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TexasTowelie

(123,785 posts)
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 11:13 AM Sunday

Putin's Biggest Nightmare is Now Coming True - Paul Warburg



One of Ukraine's most important objectives in the war against Russia is to recapture the occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russian control. Many analysts and politicians say it isn't possible - but they miss several very important points. Previously, I've talked about how Ukraine actually CAN retake Crimea, and why it could surprisingly be much easier than most people even imagine. Today, I'll talk about how Ukraine is now putting these theories into real action - with real results.
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Putin's Biggest Nightmare is Now Coming True - Paul Warburg (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sunday OP
A siege will work on Crimea LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #1
Russia did that to themselves Warpy Sunday #2

LetMyPeopleVote

(171,853 posts)
1. A siege will work on Crimea
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 12:42 PM
Sunday

Ukraine can cut Crimea off from supplies and encourage/force Russian settlers to leave

Warpy

(114,089 posts)
2. Russia did that to themselves
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 05:07 PM
Sunday

when they bloew up the dam that created the reservoir that fed the big canals going to Crimea. There is no fresh water on that peninsula beyond what gets trapped in cisterns, those largely unused for the last 70 years or so.

They blew that dam to drown all the people of Kherson, too bad the central command lacked a single person who knew how to read a topographical map.

Any siege of Crimea involving short water supply is 100% self inflicted by Russians and their idiotically top heavy system.

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