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In reply to the discussion: Zelenskyy Is Going To Retake Crimea Without A Land Invasion [View all]DavidDvorkin
(20,770 posts)53. It's a peninsula, not an island
If/when Ukraine retakes the land connection, they won't have the same problem Russia now has.
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Ukraine was always the brain trust of whatever iteration of an empire there ever was there n/t
Cheezoholic
Thursday
#5
When Western powers offered to get him out of Ukraine when it was attacked, he said, "I don't need a ride, I need ammo!"
tblue37
20 hrs ago
#58
russian air defense systems are being pulled from Crimea and sent to protect oligarch vacation homes.
mucifer
Yesterday
#32
That's because Trump is Putin's buddy and expects to get Russia business for Trump org.
ChicagoTeamster
Yesterday
#38
No, not anymore. Which is probably why Trump is abandoning them, but there was talk of him wanting a Trump Tower in
ChicagoTeamster
Yesterday
#45
If there was a Trump Tower in Moscow I bet it would have already been hit by a drone. Or just blown up from it's base
ChicagoTeamster
22 hrs ago
#54
Any reports of Russian troops leaving Crimea? Once the civilians are gone any troops will be sitting ducks
ChicagoTeamster
Yesterday
#37
This is an very interesting game of chess that Ukraine has gotten very good at. N/T
SupportSanity
Yesterday
#43