SHORT: “Why is Russia Taking so Long?” (7 min)

To answer the question of why Russian forces are taking a long time to “win” in Ukraine, one must understand that Ukraine spent 8 years building extensive fortifications along the line of contact in the Donbas region.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJZRFC6Zemc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8mOw_HMSy4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJO70I8FOX8

Was he flying under the Russian military in Russian equipment or under the Wagner group flag in Russian equipment?
Either way his pay comes from Russia.
If Russia didn’t hire mercenaries they wouldn’t have an experienced army at all.

https://www.businessinsider.com/video-russians-defy-putin-chant-fuck-war-st-petersburg-concert-2022-5?op=1

I guess not all the Russian youth are as patriotic as some would like us to think.
They are even fire bombing recruitment offices.

“05-25-2022 – The Snowball Effect”

In this video, the Dreizin Report explains in detail the tactical and psychological components of the Ukraine’s latest failures in the Donbass. Among other things, you will receive a crash course in static defense planning.

Most enjoyably, we start the video with several minutes of hightlighting a certain other talking head’s “borrowing” of Dreizin Report material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyGOaov3phs&t=0s

Something for you:

“What’s up with the Howitzers?” by Jacob Dreizin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vHQiTgrvf4

There aspects of your statement that I agree with, but some I do not:

1. Yes, there are forces within America that are determined to fully embrace the Globalist agenda. And this is an ongoing political warfare battle that rages within our country today that continues to play out. Stay tuned on this.

2. I suspect that it is physically impossible for the Russians to fire 400 to 600 thousand rounds of artillery a day. Not possible, maybe you misstated that?

3. I have from the start of this conflict clearly stated that Russia has the mass to out last Ukraine. But Russia is paying possibly too high a price for what ever they want to call victory here.

4. Vlad through his raw aggression and propagation of fear has in fact pushed the expansion of NATO in real terms.

Vlad I suspect will be gone from the scene in not too long a time, I will truly miss him. Then what?

You still live in a world of illusions. Unbelievable. This bubble will burst soon. Russia’s glorious victory and America’s humiliation (which is good, because America = globalism) is inevitable. To the arms: If you had watched the various videos I linked, you would understand why Javelin (that missile in particular is pretty junk) and Stinger have no effect on the course or outcome of the war.

.200-500 Ukrainian soldiers die every day. The Russians fire 400-600 thousand artillery shells every day! The Ukrainian army is crushed. Bit by bit. village by village. city ​​by city. Also, the sanctions against Russia are practically ineffective. The ruble is stronger than before the war. Putin has prevailed with his demand to sell oil and gas for rubles.

Here is a video about the inevitable outcome of the war,

“05/25/2022 Everyone is positioning themselves for the coming Ukrainian disintegration”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NSczlMgd4c

I think the acquisition of the high-tech Javelin and Stinger and the various other light, very portable and extremely effective and relatively inexpensive compared to a 5 year wait for the F-35 5th gen fighters (Which would never ever happen, only in a fantasy) missile systems along with all of the necessary several other supports are the way to go. That appears to have been very effective thus far.

And still the Russians have the mass to sustain some level of destructive force, but for how long before something happens internally that stops it where it is?

IMO Putin’s days are numbered, and his time ticks away.

Was he forced to do what he did in order to stop out the Wests / NATO’s advances? Very possibly. And if so, he has allowed himself to be put in that position and what has been the effect? Both Finland and Sweden are now openly saying that they will become members of NATO exactly because of Putin apparent raw aggression, forced or not.

Has Putin been played in the ultimate chess game by the West and forced to shoot is load and is now in a desperate position as NATO expands anyway?

And that may be a bit too 20 / 20 hindsight, but that appears to be where the world now is because of Vlad’s moves, forced or not.

Nuke threats, tactical or otherwise? Would be just one more bad move and would bury Russia even deeper and longer. Which is not to say that Russia is not to be respected, but the future does not belong to Russia at this point under these circumstances IMO.

Here is a quick summary:

$19 billion for immediate military support to Ukraine
$3.9 billion to sustain U.S. forces deployed to Europe
$16 billion for economic support to Ukraine and global humanitarian relief
$2 billion for long-term support to NATO allies and DOD modernization programs

Right off the bat you can see that Ukraine is not getting $40 billion dollars worth of military goodies to whack Russians. They are not even getting $19 billion. The $19 billion is carved up into smaller packages:

$6 billion for training, equipment, weapons, logistic support, supplies and services, salaries and stipends and intelligence support to the military and national security forces of Ukraine (and the specifics of the expenditures remain to be determined).

