Russia & Ukraine

Discussion in 'Politics' started by UsualName, Jan 18, 2022.

  1. Olga Skabeeva the Iron Beaver says that the Ukrainians might be able to hit Crimea but not the Russian Federation.

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!

    She will be getting a history and geography lesson from the Kremlin very soon.

     
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    #13611     Aug 16, 2023
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  2. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Dm me if you need any assistance
     
    #13612     Aug 16, 2023
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  3. Atlantic

    Atlantic

    anybody who supports putin deserves a slow and painful death.
     
    #13613     Aug 16, 2023
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  4. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Was over a year ago when the shrieking NPC told us that it was just a matter of time, and Zelensky was warning us Putin was going to unleash a nuclear attack.
     
    #13614     Aug 16, 2023
  5. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    List keeps growing and growing:-

    Newsweek
    Russian Army Commander Dismissed for Ukraine War Failures Dies in Moscow
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    Russian President Vladimir Putin pictured with Colonel General Gennady Zhidko on December 18, 2017 at the Kremlin in Moscow. Zhidko was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.© Kremlin

    Colonel General Gennady Zhidko, a top Russian Army commander who was dismissed as Moscow suffered setbacks in the Ukraine war, has died at the age of 57, a regional governor announced on Wednesday.

    The former commander of Russia's Eastern Military District and the former Russian deputy minister of defense died in Moscow "after a long illness," Mikhail Degtyarev, the governor of Khabarovsk Krai said in a post on Telegram.


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    Zhidko served as Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria in 2016, and in 2018 was appointed Commander of the Eastern Military District. He was made deputy minister of defense in 2021.

    He was removed from his post as commander of the Southern Grouping of Forces in October 2022 and replaced by General Sergei Surovikin after just months on the job. His dismissal came as Russia suffered heavy losses in the war.

    Newsweek reached out to Russia's Defense Ministry via email for comment.

    Degtyarev didn't elaborate on the cause of Zhidko's death.

    "I was lucky to know this man, very attentive to the needs of a simple soldier and very diligent in service. It is these commanders who are called commanders," Degtyarev wrote. "In Syria, Gennady Valerievich led the headquarters of the grouping of our troops, in Khabarovsk he served as commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District, in Moscow - Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia."

    He added: "Eternal memory to the Hero, God rest his soul."

    Zhidko's dismissal last year came as Ukraine launched a successful counteroffensive in the southern city of Kherson and in the northeastern Kharkiv region which saw its forces recapture swathes of territory that Russia had seized in the war.

    At the time, Britain's Defense Ministry said as part of its daily assessment of the war that the poor performance of Russia's armed forces during its invasion of Ukraine has been costly for Russia's military leadership, highly likely resulting in the dismissal of at least six Russian commanders since the start of hostilities in February 2022.

    "These dismissals are compounded by at least 10 Russian Generals killed on the battlefield in Ukraine. The cumulative effect on consistency of command is likely contributing to Russian tactical and operational difficulties," the ministry said at the time.

    Zhidko was awarded the title of Hero of Russia in 2017.

    The Kremlin has yet to comment on news of his death.

    Update 08/16/23, 12:39 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
     
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  6. Atlantic

    Atlantic

    :thumbsup:
     
    #13616     Aug 16, 2023
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    Nobert



     
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  8. In WW1 and other earlier wars, they would accomplish the same thing by marching a herd of sheep down the road or across the field ahead of the troops.

    Some days they would eat pretty well later :cool:

    The Russians just use kids from Siberia and Dagistan for that.
     
    #13618     Aug 16, 2023
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  9. Nobert

    Nobert



    200k for a single drone (?)

    Strange channel tho. Lots of vatniks in the comment section. Maybe that is a trully ,,neutral" media report. But then, how can you be neutral, given the deeds of Russians.
     
    #13619     Aug 17, 2023
  10. https://sputnikglobe.com/20220915/u...h-other-for-russians---photos-1100815073.html

    Ukrainians Get Into a Fight in France After Mistaking Each Other for Russians

    Before the suspect was apprehended by the French police, both the attacker and his victims apparently believed that the other party was Russian.
    Two Ukrainian women in Nice ended up being beaten up by a Ukrainian man after both parties apparently mistook each other for Russians.
    The injured women told local media outlet Nice-Matin that their assailant was Russian and that he attacked them because they were listening to a song that featured Ukrainian lyrics and anti-Russian slogans.
     
    #13620     Aug 17, 2023