RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 27.10.2024
Including geopolitical issues affecting the balance of power in the ongoing end game war to establish our common future, a closely monitored prison planet or tolerance for diverse modes of governance.
THE ROAD TO THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION OF WORLD WAR III RUNS THROUGH HERE.
*** THE UKRAINIAN ARMY IS NEARING COLLAPSE ***
“Ukraine. What is the truth...?
Why won’t western media tell both sides…?”
VIRTUALLY UNREPORTED ATROCITY IN LUGANSK, 2nd JUNE 2014
A lot has been said about atrocities in the western media claimed to have been perpetrated by the Russians, for example at Bucha and Mariupol among others. These assertions are conveyed on the say so of the Ukrainian authorities. How willing though are western news broadcasters to convey atrocities attributed to the Ukrainians? The following will I think provide the answer.
If anyone wonders if they are receiving accurate coverage of the conflict in Ukraine I would suggest watching the video below of an event which occurred on the 2nd of June 2014 and ask themselves if they recall hearing about it on any mainstream media news channel at the time.
The video is harrowing to watch. The bodies (five women and three men) are real. Yet across western media there was only one single news report that occurred a day later. This was from CNN and occurred only because a CNN team happened to be nearby at the time of the atrocity and so the network could hardly ignore it as all others so obviously did.
The video below shows the unvarnished truth that was not considered newsworthy in western mainstream news.
THE SINGLE WESTERN MSM REPORT ON THE LUGANSK ATROCITY, 3rd JUNE 2014
The video at the CNN link below is the crime scene sanitised by CNN, though played straight with honest reporting on the scene not playing things to Kiev’s tune.
(There was a time early in the war in the Donbass when CNN were not afraid to contradict the Ukrainian regime in Kiev.) Watch, because it's the first and last time you will see this.
5 women and 3 men died, all civilians.
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Kursk encirclement, Donbass push and drone warfare: The past week in the Ukraine conflict.
Some 2,000 Ukrainian servicemen have ended up encircled in Russia’s Kursk Region.
The past week in the Ukraine conflict has seen intensive fighting along the front line, with active combat continuing in the border areas of Russia’s Kursk Region, as well as in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), where Moscow has reported making new gains.
The Russian military announced that it had secured two communities in the north of the republic: the village of Serebryanka, located immediately north of the town of Seversk, as well as Novosadovoye, an abandoned settlement adjacent to the border with the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR).
The latter gain marks a new milestone in Russia’s advance towards the town of Krasny Liman, which was re-captured by Kiev during its autumn 2022 offensive. The liberation of Serebryanka could potentially signal a change of the tide in the vicinity of Seversk, which has seen medium-to-high intensity combat throughout most of the ongoing conflict.
Donbass advance continues
The main frontline events in the DPR continued to unfold near the city of Pokrovsk (also known as Krasnoarmeysk), the last major population center under Ukrainian control in the west of the region.
The Russian military has taken control of Nikolayevka, a village located some 10km to the southeast of the city. It is located only 2km away from Myrnograd, a major town which effectively forms one agglomeration with neighboring Pokrovsk.
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Moscow’s forces have also continued to expand their zone of control to the south of Pokrovsk, liberating the village of Zoryanoye. Control over the village likely spells trouble for the Ukrainian garrison in Gornyak, a larger village to its northwest, which is reportedly already under the partial control of Russian forces.
Intense combat has been reported in Selidovo, a sizeable town located some 15km to the south of Pokrovsk. The Russian military reached it in mid-September but opted not to pursue a frontal assault, advancing on the town’s flanks instead.
Unverified footage circulating online suggests that roughly half of the town has already fallen under Moscow’s control, with Russian troops seen unfolding their country’s flag on a high-rise block located at the center of Selidovo. The buildings in the vicinity appear to be largely intact, suggesting that the advance was made without much fighting. Ukrainian forces in the town have reportedly become largely disorganized due to consistent flanking attacks, with the Russian assault teams sipping through the fragmented defenses.
On Friday, multiple Ukrainian online outlets reported a large Russian force breaking into Vyshnevoye, a small nearby village west of the town. The partial encirclement is expected to further aggravate Ukrainian logistics in the area, with the whole town now supplied via a single road, which has been coming under repeated shelling by the Russian troops.
