambert7072]

@@forgot-to-log-out Oh, for sure it's more complicated. Just like it's not just a question of Zelensky seeing Zalushny as a potential political rival. I'm sure both things play parts, and interact with one another, and I'm also sure there are several other factors at play.

[@koshetz]

Thank you for speaking about Ukraine sincerely your Ukrainian fan

[@randomxstory]

His horse fan?

[@freakMasha]

I listen to one of our popular military related podcasts Frontline Meltdown/Фронтова Поплава and one of the hosts there is Taras Chmut from Come Back Alive (ngo). Every time people would ask him if Zaluzhnyi has any political ambitions he would reply "no, not at all" because he was on speaking terms with Zaluzhnyi and is a trusted source to check on for such rumors. And tbh it checks out. We definitely have communication issues between the government and civilians, but I don't see any possibility for a military coup, even tho Zelensky is not that popular as you might think because of people who surround him in the office.

[@jasonslade6259]

65% approval is still quite high in the scheme of political leaders, you'd have to go way lower than that for the public to support a military coup. That doesn't mean it can't happen but it does make it less likely.

[@slick3996]

how bad are things for the main channel’s comment section

[@BrianDgreat123]

This happens a lot in major wars vaush. Lincoln had to replace the top general in the union army over and over again, famously.

[@Jazzman-0]

We will never forget

[@CasualtiesOfGaming]

Good bye horses...oh wair

[@JamesMorgan-ne8qu]

General Vaush should lead the charge on a mighty steed!

[@magma440]

Nah Vaush is the steed. Alden is the General.

[@pancakes8670]

He would just turn the army back to Karkhiv

[@Johnny1864]

I don't know if we want Vaush around horses 😂

[@evilkhamzat]

PDFile

[@a5cent]

Not sure how Ukraine can be "underperforming". That means Ukraine is doing worse than we expected them to, but US aid has been cut off for almost 6 months. Nobody is expecting them to achieve anything right now. Just holding on is over-performing.

[@marcinzysko1653]

Making any territorial gains in this war require lots patience. Problem is (to my knowledge) global public lost all patience

[@gustavchambert7072]

Yes, changing generals in war is pretty normal. But this change seems to be mostly political, where a mostly competent but cautious general was replaced because he refused to mindlessly defend every inch of ground regardless of casualties. As I understand it, Zalushny is not interested in fighting battles where the casualty rate is not in the Ukrainian favour, but Zelensky has been pushing for a much more firm defence, where they defend places like Bakhmut even when they take as many casualties as the Russians. Which, to be clear, is a retarded policy. The idea that Zelensky is doing this because he's worried about the political effects of the proposed draft is also pretty sus, given that its not exactly a good political move to sack the most popular person in the country. This seems more like Zelensky getting rid of a political rival, or possibly someone who he sees as an obstacle to him getting his way, than anything motivated by anything productive.

[@UnderCurrents15]

Things are bad for YOU right now.

[@Cinnamonmochagirl]

I like hamsters. They’re so fat and cute I want to hug them and tell them how awesome they are.

[@gustavchambert7072]

I know I'm basically carpet-bombing the comments here, but that speech by Zelensky is giving me chills down my spine. And definitely not in a good way. That part where he talks about how this year will be the year when Ukraine starts winning again is EXACTLY the kind of talk that usually precedes a disastrously overambitious offensive.

[@rainbowkrampus]

Military stuff is way outside of my wheel house. So, I dunno, hopefully this was the right decision. I guess only time will tell regardless.

[@drewmarteny1495]

Comment to boost voosh

[@Jartran72]

Yeah the summer counter offensive did not reach stated goald.. but blaming Zalushny for it would not be fair since he fought tooth and nail to keep it from happening. He advised against it from the start. And I can only agree. Doing this without proper mine clearing equiptment, without the western air frames and without sufficient mid range air defense opened this counter offensive up to be a desaster and to his full credit he immediatly changed up strategy after the losses started to show. He always cared for the soldiers and had great empathy and respect for their lives. Also he had no corruption scandals. That is why he was love everywhere This new guy? Not so much. A huge conscription of 500 000 soldiers would also need so many more to support them logistically, to feed them. The economic loss for Ukraine would be severe but maybe the EU can carry Ukraine for the time. I am a citizen of the EU and I would definetly want my country to go to bat for Ukraine. For me it is the second biggest issue existing right now, number one being climate change. But back to Ukraine. Syrsny has used his soldiers much in the way russia uses theirs, just throw them into the meat grinder. That is why he nees 500 000 more soldiers. Why is Zelensky put under so much pressure to show results? So far they have stopped the russians with all of their men power and supposed modern equiptment. How can we expect to retake their territory without the promised F16s and F18s? Zelushny did the right thing to conserve troops before the moment was ready. It could be ready this year when the pilots come back with the aircraft. And GLSDB is also here now. Much needed efficient new capability.

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

You get what you paid for. If the West is not ready to invest a lot of new shit for the war they'll get the lackluster results I've heard from one guy on KZbin that the West doesn't care about Ukraine winning. They just care about Russia loosing. I think I have to agree with that

[@tastethecock5203]

You put too much stock on the wunderwaffe. Ukraine had been given old Soviet planes from ex Warsaw pact countries and nothing has changed really. F-16 is better, sure, but is having less than 100 F-16 THAT much better? I doubt. Ya ppl need to stop smoking copium, there will no longer be loud sensational auccesses in this conflict.

[@jasonmorley9217]

This move in particular is messaging; the top general getting ‘fired’ has primarily been about the offence, which due to lack of supplies has been less optimal than would be hoped. The one replacing him has been the one in charge of the famous and successful defences, which indicates a change in stance more than anything else. It’s basically just a message to Europe and the US saying “hey, if you want us to actually do stuff in this war, GIVE US THE SHIT WE NEED TO HOLD OFF AND BEAT THIS MAJOR POWER”

[@justinlacek1481]

Is oleksandr syrksi the guy they credit for defending Kiev?

[@ANTREU96]

Yes, as well as the Kharkiv offensive. It has to be said he is a bit too cavalier when it comes to human lives

[@dxeka1994]

@@ANTREU96 Same thing was said about Grant in the American Civil War. Coldly, honestly, sometimes it takes those in charge having the capacity to throw men to the meat grinder to win. The willingness to commit forces to battles you know you can win, but likely at a cost, is necessary to win.

[@easytiger6570]

​@@dxeka1994The importance of man in this war is greater than the importance of winning battles

[@JupyWotan]

the transition of top generals ended up going pretty smoothly, tseems

[@IrishCaesar]

Sirskyi commanded the lightning assault that retook kharkiv. He planned the strangulation of russian forces that liberated kherson on the right bank of the Dnipro. Yes he was in command of the bloodletting at Bakhmut, but he didnt have a choice, zelensky ordered that bakhmut be held beyond what was practical. This change up, while temporarily destabilizing, is still likely a good thing. When wars shift in goals and styles old generals often cant keep up. As true in WW1 as today

[@historyandpoliticsexplaine4876]

They have removed a fabian strategy commander and replaced him with an aggressive general. This could also mean they are planning a particularly costly offensive. If Zalnuzhni is replaced. Im confused.

[@bud1239]

Zaluzhnyi is more honest than Zelensky and actually admitted that that war is a stalemate currently. Zelensky does not want to admit this and fired him for this reason which is political.

[@3-meo-2-oxo-pce]

are we just gonna ignore the horse in the room?

[@ThompsonFlash9999]

With a dangler like that? Impossible!

[@ethankillion786]

About damn time. I am sick of these games leaving our allies hung out to dry like this for fake political clout for their angry orange god…

[@burdy2959]

Zelensky and the military leadership were in agreement about the need for a draft of 500k, but there's disagreements over how that should be carried due to political/economic reasons.

[@stevenhake7500]

It sounds like the general is being more realistic about the situation. You can't just "take back" your territory. You literally have to win a war to do that first..

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

Things looked bad for the union when they fired McClellan, but then you had Ulysses S Grant come up. War is a hell of an unpredictable Beast.

[@RealmRabbit]

I also think this Zaluzhny was like, THE GUY who would've been behind the attack on the Nordstream pipeline ASSUMING Ukraine was behind it... Like, I think the idea was Zelensky would not be informed about the details so as to have plausible deniability whereas this guy would handle all the actual planning for the attack (the when, how, and where exactly it'd happen)... In which case, it's possible in private that countries like perhaps Germany and many allies of Germany would've been wanting this guy removed over what he did, putting pressure on Zelensky to do so... But that's just me speculating, I did read though that it's believed this was the dude who is believed to have planned out the Nordstream sabotage while Zelensky was largely kept in the dark about it...

[@tylerhackner9731]

Ukraine still over performs

[@Overonator]

Or Zaluzhny is the guy you call to build a foundation of the house but you don't use the foundation guy to frame the house. You use another general, Syrsky, for the framing of the house built on top of the foundation that Zaluzhny built. My understanding is that Syrsky has a reputation for putting his men at greater risk by sending them on assaults in comparison to Zaluzhny.

