https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/25/russia-pours-insane-number-fighters-weapons-take-luhansk/

Russia has poured “an insane number of fighters and equipment”
into Luhansk to flatten the last of the Ukrainian resistance
in northern Donbas, the region’s governor has warned.

Serhiy Haidai warned that Severodonetsk, the last Ukrainian-held
city in Luhansk, risked being turned into another Mariupol, the
southern port city which Russian forces virtually razed to the
ground during a two-month siege.

“The Nazis [Russians] brought an insane number of fighters and
equipment to our region,” the governor said in a post on the
Telegram messaging app.

“The orcs keep helicopters and heavy weapons ready in the
occupied territories.”

In a bid to secure a major battlefield victory, Russian troops
have attempted to surround the neighbouring cities of
Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, whose capture would give Moscow
control more than half of the eastern Donbas region.

Encircling the remaining pockets of Ukrainian resistance
would essentially sever any resupply lines from Kyiv into
the area.

.. . .

Perhaps a better battle tactic given the situation in
Ukraine. Concentrate, seize, move on and repeat. The
locals have supply issues, which makes it easier to
surround and cut off cities one by one.

Downside, it also makes for a high concentration of
TARGETS the Ukrainians can have fun with.

The best tact for Ukraine - more stand-off weapons.
Even smallish drones would do. More artillery. If
the Rus create a ring of steel, don't bang your head
on the thing - chip chip chip away instead. Russia
likely can't sustain this heavy use of people and
supplies either ... so stall them for even a little
while and you've won.

25.BX945 wrote on 5/25/2022 10:57 AM:
> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/25/russia-pours-insane-number-fighters-weapons-take-luhansk/
>
>
> Russia has poured “an insane number of fighters and equipment”
> into Luhansk to flatten the last of the Ukrainian resistance
> in northern Donbas, the region’s governor has warned.
>
> Serhiy Haidai warned that Severodonetsk, the last Ukrainian-held
> city in Luhansk, risked being turned into another Mariupol, the
> southern port city which Russian forces virtually razed to the
> ground during a two-month siege.
>
> “The Nazis [Russians] brought an insane number of fighters and
> equipment to our region,” the governor said in a post on the
> Telegram messaging app.
>
> “The orcs keep helicopters and heavy weapons ready in the
> occupied territories.”
>
> In a bid to secure a major battlefield victory, Russian troops
> have attempted to surround the neighbouring cities of
> Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, whose capture would give Moscow
> control more than half of the eastern Donbas region.
>
> Encircling the remaining pockets of Ukrainian resistance
> would essentially sever any resupply lines from Kyiv into
> the area.
>
> . . .
>
> Perhaps a better battle tactic given the situation in
> Ukraine. Concentrate, seize, move on and repeat. The
> locals have supply issues, which makes it easier to
> surround and cut off cities one by one.
>
> Downside, it also makes for a high concentration of
> TARGETS the Ukrainians can have fun with.
>
> The best tact for Ukraine - more stand-off weapons.
> Even smallish drones would do. More artillery. If
> the Rus create a ring of steel, don't bang your head
> on the thing - chip chip chip away instead. Russia
> likely can't sustain this heavy use of people and
> supplies either ... so stall them for even a little
> while and you've won.
>

Zelensky should have learned from Kenny Rogers' song, "The Gamber",
before poking and taunting the Russian bear.

It is not Zelensky's fault in losing Crimea to Russia and two Donbas
regions to separatists in 2014, but he made this invasion happen because
of his words and actions since he was catapulted from just a TV clown
into his presidency in 2019.

The Gambler says:

"You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when
to walk away, and know when to run."

"Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving is knowing what to
throw away, and knowing what to keep, because every hand's a winner, and
every hand's a loser."

