Ukrainian troops warn Avdiivka will fall to Russia without Western ammunition | Maxim Tucker

“They’re running out of the shells that they need to hit Russian infantry before they come to their positions.”
Ukrainians on the frontline are having to make difficult decisions as their supply of shells dwindles, says Maxim Tucker, reporting for The Times from the frontline.
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[@presidentofukraina]

The ruzzian washing machine brigade is running out of toilet paper

[@TDMoore]

How can the free world not have the political will to stop this? I am embarrassed to be an American right now for our failure to stop Russia's aggression.

[@aeluzarii]

War fatigue. Less and less people have interest in funding Ukraine because it seems to make no difference.

[@42VS42]

Why would we "stop" Putin while he's actively destroying his entire military, which he wanted to re-establish USSR sphere of influence with?

[@chriscarlino5561]

I’ve been embarrassed to be American for the last ten years or so. Look at what the democrat party has for their platforms. Our cites are far dirtier than Russia. I’ve been there. No tent, no addicts doing or selling drugs in public. Clear ideas on what a man and a women are. Don’t forget, many people in the fighting area want to be a part of Russia. Americans who don’t understand this part of the world sees Ukraine as this saint like country. It’s Just as corrupt as Russia if not more. Go to Crimea and ask the population if they want Russian law or Ukraine and they will respond in Russian that they trust Russia more. The Americans couldn’t defeat the flip flop brigade in Afghanistan so they would never defeat a battle hardened Russian force. Americans live in complete comfort. Russians are use to having to scrap through life and are generally tougher, or at least more resilient. Don’t get me wrong I love the US and I wouldn’t live anywhere else. But there are much more important problems facing America then Ukraine. The Ukrainians seem happy to die just so NATO can weaken Russia. The west is just using Ukraine plane and simple.

[@Crutonwyt]

Maybe because there’s more to this than your government is saying, the blame isn’t just on Russia, and intelligent people who think for themselves are catching on.

[@anderseckstrand7033]

Ukraine was always going to lose.

[@mukenditshibangu6653]

ALREADY FAILED LONG TIME AGO.

[@NexPutax]

Informative, to the point, efficient with viewer's time. Thanks.

[@Patendyck76]

Avdiivka will fall whether or not weapons arrive from the you know what’s.

[@NooriezamIsmail-eu1zf]

Cry more. Just buy it urself or make it ur own.

[@user-qm7zb2et6w]

Example Stryker general choice

[@eddale5557]

If Adiika fall it is the US and Eu's falt Not Ukraine

[@glintongordon6811]

Avdivka will fall with or without aid

[@foilhat1138]

@@glintongordon6811 Its been about to fall for about nine years now. I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.

[@glintongordon6811]

@@foilhat1138 but now Russia is actually focused on it, like mariopol or bakhmut

[@foilhat1138]

@@glintongordon6811 Yeah and they've spent 3 months throwing away hundreds of armored vehicles and tens of thousands of casualties to capture some empty fields. Avdiivka is also a small town with a pre war population of 30k. Russia acting like they are about to occupy Berlin or something is embarrassing.

[@glintongordon6811]

@@foilhat1138 I mean they are happy with their results so that's good for them, it took them 1 month to undo the progress of a nato trained and armed army

[@Soulfulvision1111]

Take Putin out

[@elbibwen3019]

*go in bed kid for god sake* 😵‍💫!

[@alexanderlazarev3570]

@Soulfulvision1111 Open your Soul and Mind for Putin and you will see the better changes with your "fulvision" . 1111.

[@christianevanherck6023]

@@alexanderlazarev3570 It’s only a matter of time before the Russian elite concludes that Putin is more of a liability than an asset.

[@hansrijke8477]

Not likely

[@alexanderlazarev3570]

@@hansrijke8477 Highly likely, such a lovely British form.

