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Let's see regular drone attacks on Moscow, on the kerch bridge, regular attacks on Belgorod. Imagine if US had all these incursions and attacks on D.C by a proxy force of Russia/China
The attack on Kerch bridge is obviously not a spur of the moment thing, it likey took months to plan out. I suspect that the bigger picture here is that these attacks were supposed to happen in conjunction with a big Ukrainian breakthrough during the offensive, and then Blinken was going to put pressure on Russia's allies in the upcoming summit in Jeddah to force them to accept US position.
Looking from that perspective we can see what the probable US plan for ending the war was. Have a big victory on the battlefield, and combine it with attacks on Moscow, oil shipping, and cut off the bridge to Crimea. This would've been sold as Russia getting routed on all fronts, and then they were hoping that this would be enough to force Russia's allies to start having doubts which could be exploited in Jeddah. Of course, the reality is that the key component of this strategy failed utterly. Now, Blinken will go to Jeddah and likely face a reverse situation of what he hoped for where everyone will tell him that US needs to start accepting reality and negotiate with Russia.
I don't understand why China and other 3rd world countries are going to Saudi Arabia. Its a disgrace and illogical not to consider the Russia's security issues and problems within the Ukranian state which has been nazified after 2014 coup.
As of yesterday, it's been 2 months since the beginning of Ukraine's offensive. Since then, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been able to capture an area of around 360.49KM^2, or around 0.02% of Russian controlled area. This came at a cost of extreme losses. Ukraine lost around 20% of the weaponry Ukraine sent to the battlefield, according to U.S. and European officials in just the first two weeks. While western media doesn't report personnel losses, it's pretty clear they must be in many thousands given stunning loss of equipment Ukraine has suffered.
Pentagon, and NATO, have put a deadline on the Armed Forces of Ukraine for September-November time-range for them to achieve significant results in terms of territorial gains. The west has already threatened to reduce support when they fail.
It seems like we are slowly but surely approaching the end of the narrative here.
Can you get me sources for the amount of area recaptured? I got a lib saying Ukraine has recovered over 1/3 of territory lost.
here's BBC talking about it, a perfect source for libs https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66383377
In two months Ukrainian troops have advanced, at most, about 10 miles (16km) in two areas along the region's 100-mile (160km) front, according to independent analysis.
