Russia-Ukraine War - News, Discussions & Updates

[TopGun786]

Then there was no need to poke and threat Russia.
Live and let live.

maybe
but think of this, Europe with exclusion of Russia is experiencing the most peaceful period, the most prosperous time in history.
while the russians with their cohorts live miserable lives as always the case. Nothing has changed, no matter who is power, Putin or Stalin.
what would be Russia without oil and gas?
can Putin make Russia to anything?

Then there was no need to poke and threat Russia.
Live and let live.

 

[Ё-МАЁ]

Russia has the right to demand that there be no enemies on its borders, says Trump

Donald Trump has made a number of statements that clearly indicate his position on the Ukrainian issue. According to the US president, Ukraine's accession to NATO has always been taboo for Russians, and this was long before Putin.

The main points made by the US president:
It is impossible for Crimea to be returned to Ukraine or for Kyiv to join NATO.
Trump assured that as long as he remains US president, there will be no American troops in Ukraine.
He claims that France, Britain and Germany want to deploy their forces in Ukraine, but this allegedly ‘will not create problems with Russia.’
European leaders at a meeting in the White House ‘understood’ the need for Ukraine to make territorial concessions.
Security guarantees for Ukraine cannot include NATO, but the US will be ready to help Europe with this.
Trump said that ‘Ukraine will get a lot of land.’
t.me/RVvoenkor

 

[Soldier35]

Residents of Kremenchuk have published footage of Russian Kh-101 missiles and Geran-2 drones striking the Kremenchuk oil refinery. The strike also hit the Ukrainian gas compressor station of the Lubensky linear production department of main gas pipelines in the Poltava region. It is worth noting that this is a repeat strike on the largest oil refining enterprise in Ukraine. The Ukrainian plant processes Azeri Light oil from Azerbaijan. Daytime footage from Kremenchuk residents resembles some kind of apocalyptic spectacle.

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[Viet]

amazing

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[Davey Crockett]

What’s Another $100B Amongst Perverts, Thieves, & Sh*t-For-Brains?

Europe To Spend $100BN It Doesn't Have, To Buy Weapons America Doesn't Have, To Arm Soldiers Ukraine Now Lacks<!-- --> | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

[Nuffle]

maybe
but think of this, Europe with exclusion of Russia is experiencing the most peaceful period, the most prosperous time in history.
while the russians with their cohorts live miserable lives as always the case. Nothing has changed, no matter who is power, Putin or Stalin.
what would be Russia without oil and gas?
can Putin make Russia to anything?

Dude, I don't live in Russia, you don't live in Russia.

What's the relevance of this?

I don't care if Russia is a sewer, if Europe is a paradise without problems. The central issue is the war and the shortsightedness of European leaders who are incompetent enough to solve their continental problems and are forced to call their Daddy to resolve the fight against Russia.

 

[F-22Raptor]

This is indeed a reliable source.

This is the same intelligence that claimed the Russians were carrying out assaults on Ukrainian positions with shovels.

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US estimates are also at 1M+ dead and wounded Russians

 

[F-22Raptor]

US estimates are also at 1M+ dead and wounded Russians

Trump and Rubio recently stated Russia has lost over 100,000 dead this year alone

 

[Nuffle]

US estimates are also at 1M+ dead and wounded Russians

Trump and Rubio recently stated Russia has lost over 100,000 dead this year alone

Dude, this is literally what Ukraine claims:

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,071,780 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

The number includes 890 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

kyivindependent.com

Do you really think you can believe these numbers?

You'd have to be very naive to believe this, not only regarding the total casualties but also the total casualties in 2025, which is the year with the fewest casualties in the Russian army since 2022:

Russian losses in the war with Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated

221,200 deaths confirmed by May 22

en.zona.media

Another thing: do you really want to believe that Russia has suffered such high losses when the exchange of Ukrainian and Russian bodies and prisoners is proportionally unequal to the Ukrainian side?

Russia has just returned the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, most of whom died on the front lines and some who died in captivity, while Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinski confirmed the exchange on his Telegram account, specifying that Kiev handed over the bodies of 19 soldiers.

Do you realize the disparity between the 1,000-19 bodies exchange?

The situation in Ukraine is very bad:

Ukraine war: Part 15. The reality behind a peace deal

rpdeans.blogspot.com

Read the blog above, propagandist.

 

[Viet]

Dude, I don't live in Russia, you don't live in Russia.

What's the relevance of this?

I don't care if Russia is a sewer, if Europe is a paradise without problems. The central issue is the war and the shortsightedness of European leaders who are incompetent enough to solve their continental problems and are forced to call their Daddy to resolve the fight against Russia.

there is a flaw in your logic.
one, you can’t choose your neighbours, two, war is not a specific european stuff. What’s about Pakistan-India or China-Philippines? No, I don’t live in Russia so usually I don’t care.
but the problem is the distance from where I am now, is not too far from the killing. Should the russians break thru Ukraine, crushing Poland, then Germany is next. you understand?
Same scenario should be a great war in Far East.

 

[Ё-МАЁ]

Should the russians break thru Ukraine, crushing Poland, then Germany is next. you understand?

You are reasoning purely hypothetically. What if Russia attacks Poland, or perhaps Poland attacks Russia? Both options are equally likely. And even the latter option is slightly more likely — Russia did not threaten Poland, but Poland did threaten Russia.

