Leader of Russian mercenaries turns to prisoners in search of recruits for war in Ukraine
Posted on 09/22/2022 5:29:57 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Ukraine’s president implored the world Wednesday to punish Russia for its invasion, even as the leader vowed his forces would win back every inch of territory despite Moscow’s decision to redouble its war effort.
In a much-anticipated video address to the U.N. General Assembly hours after Russia announced it would mobilize some reservists, Volodymyr Zelenskyy portrayed the declaration as evidence the Kremlin wasn’t ready to negotiate an end to the war — but insisted his country would prevail anyway.
“We can return the Ukrainian flag to our entire territory. We can do it with the force of arms,” the president said. “But we need time.”
Putin’s decree Wednesday about the mobilization was sparse on details. Officials said as many as 300,000 reservists could be tapped. It was apparently an effort to seize momentum after a Ukrainian counteroffensive this month retook swaths of territory that Russians had held.
But the first such call-up in Russia since World War II also brought the fighting home in a new way for Russians and risked fanning domestic anxiety and antipathy toward the war. Shortly after Putin’s announcement, flights out of the country rapidly filled up, and more than 1,000 people were arrested at rare antiwar demonstrations across the country.
A day earlier, Russian-controlled parts of eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans for referendums on becoming parts of Russia. Ukrainian leaders and their Western allies consider the votes illegitimate.
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Or the Czar Nicky example.
Not the same personality as any of both.
Nicky was executed precisely because of the war.
Do you realize that the Russians are not simmering in the same sort of war propaganda the Westerners are? Their perception of what is going on is more balanced. They are also experiencing a rise in incomes and in a deflation which might be bad for big business but good for regular folks.
Tell us how great it is in America Sanke.
Russia problem is they are still fighting wars like it’s 1945. You don’t win wars in the modern era by throwing hordes of poorly armed and trained ground troops into the fight, or randomly shelling cities with dumb fire artillery barrages.
Ukraine definitely win in the long term... the Russians won’t be able to sustain a long-term occupation. That Ceausescu example you cite is appropriate in this case. At some point, there’ll be a successful attempt at removing Putin from power. Tyrants eventually fall.
True that.
Riggght....
Russians rush for flights out amid partial reservist call-up
Zelensky will step down at some point because, unlike fascist Russia and its Dear Leader of 20+ years, Ukraine is a mostly functioning democracy. Interestingly, “Soros cousins” EU have sent far more money to Putin’s Russia than they ever will to Ukraine. Why is that?
Find web cams near recruitment offices. There are more volunteers than they can accept.
Do you realize that Russia fired more smart munitions in this war than NATO for all its history?
Also your suggestion on how these wars are fought is not based on any practice.
sure there are
show us those webcams, Russian liar
Leader of Russian mercenaries turns to prisoners in search of recruits for war in Ukraine
I have seen way too many pictures of Zelensky cavorting half naked with other homos to take him seriously .
Kinda like these guys?
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