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.
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Concurring bump...in fact DUmpers who monitor this site have said as much.
If he uses nukes against Ukraine, NATO will clean his clock and he'll lose what he has in Ukraine, the Black Sea fleet and possibly Kaliningrad.
He isn't going to do squat, except maybe more terror missile attacks on Ukraine.
“Participants voting in favor of reunification with Russia results: Luhansk — 98.42% Donetsk — 99.23% Zaporozhye — 93.11% Kherson — 87.05%”
Iraqi participants voting in favor of re-electing Saddam Hussein — 98%.
Voting when what amounts to a gun is pointing at your head is...suspect.
Just sayin’.
Some I think are just Russian trolls. Many other have adopted the same position as the Left in the US during Vietnam: they want the victory of a foreign enemy because they think that will damage their domestic political enemies. Despicable and foolish, but highly predictable.
“You sound like a bidenista.”
Hardly.
, “Russia will be incinerated.”
Your absolutely sure of that.
11 time zones compared to 4 in the continental USA.
Then comes the question that was posed to the US military people this past summer. Will the US even respond? They said most likely not.
True about Bush/Romney et al.
Not true of Maga.
Im Maga but not a conspiracy loon - (but I must admit its getting hard to distinguish between the two here) What Russia is doing is a) wrong and b)against our long term interests.
“The success is not very impressive. I think the tables are going to be turned starting next month.”
You are so biased you can’t even acknowledge when your opponent does something that, if it were Russia instead, you’d praise to the high heavens.
So on October 1st, the Ukies can invade Belogrod since the old border won’t matter anymore.
“DU’s position on Ukraine is exactly like the Soros/Zelensky/WEF loving Freepers like YOU. No difference. Your position is Biden’s position.”
And what if Bidens position on Ukraine is the correct one? I have to oppose it because its Bidens? Thats retarded.
Putin was elected.
I never thought I would see freepers parroting and supporting Biden talking points.
“...still not going to stop me from serving them their words.”
I’d be disappointed if you DID stop.
The consequences of giving in to Russia's nuclear saber rattling would be obviously disastrous, because it mean giving in every time it happened. Which is why Russia's or the Soviet's doing so have been ignored for decades.
Whether they are Biden's of the WEF's is irrelevant. It only matters if the position is correct or not.
There is simply no way that allowing Russia to gain from its current war is in America's interests.
“Western culture, western media....do you really believe what they are telling you?”
Russian culture, Russian media...do you really believe what they are telling you?
I doubt you will take the time to watch this but, although the technology has advanced the end result could be the same.
NATO estimates that in a escalated nuclear war, 800 million to 1 billion people would be eliminated in a war lasting but one day...of a few hours.
Yeah, humiliated Putin’s been thriving through the energy sanctions and is getting ready to get the naturally Russian provinces back from Ukraine as part of the massive peace settlement to be reached next month—complete with land bridge to Crimea.
And all the big WEF family will be laughing their way to the bank — per usual.
But that is exactly why there will not be one. Putin would have to hit a NATO country with nukes before NATO would respond in kind. That isn’t going to happen.
“Russia doesn’t care if any nations accept or not...”
Then it shouldn’t bitch about sanctions and international isolation, and shouldn’t make any speeches at the UN about how “righteous” is its cause. Because, really, it doesn’t care.
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