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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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To: delta7

“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…”

I’m pretty sure Putin fully understands he needs Odessa now. We should not underestimate the Ruskies, unlike our crazy, stupid, idiotic Western leaders who are disintegrating before our eyes. Special message for them all: that light you see at the other end of the tunnel is a speeding train barreling down on your butts.


41 posted on 07/04/2022 11:14:08 AM PDT by icclearly
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To: RomanSoldier19
Russian President Vladimir Putin declares victory in eastern Ukraine

Pootie has to celebrate something, in the last month of June the Russian army took +0.3% of Ukraine’s territory.

42 posted on 07/04/2022 11:15:18 AM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Good. Now go home.


43 posted on 07/04/2022 11:15:46 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Gnome1949

You guys really don’t understand how military aid works, do you?

It’s cute you think we send them cash.


44 posted on 07/04/2022 11:16:36 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: dennisw

“None the less Bob seek help.”

For what, we seem to disagree on something, why should I be the one seeking help, considering that YOU called me out without me even being on this thread. Very odd...


45 posted on 07/04/2022 11:19:12 AM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Does this mean Eastern Ukraine won’t get to have gay parades and tranny story time for kids?

How sad


46 posted on 07/04/2022 11:33:48 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: RomanSoldier19

There was never any chance Russia would not prevail. And now its happened.


47 posted on 07/04/2022 11:58:46 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: imabadboy99
Does this mean Eastern Ukraine won’t get to have gay parades and tranny story time for kids? How sad

Stupid comment since neither of those things took place in eastern Ukraine. Whats really sad is that because of Putin's invasion, many of the children are homeless, and many have lost their parents.

48 posted on 07/04/2022 12:31:01 PM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Obama’s “Color Revolutions” are still detrimentally effecting us. Libya, Syria, Egypt, Arab Spring, Ukraine, etc. The blood spilled because of our Kenyan Usurper and Deep State continues to this day.

This war has been fought since 2014. Russia was/is Ukraine’s biggest trading partner. Half of Ukraine speaks Russian and has Russian economic and cultural sympathies. They Democratically elected a President, Yanukovich, who was subsequently deposed by a Obama sponsored illegal Color Revolution (Keep in mind, Revolutions never happen in Democratic countries because you simply vote them out or impeach them). The disenfranchised 50% of the country resulted in the Secession of 3 Ukrainian States (oblasts). BTW…the Russian dialect was also outlawed.

Since the secession of these 3 Oblasts into Autonomous Republics, Kiev has waged a War to bring them back into orbit. Recently the fighting became more intense, combined with a Ukraine “treaty breaking” announcement to join NATO putting hostile forces on Russia’s border, 100 miles from Russia’s southern oil fields (which is why Hitler took Ukraine and then launched after Russia’s oil). This is an existential threat to Russia.
49 posted on 07/04/2022 12:35:45 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: tlozo
Stupid comment since neither of those things took place in eastern Ukraine. Whats really sad is that because of Putin's invasion, many of the children are homeless, and many have lost their parents.

Revolutions have consequences. Why are you not blaming the Obama Administration’s illegal Color Revolution that overthrew a Democratically Elected President causing 3 Ukrainian States to secede? Where were your tears when Ukrainian children were being bombed in East Ukraine for the last 8 years? Are you fine with Ukrainian bullets orphaning kids, but not Russian bullets.
50 posted on 07/04/2022 12:44:14 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: delta7

I think both Odessa and Kharkov are sure things. I wonder what the “planned tasks” are for “East” and “West”???

Russia Minister of Defense reports Ukraine casualties and euipment losses for last two weeks in report given to Putin.

https://t.me/s/anna_news

Putin listened to Shoigu’s report on the progress of the operation in the Donbass and Ukraine.

Shoigu:

▪️The Russian military successfully liberated the territory of the LPR.

▪️Lisichansk has been liberated, mine clearance is underway.

▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine losses of the Ukrainian army in 2 weeks amounted to 5,469 people, 196 Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles, 12 aircraft and 1 helicopter.

Putin:

▪️The units of the RF Armed Forces that liberated the LPR should rest and increase their combat capabilities.

▪️The united groups “East” and “West” will carry out their tasks according to the previous plan.

▪️Commanding generals Lapin and Abachev must be awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

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51 posted on 07/04/2022 12:55:59 PM PDT by Cathi
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To: Cathi

If Odessa falls, Moscow and St Petersburg will suffer infinite fire losses.

Taking Odessa is begging for the Hermatige to be burned to the ground


52 posted on 07/04/2022 1:00:23 PM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro-Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: marcusmaximus

Yep we wete told here that the ukes were cut off and surronded. Guess not.


