Russia’s vast territory has long been one of its greatest military advantages in the war against Ukraine. But is that strength becoming a weakness? DW Kyiv correspondent Nick Connolly explains how Ukr
Maybe Sweden should retake Crimea. Following Russia’s logic, we have strong historical connection to Crimea, it has been subject to historical injustices from our perspective and it is certainly part of our sphere of interest. Or alternatively, we just follow international law and accept that Ukraine is a sovereign nation
A country that’s been colonizing itself for centuries has always had a size problem. Ask the natives in Siberia being drafted for a war they know nothing about thousands of miles away while a oligarch’s son picks which yacht he wants to race in St. Petersburg
Russia…. No fuel, no military, no air defence, no internet, no cash, no free speech, no sleep at night, limited food in places
And the walls come tumbling down. SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦 from Australia 🇦🇺 💪💪💪
True irony in being the largest country open earth, sparsely populated, and sending the citizens out to be killed in droves. What they gonna do with more land if they have no people to live there?
Lead engineer of Firepoint wrote on X that the latest generation of their drones (those that attacked the Omsk refinery) has a maximum range of 3400 km which means most of Siberia's pipeline infrastructure is now in range, too.
Analysis by the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies found that Russia has suffered 450,000 battlefield deaths and 1.4 million injuries since it started its full-scale war. Its estimated casualty rate of over 30,000 per month exceeds its recruitment rate of 27,000 soldiers per month. This year Russia is calculated to have lost 8 soldiers for every 1 Ukrainian casualty, up from a rate of 3:1 during the first years of the war, according to the CSIS.
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And the walls come tumbling down. SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦 from Australia 🇦🇺 💪💪💪
Thanks 🇺🇦!