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Top general says Ukrainian forces have captured almost as much Russian territory in the last week as Russia has land in Ukraine this year

  • Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive into Russia’s Kursk region last Tuesday.
  • They have captured around 1,000 square kilometers of Russian land so far, Kyiv’s top general said.
  • That figure is almost as much territory as Russia has seized in Ukraine this year.
nl4real ,

Zelenskyy went from being a comedian to clowning on Putin in only a few years.

angrystego ,

Time for denazification of Russia.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

East Ukraine sounds like it might be a nice place one day.

echodot ,

Maybe they should just swap countries and be done with it.

TransplantedSconie ,

I’d much rather it all become Ukraine. They are better people.

v4ld1z ,
@v4ld1z@lemmy.zip avatar

дякую

TransplantedSconie ,

Ласкаво просимо! Слава Україні!

I hope DDG translate did a good enough job lol

cosmicrookie ,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

So… Ukraine is capturing Russia as fast as Russia initially expected to capture Ukraine.

Pete90 ,
@Pete90@feddit.org avatar

It would be absolutely hilarious, if the whole thing wasn’t so sad. Nevertheless, it’s a welcome change of direction in this war and shows what a determined country and army can do against such a big aggressor.

I just hope it actually changes something in the end. Let’s hope Putler meets his window to fall out of soon.

theacharnian ,
@theacharnian@lemmy.ca avatar

Logistics is king folks, remember that.

Kyrgizion ,

I’m sure access to Western intelligence doesn’t hurt either.

TankovayaDiviziya ,

And having competent generals.

Even as we speak, one of the few good and well respected Russian generals who dared speak out at the poor leadership of the general staff, had been arrested for supposed fraud. apnews.com/…/russia-ukraine-arrested-general-ivan…

BatrickPateman ,

I approve. The more idiots are in charge wasting what little offensive capabilities Russia has left the better for Ukraine.

Is there a list of more competent people, I mean fraudsters? Russian authorities can sure need some anonymous tips, right?

Jumi ,

I still wonder what their main objective is

HappycamperNZ ,

In my completely unresearched opinion?

“We just kept advancing, and it just kept working”.

SkaveRat ,

“Catch us if you can”

rottingleaf ,

Leverage for negotiations.

Their gains would be much less for the same expense, were they in areas where Russia expects to be attacked.

It’s the same pattern with bullies - they are always surprised when the victim is no longer forbidden to hit everywhere and not only where the bully took initiative.

Worked in Artsakh in 90’s too against Soviet and Azeri forces. Sadly the last few years (or two decades) have undone this largely.

But just like in Artsakh, they shouldn’t agree to any frozen status, or it will end just like for Artsakh. They should just keep advancing until Russia does something to guarantee their security.

unemployedclaquer ,

Mess around! Mess around! Putin’s head is a footie ball! Mess around!

atro_city ,

Could it be for the "peace" negotiations? "OK, we freeze the country's borders as they are right now, you let us join NATO and the EU, and we get what we captured".

Shard ,

I hope its not just for negotiating.

I hope by breaking the Russian front, they have created openings that they can now exploit to tear down Russian defenses.

Russia has created a really difficult frontal defense thats many layers of mine fields and defensive positions interlaced. But now their sides and backs are exposed and it’s much easier for Ukraine to out flank the defense and unseat Russian defenses.

theacharnian ,
@theacharnian@lemmy.ca avatar

Why hope it’s “not just for negotiating”? I mean why not use this as leverage to force the Russians to negotiate on Ukraine’s terms?

echodot ,

I think it’s actually irrelevant really because I don’t reasonably see a situation where Putin is going to be prepared to negotiate. He seems to see this war as his lasting legacy (there have been rumors that he might have some terminal condition, possibly cancer), he doesn’t want his legacy to be defeat, he wants it to be victory even if it requires the death of about 80% of the population.

The only way that Russia would negotiate is if Putin is no longer in charge.

Mistic ,

Negotiations happen when one or, more likely, two sides don’t see a way to improve their positions with military force.

