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Kremlin TV Airs Call for Russia to Admit ‘Serious Defeat’
The Daily Beast ^ | September 13, 2022 | Julia Davis

Posted on 09/13/2022 1:41:52 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

Brutal realizations have been raining upon the Kremlin’s top propagandists—and when it rains, it pours. The same pundits who used to threaten NATO countries with nuclear strikes are begrudgingly acknowledging that Russia’s Armed Forces have suffered a series of humiliating setbacks in Ukraine.

Appearing on Russia’s NTV show The Meeting Place on Monday, policy analyst Viktor Olevich surmised: “Unfortunately, the situation is difficult. Can we say that the Russian forces moved closer to meeting the goals and carrying out the tasks set by the president at the beginning of the special operation—or did they get further away? Obviously, we’re now further away.”

Bogdan Bezpalko, member of the Council for Interethnic Relations under the President of the Russian Federation, was even more outspoken. “For two months, Ukrainian Armed Forces and military equipment have been massing in that area, all Telegram channels have been writing about it. Where was our damn reconnaissance? All of their heads should be laying on Putin’s desk, hacked off at the base... Of course, this is a tactical defeat. I hope it will be very sobering.”

On Monday’s broadcast of The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, filmmaker Karen Shakhnazarov likewise dispensed a large dose of brutal honesty. “I urge everyone not to panic in the face of a defeat we’ve suffered in the Kharkiv region, and we have to acknowledge it,” he said. “A defeat has some meaning when you acknowledge it and draw new conclusions. And if you don’t acknowledge it, all you get is another defeat, perhaps even more devastating. This is a very difficult situation and we have to recognize that we’re battling a very powerful adversary.”

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Reality dawning on the Russian media...


1 posted on 09/13/2022 1:41:52 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Russia’s Walter Cronkite?


2 posted on 09/13/2022 1:42:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Timber Rattler

Don’t you find it strange or coincidence that you, marcus, etc. show up about the same times? Are bots real?


3 posted on 09/13/2022 1:43:47 PM PDT by cranked
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To: dfwgator

Some argue that Tet was not a defeat for the Vietnamese and their American allies. And that Cronkite knew that even as he claimed that it was.


4 posted on 09/13/2022 1:44:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Timber Rattler

The Mouse that roared.


5 posted on 09/13/2022 1:45:46 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: Timber Rattler
The daily beast called it. I guess it must be over. heh


6 posted on 09/13/2022 1:46:36 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Timber Rattler; All
Viktor Olevich surmised: “Unfortunately, the situation is difficult. Can we say that the Russian forces moved closer to meeting the goals and carrying out the tasks set by the president at the beginning of the special operation—or did they get further away? Obviously, we’re now further away.”

Ha! Viktor should meet some of the hardcore Russophiles on this site. I can’t find any of them capable of acknowledging these defeats. It’s all ‘clever feints’, ‘goodwill gestures’, ‘regroupings’ and whatever other copioum they’re smoking.

7 posted on 09/13/2022 1:50:38 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: cranked

Mollie@MZHemingway

Really interesting study about how influential bots are in driving conversations related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. More than 90% of the bots are Pro-Ukrainian, with fewer than 7% pro-Russian. Wonder who’s running and financing the bot activity.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.07038.pdf

1:49 PM · Sep 5, 2022
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8 posted on 09/13/2022 1:54:03 PM PDT by Cathi
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To: Timber Rattler

1/2

Fnny.

20 administrative district heads out of 1673 (just a little over 1%) in Russia are upset with Putin.

Russia, according to the BBC, has taken around 20% of Ukraine, untrustworthy Ukrainian media has said Ukraine has taken back just 1k to 6,000 Sq k from Russia, or 1% to 5% of what Russia has conquered...

... while Ukrainian and libtard MSM media ignores Russia advancing in southern Ukraine recently.


9 posted on 09/13/2022 1:55:45 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Timber Rattler

Wait. I was told Russia was a one-man dictatorship just like North Korea

What’s all the stuff about media people, journalists, bureaucrats and parliamentarians disagreeing with Putin’s policies on national TV? How is that possible?

What’s all this about opposition members of parliament?

does Putin have the FSU raid opposition party member’s houses like our own democracy-loving DOJ?


10 posted on 09/13/2022 1:57:02 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: cranked

“Don’t you find it strange or coincidence that you, marcus, etc. show up about the same times? Are bots real?”

dont forget UMCmom. These crazy Zelensky ass kissers show up at the same time, no doubt. What time is it in Ukraine?


11 posted on 09/13/2022 1:58:09 PM PDT by max americana (Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
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To: Timber Rattler

2/2

Leaked Ukrainian documents recently showed about 1/2 of regular, trained Ukrainian military are dead, can never fight again, AWOL, etc. A much less % for Russia.

The following, if true, may be why Ukraine has been doing well the last week:

The Dive With Jackson Hinkle

9/13/22

Zelensky is hiding the truth in Ukraine

https://youtu.be/MnK7viGoDbw

English-speaking NATO troops in Kharkiv?


12 posted on 09/13/2022 1:59:59 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Timber Rattler

The Ukraine generals really knock Vlad out
They leave the West behind


13 posted on 09/13/2022 2:00:11 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Timber Rattler

Putin should do what Sniffer does, blame Trump.


14 posted on 09/13/2022 2:02:02 PM PDT by depressed in 06
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To: Cathi
United States is considering options for a sanctions package against China to deter it from invading Taiwan - Reuters.

You mean like those sanctions deterred the Japs from attacking Pearl Harbor?

15 posted on 09/13/2022 2:02:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PGR88

Indeed a good question - since he has banned or thrown people off the air (or worse) throughout his tenure.

This would be an indicator he is losing his grip on power.


16 posted on 09/13/2022 2:03:41 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Timber Rattler

Interesting. Thanks for posting.


17 posted on 09/13/2022 2:17:13 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: dfwgator

Presumably, these would be sanctions that would not take effect unless/until China moved against Taiwan. Otherwise, imposing them now would indeed be stupid.


18 posted on 09/13/2022 2:17:47 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

As if China would give a fig.


19 posted on 09/13/2022 2:18:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Republican Wildcat
Indeed a good question - since he has banned or thrown people off the air (or worse) throughout his tenure.

LOL. And that has never happened in Western media.

20 posted on 09/13/2022 2:18:29 PM PDT by PGR88
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