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Putin rages against the West in New Year message to his people: Fatigued dictator appears on state TV to accuse Western powers of using Ukraine as a tool to destroy Russia and says he launched invasion to protect its 'motherland'
Daily Mail ^ | 12/31/2022 | Will Stewart

Posted on 12/31/2022 8:45:41 AM PST by marcusmaximus

An aggressive Vladimir Putin set himself on a collision course with the West in his New Year's message to his people.

He showed no inkling of compromise over Ukraine claiming he made 'necessary decisions' in a catastrophic military conflict which has led to 100,000 deaths on his own side.

But Putin, 70, looked strained and worn as he addressed Russians on television in each of the country's 11 time zones just before midnight.

His message was also tired, again claiming he was taking on Nazis in Ukraine and that the West wanted to use Ukraine as a tools to destroy Russia.

He coughed at several points, and appeared weary and aged in a message broadcast, as his missiles pounded in horrific attacks Ukraine even as people prepared to mark the new year.

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


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To: marcusmaximus

So much fear of NATO, which has never fired a shot at Russia, and with which Russia is a member of the dialogue “Partnership for Peace” program.


41 posted on 12/31/2022 10:10:27 AM PST by Vaden (Real conservatives will not allow our wagon to be hitched to fascist Russia)
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To: MarMema

Nice try. Trump called mad dog killer Putin war “Genecide”


42 posted on 12/31/2022 10:14:21 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: marcusmaximus
OMG he looks AWFUL

AWFUL GOOD compared to sleezy feeble Joe.

43 posted on 12/31/2022 10:15:22 AM PST by norsky ( <P><img src=" "width=400"></img> <P> <a href= > </a>)
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To: rrrod

Genocide.


44 posted on 12/31/2022 10:15:39 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: marcusmaximus

My sympathies are with Russia. Sad to say that the USA is now the axis of evil in the world, led by warmongers and sexual perverts, murdering babies and sexually mutilating confused children, spreading the progressive poison throughout the world, seeking a one world government as their long game, to rule the world. Russia is not perfect but it is a Christian nation-50 years of communism could not destroy that.


45 posted on 12/31/2022 10:58:40 AM PST by rod5591
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To: marcusmaximus

In order. Biden tops my list of concerns.


46 posted on 12/31/2022 11:10:40 AM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: MIA_eccl1212

I can’t argue with you on this.


47 posted on 12/31/2022 11:11:23 AM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: MarMema

Here is the “ weak sickly desperate mad dying” Putin ( per Western intelligence propo planted in the media) addressing the Russian Defense Ministry on 21 Dec.

https://thesaker.is/vladimir-putin-addresses-the-russian-defense-ministry-board-dec-21-2022-english-subtitles/

Compare to Biden


48 posted on 12/31/2022 12:59:29 PM PST by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: Vaden

Breaking. Explosions reported in Moscow, St Petersburg, Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Rostov, Novorosiysk.


49 posted on 12/31/2022 1:34:45 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: nickfrost1

Xi and Putin are joined at the hip. Much of the world is working toward kicking the dollar out of life and replacing swift.

Google Pepe Escobar for some of this.

If we go after Iran, we are dead. Its like Biden is clueless about how hated we are out there.

https://sonar21.com/the-war-in-ukraine-has-exposed-the-weakness-of-the-u-s-military/


50 posted on 12/31/2022 1:35:54 PM PST by MarMema (Biden = Americans Last)
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To: DesertRhino; Kazan; kiryandil

Moscow, St Petersburg, Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Rostov, Novorosiysk. What air defense doink? LOL!


51 posted on 12/31/2022 1:36:47 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: PIF

Keep drinking Biden koolaide.

https://sonar21.com/is-western-propaganda-failing/

Joe Biden could not pull this off even if he consumed Zelensky’s weekly dose of cocaine. Putin is coherent and in command of facts.

It would be one thing if the Western propaganda effort was focused solely on ridiculing and trying to foment opposition inside Russia to Vladimir Putin. But it is not. Western propaganda is demonizing all things Russian — e.g., literature, art, chess, sports figures, and actors and actresses. This approach is not creating a reservoir of good will towards the West. Just the opposite. It is fortifying Russian nationalism and solidifying support for Putin.

This is just one more piece of evidence that Western intelligence agencies have become a toxic, venal clown show. A professional, competent intelligence agency would use propaganda to support a broader strategic goal. So what is the “strategic goal” in attacking all things Russian? Pissing off the Russian people does not strike me as a recipe for bringing Russia under the control of the West. It also fails to provide the answer to the question, “Who replaces Putin?”


52 posted on 12/31/2022 1:38:40 PM PST by MarMema (Biden = Americans Last)
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To: marcusmaximus

Fireworks celebrating the new year.

Congratulations Russia.


53 posted on 12/31/2022 1:41:13 PM PST by MarMema (Biden = Americans Last)
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To: marcusmaximus

54 posted on 12/31/2022 1:53:04 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: drypowder
All of this because Putin issued an arrest warrant for George Soros and wanted to stop the West’s (America’s) bio weapons labs in the Ukraine.

You're absolutely correct.

55 posted on 12/31/2022 1:59:31 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: marcusmaximus

Sure looks like organized and planned.


56 posted on 12/31/2022 2:20:07 PM PST by Vaden (Real conservatives will not allow our wagon to be hitched to fascist Russia)
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To: marcusmaximus
Putin Erects Statue in Moscow to Honor Fidel Castro

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Thousands fast after Putin signs law banning evangelism outside of churches

Putin signs the law that bans evangelism

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57 posted on 12/31/2022 2:39:28 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: wastedyears

What mindless drivel. Kids in their parents’ basement set that stuff up these days to stream themselves playing video games for people to watch.


58 posted on 12/31/2022 2:42:21 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: marcusmaximus

LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂


59 posted on 12/31/2022 6:48:13 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: marcusmaximus; PIF; rrrod; Vaden; Berlin_Freeper; whitney69; SpeedyInTexas; UMCRevMom@aol.com; ...

Probably his wife and daughter, not the one he told her to have aborted, because he really wants a son. So glad he is such an upright and religious leader./s Glad he runs such a happy country that has the highest abortion rate in the world—over 50 per 1000 women per year. Two and one half times the US rate. I guess Russian women are having so much fun they don’t want to be tied down by childcare burdens. Or maybe they don’t don’t want to spend almost 2 decades raising a child only to have him sent to a stupid war with inadequate food, clothes, and leadership to serve as cannon fodder. Its great to have such sterling leaders.


60 posted on 01/01/2023 9:17:58 AM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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