[@JackyChoo-xr9gq]

Why the last minute let the RF ussian force win this war The USA must be seriously mad not to let Ukraine army have the military combat weapon to fight the russian as they know without ammunication bullets they can't win this terror war

[@wilburwarthog668]

lol

[@user-qm7zb2et6w]

Example little bird chaingun flying machine gun drone two barrels

[@Zenon00007]

❤Ukrainian ❤

[@hoanglannguyen5871]

This situation is horrendous- Ukraine overrun in key place like Avdiivka wil help cement Putin and weaken Ukraine in eyes of the world

[@piuswanyaga8361]

only in your eyes

[@user-qm7zb2et6w]

Example hummve battlefield tanking jeep no doors top turret mini gun front steel back seats steel bottom and back general use in the modern intelligence LF

[@BigCulpLarge]

Putin: Thank you republicans

[@mikebunetta7420]

😂 Biden bribes are paying off for Putin

[@GaneshDevdas]

@@mikebunetta7420 Actually Biden has never referred to Вова (Poo-tin) as BFF! Donny diaper boy on the other hand bends over in fron of terrorrussian Mob leader and his goons do the same😈!

[@john_in_phoenix]

This is how democracy works.

[@raybod1775]

It’s President Biden refusing to agree to border security in the United States. Don’t blame Republicans for putting their own country first.

[@Mr.Clownensky]

Perks of democracy buddy , deal with it 🤣

[@HPF-Jensen]

the big problem is that the USA has forgotten its history, if we look at World War 1, they entered the war too late, and it cost the Americans dearly in human life, if we look at World War 2, the problem was the same, and the USA lost a colossal number of soldiers, because Japan got the impression that the Americans were afraid. now we are in the same problem, and the Americans still haven't learned anything from the last 2 world wars. if the USA does not take an active decision to support Ukraine now, then the American losses will number in the millions, and the war will also be fought on American soil, because both Russia and their allies have read up on history.

[@HPF-Jensen]

@@russiantroll9717 Russia cannot defeat the US alone, in the military sense. Russia simply does not have enough soldiers/people. their military general staff is not skilled enough, and the Russian navy is not modernized, so it will not be an option for Russia to make a military attack that can be held.

[@JimTimber]

Well said ! ..support has to continue otherwise the war will become global

[@Robert-xy4xi]

OK 😂

[@alexanderlazarev3570]

All the Nazis of the Western World unite against the Putin's Russia.

[@dessmith7658]

Just stop ffs

[@philipellis4530]

What you expect that with 30 countries including NATO that's been trying for the last 2 years to defeat Russia, no chance.

[@mrradman2986]

Actually the opposite is true. The war has cost far too many Ukrainian lives to protect a corrupt old man in the White House and needs to be ended now.

[@kirikoo9981]

All cities Russia took it took them with western munitions as well

[@johnheath644]

Ukraine can win this just need to get a little more woke

[@osis3694]

How about ukraine builts its own ammo

[@gezalesko3813]

that is expensive...

[@foilhat1138]

They do, obviously not enough though. Russia doesn't make enough either as seen from them going to Iran and North Korea with cup in hand to ask for more.

[@MarkyCannoli]

This video was straight propaganda

[@XtremiTeez]

You are correct. This theme is currently being blasted across all western media. They are telling us that we have to keep sending money to Ukraine or else American troops are going to have to fight Russia directly. Because if we don't stop Russia now, they will keep going and conquer more and more countries. They are such an evil empire!

[@glintongordon6811]

Propaganda is not a bad word... It virtually means news ad, it can be false tho

[@Viktor-bb]

А почему Украина перестала платить пенсии 2014году в Луганске и дамбассе

[@johnfrancis2215]

Bull hit

[@Vladsrainbows69]

My Vladimir is our community's icon! 💋🇷🇺🌈

[@user-ld9hx7eh8b]

Why are your tears flowing Pindos?) Ahahaha..Get used to the shame.

[@darwel007]

The US always keeps its commitments!

[@silafaupaulmeredith7251]

Just like in Afghanistan yeah right?

[@andrewgibson6495]

Just like with the Kurds yeah right?

[@darwel007]

Sarcasm. A country founded on truth and now run on lies. Spreading war and all kinds of anti-family propaganda. But enough natural resources to spread mayhem long into the future. @@andrewgibson6495

[@Boghopper9999]

@@silafaupaulmeredith7251 Remember the time Russia went into Afghanistan......

[@silafaupaulmeredith7251]

@@Boghopper9999 Yes and they were fighting US proxies who came back and did 911 pon their soil. That was also the point in the decline of the USSR. Just 2021 US pulled out of Afghanistan and has never recovered since seems familiar doesn't it. The Ukr conflict has accelerated the world towards a multi polar environment with countries seeking to derisk from US sanctions and thus the de-dolarization which we are seeing now Just look at Gold reserves.

