Putin knows that and uses Trump to attack the US on their vulnerable places. No wonder that the Russians were celebrating the victory of Trump when he became president. The Russians did not celebrate Biden nor Clinton, nor Obama. There is a reason why. If Trump becomes president again it will be a disaster for the US.
He simply miscalculated, along with his generals. He assumed that the west would not rally against him as long as he stayed clear of a NATO country, and assumed that the Ukrainians would fold (which the U.S. assumed as well) and therefore his military strength would be entirely adequate for his ambitions. Problem is, the aforementioned two assumptions were wrong.
Russian commanders preparing to cut and run and leave their troops trapped like rats in Kherson region. They have moved out of Kherson and positioning themselves near the river to make their exit easier. Probably they are waiting for a pontoon bridge to be put up too, or maybe the bridge near them is still up, for foot traffic anyway. Not sure they are putting that much planning into how their troops are going to get out. They never do. Russian Leaders Flee City, Abandon Troops, Amid Counter-Attack: Ukraine https://www.newsweek.com/russian-le...on-troops-amid-counter-attack-ukraine-1733969
I bet you were on the edge of your seat to find out... Russian Minister of defense Sergey Shoigu today named the list of states that are friendly to Russia: Burundi, Republic of Guinea, Cameroon, Mali, Sudan, Uganda, Chad, Ethiopia, the Republic of South Africa.
Ukrainian rockets take out secret Wagner HQ after Russian TV ‘blunder’ By Nataliya Vasilyeva Updated August 16, 2022 https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe...after-russian-tv-blunder-20220816-p5ba3p.html Russian private contractor Wagner after a Russian state TV reporter seemed to give away its location by posting photos online. A Ukrainian official confirmed Russian media reports that the base in Popasna in eastern Ukraine was targeted by a Ukrainian missile strike using the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), with some estimating that as many as 100 fighters were killed. A HIMARS rocket launches from a truck.Credit:AP Officials did not comment on rumours that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is known as “Putin’s chef”, had also been killed in the strike. Prigozhin also owns the company that ran the Internet Research Agency, a St Petersburg-based troll farm that interfered in a number of elections, including the 2016 US presidential election. Speculation about Prigozhin’s death was first fuelled on Sunday by a Donetsk rebel official who quoted a friend saying he was missing. Footage and videos from the scene showed a bombed-out residential building that was apparently used by Wagner mercenaries, who have previously been deployed to countries such as Syria and Mali. “We’re digging out our guys in Popasna,” one Russian Telegram channel said in a caption for a photo that showed four men carrying someone on a stretcher across scattered debris. Serhiy Gaiday, Ukrainian governor of the Luhansk region in exile, said he was waiting for the military to provide the official death toll. The attack came a few days after a pro-Kremlin journalist published several photos from what should be a secret base, writing on his social media: “I arrived in Popasna. Went to Wagner’s HQ. They greeted me like family, told me a few funny stories.” On top of that, the Russian reporter posted a few photos that gave out the exact location of the base. Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin (left), known as “Putin’s chef”, is seen at the site that was later struck by Ukrainian rockets.Credit:Telegram In one of them, Russian mercenaries were seen posing next to a building with shattered windows. In the left corner of the frame, the exact address was visible on a plaque near the front door. In another picture, Prigozhin was seen shaking the hand of a uniformed man. Several Russian die-hard, pro-war voices expressed outrage at the Russian state television reporter who was careless enough to post pictures that would make the base easy to locate. “It’s sad that this missile strike that the enemy was able to launch thanks to a thoughtless publication of the current military positions was not the first time it happened: there’s a long list I can already publish,” Voenny Osvedomitel, one of the most popular pro-Kremlin Telegram channels, said. The stunning security blunder left some of Russia’s most reputable open-source investigators wondering if this was part of Prigozhin’s elaborate ruse. “When those photos first surfaced and we discussed them at a planning meeting, I said they look too staged ... as if the Russians were trying to invite a strike at that location,” Ruslan Leviev, head of the Conflict Intelligence Team, said. “Knowing how much Prigozhin likes trolling and how much money he is willing to spend on it, I still have my doubts if this really happened.” Leviev suggested that Prigozhin may have set out to get the Ukrainian army to hit the base so that they would have anti-missile defence ready to shoot down HIMARS missiles. Unofficial reports claimed that the Kremlin was so rattled by HIMARS’ firepower that it promised its soldiers the Hero of Russia medal, Russia’s most-coveted military award, for taking out a HIMARS launcher. The Telegraph, London
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