Posted on 06/19/2022 3:49:18 PM PDT by BusterDog
+1 Russian sources > Ukrainian sources
Given that the smallest unit that has a general is a brigade, I’d say this is a lot. Unless, of course, Ukrainians use generals where we’d use lieutenants. That would still be 50 X 40 = 2000 men who bit the dust with them.
Sounds like the Obama generals, it takes a lot of generals to lead when they have very little leadership ability.
If it’s 50 macaroni noodles, no.
50 Generals, yes!
Maybe, but Russia shouldn’t have to be screwing around with Ukraine, months after the invasion.
Did Putin really want tit for tat news releases about who’s doing better each day for months?
This was supposed to be over in a week.
Didn’t say they killed 50 generals. It says generals and officers.
Russia always wanted to disarm NATO, I think they may have stumbled on a way to do it, get NATO to give their weapons to an adversary of Russia. It may take a while for NATO to figure this out, but they will lose a ton of weapons and some will slip into Russian hands, makes espionage unnecessary.
We should be pressuring Zelensky into accepting a loss and ending this madness before the death toll runs up any higher. Nobody is really gaining much from this.
Neocons are people who want as many Americans dead as possible in endless losing wars all over the world and root for nuclear war.
If that is an honor, enjoy it.
I doubt this is true.
There is no need to pull numerous Generals and Officers from their commands to conduct a meeting that can be held on secured communications.
It’s 2022 not 1943.
I think Team BlueAndYellow just dropped into second place, and Chris Jewers, sWill Stewart and Liz Truss are saddened.
Lol, stupid Propaganda, completely unbelievable fantasy
It probably was 50 children, but Russia swears those children were generals.
I agree. Why would you bring together that many Generals in one location in the middle of a war? That makes no sense.
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They give the exact same rating to One America News, and they have Fox News as Far Right, just short of extreme.
Believe what you want.
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QAnon drops... really???
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‘We All Got Played’: QAnon Followers Implode After Big Moment Never Comes (Forbes)
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The original source doesn’t say 50 generals, but 50 officers, including generals.
Nope, exactly the opposite is true. Once I hear about something outrageous, allegedly happening within the Russian force, I know that Ukraine is about to get caught at it. Proved true in 90% of cases.
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“QAnon drops... really???”
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You need to widen your point of view. This is 2022, there is no objective news source available. Everything has some hair on it. Treat them all like a cafeteria food line.
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