Just watching the latest clips from that Russian current affairs show we all love, and the fire and brimstone is really ratcheting up especially from the speaker below. I dunno if this is carefully directed propaganda, or if these people have been genuinely fooled into believing that Russia is waging war from a position of power. Who is this guy anyway ?
Did the prophets mention the anti christ would wear high heels 👠 ?
if the Ukraine gave back 1k troops they are playing with fire, that might come back to bite them
This guy looks and sounds like that guy in the pub who after 6 pints starts pontificating about world politics before finally nodding off in his chair, much to the relief of all gathered.
The sentiments are absolutely obnoxious, however. Whoever got Dugin's daughter: do us a favour and find this guy's car as well
Maybe they could just say there are no Russian soldiers in Ukraine and that would cover everything.
Which they may well do and it ties in with what greenpilot said earlier would happen. But important to note that Ben Hodges is a retired general, so this is a personal statement.
It's him
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Gurulyov
I was thinking, who does the guy remind me of, and it's Rodney Dangerfield's horrible sit-com Dad from Natural Born Killers...
Could it have been up to something with that unmanned boat? To my uneducated eye, that boat didn't look like it was capable of a whole lot, just basically a canoe with some sort of remote control and a camera. Now, I suppose it could've rocked up to a big ship and blown a hole in it, which would've been really cool. But I wonder if instead it was more interested in the submarines that are moving around there.
Not necessarily. If the Ukrainians have been treating the POWs humanly, or even possibly treating them better than their own side, they are going to come back with stories that will reinforce the notion that surrender to the Ukrainians isn't that bad of an idea.
If the Russian Command has any sense at all (and at times I wonder about that), they would keep these released prisoners well clear of the fighting to prevent any positive notions of their enemy getting back to their front line troops.
Probably looking at the fun ensuing from the threat to sink the fleet.
Yeah, it might actually take the Ukrainians about 3.7 extra days to kill them properly, this time, at their average rate of pest removal.
Say so,atleast the missile carriers and submarines,might give Ukraine a prewarning as well and also some juicy targets if within range.
There is also the photo sleuthing revealing a noted cancer specialist apparently being close by at times.
It's amazing the long term effects that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can have.
""Good and a little funny news. Regarding the arrest of teenagers who sang the Anthem of Ukraine.
We have confirmation from our insiders and members of the resistance. No arrest eventually occurred. The week of search activities did not bring the desired result to the occupiers. According to denunciations, several lovers of alcohol consumption were arrested, but they turned out to be the wrong ones. In order to report and "calm public opinion", police collaborators did not invent too much and shot a video about the "arrest", as "offenders" they attracted their own children and their friends. That is why in the video some of the faces are blurred – because that is the children of the occupiers in the police.
And unknown patriots remained unknown. At least for the occupying power.
Therefore, exhale. What can you say here? MrAzota is a good try, but nit.
We continue to work.
Mariupol was, is and will remain the city where the Ukrainian Sun becomes the first over Azov," Petro Andryushchenko."
Lol.
Getting sent back to Russia hopefully is worse for him.
Also,
That explains the 4:1 ratio in the exchange.
Good spot, he does have the classic facial features.
I don’t think Stalin would have agreed with these prisoner exchanges.
1 person killed, 2 wounded as result of landmine explosion in Hrakove village of Kharkiv region during electricity repairment works
booby traps left behind, the gift that keeps giving
The Guardian reported earlier that Finish border guards are seeing an uptick on traffic coming from Russia, and I'm reminded of what Putin said early on in the year about scum and sabateurs (or words to that effect) leaving the country. I know experts from across the board are predicting the war to go on for a long while yet, but I can't help but think we're reaching some kind of end game - either a change of leadership, or some kind of military intensification that will settle it. It's as if something has to give. It's hard not to be glued to the reporting right now.
I don't think he was executed, I believe he died in a fight with other Russian POWs. Although that could have been a story invented by the Germans.
My take on Putin's mobilization speech yesterday is that he actually want's the opposite of what he's saying. My take is that he now realizes the strategical blunder he's made. And actually he now thinks his best course of action is to de-esclalate in his own idea of a 'controlled' manner. He is likely seeing his best possible way out is to annex parts of eastern Ukrainian to Russia (it makes it militarily easier for him to be successful there under that scenario). Sure Ukraine will fight for them back, but if Russia can defend (likely yes) and the West get's tired of supporting Ukraine (certainly possible), then he can live with that outcome and call it a success. Of course, appearing to escalate with mobilizations and threats of nuclear retaliation still serves his public narrative.
Initially he wanted all of Ukraine under his puppet leadership, make it a buffer zone between Russia and the West. Then it was just the Donbas as it's own autonomous region as the buffer. Now, he can't even get that- so next best thing is make part of the Donbas into Russia so he can defend it easier and call it a day for now.
To a certain degree, it's then less about if Ukraine accepts that outcome in the long term (right now they won't of course), and more about if the West is willing to accept it and withdraw support for Ukraine (which they could do gradually and in many underhand ways that would not be immediately obvious).
Yep. He's hoping to play out a stalemate. Hold what he has long enough that the world loses interest and the annexations become the accepted norm.
But it doesn't solve the energy issue. European countries are saying it's only over when Ukraine says so. And even last week Hungary is finally starting to be punished. He's crossed the Rubicon/Oskil/Severodonets/dnieper and there's no going back to time when the Crimea annexation was simply accepted.
Ukraine need to pushed harder now though IMO (if they can) before the sham referendums, the winter and before more untrained meat is sent into the grinder from Russia. Imagine reservists coming in as the frontline is coming back towards them.
'Antichrist' is a generic term. They have always been with us, unfortunately.
Ukrainians have just issued a blanket air attack warning for the whole country.
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Ukraine now will look to launch big counter offensives in Zaporozhzhia oblast in the coming weeks, as the longer they wait the harder it gets with Russian mobilised reserves expected to make it to the front in about 4-6 weeks from now.
Expect a big push south toward Melitopol to split the Russian occupied territory in 2. They have already been launching smaller scale attempts from Orekhov but made no progress. Now they may repeat but with large numerical superiority
I really hope so.
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