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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[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 94 points 2 years ago (139 children)

RT was banned first day of the war due to links to the kremlin and propaganda. Wouldn't want people influenced by propaganda, of course! This is the west! We're free thinkers! Now let me see how the war is going in the non-biased Kyiv Post.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (138 children)

Why do posters from Hexbear defend Russia so much? They're not communist. If anything, they're right wing.

Putin has a government allied with Russian business oligarchs and the support of the Russian Orthodox Church. He promotes the military as heroes. He cultivates a cult of personality. He personally controls billions of dollars. That's textbook Fascism.

[–] Bnova@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They're not communist

Wait, I'm ootl what happened?

[–] machiabelly@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago

kitty-cri

[–] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

really? this is how I find out???

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

You will forget again by tomorrow. It's a very human coping mechanism. Then some meany will remind us again. The only reason I'm not so surprised is because I wake up every day with a riddle of tattoos covering my body.

[–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pizza Hut won the cold war.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

order-of-lenin

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