From what I’ve heard is that:
- Azov and other Ukro-nazi groups having been mostly in the immediate front lines since 2014.
- 250k+ Ukrainian soldiers are now wounded or dead.
I’m also noticing far less pictures/videos of Ukro nazis coming from the semi-pro Russian sources.
I’m beginning to wonder whether the current situation is that the ultra-nationalists are now dead and the current and larger Ukrainian force that’s currently fighting consist of non-nationalists that are US worshippers wannabe EU citizens.
And that those Ukrainians are constantly begging Zelensky for weapons coming from the EU or US or they won’t fight.
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I would like to add that I got the impression of “Azov on the frontlines in Donbass” from listening to the Duran, Gonzalo Lira and others.
They used to talk a lot about them and now it seems to be solely about artillery weapons, further sanctions and advances on the battlefield.
I remember being shown a video clip where Zelensky was talking to his soldiers prior to the war in the Donbass to return home and they just flat out ignored their president’s orders.
There was also a clip of an Azov nazi talking about how his phone list how half of it had become a list of dead friends. And this happened months ago in I think Mariupol.
I think I read or heard it again a few weeks ago from another Azov nazi in around the Sverodonetsk area and it was even worse, 80% is how I remember it.
It should be noted that Azov is but one of many Nazi batallions. There are also some armeed groups that may not be listed as “official military”, i.e. the Right Sector.
Otherwise, no the operation is far from done. There are still forces shelling Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and hydroelectric dam. There are still forces shelling Donetsk and even Russian territory proper - i.e. Belgorod oblast.
Now how many are left and how ling it will last is a good question. Looking back at Chechnya, there were sporadic flame-ups of conflict and armed assaults by paramilitaries for several years after the second campaign was officially over. For example there was an attack on Nalchik around 2007. Thus even after the campaign is officially over, it would only take a couple of squads of these psychos to start hostilities all over again.
And lastly, please refrain from referring to Azovites as “warriors”. Such a term carries certain connotations and is used by western media on purpose. They are paramilitaries, Nazis, bandits. And some, I assume, are official armed forces personell.
Uhmm… have western media used that?
I thought this came from myself thinking of not wanting to go too negative, but certainly not positive either, so going for the Klingon/barbarian route.
Yes. Especially sites like reddit. “BRAVE WARRIORS DEFENDING THEIR HOMELAND AGAINST EVIL ORCISH HORDES” is the obvious connotation.
Yikes! I’ll stop using it then from now on.