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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.

    • @crapwittyname@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Yep. They don't prove the US is a queerphobic dictatorship. Not even close. I don't know what more to say. Maybe you should open your mind a bit? There is some pretty good literature out there on the nature and inherent value of truth that might be illuminating for you.

      And one last thing. I'm not a liberal. Not everyone who you argue with is.

          • @redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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            10 months ago

            ? You said you weren't a liberal, suggesting that you think you're something else. Which raises the question, what is that?

              • @redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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                10 months ago

                Okay you say you're not a liberal and you're an anti-capitalist but what are you, in the positive? Unless you only define yourself by what you're not?

                • @crapwittyname@lemm.ee
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                  10 months ago

                  I'm not into identity politics either. I am far left, anti authority, pro-worker, pro-human, pro-science. Lots of things. What about you?

                  • @redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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                    10 months ago

                    I'm a Marxist. I reject identity politics, too. You should look into Marxism. It could be right up your street.