Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Originally posted by second:Quote:I never forget that Russians and Trump lovers care nothing about telling the truth.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I guess you forgot that I don't give a fuck about Trump keeping his tax returns secret. Unless he's charged with a tax crime or there is evidence of influence peddling or conflict of interest, it has no bearing on policy... which is what I would have voted on.
Not tax returns.
I see you're still obsessed with Trump.
Yanno "I pay my taxes" must be your one major claim to legitimacy. It must bug the shit out of you that I don't care whether you do or don't. Our whole tax law is a gimme for rich people. Let's do something about THAT.
OMFG, you lie like a rug, SECOND!
THUGR may have posted a hundred doozies, but you've prolly posted over a thousand! (Let's see... Three lies a day for 365 days... Yep, at least a thousand.)
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Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin threatened to withdraw Wagner forces from Bakhmut if the Russian military command fails to provide more ammunition to the Wagner mercenaries.
Prigozhin stated in an interview with a Kremlin-affiliated milblogger on April 29 that the Wagner mercenaries will continue to fight in Bakhmut but will need to “withdraw in an organized manner or stay and die” if the situation does immediately not improve.[1] Prigozhin stated that Wagner needs about 80,000 shells per day — its previous shell allowance prior to apparent Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) efforts to reduce Wagner’s influence. Prigozhin added that Wagner is only receiving 800 of the 4,000 shells per day that it is currently requesting. Prigozhin claimed that Wagner and Deputy Commander of Russian Forces in Ukraine Army General Sergei Surovikin developed a plan to “grind” the Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut that deprived Ukraine of its initiative on the battlefield. Prigozhin’s mention of Surovikin is likely an attempt to publicly affiliate with Surovikin as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s favor is shifting away from Chief of the Russian General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov’s network.[2] Prigozhin is likely attempting to regain access to more ammunition as Putin is once again reshuffling the Russian military leadership in a way that may favor Prigozhin.
Prigozhin also continued his efforts to convince the Kremlin to go over to the defensive in eastern Ukraine. Prigozhin claimed that the Ukrainian counteroffensive could take place before May 15 but that the Russian military is not rushing to prepare to repel attacks.[3] Prigozhin’s threat to withdraw from Bakhmut may also indicate that Prigozhin fears that the Russian positions in Bakhmut’s rear are vulnerable to counterattacks.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campai
gn-assessment-april-29-2023
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It’s time to restore the distinction between disinformation and plain old lying.
by Monika Richter
25 Apr 2023, 9:22 am
In 2014, Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine drove me to enter the field of disinformation research. Humiliated by the PR failure of its 2008 invasion of Georgia, the Kremlin had been quietly growing its global media influence and information strategy, in an effort that initially attracted little attention from the United States or other Western countries. With Ukraine, Putin was ready: Russia launched a massive disinformation campaign to justify the annexation of Crimea, undermine Western support for Ukraine, and engineer distrust and dissensus both among allies and within individual countries. The effort was intended to weaken transatlantic unity and, crucially, to paralyze our ability to defend our national interests. It was an early taste of what was to come, and I feared (rightfully) that the West was unprepared to confront Moscow’s resurgent global ambitions to destabilize the post-World War II democratic order and usher in a new “multipolar” era of authoritarian impunity.
Dezinformatsiya, as it is called in the original Russian, refers to a specific practice of psychological warfare or “active measures” developed by the early Soviet KGB, aimed at weakening foreign adversaries through information manipulation. Under Putin, Russia has resurrected disinformation as a core part of its international intelligence strategy, and presciently adapted the practice, beginning in the early 2010s, to the digital domain. The provenance of the term is important: by historical definition, disinformation is a tool of foreign political warfare.
Aside from a handful of Cold War dons and family and friends in Eastern Europe, almost no one I spoke to in 2014 had heard of disinformation. Trump had not yet mainstreamed his “fake news” rhetoric, and panicked prognostications about the advent of a “post-truth world” were almost two years away, pending Brexit and the 2016 election.
More at https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/not-your-grandmothers-disinfo
rmation/
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Quote:A former children's rights commissioner for Russia said during a recent broadcast on Russian state TV that murdering ambassadors is "within the framework of international law."
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
OMFG, you lie like a rug, SECOND!
THUGR may have posted a hundred doozies, but you've prolly posted over a thousand! (Let's see... Three lies a day for 365 days... Yep, at least a thousand.)
