"It is believed that a missile strike has killed Putin's top war commander General Valery Gerasimov."

- Maybe by gullible morons like you.
This news has been out for 3 days, no evidence for it.

"Russia has destroyed zero Ukraine patriot batteries, and the only missiles to get through hit civilian areas. Another Russian war crime."
- There's a number of missiles Ukraine can't hit.

You'd be one of the morons that thinks Ukraine can shoot down Kinzhals

"Russia's combat effectiveness is less than 50% of what it was in Feb 2022."
- Ukraine's must be about 10% then because Russia is making small gains all across the front.

"On January 2nd, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the Kremlin deployed one of the country’s 1K148 Yastreb-AV counter-battery radar systems to Ukraine, a machine it described as one of its most modern radars valued at about US250m. It lasted less than 2 hours on the battlefield before Ukrainian HIMARS destroyed it."

Russia is losing this war.

Well that sucks for them, but it doesn't mean they're losing the war.

Why don't we talk about the absurd fantasy that Ukraine can take back Crimea?
This is the lying basis for which the USA wish to kick this can down the road a little longer.
So many people I've watched, military analysts etc. say it's NOT REALISTICALLY POSSIBLE.
These are the same people who said your stupid counteroffensive would fail, and it did - spectacularly.

THE ABSURDITY OF THE NEOCON NARRATIVE ON UKRAINE TAKING BACK EASTERN REGIONS AND CRIMEA
http://www.youtube.com/live/7Ydb-6-imqw

Why Ukraine's 2024 Strategy Will Fail & Why Isolating Crimea is Impossible
http://youtu.be/OICQE1vIqz0

Democrats don't want to lose this war on Biden's watch as it will affect his re-election.
Republicans don't want to inherit this losing war on their watch.
Neoconservatives want more wars.

America spend 15 years creating this mess, since they announced in 2008 plans for Ukraine and Georgia to join NATO.
America blew the whole thing, failing to create a political crisis that would lead to Putins ousting, failing to win the war in Ukraine, they wasted their counter-offensive, convinced themselves the Russians would run away, and blew it at the final mile because of elections and funding, what a joke.

When America starts a fight with China and we are dragged in, and it's an election year and America says sorry Australia, it's not politically convenient for us to assist you right now...
- About what we could expect from that crumbling empire.

America can't even fight the Houthis.
They're almost begging them, please stop.
If the situation escalates, they might be the losers at the end of the day.

Hi AC,

You should recognise the three pillars of Russian propaganda in Ukraine. One is the notion that western military aid will only cause needless death and destruction. The second is that the conduct of a war in Ukraine is having no impact upon Russian military resources. The third is that by helping Ukraine, western nations might provoke a larger war.

The war against Russia still has strong support among Ukrainians. Critical for them is the supply of weapons. Ukrainian commanders realise that Russia will run out of resources to maintain the war, so for them it is a lobbying and waiting game.

Me thinks 'the three pillars of Russian propaganda'
- Is western propaganda.

"The war against Russia still has strong support among Ukrainians."
Yeah, I've seen how enthusiastic people are to go to the front when recruiters are dragging men off the street into vans.

No good options for them AC, but far more Ukrainians think capitulation to Russia the worst choice of all. I think that the Ukrainian army is waiting for the arrival of more weapons as they believe they will enhance any offensive operations they conduct. I also think that Russia has been going all out conducting assaults as they realise that things are about to get a lot tougher.

I'll be surprised if Ukraine doesn't try to take back Crimea this year.