Russia vs Ukraine anyone watching this ignite?

[Keith_Indy]

Never surround yourself with yes men, or go through leadership like Darth Vader…

Russian spy chief arrested, officials split over Ukraine invasion

Foreign reports have indicated that Russian authorities are bickering over their invasion of Ukraine.

m.jpost.com

The Fifth Service was responsible for providing Russian President Vladimir Putin with intelligence about Ukraine leading up to the war. "It looks like two weeks into the war, it finally dawned on Putin that he was completely misled. The department, fearful of his responses, seems to have told Putin what he wanted to hear," Russian investigative journalists Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov wrote in the CEPA report.

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Ukraine-Russia War: Russian navy commander killed in Mariupol

Russia strikes school in Mariupol acting as shelter for 400 • Another round of ceasefire negotiations 'could start on Monday'

m.jpost.com

Post-Captain Andrei Paliy, deputy commander of the fleet, died during fighting in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on the messaging app Telegram.


The Russian navy did not respond to a request for comment. Sevastopol, which is a major base of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, is located on the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

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'Spit Them Out': Across Russia, Security Forces Act On Putin's Condemnation Of 'Scum And Traitors'

On March 4, Russia adopted a new administrative statute and a draconian criminal law against "discrediting the armed forces." In the two weeks since, the country has seen a massive wave of repression against any form of criticism against the Kremlin's "special military operation" in Ukraine.

www.rferl.org

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Ukrainian Railways Chief Says 'Honest' Belarusians Are Cutting Russian Supplies By Train

In an interview with Current Time, the head of Ukraine’s state-run railroad said “honest people” among Belarusian railroad workers have completely cut off efforts to supply Russian forces by train via Belarus. "I can say that there is no railway connection between Ukraine and Belarus,” he said.

www.rferl.org

 

[smokingman]

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I'm sure those funds were legitimately earned through wise investments - just like with our politicians

Just like Zelenskyy's 35 million dollar mansion in Florida. I am sure they just made good life choices( seriously good choices,going from being a male actor in heels,to acting as a president,then to become the president and having 1.2 billion in the bank and lots of property all over the world means you are doing it right...right?)

 

[BigMoose]

The bloody meatgrinder continues...

 

[nra4ever]

 

[DragonGunner]

I said this awhile back, but its going to get worse now. March 15th is typically when anything off road starts to sink...the deadline has now past..... Ret. Gen. Jack Keane: Frozen ground in Ukraine begins to thaw in March and makes moving military equipment a challenge.

 

[rooster]

Ukraine is now (un)officially a dictatorship


Why suspend opposition parties?

Zelensky Suspends Ukrainian Opposition Parties with Ties to Russia | National Review

The Ukrainian president has also merged the national TV channels in the country under one platform.

www.nationalreview.com

To put this in perspective dems have been claiming republicans are in bed with the Russians for the last few years. Perhaps they suspend the opposition this year??????

 

[BigMoose]

Current map.

 

[bobzilla]

Ukraine is now (un)officially a dictatorship


Why suspend opposition parties?

Zelensky Suspends Ukrainian Opposition Parties with Ties to Russia | National Review

The Ukrainian president has also merged the national TV channels in the country under one platform.

www.nationalreview.com

To put this in perspective dems have been claiming republicans are in bed with the Russians for the last few years. Perhaps they suspend the opposition this year??????

We also don’t have foreign invaders blowing up our cities and actively trying to kill our leaders

 

[Robert Richardson]

This stuff is starting to sound more like commies killing commies.

 

[Leadeye]

Never surround yourself with yes men, or go through leadership like Darth Vader…

Russian spy chief arrested, officials split over Ukraine invasion

Foreign reports have indicated that Russian authorities are bickering over their invasion of Ukraine.

m.jpost.com

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Ukraine-Russia War: Russian navy commander killed in Mariupol

Russia strikes school in Mariupol acting as shelter for 400 • Another round of ceasefire negotiations 'could start on Monday'

m.jpost.com

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'Spit Them Out': Across Russia, Security Forces Act On Putin's Condemnation Of 'Scum And Traitors'

On March 4, Russia adopted a new administrative statute and a draconian criminal law against "discrediting the armed forces." In the two weeks since, the country has seen a massive wave of repression against any form of criticism against the Kremlin's "special military operation" in Ukraine.

www.rferl.org

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Ukrainian Railways Chief Says 'Honest' Belarusians Are Cutting Russian Supplies By Train

In an interview with Current Time, the head of Ukraine’s state-run railroad said “honest people” among Belarusian railroad workers have completely cut off efforts to supply Russian forces by train via Belarus. "I can say that there is no railway connection between Ukraine and Belarus,” he said.

www.rferl.org

Makes you think Beria and Iron Felix are in charge again. His statue is being returned to Lubyanka square.

