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Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of war's deadliest strikes
Yahoo News via Reuters ^ | 01/02/2023 | Patel Polityuk

Posted on 01/02/2023 9:52:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/02/2023 9:52:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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Unverified footage posted online of the aftermath of the Makiivka strike on the Russian barracks showed a huge building reduced to smoking rubble.

Igor Girkin, a former commander of pro-Russian troops in east Ukraine who has emerged as one of the highest profile Russian nationalist military bloggers, said the death toll was in the hundreds, later editing his post to include wounded in that figure. Ammunition had been stored at the site and Russian military equipment there was uncamouflaged, he said.

Another nationalist blogger, Rybar, said around 70 soldiers were confirmed dead and more than 100 wounded.


2 posted on 01/02/2023 9:53:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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Nothing will happen unless and until the Russian people kill Putin themselves. He’s not a guy who is going to change his mind just because other people are dying.


3 posted on 01/02/2023 9:55:16 AM PST by babble-on
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More here:

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5 posted on 01/02/2023 9:57:29 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Tragic loss.


6 posted on 01/02/2023 9:57:50 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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Not debating the numbers, but putting that many troops under a roof…in proximity to ammo storage is criminally negligent. Who does that?


7 posted on 01/02/2023 9:58:07 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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And much of this sort of stupidity could be avoided if Russia had a real professional NCO Corps instead of relying on junior officers. “Excuse me Comrad Captain, but billeting our troops next to ammo dump is not wise move.”


8 posted on 01/02/2023 9:59:25 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Clean hit, have to give the NATO credit for that one (took long enough to round up the HIMARS missiles). I suspect that the Russians will be more careful going forward.


9 posted on 01/02/2023 10:00:08 AM PST by BobL
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Don’t invade a sovereign nation and that sovereign will not blast your troops housed at an ammo dump.


10 posted on 01/02/2023 10:02:29 AM PST by Round Earther
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Since this war began, have more Russian soldiers died or more Americans from drugs and illegal immigrant criminals?

How much have we spent on each?


11 posted on 01/02/2023 10:02:46 AM PST by EEGator
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Not debating the numbers, but putting that many troops under a roof…in proximity to ammo storage is criminally negligent. Who does that?

Russia! Their commanders have always had contempt for their own infantry. In WWII, in Afghanistan and in Ukraine.

12 posted on 01/02/2023 10:03:05 AM PST by montag813
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Why don’t you behave more respectfully? Your comments are childish.


13 posted on 01/02/2023 10:03:10 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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He’s not a guy who is going to change his mind just because other people are dying

true that

Russia has already lost more in troops, equipment, resource sales, and trust than it could ever hope to offset by "winning" Ukraine ... and they continue to lose another $50 billion every week this drags on ... yet at every step, Vlady keeps doubling down on the warmongering

obviously, it's not about rational economics anymore, it's all about salvaging the Tsar's reputation ... and the amount of misery & destruction forced upon ordinary Russians is merely an annoying distraction


14 posted on 01/02/2023 10:04:25 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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Putinista Russia is doomed by vodka and stupidity. Get out of Ukraine, you idiots!


15 posted on 01/02/2023 10:08:40 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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Hit a nerve, I see.

Be sure to keep handiwipes close by for your monitor, troll lover.

16 posted on 01/02/2023 10:11:55 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: babble-on

Ukraine needs more strikes inside of Russia


17 posted on 01/02/2023 10:14:31 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: babble-on; SeekAndFind; marcusmaximus; SpeedyInTexas; ought-six; Widget Jr; MalPearce; ...

I just spent 1/2 hour perusing this and other Ukraine success at a twitter feed.

It was reported ammunition was under the main hall where soldiers were grouped listening to Putin’s New Year’s message. There were also military supplies undisguised around the outer walls. HIMARS hit and exploded the ammunition causing a huge disaster, both inside and around the building. While many bodies were still unrecovered under the rubble, it was estimated around 200 killed and 300 wounded.

I wonder how easy it was for Ukraine patriots to cell photo this site for Ukraine army information purposes and plans? There were also other twitter reports of bombing of another east Ukraine city, a long name beginning with B. I wonder if these 2 sites were part of the 6 or 7 names, including Moscow and St. Petes which were reported last night as having explosions?


18 posted on 01/02/2023 10:14:39 AM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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The old Soviet system was quite inflexible. Junior officers and NCOs were not encouraged to think on their own. Follow your orders exactly as they are written, comrade.
I wonder if today’s Russian Army is the same.


19 posted on 01/02/2023 10:15:10 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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You get the devilsh Putin Scenario 100% me Canadian friend
20 posted on 01/02/2023 10:15:58 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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