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AyePappy:
Actually , I will rather choose Russia.

All the Russian billionaires in London , Paris and New York who all happen to be Jewish made their money in Russia. They only fled after Putin took over and put a stop to their heist.

Standard of living and cost is way better in Russia than anywhere in the west.

People have this very grim post soviet outlook of Russia but today's Russia has the highest density of millionaires and billionaires compared to any country in Europe.

If you intend going to Russia as a usual wage slave that heads to the US , Canada or UK, you will not make it. But if you intend growing and having a hustler business mindset , you will make it as Russia has everything the world needs .

Russia is meant for business minded people.

Emigrate to the US or UK if you are a wage slave .

Man who get sense.

Courtesy of the counteroffensive in Kherson, the Ukrainian army have managed to successfully occupied all the morgues in Nikolaev, Krivoy Rog and Odessa.

The first lady wasn't mincing words. She was stating a fact.

redseason:
The US and it’s EU allies have effectively lost this war. Before next weekend many European capitals would erupt with similar protests because with the total shutdown of NS1, inflation and gasflation would only get worse.

What even shocked me is the level of clean up and redevelopment of mauripol. Who did the black man offend? Chai, it will never be well with APC and PDP. #18.9b to clear bush, #50b monthly igr to pack dirty, even if you are packing the whole dirt in Africa, #779b to construct a 375km road at #2.12b per km. And you guys think Russia and Ukraine is our major problem! The energy and bad blood should be channeled towards demanding good governance and accountability. That’s what the Czech’s are currently doing.

Spot on.

BentizilL:
Assuming this was Russia now, CNN BBC Reuters no go allow us hear word again..
See crowd

More to come, you don't bite the hand that feeds you...
Meanwhile, winter is coming...

True.

The German government have announced a new $65 billion package to aid businesses and some citizens whose pockets have been cut off by the soaring price in energy cost. But they are already saying that this is not sustainable in the coming months as their economy is not designed to run subsidies. Italy has already spend up to $100 billion in increase expenses due to spike in energy cost. And now that Russia has closed the Nordestream 1 pipeline indefinitely, expect the prices to keep rising and more protests like this to hit many European capitals. Spain is secretly buying Russian oil while pretending to be playing along with the rest of the EU foolish gang of premature politicians. Unfortunately, CNN and BBC won't show much of this. Just as they went blank on the recent disastrous Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson.

Very pathetic to behold.

joyandfaith:
After how many days? Read military history. War is not a child play. For your information, counteroffensive is going on. 1,000,000 ukranians would engage Russia in counteroffensive.

Lmao. One million Ukrainians in your wildest dream. Ukraine is being decimated left and right and the comedian ediot think it's comedy skit. Unfortunately, it's not, and I won't be surprise if they turn on him soon.

joyandfaith:
It is too early to know if counteroffensive is a failure or successful.

It was a massive failure. Stop the pretence.

Owen247:
Good day netizens, please pardon any typos if any.

For some days now, Ukraine's military have been conducting counter-offensives in held parts of Ukraine, notably Kherson.

But to my suprise, no Nairalander is talking that this counter attacks are a succes or failure.
No Nairalander have shared links from Western medias like BBC,The Economist,CNN ETC. The list of such Western media is inexhuastible, that Ru army is down and trampled upon in Ukraine,why isn't there a woe betide Russian soliders in Ukraine message here?

So i ask,why is this so? Why isnt anybody talking? Why is everyone now quiet?

Sorry, brother . But the reason you think no one is talking about it is because you might have been looking at the wrong sources. Those mainstream media lying machines you mentioned are not even discussing the so-called Ukrainian counteroffensive because they already knew the truth: it was a catastrophic failure.

The recent Ukrainian assault on Kherson and the ZNPP saw more than 2000 Ukrainian men killed for nothing. You really expect CNN or BBC to give you such news?

Sorry, you won't find anything from there.

joyandfaith:
Why did ussr lost more soldiers than nazi Germany during ww2?

Because they fought tenaciously to defend their Homeland, in so much that there were Street fightings with hands and sticks. Not like Ukraine sending bunch of conscripts to die senselessly in a futile counteroffensive. Spot the difference.

Zimzy:
For those who have been saying Europe cannot survive without Russian gas, the gas is presently not flowing from Russia, let us watch and see how Europe will die or crash because of the stop of Russian gas. No single nation has absolute monopoly of anything. Europe must have planned for this a long time ago even before the war in Ukraine.

