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US Republicans are working towards autocratic facism in the US, and fundamental yet unspoken within that is their palpable relationship with other autocratic and autocratic hopefuls like Un and Putin.
US Republicans (and their voters) would rather live under theocratic facism than to have to share the world with people they don't understand. They believe by supporting Putin, they'll achieve their goals, which to date, has show to be an effective strategy.
Republicans, the elected ones and the ones that just vote R, have become the enemies of Democracy globally, and within the United States.
Massive swell of people to make any progress to have something to campaign with for Putin's re-election. Ukraine has been generally running low on artillery and can't fully capitalize on countering large unit offenses. The Ukrainians have a lot of western equipment but are low on funds to supply them.
You can’t reload Western equipment with funds, and the West’s ammunition production capacity has proven to be lacking compared to Russia’s.
Tbf, Russia has been sourcing ammunition from North Korea.
Hahahahaha, good joke. Well, I suppose it's true, if you think of rusty nails and pellets as being "ammunition".
Russia has been trying to get this for a few months, estimates show ~30k Russian solider fatalities and over 400 tanks/infantry vehicles.
From what I know it was strategically important to the Donetsk region, which Russia would like to get back under control. It’s also a bragging point for the “election” because it’s the largest advance they’ve had since last May, they pushed a ton of lives through the meat grinder to take it.
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As to the counteroffensive, there’s a page about it on wikipedia! It wasn’t as successful as they’d hoped, they didn’t even manage to get the minimum goal. They’ve been focusing on taking out the Black Sea fleet, overcoming anti air in Crimea, and sabotaging fuel depots inside Russia since.
Russia finally admitted they were losing.