Ukraine acknowledges Russia 'achieving tactical success' after surprise assault sparks evacuations

The Russian army on Monday struck more than 30 towns and villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region after launching a surprise ground offensive over the border last week.
“They are shelling the villages, firing everything they can,” Sergiy Kryvetchenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian military administration in the village of Lyptsi, told AFP.
“The KABs (guided aerial bombs) are flying. The artillery is flying. Drones. Everything,” he said.
The Ukrainian army acknowledged Russia was “achieving tactical success” after the ground assault, which sparked the evacuation of almost 6,000 people.
Russia’s defence ministry said its troops had “improved the tactical position and dealt a blow to [Ukrainian] manpower” around border villages, including Lyptsi, and the town of Vovchansk.
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[@kolumbos]

How can this be a surprise after 2 attacks by RDK on Belgorod, Putin said that he will create a buffer zone!

[@banjo1434]

The war was over in May 2022 when the sanctions failed. 600 thousand ukranians died for nothing since. Disgraceful.

[@rmdomainer9042]

I also from west oblast and I also discouraged now. Disgraceful.

[@Davidman3976]

600 millions LOL

[@chrisgodley5503]

Sadly I predict the number to be greater than this

[@AndreKiri]

​@@Davidman3976 Зеленский сказал всего 31 тысяча, но забыл уточнить, что это в месяц.

[@internetoldie]

Russian bots are so bad lmao

[@bubba842]

Those shovels are proving to be real gamechangers.

[@user-np7in6rb5y]

everything Russia does is tactical; everything they do is STRATEGIC! It's painful to get lectured by bankrupt proxy puppets...

[@soreeyez]

any Russian gain is symbolic, any 🤕ill-crane gain is strategic. 🤭

[@pinochioo5678]

they need to understand it's not goat herders in a desert anymore

[@owenstorey573]

Russia has made many mistakes in this war. So has Putin. Don't act like everything they've done is a strategic achievement. Russia has embarrassed themselves in this war, Ukraine were not meant to stand and fight like this.

[@classicaltroy]

Russia is notoriously bad at tactics and battle logics.

[@rust0780]

​@@classicaltroy😂😂😂🫵🤡🤣

[@StigFerrari]

‘A surprise offensive’ which was announced a week ago 🙄 Ukraine has been sent about 5x Russias military budget, But not much of it makes to the battlefield 🤑

[@owenstorey573]

Maybe because Russia has been stockpiling weapons for decades? Maybe because it takes time to send equipment to troops who also need to be trained for that equipment? I'm sure even less of Russia's military budget actually ends up being used for weapons (corruption).

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

​@@owenstorey573 ah yes no corruption in Ukraina

[@MrCykotickiwi]

NATO had been arming and training Ukrainians since 2014​@@owenstorey573

[@captgaming2134]

Not all of that money is going to Ukraine, most of it are going to replenish us stockpiles in Europe.

[@supermarno1980]

​@@captgaming2134and the money just for increase the contractor wealthy n for zelenskys villa in italy

[@evilleader1991]

Don’t worry guy I just added the Ukraine flag to my social media profile.

[@geoffdb8118]

Thanks for your service

[@RetroRambleRevival]

Lmao

[@winterinvicta]

Yeah Russia is done for now.

[@user-vg8dp8ej1p]

​@@winterinvicta🤦‍♂️😂

[@jackcorbos7676]

😂😂😂

[@michaelwilson9921]

What, Ukrainians thought that Russia wouldn't respond to the killing of civilians in Belgorod?

[@lukegray2835]

Ryazan Sugar?

[@Davidman3976]

What did Russia expect from an invaded nation suffering the crimes of a country goberned by gangsters? nevermind, Russia don't care about civilians, being them russians or ukranians.

[@nsevv]

What, russia thought that Ukraine wouldn't respond to the killing of civilians in Belgorod with russian glide bombs??

[@lissamae8719]

Lol "tactical" success 😅😅 Western media is stunning in their propaganda.

[@nsevv]

but that is wha russia media said.

