The Russian commander of the “Vostok” Battalion fighting in southern Ukraine said on Thursday that Ukraine will not be defeated and suggested that Russia freeze the war along current frontlines.

Alexander Khodakovsky made the candid concession yesterday on his Telegram channel after Russian forces, including his own troops, were devastatingly defeated by Ukrainian marines earlier this week at Urozhaine in the Zaporizhzhia-Donetsk regional border area.

“Can we bring down Ukraine militarily? Now and in the near future, no,” Khodakovsky, a former official of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, said yesterday.

“When I talk to myself about our destiny in this war, I mean that we will not crawl forward, like the [Ukrainians], turning everything into [destroyed] Bakhmuts in our path. And, I do not foresee the easy occupation of cities,” he said.

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[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People like Merkel didn't exactly think about long-term prosperity, given their climate policies. Energy shocks would've been, I assume, much stronger if they only started to happen in the 30s. The economic consequences (energy inflation, supply chain crisis) were not considered, although people have warned. Some acted (I think fennoscandic countries implemented effective heating regimes in the early 10s already for example), but many didn't learn from the 1970s energy shock caused by energy dependency on incompatible political systems and Russia's disorganisation of representation in the 2000s. Sanctions/disentanglement would've been necessary in the 2000s when Russia became centered around Putin.

SOL is high enough to defend against fascism. Don't fall for the propaganda of imperialists.

This war is so bad already, but it could be much worse (even with MAD).

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is nonsense from an american perpsective.

The reality here is that america is not a friend of europe. Those european leaders were pursuing what was best for europe, and america saw that as moving away from it.

Thus america set out to destabilise europe with exactly the same mindset it used in the middle east, and it has succeeded. As a result of blowing up pipelines and starting wars it has forced europe into vassalisation by way of creating energy dependence on it instead of itself or anyone else.

You act like what's best for america is best for europeans because you think everyone in the world is your vassal to be directed. You need to piss off and focus on yourselves and stop intefering with everyone else in the world. Everywhere the US pokes its nose into ends up worse off than it did before.

And the EU even recognises this, it understands it has been vassalised now and is working on resolving it.

They've completely fucked us over. And if you speak to anyone on the street here, taxi drivers, etc, you'd hear the same thing over and over again, Americans aren't viewed as our friends anymore, they did this shit to us and a lot of people know it.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know why people keep thinking America is anything other than a paritcularly traitorous viper after the way we've treated literally every ally ever for centuries. Like at some point someone must have noticed a pattern.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Imperialist guilt is not going to solve the anti-imperialist struggles.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

At this point it's like the fable of frog and scorpion (frogs should know that scorpion can remain submerged up to 48 hours).

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Open circulatory system gang stay wining.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People like Merkel didn't exactly think about long-term prosperity, given their climate policies.

I think that's mostly ideological. War is something that exists within the Liberal world view, but obstacles to unlimited growth of profits don't. They can reckon with geopolitical conflicts but global warming does the same thing to them that trying to unlock your dad's memories does if you're a bene gesserit.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Climate change isn't mitigated just by disorienting from economic growth since status quo is so bad already. Growth politics are insufficient - not building another refinery isn't enough to combat the fossil north. Many economies, including Germany's vehicle industry, need to be completely restructured and there it is just remotely interesting for climate change mitigation whether there's differential (non-fossil) growth.