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Putin Gives Military Commander New Goal for War: Ukraine
Newsweek MSN ^ | 1/17/2023 | Jon Jackson

Posted on 01/17/2023 10:18:26 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given the new commander of the Russian military forces in Ukraine a March deadline to seize control of the Donbas region, according to a Ukrainian intelligence spokesman.

Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, told Ukraine's Freedom TV on Monday that General Valery Gerasimov was ordered to capture the eastern region in Ukraine by March. The news outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported that Yusov also said during the interview that Putin has set similar deadlines in the past without success.

"This is not the first timeframe. It got delayed every time. It will be a year since the start of the full-scale invasion, and a year of them 'capturing Kyiv in three days.' They will not succeed this time as well," Yusov said, as translated by Ukrainska Pravda.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked on Tuesday about the alleged March deadline imposed by Putin on Gerasimov for taking the Donbas region, according to the Russian state-run news agency TASS.

"No, I cannot [comment on it] and have zero intention of doing it," Peskov reportedly answered during a press conference.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked on Tuesday about the alleged March deadline imposed by Putin on Gerasimov for taking the Donbas region, according to the Russian state-run news agency TASS.

"No, I cannot [comment on it] and have zero intention of doing it," Peskov reportedly answered during a press conference.

1 posted on 01/17/2023 10:18:26 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

The problem with that is the enemy gets a vote too.


2 posted on 01/17/2023 10:22:03 AM PST by lp boonie (Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
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To: marcusmaximus

Gerasimov had better stay away from any windows.


3 posted on 01/17/2023 10:25:17 AM PST by Republican in occupied CA (I will not give up on my native State! Here I was born, here I fight and die!!)
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To: Republican in occupied CA

Window cancer.


4 posted on 01/17/2023 10:29:33 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

The same Ukrainian defense minister who is the source for the claim in this article, made the false claim about Russia definitely starting new wave of 500,000 mobilization and shutting the border for men on Jan 15th.

But many freeper will assume this article is true anyway, watch


5 posted on 01/17/2023 10:32:44 AM PST by Mount Athos
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To: marcusmaximus

“Window cancer.”

LOL! Good one!


6 posted on 01/17/2023 10:34:28 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: marcusmaximus

“... according to a Ukrainian intelligence spokesman. “

More SPAM.


7 posted on 01/17/2023 10:39:59 AM PST by BobL
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To: marcusmaximus
Andriy Yusov, a representative of the 
Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Well if he said it, it must be true!

8 posted on 01/17/2023 10:45:43 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: Mount Athos

Here’s another clue this is BS…

Comment That the Russians intended to capture Kiev in 3 days and failed because Slava Ukraine


9 posted on 01/17/2023 10:53:29 AM PST by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: marcusmaximus

What about Kherson and Zaporizhzhia?


10 posted on 01/17/2023 10:54:32 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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What about Kherson and Zaporizhzhia?

That's supposed to be part two. Part 1. secure Donbas Part 2. secure land bride to Crimea. Part 3. peace talks.
11 posted on 01/17/2023 10:57:02 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

If the Russian Terrorists get to Part 2 then they will lose Part 1.
Then we will see Part 3 Putin falls from a high window.


12 posted on 01/17/2023 11:03:00 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: marcusmaximus

According to a “Ukrainian intelligence spokesman.” Constant barrage of the Ukrainian ‘narrative’ in the MSM and on FR.


13 posted on 01/17/2023 11:14:44 AM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote
Constant barrage like this?
14 posted on 01/17/2023 11:17:40 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: marcusmaximus
Putin Gives Military Commander New Goal for War: Ukraine

New Russian 5 Year Plan?

15 posted on 01/17/2023 11:20:49 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: Mount Athos
What's the price of natural gas these cold winter days?: link.
16 posted on 01/17/2023 11:58:36 AM PST by Chad_the_Impaler
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With the global economy slowing down, demand for commodities is falling and with it prices.

Maybe Biden can report this as a great success in the future. Look everyone we solved high gas prices by crashing the economy!


17 posted on 01/17/2023 12:11:57 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Other commodities don’t show such a dramatic trend. The point here is that it is becoming increasingly apparent that Russia’s use of energy for leverage against the West has backfired.


18 posted on 01/17/2023 12:35:25 PM PST by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: marcusmaximus

I wonder if Putin got his idea from this.

Davos 2023: Henry Kissinger outlines path to peace in Ukraine
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2023/01/17/davos-2023-henry-kissinger-outlines-path-to-peace-in-ukraine/


19 posted on 01/17/2023 12:37:14 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin is also reacting to publicized timelines for estimated arrivals of defensive equipment going to Ukraine.


20 posted on 01/17/2023 12:39:48 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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