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Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (2 year anniversary)
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Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas

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To: gleeaikin
Кремлевская табакерка

15NOV2025 The first state children within the framework of the “Cuckoo” project may be born as early as next year.

It is possible that one of them will lead Russia, we were told about this by a source in the Kremlin, who is responsible for demographic issues. “We have already selected about ten women who will give birth to the first state children as part of the Cuckoo. The necessary checks are now ongoing. They also selected those from whom these children would be conceived. If everything goes well, the first of them will be born at the end of next year,” the channel's interlocutor said.

The identities of the women, as well as the “chosen ones” from whom the children will be conceived, are currently kept in the strictest secrecy so that “enemies do not interfere in any way with the most important process and do not disrupt it.” “When necessary, we will show these children to the public. And let's name their parents. I do not rule out that in 20-25 years one of these children will lead Russia, perhaps just replace Vladimir Vladimirovich in the post. Someone can become the head of the army. You know, such children need to be protected and hidden from the public in every possible way,” the source explained.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6428

22,101 posted on 11/16/2025 6:50:08 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith

President Stubb:

In World War II, Stalin was in Berlin in four years. We’re almost four years into the war and Russia is nowhere near Kyiv and they’re not going to get there.

https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3m5ql7rms722x

12 s video


22,102 posted on 11/16/2025 6:56:24 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: dennisw

Agreed much of western media is lying, gullible, or complicit.

Same bunch for 4 years said xiden was sharp as a tack


22,103 posted on 11/16/2025 7:01:54 AM PST by blitz128
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To: blitz128; AdmSmith
"much of western media is lying, gullible, or complicit"

That explains why you bring BlueSky material to tFR


22,104 posted on 11/16/2025 8:09:07 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: PIF; BeauBo; blitz128; gleeaikin; Dot; adorno; Timber Rattler; dennisw; marcusmaximus; ETCM
Long but important:
Russian soldiers fighting near Pokrovsk say they are eating bark to avoid starvation, while they face systematic extortion, embezzlement, and violence from their commanders, who send numerous men to their deaths and routinely execute others who are deemed inconvenient.

Vladimir Valerievich Dulyaninov, serving in the 6th Guards Tank Regiment (military unit 93992), has recorded a series of videos which his aunt has released in an apparent effort to pressure the Russian authorities to take action against the regiment's commanders.

Dulyaninov has given a detailed account of the abuses in his unit, which reflect many similar accounts across the Russian army. He says that he is the commander of an assault platoon, but “I've lost many soldiers due to the reckless commanders, the rush and all that.” In a video recorded on 12 September 2025, he says that his men are sent “on meat-grinding missions, calculating that no one will survive, and arranging everything necessary for this.”

Before launching an assault, his commanders ordered him to execute five of his own men (he does not explain the reasons for this) but he refused to go through with it: “They asked me to zero out my own people before the assault, people like me who came after the assault.” “They had no provisions, no ammunition, and they were being driven forward. At that moment, I was like a repeater; communication through me was fine. I received both of [the commanders]. They told me to zero five [men].

“Do you understand? What should I do? My conscience wouldn't allow it, I listened to it. The guys, I understand them.” He says that he “personally received such an order from a lieutenant with the call sign ‘Twilight,’ but I refused to carry it out.” Instead of murdering his own men, he persuaded them to join him on the assault so that they would have a chance of living. They all died anyway. They send groups to the far end, that is, the front line. They say there is still food there, that everything should be there. The squads arrive there, but there is nothing. They don't send planes [supply drones] there. “They say they can't fly there, although the allies [neighbouring units] can. After that, they do everything to ensure that these groups don't survive. They sent us to storm, I survived, I was the only one.”

Dulyaninov says that his unit had to attack without fire support. Although he survived, he was badly injured: “After that, when I rolled back [retreated], I had significant injuries, three shrapnel wounds, and a sprained leg. In general, I couldn't get back any faster, so I crawled somewhere. “I crawled for six days. It was 40 degrees Celsius. For four days I begged them for food and water. What did they drop? [But] it was to no avail.”

During the mission, he and his men ate foraged apples and tree bark to avoid starvation. “There's no fucking food or drink here. We're just chewing apples. Before, I was eating bark. Holy shit, the supplies are crappy here.” He made it to the safety of a position held by the 24th Brigade, but found that his own unit had listed him as missing. There had been no attempt to rescue any of the wounded. “The wounded are not evacuated; they are simply left to die.”

Dulyaninov describes the infiltration tactics currently being used by Russian commanders as a form of deliberate murder of their own men: “It happens in various ways, but the basic one is this: a group of five people with one ration and a minimum of ammunition is sent to the furthest point of combat contact. It takes three days to get there—through minefields, barbed wire, and under fire.

“Finally, exhausted and hungry, the fighters reach the enemy, their stronghold, and ask for fire support. They are told: there will be no support, so just attack. “But as soon as the group is detected, [Ukrainian] machine guns, snipers, automatic grenade launchers, and drones quickly attack and begin to ‘zero it out’.” Dulyaninov says that “this is even scarier than Bakhmut ... It feels like everyone's been sent away for a reset [death]. It's total crap.” “It feels like they've taken everyone to zero. Young guys, fuck, they're dying here, one after another, bitch. It's fucked up.”

In a sign of the heavy political pressure on the Russian army to advance quickly, he says that the commander of the 90th Tank Division ordered the 6th Regiment's commander to seize a ruined Ukrainian-held village “by lunchtime” or else be sent to an assault squad himself. “The division commander said: if you don't take the village by lunchtime, the regiment commander will be the one to get the hell out of there. He'll be the one to get everyone to the assault—everyone forward.”

