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Retreat from Kyiv, a bridge too far in Donbas, and the sinking of the Moskva: Fleeing from Snake Island is just the latest in a long line of humiliating defeats for Russia's army in Ukraine
Daily Mail ^ | 7/1/2022 | Chris Pleasance

Posted on 07/01/2022 10:48:44 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

A 'gesture of goodwill': That was how the Kremlin tried to play off its retreat from Ukraine's Snake Island on Thursday, after commanders gave up hope of holding the strategic spit of land under withering artillery fire.

It is the same phrase that Putin's lackeys used to try and cover up their ignominious retreat from Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy back in early April, as the first phase of their war in Ukraine spectacularly failed.

But those are far from the only battlefield blunders to have left Russia's red army red-faced: From an early defeat trying to take Hostomel airfield to failed river crossings in the Donbas and the sinking of flagship Moskva, there have been plenty of embarrassing moments for Putin and his commanders.

Here, MailOnline takes a look back at all the defeats that have shamed what was once considered to be the world's second-best military...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 07/01/2022 10:48:44 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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You are a consistent little propagandist, I have to give you that.


2 posted on 07/01/2022 10:52:12 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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3 posted on 07/01/2022 10:52:36 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Daily Mail, huh?


4 posted on 07/01/2022 10:53:48 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

Hostomel Airport attack: Feb 24-25

Sinking of the Saratov: Mar 24

Retreat from Kyiv/Chernihiv: Apr 1-8

Sinking of the Moskva: Apr 14

Retreat from Kharkiv: May 1-16

Bilohorivka river crossing: May 8-12

Retreat from Snake Island: Jun 30

Dead generals

Heavy casualties


5 posted on 07/01/2022 10:57:49 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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So now we don’t have to waste any more money down the bottomless money pit right 🤪


7 posted on 07/01/2022 11:01:50 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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Must be time to give Ukraine more money


8 posted on 07/01/2022 11:03:03 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: marcusmaximus

By my count, one acre for Ukraine (Snake Island), about 25,000 square miles for Russia


9 posted on 07/01/2022 11:05:27 AM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: WMarshal

A tireless neocon minion....


10 posted on 07/01/2022 11:05:59 AM PDT by Bobalu (The useful idiots have become useless eaters– Now the commies want them dead...)
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Making Russia safe for pedophiles.

11 posted on 07/01/2022 11:12:21 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Murdered spy claimed Putin was caught on film having sex with boys in same Moscow flat where Russian prosecutor was secretly taped cavorting with two prostitutes

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3411766/Litvinenko-claimed-Putin-caught-film-having-sex-boys.html

Ex-KGB spy was killed because he claimed Putin was a pedophile

https://nypost.com/2016/01/21/murdered-ex-spy-accused-putin-of-pedophilia/

How ex-KGB spy was killed with tea after accusing Putin of pedophilia

https://nypost.com/2016/01/22/how-putin-probably-had-ex-kgb-spy-killed-with-tea-and-honey/

Litvinenko Accused Putin of Being Pedophile; Now Old Picture of Him Kissing Stomach of 5-Yr-Old Boy Reappears

https://www.ibtimes.sg/litvinenko-accused-putin-being-pedophile-now-old-picture-him-kissing-stomach-5-yr-old-boy-64307

Boy who Putin kissed on the stomach that prompted paedophile claims says ‘It felt good’

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/boy-kissed-stomach-putin-says-26904208


12 posted on 07/01/2022 11:13:02 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: propelkrayon

"A boy is always vulnerable. He was very sweet. I’ll be honest: I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten."

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin




13 posted on 07/01/2022 11:15:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: propelkrayon

I think that like a true neocon Log Cabin Repukelican MarxistMaximus lets a lot of his buddies put their logs in his cabin.


14 posted on 07/01/2022 11:16:01 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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You sure post a lot about war for being a little bitch who has never been near a war. Punk.


15 posted on 07/01/2022 11:16:13 AM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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Putin Explains Tummy Kiss

JULY 6, 2006

As the Russian president talks with Nikita for several seconds, he tugs at the boy’s shirt before finally lifting it up and kissing him on his bare stomach.

“He seemed to me very independent, very serious, but at the same time a boy is always vulnerable. He was very sweet. I’ll be honest: I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten, and that led to the gesture that I made. There was nothing behind it really,” Putin said, smiling.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-explains-tummy-kiss/


16 posted on 07/01/2022 11:16:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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17 posted on 07/01/2022 11:19:01 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: WMarshal

Putin Explains Tummy Kiss

JULY 6, 2006

As the Russian president talks with Nikita for several seconds, he tugs at the boy’s shirt before finally lifting it up and kissing him on his bare stomach.

“He seemed to me very independent, very serious, but at the same time a boy is always vulnerable. He was very sweet. I’ll be honest: I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten, and that led to the gesture that I made. There was nothing behind it really,” Putin said, smiling.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-explains-tummy-kiss/


18 posted on 07/01/2022 11:20:26 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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I noted you only seem to post Russia/Ukraine articles....In fact, I’ve seen a pattern of the same people over and over, posting these “Russia/Ukraine” articles over and over...Seems a bit odd.


19 posted on 07/01/2022 11:27:07 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Putin is a pedophile. Just like Biden.


20 posted on 07/01/2022 11:30:06 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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