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Zelenskyy says ‘Bakhmut is only in our hearts’ after Russia claims control of Ukrainian city
AP ^ | 5-21-2023 | SUSIE BLANN and ZEKE MILLER

Posted on 05/21/2023 3:36:28 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182

"KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Bakhmut was “only in our hearts,” hours after Russia’s defense ministry reported that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, had seized the city in eastern Ukraine.

Speaking alongside U.S. President Joe Biden at the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Zelenskyy said the Russians had destroyed “everything.” “You have to understand that there is nothing,” he said.

“For today, Bakhmut is only in our hearts,” he said. “There is nothing in this place.”......"

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KEYWORDS: bakhmut; ukraine
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To: Morpheus2009

Right you are.


21 posted on 05/21/2023 4:28:46 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Obviously. Zelinsky is a puppet. He works for the US state department. Even he would tell you so.


22 posted on 05/21/2023 4:29:49 AM PDT by CodeJockey ("The duty of a true Patriot is to protect his country from its government.” –Thomas Paine)
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To: JonPreston

They pulled the same stunt when the Russians took Mariupol. Zelensky has been running around the globe pimping for dollars and that is when they step on the propaganda gas pedal.

They aren’t going to be happy until we have a world war over a corrupt soon to be butt state in Ukraine.


23 posted on 05/21/2023 4:36:17 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Timber Rattler

Why not? Zeepers use and quote RAT sites all day for their propaganda because they support the RAT agenda and perpetual neocon warmongering.

You should feel comforted by it.


24 posted on 05/21/2023 4:39:51 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Timber Rattler

Because all the “news” is so honest and accurate - riiiiight?


25 posted on 05/21/2023 4:42:26 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: alexander_busek

He was there according to the reports a couple weeks ago. The difference is that Zelensky lives in Ukraine.


26 posted on 05/21/2023 4:44:33 AM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest
Zelensky has been running around the globe pimping for dollars and that is when they step on the propaganda gas pedal.

It's astounding to watch grown men lie repeatedly for some twisted political/financial objective that no one believes outside of permanent Washington/London. If it wasn't bringing us to the doorstep of nuclear war, they'd be put in the corner and ignored.

27 posted on 05/21/2023 4:45:00 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston
The Battle of Bakhmut will go down in history as the fight where the Ukrainian Army, fully supplied, supported and trained by NATO, took its worst losses of the War. Without NATO aid, this war would have been over a long time ago.

Here the Russians plant their flag at the top of one of the few buildings still standing.


28 posted on 05/21/2023 4:54:56 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: caww
... one of the few buildings still standing.

Which makes the Russians' 10-month military focus on that town pointless.

29 posted on 05/21/2023 4:59:04 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: dforest

You said......”They aren’t going to be happy until we have a world war over a corrupt soon to be butt state in Ukraine.”.....

I tend to agree with that....and as the G-7 (primarily Europe) continue to isolate Russia and China we can see why one day what is written will surely happen.


30 posted on 05/21/2023 5:02:30 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: caww
Without NATO aid, this war would have been over a long time ago.

Yes, and only the arrogance and hubris of Washington/London keeps the slaughter going forward. I'll never take anything away from the brave professional Ukrainian military. But the corrupt leadership is unworthy of support. I hope they walk away from their posts and hand their guns to Zelensky and Biden.

31 posted on 05/21/2023 5:06:12 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Timber Rattler

Well if Russia rebuilds it like they’re doing in Mariopal I don’t see it your way. Russia is rebuilding Mariupol into a Russian city....already has an apartment complex and military base.


32 posted on 05/21/2023 5:12:25 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: JonPreston

They’ll get shot if they walk away...as noted before. Even at the g-7 summit Zelensky says there will be no negotiations as long as any Russian military is in Ukraine. So he’s been galvinized while there. Or could be just a “show” to keep the Ukrainians battling. Zelensky knows how to ‘act’ his role just as he’s told.


33 posted on 05/21/2023 5:17:42 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Awwww isn’t he the compassionate one.


34 posted on 05/21/2023 5:23:03 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

35 posted on 05/21/2023 5:24:47 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Timber Rattler

gaslight


36 posted on 05/21/2023 5:34:59 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Anti-Bubba182

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37 posted on 05/21/2023 5:37:30 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: tlozo

Ignore the videos of russian conscripts charging over open fields.

Like you ignore the fact that Z has been packing men and material into bakhmut by many tens if not hundreds of thousands for 9 months just to get flattened by Russian artillery?


38 posted on 05/21/2023 5:45:53 AM PDT by This_Dude
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To: This_Dude
Like you ignore the fact that Z has been packing men and material into bakhmut by many tens if not hundreds of thousands for 9 months just to get flattened by Russian artillery?

Attackers of fortified positions always lose more men, unless they perform an encirclement, which russians have been unable to do.

39 posted on 05/21/2023 5:54:20 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: Timber Rattler

“Oh, you aren’t even ripe yet! I don’t need any sour grapes,” said the fox.


40 posted on 05/21/2023 6:28:03 AM PDT by Allegra
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