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Russian President Vladimir Putin declares victory in eastern Ukraine
https://www.chicagotribune.com ^ | Jul 04, 2022 | By FRANCESCA EBEL

Posted on 07/04/2022 9:37:08 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining bulwark of resistance in the province.

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin in a televised meeting Monday that Russian forces had taken control of Luhansk, which together with the neighboring Donetsk province makes up Ukraine’s industrial heartland of Donbas.

Shoigu told Putin that “the operation” was completed on Sunday after Russian troops overran the city of Lysychansk, the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces in Luhansk.

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1 posted on 07/04/2022 9:37:08 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

Guess Ukraine doesn’t need that $40 billion after all.


2 posted on 07/04/2022 9:40:33 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: packagingguy

Was the $40 billion ever going to get to Ukraine? It is probably being laundered into the foreign bank accounts of many U.S. crooked politicians including “The Big Guy.”


3 posted on 07/04/2022 9:44:16 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: packagingguy

Asking price: $750 Billion


4 posted on 07/04/2022 9:44:59 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: packagingguy

But will the big guy return his 10%? That is the question, (of course, we all know the answer to that one.)


5 posted on 07/04/2022 9:46:45 AM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: RomanSoldier19

Congrats, Vald. Enjoy your rubble.


6 posted on 07/04/2022 9:49:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: packagingguy
one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining bulwark of resistance in the province

Is that what they're calling "running like little girls, dumping their heavy weapons, armored vehicles and their entire stock of Javelins for the Luhansk militia" these days?

Well, on to Donetsk province, and "second verse, same as the first".

Bakhmut gonna get it in the backside...

7 posted on 07/04/2022 9:50:21 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: packagingguy

Videos from Uganda suggest that a lot of that equipment went there they just discovered gold you know


8 posted on 07/04/2022 9:58:56 AM PDT by Therapsid (eagan )
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To: RomanSoldier19
Now the cease fire will start being negotiated and then the “peace” deal with Russia holding all the cards.

Zelensky gets the blame and ends up clipped and a new more radical government gets installed in Ukraine...all backed by the hookers in Washington DC.

No offense to hookers everywhere. The street walkers are far more honorable than the scum in Washington DC.
At least a street walker works.

9 posted on 07/04/2022 10:02:12 AM PDT by crz
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To: BenLurkin

Vlad needs to eat Odessa next, it is the only way to end this war. A landlocked Ukraine becomes just another insignificant nation that learned a hard lesson about becoming a US Neo Con puppet.

That said, post war Ukraine if not fully demilitarized will result in Ukie war II and three….much like the US Gulf War I and II…


10 posted on 07/04/2022 10:06:32 AM PDT by delta7
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To: kiryandil
Russian propagandist not impressed with Putin's latest "victory". LOL!


11 posted on 07/04/2022 10:07:39 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Gnome1949

100% correct FRiend.


12 posted on 07/04/2022 10:08:52 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Therapsid

Soon enough there will be a human rights “crisis” in Uganda and we will be obligated to intervene. It will be the next “current thing” after coronavirus, January 6th hearings, Ukraine, and saving the polar bears from your automobile.


13 posted on 07/04/2022 10:09:16 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: marcusmaximus
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14 posted on 07/04/2022 10:13:48 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: marcusmaximus
Say - whatever happened to your FR jihad against FoxNews?

Did you put them out of business with your breathless hourly posts?

15 posted on 07/04/2022 10:14:52 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Independence Day


16 posted on 07/04/2022 10:16:47 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: delta7

A just resolution would be a return to the status quo before the 2014 coup d’etat.


17 posted on 07/04/2022 10:20:08 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: kiryandil

Slavyansk and Kramatorsk gonna get it special delivery


18 posted on 07/04/2022 10:20:50 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: RomanSoldier19

Putin has taken what he wants, protecting ethnic Russians, I’m OK with that. But the Ukes have lost, many common folk Ukes have died, German Union rep said yesterday the German economy will collapse w/o Russian Natural Gas. EU is capitulating on Russian oil buys based on ruble.
Uke Prez should be hung by his people like the Italians did Mussolini for getting them into an unwinnable war.


19 posted on 07/04/2022 10:20:51 AM PDT by fastrock ( )
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To: RomanSoldier19

So, which is Mssr. Putin today?

Pyotr Bolshoi (Peter the Great),
or,
Ivan the Terrible?


20 posted on 07/04/2022 10:26:54 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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