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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[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm pretty sure once Ukraine has thrown away enough lives trying to get to the first line of defense, Russia is going to use their mobilized army to roll up the coast line all the way up to Transnistria.

[–] Tester@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And this is based on the overwhelming success of the current Russian attempts?

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yes

By this time next year Ukraine will not have any coastline under their control.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They probably won't have an 18-35 year old men under their control, either. I'm kind of surprised they can still find people willing to die for this bullshit.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's a reason why they're kidnapping men off the streets and press-ganging them to fight for the Kiev regime. The slava ukraini epic marvel stuff is not making enough people volunteer to go die in a minefield.

[–] Tester@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm willing to take that bet. Just like Russia will take Kiev in 3 days. Just like Ukraine would be under Russian control in a matter of months. Just like many other Russian PR predictions, worthless.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

...Those predictions were Western ones, not Russian ones.

[–] chowder@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So western lol

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh damn I didn't realize Belarus was Russia, this changes everything

[–] chowder@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh damn I didn't realize Belarus was western, this changes everything.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Someone not involved in the operation and also not even from Russia doesn't really matter, particularly not a shit talker like lukashenko-tired that motherfucker says all kinds of crazy shit

[–] chowder@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not involved? He let an invasion be lauched from his territory. That's pretty damn involved.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

My landlord doesn't know shit about what I launch from his territory

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[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'll put it on the giant pile of overconfident predictions about Russian military prowess that we already have. Kiev in 3 days, amirite?

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

visible-disgust

Westerners predicted Kiev in three days.

[–] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1498185064617762816/mediaviewer?currenttweet=1498185064617762816¤ttweetuser=nexta_tv

Get fucked.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lmao, calm down liberal

also your link is bad

[–] at_an_angle@lemmy.one -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eat me.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago

Maybe this is just happening on our instance, but your image was removed. Maybe a direct link?

[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

they where in kiew the first day ? And it was hugly successfull because of the Kiew Raid they Closed the landbridge in 3 days ! the biggest ojective by far ,its securs crimea.. they literally Seized a Territory the size of Belgium and Netherlands including the Black Soil and Europes Greats NPP , trapped elite units of ukraine in mariupol and blockaded the Main water atery of Ukraine (dnepr ) and Strategiclly also odessa ....

In my book Russia was hugly succesfull , if russia would not have secured the Landbridge ...

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Yes, the conditions of an offensive at the very beginning of the war are still extremely relevant now.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"thrown away"

[–] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I mean marching a bunch of barely-trained 50 year old conscripts into known killzones or over minefields is absolutely throwing those lives away.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago

"Special de-mining operation"

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A few weeks of NATO training and then sending them into minefields without sufficient artillery support or any air support at all is absolutely, 100%, throwing away lives. Particularly since anybody not huffing their own farts has known from day one that Russia would be able to keep any land they really want, there is no path to victory for Ukraine and there never has been without direct NATO intervention.