Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory

www.washingtonpost.com /world/2023/08/20/ukraine-counteroffensive-analysis-war-russia/

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As far as I can tell, this prolifically posting account has literally never posted an article that wasn't negative on Ukraine, and posts about 90% negative on the West in general. For whatever that's worth.
- And half the comments in this thread are from queermunist, who's all for the "just let Russia have what it wants and everything will be great" side.
  The flood of Rexiters did a lot to smother the tankie presence on the Lemmyverse, but it's clearly still a strong undercurrent.
  
  You joined a platform founded and inhabited by Marxist Leninist and checks notes … expected them to leave. Wtf?
  
  No, I expected them to go hide in their little corner of it when the bulk of the population moving here turned out to reject their particular view on reality.
  Whether they "founded" the platform is irrelevant, it's an open platform and they're going to be in the minority.
  Edit: Oh, and since you switched the goalposts from tankies to "Marxist Leninists", I figured I should point that out. I'm specifically talking about the people who think Russia's full of awesome and manliness and crap like that, rather than being the kleptocratic mafia state basket case it actually is. "Marxist Lenninism" is just a word those people use to sound intellectual.
  
  😂 Lol
  
  We joined a platform founded and inhabited by Marxist leninists and checks notes ... Expected them to not support an authoritarian capitalist country. Is that really too much to ask?
  
  Glad you understand what America is, and why the Marxist-Leninist here criticize it. Welcome home.
  
  Eager to see what coping everyone switches to when it becomes obvious to Ukraine that the deal Russia offered in 2022 before the Kiev withdrawal was the best possible reality they would ever see again. Little Weimar on the Dnieper. No NATO, no EU, no Donbass, no Crimea.
  Then again the epic bacon sirs will probably be given a new shiny thing in Asia or Africa to focus on.
  
  Here's another one.
  
  Lol, it's like finding shitty Easter eggs
  
  Wow, not even a crumb of cope? What about the jets? Potential gamechanger I think.
  
  I feel like I could invade your home unprovoked and take over your kitchen, eventually trashing up the floors to setup trenches to prevent you from retaking it and you'd just agree to negotiate and let me take your bedroom to fuck your mother.
  
  Yeah and public spending is just like personal finances, don't you agree?
  
  I mean, I'm very wealthy, and the country I live in is also very wealthy. And we both agree we can spend pennies of the vast amount of our tax dollars to fuck up a shithole struggling incompetent third-world country like Russia through a highly competent proxy like Ukraine without lifting a finger. So yes I agree.
  You also didn’t refute what I said about invading your home, so you sound like a tankie cuck. PM me your address please and I can help show your beautiful kind mother a good time.
  
  Oh dear, I thought you were at least smart enough to gather the economy isn't personal finances.
  Have you tried mailing your thought provoking posts to Putin? Maybe it will change the reality I described. Maybe he never considered it's not very nice and he should simply leave, and actually you can win anytime.
  Have a nice Sunday night seething at the internet in your mansion, be sure to get your butler to telegram Putin before bed
  
  No I'm actually impressively stupid.
  No I haven't thought about it, because I'm happy sending Ukraine 30 year old dusty ancient arms and equipment that was sitting in storage, and surprised it is still capable of pushing Russian shit back up their asses. Hopefully many of them will die, fuck them Russian soldiers.
  Thank you, I will definitely enjoy my weekend. Although it's not a mansion, I'm very certain with a high degree of confidence it's nicer than the shithole tankie hovel you live in, which makes me pity you for how pathetic you have become, not seethe.
  
  lmao, still seething? Let that virgin rage out
- I guess Washington Post is Russian propaganda now...
  
  I didn't attack the source. I just pointed out that someone posting more than most on lemmy could push a certain point of view using any and all sources if they cherry pick.
  
  Wow, that's a new one. "I can't question the legitimacy of the source so I'll question the legitimacy of the poster as a way of refusing to engage with reality"
  
  That's certainly quotes around a lot of things I didn't say. I admit I need to do a better job seeing past my own biases.
  I also admit OPs posting pattern is materially irrelevant to the contents of the Washing Post article on its own. I was just pointing out a larger pattern within the c/worldnews community as a whole. In that context someone with an agenda can have influence.
  But I'm not sure why I did. They seem like a nice person and post good faith articles. This was probably a misaimed shot on my part, true or not.
- They're 10% positive on the West? Thank you for this valuable information comrade. We'll be sending them back to the reeducation center for ideological training purposes.
  
  Ha, I knew it! I knew the OP was a Kremlin asset and it wasn't just me grasping for reasons to not engage with an article from a credible mainstream source because it presents an inconvenient reality.
- Posting "90% negative on the West in general" is still softballing it.
  But yeah... still lots of pro-Russian propaganda flowing around here.
- Thanks for looking into it!
- God forbid someone tries to have a well rounded opinion on the situation through all the western propaganda by contributing articles outside of the one narrative you choose to believe.
  
  I actually read most of Nightowl's submissions for the reason you mention, to read outside my "narrative." But they have an agenda and people should know that.
- Well I don't believe you're real either.
  
  If this is a play on my username, I laughed.

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