The rumors you’re speaking of are a direct consequence of Russia being an autocracy. When you have a country whose ruler doesn’t leave on their own (a dictator), people start speculating on when he’s going to die. These rumors have been going around for about a decade, I believe, and are pretty much meaningless.

Now, about “securing a legacy.” I think it’s much more trivial than that. Invading Ukraine was a good way to secure presidency for the next 1-2 terms and to eradicate opposition within the country. If that’s the case, then, in a sense, he got what he wanted, although he likely also expected the war to be short and victorious (judging by the state media narrative at the time). That didn’t happen. And now there are other issues at hand for him.

Shard ,

Because its a big tactical advantage that they opened a gaping hole in Russian defensive lines.

Defenses are strongest in the direction they are facing. They are very weak from the sides and even worse from the rear. (Ukraine now has a lot of Russian rear it can take advantage of, from Kursk)

If Ukraine has the manpower they could take this little bit of land, manoeuvre around the Russian lines, wreck their shit and get back a lot of land that was stolen from them.

Palkom ,

Just to underline what this comment is saying: this type of breakthrough was the wet dream of WW1. The race to the sea, where the western front was established, was based on finding a flank and turning it. That was the objective of most warfare up to that point, and it ended because they ran out of ground on which to turn a flank. Then they couldn’t meaningfully break through the defenses (or layers of, to be more accurate), like we see Ukraine doing in Kursk. If they turn the flank, they’ll have routing russians for days, and have achieved maneuver warfare again.

suzune ,

To disperse the army from the northeastern fronts. Russia is now forced to defend the entire border and cannot focus their attacks on their previous objectives.

This is a good move.

Eximius ,

That, and they can potentially dismantle staging areas for planes and other infrastructure (in this case gas pipeline).

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

Both of those, and they force engagements with Russia to force them to throw men and materiel at it, further depleting Russian stockpiles.

Reality_Suit ,

Here’s to Ukraine becoming the capital of the larger Ukrainian Federation that will be needed after the fall of Russia.

rottingleaf ,

Why in the world would you want to create a new iteration of the same shit?

Reality_Suit ,

What do you mean? Ukraine is not Russia. The corruption of Ukraine is from Putler placed politicians.

echodot ,

I think the point is no one really wants any country to have that much territory it just causes problems, especially when large parts of it are not really productive. It just results in a very large population and an enormous burden on the government.

SturgiesYrFase ,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

Yeah, one country spanning 11 time zones is a bit much. They have just shy of 145 million residents. And burden on the government or no, there’s loads of areas in the far reaches that I’m sure would just rather be their own country.

rottingleaf ,

I agree, down with the USA. /s

Seriously - that’s not the problem. Tying together into one state with ex-Soviet unitarist culture so many different areas with natural riches and subservient population is bad.

I’d rather split both Russia and Ukraine into equally-sized (population-wise) pieces and have them form confederations where unity is wanted. (Fuck, that’s another USA)

Since Ukraine can’t hope to have a victory that will solve the threat, I think Ukrainians should be interested. Their country would split into like 3 pieces which are different enough anyway.

echodot ,

It won’t work if you just announce oh this country is going to get split. It has to happen organically, or it won’t happen at all.

I’m not saying it will happen I’m just saying that it would be the best outcome. I’m saying that NATO don’t particularly want to replace Russia with pseudo Russia, there really isn’t any point doing that. So the original comment about having Ukraine take over Russia just doesn’t work in his absolutely not in NATO’s interests.

And that’s before you even look at the problem of subjugating a population, some of which will be fighting back, leading to a never-ending guerrilla war. Which is another thing NATO have no interest in happening, especially if the ultimate objective of Ukraine is to join NATO.

rottingleaf ,

No. Ukraine is just like Russia in everything but geography. Which means it has more densely and equally spread population, fewer fossil fuel resources, realistic logistics with Central Europe and Balkans.

