Russia and Ukraine

[Thumpalumpacus]

They'd skip anointing him king and proclaim him christ, Leo.

As for avdiivka, you're displaying the problem in a nutshell.  The msm has tried to cover for it's dereliction of the russo-ukranian war by mainlining russian propaganda.  Russia wasted tens of thousands of lives in avdiivka.  That's a sad situation alright, but not for ukraine.

It sits near a crossroads, but I'm not sure it's 30,000 casualties of important. Fighting a bloody batle and then unassing when you have inflicted the losses you want to is not new.

Ask the Germans how Verdun worked out. There's a reason why offense should have at least three:one troop advantage, and that's because the offense is going to lose a lot of men.