Russia and Ukraine

[Ivan Denisovich]

How is Georgia doing? I know there have been a lot of protests, is there much of a chance of it leading to a timely (for Ukraine) revolution?

Here is what dude from Polish Institute of International Affairs is saying:

The Georgian authorities will not decide to repeat the elections, nor will they agree to any external mediation. The Kremlin would not allow this to happen anyway. Georgia is a small country compared to Ukraine and is unable to stand up to Russia the way the Ukrainians do with the support of NATO member states and the European Union, says Wojciech Wojtasiewicz, an expert at PISM*. [translated with deepL]

*Rest of the text (in Polish) can be found here - https://krytykapolityczna.pl/swiat/prote...aja-szans/

[Thumpalumpacus]

Iran is demanding that ukraine stop supporting terror in syria.

Oh, dear lord. Like Shaheds haven't been landing in Ukraine the last two years.

[Leonardo17]

How is Georgia doing? I know there have been a lot of protests, is there much of a chance of it leading to a timely (for Ukraine) revolution?

The populists are trying to scare people saying that they don’t want to be like Ukraine.
 
The people seem to have had it with being a Russian satellite state and do not want to go back to the Soviet Era.
 
On the other hand. Iran’s and Russia’s influence in the whole region is decreasing. They have already used a lot of resource for the war in Ukraine. With Israel having annihilated Hezbollah they can’t even properly come to the rescue of their ally Bashar-al-Assad.

Grand Nudger:

   I think that the contrary may also happen. Europe is not letting go of Ukraine and the Ukrainians themselves are not that weak:
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-just-...24998.html
 
They now have their own long range missiles that can hit targets deep into Russia.
 
But Crazy Hair is a bit like Putin. They might even get along just fine. I think we’ll have to wait and see

[Leonardo17]

Russia is losing 300 tanks and artillery barrels a month while it can only produce about 20 / month. Their Soviet era arsenal is also being depleted so much that 50 Soviet era tanks that were used in the movie sector are being donated to the army.
 
I am really curious on how the new US president will handle this issue. Russia (+Iran) have lost everything in the Middle East. They are going to lose everything in Ukraine in 2025 according to this article:
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-war-ma...33149.html

[The Grand Nudger]

Yup. Russia's central bank gov is in a pickle, but then again so are the window tossers at fsb. As a matter of policy no one is allowed to acknowledge that the military operation in ukraine is causing profound economic distress to russia - so she has to be scapegoated as an utter incompetent to explain the outcome. As a matter of fact she's a skilled money launderer and central manager - and so...fall-proof.

For now.

[Mister Agenda]

This is where Putin will find out if his investment in Trump will pay off.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Ukrainian forces reportedly conducted their first attack solely using unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and first-person view (FPV) drones, highlighting Ukraine's ongoing efforts to leverage technological innovation into ground operations. The spokesperson of a Ukrainian brigade operating in the Kharkiv direction reported on December 20 that Ukrainian forces conducted their first ground attack exclusively using robotic systems instead of infantry on an unspecified date near Lyptsi (north of Kharkiv City) and successfully destroyed unspecified Russian positions during the attack.[5] The spokesperson stated that Ukrainian forces conducted the attack with dozens of UGVs equipped with machine guns and also used the UGVs to lay and clear mines in unspecified positions in the area. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly highlighted Ukraine's efforts to utilize technological innovations and asymmetric strike capabilities to offset Ukraine's manpower limitations in contrast with Russia's willingness to accept unsustainable casualty rates for marginal territorial gains.[6]

Ukraine also continues to innovate aerial drone production. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian officials completed tests of a drone attached to fiber optic cables that will be more resistant to electronic warfare (EW) interference.[7] Russian forces have recently fielded such drones in Kursk Oblast and Ukraine.[8] A Ukrainian drone company reported that it recently assembled a prototype of the first FPV drone made exclusively from components manufactured in Ukraine.[9]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgro...ct-updates, scroll down to the 20 Dec entry.

[Leonardo17]

Ukrainian forces reportedly conducted their first attack solely using unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and first-person view (FPV) drones, highlighting Ukraine's ongoing efforts to leverage technological innovation into ground operations. The spokesperson of a Ukrainian brigade operating in the Kharkiv direction reported on December 20 that Ukrainian forces conducted their first ground attack exclusively using robotic systems instead of infantry on an unspecified date near Lyptsi (north of Kharkiv City) and successfully destroyed unspecified Russian positions during the attack.[5] The spokesperson stated that Ukrainian forces conducted the attack with dozens of UGVs equipped with machine guns and also used the UGVs to lay and clear mines in unspecified positions in the area. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly highlighted Ukraine's efforts to utilize technological innovations and asymmetric strike capabilities to offset Ukraine's manpower limitations in contrast with Russia's willingness to accept unsustainable casualty rates for marginal territorial gains.[6]

Ukraine also continues to innovate aerial drone production. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian officials completed tests of a drone attached to fiber optic cables that will be more resistant to electronic warfare (EW) interference.[7] Russian forces have recently fielded such drones in Kursk Oblast and Ukraine.[8] A Ukrainian drone company reported that it recently assembled a prototype of the first FPV drone made exclusively from components manufactured in Ukraine.[9]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgro...ct-updates, scroll down to the 20 Dec entry.

Here is a nice summary about the current situation in Ukraine:
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-war-s...02640.html
 
The situation is still delicate. But it seems like Ukraine will eventually win. Simply because almost all of their weapons are more advanced and better than Russian weapons.
 
So Elon Musk is wrong on this. On the contrary, there is no way Russia is going to be able to win this war if you ask me.

[Thumpalumpacus]

So Elon Musk is wrong on this. On the contrary, there is no way Russia is going to be able to win this war if you ask me.

Russia has already lost. They will be decades trying to recover from this war.

[Silver]

Russia has already lost.