Posted on 08/08/2024 10:55:52 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
DESPERATE Vladimir Putin has deployed his notorious Wagner troops as Ukraine pushes forward to seize a key nuke power station.
The ruthless mercenaries have been drafted in to bolster Russia's failing forces after a surprise Ukrainian attack in the Kursk region.
Reports suggest Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops have now pushed 20 miles into Russia - marking a remarkable counter-invasion.
It leaves just eight miles to the town of Lgov - which is 17 miles from Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
It's thought Kyiv is attempting to seize or surround the key facility - and blackmail Russia into surrendering Europe's biggest nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia, which Putin has held since the start of the war.
Officials in Kursk have declared a state of emergency after Ukraine made the shock invasion - with mass evacuations now underway.
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In one video, Putin demanded “courage” from the hard-pressed governor of Kursk region, Alexey Smirnov - who is dealing with the consequences of Putin's failure to halt the Ukrainian incursion.
Putin said: "Your professional knowledge, skills and experience, which you certainly have, are not enough here.
"Today’s situation requires from you a certain courage and concentration on the ways of solving these complex, difficult, extraordinary tasks now facing all branches and all levels of government, including you and your team."
Putin announced a one-off £90 payment for families from Kursk region.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
He's completely restocked his stores of florid language: DESPERATE / notorious / key / ruthless / failing / shock.
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I am certain Putin is desperate, what with having 50 types of cancer and the Ghost of Kiev hovering above Moscow shooting down all the jets and such.
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The Ukrainians have more than doubled the distances covered by Manstein’s German troops on the south side of the Kursk salient during the famous 1943 battle. That battle is often called a “tank battle” but it was more like a World War One slugfest due to the near parity of forces and the costly prices for very modest advances and counters.
Chef Prigozhin to come out of retirement.
Romanov TG is whining:
“the RU lines are so porous that when resistance is met, UA goes around them.”
Your kid sister.
whoopsie.
Attacking into a terrain funnel.
This attack was unprovoked. After all, Putin said more than two years ago that he had no plans to invade Ukraine. Oh, wait...
Nevertheless, Russians and their Pooter allies assured us that the war would be over in two weeks. Oh, wait...
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Do you favor the Biden regime trying to imprison Johnson, too?
Meanwhile, Ukraine is busy committing military suicide with its PR attack into Russian territory near Kursk. The attacking force lacked air cover and the power to sustain the attack. The Ukrainian troops were savaged by Russian air strikes, artillery and drones. Some have opined that this was a feint or a diversion, i.e., focus Russian attention in the north and then strike at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Maybe, but Ukraine lost significant resources in terms of men and equipment that cannot be easily replaced.
Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that Ukraine managed to reach Kursk. Okay. How do they resupply their troops and sustain the momentum of the attack. Russia has a wealth of resources — manpower, combat air, artillery and drones — to bog the Ukrainians down and chew them up. Those who believe that this would force Russia to seek a negotiated end to the war are the same delusional clowns who promised that Ukrainian troops would be sloshing around on the beaches of Crimea last summer.
This attack is likely to have the opposite effect — Russia will accelerate its offensive against Ukraine and will not negotiate until Ukraine begs for mercy.
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