Ukrainian units encircled in Kursk
The Russian military has continued its effort to dislodge Kiev’s forces from the border areas of Kursk Region, which Ukraine invaded in early August. Most active hostilities have continued in the northwest of the area, namely in the vicinity of the villages of Daryino, Zeleny Shyakh, Nizhny Klin, Novoivanovka, Lubimovka and other locations.
Russian forces have reported repelled multiple assaults over the week, as well as conducted attacks on Ukrainian forces in the area. However, no new territorial gains have officially been announced.
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On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said some 2,000 Ukrainian servicemen had wound up encircled in Kursk Region. The troops are trapped in an area measuring 6 by 15 km and Russian forces are working to eliminate the pocket, the president revealed.
Putin did not elaborate on exactly where the Ukrainian forces were encircled and the military is remaining silent on the matter. The pocket is likely located to the south of the villages of Olgovka and Kremyanoye, apparently stretching to the southeast and presumably centered on a small forest some 2.5 km in diameter.
The servicemen who ended up encircled are likely the remnants of disorganized Ukrainian units that had retreated from the aforementioned villages. While being severed from any solid logistics routes, the units trapped in the pocket presumably still have a remote chance of connecting with the forces controlling the village of Malaya Loknya, some 17km to the southeast of Olgovka, through a system of minor dirt roads running across open fields.
Kiev’s forces have apparently tried to dislodge the trapped forces from the pocket, launching multiple attacks on Zeleny Shyakh, a tiny village some 11km to the south of Olgovka, located on the key paved road in the area. Footage circulating online shows a sizable armored Ukrainian unit speeding towards the village along the road. The detachment comes under heavy fire, with at least one of the tanks ending up knocked out by Russian FPV drones.
Attack drones rule Kursk Region’s skies
Over the week, the Russian military has continued to actively use medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) strike drones to search for and destroy Ukrainian armor in Kursk Region.
Such drones made a surprise comeback to the front line amid the Ukrainian incursion into the region, where Kiev’s forces apparently lack extensive anti-aircraft and electronic warfare coverage. While both sides used MALE drones extensively early in the conflict, they were later rendered ineffective as the front stabilized.
One of the new videos released by the military shows an Inokhodets (Orion) MALE drone striking a Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer. The artillery piece is concealed in a wooded area with only its heated barrel protruding from the shrubbery seen in thermal footage. It apparently sustained a direct hit, with flames visible at the site.
Another new Inokhodets video shows a drone apparently striking a Ukrainian electronic jammer station, a system used to counter UAVs. The station was deployed in a wooded area with its distinctive cupola seen above the foliage. It was not immediately clear whether it was a deployable version of Nota or one mounted on an armored car.
A Ukrainian tank was also taken out in a drone strike, another video released by the Russian military shows. It was discovered parked near a wooded area, with a group of Ukrainian servicemen seen by the vehicle. The tank reportedly sustained a direct hit into its roof, with the blast affecting the nearby troops as well.
Rear strikes continue
The Russian military has continued its concentrated effort to find and destroy high-value Ukrainian assets, staging areas and logistics hubs in the near rear, striking the identified targets with aerial bombs and ballistic missiles.
On Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said it destroyed a temporary accommodation point located in the Ukrainian-controlled Donbass town of Kurakhovo. The installation housed Ukrainian UAV operators and instructors, with up to 50 servicemen killed and seven pieces of unspecified military hardware taken out in the strike.
The building used to house the drone operators was hit by a three-ton FAB-3000 high-explosive bomb, apparently fitted with a Universal Correction and Guidance Module (UMPK) winged upgrade kit. The massive munition flattened the building with a large fire observed at the site, footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows.
The Russian military has destroyed a German-made IRIS-T anti-aircraft system, footage circulating online suggests. Multiple systems of the type have been destroyed over the past few months and such units have now become a somewhat rare sight near the front line.
The IRIS-T was reportedly detected near the village of Velikaya Kostromka, in Ukraine’s Krivoy Rog Region. It was on its way to its firing position and repeatedly made stops to hide in wooded areas along the way.
When it finally reached its position, it was hit by a Russian Lancet-family loitering munition. The strike sparked a fire on board, with the crew of the anti-aircraft system showing little effort to try and extinguish it, presumably due to fear of a double-tap strike, footage suggests.
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Vladimir Putin expressed hope that Western governments heard his warnings against striking deep into Russia.
“They did not report to me, but, I hope, they heard [my warning]," Putin said in an interview with Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin.
