Hi shadowminister,
"I remember you saying that they were going to encircle the Ukrainians at Izyum. Once again you are wrong."
- Well maybe it's a bit soon to be talking about Lyman, but they are making progress in that direction.
I'm not sure I said what you quoted, but I probably did say (after Wagner PMG took Soledar) that soon it would be Bakhmut, Siversk, Lyman, Izyum.
I got Krasna Hora wrong, that's not yet fully captured, but it's only a matter of time.

Russians may have gone on a new offensive by this time next week after the ground has fully frozen, there's only a day or so left according to weather reports, but no-one knows what Russians is planning, - where and when.

Hi AC,

If you feel so strongly about the Russians - what
are you doing here - why not move there and you can
then give them your total support? Actually living
there for a while and experiencing things first-hand
would do you the world of good. It might even re-educate
you. So how about putting your money where your mouth is?

Please go - they really would appreciate a warrior
like you over there.

Alternatively, once you have experienced living
under the Russians - you can then go and fight
in the Ukraine and you can tell us about it once (and if)
you come back! There's a good chap! They tell you that the
Gulags are a great holiday destination.

Hey Foxy,
Typical leftist, want to cancel my right to speak freely, because she doesn't like me undermining her war against Putin.

I haven't been disrespectful to you, but the moment you imply I have no right to an opinion, that is the moment both you and your family who were given an opportunity for a new life in this country should go back to Lithuania, because you've worn out your welcome.
My family's been here since around 1800 and I have a tiny bit of indigenous in me, and my Great Grandfather won a Distinguished Service Medal for the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, earning me the right to say whatever the hell I want about this country.

By equal measure why don't you ship off to Ukraine and join the International Legion of Territorial Defense?
You always have to get snippy, it shows the type of person you really are.

Hi AC,

Why are you so defensive about who you support?
I'm not questioning your right to free speech -
just wondering why you're not doing more if you
feel so strongly. As for what your family has contributed
to this country? Mine has contributed just as much in
blood, sweat, and tears. And they are just as entitled to
be here as yours are even though may have come here
earlier.

As for us going back to Lithuania? Lithuania is the land
of our ancestors. Our lives and loyalties belong to
Australia. We have done what we could to help that country
get its independence. As for the Ukraine - we also have
made donations to their cause.

What have you don to help the Russian cause that you so firmly
believe in - apart from blabbering on the web?

That's why I was suggesting that you could perhaps do more.

As for my character. I'll match mine with yours any day of
the week old chap.