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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[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The people flying the Ukrainian flag are actually Russian?

[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. They are Wagner

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Prove it.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm sure no Russian would ever got a Ukrainian flash for propaganda. /s

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Ukraine good, Russia bad. It follows that these Ukrainians doing bad stuff are in fact Russians.

It's a non-falsifiable orthodoxy that turns evidence on its head until it fits the pre-conceived narrative.

[–] InappropriateEmote@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Do you enjoy carrying water for literal fascists?

Reposting the same link as in my other comment, just because it so perfectly demonstrates how stupid and/or disingenuous it is to think that the near infinite written and photographic examples of Ukraine's love of nazi iconography is actually a Russian false flag attempt:

https://leftypol.org/edu/src/1662026001627.webm