Russia - threadbanned users in OP

People have testified that Russian troops carried out rampant looting in the city, stealing private cars, washing machines, microwaves, women’s clothes and other household goods. They removed 15,000 exhibits from Kherson’s art museum and stole the bones of Grigory Potemkin, Catherine the Great’s friend and lover, from a crypt in the city’s cathedral.

On Sunday it emerged they had also taken most of the animals from Kherson’s zoo. Llamas, wolves, donkeys, racoons and squirrels were all shipped to Crimea. “The zoo’s racoon was stolen not by some stupid soldier but by the Russian command,” said Oleksandr Todorchuk, the head of UAnimals, which rescues animals in war.

Ukrainians accused Russians of blowing up dozens of schools across the province, further damaging the prospects of children who have already missed nine months of lessons. In the occupied village of Mala Oleksandrivka, Russian soldiers converted the local school into a military base and parked their tanks next to the sports field. In Mylove – liberated on Thursday – they blew up the main school and nursery as they rolled out in armoured vehicles. About 300 people stayed in the village during the occupation, including teenagers and children of primary school age. They waved at visiting cars and smiled.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/13/mines-looting-no-power-kherson-assesses-damage-after-russian-retreat

I posted a few days ago about the Russians looting apartments, but stealing animals out of the zoo and levelling schools out of spite?

That's some level of sociopathic behaviour. Good luck negotiating with that.

I should have known they would crawl out from wherever they are where hiding.

Absolute pathetic human beings.

I was surprised to see Sergei Lavrov back in the headlines, again regarding his trip to Bali - I had the feeling he was being phased out, unless I wasn't reading enough news...

He was always a good diplomat ....Had to much of the kool aid in recent months

He went for a tox screen check up according to the local governor 😉

https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-foreign-ministry-denies-lavrov-taken-hospital-2022-11-14/

Vladimir Solovyov looks like Russia's Dracula.

They are primarily the Maritime wing of the SAS , very little difference between the two squadrons, while their primary role involves Maritime activities,they did spend extended times on land during Iraq , Afghanistan and fighting isis ,

But yes their primary role is special operations

Just because the international spotlight was not shone on what Wagner group were doing in other Country's, does not mean they were deliberately keeping it quiet. locals knew very well because terror was (and still is) one of their weapons, and for it to be effective, it has to be publicized. And it was, even if only locally.

They don't do themselves any favours with their superiority complexes. I knew a well educated ethnic Russian from Uzbekistan and I recall being a bit shocked that she heavily implied that the Uzbeks were an inferior race of people. I've seen a lot of twitter threads from people in the Asian Republics talking about how the Russians in their countries have always been utterly dismissive of them, their language and their culture.

It's a bit like the very worst of the British attitudes to their "colonies" which makes me think it's some kind of colonial mindset. All the more reason to see them get humbled.

Now would be a great time to start shipping ATACMS