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What does that matter? Is Russia efficient? Probably not. Does Russia care about their casualties? Likely not. Are they throwing a ton of manpower and resources at Ukrainians? Yep. Are they advancing? Slowly, but yes, all over the front. If I have impartial news sources, please, show yours where it is shown that Ukraine is pushing Russians out instead. I'll be more than happy to see those.
They don’t need to push Russia out so long as Russia is losing far more men and equipment. This is a war of attrition and despite being far larger Russia is losing.
Fighting age men and equipment are finite resources.
They might gain ground now but Russia will be unable to hold it, assuming that the EU and US continue to back Ukraine.
No this is the wrong takeaway. Russia is losing more than Ukraine on a day by day basis. But Ukraine is losing the attrition war.
OK, you are speaking like the Ukraine has infinite resources and tactically loosing ground just to deplete Russia. I'm sure that they have the plan to loose strategically important cities just for that.
US continue to back Ukraine? Please, do a reality check. While EU is only backing Ukraine halfheartedly and not even the entire EU.
You let the mask slip for a second there Sergei.
This is dumb. It's dependant on the mother tongue how and if a definitive article is being used with Ukraine. In German for example, you say "die Ukraine", and a natural translation into colloquial English results in the use of "the Ukraine". This doesn't mean to be a Sergei.
To a Ukrainian worried about the nation-state’s territorial integrity, that little word “the” might suggest that the speaker does not much care whether Ukraine is an independent state. Like it or not, and intentionally or not, the language a person uses reflects their political positions, including their position on Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty.
"The" before a place name is an odd choice, isn't it? There are really very few places (in English) that have it. "The Hague" being probably the best known. There's one locally here called "The Dalles".
Odd that it's so common in Spanish but not English.
The Gambia is another one.
I don't know, I see Ukraine vs the Ukraine in a similar light as Democrat Party vs Democratic Party. Yes, it's possible that it's an innocent mistake, but looking at everything else the person is saying, it's usually pretty clear when they have an ulterior motive.
The Shire being the most famous
If we were speaking German and he wasn't spouting Russian propaganda I might feel bad about it. But we aren't and he is.
And repeatedly insulting me for it isn't helping your case. So kindly, go fuck yourself.
Oh my, so you first accuse someone of spouting propaganda and insult them at the same time, because you don't like their perspective, all based off of the grammatically wrong use of an article and when you're being confronted with your shitty behaviour you play victim, because said behaviour is ousted as being the opposite of civil and the kind of people acting like that, which includes you, are being called out as the clever individuals that they are.
Bohooo, poor little ignorant victim you are.
How about you accept, that you behaved like an asshole and throw out an excuse - that would be more impressive. But looks like you don't have the character strength.
An alternative would be to actually provide some kind of arguments as to why the accused's arguments or opinions are wrong, instead of straight up denouncing them - that would also be more impressive. But looks like you don't have the intellectual strength.
Get lost, splendid individual.
(edited out some mean words, because of this funny line that is drawn for the very selectively applied civility rule)
What a very civil answer of you. Totally not the behaviour of a ridiculously propagandised teenager, that might have had a few too many low quality vodkas themselves in their short and miserable live.
tbh this entire comment thread is trying to frame any discussion as being pro Russian. At least the pointless grammar bike shedding lets us know whom to block
Wikipedia on the Name of Ukriane
We don't necessarily disagree, but proclaiming disregard for Ukrainian souvereignty based on the use of a definitive article in an international forum is bad faith conduct. It's specifically an English thing and a Ukrainian/Russian thing. There are languages that are using the definitve article based on how their languages work and these kind of usages will sometimes transfer into English.
This, again, does not mean what you trying to do, discrediting another user's opinions or arguments based on an improper use of a foreign language. That is the opposite of civil behaviour.
As a german, I had to actively learn to not use "the" in combination with "Ukraine". It happened because of a confrontation with clever individuals like you, but that really can be done politely hinting at the proper use in the English language and not by shaming the other person.
(reup, edited out the meany words, lol, because imagine the uncivility that might be caused in this post)
The US is still sending weapons. Check that reality.
Of course Ukraine doesn’t have infinite resources but they are spending theirs much more wisely.
Russia is already a pathetic shadow of its former self and its only downhill from here. Broke bitches thinking they’ll own Europe hah.
US is selling weapons to European/NATO countries and even that is limited. On the other hand US is appeasing and siding with Putin wherever they can which speaks more than those profit from selling weapons.
Sure they do and at the same time they don't have enough of those. What is the endgame here? Hoping that Russia collapses somehow before they conquer whatever they are set to?
In English you say 'losing', not 'loosing'. Hope that helps.
Have you ever fought/served in an armed conflict?
The phrase "Russia is kicking Ukraine's ass.", to me, comes from someone who is, at best, an AirSoft cosplayer.
It's hyperbolic propaganda at face value, and doesn't match up with credible intelligence analysis reporting from news agencies both in and outside of NATO countries. The narrative spun by such hand-waiving talk is that casualty attrition rate per kilometer gained has no bearing on logistic or strategic capability.
Anyone who has been seriously involved with warfare knows that the casualty rates of the supposed 2nd/3rd most capable military in the world are appalling considering the relatively small size of the Ukrainian military. This is an absurd gamble Putin has made. The men lost now will not be there to finally take Kyiv.
On top of that, there's very little to stop the PLA from rolling his entire South-Eastern flank and putting their giant dick in his puckered asshole. It's convenient for them for the Russian Federation and NATO to be occupied so they may sell their influence with relative ease, and continue dicking with their other Asian neighbors.
Do you believe that the Ukrainians will just stop fighting after Kyiv has fallen, by the way?
I also don't take the view that the Russian Federation is "losing". The Ukrainians are certainly barely managing a desperate struggle for survival; their only hope is international military pressure from other geographic theaters of operations and/or a collapse of Putin's regime. They must also try to keep engaging the invading forces in a war of maneuver instead of static defense with dwindling man-power and arms.
However, despite all of that, the Orcs are far from "kicking Ukraine's ass". If they were, in my opinion, we'd see Russian Federation flags a few kilometers outside of Kyiv, and even more probing of Polish, Lithuanian, Estonian, Latvian, and Finnish airspaces.
I had to say something. The bullshit of "Russia is kicking Ukraine's ass," is too strong of an odor to ignore.
Haven't they been liquidating good reserves just to make ends meet?