"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (2 Viewers)

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Maybe he's planning on losing, so the US and West supplies lots of money to rebuild, as was done with Germany and Japan. He may not remember getting involved in a losing war can result in being shot and strung up from a lamppost
 
Maybe he's planning on losing, so the US and West supplies lots of money to rebuild,
My prediction Is that a lot of the rebuilding funds will come from China. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for China to embed itself in what becomes post-Russian Eastern Europe, where Moscow has lost all prestige and influence in the region. The 'Stans, less the Afghans have already switched their leanings from Russia to China.



Beijing need only to bring the Georgians and Ukrainians under their sphere and their new Silk Road will be complete. This may include a China-led canal linking the Caspian and Black Seas through Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia. China will definitely play a bigger role in the vacuum that is a collapsing Russia.
 
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The Ukrainians will remember the enthusiastic support from China vs Russia, they'll accept their bribe money only if there's not enough monay available from actually supporting nations.
Ukraine is still a former Soviet Republic with all the foundational corruption. China will exploit this postwar. And Europe and the US won't have the trillions in cash to rebuild Ukraine.
 
Ukraine is still a former Soviet Republic with all the foundational corruption. China will exploit this postwar. And Europe and the US won't have the trillions in cash to rebuild Ukraine.
well, i tend not to agree with you - Ukraine is country in the transition period - more like Poland was in the end of 80's. They need time to fix internal problems and find their way - but it is clearly visible they are proceeding right direction - surprisingly transformation of their armed forces have been very, very successful. China can do what you have mentioned if so called "old democracies" let them to do so. One is for sure - world will be quite different after the war dust will settle down.
 
KYIV, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Russian forces are likely to abandon their foothold on the west bank of Ukraine's Dnipro River, a Russian-installed occupation official said on Thursday, signalling a massive Russian retreat that, if confirmed, would be a major turning point in the war.

Ukrainian officials remained cautious about signs that Russia was abandoning the area, and there was silence from higher-ups in Moscow over the announcement of what would amount to one of Russia's most humiliating retreats since the invasion.

"Most likely our units, our soldiers, will leave for the left (eastern) bank," Kirill Stremousov, the Russian-installed deputy civilian administrator of the Kherson region, said in an interview with Solovyov Live, a pro-Kremlin online media outlet.

The area includes Kherson city, capital of the region of the same name, and the only major city Russia had captured intact since its invasion in February. It also includes one side of a huge dam across the Dnipro which controls the water supply to irrigate Crimea, the peninsula Russia has occupied since 2014.

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Speculation swirled on Thursday over whether Russia was indeed pulling out, after photos circulated on the internet showing the main administrative building in Kherson city with Russia's flag no longer flying atop it.

Russia has fought for months to hang on to the pocket of land it holds on the west bank at the mouth of the river that bisects Ukraine. Moscow had sent tens of thousands of troops to reinforce the area, one of its biggest battlefield priorities.



I don't know how the Russians can stand all this victory.

On a serious note, if confirmed this is great news, as it will relieve pressure on Odessa and the grain shipments.
 
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It seems to me that Ukraine making these videos are actually aimed more at the Russians than anyone.

They know that the Russian soldiers are realizing that this "special operation" has mired down into a pointless meat grinder and offers them a way to get out alive.
 

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