Posted on 04/05/2022 4:27:48 PM PDT by delta7
Bucha is the latest shiny object that the Western cats are chasing mindlessly without taking time to think critically about what Russia is actually doing on the ground. Russia’s invasion on February 24 was not a classic military attack. What do I mean? If Russia was intent on conquering and subjugating Ukraine without regard to the fate of Ukrainian civilians it would have launched massive missile and airstrikes on all major cities, bridges, airfields, railroads and communication systems. It did not do that. Not my opinion.
The first phase of Russia’s special military operation consisted of the following:
Moved troops and armored columns into Ukraine from three directions–North, East and South. Deployed only 200,000 troops while maintaining key reserves inside Russia along the Ukrainian border against a Ukrainian Army estimated to number 600,000. Avoided attacking communication systems leaving cell phone and internet largely intact. Took control of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe–Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant–but kept the electricity flowing. Supported offensives by the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics against Ukrainian forces in the East. Gradually surrounded Kiev from the North but did not fight any key battles to occupy outlying cities. Destroyed Ukrainian ground radar, key airfields and military bases in Western Ukraine with precision missiles. Sealed the southern coast of Ukraine with the Russian Navy. Launched an assault on Mariupol, a key Ukrainian port in the South, and systematically annihilated the neo-Nazi AZOV battalion (Russia now controls all of Mariupol except for the steel plant and continues to methodically eliminate the remaining defenders). The immediate effect of this operation divided and froze the Ukrainian Army in four geographical regions-North, South, East and West. During the first two weeks the Ukrainians and NATO did not know where Russia’s major blow would fall. Russia’s initial success in eliminating Ukraine’s Air Force as a combat effective unit and the destruction of key military bases and fuel depots made it impossible for Ukraine to dispatch reinforcements to Donbas and Mariupol.
During the past week Russia has effected a tactical redeployment of forces that originally surrounded Kiev. It is reported that those units moved west and are likely to be used as block force that will be part of a broader effort to defeat the bulk of the Ukraine Army now virtually surrounded in the eastern part of the Donbas.
With its limited ability to move troops or resupply frontline forces, Ukraine is relying on propaganda and information warfare to try to weaken Russia and entice NATO to join the fray. Here is a good summary of these efforts courtesy of Nighvision:
For instance, when the Russian POW torture video came out, it was Ukraine that cried “fake” until days later all western ‘authorities’ were forced to admit it was real. When the ‘maternity hospital’ false flag in Mariupol occurred, Kyiv supporters blamed Russia and once again Russia was the one proven right and vindicated when the pregnant girl at the center of it herself released an interview completely refuting Ukrainian lies, and stating that not only did Ukrainian soldiers turn the hospital into a barracks but stole the precious food from pregnant women and then shelled the hospital themselves. When Ukraine claimed Russia bombed an ‘innocent’ civilian mall, yet the very next moment the Russian MOD released detailed videos showing precisely how Ukrop forces positioned mobile artillery in the parking garage of the said ‘mall’. When Ukrops claimed Russia tried to blow up the Zaporizhzhia plant, yet security footage showed that as a Russian security force arrived, it was fired upon by an RPG from Ukrop positions in one of the administrative buildings of the plant. When the famed American journalist was killed in Irpin right outside Kiev a month ago, and all Ukrainian supporters shouted Russia, but the entire incident was quickly swept under the rug when the journalist’s own friend/companion in an interview stated they were fired upon by Ukrop troops at a Ukrop checkpoint miles away from the nearest Russian forces.
So bad guys can’t fight other bad guys? Who were the good guys when communist Russia defeated the Nazis? I thought they were both bad guys.
That’s what some said about us in Iraq.
They also rightly ridicule the Green agenda, which has largely been responsible for Western dependence on Russian energy.
Right! Hue, not DaNang.
Is the Pope a Communist?
You cant provide a single link...which means you are FOS.
Sat images are a good tool. Hopefully they will get forensic evidence on the ground to verify them.
Illegal Combatant aka Unlawful Combatant:
“A person who engages in combat without meeting the requirements for a lawful belligerent according to the laws of war as specified in the Third Geneva Convention.”
Working off of menory here, so could be wrong, but one easy way to avoid being unlawful combatants is to wear uniforms.
The Geneva Convention defines what a lawful combatant is
Must distinguish themselves from civilian population - ie wear uniforms , or even an arm band
Carry arms openly , ie not hidden or concealed
No engage in war crimes, shooting at hospitals, attacking civilian populations , terrorism
“April 5 (Reuters) - Satellite images taken weeks ago of the town of Bucha in Ukraine show bodies of civilians on a street, a private U.S. company said, undercutting the Russian government’s claims that Ukrainian forces caused the deaths or that the scene was staged.”
What i don’t get is, why did they wait until four days after the Russians left and weeks after they say the pictures were taken, to release them? And I don’t see on yhe pictures how one can tell the date they were taken?
War would also wipe out debt.
Like a fire at an arms depot.
Multitudes of inconvenient losses disappear.
It gives invaders cover to kill people defending their own country?
What is an “illegal combatant” when your country is invaded?
What were the Soviet partisans during the Nazi invasion?
I think Alex has got a new one out a couple of hours ago:
Muslims killing infidels.
Apparently yes. Invading russians shoulda just nuked Ukraine according to some on here. Just depoulate them.
And if they try to defend themselves? Kill them as illegal combatants as if they were ISIS. That is seriously the mentality of some on here.
You could do a simple search - that you refuse means you are FOS.
NYT spins very tall tale. Finland inches closer to NATO. France in trouble in Mariupol. Update 2
Plus, Youtube is censoring anything against The Approved Narrative on Bucha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiB17PP-uQM [7:32 - censored]
full video [23:09]:
Your the one making the absurd claim not me. Put up or shut up
That must have been interesting. Did you live there or were there for some other reason?
I had a friend from Germany that was a war bride. Poor woman had lived 25 years, had 5 kids, and all that time had no contact with her family in East Germany. The day the wall came down she was crying and crying, both sadness and joy. Was making plans on how to contact her family. I moved away and lost contact with her but I hope it went well with her.
” I’ll say Russia committed 100x worse than nazi germany even could.”
that’s because you’re stupid and uninformed.
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