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"I guess for the Ukrainian military this gives them a chance to regroup after recent military setbacks, and bide time to see what NATO and the EU delivers over the next few days in terms of deterrents to Russia for further intervention. In the past we have seen Moscow looking to talk/sending peace signals just before important EU/G7/NATO meetings, and presumably to weaken momentum towards sanctions/countermeasures."
It seems people here dislike RT just as much, but they are pretty unbiased in my opinion - they are quite "young" I guess in the media world, but I actually rate the quite highly given the alternatives.
Russia Today’s “Genocide in Eastern Ukraine”: Sick, distorted and deleted
The Kremlin should surely investigate why Russia Today, the TV channel it lavishly funds took so much trouble to produce a ‘Truthseeker’ programme on the ‘Kyiv junta’s’ alleged ‘genocide in eastern Ukraine only to remove all trace of it from its site. Why if, as it claims, eyewitnesses have spoken of “unarmed civilians being systematically massacred – village after village, town after town - all under complete mainstream media silence”, has Russia Today followed suit ?
“Some troops were in a full, chaotic retreat: A city-busload of them careened past on the highway headed west, purple curtains flapping through windows shot out by gunfire,” The Times said.
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originally posted by: stumason
a reply to: Adaluncatif
28,000 dead?
Me thinks you're making stuff up now. Not even pro-Russian sources have been claiming this - most independent casualty counts, such as from HRW for example, estimate the figures to be around 2,600, so I think you've just added an extra zero for some reason.
originally posted by: tsurfer2000h
a reply to: Adaluncatif
"I guess for the Ukrainian military this gives them a chance to regroup after recent military setbacks, and bide time to see what NATO and the EU delivers over the next few days in terms of deterrents to Russia for further intervention. In the past we have seen Moscow looking to talk/sending peace signals just before important EU/G7/NATO meetings, and presumably to weaken momentum towards sanctions/countermeasures."
And where exactly does it say the Ukraine military was defeated on the battlefield, because a setback is far from defeat, it may help to learn the difference.
And yes the only ones who think that Ukraine has been defeated are the pro Russian supporters that we have here.
originally posted by: TheRisenPeople
a reply to: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
I quite agree - the BBC are horrific, having been found numerous ties to go as far as fabricating stories from nowhere to meet the agendas of Westminster or even Washington. It seems people here dislike RT just as much, but they are pretty unbiased in my opinion - they are quite "young" I guess in the media world, but I actually rate the quite highly given the alternatives.
originally posted by: Adaluncatif
originally posted by: stumason
a reply to: Adaluncatif
28,000 dead?
Me thinks you're making stuff up now. Not even pro-Russian sources have been claiming this - most independent casualty counts, such as from HRW for example, estimate the figures to be around 2,600, so I think you've just added an extra zero for some reason.
I was mistaken. The 28,000 includes wounded too. The DNR press office tweeted that Kiev lost in Donbass 43,000 soldiers. Of these 27,850 were killed or wounded. Taken prisoner was 1,650 and 13,500 deserted.