This is in eastern Ukraine alone, and not in northern, southern, and western Ukraine, or even in Kyiv itself.

The Ukrainian army is under more pressure than at any time since the first desperate weeks after the Russian invasion.

It could be fighting a losing battle in Luhansk, the northern part of Donbas region.

The Ukrainian General Staff says the Russians appear to be concentrating their forces for another push.

In the last day the Russians have intensified their attacks across the Donbas front line - getting closer to completing the encirclement of Severodonetsk, a city of 80,000 before the invasion.

The Ukrainians, as usual, are fighting with stubborn determination. Reinforcements are being poured into the battle.

In just a few minutes I saw about 20 armoured personnel carriers, with soldiers riding on them, driving to the front line - along with tanks on transporters and multiple rocket launchers.

They have slowed the Russians down but have not stopped the offensive grinding forward. The Russians are inflicting heavy casualties.

A military source in the 57th Brigade told me that one of their units went into the line with 240 men and came out with about 140 - the rest of them killed, wounded and captured.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the Russians could be killing up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers a day in Donbas.

Not far from Severodonetsk, Bakhmut is a town getting slowly eaten by the war. This week it is about three miles from the Russians, well within range. Next week it might be much closer.

Civilians with somewhere to go have left. In the ruins in Donbas, the victory in Kyiv in March - the euphoria, glory and sacrifice - feel distant.

Bakhmut has been heavily shelled. Standing in front of his damaged house, a man in his 40s called Mitri showed defiance, apprehension and frustration. He had no idea what to expect in his town.

"I'm not Nostradamus. Why did Putin attack? It's all political games."

Mitri said President Zelensky's predecessor Petro Poroshenko would have reached a ceasefire agreement by now.

"At least there was peace before, they were negotiating. It's a pity about the people who died, the soldiers. It is a real shame."

It was, he said, President Zelensky's fault. He had missed an opportunity.

If President Putin's forces can encircle Severodonetsk, their next targets would most likely be the key cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk in the Donetsk Oblast, the other side of Donbas.

Then he might declare victory in the battle for Donbas.

I saw lines of freshly dug trenches near the two cities, as the Ukrainians prepared fall back positions. If they fell, and it is no certainty as they are both heavily defended, President Putin would be able to declare his first significant victory of the war.

Russia would control a belt of territory stretching along its border south from Donbas and along most of Ukraine's coastline.

President Zelensky says that only diplomacy can end the war, but he has said that Russia must return to the positions it held before the invasion.

His allies, led by the US and UK, want to weaken Putin's Russia permanently. They have said Russia must not win.

Their critics say they'll fight to the last Ukrainian.

The currency of war is blood. As families bury their dead, more Ukrainians, like Mitri in Bakhmut, will question the blood price they are paying, and ask whether it is better to pay for a ceasefire with land - or lives.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-61570444

If Zelensky says Russia is killing 100 Ukrainian soldiers a day, then Russia is definitely killing more. And this is just in eastern Ukraine. God knows how many Russia kills elsewhere.

In the meantime, here's the BBC video of the article. The video is very touching and revealing. You should watch it. Ukraine is even digging graves for soldiers that are still alive:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMw5odF4wWk


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Mynd44

No one is reporting Russian news lately. It's all being Ukraine.

Sympathy wanter!

Shoodboi:
If Zelensky says Russia is killing 100 Ukrainian soldiers a day, then Russia is definitely killing more. And this is just in eastern Ukraine. God knows how many Russia kills elsewhere.

In the meantime, here's the BBC video of the article. The video is very touching and revealing. You should watch it. Ukraine is even digging graves for soldiers that are still alive:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMw5odF4wWk


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Mynd44

No one is reporting Russian news lately. It's all being Ukraine.

You guys keep recycling old news.

As at April, Russia media was reporting 10,000 Russians killed.
Only God knows what the numbers are now since the kremlin has been working extra hard and putting in overtime sef to suppress news.

gambojimeta:

You guys keep recycling old news.

As at April, Russia media was reporting 10,000 Russians killed.
Only God knows what the numbers are now since the kremlin has been working extra hard and putting in overtime sef to suppress news.

Keep deceiving yourselves.

Komsomolskaya Pravda openly denied posting anything about 10,000 Russian soldiers being killed, and even dared any person or media agency, especially CNN, to release screenshots that it ever published such, with the promise of monetary reward, and no one has released any screenshots so far. You can send the screenshots to them and take the reward if you want.

The news of 100 soldiers being killed a day in eastern Ukraine is not old news. It came from Zelensky himself yesterday. The BBC published this 20 hours ago as you can see in the screenshot below. We all know Zelensky is good at suppressing his casualties, so the real figure is higher. And that is just in the east.

