Posted on 09/29/2022 7:14:50 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Vladimir Putin will formally annex occupied regions of Ukraine to Russian in a major speech tomorrow, the Kremlin has confirmed, as he attempts to regain the initiative after his forces suffered a humiliating rout earlier this month.
Putin's speech comes after Russian-backed proxy governments in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions held sham referendums earlier this week on whether to go ahead with the move.
Armed Russian soldiers taking ballot boxes door-to-door left the results in no doubt, and Ukraine along with its Western allies have vowed not to recognise the results.
But it still marks a turning point in the war because it will allow PUTIN TO SPIN THE LIE to his own people that any attack on those regions is an attack on Russia itself - paving the way for him to escalate, possibly as far as using nukes.
Ukraine has vowed to defy that threat is continuing to attack into those regions today, with a key town in Donetsk now all-but surrounded.
Lyman, which sits close to the Donets river, is being flanked from northwest and southeast, with Kyiv's troops having cut off all escape routes bar one.
Putin's forces are facing 'imminent defeat' in the town which is a key supply hub for troops in the region.
Taking the town would clear the way for Ukraine to attack into neighbouring Luhansk province - which is almost completely under Russian control.
Putin maintains that the ultimate goal of his 'special military operation' is the liberation of both Donetsk and Luhansk, and defeats there would make it impossible to spin the war as a success.
It comes off the back of a devastating Ukrainian counter-attack east out of Kharkiv earlier this month that returned thousands of square miles to Kyiv's control and buckled Russia's frontline.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That's the whole point of the war.
Are there any "naturally White" parts of the US? History is all about migrations of people.
Not true. Watch and see..I can think of a handful of countries just off the top of my head who will accept it.
The global South supports Putin.
So let me just take a guess..
Iran,Syria, Brazil,China, Venezuela, South Africa and much of the African continent, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan,and Serbia.
Highly possible - Argentina, India, Chile, Peru.
It will be fun.
BTW, Serbia has reported a slew of countries that have withdrawn recognition of Kosovo.
You are absolutely sure of that.
Three demented c-suckers running the big three nuclear powers and you are hoping that one of those worthless c-suckers wont push the button?
Like I said..you wont watch the video.
So we are done.
Just like a Chicago election!
And Bakhmut?
What is Murdoch inc being paid
In computer games about this, the US response chosen was to nuke Belarus.
The left in America is fully supportive of Ukraine.
Right:
https://www.factsinstitute.com/ranking/most-corrupt-countries-in-the-world/
You’ll see that your beloved Russia is way down at #136 (the lower the number, the more corrupt), tied with such bastions of integrity and honor as Liberia, Mali, and Angola)
Ukraine is ranked at #122 (tied with Eswatini).
But, Russia is about to annex about 40,000 square miles of Ukrainian territory. How is that anything but a win for Russia and a loss for Ukraine?
Uh, no. Brush up on your history in the region and the demographics in Ukraine today.
Putin and Xi are just presiding over worldwide Dedollarization while being overwhelmed by countries applying to join BRICS.
Multipolar is coming, and so is China, the next empire.
Killing more Ukrainians will not change the future just ahead of us, nor will nukes.
So I know all about the projections in the video.
We've been much, much closer to a nuclear conflict in the past several times during my own life than we are now, so to me it's just the same-old same-old.
The issue is the same: we either give in nuclear blackmail or not. From my experience, it's a bluff.
Yes, the EETS (Eastern European Troll Squad) is back, quacking louder than ever.
Yesterday, Hurricane Ian blew them off the news feed for the most part, but here they are, back to stinking up the feed again with multiple propaganda posts. It happens around the same time every day.
But he’s right....
Hardly Puny
The left and neocons are holding hands on this one
A few lefties here and there maybe don’t like the military industrial complex sort of thing
Mother Jones and the Nation and Guardian and Atlantic are on board with you
Just for starters
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/how-we-let-ukraine-and-the-world-down/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/ukraine-victory-russia-putin/671405/
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/14/1122953519/ukraine-liberated-balakliia-russia-war
Your coalition owns the media and info dissemination
I’ve never seen such
More than covid or Russia dossier even
Our country is circling the drain. But keep supporting Biden and I am sure things will improve. 😂
“You ask.....” Why would Trump make that statement?””
Then why did Trump send all kinds of weaponry to Ukraine? Obama sent blankets; Trump sent weapons. If Trump didn’t care what happened to Ukraine, why would he have sent it weaponry, and a lot of it?
“But, Russia is about to annex about 40,000 square miles of Ukrainian territory. How is that anything but a win for Russia and a loss for Ukraine?”
Its meaningless to Ukraine. Ukraine will fight to get it back “annexed” or not.
Yep, Zeepers are clowns.
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