$9 billion to replenish U.S. weapons stocks already sent to Ukraine.

$4 billion for the Foreign Military Financing Program (this allows a foreign country like Ukraine to buy brand new weapon systems).

What could Ukraine buy with $4 billion dollars? They could order 444 M1A2 SEP battle tanks. Getting them built and delivered will take more than a year. Or Ukraine could buy 44 F-35 Jet Fighters. But that is just the cost of the air frame. Ukraine would then have to cough up at least $27,000 per flight hour per plane. Delivery on that system would take years. Lockheed Martin currently churns out 91 a year. So, if Ukraine is willing to wait 5 years it could have the most advanced fighter in the U.S. arsenal. But that assumes the U.S. Air Force stops buying and lets Ukraine get to the head of the line.

https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/

Not too long ago it was a common American expression.
Kids would hear their fathers say ‘Back to the Salt Mines’ on a Monday morning.

According to one legend, the third Pope, Clement I, was banished to the salt mines in Crimea by the Romans.
There also might be a connection to Imperial Russia forcibly sending prisoners to forced labor in Siberian salt mines.

Not one gas lease to be had.

And they will have to break it, bankrupt it and render it all inoperable before the midterm elections.

That is if there are midterm elections, lots of “White supremacist” domestic terrorism in America you know.

They must destroy America in order to save America and recast t as it should be. That is what they tell themselves anyway.

Not the kind of success you are concerned with, but successful all the same. In her childish ignorance and incompetence lies her success, she has been very useful to the cause.

And yes, it’s all about power. Whatever venue there is an opportunity to influence or control power there will be the abuse of power. Whether it be in a home, a school, a corporation, in politics or in religion.

There are no venues, as uncomfortable as it makes some, that gets a pass.

Edward: I would add a #4, which I consider the most important:

4) Leftists are only interested in power, and will use any tool, no matter how vile, to gain it.

I suspect the problem is not that we can no longer sense a joke or sarcasm (which we sometimes miss) but that it is a two-fold problem:
1) Leftists have had their sense of humor knocked out of them by their fellow leftists in another action to destroy the First Amendment (comedians are reporting a fear of performing at universities, because college students take offense at anything deviating from political correctness), and
2) Leftists are willing to take (or make) anything out of context in order to make a point in their own favor, as they do when they falsely claim that President Trump defended white supremacists at Charlottesville (he explicitly said he wasn’t, but leftists ignore those words).

Oh, wait, one more:
3) Leftists aren’t as smart as they think they are, which is why they are anti freedom.

From Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum, soon you will be able to track exactly every element of your carbon footprint. And then I am certain through the program the WEF will provide they will be able to track you and every element of your virtue signaling life. Instead of true leadership these kinds of people must have ultimate control because they know better and are much smarter than you and I and what is best for all.

Be afraid: https://youtu.be/5HFgTZCEN4g ; 39 sec.

The Globalists (D) of the world will be able to track every element of your existence, just like the Communist Chinese do with their social credit system. And that is exactly where this all leads. That is the plan.

The Democrats in America and the uber Leftist, utopian control seeking Socialists of the world have been very successful in their goals so far believe it or not. They won an essential election for president in America and control the three elements of government, they have flooded Americas borders with massive numbers of illegals in pursuit of permanent political control, they have by agenda as per president Biden massively increased the cost of energy so you will not be able to use it, they have created a great increase in inflation and the cost of living in what was the most powerful country on the planet, and all of these accomplishments tend to keep the population of America and the world dialed down and controlled and not using that nasty carbon.

And none of this is by mistake or by missteps, this is all by agenda. And they have clearly and plainly told you so.

This is the man, Klaus Schwab of the WEF, and along with the likes of Bill Gates and George Soros are presently planning your and the rest of the world’s existence. (That is a real Un doctored picture of Mr. Schwab)

Klaus Schwab: https://youtu.be/5jZaICzQGaE 50 sec. Just one more “well-meaning” Nazi? Looks like a duck to me. Quack!

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Isabela: “And yet another fantastic live stream. Thank you, Alex, Alexander and Robert Barnes!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRoV5OJyj2E