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Putin makes former intelligence chief Nikolai Patrushev his aide
Politico EU ^ | 5/14/2024 | ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH AND EVA HARTOG

Posted on 05/14/2024 10:03:16 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Vladimir Putin’s ousted security chief Nikolai Patrushev will instead serve as the Russian president’s aide, according to a decree published by the Kremlin.

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After 16 years at the top of the Russian security hierarchy, Patrushev’s new role as an aide assigned to shipbuilding matters looks like a demotion.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.eu ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: demoted; patrushev; russia; zeeperhopium
After 16 years at the top of the Russian security hierarchy, Patrushev’s new role as an aide assigned to shipbuilding matters looks like a demotion.
1 posted on 05/14/2024 10:03:16 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Because it’s a Clown’s World?


2 posted on 05/14/2024 10:04:51 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: marcusmaximus
Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to get its ass kicked on the battlefield:

Russian Forces Capture Luk'yantsi | Storm of Chasiv Yar Begins | Return of Wagner

The Breaking Point | Luk'yantsi Successfully Captured By The Russians! Ukrainians Retreat Non Stop!

3 posted on 05/14/2024 10:09:39 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

The architect of Putin’s SMO goes under the bus.

Is Dugin next?


4 posted on 05/14/2024 10:11:52 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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He got a promotion.

Russia is now winning so easily, Putin is primarily concerned about winning as cost-effective as possible.

You just can't keep making a fool of yourself, can you?

5 posted on 05/14/2024 10:15:38 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

Under the bus!


6 posted on 05/14/2024 10:26:24 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus; Kazan
Is Dugin next?

No, you guys already murdered her with a Terrorist car bomb, the Terrorist bomber using her child as a Human Shield.

7 posted on 05/14/2024 10:28:16 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Allegra; AndyJackson; ANKE69; bimboeruption; Candor7; Carriage Hill; Cold_Red_Steel; dforest; ...
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ZEEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!!

(((PING!)))

Join and laugh at the humor Zeepers provide!

8 posted on 05/14/2024 10:30:04 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Navy Patriot

Dugin’s daughter was blown up by Putin’s FSB for embezzlement.


9 posted on 05/14/2024 10:30:55 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

It would appear that Putin is not happy with the progress in Ukraine.


10 posted on 05/14/2024 10:33:14 AM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: taxcontrol

Russia is going broke again because their corrupt military stole everything.


11 posted on 05/14/2024 10:37:19 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin has aides.


12 posted on 05/14/2024 10:41:46 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: SpaceBar

lol!


13 posted on 05/14/2024 10:43:28 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

“Kharkiv is weak.” Kramer to Newman
“K-Kharkiv is STRONK!” You
(Jazz music stops, flop sweat intensifies)


14 posted on 05/14/2024 10:43:48 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: marcusmaximus

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ


15 posted on 05/14/2024 10:47:57 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: marcusmaximus

🥱😴 🍳


16 posted on 05/14/2024 10:51:00 AM PDT by ANKE69 ("Russians aren't people" proudly posted by MeganC)
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To: All

IT NEVER ENDS Zelensky demands MORE US military aid as Blinken arrives in Kyiv

Plea comes as Biden’s SofS visits Ukraine since $61B tax dollars aid pkg passed Congress

by Shaun Walker in Kyiv, theguardian.com, Tue 14 May 2024

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday morning on his first visit to Ukraine since a major US aid package was passed last month, as Ukrainian forces struggle to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks.

Blinken, who arrived by train from Poland in an unannounced visit, met Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, shortly after arriving.

“We know this is a challenging time. But we also know that in the near term the assistance is now on the way, some of it has already arrived and more of it will be arriving,” Blinken said. “And that’s going to make a real difference against the ongoing Russian aggression on the battlefield.”

Zelenskiy described the US aid as crucial, and thanked Blinken, but also said Ukraine desperately needed two more air defence systems to protect the second city of Kharkiv, which has been hit repeatedly by Russian strikes in recent weeks

Addressing Blinken in English, Zelensky said air defence supplies were “the biggest deficit for us”, with Russia conducting long-range aerial attacks since March that have pounded electricity facilities and caused blackouts.

“Really we need today two Patriots for Kharkiv, for Kharkiv region because there the people are under attack. Civilians, warriors, everybody they are under Russian missiles.”

Blinken’s visit, his fourth to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, comes at a difficult time for Kyiv, with a Russian offensive in Kharkiv region leading to thousands of displaced residents and fears of losing territory already liberated from Russian control once in a 2022 counteroffensive. Ukraine is also struggling to mobilise new recruits to help address the discrepancies of weaponry and manpower in Russia’s favour along the frontline.

In recent months, the war in Gaza has drawn away attention from Ukraine, and there is also a fear in Kyiv of attention waning as the US moves into an election cycle.

Three weeks ago, Joe Biden signed a $60bn aid package for Ukraine after months of blocking by elements of the Republican party. The delay in passing the package was having a real impact on Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, officials in Kyiv have said.

The state department said Blinken would meet a range of top Ukrainian officials “to discuss battlefield updates, the impact of new US security and economic assistance, long-term security and other commitments, and ongoing work to bolster Ukraine’s economic recovery”.

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17 posted on 05/14/2024 11:34:17 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: marcusmaximus
Russia is going broke again because their corrupt military stole everything.

The corrupt Russian military even stole the trenches and minefields around Kharkov.

18 posted on 05/14/2024 12:36:17 PM PDT by woodpusher
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You have no idea what you are talking about.
Just go away.


19 posted on 05/14/2024 2:01:02 PM PDT by Vlad0
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To: Vlad0

What Crimea doink? Boom!


20 posted on 05/14/2024 4:34:54 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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