Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
I’m not convinced cannon fodder needs to be quality, seems Putin considers all his troops to be that.
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[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)
- Thread starter vegster
- Start date
I’m not convinced cannon fodder needs to be quality, seems Putin considers all his troops to be that.
Insel affe
HellBilly
This is definitely a false flag assignation attempt to kill her father who as others have alluded to is surplus to requirements, especially as he was influential in pro russian expansionism and harking back to the old nationalistic days of the soviet union, now it is not going so well Putin probably blames him and his ilk now it is not going to plan.
Quantity has a quality all its own
crookie
Well-known member
Looks like the long-awaited counter-offensive in the South is under way. Fingers crossed for them
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=654a291fe94da52495d1b7e95ad2be4b
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=654a291fe94da52495d1b7e95ad2be4b
- Aug 24, 2020
- 7,100
Ukraine says it has broken Russian lines in Kherson
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-62717569
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-62717569
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Taking back Kherson and crossing the river would open up the roads to Crimea and/or Melitopol.
SeagullinExile
Well-known member
Russia also says that the counter attack failed with heavy Ukrainian losses.
This is good news, based on the fact that everything Russia says is a lie.
SeagullinExile
Well-known member
Let’s be honest, in war both sides are economical with the truth to protect morale. We just have to weigh up all the conflicting reports and make a judgment from them.
Stop right there. This is Putin we are talking about. The man who claims there is no war, just a routine military exercise.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
The wrong Russian/USSR leader has died.
RIP Gorbachev.
RIP Gorbachev.
Hear hear. A great man. RIP.
Looks like Putin's up to his old tricks again...
From the Guardian:
The chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, according to reports.
The company confirmed his death but said Maganov, 67, had died following a “serious illness”.
Several Russian outlets reported that he died after falling out of a window of a Moscow hospital. According to the Russian state-owned news agency Tass, Maganov had taken his own life.
Maganov is the second top LUKoil executive to die in mysterious circumstances in recent months, after the billionaire Alexander Subbotin was found dead in a shaman’s home in Mytishchi in May.
Lukoil was one of the few major Russian companies to call for an end to the Ukraine war. In March, it released a statement calling for a “fast resolution” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and expressing its “sincere empathy for all victims, who are affected by this tragedy”.
From the Guardian:
The chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, according to reports.
The company confirmed his death but said Maganov, 67, had died following a “serious illness”.
Several Russian outlets reported that he died after falling out of a window of a Moscow hospital. According to the Russian state-owned news agency Tass, Maganov had taken his own life.
Maganov is the second top LUKoil executive to die in mysterious circumstances in recent months, after the billionaire Alexander Subbotin was found dead in a shaman’s home in Mytishchi in May.
Lukoil was one of the few major Russian companies to call for an end to the Ukraine war. In March, it released a statement calling for a “fast resolution” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and expressing its “sincere empathy for all victims, who are affected by this tragedy”.
One day it will be that pr*ck Putin being thrown out of a window. And we'll all have a drink to that.
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Brighton & Hove Albion
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Weststander
Well-known member
Fascist 
Putin destroying his own country.
Putin destroying his own country.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,015
offensive ongoing, gains made. we dont know what the objectives were to judge if its going to plan or not.
crookie
Well-known member
Reports suggesting the 2nd line of defence has been breached in places. News blackout from the Ukrainian side which makes sense. Ukrinform.net is normally very informative but is all quiet on this situation. V disciplined. Reading that the terrain has a lot of wide drainage ditches so not suitable for armoured warfare. Will more than likely be an infantry slog, so could be slow and bloody. Good luck to the Ukrainian grunts, hope the Russians break with the threat of encirclement. Read a while back their command HQ have been moved back east of the Dnieper. Would hardly help morale if so.
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