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Russia issues no comment over rumours Putin's top war commander General Valery Gerasimov has been killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Crimea
Daily Mail ^ | Will Stewart

Posted on 01/05/2024 7:14:01 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Russia has yet to comment on a swirl of unconfirmed rumours that Vladimir Putin's top war commander General Valery Gerasimov was killed in a strike on a military command post in Crimea on Thursday.

An explosion and a trail of smoke were visible in a clip of a suspected Storm Shadow strike at the military site in Yukharin Balka. Another target in the village of Uyutnoye, near Yevpatoria was also reportedly hit.

A flow of ambulances was reported by Ukrainian sources at both locations, and Putin-appointed Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said: 'It was the most massive [attack] in recent times.'

Gerasimov has not been seen since December 29 when footage showed him presenting awards to 'military personnel who distinguished themselves during the liberation of Marinka' in occupied Donetsk region, Ukraine.

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


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1 posted on 01/05/2024 7:14:01 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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Welcome to Will Stewart's Wonderful World of British Propaganda


2 posted on 01/05/2024 7:20:58 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston

Where’s Putin?


3 posted on 01/05/2024 7:21:42 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

looking for eggs.


4 posted on 01/05/2024 7:22:20 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: marcusmaximus

Did he fall out of a window?................


5 posted on 01/05/2024 7:30:32 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin needs to take Odessa and cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea entirely for this.


6 posted on 01/05/2024 7:31:37 AM PST by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx

Putin is “resting” in his Valdai deep freezer right now propped up next to the frozen sturgeon.


7 posted on 01/05/2024 7:39:38 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: JonPreston

Israel and most NATO militaries have the software technologies and alogarithims that if they have the voiceprint of a specific person, they can pinpoint his or her location if they speak into a non encrypted radio device or a cell phone. Then ordanance can be brought down on them. Apparently Soliamani was located and killed in this manner as were the Iranian QUD leaders at a Damascus airport terminal. Apparently Ukraine now has this technology and is using it.


8 posted on 01/05/2024 7:39:39 AM PST by allendale
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Ukraine has been claiming that they've killed Gerasimov since at least March...of 2022.

Until there's an actual body (or until the Russians actually admit it officially), why should anyone believe this current report given the prior track record?

9 posted on 01/05/2024 7:49:47 AM PST by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

It’s a Russian Wagner Group affiliated source, not Ukrainian.


10 posted on 01/05/2024 7:54:56 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

May it be so!

“rumours that Vladimir Putin’s top war commander General Valery Gerasimov was killed”


11 posted on 01/05/2024 8:25:57 AM PST by Sunsong
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To: marcusmaximus
Russians don't screw around...they have REAL generals.

As opposed to...


12 posted on 01/05/2024 8:27:06 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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--- "Ukraine has been claiming that they've killed Gerasimov since at least March...of 2022. [ Guardian UK, Mon 7 Mar 2022 ] Until there's an actual body (or until the Russians actually admit it officially), why should anyone believe this current report given the prior track record?"

The Daily Mail verbiage is interesting as Will Stewart "wiggles" after the breathless headline.

One reads:

The rumour of Gerasimov's death appears to have begun circulating after a Russian Telegram channel called 'Ordinary Tsarism' posted an unconfirmed report.

It read: 'According to preliminary data, Valery Gerasimov, who was in a command post near Sevastopol at the time of the attack, was killed in the attack on Crimea.'

The message then disappeared, with the channel giving no evidence for the claim.

Exciting stuff, eh?

All of my best military intelligence "disappears" with subsequent :no evidence for the claim."

Since this is war between two non-NATO nations -- "officially" -- one would expect losses on both sides. The true measure of the outcome of the war will be when it ends, how it ends and as it ends.

Until then, hogwash is spelled out in Ukrainian, Russian and English.... Mostly English interestingly.

This is because, in parallel with a real war, there is an ongoing information war, propaganda salvos fired in response to propaganda salvo. Believe them all? A better stance is to believe none, and wait for the eventual end.

13 posted on 01/05/2024 8:28:18 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: marcusmaximus

Winning a war!


14 posted on 01/05/2024 8:31:25 AM PST by ANKE69
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Please ping Marcus early and often to be added to the Glorious Zeeper Ping List!

(((PING!)))

15 posted on 01/05/2024 8:54:25 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (I didn't come here to guide lambs, but to awaken lions 🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️)
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Ask Scott Ritter why he walks funny after his prison release. Why the strange waddle in his video with Kadyrov today?


16 posted on 01/05/2024 8:57:33 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus
Ask Scott Ritter why he walks funny after his prison release. Why the strange waddle in his video with Kadyrov today?

I know this one! He's a Zeeper!

17 posted on 01/05/2024 8:59:10 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (I didn't come here to guide lambs, but to awaken lions 🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

There are a number of “ Russian” TG channels run as Uke propaganda, or simply as trolls.


18 posted on 01/05/2024 9:01:15 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: silverleaf
---- "There are a number of 'Russian' TG channels run as Uke propaganda, or simply as trolls."

I agree in general that there are trolls for Russia and trolls for Ukraine, aplenty. Might I also suggest there are trolls for the Biden-Obama-Nuland consortium?

After years of media manipulation on all sorts of things, the notion of an information war speaks more loudly than once it did. Skepticism in all things is warranted.

Best wishes.

19 posted on 01/05/2024 9:04:26 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: jimwatx
Putin needs to take Odessa and cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea entirely for this.

Geography makes this unlikely: there are too many north-south rivers east of Odessa. Plus they can barely advance 200 meters in Aavdivka, and Ukraine counterattacks and makes similar gains elsewhere. Putin is running through his reserves and equipment.

20 posted on 01/05/2024 9:10:08 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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