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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.

  • at_an_angle@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Don’t argue with this guy. I’ve had a run-in with him before.

    100% vatnik cocksucker and propaganda spewer.

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        1 year ago

        Year 2023 and some regressive idiots still think sucking cock is an insult and makes you less than. I hope their cocks remain unsucked, as they seem to like it.

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        1 year ago

        I can kinda see where you get the homophobia but the racism?

        Calling someone a cocksucker is just an insult. Might not be used as much today, but watch Scarface for more examples.

        And from Wikipedia:

        Vatnik or vatnyk (Russian: ватник) is a political pejorative used in Russia and other post-Soviet states for steadfast jingoistic followers of propaganda from the Russian government.

        So racist? No. I’m making fun of people who swallow Russian propaganda without thinking.