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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[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What part of that comment can be construed as pro-Russia?

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The part complaining about a lack of Russian state-controlled news media?

[–] YuccaMan@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not what he meant and you know it. He's making light of an obvious double standard regarding the standing in which we hold two sources with obvious national biases.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They might not know it. There hasn't been a lot of particularly complex analysis here and they very well might be operating on the level of "bad news bad, good news good".

Honestly, why are we even wasting time here?

[–] YuccaMan@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hell, I dunno. This sort of thing got through to me eventually, maybe I'm hoping I can change minds myself.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Fair, fair.

[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

That's not what I meant dickweed