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Could Putin's regime collapse from losses in Ukraine? | General Petraeus

BudmanTX said:

That robot link takes you to a Bloomberg article of the US gonna try to stop Russia from paying it's debt.....btw

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Computers these days… asking a human to prove he isn’t a robot. Revenge for all those endless hours of Turing tests.

See former Russian colonel's big change after criticizing Putin's war on state TV
40,836 views May 19, 2022 Mikhail Khodarenok, a former Russian colonel, criticized Putin's invasion of Ukraine on state TV but backtracked and had a remarkably different tone later.

Finland joining NATO would crush Russian power

The mad midget has corrupted NATO so getting new countries into NATO might be blocked, it takes a unanimous vote for membership.

I see Zelenskiy is transitioning away from military looking clothes to a more civilian look, it sends a message that they are winning.
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Russia is trying to find its 'wonder weapon', which indicates failure of the invasion – Zelenskyy

captainmorgan said:

The mad midget has corrupted NATO so getting new countries into NATO might be blocked, it takes a unanimous vote for membership.

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It will happen, Turkey wants funding to PPK Kurds cut by both Sweden and Finland, is on the rocks financially, gets it's gas from Russia and it's grain from Ukraine. Erdogan has a pet canal project to the black sea he wants real bad and a free Ukraine would make it all work financially with a short cut by sea into the heart of Europe. This is just leverage to get what he wants, funding cut to the PPK, financial aid and funding for his canal. Also he's facing election next year and inflation is skyrocketing much more than here.

a rich guy who does the right thing. America needs more wealthy people like this, then perhaps we wouldn't want to murder all of them...Musk would have sent dominoes to bring them pizza while they were his guests...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-own-home-bombed_n_625e97b2e4b052d2bd66142b

tag artists from around the world express how they feel about the war...this is more than graffiti, art expresses a peoples psychology, their beliefs and hopes, their dreams.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-russia-invasion-street-art_n_621e0d32e4b03d0c803e634d

looks like the mad miget is sacking people big time.....

BudmanTX said:

looks like the mad miget is sacking people big time.....

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1527163546781483008

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I think we will eventually see a collapse of the Russian army in Ukraine, when is anybody's guess. There are reports they are running low on manpower and can't get anymore forces, except for untrained cannon fodder. There are also reports they are running low on missiles and munitions. As everybody knows their morale is at rock bottom and digging deeper, casualties will increase as western arms and equipment continue to pour in, the Ukrainians deploy it and learn how to master it in battle.

Break the Russian main force in the east by going for their central supply areas from different directions, draining away the units from their offensive drives. Use the advantages of the longer range artillery and drones to shoot them when they can't shoot back after drones spot them and call the shots. The systems we gave them were tailor made for the terrain and job, Russia is an artillery army and heavily dependent on it, more now that tactical air and tanks have been taken off the table. Destroying their artillery support will make advancing and defeating them on the battlefield a much easier proposition and far less costly in your troops lives.

Russia's international reserves fell by $6.4 billion over the week
Russia's international reserves for the week from May 6 to May 13 decreased by 1.1% or $6.4 billion, amounting to $585.7 billion, the Central Bank said . As noted in the regulator, this happened as a result of "negative revaluation".

International reserves consist of foreign exchange funds, special drawing rights, reserve position in the IMF, and monetary gold.

After the start of the military operation of Russian troops in Ukraine, about $ 300 billion of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves were frozen due to anti-Russian Western sanctions. Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina announced Russia's intention to challenge the asset freeze. In April of this year, they decreased by $13 billion, in March - by $10.7 billion.

Drivers hit by fire
The victims of the shelling of the border village of Tetkino in the Kursk region were two drivers from the Voronezh region, hired to transport fuel and lubricants (fuels and lubricants) to the local distillery. One with a shrapnel wound was hospitalized in the Kursk hospital, the second died on the spot. This is the second victim of shelling of the border regions of Russia since the beginning of the military operation on the territory of Ukraine. The consequences of the incident are assessed by operational services.

At dawn on May 19, the village of Tetkino in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region came under fire. The border with Ukraine passes along the outskirts of the settlement, about 3 thousand people live in it and a distillery and sugar factories work. The border checkpoint located in Tetkino has been subjected to mortar attacks from the territory of Ukraine several times since the beginning of the military operation. There have been no human casualties here until today.

