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Russian raiders of Belgorod side with Ukraine but struggle to stick to Kyiv’s official line
CNN ^ | May 25, 2023 | Sam Kiley

Posted on 05/24/2023 10:51:47 PM PDT by McGruff

In a gleeful parade of shameless propaganda, Russian dissident fighters back from a raid in their home country appeared in Ukraine with a trophy – a captured Russian armored vehicle – but struggled to stick to Kyiv’s official explanation of their exploits.

Ukrainian officials say the fighters were acting on their own when they raced across the Russian border and shot up Russian towns in the Belgorod region earlier this week, in a two-day raid that was extensively cataloged on social media.

They weren’t.

Members of the Freedom for Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps – both made up of Russian citizens who are fighting in Ukraine against their motherland – all fall under the command of the Ukrainian security forces.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
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1 posted on 05/24/2023 10:51:47 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: everyone

...shot up Russian towns...

Sounds like war criminals, attacking civilian targets.


2 posted on 05/24/2023 10:54:50 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff
In a gleeful parade of shameless propaganda [...]

This isn't propaganda?!

Regards,

3 posted on 05/24/2023 10:55:52 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: everyone

Woman from #Belgorod described terrorists attack from #Ukraine
“They started shooting at the car. The husband started yelling, ‘Don’t shoot, there are kids in the car.’ But they continued, shot through the back door.”

video

https://twitter.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1661443694258520068


4 posted on 05/24/2023 11:06:13 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff
CNN trying to cope.

5 posted on 05/24/2023 11:17:28 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: McGruff

Biden’s Bay of Pigs.


6 posted on 05/24/2023 11:36:11 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: McGruff

“Shameless propaganda” is CNN.


7 posted on 05/24/2023 11:59:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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8 posted on 05/25/2023 3:10:23 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: McGruff

bkmk


9 posted on 05/25/2023 3:50:31 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: McGruff

It’s OBVIOUS to anyone who isn’t an operative (or is an operative, for that matter), is that SOMEONE directed this bunch of Ukrainians as to where to hit Russia, as in where Russia’s defense was weakest, for if it was really just a random raid, they would have been mowed down 10 feet into Russian territory.


10 posted on 05/25/2023 5:38:19 AM PDT by BobL
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Thanks for your input Vlad, adopting Russian tactics in Ukraine would not be a good thing inside Russia?


11 posted on 05/25/2023 8:10:56 AM PDT by armydawg505
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