[@rmdomainer9042]

OK, RU tactical failure then. Happy?

[@rmdomainer9042]

FYI, a westerner never refers to their own media as "western media", "Lissa Mae"

[@bakersmileyface]

@@rmdomainer9042 Within context we do. How else are we suppose to catagorise the collective media of western Europe in contrast to Russian media?

[@ElliotJones-nr9gi]

So when Ukraine is winning its real but hen russia winning its propaganda 😂😂😂😂😂 just cope cupcakes

[@tonysherwood9619]

Pity the telegraph did not acknowledge this two crucial years ago!

[@rmdomainer9042]

RU lost their push against Kharkiv 2 years ago as well.

[@GothPaoki]

Yea they did. Which makes it even weirderd because you'd think Ukraine would know how to def this area since they have done it before. Yet they failed.

[@rmdomainer9042]

@@ac43942 Dude, it has been around as a conservative newspaper since the mid 19th century. When was it ever not a mouthpiece for the establishment?

[@tonysherwood9619]

@@GothPaoki....and where did all the money go?

[@rafthejaf8789]

Exactly, along with the rest of the Western media it has been gaslighting the population as to the reality of the situation knowing all the time that Ukraine could never win against Russia. The media is criminal and the enemy of the people.

[@studinthemaking]

Translation: we are losing big time.

[@famousmwofficial8046]

Do a video showing how beautiful Russia has made mariupol after occupying it. It's looking beautiful

[@lukegray2835]

Is this...like ignoring the mass graves?

[@rmdomainer9042]

Now look at Severodonetsk. I also doubt Mariupol is very tidy. Russian truck drivers' vids show the actual sights.

[@abrakadavra3193]

​@@lukegray2835Most of the weird stories about Mariupol, including the mass graves, were created by Mariopol Deputy mayor Sergei Orlov and he's basically a nutcase.

[@lukegray2835]

@@abrakadavra3193 Yea I've seen satellite imagery that disagrees

[@lukegray2835]

@@abrakadavra3193 Another weird story was those videos of maternity wards being hit. So weird.

[@iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626]

Quick, send another $100B. Ukraine is winning.

[@rmdomainer9042]

Silly concern trolling. Equipment and money powers the war. It gets spent no matter what.

[@garysmith6056]

​@@rmdomainer9042 stop being bitter, Ukraine is winning hahaha winning by running backwards

[@Evemeister12]

Man , these Russian shovels are something else.

[@bojanm986]

Now there are potatoes and sticks according to Daily Mail.

[@joyholtzhausen8976]

Yes more devastating now they are hypersonic

[@C-SAY15970]

Its never a surprised assault. The Ukrainian army was well aware and prepared according to Zelensky.

[@annefrank3225]

Russian infantry walked over the border unopposed. How is that well prepared

[@user-qo1us9oc7g]

@@annefrank3225 the Main Ukrainian defense lines is a few KMs behind the border which Russia has not even reached yet, it would be stupid and suicidal to place everything at the border.

[@qillqiggins294]

The border is considered grey zone....​@@annefrank3225

[@outback109]

Perhaps they should spend more on fortifications and less on mansions and yaughts for zelensky.

[@jeffreywang8506]

Wow! I thought they don’t acknowledge any defeat

[@jumickikapi6887]

Having an actor as president is very dangerous

[@rmdomainer9042]

A taxi driver like Putin is way worse. Completely unhinged.

[@gooseywhispers]

Ronald Reagan was a great president

[@trevorsutherland5263]

The AFU border "defenses" melted away like butter on toast.

[@ChemicalShots]

Ukraine as this point just needs to take the L, all they do is lower the conscription age each time they are running out of troops.

[@owenstorey573]

So has Russia! They too use old men, boys, and prisoners.

[@begonekneecaps9718]

@@owenstorey573 No. The age of conscripted was actually raised from 18-25 to 21-30. Do everyone a favour and refrain from commenting.

[@Levon_RnD]

​@@owenstorey573That's bs dude. There is no wartime mobilization in Russia at all. All those "old men" are volunteers, no one is caught on the streets, packed in the bus and sent to the front. Who wanted to stay home, stay home. Unlike Ukraine that is actually running out of people and mobilizing anyone they can round up on the streets.