[@bobducharme4809]

The taxpayers are sick of sending money to other countries with no accountability. I do not want to pay for Ukraine retirement.

[@lordhex_3033]

It fell today. L bozo.

[@silafaupaulmeredith7251]

Don't worry when Ukraine looses Avdiivka with or without more aid then it becomes not important just like in Bukhmut and Mariupol. I heard Ukr are swimming in the sea of Azov aren't they?

[@markjames1680]

*3 days to Kyiv intensifies*

[@HS-vr7cq]

@@markjames1680 3 days more than enough but 40+ hyenas came to fight for okrain.

[@paolopetrozzi2213]

The Russian "Empire" ranks only 65th in the world by GDP per capita. 65th. Moreover, the distribution of that wealth is not uniform at all: hundreds of millionaires and billionaires in Moscow and Saint. Petersburg, while 95% of the "Empire" is a desolate 5h1 t-hole. - 20% of Russian households have no indoor plumbing. (Hence, they do their business in a hole outside the home, sometimes a single, public hole in the centre of the village…), and that becomes 65% in the countryside, wooden shacks with a hole in the ground, holes that contain and collect fermented memories of the last 10,000 visits.

[@paolopetrozzi2213]

@@HS-vr7cq Russia sure has visions of grandeur for a country that's basically nothing more than a gas station. Russia is an economic dwarf, it is like a gas station whose owner has an atomic bomb. BTW, hundreds of thousands of Russians have already decided to stay in Ukraine, forever, as they have already been mixed with its soil. But those were the "best", while the rest of the Russians, the garbage, were still in Russia, typing on their keyboard about how strong they were before their mothers cooked the usual meal of one potato for them

[@Crutonwyt]

@@markjames1680Keep spouting that nonsense rhetoric the media literally fabricated. No Russian officials or Putin even claimed that.

[@user-qm7zb2et6w]

Micro military weapons of great memories in bridgeknighs

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Russia has already on show in Moscow military museum Bradley's and Leopard 2s, as well as numbers other wheeled vehicles! Lots of Javelin anti tank missles in working order and Stringer anti aircraft missiles!

[@TheCriticalSigma]

Source?

[@keith8609]

While no one wants the inferior Russian equipment

[@JustARandomFio]

Well, that's what museums usually do, showing nice, old stuff. And in this particular case, it's no different than gifting your wife a second-hand toilet bowl or washing machine looted in a common household in a country you are invading and considering inferior. If you need further explanation of what this means, just ask and I'll tell you in plain words without two layers of fluffy politically correct velvet fabric wrapped around them.

[@Viktor-bb]

Да, там вся коллекция нато😂

[@Viktor-bb]

​@@JustARandomFioКитай выходит на мировой рынок по машиностроению😂

[@gerryhouska2859]

Viva Ukraine!Blyat chuilo poo tin! Blyat orcs, trolls, bots and the Muscovite empire!

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Oh dear 😂

[@dessmith7658]

Yes, let's hope the sanity clause is coming

[@ScottishAtheist]

@@Robert-xy4xi Go away troll.

[@zvonkobogdan9634]

@@ScottishAtheist Slava R U army !

[@prajwal1341]

🇷🇺Russia🇷🇺

[@arifinzthraz7347]

Adivkaa liberation from the genocide of the Kiev regime

[@1domcouk]

from the dictator Putin!

[@constantinvaldor3742]

How can their ammunition be that low. It's like they only have ammunition enough for when they expect US aid lol so if USA gave them aid tomorrow and they expect aid in two weeks they will be running low like a week before.

[@jmhorange]

Ukrainians could have made a deal with Russia early in the war. The West is the one that pushed Ukraine to fight Russia. It's pretty disingenuous now to pretend like Ukraine isn't having issues with ammunition. If you don't want to help Ukraine, then the West should have let Ukraine make a deal in the beginning. They've sacrificed a lot of people on the basis that the West would support Ukraine for as long as it takes.

[@James-9999]

As an American it makes me so mad what the Republican Party has done, I will probably never vote Republican again for this.

