Russia’s missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy system, the bombardment of its second-largest city and advances along the front are stoking worries that Kyiv’s military effort is nearing breaking point.
  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
    141·
    5 months ago

    Afghanistan vibes right there

    The US doesn’t see any signs of an imminent breakthrough by Russian forces, a US official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. But Ukraine’s morale is low and the possibility of a collapse in its army can’t be ruled out, another official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
      43·
      5 months ago

      Bad Soviet-Afghanistan vibes though.

      Extremely likely that all the Nazis go into the woods and marshes and launch a guerrilla and terror campaign.

      Would be a wonderful next step…

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
        122·
        5 months ago

        I’ve seen this theory, but I don’t really think it has any legs to be honest. The reality is that the nazi population in Ukraine is actually pretty small. They got into power artificially when the west ran a coup in 2014, and backed them after, but it’s not really representative of what regular people think or want. Hence why a whole bunch of people fled Ukraine at the start of the war, many to Russia, and why they have to kidnap people to force them into fighting now.

        Any partisan movement requires support from the general population to operate. A bunch of nazis in the woods aren’t going to last long because they’re going to be hated by everyone. The difference in Afghanistan or Vietnam was that people genuinely believed in fighting and defending their land against an occupation. That’s very much not the case in Ukraine.