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'Ukrainian Missile' Falls on Belgorod, Turns Out to Be Russian Air Defense
Newsweek ^ | January 3, 2024 | Isabel van Brugen

Posted on 01/03/2024 2:32:51 PM PST by canuck_conservative

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Ukraine only knew about it because Russians were screaming "Look what Ukraine did!" ... until they found out they did it themselves

No wonder Russia can't win this war, even after 2 years

1 posted on 01/03/2024 2:32:51 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative
Isabel van Pout


2 posted on 01/03/2024 2:46:36 PM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston; Kazan

“Only those losing debates attack the source rather than address and try to refute the points made by a source. You just proved you can’t refute the points made, not surprising in the least in your case.”

52 posted on 11/26/2022, 9:25:16 AM by Kazan

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4111940/posts?q=1&;page=53#53


3 posted on 01/03/2024 2:49:46 PM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian vermin out!!)
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To: JonPreston

Thanks for the picture Jon - I suspected as much.


4 posted on 01/03/2024 2:52:33 PM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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Isabel van Brugen, and her trail of Newsweek propaganda, is a fav of our foreign interlopers.


5 posted on 01/03/2024 3:10:26 PM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: canuck_conservative
Sure! Just like Russia blew up their own Nord Stream pipelines!

Who but an imbecile would believe this propaganda?

6 posted on 01/03/2024 3:12:27 PM PST by Kazan
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To: canuck_conservative

It’s amazing that booster sections of Ukrainian air defense missiles never kill anybody.


7 posted on 01/03/2024 3:15:04 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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"Only those losing debates attack the source rather than address and try to refute the points made by a source. "

it's absolutely impossible to refute propaganda points made by the people who claim Russia blew up Nord Stream and now struck Belgorod with their own missile. I'd have better luck asking Trudeau why he is putting feminine hygiene products in men's toilets in Canada.

8 posted on 01/03/2024 3:19:21 PM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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I was just about to say that the usual professional suspects would be here momentarily to denounce the photographic evidence, but they beat me to it.

BTW when do we find out why one of those suspects has named himself (herself/itself) after an obscure Muskovite city on the Volga?

9 posted on 01/03/2024 3:19:47 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (thank you )
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To: canuck_conservative; Kazan

Even if it is true, it’s no big deal, because Ukraine accuses Russia of things it did, and Russia does the same. But neither is worth our involvement, nor is the outcome a national security risk.


10 posted on 01/03/2024 3:22:52 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

—” an obscure Muskovite city on the Volga?”

Not too obscure, pop over one million.

But like most Russian things it is turning to shite.


11 posted on 01/03/2024 3:52:18 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Robert DeLong

Another one of your great predictions -

“What will they do when Russia defeats Ukraine, most likely, before the year has expired?”

19 posted on 1/21/2023, 2:08:30 PM by Robert DeLong

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4125034/posts

(Nostradamus you ain’t)


12 posted on 01/03/2024 4:04:55 PM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian vermin out!!)
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Words have meaning, I said most likely. But I never claimed to be Nostradamus or even a soothsayer at all. I made a prediction that didn't come to fruition. But I still say Russia will defeat Ukraine. So, if Ukraine should defeat Russia, you can rub my face in that comment.

Does Ukraine occasionally inflict some pain on Russia, yeah with the help of others supplying Ukraine with everything they need. Much of which goes into the pockets of the oligarchs or ends up for salle on the black markets.

13 posted on 01/03/2024 4:16:37 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: DUMBGRUNT

You mean like our own country is?


14 posted on 01/03/2024 4:17:34 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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15 posted on 01/03/2024 5:13:13 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: canuck_conservative

Hmmm,

Let’s see.

Ukraine loses 18% of their landmass, a major industrial area and port city. Russia gains these. The military objective of this war was to prevent Russia from seizing this territory.

Ukraine is not in NATO. The political objective of this war was Ukraine entering NATO and this is what ultimately caused the war.

Ukraine is not in the EU. Something possible before the war.

Ukraine’s economy shrunk by >37%. Not Russia, Ukraine.

Ukraine’s population imploded from 41 to 28 million living there. A world record!

Ukraine’s birthrate dropped.

Ukraine’s debt exploded. Not Russia, Ukraine.

Ukraine is a defunct / bankrupt nation literally depending on billions from the US and EU region (((monthly))) to pay it’s retirements, federal employees and mercenaries.

Ukraine’s counteroffensive was a flop that went no where and there will be no second chance (the West won’t pay for it).

Ukraine’s infrastructure is a mess. Not Russia, Ukraine.

***But Russia can’t win the war?***

When someone fails to achieve their states political (NATO membership) and military (prevent loss of Russian ethnic Ukrainian areas, industrial area and port city) objectives, that’s called FAILURE.

The war is already over.

The West is already cutting its losses and slowly pulling back.

Ukraine is a dead dude still making some gurgling sounds and you’re talking about Russia not winning? Funny. Goes to show, perception is reality.


16 posted on 01/03/2024 5:30:10 PM PST by Red6
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But like most Russian things it is turning to shite.

Once a Tatar city, and thus 100% Muslim. Ivan the Terrible conquered it in 1552. I think that's the first conquest by Moscow of a city outside the historic range of the Eastern Slavs, setting up a paradigm for Muskovite foreign policy that continues to this day. Now about half Slav, half Muslim according the Innertubes.

17 posted on 01/03/2024 5:48:26 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (thank you )
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To: Red6
When someone fails to achieve their ... objectives, that’s called FAILURE

Correct

... and so far Putin's Russia has no victory, after 2 years against an opponent 1/20th its size, with a shrinking economy, etc.

You're right, that's a FAILURE by Putin


18 posted on 01/03/2024 5:50:21 PM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian vermin out!!)
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To: JonPreston

With just a little Joker makeup...


19 posted on 01/03/2024 6:14:01 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: Red6

It’s war. One side partially losing doesn’t mean the other side necessarily wins.


20 posted on 01/03/2024 9:20:26 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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