Posted on 07/17/2014 10:15:00 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
They claimed to have captured a BUK in June. They tweeted their victory. Whoops.
Proving once again that playing chess doesn’t automatically make you a genius.
I agree it was probably not Russian regulars. But when you put crazy militias in the field, you can get crazy results. I think this is on Putin.
Some western energy stocks are going up in net energy exporters.
Strelkov, aka Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin, is, according to an article by noted writer Bill Gertz, “is a GRU (Soviet military intelligence) colonel who was first identified by the Ukrainian SBU intelligence service. ...While in the Crimea, he was a military adviser to Sergei Asksenov, the current head of Russian-occupied Crimea.”
Bill Gertz, posted on FreeRepublic.com, June 20, 2014, “Ukrainian Rebel Commander Identified as Russia GRU Military Intelligence Colonel”, freebeacon.com, 6/20/14.
Strelkov, aka Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin, is, according to an article by noted writer Bill Gertz, “is a GRU (Soviet military intelligence) colonel who was first identified by the Ukrainian SBU intelligence service. ...While in the Crimea, he was a military adviser to Sergei Asksenov, the current head of Russian-occupied Crimea.”
Bill Gertz, posted on FreeRepublic.com, June 20, 2014, “Ukrainian Rebel Commander Identified as Russia GRU Military Intelligence Colonel”, freebeacon.com, 6/20/14.
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