Russia and Ukraine

[The Grand Nudger]

The numbers are in. Russia has managed a net loss of territory at the cost of approx 500k casualties in the past year.

[Deesse23]

The numbers are in.  Russia has managed a net loss of territory at the cost of approx 500k casualties in the past year.

The advances in Donbass were less than Ukraines advance in Kursk?  
Yet, the Donbass has the more valuable resources, namely rare earth. One deposit was occupied (afaik) and a certain president seems to crave for.

[The Grand Nudger]

The idea that the minerals in ukraine were worth cratering russia..which has plenty of minerals itself, has always been a russian control campaign to leverage international cynicism (itself a massive urban myth) and build domestic support for putins existential ideological war. They had de facto control of those minerals in a functioning extraction chain before the war. To really put a nail in that coffin.

And yes, operationally speaking, russia advances slowly and falls back suddenly, whereas ukraine falls back slowly and advances suddenly, somewhere around november-december russia was at it's territorial height for the year..itself still a net loss since the start of the full scale invasion, but it manages to lose as much territory as it had gained at great cost in blood and over the course of the whole year between december and february - the recent push in kursk -not the initial occupation- finally tipping the scales to a net loss.

The tale of the tape is that ukraine is better at post-soviet reflexive defense and western combined arms maneuver. The ukrainians, ofc, are fighting for their lives, while the russians are fighting for paychecks they are not recieiving. Perhaps things would be different if the russian soldiers were properly motivated - but I don't think russia knows how to do that, or could do it even if they knew how. The people that could have helped there, people I personally met years before and held in high professional regard, were the first to die in the botched invasion. Best course of action from the conflicts point of view is to fuck off back to russia, rebuild, and reinvade...but putins personal existential fears will not allow this. Seeing as how the best course of action is unavialable for reasons of dictatorial cowardice, the next best thing is to flood the zone with shit. Any rationaliziation which might stick with anyone and lead to any loss of foreign support for ukraine...whether that's because the target audience agrees, or because they believe that the alleged aim is financially compelling even if otherwise indefensible.

TLDR, it's window season in russia again, in a russia that is now smaller than it was last window season. The russian mod is unlikely to make gains in the coming spring mud, so they will have to settle for cracking down on dissidents and failures™ at home to keep the smash and grab constituency in moscow and st pete mollified.

[Leonardo17]

Donald Trump is starting to repeat his unpredictable talking. Just as he did back in 2020 when Dr. Fauci was providing reliable data on the Virus while Trump was simultaneously telling the opposite of everything he said. Unfortunately he started doing it again. I sort of have to listen to his narrative somehow. But the main rule with narcissistic people (and other people with serious personality disorders) is to observe and judge their action. And never to trust anything they say because these people have the ability to talk you into believing anything they want as long as it serves their own ego-based agenda.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-signi...05482.html
 
So today he just said that “Ukraine can become Russia”.
 
So in our meditation practices we learn to observe and not be reactive. That’s the Eckhart Tolle method.
 
So when he says “Ukraine can become Russia” you just sit back and breathe, and relax, and observe. Do not try to decipher, do not try to find some meaning, do not be reactive. Nothing. Just relax and observe.
 
So the next day when he says: “Russia should become Ukraine”, same thing: just relax and observe. Do not try to understand, do not react. Just relax and be observant.
 
This is a powerful meditation method that I am talking about. The psychotherapy based version of the same technique is called “The Grey Rock Method” (Also a very powerful method to use against people with NPD or other severe personality disorders)   

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Donald Trump is starting to repeat his unpredictable talking. Just as he did back in 2020 when Dr. Fauci was providing reliable data on the Virus while Trump was simultaneously telling the opposite of everything he said. Unfortunately he started doing it again. I sort of have to listen to his narrative somehow. But the main rule with narcissistic people (and other people with serious personality disorders) is to observe and judge their action. And never to trust anything they say because these people have the ability to talk you into believing anything they want as long as it serves their own ego-based agenda.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-signi...05482.html
 
So today he just said that “Ukraine can become Russia”.
 
So in our meditation practices we learn to observe and not be reactive. That’s the Eckhart Tolle method.
 
So when he says “Ukraine can become Russia” you just sit back and breathe, and relax, and observe. Do not try to decipher, do not try to find some meaning, do not be reactive. Nothing. Just relax and observe.
 
So the next day when he says: “Russia should become Ukraine”, same thing: just relax and observe. Do not try to understand, do not react. Just relax and be observant.
 
This is a powerful meditation method that I am talking about. The psychotherapy based version of the same technique is called “The Grey Rock Method” (Also a very powerful method to use against people with NPD or other severe personality disorders)   

So much for Tolle, then.

Boru

[TheWhiteMarten]

In positive news, Trump has been calling both Putin and Zelenskyy today and seems to be on the path to reopening negotiations for peace - meanwhile we have a SoD no longer making demands like, "Crimea be returned to Ukraine" that will never be accepted.

The money laundering at the expense of Ukrainian and Russian lives might finally be wrapping up, thank god.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

In positive news, Trump has been calling both Putin and Zelenskyy today and seems to be on the path to reopening negotiations for peace - meanwhile we have a SoD no longer making demands like, "Crimea be returned to  Ukraine" that will never be accepted.

The money laundering at the expense of Ukrainian and Russian lives might finally be wrapping up, thank god.

Welcome back, Weasel. To what do we owe the inconvenience?

Boru

[The Architect Of Fate]

Back pushing unhinged right-wing nonsense about Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.

Of course there will be no end to the war nor will Putin get away with his land theft (which is all a peace deal with Putin would be) inviting him to try again. But you know Trumps all for imperialism

Of course competent analysis makes it clear Trump botch this harder then North Korea

[The Architect Of Fate]

In positive news, Trump has been calling both Putin and Zelenskyy today and seems to be on the path to reopening negotiations for peace - meanwhile we have a SoD no longer making demands like, "Crimea be returned to  Ukraine" that will never be accepted.

The money laundering at the expense of Ukrainian and Russian lives might finally be wrapping up, thank god.

Welcome back, Weasel. To what do we owe the inconvenience?

Boru

Damn and we just got the smell of his bullshit out of the rugs

[Deesse23]

In positive news, Trump has been calling both Putin and Zelenskyy today and seems to be on the path to reopening negotiations for peace - meanwhile we have a SoD no longer making demands like, "Crimea be returned to  Ukraine" that will never be accepted.

The money laundering at the expense of Ukrainian and Russian lives might finally be wrapping up,

Curse those evil money launderers who start useless wars!!!

thank god.

Where was he when the money launderers started the war? Looking for your car keys?