Ukrainian forces have decisively breached Russia’s first defensive line near Zaporizhzhia after weeks of painstaking mine clearance, and expect faster gains as they press the weaker second line, the general leading the southern counteroffensive has said.
we are now completing the destruction of enemy units that provide cover for the retreat of Russian troops
the front is breached… the Kremlin is moving what few reserves it has to the area, but they won’t last long now that the Ukrainians can maneuver…
SLAVA
“Unfortunately for Russians”
How do you say “Fuck Russia” in Ukrainian? It would be nice to have a companion phrase to “Slava” to complete the sentiment
До біса Росію / Do bisa Rosiju = Fuck Russia.
How do you pronunce it? Wanna say it right 😂
According to the time I was learning Russian and Ukrainian, it’s pronounced the way it’s written, like “o” being “o” and so on. The last part is a diphthong, like saying “you”.
Here is Google Translate’s pronunciation.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
There were hopes for similar rapid progress in the summer counteroffensive, which aims to push down towards the Sea of Azov, cutting off Russian troops in Kherson and occupied Crimea from other forces and severing their supply lines.
Instead, it stalled for months, with casualties mounting but frontlines apparently static, feeding discontent and criticism in western capitals that had provided weapons and training.
Tarnavskiy shrugged off that criticism, saying he preferred to judge a job when finished and thanking the UK and other allies for their support in training and weapons, including Challenger tanks that are already in the field.
Russian troops were ensconced in concrete dugouts behind anti-tank traps and beyond a minefield so packed with explosives, and so exposed, that any vehicles – de-mining or assault – that approached the area were shelled heavily from fixed, reinforced positions, he said.
That position has been fiercely rejected in Ukraine, where many feel only total defeat of Russia will forestall another invasion; any settlement that rewarded Moscow for use of force would give it reason to try again in future.
Tarnavskiy is commander of the Tavria operational and strategic group of forces, named after the historic region that included Crimea, a reminder of Ukraine’s military commitments, now sharpened by the losses of the last 18 months.
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You’re still a good bot but you messed up the story on this one.
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It’s difficult to tell what’s important and what’s not, the push for results from the American’s is ever present and desperate, due to political necessities of “justifying” the continued threat and expenditure in supplying 90% of all Ukraine’s military going on two years now. I’d like to believe that Ukraine is making progress in pushing the Russians out and back, but I still can’t see Putin taking the L in all this without either attacking NATO or using nukes in Ukraine, everything I see and read is colored by that concern. The Ukrainians are putting up a hell of a fight, of that I am sure, I’m just not jumping up and down at this latest “news” which feels entirely like, it’s time for some positive spin.
your entire post is a bunch of silly spin and hopeful bullshit seen from the Russian perspective… Russians need to strap in, there’s one hell of a ride coming for them…
