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Troops Cross Into Russia as Putin's Army Fights To Defend Belgorod—Report
Newsweek ^ | 6/1/2023 | Isabel Van Brugen

Posted on 06/01/2023 7:27:34 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Russian fighters serving under the Ukrainian Armed Forces have crossed into the town of Shebekino in Russia's Belgorod region, bringing "heavy equipment" with them, Ilya Ponomarev, an exiled Russian politician—who says he is the political representative for the group of fighters—told Newsweek.

Ponomarev's remarks came on the heels of a statement from Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who said shelling in the border town of Shebekino overnight injured at least eight people. Gladkov denied "any enemies are on the territory of the Belgorod region" even as reports emerged that tanks operated by "saboteurs" were shelling the town's checkpoint.

The Freedom of Russia Legion—formed weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, and made up of defectors from the Russian armed forces and Russian and Belarusian volunteers—and the Russian Volunteer Corps published videos on their social media channels claiming to be near or in Shebekino on Thursday morning.

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


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Shebekino


1 posted on 06/01/2023 7:27:34 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Impotent Putin can’t protect Russia. His days are numbered.


2 posted on 06/01/2023 7:32:51 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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Kadyrov’s personal butcher says he is going to kill Prigozhin for talking too much

https://twitter.com/golub/status/1664275459679617025


3 posted on 06/01/2023 7:34:46 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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BELGOROD’S LIBERATION IS AT HAND (VIDEO)

BELGOROD-- There has been artillery fire, drone strikes, small arms fire, & now things are burning in Russia (VIDEO)

4 posted on 06/01/2023 7:41:37 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: marcusmaximus

War comes home to Russia. Imagine that!


5 posted on 06/01/2023 7:44:09 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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All according to Putins plan /s


6 posted on 06/01/2023 7:57:12 AM PDT by dominusobiscum (Scripture is infallible, interpretations of Scripture not so much.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin promised the Russians stability and security if they only gave up freedom and politics.

They now have neither.


7 posted on 06/01/2023 8:10:22 AM PDT by JadeEmperor
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To: JadeEmperor

Putin was whining on Russian TV today about not getting enough sleep at night. Too funny.


8 posted on 06/01/2023 8:13:48 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Cute little stunt these guys are pulling but the Russians will find them and when they do it won’t be pretty.


9 posted on 06/01/2023 8:15:58 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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Crossing the border makes it obvious that this is the beginning of WWIII unless reasonable people get control of Ukraine.

Self defense is one thing, crossing borders is quite different.

And constantly saying Putin is helpless and doomed is a mistake. He has some nasty weapons he has not used yet and it is a mistake to bait him into using them.


10 posted on 06/01/2023 8:41:29 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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Crossing the border makes it obvious that this is the beginning of WWIII

just curious, did you also say that on Feb. 24, 2022, when Putin's troops illegally crossed the border into Ukraine?


11 posted on 06/01/2023 8:50:14 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: marcusmaximus
I hope the idiot Tsar Putin blows a gasket over these incursions into Belgorod. China is watching closely, to see how big a chunk they can bite off from Russian Siberia.

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Drones over Muscovy

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12 posted on 06/01/2023 8:51:22 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence & stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to entrust his double to host two important events. One was a meeting with members of the government-held via videoconference, where the double played the president quite convincingly, and...

the other was a meeting with the President of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki, whom #Putin for some reason yesterday called no other than "Papuan". The meeting of Putin's double with the Eritrean President was quite formal and also without excesses. 2/2

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13 posted on 06/01/2023 8:57:00 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence & stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: McGruff

Prigo vs Kadyrov war is going hot. Too funny!


14 posted on 06/01/2023 9:00:35 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: old curmudgeon

Russia destroyed hundreds of miles of the Ukraine-Russia international border years ago. If that wasn’t WWIII then this isn’t either.


15 posted on 06/01/2023 9:03:33 AM PDT by lodi90
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The Ukrainian sent on this missions are dead men. They accomplish nothing militarily. No Russians are being diverted from the frontlines.

But, Ukrainian lives don't matter to the liberal world order in this proxy war. They are the equivalent of cows or chickens sent to slaughter.

16 posted on 06/01/2023 9:05:59 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: MeganC

Russia is weak. Ukraine have kicked out the invaders long ago if not for the Democrats and WEF/EU’s continued financial support of Putin’s Russia.


17 posted on 06/01/2023 9:06:48 AM PDT by lodi90
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Apparently, they’d rather be “slaughtered” than live as slaves in the filthy Russkiy Mir.


18 posted on 06/01/2023 9:08:38 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: old curmudgeon

“”Self defense is one thing, crossing borders is quite different.””

Your rule is that when the country next door invades, all the fighting must be limited to only your own people and cities, and farms, and the invader’s side of the border must remain peaceful, uninvolved except for their own military use, and untouched?

Your rule would surely make invading neighbors easier, by making the invading country immune to hostilities, tactical/strategical engagements, and repercussions.

If Ukraine could use that rule, then they could have invaded Russia on February 3, 2022 and gained immunity from the war except for the forces inside of Russia.


19 posted on 06/01/2023 9:09:35 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: canuck_conservative

I don’t remember, but i doubt it....because at that time it appeared to med to be a local quarrel to be settled by those in Europe.

And it should have been. I am no admirer of Putin, Russia or Ukraine. But his is exactly how Vietnam started.

Ukraine was making it very painful to Russia and Putin personally by fierce fighting in defense. I doubt that Russia wanted any more of that.


20 posted on 06/01/2023 9:10:10 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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