Shoodboi:


Keep deceiving yourselves.

Komsomolskaya Pravda openly denied posting anything about 10,000 Russian soldiers being killed, and even dared any person or media agency esepcially CNN, to release screenshots that it ever published such, with the promise of monetary reward, and no one has released any screenshots so far. You can send the screenshots to them and take the reward if you want.

The news of 100 soldiers being killed a day in eastern Ukraine is not old news. It came from Zelensky himself yesterday. We all know Zelensky is good with suppressing his casualties, so the real figure is higher. And that is just in the east.

They got silenced by Putin.

Just as he silenced protesters. No be today. A dictator would always dictate.

gambojimeta:

They got silenced by Putin.

Just as he silenced protesters. No be today. A dictator would always dictate.

Stop showing us screenshots. Show us pictures and videos of the so-called 4000+ people getting arreted. Or you mean none of them, or even passersby, had a camera to record their activities.

Shoodboi:


Stop showing us screenshots. Show us pictures and videos of the so-called 4000+ people getting arreted. Or you mean none of them, or even passersby, had a camera to record their activities.

Dude, go and watch youtube. Maybe you don't have data.

I am waiting for your next excuse and deflection


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkcDHOIHt_o



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3MoMrX1bog



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa8xPVRR2l4



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAZqjIllcaE



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU1tj8J5ajM

gambojimeta:


Dude, go and watch youtube. Maybe you don't have data.

I am waiting for your next excuse and deflection

You keep going round in circles. I'm sure you didn't watch your videos and only picked them up from Youtube, else you'd see that it's just one person getting arrested here and there. And they are not even with banners or anything, indicating they are protesting the war. 150,000 Russian soldiers and national guard members defeating 800,000+ Ukrainian soldiers. What do you call that?

Shoodboi:


Stop showing us screenshots. Show us pictures and videos of the so-called 4000+ people getting arreted. Or you mean none of them, or even passersby, had a camera to record their activities.

Shoodboi:


You keep going round in circles. I'm sure you didn't watch your videos and only picked them up from Youtube, else you'd see that it's just one person getting arrested here and there. And they are not even with banners or anything, indicating they are protesting the war. 150,000 Russian soldiers and national guard members defeating 800,000+ Ukrainian soldiers. What do you call that?

I knew you would deflect as usual. You wanted video of arrest now you say here and there. Yes here and there till thousands got arrested.

I am not suprised at your deflection though. It's a trait of Putinistans on Nairaland.

I guess the grandma below was hiding a tissue paper


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3MoMrX1bog

gambojimeta:
Let's not forget Russia now trying to recruit over 40 people to fill for those killed in Ukraine.

Russia has 3 million soldiers. 1 million in active service and 2 million in reserve, and that is not counting the National Guard, border force, and other internal troops. The 150,000 soldiers it sent into Ukraine are less than 5% of its army, and they are not even its frontline troops. On top of that, most of those "soldiers" are not soldiers per se and are from the National Guard. So why would Russia recruit people over 40 to fight Ukraine when it can just deploy more soldiers, which it has refused to do.

Anyways, the super power countries below are ready to finish NATO

Bunch of clowns

Shoodboi:


Russia has 3 million soldiers. 1 million in active service and 2 million in reserve, and that is not counting the National Guard, border force, and other internal troops. The 150,000 soldiers it sent into Ukraine are less than 5% of its army, and they are not even its frontline troops. On top of that, most of those "soldiers" are not soldiers per se and are from the National Guard. So why would Russia recruit people over 40 to fight Ukraine when it can just deploy more soldiers, which it has refused to do.

Go and ask the Duma that are proposing the bill.

I thought you were Putin's minister of Information


Duma.gov.ru

gambojimeta:




I knew you would deflect as usual. You wanted video of arrest now you say here and there. Yes here and there till thousands got arrested.

I am not suprised at your deflection though. It's a trait of Putinistans on Nairaland.

I guess the grandma below was hiding a tissue paper


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3MoMrX1bog

It's a good thing you agree the video of this granma getting arrested is the only tangible evidence you have to prove people were arrested for protesting the war.

Now, you've proved one protester was arrested. Clap for yourself. Where is your evidence for the other 4299?

Shoodboi:


It's a good thing you agree the video of this granma getting arrested is the only tangible evidence you have to prove people were arrested for protesting the war.

Now, you've proved one protester was arrested. Clap for yourself. Where is your evidence for the other 4299?

Yawns

Anyway, enjoy your thread.