Posted on 06/26/2022 10:45:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Putin has called an obese general out of retirement to take command of forces in Ukraine after yet another round of purges of top commanders has left him 'scraping the barrel'.
The 20 stone General Pavel, 67, has been summoned from his comfortable life in the Moscow suburbs and told to don his specially-made army fatigues and go to the front lines of eastern Ukraine.
He will now take charge of Russian special forces operating in the region after the unit's former commander was seriously injured in an artillery strike.
A veteran of the Soviet Union's ill-fated invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s and a member of Russia's special forces, General Pavel has let himself go considerably since retirement five years ago.
He is understood to eat five meals a day and polish it all off with a litre of vodka. Since coming back to the service, he has had to have his uniform specially made and he needs to wear two sets of body armour to ensure his torso is protected.
'Most of his best and battle-hardened senior commanders have been killed or injured fighting in Ukraine so he is resorting to sending second rate officers to the front who don't last very long.
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Despite capturing the key city of Severodonetsk yesterday, there have been reports that Putin has now sacked his number one general in Ukraine, ostensibly over the glacial pace of advance of the Russian army's primary thrust to annex the Donbas.
The dismissal of Gen Alexander Dvornikov, rumoured to be a drunk and distrusted by his officers, would mark yet another major shake up of Putin's command structure, and an expression of the dictator's frustration with the state of his war in Ukraine, which he had supposed would be successfully over within four days.
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Russopotamus
Marxist Maximus is back to cheerlead for the globalists. Rah rah. Go Dopey Joe.
I saw this earlier. Thought it was The Bee. It’s real???
Wayyyy more than 280 lbs. The guy next to him is probably over 200 himself.
I say he’s a 400 pounder.
Looking back, there were reports that troops were moved away from the border. It may be that their equipment had broken down (tanks, trucks) so maybe we thought that Putin was just bluffing.
Agree!
He was also one fat ass epicurean, and a stone chow hound, but the fat did not extend to above his collar. I don’t know anything about this Russki general, but appearances can be deceiving.
How true. Winston Churchill didn’t exactly look like a marathoner.
Typical simple-minded reporting by the MSM. Old Fuss and Feathers Winfield Scott never saw a buffet table he didn’t like. But he saved us in the War of 1812, won the Mexican War and in his old age provided the game plan (Scott’s Anaconda) that won the Civil War for the Union.
Probably by now a number of countries have intelligence that can track individual military officers. No reason Biden wouldn’t, but so could UK and France, or all three.
There are a few others with capability but not likely to use it in current comditions.
I view Scott as one of America’s greatest generals. I think an argument can be made that he is the greatest if you look at the consequences of his victories & strategic thinking.
“Probably by now a number of countries have intelligence that can track individual military officers.”
You could almost track this guy with a seismograph.
Frank Cannon impersonator in a uniform.
Liggett may have been a big replay but looking at his pictures, he is nothing like that his buluga.
I remember during the Iraq war our military were calling Iraqi generals on their cell phones. That has got to put some fear into you.
Outside of FR fanboys, who reads this junk without laughing?
What’s the Daily Mail average for their Ukie coverage. O for 1000?
If one misses that Stormtrooper, then one’s aim is really poor. 🤣
BS war propaganda.
Curry Meigs has been resurrected!!!
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