Meanwhile, the Ukrainian counter-offensive that has not yet begun seems to be going badly. Lots of casualties in manpower and armor (including a few Leopards) and little progress in moving forward. There is no air support and there are very few drones in the skies above the front line (Russian electronic warfare probably works well). There is no stampede, and attack helicopters shoot columns of armored vehicles like in a shooting range. Crimea cannot be won back in this way, Ukraine needs to try harder.
And here's how the protection is going. Russians will come to liberate you with tanks, rape your women, kill your dogs, murder men in cold blood, steal your cars and washing machines, drink all your alcohol and then blow up a dam or a nuclear power plant and destroy what's left. If I were to find myself under the protection of RF, I'd pack my bags and run West.
You forgot about trophy toilets and asphalt, without them the picture would be incomplete.Who said Ukraine counteroffensive is in Crimea mate.Don't you read the news,it is elsewhere but as president Zelensky says,no details will be provided except that they are seeing good results from heavy fighting in Donetsk and somewhere else.I am giving you a hint anyway so you can pass it on to the Russian commanders if they don't read this forum
and that is that Crimea will be the last territory to be restored to Ukraine after heavy fighting.They also have intercepted a call that clearly shows that Russia had blown the dam at Nova Khakova,unthinkable terror move but that is what Russia is nowadays.It seems that the strength of the resistance of the Russian troops and the level of losses among their own came as a surprise to the Ukrainian command. As a result of the battles of the last few days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have clearly not been able to achieve anything resembling a strategic success. The main task - to break through the first line of defense, create a bridgehead and develop an offensive - has not been completed. Officials do not know how to comment on what is happening. In the front-line cities they write about a large number of wounded, call for blood donation.
About Zaluchny. What the Russian rocket failed to do seems to have been successfully done by Zelensky (apparently fearing the growth of Zaluzhny's popularity) - Zaluzhny is now in the role of a wedding general and essentially does not command the General Staff, key decisions are made at the Headquarters, where there are more officials than professional military men. I think there are so many frankly stupid and failed decisions from here.