". . . the impending loss of Pokrovsk and Kurakhovo prompted an escalation of the Kursk operation as a form of distraction. However, this diversion campaign does not eliminate the possibility of a more extensive operation being planned . . . ."
There can only be just so many "Battle of the Bulges." And only so many "last desperate attempts."
This thing is going south. There is no reason for Putin to negotiate. Russia is winning on all fronts. NATO (NATO is the United States) has made it clear it cannot be trusted to negotiate in good faith. The arrival of another lame duck Trump presidency changes nothing. The endless war and the endless warmongering only ends when the complete annihilation of the US Deep State is achieved. This end must be as humiliating and bankrupting and deadly as possible. The United States and the West has given up their right to exist. They can never be allowed to rise again. Usually when an empire believes its existence depends soley upon the death of everybody else does the world finally wake up to its responsibility to put a mad dog down. Nothing to celebrate here. One mad dog(s) taking out another mad dog(s).
The lies and betrayal of Minsk II proved Russia must take all of Ukraine. There are no other viable options. Otherwise, NATO borders (the United States is NATO), advance again, this time all the way to Kiev. The United States declares victory and commences preparing their half of Ukraine to take the other half, all the while moving on, directly upon Russia. "Deep Inside" Russia will seem like a pleasant interlude.
At some near point, say in about 6-months, there will be a full-on collapse of the Ukrainian military, countered and characterized by the advancing Russian Army, now faintly resembling the Mongol hordes of old. It will be decision time for NATO (NATO being the United States).
One day soon, probably just before the last Ukrainian soldier is wiped out, NATO (NATO being the United States, will show up in Kiev in force, and announce it is coming to the aid of its "fellow Ukrainian martyrs." The United States will declare it has taken full control of Ukraine (including the conquered Donbass region). The United States will give Russia something akin to a 24-hours notice, to abandon all captured territory -- including Crimea. Or else. While all this is going on, Moscow will be attacked around the clock by clouds of drones (sent over from their recent deployment along the US East Coast), UAVs, and missiles. Sometimes these attacks will be cloaked by US ICBMs.
Conventional warfare will not settle this. Forget a fully controlled, fully owned, fully manipulated, fully propagandized mainstream media. There just are not the vast reserves in natural resources necessary -- in men, women, aunts and uncles, grandmothers and grandfathers, released criminals, father rapers, mother rapers, real crude oil, real natural gas, real coal, real minerals, and real rare earths -- to fight a conventional war.
No. This sucker will go nuclear. Wouldn't that be something, if we found out the United States no longer was a nuclear superpower. Hadn't been one for a while. If the United States was found to have been stealing uranium from its nuclear warheads to power its nuclear reactors, just to keep the lights on for all four (4) of its Musk EV charging stations. Wouldn't that be something. In the same way the United States has been "borrowing" Fort Knox gold to fund whatever God forsaken creature our broke and bankrupt government has become. I'm just saying.
If events do not play out as described, the world is as good as dead.
"Having been a soap opera star, Zelensky often prioritizes appearances over depth and frequently chooses to double down on a losing strategy."
This strategy MIGHT work on a "reality" video program.
It's less likely to work in a poker game.
lt absolutely does not work in chess.
". . . the impending loss of Pokrovsk and Kurakhovo prompted an escalation of the Kursk operation as a form of distraction. However, this diversion campaign does not eliminate the possibility of a more extensive operation being planned . . . ."
There can only be just so many "Battle of the Bulges." And only so many "last desperate attempts."
This thing is going south. There is no reason for Putin to negotiate. Russia is winning on all fronts. NATO (NATO is the United States) has made it clear it cannot be trusted to negotiate in good faith. The arrival of another lame duck Trump presidency changes nothing. The endless war and the endless warmongering only ends when the complete annihilation of the US Deep State is achieved. This end must be as humiliating and bankrupting and deadly as possible. The United States and the West has given up their right to exist. They can never be allowed to rise again. Usually when an empire believes its existence depends soley upon the death of everybody else does the world finally wake up to its responsibility to put a mad dog down. Nothing to celebrate here. One mad dog(s) taking out another mad dog(s).
The lies and betrayal of Minsk II proved Russia must take all of Ukraine. There are no other viable options. Otherwise, NATO borders (the United States is NATO), advance again, this time all the way to Kiev. The United States declares victory and commences preparing their half of Ukraine to take the other half, all the while moving on, directly upon Russia. "Deep Inside" Russia will seem like a pleasant interlude.
At some near point, say in about 6-months, there will be a full-on collapse of the Ukrainian military, countered and characterized by the advancing Russian Army, now faintly resembling the Mongol hordes of old. It will be decision time for NATO (NATO being the United States).
One day soon, probably just before the last Ukrainian soldier is wiped out, NATO (NATO being the United States, will show up in Kiev in force, and announce it is coming to the aid of its "fellow Ukrainian martyrs." The United States will declare it has taken full control of Ukraine (including the conquered Donbass region). The United States will give Russia something akin to a 24-hours notice, to abandon all captured territory -- including Crimea. Or else. While all this is going on, Moscow will be attacked around the clock by clouds of drones (sent over from their recent deployment along the US East Coast), UAVs, and missiles. Sometimes these attacks will be cloaked by US ICBMs.
Conventional warfare will not settle this. Forget a fully controlled, fully owned, fully manipulated, fully propagandized mainstream media. There just are not the vast reserves in natural resources necessary -- in men, women, aunts and uncles, grandmothers and grandfathers, released criminals, father rapers, mother rapers, real crude oil, real natural gas, real coal, real minerals, and real rare earths -- to fight a conventional war.
No. This sucker will go nuclear. Wouldn't that be something, if we found out the United States no longer was a nuclear superpower. Hadn't been one for a while. If the United States was found to have been stealing uranium from its nuclear warheads to power its nuclear reactors, just to keep the lights on for all four (4) of its Musk EV charging stations. Wouldn't that be something. In the same way the United States has been "borrowing" Fort Knox gold to fund whatever God forsaken creature our broke and bankrupt government has become. I'm just saying.
If events do not play out as described, the world is as good as dead.