Prediction Thread: When Will Ukraine Conquer Russia

[BeBMan]

Meanwhile in Russia:

Jailed former Russian military commander Igor Girkin, who has strongly criticized how the war in Ukraine has been handled, announced his presidential ambitions on Thursday, while outlining why he would be more suitable to lead the country than Vladimir Putin.

The announcement came days after 52-year-old Girkin, a prominent nationalist, failed in an appeal against his pre-trial detention on charges of inciting extremism.

The former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, who assisted Russia's move to annex the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, was detained at his home on July 21 and faces charges of making calls for extremist activities.


He had been openly publishing commentary critical of Russia's military strategy and setbacks since Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Days before his arrest, Girkin called the Russian president a "cowardly mediocrity" and said Russia would not survive another presidential term by Putin.

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Putin, wrote Girkin, "refuses to lead military operations and considers himself incompetent in military affairs."

"I consider myself more competent in military affairs than the current president, and certainly than the current minister of defense, therefore I could fulfill the duties of the supreme commander in chief as required by the Constitution of the Russian Federation."


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Telling that he went to jail for "extremism" aka moaning about Putin etc, but not for downing a civilian airliner

But let's see how his bid for the presidency is going...

https://www.newsweek.com/jailed-igor-girkin-strelkov-presidential-ambitions-candidate-putin-1823689

[BeBMan]

They should have handed out Chinese passports in those areas before

[PLATO]

It seems that the attack on Verbove may have penetrated the defensive line. Ukrainian troops have been geolocated well behind the trenches and dragon's teeth. Not seeing anything on if this is a major breach or just a recon in force, but it definitely demonstrates that the defensive line is weakening if not fully breached.

Verbove is located to the east of Robotyne. Capturing it will help flatten Ukrainian lines and make their main thrust less vulnerable to counterattack.

Reports are also saying that Russia is moving some better units from the attack in the Northeast down to the Southern front to shore up defenses that are weakening. Ukraine is also said to be moving troops from that theatre to the southern front as well. If you look at the map, you will see that Ukrainian troops have the benefit of shorter internal movement routes while the Russians have to take a longer route along the curve of the lines. This could place as many as 7 Ukrainian brigades into the fight before the Russian reinforcements can get there. IF this is actually the case, and given that Russian defenses are clearly beginning to fail, then the hoped strategic breakthrough may come within the next week or two. As always, the fog is thick.....

[PLATO]

Russia is losing actual Russian territory. Bolshoy Ussuriysky is an island between Russia and China. In the 1920's and 1930's the USSR occupied the disputed island. In 2008 they agreed with China to partition the island with each side having about half. This was to "ensure good relations." China's state mapping agency just released its 2023 official maps and they are now showing the entire island as Chinese territory. Seems the Chinese conquest of Russia has begun.

[Berzerker]

its pettiness

[Berzerker]

he had 4 years

[Geronimo]

Almost nothing surprises me anymore. Having said that if Kiev ever falls in the special military operation I know I will be sincerely and completely astonished by that development.

[Geronimo]

BRICS

When it was an alliance of just five countries was 32,5% of the Global GDP and 41.5% of the Global population,
While G7 is just 27% of Global GDP and 9,87% of the Global population.


And those numbers do not include the last decisions made in on the last summit in South Africa to include in BRICKS: Iran, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Egypt!
These ones will become a members of BRICS since January 1, 2024

With those countries combined G7 suck balls with a deep throat performance!

Another 16 countries have made an official plea to join the BRICS:

• Algeria^[91] (applied in 2022)
• Bahrain^[93]
• Bangladesh^[94] (applied in 2023)
• Belarus^[95] (applied in 2023)
• Bolivia^[96] (applied in 2023)
• Cuba (applied in 2023)
• Honduras (applied in 2023)
• Indonesia^[97]
• Kazakhstan^[98] (applied in 2023)
• Kuwait (applied in 2023)
• Nigeria (applied in 2023)
• Palestine (applied in 2023)
• Senegal^[99] (applied in 2023)
• Thailand^[100]
• Venezuela (applied in 2023)
• Vietnam (applied in 2023)

And more to come!

Because the World is SICK OF YOU!!!

Colonial mothfkers!

And we will fkn bury you!

the U.N. Is even bigger than brics. It has about 100% of world population and economic output and military assets. I guess that means non members Abkhazia, Artsakh, Kosovo, Niue, northern cyprus, somaliland, South ossetia, taiwan, and transnister will all be promptly curb stomped and instantly defeated in any conflict involving a U.N. Member state.

[Geronimo]

Furthermore let's say for sale of argument that Zelensky and Putin actually *had* signed a deal for peace which Putin was withdrawing forces North of Kiev to respect. what possible leverage could the U.S. or anyone else leverage to make Zelensky sabotage that deal and reignite war with Russia? Halt military aid? Kinda moot when peace has been won. Use Azov Nazis to kill Zelensky and his family? Don't you think at this point zelensky has proven he values his country above himself? Not to mention the fact that the Russians have at least as effective a record at assassination as Azov. He'd have to understand have been missing Putin off personally. Berz, there's no way in HELL Zelensky would sabotage a peace deal being implemented by Russia and Ukraine, especially in response to foreign pressure.

[Dauphin]

Probably why he keeps trying to make Russia bigger, so he has more places he can go.

[pchang]

Well, he is facing an international arrest warrant any time he steps outside of Russia.

[BeBMan]

Guardian sez Putin will not attend Prigozhin's funeral. Bibs sez he also won't show up in person at the next G20 in India

Either he's a very lazy or very busy mining his large table.

[BeBMan]

...and this is still idiotic.

[N35t0r]

Is accident caused by pilot error. Terrible tragedy, very sad.

He forgot to properly attach the wing before takeoff. Common rookie mistake.

[Thoth]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66632924



Now we're all curious what the official investigation will bring to light

Is accident caused by pilot error. Terrible tragedy, very sad.