[@DaemonJax]

There's only one reason you replace your top general during a war.

[@methuselah8885]

AND? Don't leave us in suspense man.

[@slick3996]

@@methuselah8885so that he can get topped of course

[@Yurtmaple]

EVERYONE GO WATCHTHE CLIP OF HIM OPENING FOWLDERS

[@Observer-O]

Link?

[@208jdog]

It's been 5 days, I think we ran out of content again

[@firstandlastname6194]

Zaluzhny advocated for more non NATO and conservative (Soviet tactics) during the counteroffensive. To me it made sense at the time and to an extent even now - NATO tactics include air superiority in many of their calculations. Ukraine was not provided with the tools that NATO countries have - air power. Perhaps Zaluzhny was currying favour with the military, gain favour and lose no supporters (soldiers in combat) by conducting an extremely non committed counter offensive. That aside, I think that Ukraine was simply fucked over. The USA should have sent the hardware. Zaluzhny appears to offer an alternative to total war with the article Vaush shows at the end of the video too. Really interesting. Is he dirty? Is he simply ambitious? Does he believe that Ukraine can at best freeze borders?

[@thomastoadie9006]

This is being overhyped by for-clicks media I feel.

[@LaylaSpellwind]

A countries leader can do anything during a war, and still be loved by their country. Think Churchill, absolutely dreadful person... but people here still revere the guy. They remember him as the guy who lead britain through the war... If a coup were to happen, then Ukraine would most likely be torn apart.

[@skyeplus]

Zelensky actually is not very popular in Ukraine.

[@jasonruggles4622]

So vaush is just done with youtube now?

[@TealPanda7]

Nope streamed today

[@jasonruggles4622]

@@TealPanda7 oh well I unsubbed so I wouldn't know anymore.

[@SimpCity2000]

I’m very worried for Ukraine with Biden still being a completely shit President and paying for it in the polls

[@Dylan-hy2zj]

There is hope - Putin recently fumbled his interview with Tucker Carlson, not taking the clear propaganda win even when tucker layed it out for him straight Either that means Putin is literally losing the plot, or more likely he was doing the interview for a Russian Domestic audience rather than a US audience. If it’s later, then a potential explanation could be that he expects Trump to lose, or if he wins he expects Trump will continue support for Ukraine.

[@canaconn2388]

​@@Dylan-hy2zjwhat?

[@keyboardoracle1044]

Stalemate is over.

[@YokaiX]

💪🏽🇵🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼✊🏽

[@emachine310]

Top general intentionally handicapping the effort?

[@afroponix3414]

It’s gonna get worse

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

9:58 yep. Generals with political ambitions are a disaster - by a latin american follower

[@mathieuleader8601]

I feel like this general could throw his hat in the ring in the forthcoming Ukraine presidential election

[@Ponyalaa]

Idk I'm ukrainian but fr we need to chill, taking donbass and for sure taking crimea is nearly impossible. The Ukrainian military isn't strong enough for this, and even if we were, russia just has more human resources. I know that negotiations with putin is prolly isn't that good of an idea but what should we do then lol. And Zelensky is NOT popular anymore 😭, like people are mad at him because his corrupt during the war, like u can do it later not now pls

[@petrorlov2599]

And even if Ukraine did take Donbass and Crimea - what's the point? Crimea and Donetsk-Luhansk have long been deserted by any pro-Ukranian citizens, what's the point of reclaiming the territories with blatantly pro-Russian sentiment?

[@Ponyalaa]

​@@petrorlov2599it's like a russian time bomb, pro russian sentiment would prolly ruin the country

[@adorabell4253]

@@petrorlov2599that's when you remove those people and bring in Ukrainian loyalists.

[@TheTrueDeitel]

That doesn't explain the signs of resistance we've been seeing in these regions, particularly in Crimea with the Tatars.

[@Ponyalaa]

@@TheTrueDeitel yeah, but almost everyone who really hated russia left for Ukraine long time ago

[@eedeneel]

There's no way Zelensky did this because he saw him as political competition. I would honestly be surprised if Zelensky didn't pretty much immediately resign and call the next election once the war were to end.

