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Macron: I am willing to cede parts of Ukraine to Russia in exchange for peace in Europe. I am Europe's leader! Zelensky: Fuck off

Ukraine predicts victory: Ukraine war: Military intelligence chief 'optimistic' of Russian defeat saying war 'will be over by end of year' NEWS.SKY.COM Major General Kyrylo Budanov spoke exclusively to Sky News and predicted the war will reach a turning point in August. He correctly predicted when Russia would invade earlier this year. He goes on to say that he is aware of a coup being formed in the background of Russia, and that Putin has cancer. Both could be/are likely psyops.

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Ukrainian refugees have started to arrive in Canada in earnest, mostly through Poland. I think three jets this week, spreading them across the country. In my city about 30 families have arrived, and the local community has been fantastic, providing them places to stay, getting them jobs, etc. So far I haven't been contacted to host anyone, so that hopefully means there are enough Ukrainian-speaking households available as the primary hosts.

Yeah the claims of 1,500+ dead in those crossings is clearly propaganda. However, 70+ vehicles destroyed likely means hundreds. Despite this, the Russians have been making progress in that area in general, albeit at a great cost. The question is, can Ukraine keep them to a slow pace long enough for the main Ukrainian thrust to the north to pull behind the Russians?

Gamer nerds are winning the war for Ukraine: tl;dw: Younger, non-military people (working with the military) go in with small civilian drones and scout out locations for a week or so from the bush. They make a map (using MS Paint, effectively) and provide it to the larger military drone teams. The military drones are launched and loiter while providing targeting info for artillery a dozen KM away, who then destroy the Russian positions. The drones are so vital to Ukraine's efforts that each platoon now has a dedicated drone team. I expect this to be the future of all modern militaries. Interestingly, Ukraine is mostly using Chinese drones that the Russians are actually able to track, so the teams are getting wiser in how they deploy them so as not to be instantly targeted.

Jesus:

Apparently Russian close-air defense batteries are not so great, which might explain Ukraine's ability to pester them with drones:

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From everything I have seen, the population of Ukraine (and therefore politicians) have acquired the maximalist position of no concessions to Russia. On Feb 24 it would have been conceivable for Ukraine to allow Russia to keep DNR/LNR/Crimea, but I don't think it is now, they are going to keep fighting and try to take back their 1991 borders. Maybe leave Crimea.

I'm starting to suspect they might not be the good guys!

Wow what a surprise:

I can't find the reddit post now, but it was their most common gun. Apparently the only common weapon they have which outranges 18km (by that they meant they use a lot of them) were MRLS systems. They have range, but are not accurate.

Someone made a graphic of the difference the US/Canada-supplied M777 artillery makes in terms of fighting the Russians (and their artillery):