[@Brit_Toolmaker]

​@@Levon_RnDyes RT is the gospel of truth 😂😂😂👍😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@markart157]

They seem to kill all men to let blackrock having the lands

[@phil00075]

This was only a “surprise” to the mainstream media.

[@fr3sht1lld3ff]

The telegraph, im beginning to take everything they report on with a grain of salt.

[@freeman4899]

The problem is Ukrainian president is a vlogger not a politician , Alas !

[@rmdomainer9042]

And Putin is a taxi driver.

[@MegaGehendra]

does humanity need a war like this again and again???? so sorry to see the bad situation for these people!!!

[@operator9858]

Actually yes. As one culture fails it lashes out and as others rise to fill the void they set the stage for the next evolution and bring folks back together again with new understandings with one another. If such things never happened we'd all still be living under kings and tyrants. Or in the modern example oligarchs and megacorporations. One could argue that this is essential for human progress and events like we are going through now come once a century on the regional scale and maybe only once a millenia on the global scale...

[@exotikz7905]

No only Europeans and Americans do this stuff ,these people who focus on causing and prolonging wars . Throughout history they’ve done this . Every major and bloody battle has genuinely been due to Europe . Funny and they have gal to call the rest of the world backwards and Barbaric😂 monkes with nuclear missiles

[@orbitalgordo1568]

Russia won at the start, Ukraine had no chance.

[@joelcutting3954]

Nonsense- Russia DIDNT win at the start THATS WHY we day 800 and something into a 10 day special operation. And Russia has now lost big time whatever happens on the battlefield- they have become a vassal state of China now

[@cplcabs]

No surprise about it. This was known about some time ago.

[@user-mj2md3ei4g]

This is the Ukraine is winning the US and west are saying..😁😁😁

[@The_Engineerr]

Basically what I see, Russia has 3 main goals for this offensive 1 - Speeding up the casualties and making Ukraine reinforce Kharkiv. 2 - Establishing a buffer zone for Belgorod. 3 - Potentially taking or getting close to Kharkiv, which is the most unlikely.

[@brandonlance3601]

Agreed on all points. Ukraines weakness is its manpower issue above all others.. why not exploit this by exacerbating the problem as much as possible. This is a war winner.. however grim

[@GothPaoki]

Why are we saying Ukraine's problem is the manpower when they haven't even built any defences around kharkiv despite knowing it will get attacked months prior. Russia has been gathering men there for 3 months. They knew it. How do we blame manpower in the face of such blatant incompetence???

[@matiasd.c9949]

@@GothPaoki ..Ukraine is running out of men

[@a.u.b1]

Ukraine doesn't have man power issue, Zelensky said he lost only 31k soldiers😂!! And there will be a new law to bring the young one chilling in the west back

[@XTheLolX301]

The goal Is Ukraine moving forced to Kharkiv, leaving Donbass areas unprotected

[@srimalsepala5322]

I thought 60b changes the tide. Zelenky be carefully clown.

[@PatagoniaAries]

Well, there goes my tax dollars

[@user-ki4llalm6kr]

U kidding? People are dying there. F your worthless prints. F all the Witz, Baum, Steins too.

[@sebastiaanl9876]

Account created 2024 nice bot. Go to frontlines now

[@AingealDhe]

@@sebastiaanl9876 Doesn't mean he's a bot, Could just be someone who doesn't bother with creating accounts much like my self. My Facebook account (my very first one) is like 5 weeks old. Does that make me a bot? I thought not.

[@janfatas1703]

Vote Biden send money to Zelensky

[@David-ry9ly]

@@AingealDhe Yes Ivan it does.

[@debbiemerls]

My heartbreaks seeing this. The Ukrainians have put up an incredibly brave battle against overwhelming odds 💔

[@svetlanak7766]

Wow, really and UK is announcing this?

