A plea to stop circlejerking: With PMC Wagner (at least temporarily) gone and the focus off of Bakhmut, and the Kremlin/MOD fucking up even more than usual lately, we are likely on the precipice of several major Russian losses (thanks to the MOD).
I'm as happy about the Bakhmut win as anyone, but this thread's gone to shit lately and has become as circlejerky as the 5D-chess crowd (all the big pro-Z twitter accounts). Little-to-no mention in this thread about the attack on the Kremlin, how 1.5 years into this war Ukraine is still shelling Donetsk city, the grain deal, how Russia hasn't advanced in 8 months besides Wagner in Bakhmut, etc. etc.
Ukraine bombed the Kremlin, and Russia's 'response' was to
extend the grain deal another 2 months. Russia continues to supply Ukraine with over 40% of its oil, the bulk of its petrochemical/chemical needs, and much of its food. The Dnieper bridges remain standing.
I remain convinced that the RU MOD is actively trying to lose the war, but gracefully. One part of the Pentagon leaks that nobody in the pro-Z twitter sphere (or here) mentioned was the claim that the entire RU MOD is compromised with numerous spies at the highest levels, and that US officials (and by extension, Ukraine) are preemptively informed of all missile strikes by Russia. 6 months of this thread
spamming the Air Raid Siren maps of Ukraine almost
every night, and what is there to show for it? When was the last time a RU missile killed a big number of UA troops? All that circlejerking ended up resulting in
nothing actually happening besides the 2 ammo depot explosions (Pavhlorad/Khmelnitsky), which conveniently had zero UA troops guarding them at the time and all UA officials evacuated beforehand, and all they did was excuse the West to send even more weapons.
Russia has
no plans for any offensive and there really is only bad times from here on out. At least the Kremlin extended the grain deal again!
Shoigu and Gerasimov should be hanged.
Some must-reads for folks here interested in some objective analyses of Kremlin inner politics and likely progression of the war from here on out: