For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine

[Baztrachian]

Yes but it's still Ukrainians press ganging people into their army, "Officials in the Russian-backed separatist areas of eastern Ukraine," "They force those who had already been in the army or those having fun in the evening, or trying to escape to Russia,"

Jesus fuck. Read your article!

"Officials in the Russian-backed separatist areas of eastern Ukraine have taken to press ganging fighting-aged men as old as 60 into their militias."

 

[ChloeTzang]

Jesus fuck. Read your article!

"Officials in the Russian-backed separatist areas of eastern Ukraine have taken to press ganging fighting-aged men as old as 60 into their militias."

They're also cpnscripting actual Ukrainians in the Occupied Territories into the Russian Army too, because they passed a law that said the occupied territories were part of Russia.

 

[Rightguide]

Bullshit. The Afghans beat a far superior Soviet military some thirty-five years ago. If a bunch of people who live in barely Iron Age conditions can defeat the Russians then so can the Ukrainians. And so far the Ukrainians are indeed beating the Russians merely by preventing them from winning.

In contrasting Russia’s experience in Afghanistan to its war in Ukraine, you ignore vast differences in terrain, logistics, and opponent capabilities. Afghanistan was a remote, mountainous guerrilla war fought against lightly armed insurgents, far from Soviet borders, with fragile lines of supply and minimal heavy weapon opposition.

Ukraine is a high-intensity conventional conflict fought on open plains and in dense urban centers, directly along Russia’s own borders, where logistical supply and reinforcement are far easier. Unlike the Mujahideen, Ukraine fields a modern army backed by NATO intelligence, advanced weaponry, with persistent overhead surveillance targeting real-time battlefield strike systems. Politically, Afghanistan was a costly foreign intervention; Ukraine is seen by Moscow as a core national and historical stake, ensuring a far deeper commitment of manpower, resources, and strategic resolve, two words that should never be taken lightly.

 

[ll74]

Battlefield genius has thoughts..lol.

 

[Rightguide]

Jesus fuck. Read your article!

"Officials in the Russian-backed separatist areas of eastern Ukraine have taken to press ganging fighting-aged men as old as 60 into their militias."

You read it, again.

 

[ll74]

You read it, again.

Yep ..Russians making 60 yr olds fight.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Just now. Gunpowder plant "Elastik" exploded in the Ryazan region of Russia.

Something went bang.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1956367719852347514

 

[ChloeTzang]

Oh dear.

The blast occurred during the day and was followed by a fire that completely destroyed the gunpowder-producing facility. Preliminary accounts reported by Russian media point to possible safety violations in the workshop.

"F***, there’s not a single building left,” a local reacting to the reported gunpowder blast at the Elastic plant in , Ryazan. Footage suggests the facility has been knocked out for an extended period, potentially leaving w/ a much smaller supply of gunpowder for its shells.

https://kyivindependent.com/explosion-at-russian-gunpowder-plant-leaves-5-dead-20-injured/

https://twitter.com/x/status/1956289906289909763

 

[icanhelp1]

Bullshit. The Afghans beat a far superior Soviet military some thirty-five years ago. If a bunch of people who live in barely Iron Age conditions can defeat the Russians then so can the Ukrainians. And so far the Ukrainians are indeed beating the Russians merely by preventing them from winning.

Couple of things. Afghanistan was never part of Russia or the Soviet Union. During the Russo/Afghan war the home fires were much different back then. Moms of dead Russian soldiers grew tired of body bags returning home with their dead children for no apparent national strategy or common good.

Today, Putin has convinced the Russian people that Ukraine is part of the homeland and worth fighting for. There are many reasons that moms aren't rising up, one is national pride the other is Putin rules with an iron fist, the propaganda machine is working overtime. imho

I'm not saying Russia can't be beaten, Ukraine cannot do it by itself. It's one wave after another, eventually the Ukraine people will lose the will to fight. Europe needs to threaten troops on the ground combined with secondary sanctions. I do agree that Ukraine must not be allowed to fall.

 

[ll74]

MAGA fucks celebrating an autocratic fuckhead being allowed on US soil.

Disgusting.

And they're going to stroke each other's.....egos......nothing good will come from this

 

[ChloeTzang]

Trump better get with the program

What a big shift toward Ukraine among the GOP from 6 months ago.

% who think we give Ukraine too much support has dropped dramatically from 47% to 30%.

% who say we should give more arms to Ukraine has jumped from 30% to 51%.