[@richardmarsden5610]

Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to appoint former Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov as new Defence Minister came as a surprise decision for Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Batkivshchyna party Oleksiy Kucherenko noted that "this looks tragic indeed.” Ukrainian economist Alexey Kushch believes that Belousov's appointment comes as bad news for Kyiv. The expert suggested that this would lead to a sharp increase in the dynamics of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) and a growth in Russia's military production. Kushch called Belousov the person who played an important role in creating "a model of Russian economic growth, deep structural transformations and adaptation to sanctions.”

[@bigfishy7816]

No this isn’t what Limpy Lindbergh has been saying for years now 😢👖🚬😷💊

[@phil00075]

Not enough time to read the captions.

[@modeticklestv4601]

I thought Ukraine is gonna win. Oh my. Ukraine bots need to Slava more in the comments

[@GeorgeIllustrations]

Don't sell your old washmachines. Send'em to Ukraine!!!😂😂😂

[@OnMy1s]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 winning apparently 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ElliotJones-nr9gi]

They are just cope cupcake 😂😂

[@MdRiyaz-nn9nc]

First step in right direction acknowledging the truth realities good step for Ukraine!!

[@janfatas1703]

I forgot this fortifications cost billions to accont Zelensky Podoliak Smigal Kuleba Arestovic Budanov

[@freeman4899]

Arestovich left job many months back

[@kerder8660]

i missed reznikov

[@sarjenprabhu1137]

What happened to Russians washing machines… no ammo😂😂😂😂

[@johnsakelaris7]

It is time for Ukraine to make a settlement before more land is lost

[@vikkymi6386]

but Zelensky made an amendment to the constitution that prohibits peace negotiations with Putin. The difficulty is that the Russians recently re-elected Putin for another 6 years. So..🤷‍♀️

[@sheerogoes]

So the war is still going after 2 stinky ah years…. :I

[@foryourlugsonly]

Sounds like somebody wants more money

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Lmao We already knew that 😂

[@traceywright6510]

Trouble is being tactical also.means don't give your cards away....media should not be announcing where when and if out of weapons. Why is the whole thing played in media creating advantage. Loose lips sink ships

[@JohnDoe-il7dp]

Better to not say anything than to speak and prove tourself a f ool

[@lazeppelini123]

It wasn't surprise, Ukraine knew about it

[@gayan2517]

They say all thw money sent to fortify the defences went to someones pocket. This war is truly money down the drain.

[@Rubinrus]

Scorched Earth policy means that the retreating force destroys pretty much everything that can help the attacker, starting from food supplies and ending with civilian infrastructure. So, the question is, is the term used appropriately and Ukraine really is demolishing its own cities/villages or was it just thrown as a big scary word?

[@rmdomainer9042]

Those villages are wrecked anyway as soon as your countrymen pass through. We have seen this so many times in this war. No need for your concern trolling

[@Rubinrus]

​@@rmdomainer9042 those villages would be destroyed by both sides mindlessly using artillery when the place would become a battlefield. Either way it makes zero sense to use scorched earth there, especially given that Ukraine was pretty successful at inflicting damage to Russia during guerilla warfare and fighting in urban areas. Although, if they can blame the destruction on Russia then it does, indeed, makes sense. But it also raises a question of why not just wait until they enter the village, killing two birds with one stone?

[@rubensano4860]

It's the Telegraph. The likelihood is that they just don't know what it means.

[@Hereford1642]

Ukraine only admit the truth when it becomes completely undeniable. It astounds me how anyone can take their words with any confidence. And yet there are those that repeat their claims as though they are gospel.

[@CheeseScout]

Isn't this true for both?!

[@glintongordon6811]

Russia made a movie called best in hell

[@wouterkellerman4458]

So i wonder what excuse The Telegraph is going to come up with once this is over..... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@happyhome41]

Any chance this would motivate the Ukrainians to make the painful choice to increase conscription to restore the military to the point of being able to effectively use the (late) western aid ?

[@carlotulio3411]

they need time to train new recruits. The question is, do the Ukrainians have the time?