They did not plan for anything other than last ditch attempt to save face by their inexperienced flock of politicians. There are many players in the international oil and gas market, so Europe can always get alternative from elsewhere. But here is the catch: there is no substitute for 'cheap oil and gas' when it comes to competitive advantage in market share. This is the sad reality of this crisis for European economies that will end up losing market to others in South and East Asia.

Hanibbal:
White house is about to ask congress for 11.9 billion USD weapons aid for Ukraine again. These people does not want this war to end. They think their continuous support for Ukraine would make Russia run out of ammo.

Such is the reality of the world we are living in. They can be asking for billions of aid for Ukraine most of which never get to the frontlines by the way, yet they cannot provide water for thousands of American citizens in Jackson. Pathetic.

nsiba:
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You don't mean it!
Only 30% with girls, women and grandpa army and the Ukrainians are killing Russians like cockroaches, no wonder just one of your legs got blown off
30% and Russians are dying, I tell you DerrickzB the USA will use an army of pregnant women and level Russia in 24hrs

You and DerrickzB are crazy.

Shoodboi:
How many of those weapons left the US in the first instance? How many of them even existed or were manufactured?

Billions of dollars and Ukraine has little to show for it. The few times they send something tangible, the media makes a lot of noise about it for a few days before going silent. And the cycle continues while Ukrainians die and everyone picks a bit of whatever is left.

Russia is seizing territory. The West is stealing money. Turkey is seeking influence and Ukraine keeps losing.

Russia has stopped supplying gas to most of Europe while increasing supplies to China. Europe is then buying the gas from China at higher prices.

Meanwhile, UEFA passed a law allowing foreign players in Ukrainian clubs to leave without the clubs getting paid a dime. Zelensky himself stopped the clubs from relocating abroad just so he can show he's a strongman.

Now, Ukrianian clubs are playing matches in empty stadiums with players prepared to run into bunkers at the first call. Who plays soccer in an active warzone?

As usual, the war is just another cashcow for the politicians in Ukraine and the West while the common Ukrainian loses.

You have sense. There is a documentary on how members of the SBU and Zelensky inner circle are driving exotic cars - cars they cannot afford with their basic salaries even if they accumulate them for 8 years - and leaving luxurious lifestyle while common Ukrainians are conscripted and sent to the Russian meat grinder on the frontlines. I hope this war would end soon. But as long as the politicians are making a kill off it, something tells me it's just getting started.

American politicians can coveniently send $40 billion in sham aid to Ukraine while thousands of Americans in Jackson don't have running water. This world is wicked.

rottennaija:
We see many rejoicing at the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces today and the last 3 days.

Yes, this was Ukraine’s strongest moment of the war, their biggest effort and yes, it appears that so far, it has failed on a large scale.

However, it is too early to call it a complete failure. American and British commanders who orchestrated this have failed, undoubtedly. But every failure allows you to make corrections.

There are still holes to exploit in Russian Armed Forces defence in Kherson. Ukraine used a medium sized force. They did not go “balls in” as they could have— meaning they still have a lot of guys to throw into the meat grinder under a revised strategy. To be honest, we initially gave them way more credit than deserved as we anticipated it’ll be planned by NATO. The approach they chose was heavily flawed. We expected strategic use of HIMARS on Russian Armed Forces supplies and carefully chosen targeting of Russian Armed Forces hardware as well as a large infantry build up near Dniepr — which the Ukrainians can still launch, but clearly there’s a reason why they didn’t— likely because Russia can destroy them there very easily from a standoff distance. But this can always change.

It is highly unlikely they will succeed, we stand by our original statement made weeks ago, Kherson is a suicide mission for the Ukrainians. But they can still inflict damage.

One of 2 things are gonna happen: after today’s Zaporozhie NPP circus by Ukrainian special forces, Ukrainians will count their losses and pull back. OR, they will launch an all-in attack in coming days, where they’ll lose hordes of men (Russia will too, but not as many)

We must wait and see. This offensive is an embarrassment to the officers who planned it, the 2 missions were a failure. — however, it is too early to call the whole offensive a complete failure.



/asbmil

The two missions - the Kherson counteroffensive and the ZNPP attack - are complete failures, and will always fail anytime they they carry them out.

