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‘We Cannot Win’ Says Top Russian Commander (www.kyivpost.com)

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The Russian commander of the “Vostok” Battalion fighting in southern Ukraine said on Thursday that Ukraine will not be defeated and suggested that Russia freeze the war along current frontlines.

Alexander Khodakovsky made the candid concession yesterday on his Telegram channel after Russian forces, including his own troops, were devastatingly defeated by Ukrainian marines earlier this week at Urozhaine in the Zaporizhzhia-Donetsk regional border area.

“Can we bring down Ukraine militarily? Now and in the near future, no,” Khodakovsky, a former official of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, said yesterday.

“When I talk to myself about our destiny in this war, I mean that we will not crawl forward, like the [Ukrainians], turning everything into [destroyed] Bakhmuts in our path. And, I do not foresee the easy occupation of cities,” he said.

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[-] st33lb0ne@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago

Russia allready lost. They just keep ignoring it

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"U.S. intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive’s key goal"

territory ukraine has reclaimed in its counteroffensive

[-] yata@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, more shitty memes. That will definitely make people fall in line with your cause and not think you have nothing positive to contribute but shitposting.