53 posted on 07/04/2022 1:12:38 PM PDT by FreshPrince
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To: bert

“If Odessa falls, Moscow and St Petersburg will suffer infinite fire losses.”


I don’t agree with your prediction; but if I did I would definitely be looking into moving away from my SoCal location into the interior of the U.S....:-)

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/28/1101948971/russia-hypersonic-missile-test

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Zircon is capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and has a range of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). Putin has emphasized that its deployment will significantly boost the capability of Russia’s military.

Zircon is intended to arm Russian cruisers, frigates and submarines and could be used against both enemy ships and ground targets. It is one of several hypersonic missiles under development in Russia.

Russian officials have boasted about Zircon’s capability, saying that it’s impossible to intercept with existing anti-missile systems.


54 posted on 07/04/2022 1:18:53 PM PDT by Cathi
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To: FreshPrince

A “cauldron” with 20,000 Ukrainian troops encircled!


55 posted on 07/04/2022 2:01:33 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: All

https://twitter.com/Cyberspec1 (map at site)

Tony
@Cyberspec1
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Another video - #Seversk direction
https://twitter.com/Cyberspec1/status/1543897398468308992?s=20&t=kUkldGW2jnWNfIamHAvZXA (video at site)

Tony
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Situation at #Seversk acc to news from the last few hours. The Rus are about 7km away.
Although they might first move on the marked towns to the south to cut the road to Bakhmut instead of a direct frontal attack


56 posted on 07/04/2022 2:53:23 PM PDT by Cathi
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To: bert

Odessa is a beautiful historic city. Even cancerous Vlad knows this so is playing nice with Odessa. On the practical side, Odessa is broker and the seaport that ships out Ukrainian wheat and other grains. Ukraine is the major sunflower grower, to grind these seeds into cooking oil. Americans are unfamiliar with sunflower oil, but this is the standard cooking oil used all over Western Europe./

I saw this a few decades back. Sunflower oil being used in all the European kitchens.


57 posted on 07/04/2022 3:00:31 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: icclearly

…idiotic Western leaders who are disintegrating before our eyes. Special message for them all: that light you see at the other end of the tunnel is a speeding train barreling down on your butts.
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Well said. I have lost all hope for the US, they were sucked in and deceived by Biden’s vax hoax, and now are being sucked in and deceived by Biden’s Ukie war. When will they wise up?


58 posted on 07/04/2022 3:01:26 PM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

From a new AP story:

‘Hell on earth’: Ukrainian soldiers describe eastern front

Both the lieutenant and the soldier under his command expressed confidence that Ukraine would take back all occupied territories and defeat Russia. They insisted morale remained high. Other soldiers, most with no combat experience before the invasion, shared more pessimistic accounts while insisting on anonymity or using only their first names to discuss their experiences.

Oleksiy, a member of the Ukrainian army who started fighting against the Moscow-backed separatists in 2016, had just returned from the front with a heavy limp. He said he was wounded on the battlefield in Zolote, a town the Russians also have since occupied.

“On the TV, they are showing beautiful pictures of the front lines, the solidarity, the army, but the reality is very different” he said, adding he does not think the delivery of more Western weapons would change the course of the war.

His battalion started running out of ammunition within a few weeks, Oleksiy said. At one point, the relentless shelling kept the soldiers from standing up in the trenches, he said, exhaustion visible on his lined face.

A senior presidential aide reported last month that 100 to 200 Ukrainian troops were dying every day, but the country has not provided the total number killed in action. Oleksiy claimed his unit lost 150 men during its first three days of fighting, many from a loss of blood.

Due to the relentless bombardments, wounded soldiers were only evacuated at night, and sometimes they had to wait up to two days, he said.

“The commanders don’t care if you are psychologically broken. If you have a working heart, if you have arms and legs, you have to go back in,” he added.


59 posted on 07/04/2022 3:08:00 PM PDT by Cathi
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To: Cathi

Hell on earth’: Ukrainian soldiers describe eastern front
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History repeats. Comparison with the Nazi’s, ( many in the Ukie military) the leader Zelensky ( Hitler) keeps sending troops into the Russian meat grinder on the Eastern Front, Zelensky ( Hitler) says no surrender , stand fast, Zelensky ( Hitler) mobilizes the civilian population ( grandmas, Volksturm, Hitler Youth) to fight the “ invaders”, Zelensky’s ( Hitler) economy and cities in ruin,….even as the Russians enter Berlin. Does anyone else se the historic similarities?


60 posted on 07/04/2022 3:45:40 PM PDT by delta7
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