Date: October 17th, 2025 3:17 PM
Author: ,.,,.,.,,,,,,.....................
to try to get the rest of the Donbas. They have captured very little land since then. There are 5 major fortress cities in the Donbas that Ukraine controls - Russia didn't get a single one of them. LOL at anyone thinking Russia is winning this war.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/14/trump-ukraine-weapons-missiles-russia
One thing that convinced Trump to move down this path was the July 3 phone call in which Putin made clear he planned to escalate the war.
Putin indicated that over the next 60 days he would make a renewed push to occupy territory up to the administrative lines of the Ukrainian regions in which Russia has a significant foothold.
"He wants to take all of it," Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron shortly after his call with Putin, according to a source with direct knowledge.
In the ensuing days, the weapons plan turned from an idea to something more concrete.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5787275&forum_id=2#49356073)