The Gambler - Song by Kenny Rogers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo

On a warm summer's evening
On a train bound for nowhere
I met up with the gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns a-starin'
Out the window at the darkness
The boredom overtook us
And he began to speak

He said, "Son, I've made a life
Out of readin' people's faces
Knowin' what the cards were
By the way they held their eyes
So if you don't mind my sayin'
I can see you're out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey
I'll give you some advice"

So I handed him my bottle
And he drank down my last swallow
Then he bummed a cigarette
And asked me for a light
And the night got deathly quiet
And his face lost all expression
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy
You gotta learn to play it right

You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done

Every gambler knows
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
And knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep"

And when he'd finished speakin'
He turned back toward the window
Crushed out his cigarette
Faded off to sleep
And somewhere in the darkness
The gambler he broke even
But in his final words
I found an ace that I could keep

You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done

You've got to know when to hold 'em (when to hold 'em)
Know when to fold 'em (when to fold 'em)
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done

You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done

On 5/25/2022 11:14 AM, Mighty Wannabe wrote:
> 25.BX945 wrote on 5/25/2022 10:57 AM:
>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/25/russia-pours-insane-number-fighters-weapons-take-luhansk/
>>
>>
>> Russia has poured “an insane number of fighters and equipment”
>> into Luhansk to flatten the last of the Ukrainian resistance
>> in northern Donbas, the region’s governor has warned.
>>
>> Serhiy Haidai warned that Severodonetsk, the last Ukrainian-held
>> city in Luhansk, risked being turned into another Mariupol, the
>> southern port city which Russian forces virtually razed to the
>> ground during a two-month siege.
>>
>> “The Nazis [Russians] brought an insane number of fighters and
>> equipment to our region,” the governor said in a post on the
>> Telegram messaging app.
>>
>> “The orcs keep helicopters and heavy weapons ready in the
>> occupied territories.”
>>
>> In a bid to secure a major battlefield victory, Russian troops
>> have attempted to surround the neighbouring cities of
>> Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, whose capture would give Moscow
>> control more than half of the eastern Donbas region.
>>
>> Encircling the remaining pockets of Ukrainian resistance
>> would essentially sever any resupply lines from Kyiv into
>> the area.
>>
>> . . .
>>
>>   Perhaps a better battle tactic given the situation in
>>   Ukraine. Concentrate, seize, move on and repeat. The
>>   locals have supply issues, which makes it easier to
>>   surround and cut off cities one by one.
>>
>>   Downside, it also makes for a high concentration of
>>   TARGETS the Ukrainians can have fun with.
>>
>>   The best tact for Ukraine - more stand-off weapons.
>>   Even smallish drones would do. More artillery. If
>>   the Rus create a ring of steel, don't bang your head
>>   on the thing - chip chip chip away instead. Russia
>>   likely can't sustain this heavy use of people and
>>   supplies either ... so stall them for even a little
>>   while and you've won.
>>
>
> Zelensky should have learned from Kenny Rogers' song, "The Gamber",
> before poking and taunting the Russian bear.
>
> It is not Zelensky's fault in losing Crimea to Russia and two Donbas
> regions to separatists in 2014, but he made this invasion happen because
> of his words and actions since he was catapulted from just a TV clown
> into his presidency in 2019.
>
> The Gambler says:
>
> "You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when
> to walk away, and know when to run."
>
> "Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving is knowing what to
> throw away, and knowing what to keep, because every hand's a winner, and
> every hand's a loser."
>
>
> The Gambler - Song by Kenny Rogers
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo
>
>
> On a warm summer's evening
> On a train bound for nowhere
> I met up with the gambler
> We were both too tired to sleep
> So we took turns a-starin'
> Out the window at the darkness
> The boredom overtook us
> And he began to speak
>
>
> He said, "Son, I've made a life
> Out of readin' people's faces
> Knowin' what the cards were
> By the way they held their eyes
> So if you don't mind my sayin'
> I can see you're out of aces
> For a taste of your whiskey
> I'll give you some advice"
>
>
> So I handed him my bottle
> And he drank down my last swallow
> Then he bummed a cigarette
> And asked me for a light
> And the night got deathly quiet
> And his face lost all expression
> Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy
> You gotta learn to play it right
>
>
> You've got to know when to hold 'em
> Know when to fold 'em
> Know when to walk away
> And know when to run
> You never count your money
> When you're sittin' at the table
> There'll be time enough for countin'
> When the dealin's done
>
>
> Every gambler knows
> That the secret to survivin'
> Is knowin' what to throw away
> And knowin' what to keep
> 'Cause every hand's a winner
> And every hand's a loser
> And the best that you can hope for
> Is to die in your sleep"
>
>
> And when he'd finished speakin'
> He turned back toward the window
> Crushed out his cigarette
> Faded off to sleep
> And somewhere in the darkness
> The gambler he broke even
> But in his final words
> I found an ace that I could keep
>
>
> You've got to know when to hold 'em
> Know when to fold 'em
> Know when to walk away
> And know when to run
> You never count your money
> When you're sittin' at the table
> There'll be time enough for countin'
> When the dealin's done
>
>
> You've got to know when to hold 'em (when to hold 'em)
> Know when to fold 'em (when to fold 'em)
> Know when to walk away
> And know when to run
> You never count your money
> When you're sittin' at the table
> There'll be time enough for countin'
> When the dealin's done
>
>
> You've got to know when to hold 'em
> Know when to fold 'em
> Know when to walk away
> And know when to run
> You never count your money
> When you're sittin' at the table
> There'll be time enough for countin'
> When the dealin's done

