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The frontlines are covered with accurate artillery fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnB2AVEBQg4

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From Screechjet: Remember when we had strategists and recognized operational level of war experts on the board? Me too.

He is missed and would add much to this conversation.

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Puff Face Putin. He looks like hell. Even with the makeup
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From Screechjet: Remember when we had strategists and recognized operational level of war experts on the board? Me too.

He is missed and would add much to this conversation.

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I would say that this will depend on the Ukrainian people. If they have the will to continue fighting to try and regain more of their territory, knowing they could lose more.

But they have to know that any cease fire with Putin is temporary. They will gain a couple years at most that they had better use to fortify the shit out of their border with Russia.

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He knows Trump is going to win by a landslide.
Better to strike a deal with Weak & Creepy Uncle Joe that will give away all of Ukraine because he doesn't know where he is than try to deal with a strong leader.

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He knows Trump is going to win by a landslide.
Better to strike a deal with Weak & Creepy Uncle Joe that will give away all of Ukraine because he doesn't know where he is than try to deal with a strong leader.

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He can't settle for where the front lines are. He's already claimed 4 Ukrainian oblasts as now being part of Russia. Once they get to the table the Russians will want all of that territory. And any peace with Russia will be temporary.

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They need that time.

Problem is that the Russians would probably make Ukrainian disarmament a condition of any peace settlement.  That would be the toughest point to negotiate.

However, the Russians under Joseph Stalin made a negotiated peace with the Finnish after the Winter War of 1939 and they kept it without further invasion.

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Big guy aint gettin no 10% out of any ceasefire.

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Ukraine would be smart to accept, but they are the free shit army and will keep going until the cash runs out.

UKR doesn't have the manpower to retake what they have lost and, barring leadership change, RUS ain't giving it back.

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He wants to rebuild the mil so he can try again later.  The end.

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That post caused your tinnitus to act up?

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Seriously.  Ukraine would have to be absolutely retarded to bet on Russia honoring its promises.  Right after the war started and Russia lost its thunder run to Kyiv there were negotiations that the totally not pro-Russian guys try to pretend didn't happen.  Russia's position was that Ukraine should demilitarize and not join any alliances in exchange for Russia promising once again to not invade.

The only way that a peace deal makes any sense for Ukraine is if they then join NATO.

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He wants to rebuild the mil so he can try again later.  The end.

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They need that time.

Problem is that the Russians would probably make Ukrainian disarmament a condition of any peace settlement.  That would be the toughest point to negotiate.

However, the Russians under Joseph Stalin made a negotiated peace with the Finnish after the Winter War of 1939 and they kept it without further invasion.

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Lol, is Monty Python writing this shit?

Launch an invasion into a neighboring country half the size of texas, then after clawing out a bit of territory at the cost of ~1/4 of your entire military, you ask for a ceasefire?

What a bitch.

If you ask for a ceasefire halfway through an invasion, the only purpose is to take time to shore up your lines/logistics and build up your forces for round 2.

Only reason to accept such a ceasefire is to do the same, because there is exactly a 0% chance russia won’t try to conquer the rest of ukraine after licking their wounds.

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All the Ukrainian military age men are not dead.  Washington will pressure to reject.

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The pro Russia crowd here made several predictions that he would be overthrown in a coup…didn’t happen.

Correct however every Russian missile and bomb reinforces their desire to fight.

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Link

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60489/Capture_JPG-3222091.JPG

Summary
Russian sources indicate Putin ready to halt conflict at front
Putin to take more land to pressure Kyiv to talk: sources
Does not want another national mobilisation: sources
Putin has no designs on NATO territory: sources
Russia concerned about nuclear escalation: sources

MOSCOW/LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.

Three of the sources, familiar with discussions in Putin's entourage, said the veteran Russian leader had expressed frustration to a small group of advisers about what he views as Western-backed attempts to stymie negotiations and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's decision to rule out talks.

"Putin can fight for as long as it takes, but Putin is also ready for a ceasefire – to freeze the war," said another of the four, a senior Russian source who has worked with Putin and has knowledge of top level conversations in the Kremlin.

He, like the others cited in this story, spoke on condition of anonymity given the matter's sensitivity.

For this account, Reuters spoke to a total of five people who work with or have worked with Putin at a senior level in the political and business worlds. The fifth source did not comment on freezing the war at the current frontlines.

Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in response to a request for comment, said the Kremlin chief had repeatedly made clear Russia was open to dialogue to achieve its goals, saying the country did not want “eternal war.”

Ukraine's foreign and defence ministries did not respond to questions.

The appointment last week of economist Andrei Belousov as Russia's defence minister was seen by some Western military and political analysts as placing the Russian economy on a permanent war footing in order to win a protracted conflict.

It followed sustained battlefield pressure and territorial advances by Russia in recent weeks.

However, the sources said that Putin, re-elected in March for a new six-year term, would rather use Russia's current momentum to put the war behind him. They did not directly comment on the new defence minister.

Based on their knowledge of conversations in the upper ranks of the Kremlin, two of the sources said Putin was of the view that gains in the war so far were enough to sell a victory to the Russian people.

Europe's biggest ground conflict since World War Two has cost tens of thousands of lives on both sides and led to sweeping Western sanctions on Russia's economy.

Three sources said Putin understood any dramatic new advances would require another nationwide mobilisation, which he didn't want, with one source, who knows the Russian president, saying his popularity dipped after the first mobilisation in September 2022.

