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It's a good and apt reference. But how does Ukraine retake the north coast of the Sea of Azov, Mariupol and the Donbas if the Russians are dug in and now well supplied?
Fully agree, and that is what is giving this whole war a strange taste. Whilst the Russians promote more or less no information (but simply rely onto media war-maps showing the respective gains or losses of territory to the general public), the Ukraine states every single account right down to e.g. a Ural truck destroyed today by an ATGM at....(an information which rather worries me then boosts confidence).Is destroying a single forty year old Pion self propelled howitzer significant?
I have a rather different view on that particular Kiev scenario.I think the retreat north of Kyiv was not so much in anticipation of an attack and voiding the area, but rather the logistical logjam put the kibosh on further advance. In either case, it was a Russian decision rather than Ukrainian force-of-arms that resulted in that reverse. In Ukraine's case, their tailored strategy of controlling communications and chokepoints seems to have paid off, resulting in the lost territory being regained without too much sacrifice.
That's why it made me think of Sun-Tzu.
If they're hungry, low on ammunition and fuel…. What's holding up the UAFs?I've read several intel estimates which report that Russian forces are having logistical issues even on the Russian side of the border.
Let's stop calling it "the Ukraine". It's a country, not a region.…the Ukraine.
If they're hungry, low on ammunition and fuel…. What's holding up the UAFs?
Secure the area then call-in the tractor brigade. Some BMPs and APC seem recoverableRecreation center "Svitanok", Belogorovka. Crossing the Seversky Donets. May 2022
Is "the" USA or "the" Philippines, "the" UK or "the Netherlands, a country or a region? well it's bothLet's stop calling it "the Ukraine". It's a country, not a region.
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It's not for me to teach you the nuances of English grammar. I only bring it up because the Russians use the term post-USSR to suggest that Ukraine is geographic region, as you suggest, and not an independent nation. But when in doubt, look to how a nation refers to itself. With Ukraine, the Ukrainians tell us clearly.Is "the" USA or "the" Philippines….
Actually, it's grammar.I find this just silly - it's grammer.
We don't get to choose what someone else's country is called, just because we like it.Is "the" USA or "the" Philippines, "the" UK or "the Netherlands, a country or a region? well it's both
Ukraine in it's Slavic origin Ukraina means actually Borderlands. So to say "the" Borderlands or "the Ukraine" is absolutely correct.
The issue is that Ukraine associates "the" with the Russian usage of "na"- meaning an unbounded territory and using "v" to describe a bordered/bounded territory. (which has actually nothing to do with using the article "the"in English or "die" in German).
As such the Russian Federation instead of saying "na" Ukraine is correctly referring to the Ukraine now as "v" Ukraine, (the "Bounded" Borderlands) making use of an article just as in German with the article "die" Ukraine.
I find this just silly - if they take nationalism for so important then maybe they should look for a new name, if they can't handle the historical origins of their countries own chosen name, instead of degrading other peoples languages respectively it's grammer.
I shall henceforth "in order to avoid issues" and to honor their history refer to them as "the Borderlands"