Posted on 07/23/2023 6:33:13 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in St. Petersburg on July 23 with Belarusian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who was quoted as saying in an apparent joking tone that fighters of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who are now training Belarus's army were keen to push across the border into NATO member Poland.
"The Wagner guys have started to stress us. They want to go west. 'Let's go on a trip to Warsaw and Rzeszow'," he was quoted as saying.
Poland is moving extra troops toward the border with Belarus in response to the arrival of Wagner forces who relocated there after a short-lived mutiny in Russia last month.
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Poland would never do that, I assure you.
How many dead persons is Fauci responsible for???
Poland wants as much of a buffer as possible between them and a violently irredentist Russia. Ukraine wins that prize.
“But for the most part Poles have forgiven the Ukrainians for Bandera and his boys.”
Bandera was a flash in the pan, who collaborated with both the Nazis and the Soviets, depending on which side he thought he’d be able to fleece the most. His UPA committed atrocities against Ukrainains, Jews, and others, as well. He had very few followers, but those he had were as fervently zealous as he was. A very bad dude, and a very bad group. Any attraction he may currently have would be for his nationalism and an independent Ukraine, NOT for his brutality.
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