Interviewed by Judge Nap.
First 8 minutes on Ukraine, remaining 24 minutes is on Israel & Middle East.
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Thanks R for these updates, I was mainly interested in the Ukraine update (as Israel/Gaza moves so fast). McGregor thinks itâs kind of in the final stage, waiting for Zelensky to call it a day, he has his destination all planned, heâs just bought a winery in Tuscany. Which doesnât seem great from the viewpoint of all these Ukrainians giving up their lives for their home country, while their leader is playing with different, personal objectives and hopes. He wonât be popular when he vamooses.
Bit of detail on the specifics from today, donât know if itâs accurate or not (hardly an unbiased source).
McGregor also said he is often asked why if Ukraine is âfinishedâ as he says, Russia doesnât just move in. His answer is that Russia doesnât want to have to control the whole of Ukraine.
This CNN article from over a week ago, about the city of Pokrovsk, one of the Russian-speaking (60%) in the east that Russia wants. Seems itâs not major in population but important for supply or access purposes.
He also mentioned as wanted by Russia the (major) Russian-speaking cities of Kharkov and Odes(s)a, which are not yet taken I believe.
Map is CNNs.
Looks like quite a way to go at the rate they are going atâŚbut even the US media seems pessimistic about the final outcome. They seem to think the fall of Pokrovsk will be important.
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Russian strategy from very early on in the conflict has been to concentrate on destroying the Ukie soldiers themselves, as well as their equipment i.e. tanks, planes, infantry fighting vehicles, missile launchers etc., rather than acquiring territory. On many occasions the Ukies have been lured and trapped into cauldrons (which often used to occur way back in 2014 as well BTW). A more recent example IIRC is Bakmut which the Russians partially surrounded for a long time while deliberately leaving open a gap for Ukie supply routes. As the Ukie soldiers in the cauldron were being decimated by the Russians, more re-enforcements were continually being sent down the open supply routes to be slaughtered at the front lines. The term âshooting fish in a barrelâ springs to mind. This strategy has also preserved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers with perhaps âonlyâ a hundred thousand killed and wounded all told. The Ukies are now unable to properly defend the contact line as approx 500,000 of their troops are now dead or wounded, with in-experienced conscripts being sent more or less straight to their deaths at the front line. The plan seems to have worked as the Russians are now acquiring territory at a much faster rate while often encountering little resistance from the Ukies. The recent Ukie raid into Kursk to cause problems at the local nuke plant is a desperate gamble to gain some success and will fail if it hasnât already.
More here from The Duran last night: