Hodges: Minister Federov says the goal is 50,000 Russian casualties per month. Dramatic — losses that can never be replaced. Ukraine wants to accelerate the collapse.
Too many still believe Russia can't be defeated. That narrative doesn't reflect the reality on the ground. 3X
Hodges: Russia's professional military knows Putin's war has destroyed or severely damaged Russia's armed forces — even Russia's ability to defend itself.
I could imagine the military leadership at some point saying: this is enough. We want to accelerate to that point. 2/
Hodges: Putin's nightmare — momentum shifts irreversibly in Ukraine's favor. He loses oil and gas exports. Oligarchs push back openly. Europe begins stopping shadow fleet vessels in the Baltic and Black Sea.
When all of that converges — it's over for him. He'll know it. 1/
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Now they’re pretending they never really cared
You paid for a plane with "a level of luxury that nobody has never seen before". And he's apparently taking it with him once he leaves the White House.
The plane. The ballroom. The corruption. This guy thinks taxpayers are dopes. Your money is just his to live a life of luxury.
Hodges: Long-range strikes wreck Russia's ability to export oil and gas to China and India the only revenue sustaining this war. Mid-range strikes destroy logistics and convoys heading to Crimea.
Parallel campaigns, one strategic, one operational. Both devastating for Russia. 4X
Hodges: Ukraine's long-range precision strikes on Russia's oil and gas — this is the path to victory. When Russia can no longer export, that cuts off the only income sustaining the war.
It also proves to Russians that the Putin regime cannot protect them from Ukraine. 3/
Hodges: Russia can't rebuild the Kerch Bridge quickly — especially if an entire span drops. There's a reason no bridge existed there before. Massive engineering undertaking.
The Ukrainians have already been degrading its defenses and weakening the structure systematically. 2/
Hodges: The Kerch Bridge is a high-payoff target, not just logistically but psychologically. Destroying Putin's bridge would demolish morale and erode the false narrative of inevitable Russian victory
The Ukrainians will pick the right time. It will require a lot of explosive 1/
The White House: “look how amazing the reflective pool is suck it libs Obama had Algae this beautiful pool is what Trump does for America”
-one week later-
(Algae everywhere peeling paint)
WH: “why do you guys obsess about the reflective pool!?”
Hodges: Crimea is the decisive terrain of this war. Once Ukraine regains full control, Russia cannot continue — psychologically or politically.
Ukraine can't accept any deal where Russia keeps Crimea. It would mean permanent disruption of its ports and denial of the Azov Sea. 4X
Hodges: Isolation of Crimea is picking up speed. The Kerch Bridge is so weakened Russia cut heavy traffic over it. Northern bridge systems are hit every day. Convoys reroute — more vulnerable.
That's why you see pictures of Russian convoys on fire on social media almost daily 3/
Hodges: Crimea is doable. The geography that makes it important also makes it vulnerable. Ukraine now has the range — drones, missiles, weapons platforms — to touch every target.
No airfields, no logistics bases, no radar safe. There is no place to hide on that peninsula. 2/
Hodges: Crimea dominates the Black Sea, it's why Catherine the Great took it in the 18th century. If Russia holds it, they block access to the Azov Sea and disrupt everything out of Odessa.
It's in the interest of all of us that Ukraine regains control of Crimea. 1/
I have to do another video on the reflective pool debacle. They are trying to say it was sabotaged by the left. They are unable to see a flaw in their God king. The Trump administration dumped hydrogen peroxide to kill the algae and it stripped the paint.