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.
? You said you weren’t a liberal, suggesting that you think you’re something else. Which raises the question, what is that?
I’m not a liberal because I hold strong anti-capitalist views, for one example.
Okay you say you’re not a liberal and you’re an anti-capitalist but what are you, in the positive? Unless you only define yourself by what you’re not?
I’m not into identity politics either. I am far left, anti authority, pro-worker, pro-human, pro-science. Lots of things. What about you?
I’m a Marxist. I reject identity politics, too. You should look into Marxism. It could be right up your street.
Nice! I’ve read the manifesto, most of Das Kapital and some of his essays and his thinking is a big part of my worldview. I’m reading “at the café” by Malatesta at the moment and I think I like it enough to recommend.