Oh & Putin: GOP hates him with 84% unfavorable.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1956375078045704645

 

[ChloeTzang]

A Day that will live forever in Infamy

The world’s war criminal #1 and the key figure behind currently the world’s largest war and the most brutal European war of aggression since WWII ends up like this, pleased into oblivion and received as an emperor on the U.S. soil. Of course, he couldn’t be more rewarded and encouraged to go on with his wars and mass murders.

 

[ll74]

A Day that will live forever in Infamy

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Haha...Putin has his hand in front.

Poor dear leader bested

 

[ChloeTzang]

Russians encircled and trapped in the Pokrovsk direction - just imagine what Ukraine could be doing if they actually had support from the USA

The cause of the original Russian success was incompetence from the Ukrainian Supreme Command

The success if the Ukrainian counter-attack was due to the skills of the Ukranian soldiers and lower-level commanders

Significant Russian losses. Large numbers of Russian soldiers surrendering.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Russia cannot prevent Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure

Ukraine is systematically destroying Russia's refinery capacity - they have taken down 10% or Russia's oil and gas revenue in the last 2 weeks - hard currecy that Russia needs to continue the war, and this will have a huige flow on effect on the Russian economy.

 

[Rebel5soul]

Russia cannot prevent Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure

Ukraine is systematically destroying Russia's refinery capacity - they have taken down 10% or Russia's oil and gas revenue in the last 2 weeks - hard currecy that Russia needs to continue the war, and this will have a huige flow on effect on the Russian economy.

And THIS ^^^^ is what is so revealing. The overall incompetence of the Russian military, both offense and defense is shocking. And that is NOT good news. All they have left is nuclear and they know it.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Timothy Snyder: Trump has made Ukraine war 'longer and worse'​

Snyder is a historian and the author of some pretty authoritative books on Eastern Europe. This one's worth listening too, even tho it's MSNBC

Quite a scathing take on the meeting in Alaska. Basically Trump is a loudmouth who blusters and rants and does nothing to help Ukraine, while makimg huges concessions to Russia for nothing in return.

 

[ChloeTzang]

And THIS ^^^^ is what is so revealing. The overall incompetence of the Russian military, both offense and defense is shocking. And that is NOT good news. All they have left is nuclear and they know it.

No, it's not good news, and neither would the nuclear response from Ukraine be,

 

[ChloeTzang]

America’s Allies Are Ditching the F-35 - Because Of Trump​

In this highly uncertain world, with wars raging and tensions rising - many countries have committed to boosting their defence spending - and that includes buying new fighter jets. Many countries in NATO and elsewhere, had committed to buying American F-35 jets. President Trump loves the F-35, and encourages everyone to buy them.

But suddenly people are dropping those commitments like hot stones, as it sinks in just what a strategic risk it would be for any country to buy such technology from America. Because plain and simple, they trust it no more. And this is just the first substantial sign of how Trump's bullying is coming back to bite America hard. Let's discuss.

And then there's Canada......

 

[ll74]

This is the man who said that the war was because Trump wasn't President:

Notable Deaths of Putin Critics

Here are several high-profile cases documented by reputable sources:

Anna Politkovskaya (journalist, murdered in Moscow, 2006)

Alexander Litvinenko (former FSB officer, poisoned with polonium in London, 2006)

Stanislav Markelov (human rights lawyer) and Anastasia Baburova (journalist), both shot dead in Moscow, 2009

Sergei Magnitsky (lawyer exposing state corruption), died under suspicious treatment in prison, 2009

Boris Nemtsov (opposition politician, shot near the Kremlin, 2015)

Yuri Shchekochikhin (journalist and Duma member), died under unclear circumstances, 2003

Nikolay Andrushchenko, investigative journalist, died from head trauma after being beaten, 2017

Natalya Estemirova, human rights activist, abducted and found dead in Chechnya, 2009

Yevgeny Prigozhin, former Wagner commander turned critic after his revolt—died in a suspicious plane crash, 2023

Alexei Navalny, most prominent modern opposition leader, died under unclear circumstances in prison in 2024

 

[ChloeTzang]

Russian Breakthrough Turned into a Graveyard ​

1st Azov Corps counter attacked, hundreds of Russians killed or wounded, Russian units encircled.

 

[ChloeTzang]

"Draft and Destroy" - Russia’s justice system has transformed into a nationwide military recruitment machine

In 2025, Russia’s justice system has transformed into a nationwide military recruitment machine, bypassing trials and sentencing in favor of shoving citizens—guilty or not—straight to the frontlines in Ukraine. Police stations now double as enlistment centers, with officers coercing petty offenders, the homeless, and even crime victims into signing military contracts under threat of prison. What began as isolated abuses has evolved into a state-backed pyramid scheme, offering cash bounties and promotions for every recruit delivered, regardless of fitness or consent.

