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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From today’s NYT, Serge Schmemann, Editorial Board Member:

“Ukraine should not pass up an opportunity to end the bloodshed. Recovered territory is not the only measure of victory in this war.

A painful reality check shows the 600-mile-long Ukrainian-Russian front in a figurative and literal freeze, draining Ukrainian resources and lives without much prospect for change in the foreseeable future. The much-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive of the past six months exacted a huge cost in casualties and matériel, but barely nudged the front lines.”[/quote]

How bizarre.  Why would a French born columnist write this?  Oh, right.  "He grew up speaking Russian at home, but visited his ancestral homeland for the first time only in 1980 when he arrived with his family as Moscow correspondent for the Associated Press."

Now that we understand where his sympathies lie, this article makes more sense now.  I think this is why Serge wrote the article:

"A second group of Russian occupiers from the 71st regiment of the Russian Armed Forces surrendered on the Zaporizhzhya front, reporting mistreatment by the Russian command and significant losses"
"Commanders of the 71st regiment are accused of deploying groups of recently mobilized and unprepared soldiers, including those under contract, for daily storming operations."
"The Russian command reportedly compelled soldiers from the 71st regiment to [b]pre-record New Year greetings before storming operations[/b], possibly to conceal losses from the Russian public."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-mass-surrender-zaporizhzhya-sector-162900025.html

Sound familiar?  (Hint.  Turn back a page.)  Quipping about a kilometer of dirt lost here or there is not the point.  This is what matters:

"Over less than 24 hours only, the Ukrainian Defence Forces paralyzed 760 Russian occupiers and destroyed 19 tanks and 31 armored personnel carriers"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxl9WNAywWQ

"The newly formed 337th Airborne Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces continues to suffer losses"
"the entire first company of the 337th Regiment was destroyed"
"the servicemen operating in this direction lack effective leadership at the mid-level commanders, they lack artillery support, and they spend 20 consecutive days in trenches without water and other supplies"
"the Commander of the Airborne Regiment, Lieutenant General Mikhail Teplinsky, and the Russian commanders of Airborne Regiment are also facing problems of insubordination within the ranks of the 104th Airborne Regiment Division"
"a video from December 24, showing how a Russian commander punishes several soldiers of the newly formed 345th Airborne Regiment of 104th Airborne Regiment  Division for not obeying his orders, forcing them to jump into a pit completely naked at night"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6J6S1oq0SM

The SMO would take only four days, remember?  Every day that Ukraine does not capitulate is a day of humiliation for Putin.  Nothing will change that.  The Ukrainians are to be admired for every day they fight.[/quote]

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