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Just to rant a bit more:
This article implies that the around ten visually confirmed Ukrainian tank losses (see Oryx on Twitter) "verify" Putin's claim of 150 lost Ukrainian tanks. That's a really fringe logic.
Completely neglecting the failure to take Kyiv and eventusl retreat, the routing of the russian army on Kharkiv, the russian retreat from Kherson. Those sham-referenda (which do not adhere to any proper election standards whatsoever) were conducted abour territory which russia does not even fully control.
The North Stream 1+2 pipelines were put of service before their destruction. The opening of NS2 was halted when the russian invasion happened, and NS1 was not delivering any gas because russia cut the supply on their own initiative. This article is insinuating that the US destroyed those pipelines and damaged its partners by this, but even if it had been the US, the damage was already done - by Russia.
That's just laughable at this point.
Very interesting assessment. They trained 9 new brigades for this counteroffensive and are committing a minimal force at the moment. I don't understand the demographic they're trying to capture with this article, it just seems a bit silly. If there's no visible progress by September and with a much greater dedicated force than now then sure I think we should worry; the war is far from over and there is a dangerous road ahead for Ukraine.
i honestly cannot wait for smug germans to take the L