Ever Beedle on Nostr: “We will take Kiev in 3 days” gradually shifting to “No, you’re the ones ...
“We will take Kiev in 3 days” gradually shifting to “No, you’re the ones moving the goalposts, actually”
And the industrial center he’s referring to was the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, one of the few major cities that Russia actually captured.
Defenders at Azovstal held out for a good long while, but what’s funny is that the only reason this guy remembers it at all is because it stayed in the news because their defense was pretty good. But “you will never take it” is just a strawman that he invented in his head. And the strawman he invented in his head is his justification for why it’s the other side that is actually delusional.
Bonus Content: A depiction of precisely how poor Russia’s performance has been. Notice that they’ve mainly just lost territory since the initial grab, that’s why this guy’s internal narrative justifies itself with the taking of a steel mill and a mid-sized city.
And the industrial center he’s referring to was the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, one of the few major cities that Russia actually captured.
Defenders at Azovstal held out for a good long while, but what’s funny is that the only reason this guy remembers it at all is because it stayed in the news because their defense was pretty good. But “you will never take it” is just a strawman that he invented in his head. And the strawman he invented in his head is his justification for why it’s the other side that is actually delusional.
Bonus Content: A depiction of precisely how poor Russia’s performance has been. Notice that they’ve mainly just lost territory since the initial grab, that’s why this guy’s internal narrative justifies itself with the taking of a steel mill and a mid-sized city.
quoting note1alm…hlqfI like how the goalposts shift with every thing that happens. "You'll never get that *industrial area I can't remember the name of*!" *they get it* "oh well that didn't matter! You'll never get bakhmut!" *they get bakhmut* "that wasn't important anyway! You'll never get slovyansk!"
And who knows, maybe they won't, I really don't care. But you've got to admit the track record here is pretty embarassing