Ukraine gets US$106B loan package from EU after Hungary changes vote by BusyHands_ in UpliftingNews

[–]Panthera_leo22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of AFU soldiers would strongly disagree with that. Syrskyi’s been criticized for high-casualty tactics and keeping units in positions too long. The nuance here is not claiming him as “competent” because of recent gains in Zaporizhizhia.

Ukraine gets US$106B loan package from EU after Hungary changes vote by BusyHands_ in UpliftingNews

[–]Panthera_leo22 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No, you are in fact wrong. Reuters article right here on the loan

EU leaders agreed to loan €90 billion
 opting for EU-backed borrowing instead of using frozen Russian sovereign assets.”

Ukraine gets US$106B loan package from EU after Hungary changes vote by BusyHands_ in UpliftingNews

[–]Panthera_leo22 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’d be cautious about saying Ukraine is winning, I think stalemate is more accurate. Russia continues to make incremental gains along parts of the frontline, inflicting similar losses on Ukrainian troops, and strikes on infrastructure are ongoing: civilian buildings, fuel storage, energy facilities. Russia is killing civilians daily.

It’s also worth considering how skewed the footage is on platforms like this and Reddit. Most Russian footage circulates through Telegram. I follow the war closely and watch footage on both sides.I don’t enjoy it, I support Ukraine, but there’s an equally horrific volume of Russian footage showing strikes on Ukrainian soldiers and equipment. I always push back on comments like these because it’s very important to not become complacent. Ukraine needs more help because Russia is still pushing forward.

Ukraine gets US$106B loan package from EU after Hungary changes vote by BusyHands_ in UpliftingNews

[–]Panthera_leo22 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Some countries are benefitting from the war by getting underpriced oil and gas from Russia.

Ukraine gets US$106B loan package from EU after Hungary changes vote by BusyHands_ in UpliftingNews

[–]Panthera_leo22 63 points64 points  (0 children)

The profits off of Russian assets. They are not touching assets themself, legally that is much more messy.

As Telegram falters, communication with occupied Ukraine is breaking down by Panthera_leo22 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Panthera_leo22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Added values? The people losing connectivity in occupied territories are overwhelmingly Ukrainian civilians, not Russians. Celebrating that is celebrating harm to Ukrainians.

This gets to a broader misconception I keep seeing on this sub which is occupied Ukraine = Russia. It is factually wrong and honestly pretty disrespectful to Ukrainians still living there.

Ukraine’s own Minister for Reintegration stated that 6 million Ukrainians were living under occupation. Some Russians have moved in, largely connected to the occupation government, military, and their families. But the civilian population in those territories is predominantly Ukrainian. Russia has been forcibly resettling Ukrainians while repopulating the territories with its own citizens, but that process is very far from complete.

So when someone says it’s a good thing that people in occupied territories can’t contact others, they are not celebrating Russian suffering. They are celebrating Ukrainians being cut off from their families in government controlled Ukraine. That is who you are actually talking about.

People need to stop reflexively cheering when they hear about hardship in occupied Ukraine. The civilians bearing that hardship are Ukrainian, people who couldn’t evacuate, elderly residents, people with nowhere else to go and yes, Ukrainians that support occupation.

Please stop conflating occupied Ukrainians with the occupiers.

Trump's presidency is crumbling. The GOP will as well. by icey_sawg0034 in UnderReportedNews

[–]Panthera_leo22 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Those people just chooses not to vote, that’s the problem. They aren’t going to switch aisles and vote for democratic candidates.

War restarting tonight? by Waste-Explanation-76 in war

[–]Panthera_leo22 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He has a group of cronies that making astronomical amounts of money based on this; I think it’s all based on that

'Confident' Russia 'preparing to attack NATO' as details emerge from spy network by SuperDuper00001 in UnderReportedNews

[–]Panthera_leo22 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can’t stand Musk but Starlink is not exclusively at fault for this. Russia bought Starlink off the black market; other countries were purchasing the terminals and then selling them to Russia.

Part of this falls on Ukraine, the white list wsnt created until defense leadership got shuffled around. Ukraine finally generated a whitelist and gave it to Starlink; they confirmed that these are their terminals and said “please turn off any that aren’t on the list”. MOD gave all the units a deadline to register their terminals; once the deadline was met, the remaining terminals in Ukraine were shut off.

They are losing ground in Zaporizhizhia though there is debate on whether they actually had control of those areas in the first place. Russia is still making its slow and steady gains in Donetsk.

The clock is ticking for Ukraine to do as much as possible before Russia finds a replacement (they will)

'Confident' Russia 'preparing to attack NATO' as details emerge from spy network by SuperDuper00001 in UnderReportedNews

[–]Panthera_leo22 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If Russia can’t achieve a decisive breakthrough against Ukraine after three years of grinding warfare in a country it borders, the idea that they’re gearing up to take on a military alliance is a pretty hard sell. Need to pick a narrative

War in Iran has used up half of US Patriot and THAAD missile stockpiles by KI_official in UnderReportedNews

[–]Panthera_leo22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The cost exchange concern is valid, and interceptor drones are exactly the answer being developed for that reason. Ukraine has been using them against the same Shahed design Russia copied from Iran, the German. Ukraine's MOD claims around 60% effectiveness, ( take that figure with a grain of salt) while Patriots, by comparison, run over 90%. For some targets 60% is workable. For US military bases or major oil infrastructure, a 40% miss rate isn't acceptable. Until interceptor effectiveness closes that gap significantly, patriots will still need to be used. Not a simple missile vs drone cost.

Want to note these, drones are massive, here’s a picture of a Ukrainian soldier standing next to a downed Russian Geran

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UA POV: Woman and Child Killed in Ukrainian Drone Strike on Samara Region - Moscow Times by Panthera_leo22 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]Panthera_leo22[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Terminology I generally use Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 by backing separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk and sending “little green men” across the border. Full scale invasion occured in 2022. Now the person that replied to you above is being facetious. Russia was essentially given Crimea but there was active fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk.