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Putin Is Right: The War in Ukraine Is Partly America’s Fault
The U.S. was totally seduced by the money flowing out of Russia and helped Putin become all-powerful. The last year has shown us the consequences.www.thedailybeast.com
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Top Putin Ally Says He ‘Will Not Hide’ Intention to Invade Poland Anymore
“After all, after Ukraine, Poland is on the map,” Ramzan Kadyrov said before announcing what seemed to be a made-up deadline for a Russian war victory.www.thedailybeast.com
That's what I been waiting on...March-April timeframe![]()
As the winter thaw looms in Ukraine, NATO tanks will be critical
A Canadian tank arrived in Poland on Monday, and will head off to bolster Ukrainian efforts agains a Russian invasion. The single tank, obviously, isn’t critical on its own, but what it represents definitely is: It’s a German tank, which Canada could not have offered without German agreement...thebigstorypodcast.ca
Seems like a pretty terrible guy, Glad he’s dead.What happened @babygwirl18 , did a teenage Ukranian soldier kill him?
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Notorious Russian mercenary shot dead in Ukraine
Mangushev's wife complained that nobody was investigating his shooting![]()
Mangushev's wife Tatyana described his killing as an execution.
He commanded an anti-drone unit in occupied Luhansk, but had also been one of the founders of a mercenary group fighting Ukrainian forces in 2014.
He took to a stage last summer holding a man's skull.
In a video posted on social media in August, Mangushev was filmed saying the skull belonged to a Ukrainian fighter killed defending the Azovstal steel works in the southern port of Mariupol.
An extreme nationalist, Mangushev said Russia was not at war with people, but with an idea of Ukraine as an "anti-Russian state", and it did not matter how many Ukrainians died.
Mangushev emerged from a neo-Nazi movement to co-found private mercenary group Yenot (raccoon).
Related video: Ukraine: Russia endures deadliest day as fighting escalates
He was later known to have collaborated with Russia's most notorious mercenary boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, as a political strategist.
The shooting has prompted widespread speculation about who might have carried out the attack at a checkpoint in the occupied Ukrainian town of Kadiivka, some distance from the frontline.
Russian reports said he had been shot at close range with a 9mm bullet fired from the top of his head at an angle of 45 degrees. Russian authorities are investigating the killing and have so far said nothing about the circumstances.
The bullet had reportedly lodged in his brain. Before he died, pictures showed him lying in a hospital bed.
Another extreme Russian nationalist, Pavel Gubarev, said everyone knew who was behind the shooting and observed that Prigozhin had for the moment gone quiet.
The 11-month war in Ukraine has energised the murky world of extremists in Russia and sparked rivalries between them.
After the attack, Russia expert Mark Galeotti said it demonstrated that Russia was sliding back towards aspects of the 1990s, "when murder was a business tactic, and the lines between politics, business, crime and war became near-meaningless".
Notorious Russian mercenary shot dead in Ukraine (msn.com)
That "bloody snow" is the mentrual cycle of you and Putin's soldiersSeems like a pretty terrible guy, Glad he’s dead.
Have you been reading the news about Bahkmut?You know the city that Big Z committed tens of thousands of troops to fight? According to the BBC the streets are filled with bloody snow, and Russia is on the verge of capturing it.
Wonder how many of the billions we sent over there was wasted in this battle?
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Ukraine war: Borrowed time for Bakhmut as Russians close in
This small Ukrainian city has been at the centre of an epic six-month battle on the front line.www.bbc.com
Is it over yet?
Saw that coming from a mile awayWagner Group stops recruiting prisoners as growing numbers refuse to be enlisted on suicide missions, reports say
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Wagner Group stops recruiting prisoners as growing numbers refuse to be enlisted on suicide missions, reports say
Tens of thousands of prisoners agreed to fight with the Wagner Group in Ukraine, but most of them died on the battlefield, reports said.www.yahoo.com
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It sounds like Russia is making some advances in Ukraine, but these new boots fled, and I read another article about one Russian tank running over Russian troops, but it was poorly written. https://www.newsweek.com/inexperien...-30-vehicles-after-failed-assault-u-k-1780435
The devil is really in the details.![]()
It sounds like Russia is making some advances in Ukraine, but these new boots fled, and I read another article about one Russian tank running over Russian troops, but it was poorly written. https://www.newsweek.com/inexperien...-30-vehicles-after-failed-assault-u-k-1780435
OP is spreading more gossip than TMZ.![]()
how many times is the OP going to edit the title of this sham thread?
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The devil is really in the details.
The "advances" the Ruskies are making are too small to make a difference. Supposedly they are taking over the city Soledar and could soon be taking control over Bakhmut but its still unclear to what is happening because neither side has moved the needle or broke the lines. One indicator of success/failure is to look at Highway M03 which crosses through Bakhmut, which connects Kyiv and Kharkiv to the Donbas. That line of support is still operable so that's how I can tell nothing has changed. Either way, I'm waiting til it gets warmer for the next counteroffense to kick off before we find out who's doing what.
They started attacking Bakhmut last August. It was supposed to be a quick/easy victory that would showcase the efficiency of Wagner compared to conventional russian forces and provide a "victory" that the propagandists and our resident morons could wax poetic about. Instead, the russians have not only a disaster on the ground but also obvious signs that Wagner and Prigozhin are no longer in a position of influence. Obviously, if things had gone differently in Bakhmut, Prigozhin would be taking a victory lap as he has in the past.
This interview was with the propagandists who stepped on a landmine and was hyped up all over russophile social media. Nobody told Prigozhin he would get setup though
Now, almost immediately after the interview, the knives are out..
It does appear that window or tea time is approaching...
Yeah, its getting better or worse for the propagandist depending on who's doing the reporting
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Russian soldier death rate highest since first week of war - Ukraine
Unverified Ukrainian data shows 824 dying per day - the UK says the trends are "likely accurate".www.bbc.com
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'Russian casualties highest since first week of Ukraine war': Data
Russian soldiers are dying in greater numbers in Ukraine this month than at any time since the first week of the invasion, according to Ukrainian datawww.business-standard.com
Girkin back talking big shit now that Prigozhin is about to get window treatment.
Bereg held up a skull of a Ukrainian Azov soldier so he was a bit of a folk hero in russia. Having it come out the Wagner people shot him in the head during an attempted robbery is not a good look for them. They are doing the same to the other "mobiks"
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The Tuvans have had issues since this shit started and Girkin adds more fuel to the fire
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Man I can't wait til Spring. I'm ready to see how much of all that ca$h money shit they been talking is going to pay off.
Based on the fact that these backwards jokers are relying on 1914 style trench warfare and delivering ill equipped soldiers to the battlefield daily, my bet is on the under![]()
This is one of the clips that has them losing their shit. BMPs rolling over corpses etc.
The other issue is this:
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