In case you are still not informed. Ukraine has launched the greatest counteroffensive since WWII.

[highplainsdem]

Two tweets from John Spencer. Check the bio info on Twitter and here: https://mwi.usma.edu/staff/john-spencer/

Link to tweet

[SheltieLover]

1. Wow!

Ty for sharing!

[okaawhatever]

2. Most excellent. nt

[jcgoldie]

3. Putin's days numbered?

Was bad enough when his 3 day war was a stalemate but now the heat has to be intensifying for Vlad. The annals of history have seldom seen such a massive unforced military blunder.

[Salviati]

17. I believe in one respect, putin will achieve one of his purported goals...

... he will definitely go down in history as one of the most consequential leaders of Russia. Probably not in the way he intended, but nevertheless he will be remembered...

[highplainsdem]

26. Oh, I hope so...

[Jim__]

4. Well! Maybe Putin needs to stay away from windows in the top floors of tall buildings!

[Lonestarblue]

6. Actually, I wish he would make use of those windows to do some sky diving.

[Chainfire]

9. He just needs to kill a few more Russian generals and I am sure everything will work out.

[uponit7771]

12. right ?!

[smb]

21. He Should Relax With A Nice Cup Of Tea nt

[Cha]

5. TY KR!

Ukrainians Got Grit!

[gademocrat7]

7. K&R

Slava Ukraini!💙🇺🇦

[peppertree]

8. ANOTHER reason to be grateful Biden's president

Can you imagine Kremlin Donald?

He'd be aiding Putin!

[CloudWatcher]

23. I've been wondering ....

It wouldn't surprise me if the cloak and dagger folks used TFG to feed disinformation to Vlad.

Certainly they knew he was an agent before he took office.

[peppertree]

24. And what's worse, he probably fed GOOD information to THEM

These missing files are no doubt the tip of the iceberg, as far as what he's given them (and other authoritarians, including Bibi).

The Trump regime - and his use of classified material since then - will probably go down as the worst intelligence calamity since 9/11.

[CloudWatcher]

28. Yes

That's the most likely scenario. I'm just hoping the people holding our secrets are a little smarter than that. But ... you're probably right

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Pootie and his oligarchs sucked too much wealth for themselves from Russia.

Pootie's pipe dream of rebuilding the Soviet Union is just another indicator of his diseased mind.

[H2O Man]

20. +1

[Beartracks]

11. Saw a tweet posted at DU recently that Russia's military isn't just 2nd most powerful...

... in the world, but clearly also just the 2nd most powerful in Ukraine.



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[COL Mustard]

13. Russia used to be thought of as the second best Army in the world.

Today I'm not even sure it's the second best Army in Ukraine.

Slava Ukraini!!

[2naSalit]

14. Thanks, I have been seing...

Little snippets since yesterday.

This is what I was hoping for, Slava Ukraini!

[jaxexpat]

15. This whole war thing highlights the failure of Russia's form of government,

Putinesque Trumpism.

[WarGamer]

16. Happy that he added the caveat at the end...

Greatest is a word that can't be argued... like "largest", which this is not.

Seriously though...

I'm very curious to see what Winter brings.

As some of you know... winter comes early in that part of the world.

Will Russia go "total war" and shut off the power, heat and food supply to Ukraine? They have the ability.

Will Ukraine continue counter offensives? Will Russia re-supply via North Korea and China?

Lots of interesting questions.

September and October are mostly rain and 5-10C temps... Late October into early November the snow starts and it gets frigid from there... until well into spring.

[BigmanPigman]

18. I've had the wish that Ukraine would take all its land back then go I to Russia

and take a huge chunk of their country like Russia did to them in 2014. Even Steven. I doubt Russia will pay to rebuild every square inch of Ukraine, but they should.

[Nevilledog]

19. ...

[highplainsdem]

27. Love that!

[Wicked Blue]

22. There have been unconfirmed tweets that Ukrainians captured Donetsk Airport

I haven't posted about them because they are still unconfirmed.

But I hope it's true!

[Kid Berwyn]

25. A comedian.

[former9thward]

29. Since WW II?

Ahh no. I can think of two right away much greater than anything in Ukraine. The U.S. counter offensive resulting from the Inchon invasion in Korea after almost being pushed to the sea in September, 1950.. Also the Israeli counter offensive against the Arab countries in the 1973 war.