Pavel Astakhov, the children's ombudsman from 2009-2016, made the comment on a television program hosted by Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov while making a reference to Poland's ambassador to Russia.
Poland is frequently the target of inflammatory rhetoric on Kremlin-backed media outlets due to the NATO country being one Kyiv's strongest allies in the war that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched on Ukraine in February 2022. Along with taking in many Ukrainians displaced by the war, Poland has supplied Ukraine with large supplies of munitions, including powerful Leopard 2 tanks.
Astakhov said he wonders why the Polish ambassador to Russia has yet to be "found floating in the Moskva River".
Astakhov said he believes "retaliatory measures for unfriendly actions" is not a crime and part of the nature of war.
"The whole theme of the Russian approach to the Ukraine war seems to be, 'We're the good guys here. Sure, there are mass graves found in every city we occupied and then retreated from. But don't make us get nasty,'" Thomas E. Ricks, an author who frequently covers the military and national security issues, wrote on Twitter about Astakhov's remarks on murdering envoys.
Along with featuring guests who have often expressed ant-Ukrainian sentiments, Solovyov himself has also made headlines for making controversial statements.
Earlier this month, Solovyov called for destroying Kyiv as well as the capitals of Poland and Germany. Weeks before, he unleashed a rant on his radio show Polniy Kontakt (Full Contact) about "screwed up pacifists in Russia" who oppose the country deploying nuclear weapons.
More at https://www.newsweek.com/ex-russian-childrens-rights-commissioner-advo
cates-killing-ambassadors-1797583
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Reminiscent of Stalin: ISW explains why Putin keeps changing military leadership
by Iryna Balachuk — Monday, 1 May 2023, 10:05
Ukrainska Pravda
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not appoint a single commander of troops at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine because he hoped for a quick victory which he wanted to take credit for; the Russian dictator later began to constantly change the Russian military leadership, thereby trying to shift responsibility for failures in Ukraine to the appointed generals.
Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report, in which analysts delve into the changes in the Russian military command from 24 February, 2022
Quote: "Putin may have been reluctant to appoint a commander for this invasion to avoid crediting a military commander with the military victory in Ukraine – a dynamic similar to the one between Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov during World War II. Stalin had limited and outdated wartime experience and was reportedly jealous of Zhukov’s military exploits and fame. Putin has no military experience, which may have further contributed to his decision not to appoint a commander for his invasion who could have upstaged him by claiming credit for the expected dramatic victory."
Details: Putin likely sought to portray himself as the commander-in-chief and mastermind of the successful invasion of Ukraine, ISW analysts said.
According to intercepted Russian military plans, the Kremlin expected Kyiv to be captured in a matter of days. Putin therefore likely wanted to declare this swift invasion a personal geopolitical victory.
Analysts believe that Putin's reluctance to appoint a theatre-wide commander for his invasion of Ukraine has had trickle-down consequences for the Russian military. Such actions have specifically contributed to intensive fragmentation and disorganised command structures, and have fueled unattainable expectations.
Putin appointed the first commander of the theatre of war, Army General Alexander Dvornikov, in April 2022. This was in response to Russia's failed attempt to advance on Kyiv. But at the end of May, Putin replaced this general because of Dvornikov's inability to meet the high expectations of the Russian dictator in the first months after the retreat from Kyiv.
Thereafter, Putin began to change military leaders constantly.
Analysts believe that such a regular change of command has led to an increasing fragmentation of the Russian armed forces and disorganisation of command structures, which further worsens the ability of the Russian armed forces to conduct a coordinated campaign in Ukraine.
It is also noted that the Russian Ministry of Defence and the Kremlin have deliberately failed to report most of these command changes.
The chronology of the changes which the ISW cites in its report is based on official Russian statements, as well as on the analysis of unconfirmed statements and reports from Russian, Ukrainian and Western sources.
Analysts believe that the Kremlin and the Russian Defence Ministry are trying to use changes in command to create desirable information effects to compensate for the increasingly worse results on the battlefield.
