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  So it's still 2022.
context: Haven't they been doing this for months though? >
  
  Most of the Russian positions in the Donbas are stabilized and defensive. They've committed to taking Bakhmut as a point of pride/arrogance/honor, and have been attacking the city nonstop for months. For some strange reason they keep supplying materiel and troops to this specific offensive, and they've turned it into a WW1 Verdun style trench slaughter of their own troops. So yes, they've been doing this for months, and Ukraine keeps hanging on to the ruins of the city. >
  
  It's important to note that the Russians compare it to Verdun, and liken their own tactics to those of the Germans. It's like they've forgotten how much of a disaster Verdun was for the Germans. >
  
  What do you mean?
  In terms of cassulties France suffered much more than Germany, making the battle a "sucess" >
  
  Germany and France suffered very similar casualties in Verdun >
  
  France had 10% more casulties
  In the fucked up world of attritional warfare that is a "sucess"
  There is a reason why I wrote it like that >
  
  10% more French casualties was a loss for the Germans as the Germans didn't have that many men, where as rhe French coukd draw on lots of reserves. >
  
  Apparently Russian prisons are minus 40K prisoners. >
  
  So it's still 2022. >
  
  I actually like to think it’s 2020 (2). Can’t wait for 2020 (3)! >
  
  Honestly it is just " the 2020s " a rough decade full of crazy shit. >
  
  The 2020s started in 2016. >
  
  That was the primer. >
  
  That 2016 pilot episode sucks. Hopefully the finale sucks less. >
  
  Repulse: drive back by force >
  
  "repel" would be a more common word to use, but yeah, repulse works too. >
  
  Repel would’ve made a lot more sense. >
  
  I really wish the Ukrainian soldiers could sit in wide wonder and watch an air force like the USAF absolutely demolish these Russian jokers. It would be nice to give em a break in a dream world… >
  
  We can do it ourselves. If only the West could give us F16s. >
  
  "Our soldiers would stop dying if Ukraine would just surrender," says Putin. >
  
  Kicked the shit out of them. God I love these people. >
  
  The Donbas has ran out of males for the Russian meat grinder so they are starting to recruit females. >
  
  This is good news. Let's remember the fallen heroes. Which is around 100k and another 50k to 100k Civilians?
  We know who the devil is. I have to watch my language on Reddit. I've been banned twice! 
  Hopefully our prayers will be answered in the new year. I can't express my feelings and thoughts about all dictators! They are definitely harsh! But rules are rules. Even though I think anything should fly when it comes to these monsters! In a few days it'll be 2023 and still we're living with a great evil. I support regime changes all over the world. In the mean time, zero trade with those gangsters. And zero trade of high tech forever!!! Even if the free world gets 100 ahead. >
  
  I sense another oligarch falling out of a window >
  
  Haven't they been doing this for months though? >
  
  Most of the Russian positions in the Donbas are stabilized and defensive. They've committed to taking Bakhmut as a point of pride/arrogance/honor, and have been attacking the city nonstop for months. For some strange reason they keep supplying materiel and troops to this specific offensive, and they've turned it into a WW1 Verdun style trench slaughter of their own troops. So yes, they've been doing this for months, and Ukraine keeps hanging on to the ruins of the city. >
  
  It's important to note that the Russians compare it to Verdun, and liken their own tactics to those of the Germans. It's like they've forgotten how much of a disaster Verdun was for the Germans. >
  
  What do you mean?
  In terms of cassulties France suffered much more than Germany, making the battle a "sucess" >
  
  Germany and France suffered very similar casualties in Verdun >
  
  France had 10% more casulties
  In the fucked up world of attritional warfare that is a "sucess"
  There is a reason why I wrote it like that >
  
  10% more French casualties was a loss for the Germans as the Germans didn't have that many men, where as rhe French coukd draw on lots of reserves. >
  
  Apparently Russian prisons are minus 40K prisoners.