[@baddonkeyworld7254]

Ohh yea baby

[@Ar1AnX1x]

honestly not a good time for Zelensky to do this, specially if its mostly for political reasons, and if its for strategic reasons you'd assume the top general knows more about military tactics than Zelensky does, unless he has a better replacement

[@francesco8000]

To be fair it's not that uncommon, history is full of moments when generals have been removed from their post because the executive power disagreed with them. Just for the united states i can think about the 3 different generals that Lincoln kicked during the civil war or general MacArthur during the Korea war.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

@@francesco8000 but the difference is Lincoln was firing them after they were f'ing up constantly, U.S. was superior to Confederates in terms of manpower, equipment and supplies and they would still lose battles because of strategic and leadership failures and he'd still give them a second and third chance and they'd still f'd up Zaluzhny hasn't been doing bad

[@lokensicarius9347]

@@francesco8000 MacArthur wanted to nuke the korean china border the madman lol

[@aaronsmith1474]

​@@Ar1AnX1x zaluzhny may be a competent general but you simply cannot hamstring the political side of the war. His words may have cost the UKR military significant amounts of aid.

[@ASocialistTransGirl]

zelenskyy said it’s not for political reasons

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

He's popular and Zelensky sees him as a political rival.

[@albe8479]

imho he's playin politics. New guy will stay there, make a little disaster and then will be replaced by the old one to bump up morale further

[@phantis7064]

*Looks into new general* "So he's a Furry." *leaves it at that* Ngl, Funny shit

[@AlessandroEsposito-wp7xw]

Forgot the pdfile part

[@DazedSpy2]

2nd!

[@PeopleBeingBadOnline]

👋

[@johnstevenson3254]

first

[@baddonkeyworld7254]

Nope ur wrong buddy sorry

[@johnstevenson3254]

@@baddonkeyworld7254 arrrrr when the page loaded there wasn't any other comments

[@baddonkeyworld7254]

@@johnstevenson3254 maybe next time !

[@chaserseven2886]

the better question is How Bad Are Things For Vaush Right Now?

[@thefarmer6541]

Pretty bad

[@lexus8018]

🎶I smell coup, you smell coup everybody smells coup🎶

[@bass7100]

God bless the Russian soldiers and pray they bring the war criminal Zelensky to justice! 🙏🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸

[@paradoxexpress6976]

They make excellent fertilizer

[@baddonkeyworld7254]

1st??

[@DaxmathecoolNobodie]

Ukraine needs to stop... horsing around, huh?

[@ASocialistTransGirl]

HORSES!?! VOOSH HORSE 🐎🐎🐎

[@romanthrower]

Well Dylan aint coming on now lmao

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Oh?

[@romanthrower]

@@HenrythePaleoGuy he's too busy talking to another coomer sex freak rn (destiny)

[@kidd7359]

The EU just OK'ed 50 billion for Ukraine. Why does it need US money?

[@Silvreina]

The EU actually gave them 100000000000000000000 godzillion

[@renfrifan1232]

to defend against their agressors

[@Nyarurin]

russia has all the soviet stocks of weapons why do they need to get more from north korea or iran?

[@MickGallJr]

It's not money stop paying attention to the $ or € amounts. The thing that's important is equipment. Some cash goes to Ukraine but it's mostly older stock defense inventory. Even if it was cash look at what we are getting in exchange. The United States national budget is measured in the Trillions, Ukraine aid amounts to a rounding error when the numbers are this big. In exchange one of two of the Democratic worlds biggest contenders has been largely defanged. The Russians are spending over a quarter of a national budget (on paper press x to doubt it's not more) on their military. It doesn't matter from which political angle you approach this, (Unless you are one of those "anti Imperialist" types of tankies) treasure and equipment transferred to Ukraine punches above it's weight in outcome.

[@kidd7359]

I'm not anti imperialist. I am against greed constantly violating human rights

[@musicgamez7214]

They’re a mess, they will lose, and by the end of it, millions will have died for nothing

[@Silvreina]

can say the same about the Third Reich taking France and Poland 🤡

[@ni9274]

there is absolutely nothing that indicate Ukraine is anything near loosing any significant amount of land, it has been 6 month and Russia is still on the same small city of Avdiïvka, for reminder this city has been on the frontline since 2014. Russia still hasn't taken a single major ukrainien city, you must be on crack cocaine to think Ukraine is going to loose. First step for Russia would be to take back the land they lost during the ukrainian counter offensive ( approximately 30.000km2) Right know they have taken back maybe 1000-2000km2, so see you in 30years.

[@dr_birb]

Why projecting your own life onto whole nation???

[@petterbirgersson4489]

Ok, Vatnik.

[@eraldylli]

I'm on Ukraine's side, of course, but this Zelensky guy... he's not my kind of guy. Doesn't seem trustworthy.

