But I was told that Ukraine is winning and Russia is in tatters.
You know, weirdly enough. Back in my idiot libertarian years, I didn’t see the world of :1984: as a representation of “Stalinist Russia” or something. But of neoliberal US and UK… Huh, :1984: was instrumental in me becoming a :red-team:. lol
Despite the crowing about Stalinism, 1984 was absolutely moreso based on the state of the UK at the time. Orwell wrote about how his letters were opened by UK intelligence before getting them, how he felt obligated to write propaganda for the BBC to support the war effort a direct analogue to Winston, democracy was at the time effectively suspended in the UK, and the ‘ministries’ mentioned are direct references to the UK ministries. So you were surely right.
This came through on my news feed today with the headline “Is this the turning point? War in Ukraine”
Here’s the turning point:
If you can’t spot it, it’s that tiny blue area in the zaporizhzhia oblast, on the border of the red area.
Lmao, they should’ve made the reclaimed teritorries red for visibility but nooooooo that’s the evil team color! We can’t use that! The good guys are historically blue and so are we! Lmao.
I’ll forever be a
To be fair, Russian media also uses red for their own side, and has been so since the Soviet times (the Red Army after all) and everyone is already used to the color scheme.
Why are you pretending to be Polish if you don’t know what the Red Army is?
you don’t get it…once they hit that checkpoint, the red map will turn blue, and that basically means a checkmate for ukraine.
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Inifinitely prolong the suffering. Nice job, very humane
What weapons can they be given that are going to fix their manpower issue. Clones? Robots? Weapons don’t do much without people to use them, and trained in how to use them properly.
I suppose a few more teenagers will be old enough to be conscripted by 2025.
Ukraine is pressuring EU countries who accepted Ukrainian refugees to repatriate Ukrainian men of military age for conscription.
They’re scraping the barrel now and I don’t see how they can stave off military collapse even if the EU countries agree.
Also a breach of international refugee law (being a type of refoulement) but of course what’s a violation of international law or two if it’s plucky wholesome Ukraine doing it?
Moscow by Christmas?
