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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.

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[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

thats a very interesting point of view puplished by the Ukrainian Newspaper Kyivpost

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 1 year ago

5 is inaccurate for Ukraine, they're proud of the war crimes they commit.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Which country invaded Ukraine again? Was that Ukraine or Russia...?

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what's that liberal favorite again? ah yes, "whataboutism"! what does your comment have to do with anything?

[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

Well west ukraine started bombing the shit out of east ukraine after Maidan so you could say it was Ukraine

[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the Donbass ?

EDIT: here is the President explicently explaining whyUkraine is Problemetic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHWHqj8g7Bk