The national call up spooked part of the population in Russia, triggering hundreds of thousands of draft age men to leave the country. Polls showed Putin’s popularity falling by several points.

Peskov said Russia had no need for mobilisation and was instead recruiting volunteer contractors to the armed forces.

The prospect of a ceasefire, or even peace talks, currently seems remote.

Zelenskiy has repeatedly said peace on Putin's terms is a non-starter. He has vowed to retake lost territory, including Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. He signed a decree in 2022 that formally declared any talks with Putin "impossible."

One of the sources predicted no agreement could happen while Zelenskiy was in power, unless Russia bypassed him and struck a deal with Washington. However, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking in Kyiv last week, told reporters he did not believe Putin was interested in serious negotiations.

-More at Link-

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You would have to be a simple minded, gullible moron to believe this story.

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He wants to rebuild the mil so he can try again later.  The end.

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All the Ukrainian military age men are not dead.  Washington will pressure to reject.

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Ukraine would be smart to accept, but they are the free shit army and will keep going until the cash runs out.

UKR doesn't have the manpower to retake what they have lost and, barring leadership change, RUS ain't giving it back.

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Ohhhh sure sure sure. Putin is gonna die of cancer any day now remember?

The president made the remarks in Minsk on Friday during a joint press conference with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. Putin was asked for comment on Zelensky’s presidential term running out earlier this month and the impact of this development on potential talks.

Putin reiterated Russia’s readiness to engage in talks with Ukraine to end the hostilities, stating that negotiations must be based on “common sense” and acknowledge “realities on the ground,” while using the preliminary agreement reached in the early days of the conflict as the foundation.

“But with whom to negotiate? That’s a peculiar question, I agree. We realize that the legitimacy of the incumbent head of the [Ukrainian] state has expired,” the Russian leader stated.

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Bull shit.



Russia is in this to WIN this and is not the one that will be begging for peace in the end here.



Contrary to what our media may be telling you - Putin is not sick and about to die, The Russian people are NOT about to revolt, The sanctions are NOT working, Russia is NOT 'running out of' weapons,  and Russia is not getting 'weaker' as this conflict drags on.



Most people with at least a half brain knew they were full of it when they rolled this gem out for a propaganda 'mouthpiece'.

https://i.imgur.com/h8xHIUE.png


Last I read was that THAT particular mouthpiece was still working there but demoted and working on the actual front lines vs the 'working in the rear'.



Still being used as their American 'mouthpiece' by the UAF but not in the same exact way that many would would consider 'proper' if you get my drift.



Seems logical to me that we would flex so much after the major ass whipping and 'schooling' that we gave the third world defenses that we humiliated in Afghanistan.

Why stop with that one victory when we can put them ALL in their proper place (at the same time no less)???

https://i.imgur.com/iWGTHdW.jpg
I will go out on a limb here and predict that the eventual capitulation will happen under Biden. I can't realistically see how they can slow down the slide towards the Ukrainian surrender long enough for the next guy to step in.

https://i.imgur.com/uXp8w15.jpg

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The pro Russia crowd here made several predictions that he would be overthrown in a coup…didn’t happen.

Correct however every Russian missile and bomb reinforces their desire to fight.

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Biden NEEDS this right now.  If he could somehow swing ceasefire in Ukraine and Israel he MIGHT have a chance in November.  He could ride these headlines while his social media shills swing on his nuts all the way to the polls.  You know CNN and MSNBC are already writing his headlines.

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Yeah..... although for the last few decades. They've proven they can't produce quality equipment in quantity. While the US can shit out advanced F-35s and South Korea can advanced build top shelf K2 Tanks like they're baking cookies.

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Big guy aint gettin no 10% out of any ceasefire.

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Putin sees a potential Trump Presidency followed in six months by a slide in crude prices that he and Opec can't control that stops Russia's military in its tracks by the end of 2025.

It won't matter if we don't send Billions to Ukraine, we will flood the world with oil and LNG to Europe and Putin will run right out of money to fight.

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The words "shit" and "F-35" go well together:  After 23 years of development and a program that will cost around $2 trillion when all is said and done the US military has a fleet of planes only half of which can fly at any one time, while less than 1/3 of which are even combat-capable .

Meanwhile, SACEUR reports that Russia has already reconstituted its forces in Ukraine and is now producing more ammunition than all of NATO combined , while the depleted US  and NATO industrial bases  are struggling to replace  even those high-tech weapons .  Russia is slowly, steadily, inexorably crushing Ukraine  with supposedly inferior equipment and troops while the leaders of the West pretend their latest wunderwaffe will turn the tide .  Not that they would be effective anyway, as Russian EW has proven to be far better than we expected .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6X_kSmByn0

I've said it many times, but a lot of people here simply cannot let go of their 1991 Fantasy that the US is the unquestioned economic and military superpower in the world today.  It's not true at all:  The world has changed radically in the past 30 years, and none of those changes have been for the better as far as our interests are concerned.

China is now the world's largest manufacturer -- outproducing the US, Japan, and Germany combined  -- and the world's largest economy based on purchasing power , and they're catching up rapidly in military capability as well .  Russia has shrugged off the effects of our sanctions and has placed their economy on war footing . Even their junior partners Iran  and North Korea  are getting in on the action.

The quicker we recognize and accept these facts, the quicker we can correct our significant economic and military deficiencies.  Or we can continue to pretend that war with any of these countries would be a quick, easy, and relatively bloodless repeat of Desert Storm, and all we have to do is wave a wand and suddenly become the Arsenal of Democracy again.  It ain't going to happen without major changes.