‘It’s Not a Sprint,’ Ukraine’s Marines Insist. ‘It’s a Marathon.’
www.nytimes.com
Journalists from The Times spent two weeks with troops from brigades trained and supplied by NATO to get their take on how, and where, the counteroffensive is going.
  • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
    171·
    1 year ago

    There’s only so long you can go with empty catchphrases before the reality of ‘US support’ is obvious to everyone (except western libs, of course, but I’m willing to give more credit to Ukrainians who are on a much sharper side of US promises than are western libs tucked up safe and sound).

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
      20·
      1 year ago

      I think the realization that Ukraine got cynically used is starting to sink in, and I expect this could result in a serious backlash against the west in the future.

    • Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
      4·
      1 year ago

      Well it seems they are now starting to blame US and Europe for not supplying things quickly enough, and not supplying big shit from the start.

      As opposed to, you know, blaming them for being dragged into the whole mess as cannon fodder to begin with

  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
    7·
    1 year ago

    “Just gotta grind to get that prestige gear, then we can start winning this war.”

    “Just spending some time smurfing in bronze league then we’ll shoot up straight past gold.”

    “If we trail at the half, they’ll let their guard down and we’ll shoot right past them.”

    “When we win this war, I’m going to Disneyland!”