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Posted on 08/14/2024 8:02:56 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Putin has appointed his ex-bodyguard, who is considered a likely successor for the Russian leader, as an 'angel of vengeance' tasked with trying to reclaim the territory seized by Ukraine.
Former bodyguard Alexei Dyumin, who once single-handedly scared off a bear from the president's mountain residence, will lead the charge on 'Operation Revenge' to reclaim the 386 square miles of Russian soil now under Ukrainian control.
Dyumin, 51, grew up in the Kursk region, where a state of emergency was implemented almost immediately after thousands of Kyiv's troops surged across the border and began seizing territory.
Putin has now chosen presidential aide Dyumin as his 'angel of vengeance' to 'liberate Kursk from the terrorists', as the Kremlin referred to the Ukrainians, the Telegraaf reports.
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Dyumin's appointment as the leader of 'Operation Revenge' to free the territory in western Russia comes just months after Putin made Dyumin secretary of the advisory State Council, fuelling rumours about the ex-bodyguard's presidential potential.
'Russia's elite is abuzz with the appointment of Dyumin as secretary of the State Council,' Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin adviser and Putin supporter, said on Telegram.
'This is seen as confirmation that Dyumin is the future president of Russia, Putin's choice,' Markov said, adding that this was something that had long been rumoured.
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So what you’re saying is, the soviets were defensive then became offensive, and that’s when the opposing invading forces were defeated? When the soviets went offensive helping the allies, the germans were defeated? Interesting. Seems like there’s a similarity the ukies might have used as a lesson to go on the offensive.
Kind of, yes.
Really, Germany had been defeated at home by the West (and ground to a pulp by the defenses of the Soviets).
The Soviet offensive was really more of a mop up exercise.
I agree there are parallels, but it’s not exactly the same.
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To get rid of Hannibal after years of stalemate, Rome went to Carthage and the rest is history.
On another note
https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-u-s-navy-is-running-dangerously-low-on-munitions/
Where have all the munitions gone?
Chairman Xi is smiling and looking at his maps.
What Belarusian Railway doink? Lol!
The Russians went on offense whenever they could...starting in the Winter of 41 when the German march on Moscow ran out of steam. They were on the offensive in early 42 until bad tactics and the German drive on the Caucasus began. They went on offense again at the end of 42 and stayed on it until the end of the war.
Are you a Trumper?
If yes, how do you reconcile that with being pro Ukraine over Russia?
You mean like being the president that started sending weapons to Ukraine and had American troops training them in Ukraine, and who had a new Army Corps formed and its European headquarters moved forward to Poland, are you under the impression that Trump is an ally of Russia against America and our NATO allies?
Yeah, but I think I've read that the Carthaginians were suffering a shortage of something the Russians have in quantity - might have been morozhenoe, or vodka, or maybe it was nuclear weapons...
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Putin is afraid of Trump. Trump will kick Putin’s ass in negotiations over ending the war.
Hannibal never captured Rome. Just like Russia never captured Kyiv. Or any other regional capitals in Ukraine.
Rome sent their best general and best troops and took the fight to Carthage and Hannibal was forced to retreat from Italy and go home to eventual defeat.
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