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submitted 5 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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A European Parliament member claimed that the U.S. gave Europe three weeks to agree on Ukraine's "surrender" terms or risk an American withdrawal from Europe.

Mika Aaltola made the claim on X, but provided no evidence. NBC News reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested a U.S. troop reduction in Europe.

Trump reportedly plans to cut 20,000 troops and demand greater NATO contributions. He has pushed for higher NATO defense spending.

Trump may meet with Putin soon, believing Russia holds the upper hand in negotiations.

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[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 151 points 5 months ago

Russia is losing in Ukraine but some how in the Orange Turds mind Russia is wining. Russia has the upper hand with their Puppet in the USA.

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 129 points 5 months ago

No no, he doesn't think that Russia is winning, he wants Russia to win.

[-] Dragomus@lemmy.world 66 points 5 months ago

He needs Russia to win...

Because Putin demands it of him to force it that way.

[-] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I wonder what Putin has on Trump. Pee tape or P-Tape?

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It's either footage from Epstein's plane of sex acts with obvious minors, or it's just that Putin tells him he's a great leader and everyone knows he's cleverer and better than Obama, Clinton and Biden. Trump is a complete sucker for absurd praise.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Putin helped him to get in the position he's in. It's a long-term mutually beneficial relationship. No need for P-tapes - who cares about those nowadays? His base?

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 5 months ago

Shady loans from his businessman days?

[-] Arbiter@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

It would set a good precedent for his plans with Canada and Greenland.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Russia has the upper hand in Trump's ass.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Most analysts these days say that Ukraine is about to collapse military in the next year. More weapons alone wont cut it anymore as Ukraine is running out of troops to use them.

The strategy of using Ukraine to exhaust Russia, but never give Ukraine what it needed to defend itself fully and win, just for Ukraine to keep not losing, is failing now.

Russia incurrs high losses, but it is not exhausted yet.

[-] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Russia is using donkeys for frontline logistics and sending battalions of severely wounded/disabled people into battle to soak up bullets. They also don't rotate people off the frontline like, ever. They're not doing ok. Yes they're taking a small amount of ground, but they're bleeding themselves dry to do it.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Russia has the US on their side now, so no need to worry.

[-] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

All they need is donkeys and wounded people to take on the West. Hell, in Iraq there were multi-million$ US tanks being blown to pieces by $30 IED's. Both US and Russia were beat in Afghanistan against goats and tunnels. Not trying to say that Russia is doing fine (they're not) but their technology or lack-thereof is less a sign of weakness and more of a flex. It's almost as if Russia is saving the good stuff for somewhere else, like a geopolitical rival they've had for over 100 years, who are currently destabilized and divided done by the help of Russian disinformation tactics and their own assets in that rivals government, you know...

[-] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

It's not like any direct conflict between the US and Russia would be fought with conventional weaponry. It's be a 30 minute nuclear exchange where everyone loses. But they are actually just running out of stuff.

[-] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

Not necessarily. Pretty sure when America is divided into civil war, you bet there will be Spetznaz training local insurgency to help facilitate weapons and instability in the region. You know, like what America did to Russia's borders (the middle east). Some would argue that's already happening, what with all the Russian money flowing in the West (people in finance call London 'Londongrad' because there's so much Russian money) into things like the NRA and donations to red or blue politicians in elections. The Russians literally wrote down their playbook in 'Foundations of Geopolitics' and they've been following the recipe to a T with great success. No need for any massive invasions or unconventional weapons, just keep sending weapons and special forces training from Russia to Ya'll Qaeda and BBQ Haram and America will be a hollow shell of it's former self.

[-] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

So they need more boots on the ground? I have boots.

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Russia is losing in Ukraine

I'd like to also take a hit from your pipe, bro. That shit must be very good

[-] TwanHE@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Id say having to revert to donkeys and 30+ year old civilian shitboxes is losing for the "2nd greatest army".

[-] Goldholz 7 points 5 months ago

Tell me why and how russia is winning? Im truely interested

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
  1. Go to deepstatemap.live, observe and click on few icons to verify a deep pro-Ukrainian bias. Click on the calendar icon, select a random date from the past year. Click play button. Observe constant and relentless advancement from the red areas and the simultaneous shrinking of the blue.

  2. Sanctions have largely failed. From personal experience in Russia, I can tell you, the people don't feel like their country is at war. Business is as usual, the goods are still moving, the oil is flowing. The prices do rise quite quick, but it's not like they don't any other time. If anything, it only put a roadblock to opposing views for the people who can't be too arsed to buy a VPN subscription.

  3. I've been saying this all the time, but without troops from other countries, Ukraine cannot possibly hold the lines, nevermind fighting back. Russia has 3.5x more population and 9x bigger economy before the war broke out. No amount of aid is going to turn one Ukrainian into four. It's a simple math, and the two above points show exactly that. Anyone who tells that Russia is somehow losing is straight up lying to feed people what they want to hear.

[-] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yes but a well placed himars strike can turn 100 russians into 0. The problem is that Ukraine has to ration their ammunition. The reason Russia is taking ground at all is because they just have more meat than Ukraine has bullets.

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Yes but a well placed himars strike can turn 100 russians into 0

A well placed nuke can turn 3 mil Ukrainians into 0. What's the point?

The reason Russia is taking ground at all is because they just have more meat than Ukraine has bullets.

Well that's kind of the point. Even if you turn the question that way, as long as Russia has more troops than Ukrainians have bullets, it is still winning. It is set up to be a Pyrrhic victory from day 1, but a victory nonetheless.

[-] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

You understand that if Ukraine didn't have to ration their ammunition, they would be able to repel Russia without much problem. It's not an issue with manpower in the slightest. Also Xi has told Putin not to use nuclear weapons, and Putin has to do what Xi wants (unless Xi gives him a sock).

[-] Goldholz 3 points 5 months ago

"Russia is winning because media is pro ukraine on that map" and the quick advance? Yes they are advancing at a speed of 0.0003 km/day if i remember the math correctly. And for that suffer hundres of thousends of people and Equipment.

Yess the good old "it only took a million people but we finally took 5m²!" Approche from ww1 :3

The sanctions arent failing, the russian banks litterly cant give more money and the russian economy stands shortly before a collaps. And I can tell you the people to feel the weight of the war in their money, before there already was wide spread poverty but now its even worse. If a whole demographic of woman has come to the conclusion that marrying a soldier to have food when he is home and when he dies you get money is the strategie to survive, then your economy is failing. Why else is the rubble suddenly no longer able to be publicly traded? Oh what because its worthless and all your citicens exchanged it for other more stable currencys? Crazy. And with it no longer being public the government threw the banks can say what ever it wants the inflation rate and worth is, but the prices wont change for the better because of that.

And oooh what do my eyes see there? The good old "russia is big has many men, they can sustain any war!" Argument? The idiotic argument of someone who knows nothing about anything military and thinks russia = soviet union and they won ww2 all by themself with no outside help. Funny how i knew you were bringing this up lol

Russia with being on a litteral general draft where they are also in addition now taking still wounded soldiers, soldiers without arm and leg, from the hospitals, take them into a truck and send them off to the frontlines with the 60-70 year olds that get a few weeks training that already are sitting in their shit, rat infested, colera spreading trenches. For your info, ukraine still hasnt issued any draft of its people. Russias economie, which 2023 was 2,021 Billionen USD vs Ukraines which in 2023 was 102.03 Billion USD. GDP isnt a measure of how well a country is doing, if that were so everyone in the UK was a millonair and in the USA there was no poverty. That is simple economics ;)

But since you have already also proven that you dont know anything about economie or military here some tips: If your country in 2024 had to result to stolen civilain vehicles, golf carts and now also donkeys for its supplys then you're not winning. If you have to rely on north korean soldiers, use them as bait by letting them stand in the open, you arent winning. If you lost your navy, to a country without a navy, you are losing. If you are using tech from 60 years ago, you arent winning. If you couldnt stop the enemy from gaining more land in a few weeks than you took in an entire year offensive, and the enemy only slowed down because you cut of the civilians electicity, water and other essential things, so the enemy had to organise food and water supplies for the civilians as well and because they restricted in how they can use their weapons, you arent winning.

Oil and gas may be flowing, though it is to china, 10% of what you originally sold it and is now reliant and might as well using the Yuan. Russia is at the complete mercy of Winnie Pohs Silk Empire :D Hurray celebrate comrad! What a success! /j

But yes. Russia is cleeeeaaaarly winning

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

blah-blah-blah

My brother in christ, get a hold of yourself. Winning is winning. If I beat you up in a boxing match and shit my pants in the process, it doesn't matter how shitty my pants were, you go down then you're losing.

For your info, ukraine still hasnt issued any draft of its people.

Are you NUTS?

[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

How did the Russians do in Afghanistan?

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

How did the Russians do in Afghanistan?

Way worse than the US. Even though Russia was next door and the US was in another hemisphere.

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I'll do you one better: Why did the war in Afghanistan broke out?

[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Because the coups the Soviets organised turned out to be unpopular.

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

And what was the role of Osama bin Laden in this war?

I'm starting to get real curious what your views are and how on earth the facts fit together in it.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And what was the role of Osama bin Laden in this war?

He had no role at all in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. I think he was a boy taking vacations in Europe with his family.

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Oh, so you're not crazy. Just completely clueless. Go read a book or something

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Oh, so you're not a sane person who can learn from their own mistakes. You're just 100% divorced from reality. Don't bother the adults anymore.

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

So your proofs are,

  • one "source" is pro ukrainian
  • the economy is ok in russia. We are talking about the batlefield bro
  • your opinion

Booo, get better material

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