The Russian commander of the “Vostok” Battalion fighting in southern Ukraine said on Thursday that Ukraine will not be defeated and suggested that Russia freeze the war along current frontlines.

Alexander Khodakovsky made the candid concession yesterday on his Telegram channel after Russian forces, including his own troops, were devastatingly defeated by Ukrainian marines earlier this week at Urozhaine in the Zaporizhzhia-Donetsk regional border area.

“Can we bring down Ukraine militarily? Now and in the near future, no,” Khodakovsky, a former official of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, said yesterday.

“When I talk to myself about our destiny in this war, I mean that we will not crawl forward, like the [Ukrainians], turning everything into [destroyed] Bakhmuts in our path. And, I do not foresee the easy occupation of cities,” he said.

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[–] Sinonatrix@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sorry but this is definitely shit you only say when you're very far from the action. Would you want your grandpa drafted and sent into a minefield to "dissuade the aggressor"? Grandma and the children too apparently, better dead than governed by another neighboring authoritarian shithole?

I think I'd rather just flee with my family to a country right next door that has a nuclear deterrent and NATO membership. Literally why would "they need to all fight to the death instead" be your first thought? I can't imagine it coming from a position where you think Ukrainians are as human as you are.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People back then couldn't flee like that. You're taking it all well too literally.

And yes I have Ukrainian refugee neighbours. Soldiers knowing their families are safe with friends isn't exactly bad for morale, either.

[–] notceps@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol no you don't, you've been lying through this entire thread, I bet even if you had them you wouldn't know about it because when I asked you to go outside and talk to people you ignored it, literally stop being a NEET go outside and talk to people

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How, pray tell, would I know my neighbours are Ukrainian when I never talk to people?

Checkmate, projectionist.

[–] notceps@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are a german NEET go outside, maybe when you spend some time among real life people you can get your priorities straight like instead of arguing with the scary putin-bot tankies online you can figure some way to organize so that the AfD, that's the fascist party in case you forgot, doesn't poll in second place. Unless you yourself aren't a NEET but a fascist and want the AfD to 'Take back Germany' in which case fuck off.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

AfD polls 8% in my state, greens are 2nd largest party, good try.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How, pray tell,

Checkmate

michael-laugh holy shit my comrade was right on the money, Discord moderator energy levels off the charts

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

Checkmate liberal smuglord