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submitted 1 year ago by gressen@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
  • Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv's counter-offensive began
  • On Monday morning, officials reported that "the national flag is once again waving" over Storozhove, in the Donetsk region
  • A day earlier, footage showed Ukrainian troops celebrating in Blahodatne and Neskuchne - and a minister said nearby Makarivka was also taken
  • The settlements are relatively small - and Moscow is yet to confirm any retreat
  • The Institute for the Study of War backs up Kyiv's claims, saying Ukraine captured "multiple settlements" along the frontline over the weekend
  • On Saturday, President Zelensky acknowledged that the long-awaited counter-offensive was under way
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[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

An area amounting to about 6 km by 6 km. Still an excuse for cheerleading and manufacturing consent for escalation. One of the villages is like 6 houses.

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[-] P00P_L0LE@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Today our troops captured a two-room apartment with kitchen, toilet, and bathroom. They have succeeded in retaining two-thirds of it despite fierce counterattacks by the enemy.

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[-] Sims@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Ukraine doesn't really win anything. This is the third Army they are wasting. Too bad for the Ukrainian conscripts.

[-] redditors_re_racist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

correct, they have reconstituted themselves twice over and there's hardly any elements left of their prewar jäger, mountain, airborne etc. divisions.

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[-] Chup@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I understand this is a positive news in the first week of the counter offensive, but to me - it makes me feel depressed.

It makes me look at the size of Ukraine and the occupied areas. There are thousands or probably ten thousands of occupied settlements and villages. Reporting 5 of e.g. 18.000 liberated... it is positive, it is a news, it makes me depressed looking at the scaled of what lies ahead in this war to get Russia out of Ukraine.

The thing I am hoping for and expecting, that this is not a continuous speed. In the past, we have seen Russian lines disintegrate, troops flee in civilian clothing and the front lines moved tens of kilometers within a single day.

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[-] Sims@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Ukraine doesn’t really win anything. This is the third Army they are wasting. Too bad for the Ukrainian conscripts.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Bunch of Redditors hete getting stoked for this war to be down to the last Ukrainian.

[-] P00P_L0LE@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

I can't wait for the "blackout" to end so they can go back to huffing cope and baying for blood on r/ukraine again

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[-] Mint_Rose@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Now we see Schrodingers offensive has resolved itself- any success means the offensive is now happening for real and however meek the victories they will be inflated to an appropriate size. I'm sure the Western news and the redditors that lap it up will be just as excited when the offensive grinds to a halt and these villages are retaken

[-] Buchenstr@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Loving how the liberals have to leave their shitty site to migrate over here. Whats wrong with reddit?

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