I remember when all that old USSR stuff came down and you could buy bits and pieces during the 90s pretty cheap. The big statues like Iron Felix went to a cultural park outside Moscow. Now it looks like they are returning.

 

[BroodXI]

This stuff is starting to sound more like commies killing commies.

This is what it's always been

 

[miguel]

We also don’t have foreign invaders blowing up our cities and actively trying to kill our leaders

The hell we don't...albeit asymmetric.

Blowing up cities: https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...9471a4-a33b-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

Invasion: https://rollcall.com/2018/10/29/trump-warns-of-invasion-approaching-us-mexico-border/

Trying to kill leaders, 1: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/co...tional-prison-time-over-yard-assault-n1235013

Trying to kill leaders, 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html

 

[Wolfhound]

Based on my research, Putin has 2-3 adult children and an ex-wife. Most of whom live in palatial estates in France. Sylvain verified the French connection. Lol

 

[DadSmith]

Reagan, "Evil Empire," Speech Text - Voices of Democracy

RONALD REAGAN, “EVIL EMPIRE SPEECH” (8 MARCH 1983) [1] President Reagan: Thank you…[Applause]…Thank you very much…Thank you very much…[Applause subsides]…Thank you very much…and, Reverend Clergy all, and Senator Hawkins, distinguished members of the Florida congressional delegation, and all of...

voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu

A good read to remind people who Russia and it's allies really are.

 

[BugI02]

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Just like Zelenskyy's 35 million dollar mansion in Florida. I am sure they just made good life choices( seriously good choices,going from being a male actor in heels,to acting as a president,then to become the president and having 1.2 billion in the bank and lots of property all over the world means you are doing it right...right?)

Is the point to show every one of the players is at least a bit compromised?

Putin's mysterious net worth complicates Biden's decision to sanction him

Biden said Putin has launched a "war of choice" against Ukraine. So why isn't Russia's president targeted by sanctions?

fortune.com

Stanislav Belkovsky, a Russian political analyst and Putin critic, estimated that Putin had a net worth of $70 billion in 2012 for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, based on claims that the Russian president has stakes in Russian oil and gas companies like Gazprom and Surgutneftegas.

Anders Aslund, Swedish economist and author of Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy, gives a higher estimate, arguing that Putin has somewhere between $100 billion and $150 billion in assets. Aslund based his calculation on the wealth of Putin's confidants. The economist estimates Putin's friends hold between $500 million and $2 billion each on behalf of the Russian president.

Putin's official salary is $140000, by the way

Zelenskyy isn't trying to cross the Hungarian border with $28 million in cash nor has he attacked Russia militarily

You still attempt some kind of false equivalency. Why?

No amount of financial corruption absolves Russia in this matter

 

[Keith_Indy]

Both Putin and Zelenskyy are W.E.F. Young Leaders... (well, until they booted Putin out.)

 

[Leadeye]

I think there was a brief period of time right after the collapse of the USSR where all of this could have been avoided, but alas George 1's "New World Order" and leadership greed changed the course to where we are today. I remember when the old soviet union fell apart, the specter of "nuclear winter" a constant shrill fear screamed at you every day by big media during Regan's administration, vanished to be eventually replaced by global warming. It was a short, but pleasant time, with good prospects for the future.

 

[Keith_Indy]

Russia's hypersonic 'Kinzhal' missile strike claim is a dud, defense experts say

"I would not see it as a game changer," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said of the alleged launch.

justthenews.com

Writers for The Drive questioned whether Russia actually launched a Kinzhal, writing on Saturday that the claim "doesn't all add up."

The journalists later updated their story to write that the alleged strike video did not portray a hit on a weapons depot in western Ukraine.

"We can now say for certain that the strike depicted happened nowhere near the western part of the country and not at some major military weapons storage area," the authors wrote. "It happened at a heavily bombarded rural area in the far eastern area of Ukraine."

 

[BugI02]

I think there was a brief period of time right after the collapse of the USSR where all of this could have been avoided, but alas George 1's "New World Order" and leadership greed changed the course to where we are today. I remember when the old soviet union fell apart, the specter of "nuclear winter" a constant shrill fear screamed at you every day by big media during Regan's administration, vanished to be eventually replaced by global warming. It was a short, but pleasant time, with good prospects for the future.

I have said as much elsewhere and especially lament the loss of a chance to have a real scientific partnership. Their scientists and engineers were and are first rate

I also wish we had kept working on SDI even after the fall of the wall

Instead of truly befriending them in a time of turmoil, we sent in the carpetbaggers

 

[Keith_Indy]

Let's go Brandon... (and yet, it was Trumps mouth and tweets that were going to destroy everything as we knew it.)

Russia Summons US Ambassador Over Biden's 'Unacceptable' Comments

U.S.-Russia relations were "on the brink" Monday when the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador and handed over a note of protest over "unacceptable" comments made by President Joe Biden.

www.newsmax.com