RE:RE:RE:Thought?bigger joke is that you, AboveBoard, get your news direct from Moscow.....always good idea to read what other side saying, bad idea to believe them, and you believe them. Ah well, going to be disappointed yet again. That bridge will be blown up properly next time......Ukraine will win back most or all of its territory.
Putin made a terrible error of judgement, and finds himself in a mess of trouble. His choice of Surovikin as new army commander in Ukraine shows he, Putin, doesn't understand at all. Surovikin made his name pummelling cities in Syria into fine powder, easy when the opposition have no planes, no anti plane missiles, nothing at all with which to fight back. Not much required to become a russian hero apparently.
Ukrainians are fighting for the existence and independence of their country, which Putin guaranteed by the way, before he decided to invade it, which means they are fighting with fervour; the russians, increasingly draftees who don't want to be there at all, are fighting because the alternative is jail.......who do you figure fights best ?
Finally, the Nord Stream gas pipeline was blown up by the Russians...guaranteed. The why is more interesting.