Douglas Macgregor – The Latest in The War.

It may look like the Russians are back on their heels but the reality is that the only thing at this time that Russia cares about is the kill ration. Its currently 5 Ukrainian for every Russian. The same goes for equipment.

January 4, 2023 | 7 Comments »

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  2. Reuters reporting:

    Heavy fighting around the largely ruined, Ukrainian-held city of Bakhmut is likely to persist for the foreseeable future, with the outcome uncertain as Russians have made incremental progress, according to a senior U.S. administration official.

    https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-01-04/heavy-fighting-likely-to-persist-for-ukrainian-held-bakhmut-u-s-official
    h/t Alexander Mercouris
    Well, if the ever-faithful Washington loyalist Reuters is reporting this, the “incremental progress” being made by the Russian must be somewhat significant…

  3. Russian President Vladimir Putin has allegedly called for a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine on Thursday.

    The Russian Orthodox Bishop had urged Vladimir Putin to call a truce over Orthodox Christmas so that “Orthodox people can attend services on Christmas Eve and on the day of the Nativity of Christ.”

    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has also backed the Bishop’s request in a call with Putin, urging the Russian president to also find a “vision for a fair solution.”

    …

    Following this request, Vladimir Putin had reportedly called on Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to order a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine.

    …

    Ukraine has appeared to reject the proposal as Ukrainian officials are skeptical of the ceasefire saying that it is a trap.

    Ukraine has dismissed Putin’s call for a 36-hour ceasefire to observe Orthodox Christmas. “This is a purely propagandistic gesture. Nothing more,” said a spokesman for @ZelenskyyUa. Russia is trying to buy time, he says, to rearm and mobilize more troops. “It’s a banal trap.”
    …
    — Simon Shuster (@shustry) January 5, 2023

    https://www.oann.com/newsroom/putin-orders-temporary-ceasefire/

  5. Skeezix,

    Someone said, “The first casualty of any war is “the truth”.

    We are currently engaged i a conflict that is far more important than the Russo-Ukrainian War. All humanity are on one side, and the Father of Lies is on the other. He picks us off one by one, garnering us into his camp: We believe a lie here, a lie there;, and before not very long, we lose all contact with reality.

    Is Klaus Schwab our enemy? Is he the Great Liar? Are we at war with the World Economic Forum? Is that why we should cozy up to the Russians? When the Russian leaders lie, they speak their native language. Putin was a KGB officer. Was he groomed in “Truth School”? No. He was groomed by Klaus Schwab as much as Zelenskyy was. Meanwhile, Russians and Ukrainians (and many more) are being slaughtered in the name of high-sounding… lies.

  7. the only thing at this time that Russia cares about is the kill ration. Its currently 5 Ukrainian for every Russian.

    That figure sounds suspiciously like what we heard during the Vietnam War — which we lost,of course. More objective figures are:

    Ukraine: 10,000 killed, 30,000 wounded (Ukrainian source)
    Ukraine: 61,207 killed, 49,368 wounded (Russian govt. source)

    Russian: 5,937 killed (Russian source)
    Russian & Allied: 60,000 killed, 180,000 wounded (EU source)

    Source: Wikipedia