Just as retired Colonel Douglas McGregor puts it, "no modern army can take back Kherson in its current formation because the Russians hold all the aces". The air power, artillery pieces, standoff missiles and more experienced forces. It will always be a suicide mission.

seunny4lif:
For those of you who were wondering why Russia never bombed the Ukrainian Armed Forces HQ or Ukraine Security Service HQ in Kiev, here’s your answer.
You don’t bomb your own spies and informants.
Ukraine MOD have been feeding Russia MOD as anytime Ukraine MOD announced Counteroffensive, then Russia increased her own military campaign in that region

It's as simple as that.never stop or interface with your enemy when he is making a mistake.

The ediots lost a whole brigade (the 128 Transcarpthia Brigade) in the so-called Kherson counteroffensive, which led to mourning being declared.

Another 350+ members of Ukrainian elite commando group trained by British and American forces recently were destroyed when they attempted to storm the ZNPP in the wake of the IAEA's team visit. They were met by Russian helicopters who sank some of the barges the Ukros were using to cross the river. One badge consisting of 60 commandos made it to shore but met heavy gunfire and mortal fire which killed almost all of them, leaving 3 men captured, one in good shape and two in critical condition. The plan was to take the IAEA visiting team hostage and blame the Russians for it. The commandos were putting on Russian uniforms. Unfortunately for them, Russia got to know of it through good Intel.


"A day without Ukraine making foolish attempt and sending Ukrainian cannon folders to the Russian meat grinder is a day wasted,"- Zelensky.

joyandfaith:
Are soldiers not meant to be killed? Some people are so dumb. Eastern propaganda.

No, soldiers are not meant to be killed by sending them into the enemy's meat grinder.

Reality is dawning on the "western ministry of truth."

"A day without comedy is a day wasted" - Zelensky.

When intelligent folks like us says these crop of western leaders thinks and react based on emotions rather than being logical realistic, some of our brethren doing life in the western, Hollywood inspired prison of disinformation and delusion are quick to denounce us as Putin lunatics.

Well, here is a formal Italian diplomat who is saying the fact as they are. It is sheer stupidity when some inexperienced western leaders think they can isolate a nation as Russia in the 21st century. Ukraine have not only lost more than 25% of its territory to a fraction of the red army, despite fighting with one hand and leg tied, the collective west are foolishly destroying their own economic competitive advantage to emerging markets from other regions of the world. For the first time in decades, the German economy recorded a monthly deficit in balance of trade. Daylight public robbery is now occurring in the UK due to rising cost of inflation. With natural disasters adding to the already clogged supply chains, the next few months would be a sight to behold in some western capital cities. Zelensky now talking of reaching a compromise....too late I say.... Heck, the comedian even told Erdogan in their recent meeting that he was being deceived by 'people'. Of course, we all know who the 'people' are. Unfortunately, Ukraine has reach the point of no return. Zelensky must now continue the wishful dreaming of defeating Russia in the battkleground or just surrender the whole east to save face and more Ukrainian lives.


But...the Zelensky that I know we rather chose to play comedy skits with Ukraine than to come to reality.

"A day without Ukraine losing men and territories is a day wasted,-" Zelensky.

Liberal democracies were betting on Russia's collapse. So far, those bets have not paid off

The US and its Nato allies deservedly won the Cold War. The western values of democracy, freedom, human rights, rule of law and market economy prevailed over the Soviet Union’s communist totalitarian system. The latter imploded, broken by its inefficiencies, miscalculation, military overstretch, and delusions. Germany was reunified and the Warsaw Pact dissolved; not a single shot was fired.

The world truly seemed to be headed towards an era of optimism, progress and prosperity. The affirmation of liberal democracy was supposed to embrace the entire planet, and through globalisation, create an economic interdependence that would make war obsolete.

Unfortunately, history turned out differently. The events of 9/11, endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the global financial crisis of 2008 created a different world.

Three decades on, the global political and economic landscape could hardly be more depressing. The so-called US-led rules-based world order is crumbling. Globalisation seems to be in retreat, economic and energy supply chains have been disrupted, and a global recession is looming. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the global economy and social cohesion to unprecedented stress, and democracy also appears to be in retreat.

In 2021, for the first time in American history, a sitting president rejected the outcome of an election (an inquiry is ongoing to ascertain whether he also tried to subvert it). Populism, polarisation, culture wars, and widespread anger and grievances are rising in all western democracies. Governments appear unable to cope with an incredible array of mounting challenges.

