Changing sentiments of Ukrainian citizens

a reply to: quintessentone

Its looking pretty over from the daily updates I have seen. The front is collapsing all over now...land they sacraficed 100s of thousands to take has been given back in less than a year now. Eventually even with western support there just won't be the manpower to fight...and that seems to be soon approaching...they are literally sending special needs people to the front.

a reply to: RickyD

Well, you were wrong because the West and/or the US didn't start this war. Putin did.

And where's that got him?

More NATO, not less.

a reply to: RickyD

Any source for that?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Saying it over and over diesnt make it true...but if you need to cope be my guest.

a reply to: RickyD

Ditto.

Are you trying to say Putin didn't start this?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Which part...I watch 2 or 3 of the war mappers channels...you know they folks who painstakingly geo located all the videos and pictures we see out of the war. Or do you mean the special needs person who was sent to the front with now gun and told her had too take one off a russian. He was being made fun of by some Ukrainian soldiers in a trench in the video.

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

I think I said that very directly in reply to your post on the last page. We started it when we orchestrated the color revolution and coup all thise years back under Obama.

a reply to: RickyD

Can you not post any sources for any of this?

originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: quintessentone

Its looking pretty over from the daily updates I have seen. The front is collapsing all over now...land they sacraficed 100s of thousands to take has been given back in less than a year now. Eventually even with western support there just won't be the manpower to fight...and that seems to be soon approaching...they are literally sending special needs people to the front.

Perhaps the fighting needs to go more high tech then. I mean the West does not seem to be running out of money to give to the Ukraine war effort, now does it?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

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Was looking for the original video I saw but am about to board a flight so no time right now...but as you can see in the link above...they are indeed so desperate for manpower they are trying to mobilize mentally handicapped people.

a reply to: quintessentone

Really? Why has our aid packages significantly shrunk as if late. Remind me how much we just approved compared to what we sent last year? We could send out whole inventory but if they lack the competent man power what good does it do?

originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: quintessentone

Really? Why has our aid packages significantly shrunk as if late. Remind me how much we just approved compared to what we sent last year? We could send out whole inventory but if they lack the competent man power what good does it do?

It appears Ukraine gets a great deal of help from non-government entities as well.

To a large degree, Ukraine has been relying on the assets of private (mostly American) tech companies. Ukraine has again been using Starlink satellites to guide drone strikes. Companies such as HawkEye 360, which specialises in radio frequency monitoring, have been able to track Russian GPS jammers. Satellite imagery from Maxar’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which provides images at night or in poor visibility, not only informs the government and military, but was also shared by the company with media outlets, with the images featuring frequently in their reporting.

Moreover, non-US space-assets used by Ukraine include the Argentinian earth observation company Satellogic, which provides high-resolution imagery, and Finnish ICEYE’s SAR satellite. The Ukrainian military has reported significant success in using ICEYE, claiming that the damage caused to the Russian military in the first couple of days of the use of its data had already exceeded the cost of the purchase.

ecfr.eu...

a reply to: RussianTroll

From a gallup poll: fatigue is setting in, but with the introduction of new advanced technology the fatigue may diminish.

While most Ukrainians support fighting until the war is won, that majority is shrinking. Last year it was 70%, and this year it is 60%.

www.voanews.com...

a reply to: quintessentone

I don't care if you give them ufos...if they don't have the manpower how does it matter? They are conscripting elderly and mentally unwell people...how well do you think they will use "high tech" weapons sent. By the way our last package contained no new big weapons and only money to support pensions most of which are for soldiers who were wounded bad enough to come off the lines.

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

It appears I have wifi on my flight so I will keep looking for the video I saw with the actual video of the guy I speak of who was actually in the front. While I look here is even more reporting on Ukraine's "conscription" which is as this video puts it...more like people snatching.

a reply to: RickyD

And Russia is not conscripting?

a reply to: quintessentone
Over all we have sent 75B dollars from the US ober the whole war...our last aid package had no new fancy toys...but it did have 3x the small arms ammo because they are literally running out...oh and 250m dollars...which if we look at the total is a mere drop in a bucket. They are going to lose...its up to the puppets in power how much they lose...seems like they are on track to lose it all. If the front actually collapses before they sue for peace the whole country will be taken...

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Are they sending 58 year old taxi drivers and mentally handicapped people to the front?

originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: quintessentone

I don't care if you give them ufos...if they don't have the manpower how does it matter? They are conscripting elderly and mentally unwell people...how well do you think they will use "high tech" weapons sent. By the way our last package contained no new big weapons and only money to support pensions most of which are for soldiers who were wounded bad enough to come off the lines.

Well, the conscription age will be lowered to 25 years from 27 years and the average age of the fighting men in Ukraine is 30-35 years.

We will see how that goes.

originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: Oldcarpy2

It appears I have wifi on my flight so I will keep looking for the video I saw with the actual video of the guy I speak of who was actually in the front. While I look here is even more reporting on Ukraine's "conscription" which is as this video puts it...more like people snatching.

There are exemptions to the conscription:

kyivindependent.com...