Posted on 04/21/2022 4:29:06 AM PDT by FarCenter
KYIV, April 21 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol "liberated" after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of defenders still holding out inside a giant steel works.
In a televised meeting with his defence minister inside the Kremlin, Putin said there was no need for a final confrontation with the last defenders who were boxed in after surviving nearly two months of Russia's siege.
"I consider the proposed storming of the industrial zone unnecessary," he told Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in a televised meeting at the Kremlin. "I order you to cancel it."
"There's no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities," he said. "Block off this industrial area so that not even a fly can get through."
Shoigu estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters remained inside the plant. Putin called on them to lay down their weapons and surrender, saying Russia would treat them with respect.
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Says the Putin invasion cheerleader.
So Donbas will become an autonomous region within a united Ukraine and Russia will stop supporting the insurgency by the ethnic Russian minority?
I wonder if how Putin is sitting stiffly and grasping the table, if he has something like Parkinson’s.
They be having a hard time moving around the city with all of those little girls carrying flowers out to every tank that rolls by.
Heard the same.
Biden Republican
Something is seriously wrong with this guy.
Unlike you, my concern is America
That explains a lot.
Goodbye.
Give it up dude. Chainmail is correct. The United States Army Air Force succeeded the Army Air Corps. After WWII it became the separate branch called the United States Air Force. Just admit you’re wrong and move on.
Telling people to “hush” seems to be his thing. He’s done it to me several times. Not sure if he poke his fingers in his ears, covers his eyes, and yells “Not there, not there!” too but it’s likely.
I won’t hush and neither should you.
Biden Boy.
You have no rational argument so you just insult.
It was my mistake to post to you in the first place.
Please go away and don't post to me again.
So the following is incorrect?
On July 26, 1947, the National Security Act created the independent U.S. Air Force.
My father was a bomber pilot in WW2 and he told me he was a captain in the US ARMY. I am pretty sure he would not lie to me about that.
No that is correct, the United States Air Force was created in 1947. The United States ARMY Air Force was created in 1941.
“The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF)[1] was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States[2] during and immediately after World War II (1941–1945). It was created on 20 June 1941 as successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and is the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force, today one of the six armed forces of the United States.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces
I’m sure he didn’t. You’re still wrong though.
“The U.S. Army was re-organized into three forces in March 1942:
Army Ground Forces (AGF). According to the The Army Almanac, “Its mission was to provide ground force units properly organized, trained and equipped for combat operations.” About 4,400,000 personnel were part of the Army Ground Forces during the war. They sustained about 80% of the U.S. Army casualties.
Army Service Forces (ASF). The ASF, originally called Services of Supply, was responsible suppling and servicing the U.S. Army. Organizations under ASF included: corps of engineers, quartermaster corps, medical corps, signal corps, chemical warfare service, ordnance department, and the military police.
Army Air Forces (AAF). The AAF was responsible for the training and making ready the air component of the U.S. Army. The Army Air Forces became an independent service (U.S. Air Force) in 1947.“
Depending on when he went it, he was part of the Army Air Corps, the Army Air Force, or both. Or if he stayed in until 1947, the US. Air Force too!
How many times has Daily Nail and Rooters told us of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s demise... ROFL
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Skanky Z should stop interfering in French elections and work on ceasefire.The 4/1 offer was reasonable but i doubt it’s still on the table.skanky Z should take what he can get to save uke lives but he don’t care ,just loves the $$$$$.
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Let the neo-nazi terrorist azov brigade starve like the rats they are and pick them off a few at a time to minimize casualties..who cares? .OTOH are we sure the azov’s aren’t just being baited?
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