Some information summarizing 3 years of the war.
From the Russian opposition website The Insider.

Advancing 30 miles at the cost of 100,000 troops:
Key figures from the third year of the Russia-Ukraine war

https://theins.ru/en/politics/279222

wojtek wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:26 pm Some information summarizing 3 years of the war.
From the Russian opposition website The Insider.

Quite a serious discrepancy between Ukraine figures (bottom) and other counting orgs such as Mediazona (top figure).
Killed AND wounded
KILLED
Also worth pointing out that Western org Oryx has been discredited for bias on their equipment losses counting stats for several years now.

"Advancing 30 miles at the cost of 100,000 troops"

That's great news! With this math we don't have to be afraid of EU invasion. That has taken a load off my mind.

The clown and the two morons (Zelensky, Starmer and Macron) have come up with a brilliant, new peace plan for Ukr. Once it's completed at the upcoming 'Coalition of the Willing' summit they will then present it to the Russians … the Americans.

The reason it must go to the US first is because it's implementation is totally dependant on the US providing US troops on the ground backstop.

Err … exactly the same as their last 6 peace plans.

They figure it will work this time because they know that Trump is just not as smart as your average European.

Some might say this plan is a bit of a longshot given that the US (Biden and Trump) have said they will never send troops to Ukr and Russia has said they will never allow foreign troops in Ukr but you know … 'try, try and try again' and 'as long as it takes' and all that.























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doolfrews wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 10:23 pm That's great news! With this math we don't have to be afraid of EU invasion. That has taken a load off my mind.

That's correct, it's going very slowly...
Honestly, when the invasion started, I thought it would take
2-3 months to take all of Ukraine. What is happening shows
the strength of Ukraine and its determination to defend its independence.

Very good map for tracking changes on the front:
https://deepstatemap.live/en#6/49.4467003/32.0581055

Ogee wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 10:06 pm Quite a serious discrepancy

It's probably partly due to differences in the estimates
of the number of wounded... The real number is top secret anyway.

wojtek wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 10:43 pm That's correct, it's going very slowly...

Once the west decided to go full on in support of Ukr supplying huge amounts of equipment the conflict turned into a war of attrition.

Wearing down the opposition takes time but is like a bankruptcy, very slow at first until a very sudden collapse on one side.

Without an urgent influx of new, trained troops Ukraine simply cannot hold out.

wojtek wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 10:43 pm That's correct, it's going very slowly...
Honestly, when the invasion started, I thought it would take
2-3 months to take all of Ukraine. What is happening shows
the strength of Ukraine and its determination to defend its independence.

Very good map for tracking changes on the front:
https://deepstatemap.live/en#6/49.4467003/32.0581055


It's probably partly due to differences in the estimates
of the number of wounded... The real number is top secret anyway.

"2-3 months to take all of Ukraine"
Wojtek, please clarify: when has anyone from the Russian side ever stated that the goal is to take all of Ukraine? No one has, because it has never been the intention. The reason Russia has no interest in claiming the entirety of Ukraine is simple: they don’t need it. This narrative is a baseless fabrication, and it’s time to stop spreading such misinformation.

Anyone pushing such absurd claims demonstrates a complete lack of basic military and geopolitical knowledge. Do you even comprehend the sheer number of troops required to defend just 10 meters of a frontline? Spreading this kind of nonsense only highlights a fundamental ignorance of the realities of warfare and strategy.

doolfrews wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 11:26 pm "2-3 months to take all of Ukraine"
Wojtek, please clarify

I'm clarifying this especially for you:
that's what I thought.
Based e.g. on how quickly the occupation of Crimea
took place 8 years earlier.

doolfrews wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 11:26 pm a fundamental ignorance of the realities of warfare and strategy.

You accurately summed up the Kremlin's ambitions vs. real possibilities, as it turned out.
But you are right - the Kremlin is not interested in western Ukraine.

wojtek wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 11:33 pm I'm clarifying this especially for you:
that's what I thought.
Based on how quickly the occupation of Crimea
took place 8 years earlier.

Crimea has been an autonomous peninsula since the 1990s, with Russian forces legally stationed there since 1997 under bilateral agreements. It’s also worth noting that 60% of Crimeans identified as Russian nationals, reflecting the region’s historical and cultural ties to Russia. Additionally, it’s crucial to recognize that Ukraine was being actively prepared for conflict by the West, which significantly escalated tensions and shaped the broader geopolitical context. These facts are essential for a balanced understanding of the situation.

"You accurately summed up the Kremlin's ambitions. "

No Wojtek that comment belonged to you.

Crimea historically belongs to the Tatars, but no one takes them into account...
BTW, it is the army that fights on the territory of a country,
not civilians, regardless of their nationality...

We can talk about other regions. So, Donbas is Russian.
Kiev is of course Russian, because Holy Mother Rus is Kievan
and not Moscowan (Russia was baptized in Kiev in 988).
And there is no separate Ukrainian nationality, but there is Little Russia.
This is the official narrative of the Kremlin.
Since the Pereiaslav Agreement in the 17th century, Ukraine
has belonged to the Russian sphere of influence, and it is
the Kremlin's ambition to restore this state of possession back.

In this way, we will come to the conclusion that even the DDR
with the pro-Kremlin AfD winning in its territories is also Russian,
because the Tsar has a sentiment for Dresden, where he spent his youth.