Russians do not have the forces in ukraine for that, it will be a year plus before you hear of any possible advance in that direction
They don't have the numbers to fight their way and take large towns and cities, but if the Ukraine forces collapse they have enough to keep the peace and insure order while referendums are organised and things are sorted out.
In other words, isn't the Bandera regime overdue a collapse, even if there are 500k cannon fodder left etc? Does anyone have any predictions on when it will end?
War is not just violence... it is coordinated violence, and with the Ukrainians relying on Starlink for communications and the Russians reportedly jamming it during their attacks I would suspect Russian advances will become rather more common and more successful because retreating troops will be horribly vulnerable...
And why hasn't Russia been successful in some form of pro Russian coup attempt? In fact, it seems it hasn't even tried.
Any attempt at a coup that is too early will be crushed and will make further coup attempts troublesome... they will need to pick their time.
I rather suspect part of their campaign to hit Ukrainian military facilities in urban areas includes likely communication with civilian officials that includes them mentioning how powerful they are and how good they are for not just leveling the place like the Americans would or Kiev would if it could.
Over time Ukrainians will realise who the bad guys are and rethink their position and hopefully if the Orc army collapses and ceasefires and surrenders can be negotiated for cities... certainly in the west and south, that Russian forces might be able to move forward and secure the locations and process the military and civilians to find wanted criminals and then sending some men home to their families if they live in the south and the west. Then referendums can start and removing dangerous things and dealing with UXO and rebuilding can start.
But how do people do that if they are having to fight an enemy that is being hugely assisted by the Americans and Euro-filth?
Your country your democracy... you deal with it... and they couldn't, which is why it became Russias problem.
Why does everyone expect someone else to save them, to spill their blood and use their money and material and resources to fix your problems... and you can bet your arse when it is all over many will complain that not enough is being spent to fix things in their area.
Now, Navalny mysteriously died while on a supervised walk. Not suggesting anything, but still suspicious.
He is a nothing in Russia, and his health was not good because of the drugs and alcohol abuse, and hunger strikes would not help. I would guess he had a stroke or something, but who cares.
The west cares not for Assange or Gonzalo Lira... the latter tortured and killed deliberately, and they were actual reporters... Navalny is a traitor and a nobody.
They will be fighting russians
Can't understand a word she is saying but I can tell it is annoying...
Is she upset that the army kit she has been issued with does not include enough mascara?
The girl next to her wont stop crying so I am guessing they are going to the front soon.
Despite the existence of a supposed western arms ban on China, Europe has consistently supplied China with weapons and technology to keep Russia occupied in the east.
Well that would be stupid of them because Russia buys lots of stuff from China... China buys a lot of energy and raw materials and food from Russia and Russia has to do something with all that Chinese currency...
NATO air force pilots are training the PLA-AF regularly.
Hahaha... that is bullshit. Didn't you read what happened with the UK... they have decided there are too many white guys flying UK fighters and aircraft so they stopped accepting white guys... they want diversity in their ranks. The Chinese heard about this and offered new and existing pilots jobs training the PLA-AF with great pay including enormous bonuses.
When the UK found out they had a shit fit and went mental... they didn't want those pilots but China can't bloody have them...
Hilarious.
The Chinese are a rational and commerce-oriented race that are cold blooded in both senses.
The US threw EU energy security under the bus and are probably the direct cause of the coming recessions in several EU countries... just so they could sell more freedom gas and to try to damage Putin.
The Chinese are rational but not stupid. They understand that when Russia was to be destroyed that they would be next in line and that helping Russia is helping themselves.
They share the Anglo-Saxon's lack of morals and values. They would readily ally with the West to betray Russia.
You say that and I am thinking India is a ready ally to the US who funded Pakistan against you all these decades, to help you against China, so I am wondering if you will describe your own country in the same terms?
China and India have not joined western sanctions... and because of that they have both made good money filling gaps that sanctions have created on both sides... selling to Russia and also selling to the EU and West.
The western sanctions have pushed Russia away from the west and towards India and China and the global East and Global South.
China can continue to trade with the west and Russia and so does India. I don't understand why you describe their actions as cold blooded.
I would say the behaviour of Finland and Switzerland is worse because these two countries claim to be neutral, yet are clearly not.
They both impose western sanctions on Russia, which neither China nor India are doing... just as Turkey is remaining neutral too... which it has been doing under enormous pressure to be Americas little bitch. The entire west folded like a sheet of special origami paper, but countries with a spine have said no.
All of these countries should get respect for that... and those that fold like a silk sheet should be pointed out as the pussies they are.
The new commander might be a big problem for Russia he wants to dig in and use gorilla tactics to inflict heavy losses, he doesn't want to perform offensive actions as he realizes how futile they are.
If they dig in then they will be destroyed by air delivered glide bombs, if they try guerilla tactics then they will split into small groups that should be relatively straight forward to clean up in terrain where the local civilians are hostile.
Without airsupport and artillery they will struggle... mobility and supply will be a problem and their lack of highly skilled troops is going to be the other problem. Half trained girls and special needs people does not a guerilla force make.