UKRAINE
4. The Russian sledgehammer is beginning to fall in Ukraine Douglas Macgregor
Jan 11, 2023 – Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor (24) – Your home for analysis of breaking news and in-depth discussion of current geopolitical events in the United states and the world.
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2. What (more reasonable) Western Analysts Say Comes Next for Ukraine [35:34] The New Atlas
Jan 10, 2023 – Some Western analysts have been providing a more accurate picture of the conflict in Ukraine than the general barrage of Western war propaganda. They seem to agree that:
– There is no path for Ukraine to win militarily;
– Russia is nowhere near as incompetent and ill-prepared as the Western media suggests;
– Russia is not seizing territory because it is waging a war of attrition;
– Ukrainian territorial gains may have appeared “spectacular” but came at the cost of huge losses in men and equipment;
– Russia is bolstering both its manpower and defensive positions;
– The loss of Kharkov and Kherson city has actually left Russia in a more advantageous position, more troops on a shorter line of contact;
– Russian forces fighting in Bakhmut seek to grind Ukrainian forces down, not capture the city from them.
1. Endgame for Ukraine in Bahkmut? By Larry Johnson
January 11, 2023 at 7:00am – While Western pundits (I think shills is a more apt description) and media continue to insist that Ukraine is pounding the snot out of Russia, the facts on the ground in Soledar and Bahkmut tell a different story.
Before delving into the specifics of the Russian advance, let me highlight some buffoonery from Niall Ferguson, born in Scotland and living in the United States. Ferguson is a Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University:
