Kherson was one of the four regions annexed by Russia in September. The remaining regions are Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts (and of course Crimea).
Russia still controls Kherson region, they’ve pulled out of Kherson city.
So what impact does this actually have on the war? Is Kherson still inhabited or has it been cleared of civilians?
Russia’s getting it’s ass kicked part 9001.
You make it sound as if Ukraine made some actual military victories in combat or something.
Are you actually communist? Why side with fascist kleptocracy Russia?
I side with reality.
I remember seeing mentions of you saying Russia would not invade Ukraine.
I did not think that Russia would invade Ukraine. At the time it seemed that Russia could get what they wanted through diplomatic means. Clearly that didn’t turn out to be the case. Nobody has a crystal ball that lets them see the future. All we can do is look at the information available and make judgments about what’s likely to happen given information that’s available at the time.
Not sure why you think that’s some kind of gotcha.
Cool. But I wonder what is your actual agenda. You publish your reality that is favorable as pro Russia/China; so your agenda is more generalizable as anti-west than left/communism. Well China sides with Russia even though one tries socialism and state capitalism and the other fascism/kleptocracy/populism/nationalism. They align for historical, anti-west, authoritarian, economic, strategic defense.
My agenda is to educate heavily propagandized people in the west on the information that’s suppressed by media here.
The west is the greatest threat to the world today. US empire dominates and subjugates many countries preventing them from being able to develop. The sooner this empire falls the better off humanity will be.
While Russia may be a capitalist hellhole just like the west, it’s currently playing a role of destabilizing this nightmarish empire. The likely outcome of this conflict will be that the west implodes economically. The biggest winner from all this will ultimately be China, a socialist country led by a communist party.
Some battles are not necessary won with weapons. Russia leaves Kherson, as it becomes too costly (in terms of resources, including humans) or too risky to hold it further.
The situation is actually similar to Zmeinyj island: when Russia captured it on early satges, but later Ukraine (mainly with long-range NATOs artillery) forced to leave it.
You’re right, the situation is very similar to Zmeinyj, neither has any strategic importance. All Ukraine gets out of this is a PR victory. The city doesn’t provide Ukraine with any resources, and it will tie up troops. If it was hard to hold for Russia, then same goes for Ukraine as well. Again, same parallel as Zmeinyj island that neither side is willing to spend resources to hold.
