Oh, you mean pulling punches? The refutation of the argument is self-evident unless you consider every single destroyed house in Mariupol and Kharkiv as objects of military significance/occupied by the Ukrainian army.
The only people talking about tactical nukes are non-Russians. Every claim of Russia using tactical nukes has come from clickbait or a literally who. Andrei Kozyrev, a former Russian official who isn't loyal to the Kremlin or Putin was asked about this and said nukes are defensive tool for Russia, to be used only for an existential threat. He reiterated that the Ukraine invasion is not an existential threat for Russia.
Nah this could escalate much further without getting into nuclear territory, though I think doing so would scare Russia quite a bit.
They aren't pulling any with those azog faggots hiding in the basement of some steel factory with their human shields. I don't know what i enjoy more, them begging everyone to come save them, the fact no one is, or the fact they are just zog bot losers. good times!
Just a matter of time before the same is seen in Moscow. Yo, Vlad. Do you want this in Moscow? Tver was close. Maybe St. Petersburg? Long past time to declare victory and go back to the pre-war lines. The Ukrainians seem to be able to carry out asymmetric warfare successfully.
I guess what I was getting at was that guy in the RT clip seemed pretty calm, (I dont know who it is, there was no source or title of the person in the video) and was saying Zelensky was just blowing smoke about tactical nuke usage. I guess I see Zelensky as impotent rage, and I take much of what he says (or news of things he says) with a grain of salt. This is because he relies on outside military support to even do anything, meaning he has no real power if he's so reliant on others. Honestly I just want no nukes being used, so that's why I check in here once a week, to see what the story is on them. Seeing Putin say the Sarmat was a defensive deterrent is good.
That guy is Russia's foreign minister, Lavrov. He's pretty well known so I figured you knew who he was, though I misunderstood and thought you were thinking his response was inadequate or something.
Yeah that'll go over well and Russia will definitely calm down when Moscow is on fire.
Russia hitting local industries in military attacks: tyrants, how evil.
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I'm guessing they are holding defensive positions just in case NATO decides to attack while Russia is open.
I think even Putin realizes they're fucked if another military takes a go at them right now. That sort of thing is when I'd go "Oh shit Russia's nukes!"
Maybe after Moscow, but i don't think they will after Bryansk...
I've seen plenty of western sources say Ukraine was going to fall in days, here we are two months later. I have no idea who you are quoting, unless you are considering Russia's total military across it's 9 timezone protecting other parts of Russia as "holding back".
For Ukraine, it can't escalate any further without nukes or direct NATO involvement. Ukraine views this war as falling into one of a couple scenarios that have changed with how the war has turned into a slug match instead of a quick, decisive, "Special Military Operation" like Russia envisioned at the start of this, either A. The usurpation of Ukraine's government, turning it into such a yes man it's basically just Russia like Belarus is. or B. Russia annexes so much of Ukraine through sham referendums that what remains of Ukraine is a true rump state instead of a very poor one due to having much of it's eastern regions and entire coastline stripped away from it.
They started this war with 190k, assuming the no conscripts thing is actually true which I believe it is, they sent around half their total active available troops since conscripts take up around half of Russia's army. Russia might be "holding back" in that some ways by not Groznying everything, but sending around a quarter of your active troops to a single theater is still quite the commitment.
I've seen a lot of shit takes too, doesn't mean anyone with two brain cells to rub together believes them. It is entirely within the realm of possibilities this war lasts months, years or it could end next week. Wars never go as planned.
that and they are still in 'HEARTS AND MINDS'S mode thinking they can eventually win over the Ukrainian pensioners... who typically hate them less.