"Putin and the MoD have either obscured or carefully announced command changes throughout the war in Ukraine to shield themselves from criticism, set up scapegoats for military failures, appease certain voices within the Russian information space, or compound efforts to sell marginal territorial gains as operational victories to the Russian public," says the ISW.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/1/7400127/
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The White House assessed on May 1 that Russian forces have suffered 100,000 causalities — 80,000 wounded and 20,000 killed — in fighting for Bakhmut since January 2023.[7] US National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby announced that half of the 20,000 killed in action were Wagner Group fighters. Kirby also assessed that Russia’s offensive on Bakhmut has failed.[8]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campai
gn-assessment-may-1-2023
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If a Ukraine that believes in the rule of law and human rights can achieve victory against a much larger, much more autocratic society, and if it can do so while preserving its own freedoms, then similarly open societies and movements around the world can hope for success too. After the Russian invasion, the Venezuelan opposition movement hung a Ukrainian flag on the front of its country’s embassy hall in Washington. The Taiwanese Parliament gave a rapturous welcome to Ukrainian activists last year. Not everyone in the world cares about this war, but for anyone trying to defeat a dictator, it has profound significance.
In Kyiv, we had the opportunity to ask one of Ukraine’s leading experts on Russian imperialist behavior why a squad of Russian soldiers, presumably busy planning the retreat from Kherson, had stolen Potemkin’s bones. “I’m not sure that they know who Potemkin is,” Volodymyr Zelensky said. The Ukrainian president waved away the question: “I think for them, it doesn’t matter what they’ve stolen.” When the Russians left Kherson they took everything: paintings, furniture, dishwashers, the raccoons from the zoo, the skull of Catherine’s lover. The long legacy of Prince Potemkin, the neoclassical stone cathedral, the extraordinary weight of the past—none of that matters, he reckoned, to the men who fled Kherson.
“When they run, they take everything they see,” Zelensky told us. “You know what they took from the Kyiv region? Urinals. They stole urinals!”
https://web.archive.org/web/20230501234609/https://www.theatlantic.com
/magazine/archive/2023/06/counteroffensive-ukraine-zelensky-crimea/673781/
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Originally posted by second:
If a Ukraine that believes in the rule of law and human rights can achieve victory against a much larger, much more autocratic society, and if it can do so while preserving its own freedoms, then similarly open societies and movements around the world can hope for success too.
Yeah. That's what's happening. /sarcasm
$145 BILLION in US taxpayer dollars and ordinance, and Child Rapist Zelensky begging everyone in the world for more money and ordinance and shaming people who won't give him what he wants.
This ain't David vs. Goliath here.
This is NATO backed Iron Man vs. some old dude on a hill that just wants to be left alone.
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Quote:This year the US will spend another $1 trillion on defense. Who is the US defending itself from? From the past records, we know what country was used as the justification for these huge defense budgets. It is Russia. The US has already spent more than $10 trillion in a nuclear arms race with Russia, but since 1945 the US never had the guts to beat the shit out of the Russians so that there would not be an arms race. But at long last, there is a country (Ukraine) that is beating the shit out of Russians, but 6ix wants the beating to stop. What is going on in 6ix's head?
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by second:
If a Ukraine that believes in the rule of law and human rights can achieve victory against a much larger, much more autocratic society, and if it can do so while preserving its own freedoms, then similarly open societies and movements around the world can hope for success too.
Yeah. That's what's happening. /sarcasm
$145 BILLION in US taxpayer dollars and ordinance, and Child Rapist Zelensky begging everyone in the world for more money and ordinance and shaming people who won't give him what he wants.
This ain't David vs. Goliath here.
This is NATO backed Iron Man vs. some old dude on a hill that just wants to be left alone.
6ix, what the fucking hell is wrong with YOU? Is your diabetes rotting your brain? Or have your failures in life or did your neglectful/drug-addled mommy damage your personality? It is fitting that Trump, the coward who dodged the Vietnam War draft, is your leader. He is saying he could win the Ukraine war in a day. Trump is preposterous. That worthless asshole has never fought in his life. Trump is as cowardly as you are, 6ix.
Trump: I will end Ukraine war in 24 hours but I won’t tell you how
https://nypost.com/2023/03/27/trump-i-will-end-ukraine-war-in-24-hours
-but-i-wont-tell-you-how/
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What's going on in my brain is FUCK UKRAINE.
I want to know what's going in in YOUR BRAIN, dipshit.
Somehow the Democrats turned you into a pro-military warmonger with a fear boner.
You sound like a fucking NeoCon in 2023.
Get fucked.
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