Sure, their poor...and corrupt. What better way to give them a leg up to improve their country, join civilized society and stick it to vlad at the same time? A win for everybody.
You’d think they are getting pretty good at dealing with large amounts of dead enemy soldiers.
Saw a report yesterday that N. Korea is sending in troops to help the Russians in Ukraine. Gotta wonder how that will turn out.
Saw a report yesterday that N. Korea is sending in troops to help the Russians in Ukraine. Gotta wonder how that will turn out.
I hired a plumber a few years ago. I noted he had an odd accent and asked where he came from. "Moldova," he replied. I asked how he ended up in the US. He proceeded to tell me about all the (Surprise, surprise) corruption there. Sounds like Moldova might not be a good candidate for the EU, other than to rub Putin's nose in it.
The Norks have taken 30% casualties according to UK intelligence. ISW assesses they are not always supported with combat vehicles, which makes them really vulnerable.
In other news, Moldova's Russian-affiliated breakaway region, the Transdniestra, has no gas now that Ukraine closed the last Russian pipeline crossing UKR territories after the Gazprom contract expired. The Transdniestrans had been getting free gas from Russia as Putin tried to lure them into the Russian orbit. Now their illegitimate 'president' to telling people to burn wood - all schools are closed.
Sometimes free is too expensive.
Presumably because they're taking the schools apart for the wood?...Now their illegitimate 'president' to telling people to burn wood - all schools are closed...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia, which could put Kyiv at a clear disadvantage in future ceasefire talks.
Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions to slide into anonymity, according to soldiers, lawyers and Ukrainian officials. Entire units have abandoned their posts, leaving defensive lines vulnerable and accelerating territorial losses, according to military commanders and soldiers.
Some take medical leave and never return, haunted by the traumas of war and demoralized by bleak prospects for victory. Others clash with commanders and refuse to carry out orders, sometimes in the middle of firefights.
Pay attention. At current rate of gain it would take Russia two more years and another 100,000 casualties to to capture all of Donbas Oblast. In the meantime, they've lost neatly all of their T-90s, T-80s, and have industrial capacity to build 250 more per year and repair/refit a like number.
The afghans out lasted us because the only wars the us gets involved in are endless wars with no exit strategy.The Afghans outlasted the Russians (and us) by simply never giving up.
The Ukrainians will as well, as they know the Holodomor will be pale compared to what Putin will do to them for resistance. There is new surveillance of Russians shooting 3 bound Ukrainians yesterday.