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Disaster for Putin as more than 20,000 Russian soldiers go awol in Ukraine
Express UK ^ | 6/30/2025 | ANDREW PAPWORTH

Posted on 06/30/2025 11:54:59 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Vladimir Putin has been dealt a massive setback after more than 20,000 soldiers deserted the front line in the war against Ukraine – leaving Kremlin forces even more depleted. Courts have received 20,538 cases of service personnel absent without leave, desertion or refusing orders since the illegal invasion began in February 2022, according to Russian independent news service Mediazone.

The majority – 18,159 – were for soldiers going awol, with 17,721 being prosecuted under Russia’s Criminal Code. The maximum punishment is a 10-year jail term. However, those found guilty could commute their sentences by serving in the Storm-Z convict assault units. In its latest update on the European war, the UK’s Defence Intelligence said: “This all runs counter to the official narrative that the Russian leadership values the military service of those who fight in Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.”

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To: marcusmaximus

In WWI in the final German offensive the Germans were winning. Then they captured Allied food and the offensive stopped dead while the soldiers ate the food and drank alcohol. The Germans went from winning to losing by capturing the logistics tain.


21 posted on 06/30/2025 12:52:51 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (I had a tagline and I dropped it. The cat back-pawed it under the Barcalounger. )
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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22 posted on 06/30/2025 12:53:31 PM PDT by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'WIDTH=30%>)
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To: Mr. K; marcusmaximus; Kazan
is putin still dying, marcus?

The Putin has stage 17 potato cancer. It's covered with mucus, and The Putin can no longer have a mugasm.

23 posted on 06/30/2025 12:57:33 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: FLT-bird

IATG


24 posted on 06/30/2025 12:58:18 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: marcusmaximus; Mariner
What happened to the Chechen blocking troops?

What Pokrovsk doink?

25 posted on 06/30/2025 12:59:18 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: montag813

and then I saw who posted this


26 posted on 06/30/2025 12:59:34 PM PDT by norsky (<P><h3> <P><img src=" "width=500"<P><h3> <P> <a href= > </a> )
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To: Kazan

First link 0:34

“Russian forces conducted an attack with three infantry vehicles and three motorcycles.”

LOL! No mention of how many donkeys used.


27 posted on 06/30/2025 1:02:12 PM PDT by TexasGator (i-D\ logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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To: marcusmaximus; Mariner
Lol! The Chechens ran away first.

Lol! Your mom ran to the washing machine with a full load of Special Socks.

Tell your mom to tell you to tell Tucker Carlson to tell The Putin to tell Trump to tell Khamenei to tell Netanyahu to tell Macron to tell Starmer to tell Kaja Kallas to tell Friedrich Merz to tell Lukashenko to tell Ursula von der Leyen to tell Little Zee to surrender.

28 posted on 06/30/2025 1:02:18 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin; marcusmaximus

Putin humiliated.

The Brit Media has all these catchphrases to entertain their dumbed-down average Limey, to distract them from the grooming gangs of Musloid Pakis that are taking over the country and the little Brit girls.


29 posted on 06/30/2025 1:06:24 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: marcusmaximus; Kazan

Belgorod in 3 days! Bring your parade potatoes!


30 posted on 06/30/2025 1:07:24 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: kiryandil

The hills are alive, with the sound of mucus
(How do you solve a problem named Mucus?)

“Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Mucinex and Sudafed, warm fluffy kittens
Neil-med rinse, Vaporub, a nose that stings
These are a few of my favorite things”
Julie Snot


31 posted on 06/30/2025 1:08:13 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice

Special Russia Sockses and Special Ukraine Sockses,
warm fuzzy Putin slippers and Little Zee’s piano,

these are a few of my favorite things.

If I can find my new Special Iran Sock and my picture of Tucker,
Then I won’t feel so bad.


32 posted on 06/30/2025 1:18:10 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: FLT-bird
British tabloid

How dumb does the average UK subject have to be to imbibe this crap? 🤔

33 posted on 06/30/2025 1:23:55 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: montag813

I wish the Ukrainian AND Russian armies would join up with NATO and sweep across Europe to defeat the real enemy: Islam.

Good thoughts but but military wars wont stop it. They actually welcome it.

A NON-WOKE, pro-USA, Pro-American Voice of America via shortwave radio and internet and local radio and TV that offers the truth could help.

I think China may be anticipating some kind of global internet+ outage. I’ve been DXing shortwave since 1979. Radio China International is on shortwave 24/7 broadcasting international news (as the Chinese government see it), weather, sports, Chinese cultural programs, Chinese propaganda in English, Spanish, Korean, French, German, Arabic...etc.

If the world lost its internet and satellites we would be forced to get our info via shortwave.

http://short-wave.info/index.php?station=VOICE%20OF%20CHINA

One thing we Americans do offer to the world and that’s Christian radio via shortwave in English, Spanish, Chinese...etc. That’s a positive.


34 posted on 06/30/2025 1:31:54 PM PDT by tsowellfan (It's MID-TERM season)
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To: marcusmaximus

Maybe this is why there are so many ‘Russian’ speakers in the Ukraine... They hate Russia and invade the Ukraine... Kind of like Albanians leaving Albania and heading to the UK... Which now likely has more ‘Albanian’ speakers than ‘English’ speakers.


35 posted on 06/30/2025 1:33:39 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Tell It Right

Lets analyze the situation for a bit. It is estimated that Russia has lost 1,020,000 troops so far but only has a standing military of 1,100,000. So they want us to believe Russia has lost 92% of its military? Claims of tank losses around 10,000 and an insane amount of smaller combat vehicles would mean Russia is using horses and mules to carry equipment forward. Sweaterman is going to win they claim. I don’t think so and never have. They are blowing smoke up our skirts to make us feel good when in reality Russia is sitting in fortified positions waiting for Sweaterman to send troops at gunpoint to fight a war they don’t want.


36 posted on 06/30/2025 2:05:48 PM PDT by Slingwing
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To: marcusmaximus

37 posted on 06/30/2025 2:44:50 PM PDT by Allegra (Thank you for your attention to this matter. )
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To: marcusmaximus

Lol. Leave it to an MI6 mouthpiece to pretend that a years long AWOL rate happened suddenly last week.


38 posted on 06/30/2025 2:49:34 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: marcusmaximus

i likes poutine...


39 posted on 06/30/2025 5:32:19 PM PDT by ichabod1 (lets change our name to the United States of Trump!)
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To: marcusmaximus

When the NKVD was operational, they didn’t have this problem.


40 posted on 07/01/2025 7:04:25 AM PDT by damper99
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