Major General Alexander Sergeyevich Nilov’s threat reportedly prompted Colonel Albert Ravilevich Bulatov to round up the regiment's wounded and send them into the battle along with the able-bodied men. The attack failed, amidst carnage. “First, they were given provisions for the journey—one ration for three days, that's understandable. And that's all—there should have been provisions later, but in the end, damn it, they saw neither birds [supply drones] nor provisions.” The men were wounded and stranded in a village which was “nothing but bricks”, with “no drinks, no food, nothing”: “The guys kept asking for food, but there's no bird. They go on the air and shout, “There's no food, we can't walk, our legs won't work.”

“And I personally heard them [the commander] shouting, basically, “go on the attack, faggots.” Everyone was “300-200” [killed or wounded] before the few survivors retreated. Duyaninov says that his commanders routinely extort large amounts of money from their men. “For some, it's a good amount of money: 150,000 to 200,000 rubles [$1,863–$2,484].” The money is taken on a “voluntary-compulsory” basis, ostensibly “for the needs of the unit.”

He names a specific recipient – Lieutenant Ruslan Daudgadzhievich O., call sign “Darginets,” to whose account the soldiers transfer funds, known as the “company cash desk.” Where the money actually goes is unclear to Duyaninov. Before the men go on assault missions, they are forced to leave their bank cards and PIN codes with their commanders, and they find that their personal belongings have been stolen if they return alive. Men who could testify against the commanders are murdered, Duyaninov says. He says that the order to “reset” the fighters is given by a commander with the call sign “Sumrak” and carried out by a soldier with the call sign “Zayats.”

Duyaninov says that he firmly believes “that God sees everything and will restore order.” He blames his corrupt and incompetent commanders, and implores Putin and the Russian Minister of Defence to intervene and set things right: “All those bastards, the commanders, will get their comeuppance. I wish they'd take our place here ... I want, God willing, Vladimir Putin, Belousov, and everyone involved in the leadership to simply restore order, destroy everything, dispossess all these faggots.”

Sources
https://t.me/ne_zhdi_novosti/4041
https://t.me/ne_zhdi_novosti/4069
https://t.me/ne_zhdi_novosti/4100

translated by https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3m5qktcnrcf26


In the early 20th century, the Russian tradition of writing letters to the Tsar became a troubling signal of new and uncertain times.

Why did the clergy and the impoverished masses of Saint Petersburg believe that their antics would work? Didn't they know that their society was a brutal autocracy? It may well be true that they did not. For centuries across Europe, monarchical regimes had maintained themselves in power primarily through the idea of divine right – the belief, actively supported by the various Christian churches, that monarchs have a God-given right to rule over their subjects. Such a belief, however, was not enough on its own.

A critical aspect of the monarchical myth was the faith in the benevolence of the ruler. Even if the subjects noticed injustice, poverty, or oppression, it was always far removed from the monarch. The wrath of the ruled was aimed at the aristocracy and figures of imperial administration. They had far more day-to-day interactions with the regular people and lacked the mystical veneer of the ruler. In Russia, this belief was even summarized in the popular saying, “Good Tsar, Bad Boyars.”
https://www.thecollector.com/letter-writing-to-tsar-russian-tradition/

The Muscovite system places no value on human life and destroys not only its own citizens but also those of other countries and must therefore be liquidated.

22,105 posted on 11/16/2025 9:44:09 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: dennisw

To format a youtube video: At the bottom of the blurb under the video, click the More button, then scroll down to the Transcript button. Transcript will popup on the upper right. Then use the Three Dots switch to turn off the timestamps: no need to use an AI bot to do that ... they can do the formatting to 65-70 pixels word wrap.


22,106 posted on 11/16/2025 9:52:38 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: dennisw

Central and Far Eastern Russia - schoolkids stay home when the temps reach Minus 60. Moscow temps are “relatively mild” in the winter.


22,107 posted on 11/16/2025 9:56:39 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: AdmSmith
Russian soldiers fighting near Pokrovsk say they are eating bark to avoid starvation

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The worse the war goes for NATO, the more absurd the propaganda gets.

22,108 posted on 11/16/2025 11:49:01 AM PST by scan_complete
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To: PIF

Thanks! I will try that next time I copy a you tube transcript.


22,109 posted on 11/16/2025 12:29:10 PM PST by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity / )
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To: dfwgator

Stalin vs Hitler was like Godzilla vs Rodan.


22,110 posted on 11/16/2025 12:33:12 PM PST by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity / )
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To: AdmSmith

“The first state children within the framework of the “Cuckoo” project may be born as early as next year.

It is possible that one of them will lead Russia, we were told”

Maybe they will be Putin’s children... Surprise!

Like the Boys from Brazil, cloning Hitler.


22,111 posted on 11/16/2025 1:30:31 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: AdmSmith

Their lives are not valued, so why would they value anyone else’s life.

Only the “Dear Leader” matters


22,112 posted on 11/16/2025 2:18:49 PM PST by blitz128
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To: AdmSmith

lol, like a typical lying russian , I have never uploaded anything from blue sky, but thanks for another example of your “brilliance”


22,113 posted on 11/16/2025 2:21:01 PM PST by blitz128
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To: dennisw

Projection by the usuals is especially delicious 😂


22,114 posted on 11/16/2025 2:22:54 PM PST by blitz128
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