The big guy hands the little guy a sharp stick and whispers, stick the
Bear in the ass.

What does the big guy have in mind?

On 5/25/22 8:07 PM, Vincent wrote:
> On 5/25/2022 11:14 AM, Mighty Wannabe wrote:

>
> The big guy hands the little guy a sharp stick and whispers, stick the
> Bear in the ass.
>
> What does the big guy have in mind?
>

"Big Guy" ... he already said it outright - Russia to
be "degraded" to the point it cannot entertain imperial
ambitions again for a very long time.

Little Guy ... well, he has no choice here, he HAS to keep
stabbing the Bear. He will suffer most of the material
losses but it's WORTH it as far as he's concerned.

And Zel ... he's done just fine. The right person in the
right place at the right time. He's gonna rate a BIG
statue for posterity.

Vincent wrote on 5/25/2022 8:07 PM:
> On 5/25/2022 11:14 AM, Mighty Wannabe wrote:
>> 25.BX945 wrote on 5/25/2022 10:57 AM:
>>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/25/russia-pours-insane-number-fighters-weapons-take-luhansk/
>>>
>>>
>>> Russia has poured “an insane number of fighters and equipment”
>>> into Luhansk to flatten the last of the Ukrainian resistance
>>> in northern Donbas, the region’s governor has warned.
>>>
>>> Serhiy Haidai warned that Severodonetsk, the last Ukrainian-held
>>> city in Luhansk, risked being turned into another Mariupol, the
>>> southern port city which Russian forces virtually razed to the
>>> ground during a two-month siege.
>>>
>>> “The Nazis [Russians] brought an insane number of fighters and
>>> equipment to our region,” the governor said in a post on the
>>> Telegram messaging app.
>>>
>>> “The orcs keep helicopters and heavy weapons ready in the
>>> occupied territories.”
>>>
>>> In a bid to secure a major battlefield victory, Russian troops
>>> have attempted to surround the neighbouring cities of
>>> Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, whose capture would give Moscow
>>> control more than half of the eastern Donbas region.
>>>
>>> Encircling the remaining pockets of Ukrainian resistance
>>> would essentially sever any resupply lines from Kyiv into
>>> the area.
>>>
>>> . . .
>>>
>>> Perhaps a better battle tactic given the situation in
>>> Ukraine. Concentrate, seize, move on and repeat. The
>>> locals have supply issues, which makes it easier to
>>> surround and cut off cities one by one.
>>>
>>> Downside, it also makes for a high concentration of
>>> TARGETS the Ukrainians can have fun with.
>>>
>>> The best tact for Ukraine - more stand-off weapons.
>>> Even smallish drones would do. More artillery. If
>>> the Rus create a ring of steel, don't bang your head
>>> on the thing - chip chip chip away instead. Russia
>>> likely can't sustain this heavy use of people and
>>> supplies either ... so stall them for even a little
>>> while and you've won.
>>>
>>
>> Zelensky should have learned from Kenny Rogers' song, "The Gamber",
>> before poking and taunting the Russian bear.
>>
>> It is not Zelensky's fault in losing Crimea to Russia and two Donbas
>> regions to separatists in 2014, but he made this invasion happen
>> because of his words and actions since he was catapulted from just a
>> TV clown into his presidency in 2019.
>>
>> The Gambler says:
>>
>> "You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know
>> when to walk away, and know when to run."
>>
>> "Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving is knowing what to
>> throw away, and knowing what to keep, because every hand's a winner,
>> and every hand's a loser."
>>
>>
>> The Gambler - Song by Kenny Rogers
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo
>>
>>
>> On a warm summer's evening
>> On a train bound for nowhere
>> I met up with the gambler
>> We were both too tired to sleep
>> So we took turns a-starin'
>> Out the window at the darkness
>> The boredom overtook us
>> And he began to speak
>>
>>
>> He said, "Son, I've made a life
>> Out of readin' people's faces
>> Knowin' what the cards were
>> By the way they held their eyes
>> So if you don't mind my sayin'
>> I can see you're out of aces
>> For a taste of your whiskey
>> I'll give you some advice"
>>
>>
>> So I handed him my bottle
>> And he drank down my last swallow
>> Then he bummed a cigarette
>> And asked me for a light
>> And the night got deathly quiet
>> And his face lost all expression
>> Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy
>> You gotta learn to play it right
>>
>>
>> You've got to know when to hold 'em
>> Know when to fold 'em
>> Know when to walk away
>> And know when to run
>> You never count your money
>> When you're sittin' at the table
>> There'll be time enough for countin'
>> When the dealin's done
>>
>>
>> Every gambler knows
>> That the secret to survivin'
>> Is knowin' what to throw away
>> And knowin' what to keep
>> 'Cause every hand's a winner
>> And every hand's a loser
>> And the best that you can hope for
>> Is to die in your sleep"
>>
>>
>> And when he'd finished speakin'
>> He turned back toward the window
>> Crushed out his cigarette
>> Faded off to sleep
>> And somewhere in the darkness
>> The gambler he broke even
>> But in his final words
>> I found an ace that I could keep
>>
>>
>> You've got to know when to hold 'em
>> Know when to fold 'em
>> Know when to walk away
>> And know when to run
>> You never count your money
>> When you're sittin' at the table
>> There'll be time enough for countin'
>> When the dealin's done
>>
>>
>> You've got to know when to hold 'em (when to hold 'em)
>> Know when to fold 'em (when to fold 'em)
>> Know when to walk away
>> And know when to run
>> You never count your money
>> When you're sittin' at the table
>> There'll be time enough for countin'
>> When the dealin's done
>>
>>
>> You've got to know when to hold 'em
>> Know when to fold 'em
>> Know when to walk away
>> And know when to run
>> You never count your money
>> When you're sittin' at the table
>> There'll be time enough for countin'
>> When the dealin's done
>
> The big guy hands the little guy a sharp stick and whispers, stick the
> Bear in the ass.
>
> What does the big guy have in mind?
>

