Almost whole Kharkiv Oblast is lost because of ‘‘tactics’’ by whoever is in command, tactics of retreating over and over again, losing land, then taking it back, again losing it over and over and over again for months. Leaving civillians behind who will get slaughtered by nazis. Ukronazis almost entered LPR, Donetsk is still suffering after 8 years with no end in sight, they freerly bomb settlements and kill everyone who speaks Russian and what does Russia do?

SHOWING MERCY ON NAZIS, heal their soldiers when they capture them and then let them scot free after. Spare civil infrastructure and strategic locations, roads, everything important in Ukraine, sparing them over and over again while they are slaughtering people and want to kill every Russian and Russian ally on this planet!!! Instead of launching an offensive steamrolling the Ukrainian cities, bomb the shit out of their military and destroy every strategic location. What can other people who need protection from Russia expect after this? What can Abghazia and South Ossetia, Transnistria and others expect?

I don’t know what did I expect with bourgeoisie in power, without Red Army and without Zhukov or generals like him…

We must stick to China for protection against western hordes if the war breaks out as it seems…

What are your opinions on the state of war and how long will this last like this?

  • KommandoGZD@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    2 years ago

    Yup. Thing is, everyone - conditioned by Western euphemisms, lies and hypocrisy - just assumes this too has to be some cover, misnomer or whatever. Even the people “supporting” Russia are doing this. Just look at all the telegram channels, everyone’s really assuming Russia is fighting a full on war, but somehow paradoxically restricting itself. This contradiction between reality and what they assume to be reality then clashes violently as was the case multiple times already and now especially in Kharkov. Why the hell would they give up Kharkov, use so few men and not target critical infrastructure in a war? That doesn’t make sense.

    But what if Russia isn’t just calling it a SMO - what if it really is a special military operation to protect Donbass and demilitarize Ukraine?

    • commet-alt-w@lemmygrad.ml
      4·
      2 years ago

      I am too poor for telegram ;__;, maybe that’s for the best tho.

      you are right to point out all the hysteria. it is a contradiction. doesn’t help that western neoliberal media feeds and manufactures it with blatant propaganda and lies

      as for your last point, isn’t that exactly what putin said? plus making sure that the west can’t point nukes at russia from crimea seems pertinent after russia was not allowed entry into the eu, and the minsk accords were torn up

    • Angry_Fuck@lemmygrad.ml
      4·
      2 years ago

      I do believe your analysis is correct. It isn’t a full out war, 'cause if it was, really, shit should’ve hit the fan a few months ago.

      I do, though, believe that in almost every way, Russia is in a better position than anything the imperialist core can cook:

      • They are sitting in one of the world’s biggest gas reserves, with some “moral higher ground” bullshit foot-gun sanction logic from Europe, with China and Turkey taking gas a dime a dozen cubic meters;
      • The NATO countries aren’t willing to help Kiev with winter gear for the coming months, not even sparing a thousand tents;
      • Started a process of de-dollarization, if not for the world, for India and other China neighboring countries. This starts to show the cracks in the imperialist core;
      • They got some of the most coveted weapons from NATO for free, getting intelligence from then, while saving some of the most crucial military equipment protected, such as radars, those fancy planes and the like. They even start showing those new bombs, like that hypersonic missile;
      • Russia did secure, finally, Crimea in a decisive manner, and the other oblasts too. Not only a victory for their people, but the chernozion soil around the region is prime realstate;
      • With the amount of money Europe, the UK and the US of A lent to Ukraine, they’d be lucky if Zelensky pays up a tenth of the original sum in the next decade, with a huge default risk;

      So, I do believe that we have two scenarios:

      1. Russia leans on General Winter and just starts taking more ground, while morale is low, money and fuel is short and Kiev is unable to repair any infrastructure in a timely manner;
      2. Russia just takes whatever they already got. The campaign is deemed a success, no armistice is signed since anything from Kiev is just a fever dream and it stays like Crimea in 2014.

      Again, Putin is not an ally of the proletariat in any way, shape or form, and saying so is either opportunistic or naïve. What he is doing is protecting the Russian bourgeoisie’s interests first. This does, however, help to some extent the return to a multipolar world, making the imperialist nations squabble.