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2naSalit

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Thu Jul 2, 2026, 03:00 PM 2 hrs ago

Russia Is Moving Too Slowly to Win - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦



Russia is still advancing in Ukraine, but that is not the same thing as winning. Russian forces are making ity-bity gains at a pace that would push any realistic Donbas timeline years into the future, while Ukraine is striking Crimea, logistics, fuel, refineries, missile production, and the vulnerable rear areas Russia depends on to keep this war going. If Russia needs rapid advances to succeed, the battlefield math is turning against them.

0:00 Russia is moving too slowly to win
0:58 Girkin warns Crimea is being prepared
1:49 Ukraine’s Crimea strike campaign gives hope
2:13 Russia’s deadlines are divorced from reality
3:30 False reports, flag-raising, and fake advances
4:44 The Donbas math: Russia’s real timeline
5:52 Ukraine targets Russia’s refinery weak points
6:57 Russia mistreats its own soldiers
7:27 Russians search for when the war ends
8:02 October mobilization rumors change the equation
9:00 Sweden warns Russia remains a long-term threat
11:20 Shoutout, comments, and the Kaliningrad folder question
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