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Rusia has been inching forwards for months. That's just a fact. Propaganda has got to you.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> Rusia has been inching forwards for months Emphasis on inches. Ukraine War Mapper [1] does a good job documenting the line of control. It's not a good look for what, until recently, looked like a dominating regional power. [1] https://twitter.com/war_mapper https://twitter.com/war_mapper
- codedokode 4y ago
  Even if Russia is advancing 100 meters (300 feet) a day eventually it will reach the Western point of Ukraine unless something changes.
  - tokai 4y ago
    But Russia is not advancing 100 meters a day. Not even close.
  - kasey_junk 4y ago
    The man & materials bill they’ve already paid makes that impossible. This spring will show if they can change the current calculus but if not Russia is going to change the end game.
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > if Russia is advancing 100 meters (300 feet) a day eventually it will reach the Western point of Ukraine unless something changes Something is changing every day as Russia's annual defence budget's worth of modern arms and training are deployed by Kyiv [1][2]. [1] https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_Russia
  - glogla 4y ago
    100 meters / days is 3.6 kilometers a year. To reach western point of Ukraine, Russians need to go about 1000 kilometers - so at 100 meters a day it would take them nice 277 years. Of course, they are going slower than that. And also, at the current rate of attrition, Russia will run out of Russians long, long before that.
    - codedokode 4y ago
      100 meters a day is 36.5 kilometers a year. So that's only 27 years.
tokai 4y ago
No propaganda has clearly gotten to you. Occupied Ukrainian territory peaked in march last year. This is a fact, there is nothing to argue. Russia's winter offensive is literally slower than a snails pace.
- walkhour 4y ago
  Please quote the statement that I wrote that you think it's propaganda. I'll do the same: > Russia has gone backwards for a year now. This is false, Russia went backwards, and then went forwards. Maybe you meant to say "has gone backwards with respect to where it was last year". That is true.
  - tokai 4y ago
    Thank you for acknowledging what I wrote is true. When you have two interpretations of what someone write, and one is obviously true and the other is a strawman, please don't choose to argue against the false interpretation. It's against HN's guidelines.
    - walkhour 4y ago
      Your haven't quoted me, and your original statement is still false. Please write precisely, write what you mean, so others don't have to realize you actually mean something else than what you wrote

> Rusia has been inching forwards for months Emphasis on inches. Ukraine War Mapper [1] does a good job documenting the line of control. It's not a good look for what, until recently, looked like a dominating regional power. [1] https://twitter.com/war_mapper https://twitter.com/war_mapper

codedokode 4y ago
Even if Russia is advancing 100 meters (300 feet) a day eventually it will reach the Western point of Ukraine unless something changes.
- tokai 4y ago
  But Russia is not advancing 100 meters a day. Not even close.
- kasey_junk 4y ago
  The man & materials bill they’ve already paid makes that impossible. This spring will show if they can change the current calculus but if not Russia is going to change the end game.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > if Russia is advancing 100 meters (300 feet) a day eventually it will reach the Western point of Ukraine unless something changes Something is changing every day as Russia's annual defence budget's worth of modern arms and training are deployed by Kyiv [1][2]. [1] https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_Russia
- glogla 4y ago
  100 meters / days is 3.6 kilometers a year. To reach western point of Ukraine, Russians need to go about 1000 kilometers - so at 100 meters a day it would take them nice 277 years. Of course, they are going slower than that. And also, at the current rate of attrition, Russia will run out of Russians long, long before that.
  - codedokode 4y ago
    100 meters a day is 36.5 kilometers a year. So that's only 27 years.

tokai 4y ago

No propaganda has clearly gotten to you. Occupied Ukrainian territory peaked in march last year. This is a fact, there is nothing to argue. Russia's winter offensive is literally slower than a snails pace.

walkhour 4y ago
Please quote the statement that I wrote that you think it's propaganda. I'll do the same: > Russia has gone backwards for a year now. This is false, Russia went backwards, and then went forwards. Maybe you meant to say "has gone backwards with respect to where it was last year". That is true.
- tokai 4y ago
  Thank you for acknowledging what I wrote is true. When you have two interpretations of what someone write, and one is obviously true and the other is a strawman, please don't choose to argue against the false interpretation. It's against HN's guidelines.
  - walkhour 4y ago
    Your haven't quoted me, and your original statement is still false. Please write precisely, write what you mean, so others don't have to realize you actually mean something else than what you wrote