• GONADS125@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He says: “Yesterday Sam flew the plane and said that just 8 people were sitting in the trench, just 8 khohols [Ukrainains], f*ck! And our men go there by the hundreds, and they are not even capable of taking a f**king thing!”

    Ukrainians are a force to be reckoned with when they dig in… I will never forget how long the Cyborgs lasted at Donetsk Airport. The Cyborgs’ nickname was coined by russians trying to cope with how disproportionate their losses were against dug-in Ukrainains with small arms.

    Ukrainains are tough as hell.

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      1 year ago

      This was Putin’s biggest mistake. He expected the Ukrainian people to just roll over but history has shown over and over that people fighting for their lives can be a fearsome force against an army that would rather be anywhere else.

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        Considering he himself likes to use the “cornered mouse” analogy a lot, it’s almost surprising how foreseeable L he took.