Russia thinks it can force a victory by stretching the lines. Observed reality suggests it’ll gain little land at the cost of one sided losses that it demonstrably cannot handle.
Interesting that lukashenka, a dictator to the north of Ukraine reportedly removed its troops from Ukrainian border mumbling tha there must be negotiations.
Question: Will the west stop UKR from bombing across Belarus’s border?
Let’s get real here. Lukashenko keeps saying he isn’t a Putin puppet and Russia hasn’t made any claim yet that there will be a nuclear response to attacking on Belarus soil.
Seems like a perfect opportunity for NATO to be the first to draw lines here. A single bullet from Belarus soil should mean direct retaliation for bringing the war closer to NATO territory.
NATO should help guard the border to Belarus, with planes and tanks.
I just hope ukraine has learned from kharkiv
If I was the generals ukraine has the ability to do what they havent been able to sinxe 14 take all areas back or putin claims its his
Putin’s strategy is attack everywhere with everything but because of his repeated and costly attacks any big offensive he launches is doomed to failure even before it begins.
One of the few places I don’t expect an attack from is Belarus because Lukashenka is expert at playing Putin – talking big while doing as little as possible.
Excerpt from the linked article:
*”Russia will soon once again attack Ukraine from the north, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said in an interview published July 13.*
*”If I start answering that question (of where the attack will be), we’ll provoke panic,” he said. “Let’s just say that there are problems, and they tend to get worse.”*
*”There is no catastrophe, but it’s impossible not to see the problems. I’ve already told someone from the Western press: I won’t have much good news this year, unfortunately,” Budanov said.*
*When asked how this could affect Russia’s offensive plans, he said the situation “feels a bit like a joke to me.”*
*”For two years, when everyone was yelling that there was going to be a (new) attack from the north, we insisted it wouldn’t happen. Nothing happened,” he said.*
*”The moment we said there would be an attack from the north, everyone started questioning, ‘Maybe it won’t happen after all?’*
*”It will! It is already happening,” Budanov said.”*
While I hate the losses and suffering it’d cause Ukraine, Russia starting another meatgrinder assault instead of reinforcing their other fronts is probably a net win for Ukraine overall.
If Russia invades from Belarus again, Poland should move into Belarus. Maybe they will finally solve the low level border war which is already going on.
This man is second with balls of steel after Zelensky
Good. I hope the Russians open a new front. Those are the exact conditions required by the US to allow the weapons they provide to be used anywhere in Russia, instead of only allowing foiling strikes at current fronts.
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At this point good.
Russia thinks it can force a victory by stretching the lines. Observed reality suggests it’ll gain little land at the cost of one sided losses that it demonstrably cannot handle.
Interesting that lukashenka, a dictator to the north of Ukraine reportedly removed its troops from Ukrainian border mumbling tha there must be negotiations.
Question: Will the west stop UKR from bombing across Belarus’s border?
Let’s get real here. Lukashenko keeps saying he isn’t a Putin puppet and Russia hasn’t made any claim yet that there will be a nuclear response to attacking on Belarus soil.
Seems like a perfect opportunity for NATO to be the first to draw lines here. A single bullet from Belarus soil should mean direct retaliation for bringing the war closer to NATO territory.
NATO should help guard the border to Belarus, with planes and tanks.
I just hope ukraine has learned from kharkiv
If I was the generals ukraine has the ability to do what they havent been able to sinxe 14 take all areas back or putin claims its his
Putin’s strategy is attack everywhere with everything but because of his repeated and costly attacks any big offensive he launches is doomed to failure even before it begins.
One of the few places I don’t expect an attack from is Belarus because Lukashenka is expert at playing Putin – talking big while doing as little as possible.
Excerpt from the linked article:
*”Russia will soon once again attack Ukraine from the north, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said in an interview published July 13.*
*Speaking to* [*NV*](https://nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/politics/budanov-pro-golovnu-problemu-armiji-rosiji-zamahi-na-sebe-krim-i-mobilizaciyu-v-rosiji-nove-interv-yu-50434108.html) *news outlet,* [*Budanov*](https://kyivindependent.com/tag/kyrylo-budanov/) *refused to specify if he was talking about an offensive in the oblasts of Sumy or Chernihiv so as not to “provoke panic,” but insisted indications were already present.*
*”If I start answering that question (of where the attack will be), we’ll provoke panic,” he said. “Let’s just say that there are problems, and they tend to get worse.”*
*”There is no catastrophe, but it’s impossible not to see the problems. I’ve already told someone from the Western press: I won’t have much good news this year, unfortunately,” Budanov said.*
*Budanov was answering a question about* [*Russian*](https://kyivindependent.com/tag/russian-troops/) *plans reported in April to mobilize an additional* [*300,000 soldiers*](https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-russia-prepares-to-mobilize-additional-300-000-troops-by-june-1/#:~:text=Russia%20is%20preparing%20to%20mobilize,June%201%2C%22%20Zelensky%20said.) *by June 1.*
*When asked how this could affect Russia’s offensive plans, he said the situation “feels a bit like a joke to me.”*
*”For two years, when everyone was yelling that there was going to be a (new) attack from the north, we insisted it wouldn’t happen. Nothing happened,” he said.*
*”The moment we said there would be an attack from the north, everyone started questioning, ‘Maybe it won’t happen after all?’*
*”It will! It is already happening,” Budanov said.”*
While I hate the losses and suffering it’d cause Ukraine, Russia starting another meatgrinder assault instead of reinforcing their other fronts is probably a net win for Ukraine overall.
If Russia invades from Belarus again, Poland should move into Belarus. Maybe they will finally solve the low level border war which is already going on.
This man is second with balls of steel after Zelensky
Good. I hope the Russians open a new front. Those are the exact conditions required by the US to allow the weapons they provide to be used anywhere in Russia, instead of only allowing foiling strikes at current fronts.