You can discount his opinion all you want. The videos show that the bridge is wrecked and impassible.
Let's see Ukraine actually conduct a successful offensive when facing opposition.
They already have on small scales. They don't need to launch a Barbarossa, they only need to chip away at the Russians north of the Dnieper until the Russians decide that holding is untenable and withdraw just like they did from Kiev.
Putin would just mobilize and take over the whole thing.
If Putin could have mobilized, he would have done it early on once it became clear Russia could not win by ordinary means in March. He hasn't because he thinks he can't, because he knows if he tried, the Russian people would revolt and his government would collapse. Russia has already been scraping the barrel for manpower every way it can.
You can discount his opinion all you want. The videos show that the bridge is wrecked and impassible.
If that is the case, then it is so for now.
They don't need to launch a Barbarossa, they only need to chip away at the Russians north of the Dnieper until the Russians decide that holding is untenable and withdraw just like they did from Kiev.
Their decimated army is in no position to launch an offensive. Particularly when the Russians restart theirs.
If Putin could have mobilized, he would have done it early on once it became clear Russia could not win by ordinary means in March. He hasn't because he thinks he can't, because he knows if he tried, the Russian people would revolt and his government would collapse. Russia has already been scraping the barrel for manpower every way it can.
I'm sure the Ukrainians will give him the gift of doing more stupid things, like shelling Russian territory or attacking Crimea.
But I never said that it is just Ukraine that's shelling another country. Obviously, Mariupol was not shelled by Ukraine. The point is that Ukraine is not as pure as innocent as the corrupt Western countries will have you believe.
You can discount his opinion all you want. The videos show that the bridge is wrecked and impassible.
They already have on small scales. They don't need to launch a Barbarossa, they only need to chip away at the Russians north of the Dnieper until the Russians decide that holding is untenable and withdraw just like they did from Kiev.
If Putin could have mobilized, he would have done it early on once it became clear Russia could not win by ordinary means in March. He hasn't because he thinks he can't, because he knows if he tried, the Russian people would revolt and his government would collapse. Russia has already been scraping the barrel for manpower every way it can.
If that is the case, then it is so for now.
Their decimated army is in no position to launch an offensive. Particularly when the Russians restart theirs.
I'm sure the Ukrainians will give him the gift of doing more stupid things, like shelling Russian territory or attacking Crimea.
That's funny that you think only one country can be shelling another. Do you know that quote from Sir Bomber Harris?
(aka DJ Harris https://youtu.be/3_QY3xsLQNI)
I am perfectly aware of Butcher Harris.
But I never said that it is just Ukraine that's shelling another country. Obviously, Mariupol was not shelled by Ukraine. The point is that Ukraine is not as pure as innocent as the corrupt Western countries will have you believe.
"King" Arthur Harris' comment was on point. His German counterpart Hermann Meyer had also famously spoken on the subject, earlier.