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To: McGruff
Milley told lawmakers that Kyiv could fall within 72 hours if a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine occurs

Putin in 2014 said he could take Kyiv, Ukraine's capitol in two weeks.

Reports emerged Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin said he could take control of Ukraine’s capital city in as little as two weeks, a remark that escalated already pitched tensions between Russia and the West in the lead-up to NATO’s summit in Wales.

Putin made the incendiary comment in a phone conversation with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, according to Barroso’s account, published by Italy’s La Repubblica on Monday.

Barroso said he asked Putin if Russian troops had crossed into eastern Ukraine, La Repubblica reports. “That is not the question,” Putin reportedly said. “But if I wanted to, I could take Kiev in two weeks.”

The Kremlin did not deny that Putin made the statement, but insisted it was taken out of context.

https://time.com/3259699/putin-boast-kiev-2-weeks/

39 posted on 09/09/2024 12:20:49 PM PDT by tlozo (Russia is ruled by a psychologically deranged dictator and worst of all, it obediently follows)
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To: tlozo

Two weeks or 3 years, the Uke Nazi’s are being crushed.

The grind is slow but sure. Dead Nazis , sho nuff., dead frigging Nazis.


40 posted on 09/09/2024 12:23:52 PM PDT by OldHarbor (strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-circuit authority)
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To: tlozo

“Putin said he could take control of Ukraine’s capital city in as little as two weeks”

The keyword being could, not that he would. But that Russian convoy did get within 17 miles of Kyiv easily.


46 posted on 09/09/2024 1:08:21 PM PDT by McGruff (Ask everyone, Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
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