Ukraine cannot independently use long-range weapons; this can only be done by specialists from NATO countries, which is why the issue is not about granting permission to Kiev to use such weapons against Russia, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“It’s not a matter of whether someone is allowed to use this weapon against Russia. I have already talked about this in my very first statement… Ukrainian forces cannot use this weapon independently,” Putin said.
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The president emphasized that only NATO specialists can perform this task as it requires space intelligence, which Ukraine lacks, as well as experts who will use the data from this intelligence to issue flight missions and conduct "a whole range of other manipulations."
"The Ukrainian army cannot do this on its own … What's happening now is being done by NATO officers. The only question is whether they will allow themselves to carry out strikes deep into Russian territory or not. That is the question," Putin explained.
The direct participation of Western countries in the conflict would alter its nature, and Moscow would be forced to make decisions based on the threats that would be created against Russia, Putin has warned.
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Trump vs. Harris: What Lies Ahead for Ukraine and Russia-NATO Relations After US Election?
The Ukraine conflict will most likely leave a raft of problems for the next US president, including the cost of US aid to Kiev, potential peace talks, and the extent of NATO's involvement in the standoff.
The two US presidential candidates offer seemingly different approaches to the conflict in Ukraine, Ian Proud, a former British diplomat who served as economic counselor at the British Embassy in Moscow, told Sputnik.
"Kamala Harris offers very much more of the same in terms of what the Biden administration has offered to this conflict. Which is unflinching support for the government in Kiev and no change in terms of their posture towards negotiations with Russia, which basically means no talks with Moscow," Proud pointed out.
He suggested that if Harris wins the election, "she will find it much more difficult to provide the level of financial support to Kiev that has been possible under the Biden administration, when over $100 billion in support is being provided," something that Proud says would “make her [Harris’s] job harder."
"She'll continue to support whatever Volodymyr Zelensky says he wants to do, but what she might not be able to do is provide him with the amount of money and the amount of weapons that he seeks. This then causes scope for friction between her government and the Ukrainian government," the ex-UK diplomat said.
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As for Donald Trump, he has repeatedly underscored that "the war should really end" and that it is "far better to kind of cut a deal with Russia, put an end to the conflict, and then start a kind of long-term peace process," Proud recalled.
"That is a very significant difference from what Harris would offer, [and] whether he's able to deliver that - let's see," the analyst said, pointing to Trump’s public statements that "he would not want to provide the unending financial resources to prop up the government in Kiev, which is gradually losing the war."
In a separate interview with Sputnik, Earl Rasmussen, an international consultant and retired lieutenant colonel with over 20 years in the US Army, focused on how the two candidates could deal with NATO-related issues.
"I believe Harris will actually be more aggressive, push for more NATO, push stronger on strengthening NATO, to the amount that she can, will probably strengthen the support to Ukraine and all conflicts around the world," Rasmussen argued.
There is "a lot of the neo-conservative party, neo-liberal[s], [that] are all backing her. The warmongers are the ones in her corner and even President Biden has never gone against any type of intervention or a war. I see Harris being the more hawkish of the two candidates," Rasmussen pointed out.
Donald Trump is an "indicated non-interventionist," he said. "[Trump] reaches out to have a dialog. He reached out to [Chinese] President Xi [Jinping] last time, he reached out to North Korea, [Russian] President Putin. He tries to talk to all sides, not just closing up with the current administration," according to the analyst.
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"If there's any hope for resolving this [the Ukraine conflict ], it's going to be through President Trump. Trump has more of a mitigating factor within there," the expert claimed.
He, however, warned that previously Trump had likewise talked about improving relations with Russia, but instead he applied "God knows how many sanctions" on Moscow, during which "tensions got worse."
As for NATO members, they're afraid of Trump because they don't know what he's going to do, the analyst noted. "It's unpredictable. They don't know if he's going to withdraw funding. If the US pulls out of NATO, it falls apart completely," Rasmussen said.
The analyst suggested that if Trump wins the election, "he'd be more independent to do what he wants to do" even though there are advisors behind the scenes. There are "people in the background like the Obamas and the Clintons" who play a role, Rasmussen concluded.
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Vance suggests possible peace terms for Ukraine.
Kiev could end up ceding territory to Russia to end the hostilities, the Republican vice-presidential candidate has said.