[@richardmarsden5610]

Episode of the battle of the Kraken special forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov region kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6u2eIhrrat6jM0 An episode of the battle of the reconnaissance and sabotage unit "Kraken" of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in the Kharkov region has been published. The special forces of the GUR "Kraken" came under attack from Russian artillery and decided to retreat using ATVs. Lamp of Knowledge

[@AgentSmith911]

But Boris didn't want a ceasefire or peace deal, because Russia would surely lose this 🤡

[@Geojr815]

Use some narration!!! It’s a video for a reason. I’m not trying to read and drive at the same time

[@PrinceAnayo-mj9ev]

Fear people who dont talk to much. Russia president Vladimir Putin don't talk to much but.....

[@DavidOfosuAppiah]

Ukraine and Nato to wave white flags

[@antoninagarkalna1444]

«The main object of combat operations should be not the territory, but the enemy army» - Helmut von Moltke senior. This war once again proved old Moltke right. //Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings. Random House Publishing Group, 1995, 288 pages. According to the American Institute for the Study of War, the losses of the Ukrainian army in Avdeevka were 22 times greater than the losses of the Russian army. The Russian army destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers from a distance, using drones, artillery and aviation, so losses Russian army were minimal.

[@lettheflamestakeover7374]

🇺🇸’s get butthurt over everything

[@tourer65]

Slava Great Russia

[@SAGAWISIW30]

Oh no thats not true .. the uks have plenty bayraktar

[@ericp1139]

Do they?

[@CrazyyCanadian]

In war, it's more strategic to retreat and conserve your resources for the opportune moment, rather than squandering lives and resources in a futile battle. It's not as simple as Ukraine losing because they retreated from a city or a town; it's one of numerous tactical decisions one must make in war. The reason behind this is that Russia recently deployed thousands of new conscripts to these fronts, it puts a strain on Ukrainians limited manpower and resources.

[@banjo1434]

🥵

[@Deltafox295]

😂😂😂 прими лекарство

[@karlospalacio6368]

Yes , crazy bot

[@Srbazo]

thank god im not crazy canuck as u r . NAFO loser

[@CrazyyCanadian]

@@banjo1434 🥵

[@alexanderlazarev3570]

It's not Ukraine "acknowledged" this is all West was caught suddenly by surprise.

[@QueensNativeNYC]

Imagine living under those conditions.. People in America get upset when the nearest Starbucks closes down..

[@urbanvoice8318]

sick and tired of the corrupt , always begging Ukraine .

[@mikemanship]

Sick and tired from the Vodka hey Vlad? 😂

[@rmdomainer9042]

Such an organic comment.

[@WielkaStopa-qh1rr]

Ivan is never sick of his murderous motherland that how slave mind works

[@user-qo1us9oc7g]

The master strategists Putin and Shoigu again showed their brilliance by attacking into Ukraine, were just recently a massive defense line was constructed by Ukraine.

[@bakersmileyface]

They didn't bring enough troops to do much. It's about a third of the number they used to capture andiivka. There's no way they'll breach the defensive lines, let alone capture Kharkiv. This was just to spread Ukraine's lines thinner. Ukraine brought several veteran battalions to the North at the start of May so Russians got what they wanted.

[@rukioruk6949]

Zelensky recently stated that they expected this attack. What kind of a surprise assault are they talking about?

[@killakev9589]

after all we sent them

[@PlaYer-sn5or]

Zelensky is proposing a 10 years aid package.

[@muhammedrahman7013]

NATO is The Titanic and Russia is The Iceberg! What could possibly go Wrong?

[@David-ry9ly]

No Russia is 💩and NATO is 💪

[@margelatu79]

@@David-ry9ly In your wet dreams!

[@internetoldie]

NATO is an actual Army, Russia has shown its nothing more than a third world army. No tanks left, no trained units left..... won't be long before the entire country has another revolution

[@Jh19999]

American need to sort a peace deal asap

[@Jf-ke6dq]

No money to be made if there's peace

[@Levon_RnD]

America doesn't need it. Ukraine does. Russia wouldn't want it, anyway. It would be seen as a defeat by the Russian public. They want victory, not truce.