In some regions, governors openly fund these quotas, turning law enforcement into human traffickers for the war effort. The result is a total collapse of legal protections: courtrooms replaced by trenches, punishment replaced by combat, and justice replaced by profit. No Russian is safe from being rounded up, marketed as a “patriot,” and shipped to die for a war they never chose. This is the brutal reality behind Russia’s accelerating recruitment drive—and the dangerous signs that something dire is about to happen.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Trump's rates his disastrous sellout to Russia in Alaska as a 10 out of 10

Trump's advice to Zelensky. "Russia's a great big power. Make a deal" and then talks to Putin about how the 2020 elections was rigged.

Hannity asked Trump about the severe consequences on Russia if no ceasefire? "Two weeks, three weeks, we can think about it. The meeting went very well...."

"It's up to Zelensky to get it done...." Really, there was no point to this meeting in Alaska except to give Putin a propaganda victory and do nothing to assist Ukraine.

It's totally obvious at this point that Trump will do absolutely nothing to help Ukraine and wants Putin to win. Europe and Ukraone just need to bite the bullet, accept that Trump has gone rogue on the free world and do what they have to do. If they can get some help or buy weapons from the USA, fine. Ig not, c'est la vie.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless. More bullshitsky from Trump

A blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a royal welcome in the land of the free — as his attack drones and missiles headed for Ukrainian cities. In the lead-up to the meeting in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump declared he wanted a “ceasefire today” and that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would face “severe consequences” if he didn't go for it. Yet after a 2.5-hour closed-door meeting, Trump and Putin emerged to share… nothing. “Progress” was made and some “understanding” reached, but the two didn’t come to an agreement on “the most significant point” — clearly, Ukraine.

Trump didn’t get what he said he wanted. But Putin did. From the moment he stepped off the plane on U.S. soil, the Russian dictator was beaming. No longer an international pariah, he was finally getting accepted – and respected — by the leader of the free world. Trump’s predecessor once called Putin a murderer; Trump offered him a king’s welcome. Trump greeted Putin with a red carpet, warm handshakes, a flyover of U.S. bombers, and a backseat limo ride. The chummy display stands in stark contrast to Trump’s hostile reception of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office six months ago.

Ukraine’s president endured a public shaming. Russia’s was pampered. Both episodes were disgraceful.

Trump seemed to believe that a warm meeting could appease Putin and make a ceasefire more likely. But there’s a lesson Trump still hasn’t learned: The Russian leader doesn’t really make deals — he takes. He takes what is offered to him, and then takes some more — he keeps taking until stopped by force. That is the Russian art of the deal. Trump fails to grasp that Putin isn’t transactional about Ukraine — he is messianic. He wants Ukraine for Russia, period. For Putin and his inner circle, Ukraine’s independence is an accident, and they are correcting it.

The Russian delegation made no effort to hide their mockery of the talks. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Alaska wearing a USSR sweatshirt — bluntly asserting Russia’s claim on Ukraine. Kremlin journalists wrote about how they were served chicken Kyiv on the government plane to Alaska — a not-so-subtle hint that Ukraine was “cooked.” The Russians clearly never took the “peace talks” seriously. And there was another reason behind Putin’s grin in Alaska. The Russian dictator was gloating because of how unsettling the meeting was for all U.S. allies, far beyond Ukraine. It sent a discomfiting signal to the viewers across the pond. And strategically, undermining the transatlantic alliance is an even more important Russian objective than taking control of Ukraine. Putin and Trump have certainly suceeded in doing that.

Putin returns from the Alaska Summit with a win — Trump haa once again said Ukraine must trade yet mopre land for peace, a totally illusionary peace that amounts to Kyiv’s capitulation. He has now openly stated he is not representing Ukraine - the former leader of the free world, for the USA is decidely not any more, has indulged a bloody dictator — in the name of 340 million Americans.

What Trump completely fails to understand is that agreements with Russia don’t live long. But the images of the U.S. military honor guards kneeling to roll out the red carpet for a murderer? Those will last.

And no one will remember this meeting longer — or more vividly — than Ukrainians.

 

[ChloeTzang]

While the American President shakes the blood-soaked hand of a war criminal and genocidal mass murderer and talks about trade deals, the soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces turn another 1000 war criminals into good Russians.