[@shortstopEnt]

lol

[@Crutonwyt]

Yeah keep voting democrat buddy. Vote the globalist in so that they meddle with even more foreign affairs and drag us into more forever wars. Coward.

[@user-ld9hx7eh8b]

No no.. please vote for them! How will Pendostan live without you? It will be such a grief..(((

[@user-qm7zb2et6w]

Example Jeep Bradley M-19 tank

[@gezalesko3813]

you said russians run out of ammo long ago.. now ukraine runs out of ammo.. end of war.. ehat is the problem?

[@Boghopper9999]

Yeah, didn't Putin have to go beg Kim Jong Un for ammunition recently?

[@gezalesko3813]

@@Boghopper9999 yeah..he bought some.. zelensky couldnt buy a bullet on its own..

[@foilhat1138]

@@gezalesko3813 Ukraine recently signed a deal with Rheinmetall to buy ammunition.

[@gezalesko3813]

@@foilhat1138 yeah.. from donated money

[@foilhat1138]

@@gezalesko3813 Most of the aid for Ukraine gets spent in the donor countries. 90% of US aid for Ukraine is spent in the US. Foreign aid for Ukraine has kept them afloat but they still have a functioning economy.

[@MS-ii1sv]

I think everyone saw what happened in Afghanistan and doesn't want to throw good money after bad again.

[@mikebunetta7420]

How about some peace talk's there free

[@christianevanherck6023]

Any attempt to bargain with Putin would set a disastrous precedent for the future of international relations.

[@howhistory5877]

@@christianevanherck6023 Ironically it was the west that destroyed the peace talks in Turkey last year after an agreement was reached. So you see, it is the west who wanted war, not Russia.

[@eddiemertin3381]

To those who have missed the previous 30 years, here is a short list of the results of negotiations with Russia that it never valued: 1. The Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Russia agreed to “respect independence, sovereignty, and the existing borders of Ukraine” as well as “refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine”. Breached by Russia invading Crimea in 2014. 2. The Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty of 1997. Russia agreed to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and “reaffirmed the inviolability of the borders” between the two countries. Russia breached it in 2014. 3. The OSCE Istanbul Summit in 1999. Russia committed to withdrawing its troops from Moldova’s Transdniestrian region and Georgia until the end of 2002. That never happened. 4. The 2008 Georgia ceasefire agreement followed Russian aggression against the country. Russia agreed that “Russian military forces must withdraw to the lines prior to the start of hostilities”. That never happened. 5. The Ilovaysk “Green Corridor” in August 2014 and other “humanitarian” death corridors. Russia pledged to let Ukrainian forces leave the encircled town of Ilovaysk in the east of Ukraine, but instead opened fire and killed 366 Ukrainian troops. In the following years, Russia attacked numerous humanitarian corridors in Syria. 6. The “Minsk” agreements of 2014 and 2015. Russia agreed to cease the fire in the east of Ukraine. There had been 200 rounds of talks and 20 attempts to enforce a ceasefire, all of which the Russian side promptly violated. On February 24th, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 7. The 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative. Russia pledged to “provide maximum assurances regarding a safe and secure environment for all vessels engaged in this initiative." It then hindered the initiative's operation for months before withdrawing unilaterally a year later. NB: I am only focused on deals made with Russia to address specific issues and conflicts. I am not mentioning almost 400 international treaties that Russia has breached since 2014. There are no conclusions to be drawn here, except that no one can seriously use the words "Russia" and "negotiations" in the same phrase. The Surkov leaks

[@howhistory5877]

@@eddiemertin3381 You forget to mention the WHY, mostly all provocation from the west, but then that goes against your narrative doesn't it - Russia bad, Ukr good.

[@eddiemertin3381]

@howhistory5877 Ru Checkism oligarchs and their mankurts threatened Sweden harshly. Threatened and invaded Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Latvia, Romania, Ukraine and Georgia repeatedly whilst NONE of them invaded russia. Whatever🤷

[@brianholding4357]

󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@philipellis4530]

Take a look at the 17 parts of 'Roses Have Thorns' these are uncut documentaries that was filmed since and during the 2014 Euro Maidan, no manipulation just true reportage, then see if you want to stand with Ukraine. Note: Some parts are very long winded but you will see scenes that will astound you.

