Quote from: paxmao on Today at 06:08:28 PM

Quote from: BADecker on October 19, 2024, 08:31:41 PM

More on Zelensky threatening nukes. If Ukraine isn't allowed to join Nato, Zelensky will build nukes that nobody but he controls.
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Absolutely. As said Ukraine HAD nukes, enough to make it the third country with more Nukes in the world at that time. Not only that, they had very modern strategic bombers. And he is absolutely right, if Ukraine had chosen to keep the nukes they had, Ruzzia would have to think twice before attacking.

But let's be specific: Zelensky is not "threatening nukes", Zelensky is saying that Ukraine needs to have a way of deterring aggression.

I know you cannot do this because you are a psychopath, but try for a moment to be Ukraine as nation:

- You have been invaded not once, but twice by an aggressive and bigger neighbour.
- Your neighbour has shown clear signs of wanting to continue this pattern.
- Nobody on the outside is helping you decissively.
- The only alliance that can protect you cannot accept you (or will not accept you) as a member.

You need to solve your problem and there is only one thing that may give you the right leverage.

But just to make it veeeeery easy for you, I am now going to write in Texan: "If you are threatened by people with guns, the Texan solution is to buy guns of your own".

BTW Ukraine is not threatening the US, whereas Ruzzia is creating a situation in which many countries are considering having nukes and increasing their arsenal.

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Where you err is in the fact that Zelensky cancelled elections. This takes away freedom from the people. But Texas guns IS freedom for the people. You continue to show how backward and self-contradictory you are.

Keep it up. Your talk simply shows how ignorant you are.

Bad news for Kyiv: Elite Ukrainian troops SURRENDER to Russians in Kursk

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-10-18-elite-ukrainian-troops-surrender-in-kursk-region.html
Troops from Ukrainian elite units deployed to Russia's Kursk region have laid down their arms and surrendered, dealing a serious blow to Kyiv's war effort.

Maj. Gen. Apty Alaudinov, the commander of the Russian Akhmat Special Forces battalion, confirmed this in an Oct. 15 interview with journalist Vladimir Solovyov. The commander rejected claims by Ukraine that Russian soldiers executed nine Ukrainian service members in Kursk, many of whom were drone operators.

Alaudinov dismissed the claim as a psy-op, arguing that Kyiv "needs to create fake news to discourage its military from surrendering" as many Ukrainian service members "openly say they can fight no more." Despite these, the commander pointed out that enemy troops "often decide to surrender anyway."

"What's interesting is that the units that they considered to be the most unassailable and elite, they are also beginning to slowly lean toward surrendering as they want to stay alive," the Akhmat commander told Solovyov.

According to Alaudinov, Moscow is ready to spare even those who serve in the Aidar Battalion or Azov Brigade if they lay down their arms. The two brigades have been accused of having neo-Nazi sympathies. It is worth noting that "denazification" was one of Russia's goals for launching the "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022.

Several Western media outlets have reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) is struggling with exhaustion, low morale and desertion. Many of the reinforcements arriving at the front, who were pressed into service through Ukraine's draconian military draft, suffer from inadequate training. In turn, this only worsens the problems mentioned.

Ukraine launched a large-scale incursion into Kursk in early August, allocating some of its best troops for the offensive. While they initially made some progress, the Russian government said its forces managed to halt the Ukrainian advance and later pushed them back. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukraine has lost more than 23,000 troops since the start of the attack. (Related: Ukraine's offensive in Kursk region is the first direct attack on Russia since WWII.)

Russia appears to be winning the war
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