Kiev could ultimately decide to give up some territories it claims in exchange for peace, Donald Trump’s pick for vice president J.D. Vance has suggested, adding that both Russia and Ukraine have been “exhausted” by the ongoing conflict.
Vance made the remarks on Thursday on News Nation’s town hall to discuss issues such as abortion, migration, and housing. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine was also part of the discussion with Vance pointing towards a possible resolution.
“They’re both struggling to find men, because primarily men are in those countries that are fighting the war. But they’re struggling to find women, too. They’re struggling to get the equipment necessary to send to the front lines. Their economies are exhausted. Whole parts of their country have been destroyed,” Vance claimed.
In order to end the hostilities, Vance suggested, both Moscow and Kiev would have to make certain concessions. Asked whether he believed Ukraine would end up in a situation where it has to cede some lands to Russia, he suggested it could ultimately become a decision Kiev would have to make.
“When you talk to… Ukrainian leaders, especially in private but even in public, they’re starting to say this now. They’re saying this can’t go on forever. They don’t have the manpower, they don’t have the equipment, they don’t have the money. And so, I think ultimately… Ukraine is going to have to make that decision,” he stated.
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Russia would also have to “make the decision about what it will do to stop the fighting,” Vance noted, without elaborating. While one does not necessarily have to “like Russia,” it is necessary to bring Kiev and Moscow together and “engage in some real diplomacy.”
Kiev has repeatedly refused to take part in any meaningful negotiations, with Ukraine’s leader Vladimir Zelensky explicitly prohibiting himself from taking part in such talks. Moscow, however, has repeatedly signaled readiness to negotiate to bring the conflict to its conclusion.
Regaining control over all the territory Ukraine ended up with after the collapse of the Soviet Union has seemingly been the key objective for Kiev, with the country’s leadership repeatedly proclaiming that as its ultimate goal. Moscow, however, regards the five formerly Ukrainian regions, including Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as the Crimean Peninsula, as integral parts of its territory, and has been demanding that Kiev pull its troops from the areas it controls in them, in order to kickstart the negotiations process.
Vance suggests possible peace terms for Ukraine.
UK / EUROPE
Medvedev promises ‘fireworks’ at German military factory in Ukraine
Rheinmetall has just confirmed the launch of its first production facility in the country.
A view of Leopard 2 tanks at a new munitions factory of German defence contractor Rheinmetall on February 12, 2024 in Unterluess, Germany.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has quipped that he anticipates a “fireworks display” at German industrial giant Rheinmetall’s new weapons manufacturing facility in Ukraine. The company announced on Saturday that one of its production plants in the country is already operational.
Germany's largest arms maker finalized plans to establish a joint venture with the state-owned Ukroboronprom defense group earlier this year, to manufacture artillery ammunition, armored vehicles and air-defense systems. As part of the partnership agreement, Rheinmetall, which produces a vast array of weapons including Leopard tanks, stated that it would build four factories on Ukrainian soil.
Moscow responded to the announcement with a warning that such facilities are considered “legitimate targets” for Russian strikes.
On Saturday, Rheinmetall's director, Armin Papperger, confirmed that “things are progressing” in Ukraine and “the first plant is already ready.”
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“We have many good plans. The first plant is already operational,” he said during an interview with Ukrainian news channel TSN. “The Ukrainian defense industry is our partner."
“Currently, we have a production facility and a maintenance facility. By the end of the year, we will have the first state-of-the-art Lynx infantry fighting vehicle in Ukraine. At the moment, we are servicing infantry fighting vehicles as well as main battle tanks,” he added, noting that the joint venture has proven productive.
Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, commented on the development, implying that the newly built plant will be targeted by the Russian military.
Germany's Rheinmetall has launched the first of its four weapons manufacturing plants in Ukraine. As promised, we're looking forward to seeing some Russian fireworks on the premises. pic.twitter.com/nNIsCCJW5l
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) October 26, 2024
“The German company Rheinmetall has launched the first of four military factories in Ukraine. As previously promised, we eagerly await a celebratory Russian 'fireworks display' right at the production site,” he said in a post on X and his Telegram channel, accompanying the message with a short video of an explosion.
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Rheinmetall had previously stated that the Ukrainian conflict has “significantly improved business performance” and nearly doubled the company’s operating profit in the first half of 2024. The company expects to receive orders exceeding €60 billion ($64.8 billion) by the end of this year.
