Ukraine - your questions answered
The following are question i and others have had regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The answers provided are largely derived from several former CIA people, former U.S. ambassadors, former high-ranking military people, geopolitical analysts, former weapons inspector and whistle-blower Scott Ritter, independent investigative journalists, including those from The Gray Zone, as well as my own analysis of combat video.
Q: Why did Russia invade Ukraine?
A: There are 2 reasons i'm aware of: 1) Russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbas area were being slaughtered after Zelenskyy was installed by the CIA as a puppet of the U.S., and 2) The U.S., under Trump's first term, began a military build-up in Ukraine that broke a treaty with Russia by installing missiles aimed at Russia, therefore, contrary to the crap he spews, Trump is partly responsible for this war.
Q: Is Russia at war with Ukraine?
A: No, not technically. U.S. military personnel were asked what would happen if Russia went to war with Ukraine and their answer was that Ukraine would be overrun in a matter of weeks, however Putin then did what apparently no one foresaw, which was to initiate a methodical Military Special Operation which limited both Russian casualties and Ukrainian civilian casualties and accomplished their goal of re-taking part of Ukraine where many Russian speaking people reside which was once part of Russia.
It seems it was always known to those with knowledge of Russia's military capability that Russia would be the victor in Ukraine. That Ukrainians and people from other countries are still being injected into this meat grinder is absolutely immoral and indefensible.
Q: Is the U.S. at war with Russia?
A: Yes. At first it was a proxy war, but the U.S. has since become directly involved when U.S. missile systems were deployed to Ukraine that, because of security reasons, can only be targeted and operated by U.S. personnel.
Q: Does Russia want to take over all of Ukraine?
A: Clearly the answer is no, nor are they interested in taking over Poland, etc., as the western media claims.
Q: Why hasn't Trump ended the war as he promised?
A: Contrary to the nonsensical bullshit he pumps out of his mouth, Trump has little leverage with the Russians. The outcome of the Russia-Ukraine conflict will be dictated by Russia, not the U.S.. Secondly, Trump obviously isn't interested in bringing a quick end to the war. If he was, he would simply cut off the flow of weapons and intelligence to Ukraine.
Q: How much longer can Ukraine last?
A: Weeks, maybe a couple of months at best.
Q: How many military personnel have been sacrificed, on both sides?
A: The numbers are classified, but a very rough estimate is that approximately 100-150 thousand Russians have died and approximately 1.2-1.5 million Ukrainians. Aerial photographs of the rapidly expanding cemeteries in Ukraine help to confirm this, as does their desperate push to forcefully recruit new men and women of both younger and older ages into the military, some of which will be immediately killed due to a severe lack of training, some of which will be captured or desert and join the Russians at the first opportunity, and some of which will kill themselves.
Q: Have Ukrainian forces committed war crimes?
A: Yes. In some cases they have murdered Ukrainian civilians and blamed the killings on the Russians, but it appears some of the murders of Russian speaking Ukrainians may be motivated by simple hatred. Ukrainian forces have committed war crimes in Kursk as well. I'm quite certain war crimes have been committed by Russian forces as well, though other than a Russian soldier chopping of the head of a dead and frozen Ukrainian soldier, i'm not aware of them.