Zelensky should have listened to Jim Croce's song before poking and
taunting the Russian bear.

"You don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Putin"

Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Putin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCGgQ-sFAc

On 5/26/2022 1:09 AM, Mighty Wannabe wrote:
> Vincent wrote on 5/25/2022 8:07 PM:
>> On 5/25/2022 11:14 AM, Mighty Wannabe wrote:
>>> 25.BX945 wrote on 5/25/2022 10:57 AM:
>>>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/25/russia-pours-insane-number-fighters-weapons-take-luhansk/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Russia has poured “an insane number of fighters and equipment”
>>>> into Luhansk to flatten the last of the Ukrainian resistance
>>>> in northern Donbas, the region’s governor has warned.
>>>>
>>>> Serhiy Haidai warned that Severodonetsk, the last Ukrainian-held
>>>> city in Luhansk, risked being turned into another Mariupol, the
>>>> southern port city which Russian forces virtually razed to the
>>>> ground during a two-month siege.
>>>>
>>>> “The Nazis [Russians] brought an insane number of fighters and
>>>> equipment to our region,” the governor said in a post on the
>>>> Telegram messaging app.
>>>>
>>>> “The orcs keep helicopters and heavy weapons ready in the
>>>> occupied territories.”
>>>>
>>>> In a bid to secure a major battlefield victory, Russian troops
>>>> have attempted to surround the neighbouring cities of
>>>> Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, whose capture would give Moscow
>>>> control more than half of the eastern Donbas region.
>>>>
>>>> Encircling the remaining pockets of Ukrainian resistance
>>>> would essentially sever any resupply lines from Kyiv into
>>>> the area.
>>>>
>>>> . . .
>>>>
>>>>   Perhaps a better battle tactic given the situation in
>>>>   Ukraine. Concentrate, seize, move on and repeat. The
>>>>   locals have supply issues, which makes it easier to
>>>>   surround and cut off cities one by one.
>>>>
>>>>   Downside, it also makes for a high concentration of
>>>>   TARGETS the Ukrainians can have fun with.
>>>>
>>>>   The best tact for Ukraine - more stand-off weapons.
>>>>   Even smallish drones would do. More artillery. If
>>>>   the Rus create a ring of steel, don't bang your head
>>>>   on the thing - chip chip chip away instead. Russia
>>>>   likely can't sustain this heavy use of people and
>>>>   supplies either ... so stall them for even a little
>>>>   while and you've won.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Zelensky should have learned from Kenny Rogers' song, "The Gamber",
>>> before poking and taunting the Russian bear.
>>>
>>> It is not Zelensky's fault in losing Crimea to Russia and two Donbas
>>> regions to separatists in 2014, but he made this invasion happen
>>> because of his words and actions since he was catapulted from just a
>>> TV clown into his presidency in 2019.
>>>
>>> The Gambler says:
>>>
>>> "You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know
>>> when to walk away, and know when to run."
>>>
>>> "Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving is knowing what to
>>> throw away, and knowing what to keep, because every hand's a winner,
>>> and every hand's a loser."
>>>
>>>
>>> The Gambler - Song by Kenny Rogers