[@anthonymorris2276]

​@@philipellis4530 Great suggestion. Who wouldn’t want to spend 15 hours watching pro-Russian propaganda about events 9 years ago which have been totally overtaken by Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine?

[@luiul1]

had biden not pulled out of afghanistan, there would be plenty of hardware on hand to transfer to ukraine. i'm surprised some of that equipment has not shown up on the rushan side. ivan is importing from china/iran/NK, why not afghanistan?

[@timothypeterson1903]

Because the weapons and equipment are not of the com bloc type. Pretty much all their equipment is the same or very similar

[@Viktor-bb]

А зачем бросили всё американское вооружение в афгане😂

[@mikebunetta7420]

Reports are it's in Mexico drug cartels hands

[@sergeolchowec905]

Sorry ,that ship sailed with Trump when he made deals with the taliban .

[@john_in_phoenix]

In case you haven't studied history, the Taliban don't like Russia either. I'm sure plenty has been sold to anyone interested in buying, but remember this is Afghanistan. Mainly MRAPs and up-armored hummers. Not exactly F-22s or Abrams.

[@knenda1]

It is so sad, that freedom and prosperity of one country, depends on peanuts of some world's power. Perhaps it was realy better decision (as allways has claimed Russian bots) for Ukraine to get reality check & deal with Russia. And spare ten of thousands of young lives.

[@DMEU77]

There was no freedom in UA as there is not also anywhere else. The ones who control us, west & east are just filling theres pockets, while the poor mortals are being used as a canon meat.

[@user-qm7zb2et6w]

Example blackhawk opts battery Blackhawks Microsoft office use needed maybe Macintosh but different type then Apple use secret agent Apple blossom or secret officer sugar Cane

[@Percival5]

Western weapons doesn't make any difference in Ukraine adivka will be captured like or not

[@dessmith7658]

Stop nato expansion then

[@ScottishAtheist]

It's taking 1000's of dead russians every week to try. Putin doesn't care and neither do you. Shameful.

[@foilhat1138]

Russia's been trying to capture Avdiivka for nine years now. Hundreds of armored vehicles and tens ouf thousands of casualties in the latest push to capture some empty fields. Moreover Avdiivka is a small town with a pre war population of 30k, acting like you are about to occupy Berlin or something is pathetic.

[@Percival5]

@@foilhat1138 source, CNN

[@foilhat1138]

@@Percival5 No this is just facts. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.

[@user-kr4uv2jt1w]

Gaza will fall if......

[@sharkinadark]

I think zelenski played the game wrong and Putin plans years ahead ….Ukraine could of played nato and Russia maybe

[@Viktor-bb]

Как у американцев плохой парень 😂

[@BoatLoadsofDope]

Can't say it's going great atm, Russia is taking a lot of casualties, but they still crawl forwards on multiple fronts. Not good news when you begin to look at the entire 1200km front.

[@livingtribunal4110]

Russia lost 1,210 KIA in the last two weeks

[@varionbranzuela6894]

Russia don't count Ukraine casualties.. I wonder why

[@Mr.Clownensky]

​@@livingtribunal4110is that the reason why theres suddenly a massive ukkrop gravesite, as wide as a city in Khe rson and Kha rkiv?

[@glintongordon6811]

​@@livingtribunal4110ukraine is recruiting children, Russia isn't, what does that say about the Kia of each side?

[@foilhat1138]

@@glintongordon6811 It says you are getting your information from Russian propaganda.

[@seanlander9321]

Complete bafflement in Australia over the offer it made to Ukraine more than a year ago of 40 retired, combat ready, seriously upgraded FA-18s, spares, training, and training equipment, when the response is…….crickets. Why isn’t Ukraine interested in a ground attack / fighter airforce that it’s crying out for?

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Australia didn't offer F-18s jets to the Banderas in Kiev! The Australian government said correctly that the training and logistics were to complicated!

[@seanlander9321]

@@Robert-xy4xi False. More than a year ago Australia said to Ukraine that the planes were available for the asking. America agrees the transfer subject to Ukraine first requesting them and that request has not been made. It was announced in Australian Media yesterday that if Ukraine doesn’t want the planes that they are to be destroyed. That’s how ridiculous it’s got while games are being played on F-16s and thousands of Ukrainian infantry are dying for want of air support.

[@a5cent]

Yeah. This never happened. Pure fiction.