The fire caught the man on the territory of the local distillery OOO Kurskprodukt, to which he brought raw materials. Judging by the photographs from the spot, the shell hit the truck itself: the truck had a broken tractor, windows and wheels were missing, and half of the cargo tank was covered with soot.

After the shelling, the governor arrived in Tetkino. In his Telegram channel , he said that another driver from the Voronezh region received a shrapnel wound. As Kommersant found out, his name is Valery Burdyug. The man was provided with medical care in the Glushkovskaya Central District Hospital, and after sanitation was taken to the regional hospital in Kursk. Doctors believe that the recovery will take about a week. The wounded man himself called this day his second birthday. According to Kommersant, both Voronezh drivers were hired by a company that specializes in transporting fuel and lubricants.

Since the beginning of the military special operation on the territory of Ukraine, residents of Tetkino have been evacuated for the second time. As Kommersant told Kommersant , on the night of March 4, due to a short circuit in a combat vehicle that was being repaired on the territory of a sugar factory, a series of explosions occurred. The windows of houses and social facilities were damaged, they were quickly restored, and people returned home almost immediately.

Peskov: no hopes for Nord Stream 2
There is no hope that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will work in the near future in the Kremlin. But there is no doubt that Europe needs this project, despite political statements, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, told URA.RU.

“Now there are no hopes [for the launch of the gas pipeline]. Under the current conditions, it would be reckless and futile to pin hopes on this, given such a short-sighted position of our partners in this project, primarily Germany. However, the infrastructure of this project is ready. For some time it will lie at the bottom of the sea in working condition. This will be the very project that Europe will need, no matter what they say, ”the Kremlin spokesman said.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that the launch of Nord Stream 2 is impossible in the near future. He said this while speaking at the New Horizons marathon of the Knowledge Society.

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Why does the press secretary increasingly allow himself to express HIS thoughts and judgments about current events and facts. I understand that his position involves conveying to the public information about the position, decisions and current activities of the president, and not smacking the "gag" that often surprises the electorate.

It will work when everything settles down and the power in Russia changes. I think so.

Erdogan: Turkey will not turn its back on Russia
Turkey cannot turn its back on Russia and refuse Russian gas. This was stated by the President of the Republic Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His speech was published on the official Twitter page.

“This is a strategic issue for us, strategic relations. We cannot abandon them (from relations with Russia, approx. URA.RU), break them,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a meeting with young people.

The Turkish President recalled that Ankara, together with Moscow, is working on the implementation of the Akkuyu NPP project. It is scheduled to be completed in 2023. In addition, Russia is an important gas supplier for Turkey. Thanks to Moscow, Ankara covers half of its fuel needs.

Earlier, Erdogan refused to impose sanctions on Russia, unlike Western countries. Europe, the United States and Japan have imposed severe restrictions on Moscow after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special operation in Ukraine. In addition, Turkey has blocked the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO. Erdogan said that Helsinki and Stockholm can "not bother " with trips to Turkey on this issue. Turkish, Swedish and Finnish disagreements are related to the Kurdistan Workers' Party . Ankara recognizes this organization as terrorist.

DIY-HP-LED said:

I think we will eventually see a collapse of the Russian army in Ukraine, when is anybody's guess. There are reports they are running low on manpower and can't get anymore forces, except for untrained cannon fodder. There are also reports they are running low on missiles and munitions. As everybody knows their morale is at rock bottom and digging deeper, casualties will increase as western arms and equipment continue to pour in, the Ukrainians deploy it and learn how to master it in battle.

Break the Russian main force in the east by going for their central supply areas from different directions, draining away the units from their offensive drives. Use the advantages of the longer range artillery and drones to shoot them when they can't shoot back after drones spot them and call the shots. The systems we gave them were tailor made for the terrain and job, Russia is an artillery army and heavily dependent on it, more now that tactical air and tanks have been taken off the table. Destroying their artillery support will make advancing and defeating them on the battlefield a much easier proposition and far less costly in your troops lives.

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There have been some rumors floating around, and i say these are rumors, not take to much into them...like if putin calls up for more troop people are really gonna start to ask questions, and or a possible coup happening. Like is said these are just rumors....so we'll see. From what i see and read, Russia is litteraly on the ropes now....