Uninspiring leadership
US President Joe Biden is attempting to save his country from itself, and there are increasing doubts that he will run for a second term. In France, President Emmanuel Macron often has the right insights and always attempts to offer a vision, but he is alone in Europe, and weakened in his own country following an inconclusive election. As for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Britain, no further comment appears necessary; politically, he is a dead man walking. (Gone already)

Germany is led by an uninspiring and uncharismatic Olaf Scholz, conditioned by a heterogeneous coalition that seems in a state of shock and unable to regain the leadership of the continent. Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi leads Italy. He is a lauded technocrat, but considering the economic clouds that are gathering, he could become the country’s next insolvency liquidator. The EU, meanwhile, lacks vision and leadership.

Three decades after the end of the sclerotic communist leadership, it is now the turn of western states to be trapped by self-harming groupthink. They are detached from reality and inclined towards miscalculation, incompetence, military overstretch, and delusion - especially those in Europe, who seem so obsessed with Ukraine as to completely ignore that their own countries are disintegrating under the burden of sanctions imposed on Russia.


Post-Cold War US administrations have squandered the huge global political capital inherited with their outstanding victory. Double standards, illegal and unilateral wars, and regime change packaged as humanitarian interventions have progressively weakened the rules-based world order of which western democracies have long boasted.

The West took barely 20 years to put under huge stress the global economic order and market economy through a hyper-financialised and rentier economic model, which generated a huge, unmanageable financial bubble, as well as deep inequalities.

This has generated a populist backlash that is now tearing apart their respective societies. The 2008 financial crisis and the bailout of the main culprits in the US, along with the extreme austerity measures adopted in Europe, have sown massive anger and grievances.

Misleading rhetoric
And western democracies took just 30 years to isolate themselves from the rest of the world, as the bloody war in Ukraine is demonstrating. Nato, the G7 and the EU continue to deceive themselves about global unity against Russia, which is non-existent. As analysts have correctly pointed out, “the West has not been joined by most of the rest”.

The Biden administration is framing tensions with Russia and China as an epic confrontation between democracy and autocracy. It is not - and not even western public opinion adheres to this mantra.


Russia-Ukraine war: The future of the world is being decided in Beijing
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The 2022 Democracy Perception Index, the world’s largest annual study on how people perceive democracy, offers disheartening results: 41 percent of people feel their countries are not democratic enough, and economic inequality - not Russia or China - is considered the primary threat to democracy.

The leaderships in Moscow and Beijing have much to be blamed for, but they have nothing to do with the current threats facing western democracies. These threats are all internal.

Russian aggression towards Ukraine is now largely used as a scapegoat for the ongoing global economic turmoil, but this thesis does not hold up to a sound economic analysis. The war and hasty sanctions imposed on Russia have been merely the ultimate catalyst in an already precarious situation.

Supply chains were already under stress because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which landed on western health systems that were already weakened by decades of budget cuts. At the same time, western states - especially the US - have long since abandoned much of their industrial policy, in favour of outsourcing manufacturing to the Global South. Amid talk of reshoring supply chains, there are looming fears that the labour force - whose purchasing power has already been eroded by inflation - will be asked to bear the costs.

Prepare for the pitchforks
In Germany, the biggest European economy, the city of Hamburg is reportedly mulling hot-water rationing, and for the first time since 1991, the country has registered a monthly trade deficit. The head of the German Federation of Trade Unions has just warned that key German industries could face collapse because of cuts in Russian natural gas supplies. Social and labour unrest are expected. It could be a Lehman Brothers moment for Europe’s economic engine.

An international food crisis could send hundreds of thousands of new refugees from poorer countries towards European borders and shores. It is already clear that they will not be warmly welcomed, as the Ukrainians have been.

Western leaders prefer to keep going with their miscalculations, incompetence and delusions

Meanwhile, JP Morgan’s worst-case scenario for oil prices is a “stratospheric” $380 a barrel if US and European penalties prompt Russia to retaliate with further output cuts. And inflation is clearly not temporary; indeed, economist Nouriel Roubini has warned: “There is ample reason to believe that the next recession will be marked by a severe stagflationary debt crisis.”

