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[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

By the way, does anybody have a credible take on the current status/outlook of the war?

I hear nothing about the Kursk offense now, but mainstream news mention recent Russian successes in the East. I understand striking deep into Russia with US weapons would be critical, but I think that is unlikely to happen before the elections.

I am (again) worried for Ukraine, and to our Western politicians f*cking this up.

[-] nuke@sh.itjust.works 60 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I love yall but yall gotta stop doing this in NCD. Is there a more credible community yall can have these discussions in? We're here for jokes and shitposting. Real, honest, fact-based discussions (especially involving politics) really don't belong here. !ukraine@sopuli.xyz might be a better fit.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 days ago

No answer received here should be trusted regardless how credible it sounds anyway, you may as well ask ChatGPT how the war is going, you'll get a similar level of trustability

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

To be fair that is also true of the other online communities that take themselves more seriously.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago

Yeah, nuke that serious post from orbit!

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 16 points 3 days ago

This was not the

By the way does anybody

I was hoping for

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

You can sign up for ISW’s newsletter, they do a good job of reporting what’s going on from a fairly dry, but western perspective. Last I saw they were reporting that Russia is aggressively counter attacking in Kursk to attempt to dislodge the Ukrainians before the fall mud sets in. It’s not looking great on the front but there are quite a few indications that the Russian attacks are not sustainable long-term. That said, I’ve seen reports saying that for a while now and the grinding attrition has continued.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Incredible. 74 sources on their latest piece and almost all Telegram, and some Facebook.

Key takeaways (@slaacaa@lemmy.world):

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

People have been saying that basically from day one yet the Russians keep coming. Obviously this isn't sustainable long term but nobody knows how long they can keep going.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

The Russians are throwing everything at the salient, it's brutal and costly and the Ukrainians probably won't be able to hold too long.

But it also did it's job: it was a target Russia HAD to take back, and it bought a few months for the American equipment to come online.

What is really needed is Russian territory authorization, and the election to be over so there's less doubt of continued supply, and new weapons packages can be drawn up.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I dont actually know how trustworthy this site is, but it is nice for getting a visual view of the front lines. https://liveuamap.com/

this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2024
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