[@dessmith7658]

Crimea river

[@seanlander9321]

@@a5cent False. Denying what has happened is a Russian tactic btw.

[@PeterHanson-nz6wu]

The Times - The woke whiny bed wetters radio podcasts.

[@peterchaloner2877]

Ivans have won, Yukes have lost, do a deal by Christmas 2023.

[@user-qm7zb2et6w]

Example Abram use modern tank in mini form car trank crawler tank operator maybe Gunner use in a modern day fighting

[@delonthomas5049]

Cease the war

[@joshuapaul2022]

Avdiivka is Bakhmut 2.0. Even NYT noticed in desperation: "Some American officials say the fight in Bakhmut has become something of an obsession for Mr. Zelensky and his military leaders." Bakhmut was a slaughter which was entirely Zelenskyy folly as Stalingrad was entirely Hitler's folly. Zelenskyy just for media hype wasted on average 500 troops daily (total tally was at least 51 000 KIA) in Bakhmut meat grinder even when all escape routes came under Russian fire control and this debacle turned into a sheer slaughter of Ukrainian troops. But obsessed with Bakhmut Zelenskyy didn't stop even at that. Since May 20 when Russians took Bakhmut General Syrsky (Zelenskyy minion) launched wave after wave of suicidal counterattacks failing to retake a single village near Bakhmut (parts of villages Andriivka and Kleshiivka are still controlled by Russians and it's driving Zelenskyy nuts) while wasting thousands upon thousands of hapless Ukrainian conscripts. This ongoing obsessive lunacy that makes zero military sense is simply astounding. Avdiivka is another Zelenskyy obsession. Russians established fire control over all escape routes from Avdiivka. At this point it turned into a slaughter of Ukrainian troops which are sent to Avdiivka in huge numbers (yeah, Zelenskyy and his minions are that dumb even after Bakhmut debacle). Dnipro crossings are another example of Zelenskyy lunatic behavior. Just for media hype Ukrainian command got Ukrainian troops into a small fire sack on Russian bank. It keeps sending troops into this meat grinder without even bothering with the evacuation of the wounded. It's nuts. Zelenskyy is the gift that keeps on giving for Russians.

[@dessmith7658]

It has become a sunk cost fallacy

[@eddiemertin3381]

Oh, Russian losses since June 14th - November 25th Personnel: 113,820 $1,137,336,350 Aircraft: 11 $549 million Helicopters: 26 $390 million Vehicles: 3,925 About $1.5 billion Tanks: 1,666 $4,165,000,000 AFVs: 2,751 $3,301,200,000 Artillery: 4,296 $10,740,000,000 AAW: 251 $11,393,000,000 MLSRS: 322 $1,771,000,000 UAVs: 2,633 $73,724,000 Cruise missiles: 369 $561,620,000 Ships/boats: 6 $227,000,000 Submarines: 1 $300,000,000 Kerch Bridge strike:1 $250,000,000 Total: $39,065,150,350 Liberated 400² km territory, Dnipro crossing, forced air assets 150+km away from the front lines, Black Sea Fleet abandoned the Sevastopol Naval Base in Crimea The summer offensive did better than they got credit for. Major oil transporters are refusing to carry ru crude. Your commercial air sector is also collapsing. Nobody ordered anything from you at Middle East Dubai airshow, nothing. You're affecting the economy of China. V A S S A L

[@christopheropio3656]

​@@eddiemertin3381 Good coping. 3.5% GDP growth, Now the largest economy in Europe by PPP Standard of living have gotten better. Self sufficient in most needs, if that is an economy in tatters then I don't know what a good or bad economy looks like. US 2.3% growth, EU 0.7% and Germany 0.5% contraction

[@joshuapaul2022]

@@eddiemertin3381 You are deluding yourself. According to BBC (Mediazona) total Russian losses by now are 38 000 KIA ( obituaries, social media records, new graves). Yeah, it's really staggering 38 000 Russian KIA and 500 000 Ukrainian KIA. The war of attrition is effectively lost by Ukraine. Anybody can go and see for himself. It's obvious that Zelenskyy also lied about a real mobilization potential and there are no next 500 000 to round up.

