‘We Cannot Win’ Says Top Russian Commander Alexander Khodakovsky
www.kyivpost.com
The leader of the Russian battalion defeated at liberated Urozhaine calls for “freezing the front” after his unreinforced troops were devastated in a rout.

https://archive.li/Z0m5m

The Russian commander of the “Vostok” Battalion fighting in southern Ukraine said on Thursday that Ukraine will not be defeated and suggested that Russia freeze the war along current frontlines.

Alexander Khodakovsky made the candid concession yesterday on his Telegram channel after Russian forces, including his own troops, were devastatingly defeated by Ukrainian marines earlier this week at Urozhaine in the Zaporizhzhia-Donetsk regional border area.

“Can we bring down Ukraine militarily? Now and in the near future, no,” Khodakovsky, a former official of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, said yesterday.

“When I talk to myself about our destiny in this war, I mean that we will not crawl forward, like the [Ukrainians], turning everything into [destroyed] Bakhmuts in our path. And, I do not foresee the easy occupation of cities,” he said.

  • 432hz@lemmy.world
    345·
    1 year ago

    More than just that, Russia has already lost because they revealed themselves to be a paper tiger AND that the rest of the world is sick of their bullshit.

    They won’t be invading any more countries for a long time. I’d wager more regions will declare independence from Russia, knowing they can.

    Putin massively miscalculated.

    • sharpiemarker@feddit.de
      143·
      1 year ago

      Its possible he miscalculated.

      It’s also possible that his cancer is accelerating and he wanted to go out with a bang.

      I think it’s likely a combination of the two. He thought it would be a quick skirmish and he’d be able to reunite the USSR.

      • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
        31·
        1 year ago

        He wanted his legacy to be the founder of a reborn Soviet Union. Now his legacy will be that he was a sad, sad old man who destroyed Russia on the world stage in front of everybody and broke the illusion that Russia was any sort of global superpower. The aftereffects of this invasion will be felt for decades to come. Ukraine will be rebuilt stronger and better than ever before, while Russia will likely splinter apart or collapse.

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
        42·
        1 year ago

        Friend, you seem to fail at reading and/or understanding. Economic growth/shrinkage is very different than wealth and has different effects as a result.

        From the article you cited:

        Russia’s wealth gains came despite its invasion of Ukraine in February, which has led to the West imposing sanctions on the Kremlin that led to its economy shrinking and triggered a slump for Moscow-listed stocks.

        That’s just one example.

        It’s interesting how confident you are in others guzzling propaganda when it’s obvious that you aren’t coming from an objective reality-seeking viewpoint.

        This is probably not going to reach you but it might others reading what you write who might be inclined to take it at face value.