The front lines where Ukraine and its allies had hoped for a summer breakthrough now epitomize the bleak, dark winter ahead — of Russian resurgence and Kyiv’s mounting losses.
  • Water@real.lemmy.fanOPEnglish
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    11 months ago

    One of my first thoughts on this: it’s rather weird how the Ukrainians have no gas masks at all to even stave off CS gas attacks, which are completely non-lethal.

    • wigglehard@real.lemmy.fanMEnglish
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      11 months ago

      My brothers wife is from Ukraine, the Ukrainian military tried recruiting, her mentally challenged little brother to fight the Russians. Her mother told us there are barely any men left in the area that they are from. Imo Ukraine is not gonna be able to last much longer

      • Water@real.lemmy.fanOPEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Yeah, that’s just terrible. You can’t send some kid like that to go and be cannon fodder.

        It’s… A terrible situation.

        I think we set them up for failure by encouraging them to go in like that.