[@eddiemertin3381]

@christopheropio3656 Drinking Putin's Gatorade, be careful 🧐 Size matters. The 🇺🇸 economy grows more than the size of the Russian economy in a year. Ruble went into freefall. He shifted blame to the central bank. Who has been trying to control inflation by increasing interest rates and using their last foreign currency reserves while seeking to obtain more. Putin is blowing gazillions domestically so that he remains popular. It's him that created this massive economic bubble that is near bursting. Ru economy shrank by $153 billion or 7% GDP with oil rev off 12% - 15%. Cars up 25%. International flights 70%. Internal flights 25%. Ruble demise to junk status makes imported goods up 30% or more.

[@philipellis4530]

Why are we the Brits there in the first place, it's got nothing to do with us, we have spent £4 billion for nothing, the only thing that's going to happen is more KIA, maybe take a look at the 17 parts of 'Roses Have Thorns' these are uncut documentaries that was filmed since and during the 2014 Euro Maidan, no manipulation just true reportage, then see if you want to stand with Ukraine. Note: Some parts are very long winded but you will see scenes that will astound you.

[@christianevanherck6023]

Ukraine's first victory came when protesters at Maidan square in Kyiv ousted a thuggish Russian-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych. In 4 years Yanukovych and his friends looted around $100bn from their own country. Leaned on by Putin, in 2013 Yanukovych abandoned Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the EU and moved to join its Russian-led rival. Yanukovych ordered police to shoot protesters who opposed him. In the chaos, bonds formed. For the first time at Maidan a huge number of people learned to trust each other, when the crowds swelled further, Yanukovych fled to Russia. So began Ukraine’s “Revolution of Dignity”.

[@anthonymorris2276]

​ @philipellis4530 Great suggestion. Who wouldn’t want to spend 15 hours watching pro-Russian propaganda about events 9 years ago which have been totally overtaken by Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine?

[@howhistory5877]

Because of a sentence in the 'Minsk agreement' of which the UK and US also signed and of course Ukr never kept too!!!!

[@christianevanherck6023]

@@howhistory5877 Russia promised to respect the Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders. This is, however, only one out of many international, multinational and bilateral agreements Russia has failed to honor. Russia did not implement the Minsk Agreements either which allowed them to prepare for a full-scale war. Russia continued the ongoing process of modernizing its Armed Forces (which luckily has proven less successful than anticipated), building new bases and relocating military forces close to Ukraine’s international border, militarise the Crimean Peninsula, establishing, manning, equipping, training, and testing the 1st and 2nd Army Corps inside the Donbas, uphold its Hybrid War and attempt to undermine Ukraine, and not least, test the resolve of the West.

[@hansrijke8477]

And now you have Zelensky anotherr thief >@@christianevanherck6023

[@TrickOrRetreat]

This is lies. It's production limitations. Ukraine have billions in their war chest.

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Thought 77th brigade have moved on from this mess 😂

[@alexanderlazarev3570]

​@@Robert-xy4xiOpen your Mind and Obey the Orders. Your Master's Voice.

[@dessmith7658]

A man's just gotta know his limitations

[@a5cent]

Lol, and you are the expert... why exactly? Admit it. You don't know a thing about Ukraine's financial situation. Even if you did, a few billion is nothing. The US spent 2 thousand billion in Iraq, and that was against low tech Taliban and insurgents. Ukraine is fighting a real army.

[@philipellis4530]

They have billions in the war chest 4.6 billion from us here in the UK less the 50 million on the yacht that Zelensky just acquired.

[@volodymyrv5897]

If Russia is not isolated now, in a couple of years it will isolate the USA and Canada. Since 1991, the USA has been establishing business relations with Russia, feeding the monster with its new technologies. But the Monster became stronger and wanted to eat his breadwinner. If the criminal is limited by sanctions, but not isolated, he will bypass the sanctions, having the opportunity to bypass them with the help of other criminals, feeling a sense of permissiveness. Permissiveness is the basis of the impulse of the dominant force. Billionaire, live responsibly !🤔

[@frankrenda2519]

what tech your delousional

[@dessmith7658]

All part of the new world order

[@Viktor-bb]

США и Канада сама себя изолирует😂

[@mdumisenihlophe4001]

What technology?Russia has far better technology than the one for US and the battlefield has proven that 😂😂😂

[@frankrenda2519]

true@@mdumisenihlophe4001