@berlin_bridge Mastodon newbie here. I only see an Account @[email protected] (and one other fake account). Searching for the name provided in the img (https://t.co/VoePX2oSJo) didn't give any result
Ukrainian sources at the battlefild tell that #Tokmak direction is becoming increasingly hot by the hour. #UkrainianArmy has committed a full set of forces.
The bloodiest phase of the Ukrainian Offensive has begun.
Pray for the brave Ukrainians, who we owe so much! ๐๐บ๐ฆ
@SmartUACat Any context/explanation on this one? I read the words, but have no clue what they mean. "Put a candle to a storm", is that a Ukrainian saying?
@SmartUACat mobilization. But what does this "most" mean in context? How many people of given age ranges in that region are actually left? Is it thousands, is it millions? That's what I asked. And really just asked, without implying anything, since I do not have any knowledge on that.
@SmartUACat I'm not doubting that they are doing that, I just honestly would like an assessment of how the situation there is, since I don't have a clue and have to go by "feelings" and some memories of earlier information. And that information was, that those regions have been hit most by
@BluSkies_9 Not always agreeing with all posts from that Acc, some too radical for me. But takes on how war is going and what's actually happening are often more realistic than what some others scream for clicks.
Calling that account a Vatnik is ridiculous. Specifically on a translation post
@Holunderl@denistrubetskoy Solange die ๐บ๐ฆ nicht genรผgend Flugabwehr fรผr beides hat (was sie wohl nie haben wird) lohnen sich die Kriegsverbrechen fรผr ๐ท๐บ leider.
Insofern, ja, das ist Absicht.
@Holunderl@denistrubetskoy Der ๐บ๐ฆ ist das Leben der Zivilbevรถlkerung viel wert. Mit Angriffen auf Stรคdte zwingt ๐ท๐บ die ๐บ๐ฆ dazu Flugabwehr zum Schutz von Zivilisten zu benutzen. Flugabwehr, die dann nicht in der Nรคhe der Front ist. Was es (in Teilen) ๐ท๐บ Flugzeugen/Helis erlaubt ungehindert zu operieren.
@SmartUACat Not too much though. I fear that the ๐ท๐บMoD is in such a state of shock/surprise, that they can't mount a reasonable resistance. Looking utterly disorganized. How many troops (how far spread) do they even have inside ๐ท๐บ? Hoping Wagner isn't just taking over and continuing the war.
@Maks_NAFO_FELLA The only trend I have with my personal expectations is being wrong. ๐บ๐ฆ military has always found an angle or success in a way that I did not see coming. It will be the same. Something positive will happen, I will have no clue in advance, bc too much information floating around.
@shahab_langah@Zagonel85@Tendar I think right now it is less about cutting off Crimea and more about cutting off the regions north of it from Crimea. Goal is to weaken supply to russian defensive lines, supplies are coming (partly?) from Crimea
@LivFaustDieJung My guess, assuming that Ukrainians came from behind: Surprised, couldn't locate sounds, wanted to retreat. They had an expectation of their surroundings and did not manage to correct that expectation in time based on what they are seeing. Brain can be slow to overcome a bias.