• Killer57@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Last week was the deadliest week of the Russian war for Russians so far in 2026, their spring assault is a slaughter for them, Ukraine is doing amazing, Slava Ukraine

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        22 hours ago

        Sure, but there’s a few differences between now and WW2.

        Russia doesn’t have a lend-lease partner so lost material is very hard to replace, whereas Ukraine has multiple defense markets to purchase material from.

        Russias only advantage is their manpower. The issue is they have had degraded capacity to adequately replenish their war materials. Eventually this will hit a critical mass that will swing the war in Ukraines favor.

        • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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          21 hours ago

          But Ukraine could run out of troops and Europe and the US might not continue to supply military equipment. Trump is already switching equipment from Ukraine to the Mideast.

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            13 hours ago

            Ukraine could run out of troops. But Russia could suffer another military coup. They almost did with Wagner. Russia is also running very low on S400 launchers. Ukraine could break down Russia’s AAA over the battlefield, and when that does happen, they can systematically route that area of operations.

            • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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              5 hours ago

              Then Putin will be motivated to accept my proposal. My proposal gives Putin a way to save face. He can claim that he achieved his goal of getting the US out of Europe.

  • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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    2 days ago

    This is what Europe should propose to Putin. Russia will withdraw from all land it seized from Ukraine after the 2022 invasion. NATO would be dissolved and replaced with a European alliance. Ukraine and Canada would be permitted to join but not the US. All sanctions against Russia will be lifted. Russia will not be required to pay reparations. If Putin doesn’t accept the proposal, the UK and France would send troops to Ukraine.

    • EightBitBlood@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Here’s my plan:

      Get Trump out of office, get an American president that isn’t AIPAC. Treat Putin in Russia the same as we just did Venezuela and Iran.

      Putin gets nothing forever. (As he’s dead). Democracy stops collapsing world wide due to his influence over insecure billionaires. US gets to keep breaking bad. But in a way that actually benefits the world instead of just the Epstein class.

        • Mark@lemmy.world
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          23 hours ago

          I doubt they ever where. But certainly not anymore. There is doubt their nuclear arsenal even works after decades of neglect.

            • mcv@lemmy.zip
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              11 hours ago

              Yeah, that is a very risky bluff to call.

              It’s clear that Russia is not nearly as powerful as anyone thought, and there’s good reason to believe their nuclear arsenal is either severely neglected or was mostly bluff to begin with, but you can’t be sure. And any war on Russian soil is going to be hard no matter what.

              Do kick Russia out of Ukraine; that’s an unjustifiable war of conquest that needs to be reverted. But make it clear that you won’t set foot in Russia and don’t pose a threat to Russia itself. That way you give Putin no excuse to go nuclear, and no reason for the Russian military to obey him if he does.

              • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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                5 hours ago

                That’s the reason in my proposal only the UK and France will enter the war if Putin rejects it. If many countries will enter the war, Putin would say he is being overwhelmed and has to go nuclear.

        • EightBitBlood@lemmy.world
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          22 hours ago

          Not after losing half a million citizens and untold amounts of Military equipment in the Ukraine. Russia is now literally weaker than they’ve ever been, and Trump has spent that whole decline sucking Putins Dick behind closed Doors instead of cutting it off.

          Putin’s only powerful because you fall for that narrative. He’s a weak man, with weak ideas, in a weak body, riddled with pancreatic cancer.

          Killing him now would be easier than ever, and every leader in the world is a big ass pussy about it because they believe social media over reality. When social media has been almost completely controlled by Russian intelligence for the last decade.

          Putins a weak bitch that could be snuffed out in a moment the same as the Ayatolla. The only reason you think he’s untouchable is because you believe the propaganda he’s been putting out instead of the cold facts:

          His economy is weak. His Military is weak. He is weak.

          Letting him live out of the fear he’s a bigger monster than that is how he’s stayed alive this long. And it’s amazing to me our world leaders are such big pussies to fall for it. Which explains why Trump has so easily grabbed them all.

          • MrFinnbean@lemmy.world
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            17 hours ago

            All the things you say are true.

            But Russia still has nukes.

            And before anybody starts to make noise about how those are in poor condition. By estimate they have 1500-1700 warheads and 1000-2000 short range nukes. Even if only 1% of those would work and we think on the low end of the estimate it would still be enough for 25 nuclear detonations, wich is 25 more than Iran and Venezuela combined.

        • Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 day ago

          Crimea is Ukraine, let alone the rest of occupied territories. It’s not just some “land” - despite everything there are Ukrainian people living there.

          Russia keeping land annexed by brute force will not achieve anything and only add billions upon billions of debt to rebuild and resettle what was eradicated.

      • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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        1 day ago

        Under my plan Putin doesn’t get all he wants. He will be getting far less territory than he wants.

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          1 day ago

          Except he’s not in it for territories.

          Also you got to remember all previous attempts to pacify an aggressor, starting from a nice chap by the name of Neville.

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          1 day ago

          Yeah but without compensation / reparations ? It’s absolutely a bad deal for the victims.

          • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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            1 day ago

            You have to have a deal that Putin might accept. Putin will certainly reject a deal which requires reparations.

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              24 hours ago

              I don’t think any one has to have a deal that they themselves cannot accept… why would the Zelensky dude and our fellow Ukrainians have to settle? They seem like a pretty brutal and opinionated bunch…

              No one « have to » until they are all eating dirt really.

              • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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                24 hours ago

                Ukraine will accept my proposal because it would end a war which is killing its people and which it might not win. The problem is whether Putin will accept the proposal.

      • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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        1 day ago

        What? I gave a solution to ending the war in which Russia would gain much less land than Putin wants.

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      2 days ago

      Question is, why would Putin accept that? NATO already seems to be on the way out, he already holds more territory than in 2022, and with the current oil prices they’re making a bunch of money, and EU doesn’t have the fiscal space to help Ukraine or to justify a direct intervention

      • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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        Putin might not accept it. Then Britain and France have to join the war and force an outcome.

      • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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        24 hours ago

        The UK and France are not paper tigers. They would not only provide ground but also air and naval forces. The RAF and French air force could gain air superiority.

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      You’re getting slammed for this but I think it’s a fairly pragmatic proposal. It’s hard for many to accept solutions that don’t feel “fair” but maybe it’s better to stop the destruction.

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      Put something in that Putin can use to say Ukraine has been denazified, and it’s a deal that he should logically take.

      But Ukraine will also insist on getting their children back. What is extremely reasonable. And I have no idea how logical Putin is nowadays.

      You can make a cease-fire in that format, but not a peace agreement.

      • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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        Under my proposal, there has to be a peace agreement since Russia will have to leave the land it seized after the 2022 invasion. However, if Ukraine agrees to a ceasefire and gives Russia the land it has already seized, that’s fine.

      • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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        I am not suggesting a world war, but it might be inevitable. Britain and France experiencing the terrible loss of lives during World War I thought they could bring peace by giving Hitler the Sudetenland. It didn’t work.

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          Of course a fucking world war is not inevitable. Why are libtards so focused on the apocalypse.

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      If they wrapped that in the right spin it might just give Putin enough wiggle room to back down without losing his head

      • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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        Yes, Europe should get China involved. Peace would be good for trade between China and Europe, which includes Ukraine.