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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#81 » by fleet » Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:46 pm

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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#82 » by Pointgod » Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:05 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/14hvm2q/wagner_convoy_pushed_away_russian_roadblocks_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


Wagner just blew past Putin's roadblocks and are headed to Moscow

Russia may not be Russia no more by tomorrow. Holy f*ck Putin stepped into it this time.


I refuse to hold out any hope until there’s confirmation. We’ve seen these tyrants survive coups before. And the US shouldn’t acknowledge any type of leader unless they’re democratically elected.
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#83 » by Pointgod » Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:07 pm

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Funny how this works, right?


I haven’t checked Twitter but it seems like the Elon Musks, Tucker Carlsons and Glenn Greenwald Russian mouth pieces are pretty quiet. I’m sure they’ll soon blame a CIA coup for this.
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#84 » by fleet » Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:12 pm

Pointgod wrote:
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Funny how this works, right?


I haven’t checked Twitter but it seems like the Elon Musks, Tucker Carlsons and Glenn Greenwald Russian mouth pieces are pretty quiet. I’m sure they’ll soon blame a CIA coup for this.

How is the American president doing all these things with his "dementia"?
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#85 » by Clyde_Style » Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:58 pm

fleet wrote:
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MrDollarBills wrote:
Funny how this works, right?


I haven’t checked Twitter but it seems like the Elon Musks, Tucker Carlsons and Glenn Greenwald Russian mouth pieces are pretty quiet. I’m sure they’ll soon blame a CIA coup for this.

How is the American president doing all these things with his "dementia"?


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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#86 » by DOT » Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:00 pm

The Russian army went from the 2nd strongest in the world to the 2nd strongest in Russia.
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#87 » by HarthorneWingo » Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:21 pm

Pointgod wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/14hvm2q/wagner_convoy_pushed_away_russian_roadblocks_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Wagner just blew past Putin's roadblocks and are headed to Moscow

Russia may not be Russia no more by tomorrow. Holy f*ck Putin stepped into it this time.


I refuse to hold out any hope until there’s confirmation. We’ve seen these tyrants survive coups before. And the US shouldn’t acknowledge any type of leader unless they’re democratically elected.


Like Putin? :lol:
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#88 » by thebuzzardman » Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:54 pm

Clyde_Style wrote:
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I haven’t checked Twitter but it seems like the Elon Musks, Tucker Carlsons and Glenn Greenwald Russian mouth pieces are pretty quiet. I’m sure they’ll soon blame a CIA coup for this.

How is the American president doing all these things with his "dementia"?


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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#89 » by thebuzzardman » Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:57 pm

I thought that Prigozhin was pretty much totally "Putin's guy"

That Wagner gives Putin an army he can conduct policy with outside of (or with) the normal channels.

Prigozhin tied to the Russian Troll farms, has all the military food catering contracts, got into other stuff etc etc.

How about the operation by Wagner is being conducted on Putin's behalf, to give Putin domestic cover to end the war?


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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#90 » by HarthorneWingo » Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:21 pm

thebuzzardman wrote:I thought that Prigozhin was pretty much totally "Putin's guy"

That Wagner gives Putin an army he can conduct policy with outside of (or with) the normal channels.

Prigozhin tied to the Russian Troll farms, has all the military food catering contracts, got into other stuff etc etc.

How about the operation by Wagner is being conducted on Putin's behalf, to give Putin domestic cover to end the war?


Just spitballing


Priggy Smalls has stopped his army's trek towards Moscow after communicating with the PM from Belarus.

WTF is going on here?
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#91 » by thebuzzardman » Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:25 pm

HarthorneWingo wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:I thought that Prigozhin was pretty much totally "Putin's guy"

That Wagner gives Putin an army he can conduct policy with outside of (or with) the normal channels.

Prigozhin tied to the Russian Troll farms, has all the military food catering contracts, got into other stuff etc etc.

How about the operation by Wagner is being conducted on Putin's behalf, to give Putin domestic cover to end the war?


Just spitballing


Priggy Smalls has stopped his army's trek towards Moscow after communicating with the PM from Belarus.

WTF is going on here?


Gee, another individual deeply in Putin's pocket.

It's all a front to stop the war. Maybe. Actually, I have no idea.
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Post#92 » by Pointgod » Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:29 pm

Great thing Musk bought Twitter to overturn that horrible censorship right?

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Post#93 » by Clyde_Style » Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:55 pm

thebuzzardman wrote:I thought that Prigozhin was pretty much totally "Putin's guy"

That Wagner gives Putin an army he can conduct policy with outside of (or with) the normal channels.

Prigozhin tied to the Russian Troll farms, has all the military food catering contracts, got into other stuff etc etc.

