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gab13by13

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5. This is a BFD in Ukraine's push to retake Crimea.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 09:22 AM
10 hrs ago

I only get my news from a handful of sources, especially with the fog of war involved.

A little bit of history; when Russia illegally annexed Crimea it gave extravagant sweetheart deals for Russians to settle in Crimea, 800,000 Russians took the offer,

Ukraine isn't planning on having a ground force storm into Crimea and takeover, no, it is too busy fighting Russia in the East. Here's the deal though, Putin promised the Russians who moved to Crimea that he would protect them so what Ukraine is now doing is showing those Russians, hey, Putin can't protect you. Those bridges that Ukraine just took out were supply routes. Ukraine is also gaining control over the air space in Crimea. What Ukraine is saying to those 800,000 Russians in Crimea, you better get out while you still can.

Ukraine is showing the world how to beat a super power that invades its country. The Russian strategy of throwing cannon fodder at the enemy has not only caused so many Russian casualties, it destroys morale. Ukraine is fighting a smart war, Russia is fighting like the British fought in the Revolutionary war. Now that Ukraine is building its own long range missiles it has used them to take out Russian oil facilities and other facilities inside Russia that contribute to the war. Putin is bombing civilians, Zalenskyy is bombing drone factories, ammunition dumps, oil facilities. Russia is running out of ammo, it will never defeat Ukraine.

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