From what i've been seeing in the war maps angle UA is pushing from the Khakiv direction along the border to cut Izium off from resupply, and to squeeze that city till they surrender, there is one city if they can get to in time that will do that, Kupiansk, that where all the train lines intersect, capture that, and you will possible cut them off....time will tell

BudmanTX said:

There have been some rumors floating around, and i say these are rumors, not take to much into them...like if putin calls up for more troop people are really gonna start to ask questions, and or a possible coup happening. Like is said these are just rumors....so we'll see. From what i see and read, Russia is litteraly on the ropes now....

From what i've been seeing in the war maps angle UA is pushing from the Khakiv direction along the border to cut Izium off from resupply, and to squeeze that city till they surrender, there is one city if they can get to in time that will do that, Kupiansk, that where all the train lines intersect, capture that, and you will possible cut them off....time will tell

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Yep that seems to be the plan and it will force the Russians to fight and disperse their forces, draining them away from their advances in the south. The Russian officers there must be in a real vice, killed by Ukrainians who are hunting them with great success and being scapegoated by the higher ups, as they try to weasel out of blame.

Add up the Russian losses for say 90 days of war, which it will be in a week and say 25,000 dead plus 3X wounded captured or out of action one way or another, that's 100,000 men and he started with 190,000. He's been throwing other troops and equipment in piecemeal, so say he put in another 10 BTGs. They also have been sending lightly wounded soldiers back to combat out of desperation and their officers have been shooting the wounded and those who refuse orders.

I figure Russian losses are about to accelerate with the deployment of new artillery and support systems. If they break them in the east, then drive to Mariupol on the sea of Azov, they could destroy the bridge at Kerch with missiles or other means. This would cut off the Russian forces in Crimea and southern Ukraine, if they take Mariupol and destroy the bridge at Kerch. Panic would ensue as civilian quislings and war criminals scrambled to get out by sea and air, much equipment would run out of fuel before it got back inside Crimea, if other operations at Kherson didn't block them from doing this.

that bridge need to be taken out period, that would cut the russians out of the black sea from a navy point of view, cut reinforment in to the crimea, and put a choke hold on the rest......

BudmanTX said:

that bridge need to be taken out period, that would cut the russians out of the black sea from a navy point of view, cut reinforment in to the crimea, and put a choke hold on the rest......

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It's on their wish list and soon it will be a matter of timing and means. It could even be destroyed by filling a diesel fuel tanker car of ANFO and having it detonate by GPS when it crosses the bridge. Fifty tons of ANFO going up on the rail bridge will also take out the road bridge right next to it! All it takes is a team inside Russia with some cash and a few bits of equipment, bribes can do a lot in Russia and sending fuel to Crimea is not unusual.

DIY-HP-LED said:

It's on their wish list and soon it will be a matter of timing and means. It could even be destroyed by filling a diesel fuel tanker car of ANFO and having it detonate by GPS when it crosses the bridge. Fifty tons of ANFO going up on the rail bridge will also take out the road bridge right next to it! All it takes is a team inside Russia with some cash and a few bits of equipment, bribes can do a lot is Russia and sending fuel to Crimea is not unusual.

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true, or a night incursion with a couple of blow skiffs little motor with packs of fert and some plastic explosive wrapped around the pillions, as soon as a ship comes through blow it with a cell phone

BudmanTX said:

true, or a night incursion with a couple of blow skiffs little motor with packs of fert and some plastic explosive wrapped around the pillions, as soon as a ship comes through blow it with a cell phone

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Control the north shore of the sea of Azov and it could be taken out by several means. A swam of speed boats controlled by GPS waypoints could carry a 1000 pound bombs. It would detonate a charge under the bomb like a fireworks mortar, when it passed under the bridges, destroying the boat and launching the bomb upwards into the bridge where it would detonate. Or they could order up some missiles from Uncle Sam on lend lease, made to do the job, perhaps the order is already in, awaiting a rubber stamp.

I’m waiting to hear about the Makarov catching fire somehow.

cannabineer said:

I’m waiting to hear about the Makarov catching fire somehow.

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you too....love to see that spin