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo
>>>
>>>
>>> On a warm summer's evening
>>> On a train bound for nowhere
>>> I met up with the gambler
>>> We were both too tired to sleep
>>> So we took turns a-starin'
>>> Out the window at the darkness
>>> The boredom overtook us
>>> And he began to speak
>>>
>>>
>>> He said, "Son, I've made a life
>>> Out of readin' people's faces
>>> Knowin' what the cards were
>>> By the way they held their eyes
>>> So if you don't mind my sayin'
>>> I can see you're out of aces
>>> For a taste of your whiskey
>>> I'll give you some advice"
>>>
>>>
>>> So I handed him my bottle
>>> And he drank down my last swallow
>>> Then he bummed a cigarette
>>> And asked me for a light
>>> And the night got deathly quiet
>>> And his face lost all expression
>>> Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy
>>> You gotta learn to play it right
>>>
>>>
>>> You've got to know when to hold 'em
>>> Know when to fold 'em
>>> Know when to walk away
>>> And know when to run
>>> You never count your money
>>> When you're sittin' at the table
>>> There'll be time enough for countin'
>>> When the dealin's done
>>>
>>>
>>> Every gambler knows
>>> That the secret to survivin'
>>> Is knowin' what to throw away
>>> And knowin' what to keep
>>> 'Cause every hand's a winner
>>> And every hand's a loser
>>> And the best that you can hope for
>>> Is to die in your sleep"
>>>
>>>
>>> And when he'd finished speakin'
>>> He turned back toward the window
>>> Crushed out his cigarette
>>> Faded off to sleep
>>> And somewhere in the darkness
>>> The gambler he broke even
>>> But in his final words
>>> I found an ace that I could keep
>>>
>>>
>>> You've got to know when to hold 'em
>>> Know when to fold 'em
>>> Know when to walk away
>>> And know when to run
>>> You never count your money
>>> When you're sittin' at the table
>>> There'll be time enough for countin'
>>> When the dealin's done
>>>
>>>
>>> You've got to know when to hold 'em (when to hold 'em)
>>> Know when to fold 'em (when to fold 'em)
>>> Know when to walk away
>>> And know when to run
>>> You never count your money
>>> When you're sittin' at the table
>>> There'll be time enough for countin'
>>> When the dealin's done
>>>
>>>
>>> You've got to know when to hold 'em
>>> Know when to fold 'em
>>> Know when to walk away
>>> And know when to run
>>> You never count your money
>>> When you're sittin' at the table
>>> There'll be time enough for countin'
>>> When the dealin's done
>>
>> The big guy hands the little guy a sharp stick and whispers, stick the
>> Bear in the ass.
>>
>> What does the big guy have in mind?
>>
>
>
> Zelensky should have listened to Jim Croce's song before poking and
> taunting the Russian bear.
>
> "You don't tug on superman's cape
> You don't spit into the wind
> You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
> And you don't mess around with Putin"
>
> Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Putin
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCGgQ-sFAc

I am sure there will b a really nice Memorial Service for Vladimir.
Right after he drinks his home-grown Plutonium Tea.
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>
>
>
>
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