[@1Know1tHurts]

American started this, they don't give a f

[@georgemelder6082]

Telegraph never investigated russian families when ukrain bombarded donesks.?

[@Brit_Toolmaker]

🤡🤡🤡

[@rmdomainer9042]

Because it was a lie. Strelkov testified to it. The only Russians there were new arrivals.

[@Peace-ok7xo]

@@rmdomainer9042new civilians arriving in a war zone?? Smh

[@rmdomainer9042]

@@Peace-ok7xo No, keep your eye on the ball. They were vatniks, Night Wolves or FSB.

[@Mirage-pz]

​@@rmdomainer9042hi Herr Gestapo sir? Policing the thoughts of the people and ensure Ukraine propaganda strong ja?

[@fendika8882]

Yang jadi korban cuma rakyat ...kasian

[@ephilippos]

Its abt time this war came to an end..an end that was forced upon to UKR by the west and was coersed inti this battle they never could have won…

[@bakersmileyface]

Gonna be at least another year before it ends looking at the rate this war is going.

[@wouterkellerman4458]

Where is Boris? He aught to be held liable for this carnage, together with blinken biden nuland.

[@anandthegreat]

I thought Ukraine is winning.😅

[@susanchoo879]

😈 Evil Putin

[@alexanderlazarev3570]

So sad, but it's the part of a deal.

[@John_Falcon]

Ukraine never should have started a war with it's enemies while threatening all of it's allies.

[@David-ry9ly]

🤡🤡🤡

[@annunnaki5013]

Cannot believe a word bellendsky says

[@Davidman3976]

Go believe everything Russia says. Like they never ever lie. LOL

[@user-mi4hd7le4w]

13 мая посол Британии заявил, что его страна будет ежегодно выделять на военную поддержку Украины $3,7 млрд. Британия тратит на здравоохранение на душу населения на 20% меньше чем Германия или Франция. Британцы Вы точно уверены, что ваши налоги должны использоваться не на улучшение медицинского обслуживания, а на убийства мирных жителей города Белгород?

[@jonjames7328]

What a mass of paid Trollskys on here. No wonder the petrol station is going bankrupt.

[@Tom_3017]

Where has all the Uks money gone? Great defence ,🤦🤦

[@bakersmileyface]

Russians haven't penetrated the defensive lines. They've not even gotten to it yet. Even if they did, Russia hasn't deployed enough troops to breach the defensive lines. They didn't even bring enough troops to capture Kharkiv. There's less troops on that frontline than there was capturing Andiivka. Why ask such a silly question

[@Tom_3017]

@@bakersmileyface the commander has literally been stepped down? They shouldn't of been able to capture the outside towns that sets them up for the bigger picture

[@bakersmileyface]

@@Tom_3017 Nah the defensive lines were put further back. It's better this way for the Ukrainians. If they let Russia capture the land, Ukrainians know and understand the terrain which is better for counter-attacking and fire support. But it also means that Ukrainians can destroy key infrastructure in their own land and Russians wouldn't already have built ways around it. Whereas if the defensive lines were close to the border, Russia would have already prepared for their logistical hubs to get targeted. The settlements Russians have captured hold little to no strategic significance. Russians have met the defensive lines now though. In fact I'm reading something from the Russian MoD stating that they've captured a village behind the defensive lines. I don't see any evidence of that. But if they did then that's impressive and a big problem for Ukraine. As for why Ukraine replaced the commander, I can't pretend to know. My guess is that the evacuation of civilians was a shambles and Russians advanced too quickly. Ukraine practically gave the land away which is very bad. They should've made Russia fight for those villages, even if Ukraine was making a fighting retreat. Losing those villages and towns had no strategic importance, but losing them so quickly and so easily is a huge tactical failure for Ukraine.

[@mohammed-nf7vb]

Bravo Russia

[@David-ry9ly]

💩💩💩

[@stenalacydrick6059]

AS IF HE IS COMENTATING FOOTBALL SO SAD

[@myla6135]

All joking aside, this is awful for the Ukrainian people. What is it with myopic Western leaders? And Zelensky? and Putin?