Moscow has repeatedly denounced Western involvement in the conflict, arguing that efforts to support Kiev only benefit the military-industrial complex at the expense of EU and US taxpayers. Russia maintains that no amount of military aid to Ukraine will change the outcome of the conflict and will only prolong the fighting.
Medvedev promises ‘fireworks’ at German military factory in Ukraine.
MULTIPOLARITY - RUSSIA-CHINA / BRICS
Here’s why this week’s BRICS summit will eventually be seen as a milestone.
The group’s success means that the West is no longer totally in control of international systems.
This week’s BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, caused a stir, which is understandable. It was a major event in terms of both representation and concept. Everyone is free to evaluate it in their own way, but it cannot be dismissed an unimportant.
If we turn away from the ceremonial and social part of the event, we should distinguish two aspects of the international assembly, which are related but don’t coincide.
The first is meaningful measures agreed, or shall we say: concrete results, in the here and now. Here, a discerning commentator will notice that there are more declarations than practical plans. Ambitious areas of action have been declared, but only as tasks. There is a basic consensus on the issues discussed (an achievement in itself, given the very diversity of participants and guests), but in some places it’s very streamlined. Finally, contrary to talk of BRICS ushering in a fundamentally new world order, the final declaration devotes considerable space to supporting the more effective functioning of existing institutions, from the UN Security Council to the International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization.
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The second is long-term. In this respect, the Kazan forum may be seen as a milestone. BRICS has reached a new level, where a prestigious but rather amorphous club has now become a significant meeting place. It is necessary to be at the table because, firstly, important things are being discussed there and, secondly, a key global trend is taking shape. Namely, an alternative space to the one organized around the institutions (and interests) of the West. In a sense, the main function of BRICS is its status as an anti-monopoly group, ensuring competition by restricting the monopolist, in this case on a global scale.
The fight against cartels is never easy, in any context. It’s a long process, but it has begun and it’s actually developing faster than might have been expected. The conditions have been in place for some time. So, the main thing about BRICS, no matter how many problems and oddities arise in and around this community, is that it corresponds to the rationale of the development of the global system.
The importance of progress along all these lines varies for different members of the association; for some it is a priority, for others it’s more like “why not?” But this difference of opinion does not change the direction of travel.
Here’s why this week’s BRICS summit will eventually be seen as a milestone.
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VICTORY BELONGS TO RUSSIA: IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
Each day that passes makes a conclusive Russian victory in the Donbass and beyond more certain. As Russia bolsters her forces, and weaponry, those of Ukraine decrease. Russian forces gain ready access to rest and recuperation as troop numbers increase. The increasingly exhausted and demoralised Ukrainian troops have an ever decreasing prospect of such respite. This situation is likely to bring them to complete breakdown as Russia unleashes the firepower of the more modern and advanced weaponry that is arriving with the newly mobilised Russian troops.
The various Ukrainian offensives are now weak when confronted by the reinforced Russian lines. A few futile efforts achieve quite miserable results before fire reigns down on the Ukrainian troops and they are forced back to their starting positions.
And now, all this being said, we have arrived at the wet, and later, freezing conditions where these pathetic Ukrainian forces will be subject to myriad forms of abject misery with death and injury all around them while they lie sodden or frozen, abandoned to their fate by Kiev.
The pitiable young and old of Ukraine have been frogmarched to their deaths as cannon-fodder while the bestial elites of the collective West urge their "president" to add more to their number there at the gates of Hell and their doom. We must feel for the majority of them as they are not the Nazis we revile, in most part they are decent men, fathers, sons, brothers, husband and uncles, who no doubt saw through the coup of 2014 for what it was. But sadly, their fate seems sealed.
Nothing will stop Russia now. Every factor favours them. Victory will be Russia's. In Donbass and beyond and in due course across the world.
Victory belongs to Russia: It is now only a matter of time.
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WILL THE WEST EVER ACKNOWLEDGE ITS TOTAL FAILURE IN UKRAINE?
What is the situation in Ukraine free of all western political bias & its mirror image across western mainstream media? Isn't the obvious truth that the West has been soundly beaten in Ukraine?
The Russian military is pushing relentlessly forward, liberating strategic villages and positioning itself to take small towns all across the Donbass region and in particular within the territory west of Donetsk City. The Ukrainian forces are putting up some resistance but holes in the Ukrainian defense line are leaving areas without the support needed. This is due to the increasing problems of lack of manpower, the virtual elimination of Ukrainian air defenses and of inability to replace ammunition. Over the last year and more Russia has vastly increased its military manpower with an estimated 1,400 volunteers per day entering the Russian military and going on to receive extensive training.