Corruption-wise it’s absolutely the same.

unemployedclaquer ,

I mean, fuck Putin, but don’t delude yourself that this will get easier

Annoyed_Crabby ,

Literally the “best defence is a good offence” case

Wanderer ,

I was watching an old documentary about ww2. When France declared war on Germany they just sat on there border watching them. Some British politician or general or something was there and asked why they didn’t shoot them. They said “they aren’t bothering us so we don’t bother them”. They made one offence at the start of the war when Germany’s western flank was entirely exposed (it was also the only French offence of the entire war) they went about 100m then came back.

Then Germany attacked somewhere else and they folded.

Its actually amazing how much of a cluster fuck the start of ww2 was. Bringing back horses after inventing the tank 20 years before and using it ti win ww1 levels of intelligence.

rottingleaf ,

Its actually amazing how much of a cluster fuck the start of ww2 was. Bringing back horses after inventing the tank 20 years before and using it ti win ww1 levels of intelligence.

This is asinine. Horses were extremely useful in WWII. Try watching less Hollywood movies.

One of the reasons Germans were so successful in their “lightning warfare” - they used horses which simplified logistics tremendously. A truck is no good if you don’t have fuel, and fuel supplies have been cut. A horse can just eat grass and drink water.

Wanderer ,

When did the Germans use horses as offensive cavalry in WW2?

You can clearly find references of French and the British dragging their heels in the interwar years because presumably the posh boys want their horses.

You don’t know what you are on about. What Hollywood movies are there about army modernisation in the interwar period you think I am watching? I’ll actually enjoy watching it.

mars296 ,

The person you replied to is not talking about cavalry. Horses were used by the Germans for moving men and equipment.

Wanderer ,

I know. But I made the original comment and I wasn’t on about horses being used for moving men and equipment. I was talking about them being used instead of tanks.

Okay. Horses were used to move men and equipment. How is that related to my original point?

rottingleaf ,

Okay. Horses were used to move men and equipment. How is that related to my original point?

Dragoons are cavalry. That’s how.

Yes, it’s obvious they wouldn’t use lancers. Even in WWI cavalry charges are a thing of post-war (Soviet, Polish, maybe others’) propaganda much more than of actual use.

superkret ,

Literally no one used horses as offensive cavalry at any strategic scale in WW2.
Some exceptions occured: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Schoenfeld

Annoyed_Crabby ,

You know what’s extremely useful than horse in WW2? Imperial Japanese Army knocking on your door with soldiers on bicycle.

rottingleaf ,

These are different applications.

And I wasn’t going to argue against bicycles having been extremely useful.

undergroundoverground ,

I understood them to be talking about cavalry, in that sentence.

rottingleaf ,

In the dragoon quality it was still useful.

undergroundoverground ,

Not against tanks which would be why the royal dragoons switched to tanks.

index ,

Is it? Russia just got new claims for this war.

explodicle ,

Yeah they can claim to have fucked around and found out.

p5yk0t1km1r4ge ,
@p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

Is this the timeline where Ukraine kills Putin and puts his head on a Pike? Find out next time on dragon ball z!

Plopp ,

What did the fish do to deserve that?

SkaveRat ,

It knows what it did

Bapanada ,

So sad Vlad

mox ,

This bit seems relevant, given that Ukraine’s stated intention has always been reclaiming their own land:

The overall goal of the incursion is not immediately clear. Conflict analysts have suggested that Ukraine may be trying to alleviate some pressure on its forces elsewhere along the sprawling front line, gain leverage for potential territorial negotiations with Russia, or even just humiliate Moscow and boost morale in Kyiv.

worldwidewave ,

That, or “reclaiming their own land” was a bit more expansive than we all realized /s

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

Technically Earth is the native land of all Ukrainians.

HappycamperNZ ,

Can you imagine how dumb we would all feel if Russia was right? (/s)

Serinus ,

I’ve heard Kursk has the gas pipeline to Europe.

TransplantedSconie ,

Had.

The Ukrainians overran it and disabled it. It won’t be working for a very long time.

where_am_i ,

Good. Fuck Hungary, and one up for the climate change.

Ukraine doing more for the EU than the entire EU parliament.

jas0n ,

Always best to keep them guessing. Strategically, it’s gold.

T00l_shed ,

Slava Ukraini

margaritox ,

Heroyam Slava 🇺🇦

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