Posted on 05/16/2022 1:55:47 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
Igor Girkin, aka Igor Strelkov was the former Minister of Defense of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. From his Wiki:
Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin (Russian: И́горь Все́володович Ги́ркин, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪtɕ ˈɡʲirkʲɪn],; 17 December 1970),[2] also known by the alias Igor Ivanovich Strelkov (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Стрелко́в, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ strʲɪlˈkof]), is a Russian army veteran and former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer who played a key role in the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, and later the War in Donbas as an organizer of militant groups of the Donetsk People's Republic's.[3][4][5] Girkin led a group of militants into Ukraine where he participated in the Siege of Sloviansk. During the battle he increased his influence and ultimately became the de-facto military commander of all separatist forces in the Donbas region, which was confirmed by the "prime minister" Alexander Borodai of the Donetsk People's Republic who appointed him as official Defense Minister.[5][6][7]
Girkin, a self-described Russian nationalist, was charged by Ukrainian authorities with terrorism.[8] He has been sanctioned by the European Union for his leading role in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.[9] Ukrainian authorities have called him a retired colonel of the GRU (Russia's external military intelligence organisation).[9][10][11]
In 2014 he reportedly believed that the "liberal clans" (liberal part of Russian elites) must be destroyed in favor of "law enforcement" ones.[12][13] On 28 May 2016 he formed the Russian National Movement, a political group in favor of "uniting the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, and other Russian lands into a single all-Russian state and transforming the entire territory of the former USSR into an unconditional zone of Russian influence."[14]
Girkin is an alleged war criminal.[15] On 19 June 2019, Dutch prosecutors charged Girkin for murder in the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17,[16][17][18] and issued an international arrest warrant against him.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Girkin
Earlier today, Girkin, who has sources on the ground, declared the Russian Offensive in the Donbass a failure, and he now (optimistically, in my opinion) seems to anticipating a long stalemate (though, in my opinion, the Ukrainian counteroffensive he refers to will likely result in a Russkie route). Note his reference to the failed bridge crossing which resulted in the annihilation of a Russkie Battalion:
Translation made (and can be found) at https://twitter.com/mdmitri91/status/1526213512904818688/photo/1.
Girkin's Telegram account: https://t.me/strelkovii/2557
Perhaps the entire special military operation was a feint.
War is fun for retards!
I think Russia is trying to giad Ukraine to launch a counter offensive. Russia can do a defense in depth and rain down their ATGMs on Ukie armor and grind their assault to a halt, then launch their counteroffensive once their reserves arrive. The only way the Ukrainians win is with NATO airpower and armor.
Sure.
oops
VIDEO: Two Russian BMPs enter a minefield, the first one hits a mine, 2nd one drives into another
https://rumble.com/v14zn3t-two-russian-bmps-enter-a-minefield-the-first-one-hits-a-mine-2nd-one-drives.html
They put the ‘special’ in special military operation.
The thousands of dead Russians/Ukrainians tons of lost material and machines and billions of dollars, not to mention weakened russian international position and expansion of nato’s border with them as nations rush to join all for some territory that either is now more firmly in Nato’s grasp or at best would have joined russia eventually anyway is totally the russian plan according to some here.
A Colonel became Defense Minister?
War isnt fun for anyone. But it is really humbling and painful when you get your ass handed to you.
The Russians will have to leave a bunch of 20 liter cans of diesel along the road for the Ukies to be able to start their counter-offensive.
They can throw the Ukies off the scent by writing on the cans "зовсім не російські дизельні банки"
If someone said it it must be true.
Saw a vid yesterday of a Russian tank hitting a mine that didn’t fully disable it. It made a turn to move, went a few feet and it hit another one that annihilated it.
Airheaded cheerleader for global thermonuclear war.
“A Colonel became Defense Minister?”
Hey, a community organizer because president.
Wonders never cease.
5.56mm
If Ukraine is doing so well, why is the US sending them another $40 billion?
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