Russia’s winning streak in Ukraine is over | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
from gedaliyah@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 15 May 03:23
https://lemmy.world/post/46883805

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/45694113

Also see united24media.com/…/russian-battlefield-momentum-…

Not that CNN is a good source, the reason I posted the CNN link is because it is indicative that CNN is concluding this publicly and emphatically. It shows the calculus of US mainstream media is changing towards Ukraine, which is not something it has really done for quite awhile.

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Tolc@lemmy.world on 15 May 06:27 next collapse

it was on winning streak?

ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world on 15 May 06:50 next collapse

The same sort of winning the US is doing in Iran

Tolc@lemmy.world on 15 May 07:24 collapse

oh thats so much winning, they must be tired of winning by now

Humanius@lemmy.world on 15 May 07:49 next collapse

Over the past four years Russia has been ever so slowly gaining small amounts of territory, bit by bit.

I guess that can be described as a “winning streak”, because if that continous infinitely without change, eventually in a couple of hundred years they would have all of Ukraine’s land.

However, that ignores the cost of war, and how Russia will pay for keeping that up.

daychilde@lemmy.world on 15 May 08:24 collapse

I think the article is clear about what it means by that. It mentions that technically Russia was slowly gaining territory, although at a cost that might not be sustainable. And now those gains have slightly reversed - at least for now (and hopefully that trend will continue).

unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz on 15 May 09:17 next collapse

Lol. Fuck war.

Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca on 15 May 11:20 collapse

What is it good for?

Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works on 15 May 10:04 next collapse

I think that calling this a winning streak in the first place deeply misunderstands the dynamics of warfare. Ukraine have been intentionally trading land for time, allowing the Russians to advance at a contained, manageable rate, while inflicting a heavy and continuous cost on them in materiel and manpower.

Ironically, this is exactly how the Soviets defeated the Nazi invasion.

Mihies@programming.dev on 15 May 10:57 collapse

Also both didn’t have another realistic option.

SoloCritical@lemmy.world on 15 May 11:05 collapse

Love that you can’t even read it without paying.