It doesn't matter that they are trolls. What matters is how many and who believe them.

How long will it take before Ukraine takes back the land it lost to Russia... which I have termed the Black Sea Corridor? Are they doing this? Can they do it? If they don't or can't, the whole Ukrainian game is stupid, and exists only going to kill off more of them.

The Ukrainian move needs to be proven long-term correct before anyone can know it is correct.

I agree that an all-out win one way or the other is a silly thought. But that isn't what I said.

The war was provoked by Ukraine since before 2014. Then, when it hit them, they couldn't stop Russia from taking the Black Sea Corridor. All that Russia has been doing is sitting back and keeping what they took. Can Ukraine take it back? That's the question.

Ukraine is mobilizing the US and Nato, because there isn't any more Ukraine left to mobilize. Russia is mobilizing Russia, and making in-roads into mobilizing China, Iran, Africa and who-knows-who-else. Besides, Belarus is just sitting there waiting for somebody to make a serious move against Russia.

The US and Nato bit off more than they are willing to chew. It might be a long war, but Russia will come out victorious. They have essentially proven it already with the Black Sea Corridor.

I don't know the future any better than anyone else. The US might take back the Black Sea Corridor for Ukraine tomorrow. We'll just have to wait and see.

It's very cool that there are successes near Kursk, but who in the Donbas will stop the Russian army? Things are going terribly this way. Kramatorsk and Slavyansk will soon be under attack.

Seems that the slow news has finally seen the way that Ukraine caused the fires.


Kiev’s attack on nuclear plant designed to cause fire – director

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https://www.rt.com/russia/602490-zaporozhye-npp-ukraine-drone-attack/
The Ukrainian drone that ignited a blaze at the Zaporozhye NPP contained an accelerant, according to the facility’s director

The Ukrainian drone that caused a blaze inside one of the cooling towers of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) appears to have carried a special incendiary liquid intended to spread fire more rapidly, the facility’s director, Yury Chernichuk, has claimed.

The cooling towers, which perform the important function of removing excess heat from nuclear reactors, came under attack on Sunday evening. The fire did not compromise the structural integrity of the massive concrete construction, which is over a 100m tall, but certain plastic elements inside were destroyed, Chernichuk told journalists on Monday.

The drone, he said, “entered the tower from above and detonated.” Judging by how fast the fire spread, the official presumes that it carried something such as petroleum or napalm. “The fire spread very fast over a large area,” he added.

Chernichuk said that an assessment was being carried out to determine how long it will take to repair the tower. Monitors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog, were given a tour of the location, Chernichuk added.
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Germany is starting it. Well, not really. Hungary already did.

Will the rest of Nato follow suite? When they do, will the US finally back off? These are questions that are difficult to answer.

Remember, For the moment Hungary is against supporting Ukraine, and has been for a while. So the below title doesn't quite fit.

Hungary and Germany. Who will be next? Maybe we in the US will see a lightening of our for-nothing load.

Some really good info and thinking at the source site.


The Beginning Of The End? Germany To Ban All New Ukraine Military Aid

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https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/beginning-end-germany-ban-all-new-ukraine-military-aid
Three days ago, in the aftermath of the WSJ report seeking to radically shift the narrative over the Nordstream sabotage, where instead of the CIA being blamed for the explosion of the critical gas pipeline from Russia to Europe, unnamed "intelligence" sources forged on with a hilarious script according to which a top Ukraine general (operating initially under the instructions of Zelensky but then going rogue w[h]en Z got "cold feet") was responsible for coordinating the sabotage using a handful of rank amateurs who somehow managed to sneak to the bottom of the Baltic sea and conduct an unprecedented military operation, we said that - no matter the laughable veracity of the report - relations between Germany and Ukraine are "about to turn ugly", and we asked why this story is coming out just now?

We didn't have long to wait to get the answer: as German media reports, this U-turn in the narrative (which according to some meant that NATO should now unleash its full military power against.... Ukraine, which had single-handedly attacked German assets by blowing up the Nordstream) was meant to soften the blow from Germany's decision to finally cut off Ukraine's - and Zelensky's - unprecedented grift.

According to a Saturday report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the German government will stop new military aid to Ukraine as part of the ruling coalition's plan to reduce spending. The report, which cited non-public documents and emails as well as discussions with unnamed sources, goes on to note that the moratorium on new assistance - which is already in effect - will affect new requests for funding, not previously approved aid,

In a letter sent to the German defense ministry on Aug. 5, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said that future funding would no longer come from Germany's federal budget but from proceeds from frozen Russian assets, according to the German newspaper. And since we already know that recent attempts to liquidate Russian assets crashed and burned over fears of escalating Russian retaliation, this effectively means no more aid for Ukraine.
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Yes. Only time will tell. Does the Kremlin use propaganda and not the US and UK media? If you think so, you are missing a whole bunch. Better to look at the overall picture yourself, which is...

Is it a fact that Ukraine has not been able to take back the Black Sea Corridor, or is such only a media lie?

LOL, copium. Ukrainians destroyed bridges in front of them, what army that is advancing does that?

Meanwhile, finally move by Ukrainians that I (as an atheist) approve:

https://x.com/Panchenko_X/status/1825947211341115710

Ukraine has blown up all the bridges along the river Sein in Kursk. There are thousand of Ruzzian soldiers and conscripts that are currently cut-off the supply routes. While they are not encircled as such, the supplies and the possibility of retreats are seriously diminished. This may have been a serious strategic error by Ruzzia, so ... awaiting further developments along the next couple of weeks.


Your lack of information is astonishing - I mean, for anyone who does not know you - Ukraine has been perfectly able to use the Black Sea corridor. It is probably one of those battles that are not mentioned as often because it cannot be mapped, but Ukraine has won the Battle of the Black sea. Ruzzia cannot use the port of Sebastopol - they have failed repeatedly to protect their ships in the port. The sea drones are an inmense risk to the point that the sea is effectively denied to Ruzzia.

They had to move most of the fleet well away from Sebastopol to Novorossiysk (and it is not fully safe there either), but not before loosing 5 landing ship, they flag ship Moscova, several other minor ships and a submarine that was under repair.

If I were a Ruzzian troll like you, I would choose some other topic.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/world/europe/ukraine-black-sea-grain-exports.html#:~:text=In%20the%20past%20six%20months,the%20Ukrainian%20Sea%20Ports%20Authority.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-61759692

HAHAHAHA 

Do you honestly believe this? I am asking without any sarcasm.