Ukraine! (Title too short or invalid)

Russian advances (and retreats)
since February 24

Today (18 June) the lines stand in much the same place -- small Russian gains have taken place but they would be imperceptible on this map scale.

Russia is losing this conflict and has been since the end of the first week. It's stated goals when entering Ukraine were two-fold:

1) Denazification of Ukraine, a country with a democratically elected Jewish president.

2) Demilitarization of Ukraine, a country that had one of the smallest and oldest armies in Europe (that was then; today Ukraine has one of the best equipped armies in Europe and is growing stronger every day).

Those were the stated goals, but Russia's authoritarian leader has written much in recent years about Ukraine. He claims all of Ukraine for Russia and denies Ukraine's right to exist. He seeks to rebuild the Russian empire to the former Soviet borders. And he likens himself to Peter the Great, a cruel and tyrannical dictator.

Russia is losing this conflict and for all of Europe it needs to lose this conflict. As goes Ukraine, so will go Eastern Europe.

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pdqsailor1 · 61-69, M

sarabee1995 · 26-30, F

@pdqsailor1 Thank you 😌

pdqsailor1 · 61-69, M

@sarabee1995 No need to thank me - we both look at this the same way... A fellow comes up to me at the yacht club on Saturday.. asking if it is my boat that has the Ukrainian flag flying from the mast.. I said yes.. He said his Family were from Ukraine.. I said that the flag is flying because I do not like people being bullied... and it is going to stay flying on that mast until Russia is out of Ukrainian territory - he gives me thumbs up... I came walking back to our boat wondering why everyone there is not flying Ukrainian courtesy flags from their burgee halyards.... now that would be pretty cool.. hundreds of boats flying them... it was not that many years ago that my family fled Europe for their lives with not more than the clothes on their backs when they were being threatened by Nazis..

sarabee1995 · 26-30, F

@pdqsailor1 👍

pdqsailor1 · 61-69, M

@sarabee1995 I printed out black and white outlines of Putin with a target on his forehead.. and set them up on an indoor range.. five shots, iron sights, standing with the results being a very tight grouping..

Yulianna · 26-30, F

@pdqsailor1 🇺🇦❤🇺🇸 thank you, from Ukraine.