 

[vizier]

Weapon sales are fine but more fighter jets for Ukraine can later on threaten Russian positions especially further from itself, hard to reach areas like in Crimea and Kherson. Su-35s will have a very hard time against F16s backed by awacs data away from Ukraine borders. They didnt even down unmanned global hawk(only suspected 1 downed but not confirmed) detecting positions in crimea let alone awacs.
For a stable ceasefire some concessions from Donetsk areas can be made by Russia to cancel further F16s on Ukraine or at least place an upper limit of F16 numbers. The uncaptured cities dont have any strategic value other than trenches , obstacles created by Ukraine facing Russian positions. Ukraine can prepare dense fortifications behind those cities as well in a short period of time after the ceasefire. Those 3-5 small cities remaining in Donetsk does not have significant natural resources as well. They only have some symbolic value of gaining whole Donetsk borders and claiming victory of smo afterwards.

 

[Ё-МАЁ]

The main water supply channel for Donetsk is the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal, which connects the Seversky Donets River with the source of the Kalmius River. This canal supplies water to Donetsk and other settlements in the Donbass region.
The canal is 133.4 km long, of which 107 km is an above-ground section with a trapezoidal shape. According to Wikipedia, it is 30-40 metres wide and 6-30 metres deep. The canal is an extremely important facility for the region, and in the current situation in the region, its condition and operation are a cause for serious concern.
It is necessary for the entire canal to be under the control of Donetsk. That is why Slavyansk and Kramatorsk must be liberated. That is why the Donetsk region must be completely liberated.

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[vizier]

The main water supply channel for Donetsk is the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal, which connects the Seversky Donets River with the source of the Kalmius River. This canal supplies water to Donetsk and other settlements in the Donbass region.
The canal is 133.4 km long, of which 107 km is an above-ground section with a trapezoidal shape. According to Wikipedia, it is 30-40 metres wide and 6-30 metres deep. The canal is an extremely important facility for the region, and in the current situation in the region, its condition and operation are a cause for serious concern.
It is necessary for the entire canal to be under the control of Donetsk. That is why Slavyansk and Kramatorsk must be liberated. That is why the Donetsk region must be completely liberated.

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If it is a ceasefire agreement there would be a buffer zone of some 10-20km+ where ceasefire multinational observers would be stationioned. The canal will be inside that area where Ukraine cannot stop the flow of water and continious water flow can be an item in the agreements.

So a total capture would not be necessary. I doubt Ukraine will accept giving up territories so a compromise can be made to at least put an upper limit to its military build up especially airforce like total F16s cannot exceed 40 or similar. If they give up territories and dont recognise the area they can in future make the military build up to attack so an upper limit of F16s(and NPT ofcourse) is necessary in the agreement. Then ceasefire will hold a long time.

If they give up territories and recognise the areas then they are open to join nato or any other security organisation later on within several years since they dont have an ongoing military conflict that would automatically draw in other countries with an article 5 . It wont result in an immediate conflict scenario because Ukr would have recognised those areas captured by Russia and there would be security guarantees but Russia would fail in one of the major objectives of stopping expansion of Nato. Trump may block nato for Ukraine but a future president can accept it. Also a new British-France-Ukraine security pact is not much different than nato but if Russia accepts this that is another solution.

 

[F-22Raptor]

Dude, this is literally what Ukraine claims:

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,071,780 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

The number includes 890 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

kyivindependent.com

Do you really think you can believe these numbers?

You'd have to be very naive to believe this, not only regarding the total casualties but also the total casualties in 2025, which is the year with the fewest casualties in the Russian army since 2022:
View attachment 141917

Russian losses in the war with Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated

221,200 deaths confirmed by May 22

en.zona.media

Another thing: do you really want to believe that Russia has suffered such high losses when the exchange of Ukrainian and Russian bodies and prisoners is proportionally unequal to the Ukrainian side?

Russia has just returned the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, most of whom died on the front lines and some who died in captivity, while Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinski confirmed the exchange on his Telegram account, specifying that Kiev handed over the bodies of 19 soldiers.

Do you realize the disparity between the 1,000-19 bodies exchange?

The situation in Ukraine is very bad:

Ukraine war: Part 15. The reality behind a peace deal

rpdeans.blogspot.com

Read the blog above, propagandist.

Fatalities and Casualties: Russia has also suffered significant fatalities and casualties. As Figure 7 shows, there were as many as 250,000 Russian fatalities in Ukraine between February 2022 and May 2025, compared to a high of roughly 50,000 total Soviet and Russian fatalities in all wars combined between World War II and February 2022. That means that Russia has suffered as many as five times the number of fatalities in Ukraine (in just over 3 years) as in all Russian and Soviet wars combined since World War II (covering roughly 77 years). No Soviet or Russian war since World War II has even come close to Ukraine in terms of fatality rate.

In addition, over 950,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and wounded since the war began.36 As Figure 8 highlights, Russia’s daily average of casualties has increased every yearsince 2022. However, many of the soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine are from Russia’s Far North, Far East, and prisons—and are not the children of Moscow and St. Petersburg elites. Putin likely considers these types of soldiers more expendable and less likely to undermine his domestic political support base.37

Ukrainian fatality rates are also high at between 60,000 and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed, with a total of 400,000 casualties (which include both killed and wounded).38

Russia’s Battlefield Woes in Ukraine

Russia has performed poorly on the battlefield in Ukraine and will likely hit the 1 million casualty mark in the summer of 2025. New CSIS data details Russia's slow rate of advance, heavy losses of equipment, and significant casualties.

www.csis.org

The 1M+ figure is now widely recognized. Even the most conservative US figure I’ve seen had Russian casualties at 750K at the start of the year. Now with over 100K deaths confirmed this year by both Trump/Rubio Russian casualties would easily run over 900K now.