How about the operation by Wagner is being conducted on Putin's behalf, to give Putin domestic cover to end the war?


Just spitballing


Your guess is as good as any other. Pirogie could even have sacrificed some of his mercenaries to create the backstory of the Russian army killing his mercs to set up this little darling of an episode of Vlad Gone Wild.
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#94 » by BKlutch » Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:25 pm

Now Putin won’t prosecute Prggie if he goes to Belarus. Maybe he will capture Belarus next?
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#95 » by MrDollarBills » Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:33 pm

BKlutch wrote:Now Putin won’t prosecute Prggie if he goes to Belarus. Maybe he will capture Belarus next?


The PM of Belarus allegedly hauled ass to Turkey.

This whole thing is crazy and Putin looks like a fool.
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#96 » by MrDollarBills » Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:37 pm

fleet wrote:
Pointgod wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:
Funny how this works, right?


I haven’t checked Twitter but it seems like the Elon Musks, Tucker Carlsons and Glenn Greenwald Russian mouth pieces are pretty quiet. I’m sure they’ll soon blame a CIA coup for this.

How is the American president doing all these things with his "dementia"?



Joe Biden is simultaneously weak and strong. Interesting right? It's almost as if Joe's far right wing detractors are all full of sh*t :lol:

Oh yeah fyi framing political opponents in this manner is right from the fascist playbook.
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#97 » by KnicksGadfly » Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:48 am

6 hours for Rostov…damn, how long for Bakhmut again?
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War Part 2 

Post#98 » by BKlutch » Sun Jun 25, 2023 2:28 am

KnicksGadfly wrote:6 hours for Rostov…damn, how long for Bakhmut again?

That’s because Ukrainian soldiers actually fight.
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Post#99 » by HopelessKnick » Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:26 am

thebuzzardman wrote:Lolz. HopelessKnick post aged well.



What are you talking about? Prigozhin and Shoigu have been beefing for months. Prigozhin has been insulting Shoigu hard core---calling him a traitor and disgrace on numerous occasions. It is clear there is some serious fracture between them. Note Prigozhin, in multiple rants has NEVER, not a single time, called out Putin....it is always Shoigu and the russian defense ministry he calls out. Everything that happened yesterday was about money and power or control. The russian defense ministry wants to swallow Wagner and Prigozhin obviously is trying everything to keep it from happening. He saved his own life. Wagner without the russian government/military is like a car without an engine or fuel. They were on a suicide mission and called it off.

My whole entire point stands: The only way for Russia to lose this conflict is through some internal problem. No matter what the US or NATO does is not gonna change the outcome of this war. I won't even bother specifically about the UK as they have become literally the butt joke of everything. They only run their mouth because they have the US standing behind them....they couldn't even withstand the russian military for a week (and that's per their own admission). This whole enterprise of preventing peace last year in Istanbul and urging Ukraine to fight on has turned into a complete disaster. Ukraine has lost many hundred thousand of soldiers, lost many regions, NATO and western arm stock are depleted and the big counter offensive has yielded almost no result. The only thing that can save the day is literally a miracle like a russian civil war etc.----other than that US and NATO have thrown in all they had and it didn't make much of a dent.
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Post#100 » by thebuzzardman » Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:54 am

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thebuzzardman wrote:Lolz. HopelessKnick post aged well.



What are you talking about? Prigozhin and Shoigu have been beefing for months. Prigozhin has been insulting Shoigu hard core---calling him a traitor and disgrace on numerous occasions. It is clear there is some serious fracture between them. Note Prigozhin, in multiple rants has NEVER, not a single time, called out Putin....it is always Shoigu and the russian defense ministry he calls out. Everything that happened yesterday was about money and power or control. The russian defense ministry wants to swallow Wagner and Prigozhin obviously is trying everything to keep it from happening. He saved his own life. Wagner without the russian government/military is like a car without an engine or fuel. They were on a suicide mission and called it off.

My whole entire point stands: The only way for Russia to lose this conflict is through some internal problem. No matter what the US or NATO does is not gonna change the outcome of this war. I won't even bother specifically about the UK as they have become literally the butt joke of everything. They only run their mouth because they have the US standing behind them....they couldn't even withstand the russian military for a week (and that's per their own admission). This whole enterprise of preventing peace last year in Istanbul and urging Ukraine to fight on has turned into a complete disaster. Ukraine has lost many hundred thousand of soldiers, lost many regions, NATO and western arm stock are depleted and the big counter offensive has yielded almost no result. The only thing that can save the day is literally a miracle like a russian civil war etc.----other than that US and NATO have thrown in all they had and it didn't make much of a dent.


You mean the giant country has an advantage over the small country it invaded? Who knew?
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