‘We Cannot Win’ Says Top Russian Commander Alexander Khodakovsky
www.kyivpost.com
The leader of the Russian battalion defeated at liberated Urozhaine calls for “freezing the front” after his unreinforced troops were devastated in a rout.

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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.

  • @chowder
    4•10 months ago

    Oh damn I didn’t realize Belarus was western, this changes everything.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]English
      15•10 months ago

      Someone not involved in the operation and also not even from Russia doesn’t really matter, particularly not a shit talker like lukashenko-tired that motherfucker says all kinds of crazy shit

      • @chowder
        5•10 months ago

        Not involved? He let an invasion be lauched from his territory. That’s pretty damn involved.