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Ukraine battling to stem Russian advance in north of Donetsk region

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By Pavel Polityuk and Simon Lewis

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Shelling, destroying, any targets those Russian "forces" can hit.

But it ain't over until the f.. lady sings. And that can take quite some time.

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Russia slowly and deliberately advancing towards their goals. Ukraine needs to get serious in negotiating a stop to the pointless killing. They cannot "win", every life lost now is just a waste. All very brave but still a waste.

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Russia is now in good position to roll up any remaining resistance all the way to Kiev. Life isn't a movie, sometimes the bad guy wins.

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I wish nothing but victory for Ukraine!

Russia and Putin are the laughingstock of the World.

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Mr Kipling

Russia slowly and deliberately advancing towards their goals. Ukraine needs to get serious in negotiating a stop to the pointless killing.

They are nowhere close to their goals. Russia’s stated objectives in its invasion of Ukraine remain regime change in Kyiv and the truncation of the sovereignty of any Ukrainian state. So I don't see Putin at the negotiating table any time soon.

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proxy

Russia is now in good position to roll up any remaining resistance all the way to Kiev. 

Surely, you jest. They don't have that capability.

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Ukraine should have negotiated months ago before they got in the poor position they are now.

all that money isn’t worth being used by the west as a proxy war location. Once the west loses interest and runs out of money, Ukraine is done.

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Ukraine should have negotiated months ago before they got in the poor position they are now.

Ahh yes, they should have negotiated with a country that denies its existence.

Once the west loses interest and runs out of money, Ukraine is done.

Well that's certainly what fascist pro-invasion types hope for.

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Ukrainain treat weapon like they are toys,posting up on social media, something a child would do,these Himars are supposed to be in seperate location, whether Russian destroyed them ,only Ukrainain know

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Biden and Johnson have their own problems and no one is supporting to send 750 billion MORE to Ukraine.

they were in a much better negotiating position in May than now. Fact.

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Ukraine should have negotiated months ago before they got in the poor position they are now.

Or in other words...surrender. Some folks just believe you should roll over and appease an invader...

Good thing not many of them were around in the 1940s....

all that money isn’t worth being used by the west as a proxy war location. Once the west loses interest and runs out of money, Ukraine is done.

Kremlin faux talking points...as Russia's economy falls below third-world standards and it defaults on its bonds and debt...

The US far-right continues its adoration of Putin...

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It’s just a factual assessment of the situation.

Ukraine is in a worse negotiating position every day that passes and they can’t actually win this militarily.

So negotiations are the only way out of it.

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Ukraine battling to stem Russian advance in north of Donetsk region

This was inevitable. So sad all the Biden US UK EU NATO cheerleading and warmongering, AGAIN, fooled so many.

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So who in the west is agreeing to pay the 750 billion dollar bill to rebuild Ukraine? It got really quiet after Zelensky demanded that.

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This was inevitable. So sad all the Biden US UK EU NATO cheerleading and warmongering, AGAIN, fooled so many.

The only warmongers in Ukraine are the fascist invaders. Take it up with them.

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Will,I can say in one paragraph,that Ukrainain are deluding themselves,if the American will rebuild Ukraine,after Build Back Better fail in the US,

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So who in the west is agreeing to pay the 750 billion dollar bill to rebuild Ukraine?

Good question. Not me for sure (not that I matter).

Anyways, that's going to be a hard pill to swallow.

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Russian claims they do not target civilians is just a bald faced lie.

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are UA forces started winning already?

just wanted be sure when they will crush russians/according Mr Zelensky/...

from my point of view it seems that more "tactical retreats" are going to happen in near future again...

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Eastman,

of course there will be more tactical retreats in the future.

Shortening the front line, better defense positions, and at the same time counterattacks, guerilla warfare, more military hardware, sabotage ..... those Russians won't be safe anywhere.

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none of those tactical retreats which lead to actually winning, just prolonging.

Who will continue to pay for all these actions to go on for years more?

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Who will continue to pay for all these actions to go on for years more?

Japan.

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@Mr Kipling "Ukraine needs to get serious in negotiating a stop to the pointless killing."

Seriously?! As if Ukraine is responsible for the pointless slaughter. By the way, what would you do if a vicious wolf invaded your home?

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if that is such an effective way to fight, why didn't they start out doing that?

Um, do you not understand how war works or something? Things change.

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The only outcome for the Russians after all their wanton destruction will be to inherit (temporarily) the dead wasteland they created in the Donbas. Their schadenfreude will be of short duration, however, and in a few years from now, their malicious gloating will be followed by bitter envy as they watch from their ramshackle Russian Federation a modern, thriving, Ukraine rising from the ashes of war.

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Wil

So who in the west is agreeing to pay the 750 billion dollar bill to rebuild Ukraine? It got really quiet after Zelensky demanded that.

Well, we can start with more than $350 billion in frozen reserves from Russia’s Central Bank. And after that start selling seized assets of Russian oligarchs. The Russians caused the damage, it only seems fair that they pay part of the price of rebuilding it.

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Wil

Considering a huge chunk of those Russian assets are in Swiss and the Swiss are not playing ball on that (because it would ruin their status as a safe haven for money), I severely doubt thats going to happen.

None of the frozen reserves are in Switzerland. Europe, US, Canada and Japan account for $284 billion, which is a good start.

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Wil

The moment you give the Russian assets away, you immediately lose your status as a secure storage of wealth. 

Yep. For rogue imperialist nations that start wars. Not a bad signal to send in my book.

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