[@matthiasknutzen6061]

Lol why

[@eraldylli]

@@matthiasknutzen6061 From what I see, he wants to be a dictator of sorts. Using the war as an excuse to achieve it. Sure, I admit, any other leader might not have been able to rally support in the beginning like he did with his theatrics. But now that things have settled, it looks to me he is looking out most at him keeping the presidency. Not unlike Netanyahu.

[@scrixdaasd4953]

Ukraine Might Face Higher Casualties: What Zaluzhnyi's replacement might mean: Military & History Is Ukraine's New Commander a Tactical Step Backward? Combat Veteran Reacts probly someting you should watch. new general is look like persone that willing to do old soveit tactis off attrition like did in bhakmaunt. lost wonder alot of most battle hard trops that had been in sucsefull conter offensive. so that when summer came you had use trops more green from training with nato.

[@RyuKyu.77]

​@@matthiasknutzen6061he's a j-

[@zenmastakilla]

@@matthiasknutzen6061 He has a certain shiftiness about him

[@jesuisungrandewilly]

how will ukraine recover now that one of their greatest supporters in the west got embroiled in an underage/equine scandal

[@obliviondust2719]

HAHA 🤣

[@marsmaniac1]

"we have the money for it* Tone-deaf much?

[@Jartran72]

Huh? There is no richer country than the US. Also has a ton of poor people. That is the result of intense capitalism. But that does not change anything about the statement being true.

[@footballdesk4417]

Lol who would have guessed

[@Rizzouri]

Long live russia

[@joshuapaul2022]

The problem is that Syrsky simply can't say NO to delusional Zelenskyy. For example, at first he refused to replace Zaluzhny as all other generals did (nobody at this point wants to own a lost war), but eventually he buckled as usual. Politico quotes Ukrainian soldiers calling him a butcher in an article "Zaluzhny is out, the ‘butcher’ is in. " Under Zelenskyy pressure Syrsky wasted lives of close to 100 000 Ukrainian troops trying to hold Bakhmut when all escape routes were under Russian fire control and then launching wave after wave of suicidal counterattacks for months trying and failing to recapture the city. Even NYT noticed in desperation: "Bakhmut has become something of an obsession for Mr. Zelensky and his military leaders."

[@Nyarurin]

hello russian bot. Bakhmut was a success on wasting a lot of russian resources and destroying vagner and prisoner reserves. Now russia is loosing extraordinary amount of their manpower and armor to fight through avdiivka to get putin his political victory for good optics during the "elections" ceremony. Russian loses would be even higher if the US didn't fail to provide ammunition - as our warriors have a lot of targets that they are not allowed to shoot because of extreme shell hunger due to corrupt US officials blocking the aid bill. Once the ammunition question would get resolved by biden winning the 2024 elections - prepare for some heat.

[@Trombi01]

What a reversal or reality. Not even Wagner estimated there being 100 000 Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut. Also, it was Russian side that sent literal meatwave attacks into the grinder. That was why Syrsky got the name butcher, when he grinded Wagner and Russian soldiers into paste. The battle was so bad for Wagner, that they eventually tried a coup because of Russia's garbage command. Syrsky also was in charge of the Kharkiv counter offensive, which was a massive success. You could not be spreading more blatant propaganda.

[@joshuapaul2022]

@@Trombi01 You are still living in a fantasy land. Zelenskyy himself said that his generals demanded from him to forced conscript next 500 000. Russians have 1:10 advantage in artillery according to BBC (previously it was 1:6 according to WaPo), they use more than 150 precision glide bombs every single day with total impunity. This catastrophic disparity in firepower is exacerbated by delusional Zelenskyy meddling in military command.

[@TheAmericanAmerican]

Josh do be a KremlinƁitchƁoy?

[@scrixdaasd4953]

@@Trombi01 so traiding you most battle hard trops for people that got pull out prison give aka fuck shovel is good trade to hold on city that he bomb from heave too hell. will you 1 supply road to bring folk in and out from. most ukraine that send bhakmaunt would live more 2 weeks. don't forget that wagner at end was cut from get new guys from prison. wagner and milatry where beefing on twitter. and if fight a war of attrition. russ have much higer pool of people send.

[@cranberryheart1357]

You are trending in twitter dude.. exposed.

[@ThompsonFlash9999]

"Exposed is when a deranged hater clip chimps already explained clips to do pedojacketing..." We have a different defition of exposed, I guess...

[@canaconn2388]

​@@ThompsonFlash9999"already explained" good one. That would imply it wasn't just excuses

[@ThompsonFlash9999]

@@canaconn2388 sure. That's why Ethan is afraid to have him on