While Russia’s manpower resources have steadily increased, those of the Kiev regime have decreased at an unsustainable level. In the last many months the attrition rate of Ukrainian troops being taken off the battlefield dead or wounded has run at a level of approximately 1,000 per day. The Kiev regime has, at the same time, struggled to recruit and train additional troops. Ukrainian men are hiding in their apartments, sometimes venturing out disguised as women or are fleeing to the Romanian border in an attempt to escape mobilization. All Ukrainian men not yet in the army know that to be dragooned off the streets and sent to the front with minimal training is a death sentence.
More and more of those Ukrainians who have been frogmarched to the front, often elderly men who absolutely should not be there (the average of a Ukrainian trooper is reported to be 45) cannot possibly stand for long against the highly trained and constantly refreshed Russian troops, given regular downtime away from the front lines. The Russian troops are, in addition, highly trained as opposed to Ukrainian conscripts who receive 6 weeks at most), armed with the latest kit and equipment (again in contrast to the lack of weapons in Ukraine) and have a constant supply of the various resources needed to sustain life at the front. In addition, the Russian military has at least a six to one advantage, and sometimes as high as a ten to one advantage in firepower in terms of artillery. Russian logistical supply is becoming more and more problem free as battle lines are straightened. Add to all this a Russian military complex that is now in high gear, consistently producing more planes, drones, missiles, artillery, tanks, shells and ammunition all the time. With hypersonic and supersonic missiles on stream and a Ukrainian air force all but decimated, allowing Russia to rule the skies, being realistic what chance does Ukraine have?
The Ukrainian offensive the summer before last was conclusively defeated by Russia with the Ukrainian military not even reaching Russia’s defensive lines, never mind the locations aimed for far behind them. At the cost of over thirty five thousand lives the regime managed to take almost no territory, all of which has now been taken back by Russia. The western powers talk of the possibility of Ukraine mounting another offensive in 2025, but with Russia now in full flood, taking more territory every day that dawns and Ukraine struggling in almost every possible area, the chances of this occurring are decreasing every day and are essentially zero.
In addition to all this, if that were not enough, the western powers are both running out of military supplies to send to Ukraine while at the same time losing all ability or willingness to keep send endless $billions to a side quite obviously losing. While the West loses faith in an always atrociously bad bet in Ukraine the majority of the world’s great powers are uniting in opposition to these constantly bad bets the West keeps making. The Kazan summit just ended showed this with utmost clarity.
It must be evident to any serious observer by now that the independent military experts are correct when they say that Russia will prevail even if it is simply on the basis of a far greater ratio of resources compared to that available to the Ukrainian regime. This despite the pouring of weaponry and monetary support into Ukraine by the western powers, the level of which is set to diminish greatly over the coming months.
When it became clear that Russia had withstood the onslaught of western financial and economic sanctions, and even began to prosper economically while the West suffered, it was clear Russia would prevail. It would have been sensible and pragmatic for the western powers to convince Zelensky to halt his futile resistance when this became clear. It is obvious that the West was relying on a double whammy of a weakened Russia through sanctions and isolation by the majority of nations along with the expense of Ukrainian blood and treasure, to effect a victory. Now, after the complete failure of all the West, Zelensky and his military have done, there can be no stopping Russia regarding the attainment of its goals.
However the western allies and their media try to slice it the end will be humiliating for them. The USA and UK will be seen to have failed spectacularly. In addition it is inevitable that will see heads fall all across the EU. Brussels will have to eat crow and cough up billions from EU taxpayers to put rump Ukraine back into some kind of decent shape again. Russia will reinforce its governance in all its new territories, bringing all the benefits of Russian pensions, health care, education, salaries, infrastructure such as airports, rail lines, motorways etc. etc.
Ten years from now the entire region will be transformed and any historian looking back will surely remark at the utterly disastrous folly of the West in engaging in an effort, pushed by the USA to weaken Russia that rebounded so disastrously upon them. The historians of the future will surely shake their heads in utter disbelief that such arrant and unmitigated stupidity, flagrant loss of life and catastrophic self-inflicted wounds could ever be allowed to take place.
