4 000 000 would rather flee than defend a nazi-occupied country & it's sniffer dictator. Big Respect!

what's that asterisk mean?

probably that the stats gathering for Russia stopped on 12/31/2022 (date on image) meaning real number is most likely doubled by now

This post was edited by HeLiCaL on Oct 5 2023 11:10am

Ukraine appears to be winning the Battle of the Black Sea despite not actually having a navy

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-fleet-retreats-ukraine-is-winning-the-battle-of-the-black-sea/

rofl

This post was edited by Meanwhile on Oct 5 2023 11:40am

The Russians actually have a fleet, expensive ships can get hit by cheap drones. Send a bunch of drones, eventually one or two get through. This would be a problem for any navy.

This doesn't mean Ukraine is winning though.


This post was edited by Djunior on Oct 5 2023 11:52am

The counter-offensive has largely stalled, so Ukraine is relying on more and more of these pester tactics. I noticed a pretty significant shift in the mood and reporting of pro-Ukrainian accounts in the last 1-1.5 months, very little coverage of the front in places like the Zap or Bakhmut but what's in vogue now is covering attacks on Crimea (which don't really have a material impact on the actual front really)

Ukraine suffered huge losses, they went from armored spearheads (NATO supplied vehicles) to sending in infantry on foot, a couple at a time, hoping enough make it to the actual frontline to form a group large enough to be able to storm a single trench or stronghold. Rinse and repeat

Yeah it's tough. Armor concentrations are high value targets and Russians have enough mines and air support, anti-tank weps, to evaporate those. The small groups of infantry tactics somewhat work but those come at huge losses because it's basically soldiers running to opposite trenches WW1 style. High cost of life and even when some of these trenches or tree lines get captured Russians just use their artillery to pepper them so forward position become extremely hard to actually hold and be used as further beach heads.

Mud season is about to start, probably see a slow down in hostilities? The big issue for Ukraine right now is securing further funding above all else. If they don't get the big paychecks from US/EU things could unravel very quickly.

https://twitter.com/KyivPost/status/1709526840061173775?t=rAqjseWMzMhfv9RLpou6nA&s=19

just how disgusting do you have to be to glorify women getting torn to shreds in combat



the only thing we get are 1945 style führerbunker news

this counter offensive is a complete failure, in a handful of locations they reached the first line of the russian defense, while sacrificing huge numbers

too bad there are at least 3 of these lines

Zelensky stated that the counteroffensive won't stop in autumn and winter and they will press on until all goals are achieved, it's unrealistic but probably meant to convince their backers / secure more funding. We'll see how it pans out