In the 1970s, there was stagflation but not massive debt. Today’s private and public debt levels as a share of global GDP are much higher than in the past, rising from 200 percent in 1999 to 350 percent today (global debt is now around $300 trillion). Facing such conditions, Roubini warns, “companies, financial institutions, and governments [could be driven] into bankruptcy and default”.

What economists call a “soft landing” of the world economy appears increasingly out of reach. The calculus of liberal democracies with regards to the outcome of the Ukraine conflict, Russia’s collapse, global unity and the capacity to diversify energy supplies, have so far turned out to be wrong. There was no prediction made on the global impact of sanctions.

The EU, G7 and Nato recently held their own summits, where everything appeared to be business as usual; not a single shred of evidence emerged about a forthcoming policy review. Western leaders prefer to keep going with their miscalculations, incompetence and delusions. Their policy has been reduced to a variation of “let’s try and see what happens” - on a global scale.

The summer may buy them some time, but come autumn, they should prepare for the pitchforks. Not to worry, though - they will blame Russian President Vladimir Putin all the way, and most people will believe them.

The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Eye.

Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United Nations. He served in the foreign policy staff of three Italian prime ministers between 1995 and 2011. More recently he has been Middle East peace process coordinator special envoy for Syria for the Italian government and, until November 2017, Italy's ambassador to Iraq.

Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-how-west-got-it-wrong

When they did not bother to estimate Ukrainian death roll, you know it's fake news.

If the Russians have lost up to 80k troops, then the Ukrainian have lost more than 300,000 troops. There is a reason why they're conscripting old men and under age people, including disables to fight on the frontlines.

The mammy water and pappy water when dey that river no get liver. Them Japa because of small sun when no reach Maiduguri own. Useless gods and goddess.

shogsman:
For me personally it was when he banned every opposition party in Ukraine,banned every opposition media outlets in Ukraine and made it illegal for anybody in Ukraine to question the war. No democratic nation with a democratic president would do that.
The second time was when he started attending shows, awards,parties, doing vogue photoshoots and meeting up with celebrities. No serious leader with an actual war to lead will have time for all of that.

The third time was when he started forcefully conscripting people into war and made it illegal for any adult male to leave the country.

Fourth time was when he started demanding Money from every country with pride, he has demanded almost $1t in less than 6months ,that is 5 times more than the entire GDP of his country .

Fifth time was when he blamed and accused Russia shelling themselves, he accused Russia of blowing up a nuclear plant under the control of the Russian army.

That guy is a CIA asset doing American dirty work.

seunny4lif:
When you have food, oil and gas then you everything.
Russia fuel price is the same since February and gas is still cheap.
Even yesterday again Japanese min of finance said they wouldn’t abandon Russia gas deal even after Russia introduced new law on the gas deal.
The ministry said the gas is very important for the economy of Japan, this came after same Japan before said they don’t want Russia gas before.

Saudi have increased the price of oil and gas to Asia countries again after just increasing it 2 months ago.

I hope Germany is learning from Japan; never play politics with your economy.

Nigeria is now building has pipeline to connect the European market. To me, it came a bit too late.

As for the house of Said, they can keep making money. It's within their right to so do while Europe suffer in silence paying triple the price they use to pay for Russian gas, having to buy from same Asian market whom Saudi is supplying. EU leaders are bunch of emotional thinking leaders devoid of logical reasoning.

Nigeria us

seunny4lif:
Look at Finland when Russia stop gas pipelines to them, same Finland increased their imports of Russia LNG by over X3 in summer oooh and same with Spain.
If Russia demand Ruble to LNG then it’s finished.
Even USA min of Finance that leads some USA allies delegates out when Lavrov was speaking at G20 meeting 2 months ago, did not do it again at the last meeting when same Lavrov was also speaking.
She said now, the world need Russia oil and gas, as Biden travelled to Saudi failed to yield anything

Reality can be a ride awakening from delusion and jingoism. That's exactly what is happening to the west now. Russia is too big to be isolated. Unfortunately, they're realising it too late.

This Ukraine brouhaha is gradually taking a new dangerous dimension. Last week, we read that 100 Chinese veterans have volunteered to fight in the Donbass. Heck, we know that is no Chinese veterans but regular army wanting to gain real-time war experience. I expect that number to increase gradually in trickles. They're minimizing it for now to avoid public scrutiny and tention.

Now, the North Koreans wants to send a hundred thousand troops to the frontlines in Donbass? North Korea, a country led by a leader that serve neither God nor Devil .

