‘We Cannot Win’ Says Top Russian Commander Alexander Khodakovsky
www.kyivpost.com
The leader of the Russian battalion defeated at liberated Urozhaine calls for “freezing the front” after his unreinforced troops were devastated in a rout.

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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.

    • Draegur@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      OK for real though I am looking forward to reading up on Operation Aerodynamic.

      Just because I'm not ok with the CIA sending operatives to foment rebellions, astroturf political movements, rig elections, and overthrow sovereign states does not have any influence on the fact that they definitely fucking do that shit.

      The fact that they definitely do it, though, does not make it ok for anyone else to do it either.

      Russia's used the "turnabout is fair play" card in 'encouraging' 'veterans' to 'volunteer' 'assisting' 'separatist insurgents' in Donbas. Although I hate to see it, and wish they hadn't done it, the rationale behind why they expected to get away with it is clear. Even right now, lots of non-Ukrainians are volunteering (with or without airquotes) to aid the Ukrainian military.
      Some might tell me "that's not the same thing!!!" while others will tell me "that's LITERALLY the same thing!!!" and however one wishes to characterize it, it's definitely happening and it's going to keep happening because the utility of it is too high. Russia's gonna keep doing it. America's gonna keep doing it. Proxy war.

      Now I can face the fact that the actual reason that I want Russia to lose is the same reason I want the American republican party to be extinguished AND the democrat party to be blown out afterward: conservative traditionalist fascistic authoritarian theocracies deserve to be wiped off the face of the earth and swept into the dustbin of history where they fucking belong. European influence has historically weakened these death cult brain-viruses. Europe being far more left-leaning and socialist than America may ever be in my life time makes them the preferable alternative to Russia's literal jailing and execution of LGBT people. Encoded into their very fucking law books.

      • ThomasMuentzner [he/him, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Russia's used the "turnabout is fair play" card in 'encouraging' 'veterans' to 'volunteer' 'assisting' 'separatist insurgents' in Donbas

        Okay so you claim that the Revolution that the left part of the Map does is Legit , and "wholisitc Peoples will" (even through its leads to Civil War ) .. the REACTION of the Part of the Country that just lost THEIR FUCKING PRESIDENT AND THE RIGHT TO SPEAK THEIR OWN LANGUAGE , is just a Russian Operation ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

        Maidan : "Fuck yeah TV told me ! "

        "Slavyiansk , Odessa , Kramatosrk , Donestk , Luhansk , Mariupol , kherson , Kharkov , Dneperpetrosk , Crimea etc. all rebellling in Reaction ? " , "well thats just a russian operation , i can not forgive them !!!"

        okay imagine Canada has a Quebecian President , he then gets unconstituionally removed by Canadian Faschist in the non french speaking Capital , the New Goverment that spend all their time proclaiming their Hate for Quebecians and forbides the french Language , and you try to go around telling me that the

        "Seperatist movement gathering in Quebec is some perfidious French operation .... nothing natural about it .. they Love beeing bombed & hated , you have fallen for French Missinformation Sweety "

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      • ThomasMuentzner [he/him, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Sorry the first reply was to "Fronting" , your on a good way , the Maidan spell sits deep , it also sat deep in me once. True Power is True Power , and if you ever heard of "Softpower" .. this is it ...

        That you currently belive that the "Maidan" is the great and Glorious Peoples Will" & "The Donbass revolution is is perfidious Russian lies" and against the will of the People" is US Softpower ..

        if you ever heard about the Concept ,SOFTPOWER it is the ability of the US State to make you Hate somebody.

        conservative traditionalist fascistic authoritarian theocracies deserve to be wiped off the face of the earth and swept into the dustbin of history where they fucking belong.

        i think you heard about it... ,