Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

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Sanktionerna 2014 satte stopp för utvecklingen men startade en ny ekonomisk utveckling och modell.

Inget annat land i världen är idag lika självförsörjande som Ryssland.

Man behöver inte älska Ryssland för det men respektera att dom hanterat situation bra och inte att väst tvingat fram utvecklingen som egentligen är tillgodo för Ryssland. Jag önskar själv att Sverige också kunde gå mot mer självförsörjning så vi kan stå emot katastrofer eller krig i vår omvärld.

Former Deputy Head of the US European Command, Lieutenant General Stephen Twitty:
I think the war in Donbass is turning in favor of the Russians. And if you look - I'm especially talking about the eastern part of the Donbass - the Russians have gone from trying to put pressure on the entire Donbass with all their military might to mastering each city separately. Be it Rubizhne, Liman, Severodonetsk and Lisichansk, they occupy precisely these cities, and this is how they move forward.

They don't put a lot of combat power into it with infantry and tanks. They have gathered their artillery and that is how they succeed. Yes, they are starting to make progress in the east of Donbass.

As it was officially stated, we are going to weaken Russia. Although we have not yet defined what weakening means. If you're looking at the Ukrainian and Russian troops right now, they're roughly one to one. The only difference is that Russia has a hell of a lot more combat power than the Ukrainians. And therefore, there is no way that the Ukrainians will ever destroy or defeat the Russians. And so we have to really figure out what weakening means in the final sense. And I will say more, the Ukrainians will never have enough combat power to kick the Russians out of Ukraine. So what will the end of the game look like then?

If you really want to go back to pre-2014, then I'm interested to hear the ways and means. Because, from a military point of view, the Ukrainians lack the ability to do this. They just lack that ability. They don't have that kind of fighting power.

And I also want to remind you that we hear a lot about Russian casualties. And we hear very little about Ukrainian losses, but keep in mind that they also lose soldiers throughout this war. They started with about two hundred thousand. Well, who knows where they are today?

Therefore, it is difficult for them to gain and maintain the necessary level of professionalism in their army. Therefore, it must be admitted that they do not have enough opportunities and funds to have a return to the state before 2014.

The second point that I would like to draw attention to, you know, if you look at the components - diplomatic, informational, military and economic - we are sorely lacking in the diplomatic component in an attempt to resolve this matter. If you notice, there is not even an attempt to agree on some kind of negotiations, there is no diplomacy. And I don't think we can do it, given what Putin thinks of us.