WW3 Please SAY NO!

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Mark17

If Afghanistan could bog down Russia for a decade, and the USA for 2 decades, the people of Ukraine can continue to resist long enough for Russia to be brought to its knees economically.

The Ruble is now worth less than one cent and the Russian stock market can't even open because the minute it does, it collapses. Vlad might not care, but every other Russian does.

It's good to be optimistic. However, I'm realistic.

2 decades, don't compare the 2 it's like comparing apples and borscht.......this will be over by April 1, and that's no joke.

Do you have any idea how long a 40 mile military caravan is? (40 miles)......but seriously just imagine that, 40 miles, one after the other, and yes I know they have some issues, but they will correct and keep moving forward. Just a matter of time.

Russia will take Ukraine.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

Do you have any idea how long a 40 mile military caravan is?

Russia will take Ukraine.

https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-col...120729379.html

Russian troops are struggling without food and fuel, a Ukrainian colonel told The Wall Street Journal.

It comes as the US and UK say the 40-mile-long Russian military convoy bearing down on Kyiv is stalled.

UK intelligence said it was "delayed by staunch Ukrainian resistance, mechanical breakdown and congestion."

The 40-mile-long Russian military convoy bearing down on Ukraine's capital city appears to have been stalled for days, and a Ukrainian colonel said Russian troops were running low on supplies and morale.

The Ukrainian colonel told The Wall Street Journal: "The Russians thought they could break through and be in Kyiv in a couple of days. They didn't realize that we have learned how to wage war in the past eight years."

"Now they sit there, hungry, without fuel, demoralized, and we just come in every little while and pop them off. And every day, we are pushing them back."

The remarks come as the US and UK said the military convoy, which was spotted in Sunday satellite images apparently approaching Kyiv, had made little progress.

The UK Ministry of Defence said on Thursday the convoy was about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Kyiv's center and struggling with issues including resistance from Ukrainians. Since last week's invasion, ordinary Ukrainians have been taking up arms to fend off Russian forces.

"The main body of the large Russian column advancing on Kyiv remains over 30km from the centre of the city having been delayed by staunch Ukrainian resistance, mechanical breakdown and congestion. The column has made little discernible progress in over three days," it said.

A senior US defense official also told reporters on Wednesday: "We believe that the convoy is stalled."

NPR reported that the convoy includes tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and supplies.

[Shoeless Moe]

yep know all that....and probably true.

But again just a matter of time.

Other cities are falling in the meantime.

I mean it's not like Putin doesn't have a map of everything that is in that country.

He knows where everything is.

He'll turn the entire city into rubble in the meantime.

Be so nice if the Russian soldiers laid down their weapons and said F this, but you know where that will land them. Or if they really truly were incompetent , but these are temporary setbacks. They will correct and move forward.

Beer bottle molatov cocktails ain't gonna get it done.

Believe me I'm rooting for the underdog too, but odds are 99-1 against.

[earlywynnfan]

I would expect Russia to take Ukraine, but either way, I see no way for them to hold it. I cannot see this as anything but a colossal blunder on Putin's part.