Russia's War Against Ukraine

[Crossroads]

When this is all over it will be a revelation to see Russians' faces when they learn the truth.

"We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying."

[Gusington]

 ;D

[GDS_Starfury]

[GDS_Starfury]

ouch

https://twitter.com/i/status/1590113990645907456

[Gusington]

^It became a true 'meterorit'

[Dammit Carl!]

Whoo-boy. 

[Pete Dero]

General Sergei Surovikin, who is in overall command of the war, said in a television commentary an hour ago that it was no longer possible to supply the city of Kherson.

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the western bank of the Dnieper River in the face of Ukrainian attacks on the southern city of Kherson.
General Sergei Surovikin proposes to take the defenses on the east bank of the river.

[JasonPratt]

 :clap: O0

I suspect if the Uks can drive the Orcs over the river, they'll stop their advance for a while and set up bombardment stations (so to speak) while aiming for a sweep southward from up where they've already crossed the river. But that may also depend on the quality of troops facing them across the river, and how far back their defenses go (such as they are): currently it looks like the Rusks aren't (or weren't?) planning to defend the river closely, which would invite the Ukrainians into staging beacheads which theoretically could become kill zones.

[Gusington]

Kherson sure is an interesting place to be right now:

From the BBC: Kirill Stremousov: Senior Russian Kherson official dies in car crash, officials say:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63572668

[Dammit Carl!]

Man, I'd be screaming and acting like Patton to push the advance hard if the Rus are on the back foot.

Glad I don't have that responsibility.

[JasonPratt]

They'd still want to push hard, of course, just not have the main push be over the river. Let that be the secondary push while the main push comes from the north (from where they already crossed the river).

[MengJiao]

Man, I'd be screaming and acting like Patton to push the advance hard if the Rus are on the back foot.

Glad I don't have that responsibility.

  I don't think the Ukrainians have that much of an advantage in terms of mobility and firepower over the Russians.  And that river and the general weirdness of the situation seems to
legitimately inspire a lot of caution.

[Gusington]

The 'thunder run' - adapted by Ukraine:

[FarAway Sooner]

The 'thunder run' - adapted by Ukraine:

That's a really interesting video.  Thanks for sharing.

As an aside on the commentator, I will say that I inherently distrust skinny guys talking fast with English accents and huge beards.  I can't tell you why, but it's a deeply held conviction of mine.

[Gusington]

 ;D me too, I also don't know why...