(09-24-2022, 04:55 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Putin has fired his top generals that were directing the operation in Ukraine.

Do you understand what normally happens when generals are replaced in Russia? Groups are replaced and it's normal. 'Fired' is added by Western sources to try and say Russia is failing.

The truth is in the middle. Russia has taken a very slow approach and appears to be minimizing civilian causality as much as possible. That's caused them more loses and takes a lot longer. Wars have different phases so it wouldn't be odd to switch generals if you needed different expertise. Russia has outdated generals that may not want to fight anymore and were comfortable with the peace they have had. So definitely could see some being replaced because of performance.

(09-24-2022, 04:55 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: He has called up 300,000 reservists.

This doesn't really matter like you think it does. It takes troops to secure the large new territory that will become part of Russia. Russia also rotates troops so not sure if you are aware of that.

(09-24-2022, 04:55 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: He has threatened nuclear war. 

Not exactly what was said. Sure your sources paint it like that but he said he would defend Russian territory if attacked and would use all capabilities they have. He said they have nuclear weapons as everyone knows but also other more advanced weapons.

(09-24-2022, 04:55 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Sweden and Finland have applied to join NATO as a result of this invasion of Ukraine.

Both of those countries are now in revolts against those leaders who did that. Let's see if the application isn't resolved once the winter without power happens and the power get rid of the rest of the leaders.

(09-24-2022, 04:55 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: If Russia had some sort of master plan to abandon the region the Ukrainians took back in the counteroffensive, why did they also abandon their equipment and supplies?

You said they left billions of dollars of equipment. Show the billions of equipment that were left and not the same images shared over and over. Withdrawal on foot is slower and not safer. You leave equipment if it doesn't run. You are also assuming the equipment was actually Russian to begin with. Russia already captured plenty of equipment. Equipment from both sides have previously been destroyed and it still sits where it was destroyed unless it had usable parts.

You have no way of knowing anything about a piece of equipment left and it's pure speculation by Western sources.

Leaving supplies again has no context. Ukraine left tons of supplies, some were rigged to explode. Russia brought in humanitarian supplies so did they leave those? Did they rig some supplies as traps? Did they use supplies and weapon caches as a Russian tactic, yes they do this, when withdrawing and then bomb those locations?

(09-24-2022, 04:55 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: You have an overwhelming confidence that you can tell fact from fiction, and yet you get your "facts" from the Russian Ministry of Information.  You said so yourself in a post and you edited it out.  You would reject the testimony of a thousand witnesses if they contradicted your personal beliefs.  You tell me what I said above that is not true.

You are viewing everything through lenses that Russia is pure evil and Ukraine good. Russia must be stopped at all costs. Everything is presented as failure by Russia because you and the media refuse to even believe Russia doesn't want to takeover Ukraine even though they have never said it.

There aren't thousands of witnesses on the Ukrainian side. There are that many videos on Russian side and more. Both sides put out constant PR. You need to look at different sources on both sides, look at independent sources who are there on the ground, and wait a few days for the truth to come out.

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