These things are not just happening randomly. There is some unwritten hand of cohesion behind the scenes shaping the events, and before our very naked eyes, alliance formation is occurring, which is a precursor to imminent war, just as it happened before WW1 and WW2.

Folks, it's time to look up the skies, double-check our lives and ensure it satisfies the expectatoon of the good man above.

Shite is about to hit the god-damned fan!!!

seunny4lif:
Germany said Russia have refused to take the turbine then Gazprom replied.
Gazprom to Germany - "Gazprom will not violate the sanctions imposed on it by the European Union, Canada, United States and the United Kingdom so cannot receive the turbine from Siemens unfortunately.
Without cheap Russia gas, there is going to be massive problems in Germany.
Qatar and USA LNG gases are 5X higher than Russia gas and today Turkey President will be travelling to Russia, the first thing was to secure Russia gas and wheat for winter.

Putin playing them their own game. Sanctions are a double-edged sword that cut both ways. It's pathetic that the EU would be rationing electricity at this stage. I wonder what and how the situation would look like by the time they enter winter even as gas and oil prices keep soaring. It's a bad day for the EU.

Ishitinyourlife:
I always knew something was off with that guy,from IGBOFAM who turned out to be an itel using scum in One village I cannot even remember to this scammer who has a dozen moniker, the least we can do is to expose them all only Victorusa seems to be the only legit Western propagandanist here

I will do the needful. I have some contact in EFCC. I will report him. I just need more details on him.

Ishitinyourlife:
Turns out our regular western propaganda guy who goes by the name Britishnaija has been scamming people up and down claiming he lives in Europe whereas he is in Lagos, he has finally Been caught and it seems he has deactivated his account and ran away

Chisos!!!

shogsman:
More importantly most of the world's semiconductor chips used in phones, computers etc comes from China so when this conflicts begin tmsc will not be able to work and that's game over for major technology brands

China have started investing heavily on semiconductors, including Russia as well. Chinese military personnel are now participating in the Ukrainian war on the side of the Russians, probably to gain real-time war experience.

I smell shite is about to hit the fan. American foreign policy never disappoint in war footing and global chaos.

Defend Taiwan? Once the first shot gets fired, the first embassy that will runaway is the US. Believe American politicians to your own peril.

It is laughable when some folks parrot the Lamestream media lies of a massive Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson when they can't even compete and hold on to much of the frontlines in the Donbass where they are gradually losing territories and huge numbers of men to Russian artillery. I don't know why people swallow every piece of propaganda thrown their way. The truth is, Ukriane never stood and doesn't stand a chance against Russia in any area of warfare. No amount of western propanganda can change that fact.

To add to what this thread was saying, below is what Zelensky and a Ukrainian journalist on the frontlines said recently:


"Yet we are unable to break the Russian army’s advantage in artillery and manpower, and this is very much felt in the fighting, especially in Donbass. Peski, Avdeevka, other directions … It’s just hell there. It cannot even be described in words,” the Ukrainian president added." -Zelensky said vis HIMARS.


The two towns near Donetsk, heavily fortified since 2015, have seen heavy fighting over the past week. On Tuesday, Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov, embedded with the military in Donbass, posted an expletive-laden report from Peski calling it a “meat grinder.” Butusov infamously filmed himself firing a cannon on the Donbass “separatists” last year.

“There is no counter-battery fire, none at all,” he wrote on Tuesday. Russian forces were firing “6,500 shells per f****g village in less than 24 hours. It’s been like this for six days now, and it’s hard to fathom how any number of our infantry remain alive under this barrage.”

Ukrainian troops were holding the line, Butusov claimed, but “without counter-battery fighting, it turns into a senseless meat grinder, where huge numbers of our infantry are chewed up in one day.” According to Butusov, a reserve platoon that tried to advance was taken apart in minutes, with only one out of 15 men left unharmed.

“All the reserves are spent, the military equipment goes up in flames, and the enemy approaches and takes our positions without any problems after another barrage of artillery,” he wrote. “Right now we are losing Péski, all our human and material capabilities are almost exhausted.”

While Zelensky did not go into this much detail, he did say that of the 167 service members he was decorating this week, 32 would get their awards posthumously.

The facts are obvious already. The earlier Ukraine seek a compromise solution to this war, the better for it and everyone. They can NEVER win against Russia.