[@davidreilly1031]

Putin offered a brilliant deal in March 22, the west told Zelenski to reject it and they would back him forever. Or until all the Ukrainians have been ground into the ground.

[@MrJohnnyseven]

It was the west that kept pushing towards Russia...

[@Hereford1642]

Putin is defending Russian independence from western hegemony. Not sure about the others.

[@AliHassan-hb1bn]

This is not how to encircle a nation like Russian federation.!

[@johnadam2885]

Isn't this the correct time for the French to make good their promise of sending troops to defend Kharkhov ? And for the Brits to give their missiles for Ukraine to attack Kerch bridge as euphorically touted by their media ?

[@Hereford1642]

I think they said Kherson not Kharkhiv. Or, it might have been Odessa. Not sure.

[@cplcabs]

The U.K. has given Ukraine a lot of missiles, do keep up

[@Hereford1642]

@@cplcabs Piss off with your 'do keep up' crap. UK has given a pathetic amount of missiles that Russia would probably fire in a single day or at the very very most a month. Do keep up my deear.

[@johnadam2885]

@@Hereford1642 Alright, we shall wait to see Napoleon in action when the Russians reach Odessa.

[@chrisj2502]

The lesson Germany learnt in WW2, Ukraine is learning now.

[@rajeshrao8883]

Still doing acting as reporter. God bless Ukrainians. Better surrender to save precious human lives

[@soreeyez]

2elensky's ego must be hurting bad!

[@chrisgodley5503]

Nope he’s lining his pockets and if he survives will live a luxurious lifestyle in a western country after all his masters have probably promised him that

[@helopi8]

This is the longest 2 week "special operation" ever

[@XNAGP]

who said that??i keep hearing it

[@rmdomainer9042]

@@XNAGP Rossiya 1.

[@hermajesty69]

@@rmdomainer9042🐵 was usa/uk wishful thinking.

[@bugieguntara8201]

Ahh Western Propaganda, what i'm expecting here ? A plasma tv? Idk

[@RusselBrout]

God I love the sound of Russian bots squealing in the morning.

[@rmdomainer9042]

I like the fact that they have to tiptoe past wild dogs and open sewers on the way back home, and all they have after a day of posting is some lentils or some corn flour. What a sad way of making a living.

[@user-uq9pg4vf7b]

NATO Secretary Stoltenberg said that in case of defeat, there is no point in restoring Ukraine As for the restoration of Ukraine after the war, first we need to ensure that it prevails. If Ukraine does not prevail, there will be nothing to restore in a free and independent Ukraine With each passing day, the real attitude towards Ukraine and the real motives behind the "help" of the West are becoming clearer and clearer.

[@ahartify]

This is not a surprise assault and was anticipated by Ukraine several week ago. The newly-built Ukrainian defences are several kilometres behind the occupied villages. The Russians are possibly entering a kill zone.

[@dmitryk2058]

well i think they already walking in the kill zone...i mean they are loosing 1500 men a day give or take ...

[@Ryn7kid]

The Cope 😂

[@evilleader1991]

Killzone when Russia has advantage in man power, artillery, air power?

[@lawrencestoke]

😂😂😂🤡

[@sebastiaanl9876]

We don’t cope in the west we lose zero people while Russia lose everything. Even if they win in Ukraine they still lost everything

[@aleccap5946]

Is there any news about the West fighting Zelenskyy's war for him ?

[@chrisgodley5503]

Won’t happen if the west joins in I would imagine it will involve nuclear war and I think they all know this remember it’s only the western alliance countries that support Ukraine the rest of the world know what’s really happening and while not saying Russia was right to invade they also understand why they had to

[@SethBrundleDirtyFly]

SLAVA UKRAINI

[@hphu17]

Tet offensive

[@BrandyHeng007]

Ukraine surrenders 🏳️🏳️🏳️

[@user-uf3tk8ln1r]

ukraine knew this was coming as they have said for some time..

[@MrJohnnyseven]

Team Putin

[@rmdomainer9042]

Manlet crew?