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Ukraine says it killed senior Russian general who died in scooter blast
BBC ^ | Dec 17 | BBC

Posted on 12/17/2024 1:11:08 AM PST by RandFan

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To: aMorePerfectUnion

How is killing 1 General on a Scooter in Moscow going to help YouCrayne
Push Ruzzia out of Crimea and other YouCrayne Territory?
ANSWER: It won’t.


41 posted on 12/17/2024 7:50:06 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: Paul R.
This is what so many don’t understand......

This is what you don't understand; Russia's war is with the West. Ukraine is simply the West's proxy. This is far bigger than simply grabbing a bit of Ukrainian territory. Russia is organizing for a prolonged clash of cultures and civilizations, and it won't be deterred by sporadic acts of terrorism. Most on this board don't understand the Russian psyche.

As Putin said the other day, this is a global confrontation which includes cultures, education, economy and technology. Translated, that means Russia has no use for American and Western wokeness nor the globohomo full court press. The reason we hate Russia is because it's the only Western nation where the ruling elites are not led around on a leash by the sodomites.

Most of the Western mischief in and around Russia, especially in Ukraine, over the past 3 decades, is aimed at turning Russia into a Slavic version of Canada; a woke, rainbow-friendly, resource-rich, lap dog of the godless, secular humanists in the West. Russia is having none of it and it won't back down.

42 posted on 12/17/2024 7:52:31 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: FreedomPoster
"I remember going with dad to where they were running troops through gas mask and tear gas exposure training."
I remember doing something like that in BASIC in the 1950s.
43 posted on 12/17/2024 7:58:47 AM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: tennmountainman
How is killing 1 General on a Scooter in Moscow going to help YouCrayne

Everything undertaken by the West and its Ukraine proxies at the moment, has just one objective; fomenting popular discontent with Putin, i.e. provoking a regime change in Russia and replacing Putin with a Slavic version of Justin Trudeau.

You're right. Militarily, this does nothing and has no bearing on what's happening on the battlefield but killing a Russian general outside his apartment in Moscow is meant to shove a thumb firmly into Putin's eye and show him to be incompetent. Rinse and repeat until there's a revolt against Putin. There's also the issue of trying to raise morale among Ukraine's beleaguered military which is currently being marched backwards on the frontline.

44 posted on 12/17/2024 8:09:01 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

No. It shows 1 Ruzzia General was stupid enough to park his scooter outside.


45 posted on 12/17/2024 8:17:05 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: McGruff; CatHerd

The war comes to Moscow!
No war criminals are safe now in Russia.

It seems like the Ukrainian secret service has learned a lot from their MOSSAD friends.

Great work Ukraine.


46 posted on 12/17/2024 8:29:47 AM PST by USA-FRANCE (The Iran-Russia-North Korea-China Alliance is at war against Israel and Ukraine. Let's not forget.)
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To: tennmountainman

It’s the middle of winter with snow on the ground. I doubt anyone was riding a scooter.


48 posted on 12/17/2024 8:36:18 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

“It’s the middle of winter with snow on the ground. I doubt anyone was riding a scooter.”

Certainly would be very uncomfortably cold!

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ARTICLE OF INTEREST:

Russian general killed in Ukrainian special operation, Kyiv source says
REUTERS
DECEMBER 17, 2024 07:36
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-people-killed-explosion-moscow-russian-media-report-2024-12-17/

“A bomb hidden in an electric scooter killed a senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow on Tuesday, Russia’s investigative committee said.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt, which starts road some 7 km (4 miles) southeast of the Kremlin.”


49 posted on 12/17/2024 8:55:10 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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To: McGruff
--- "It's the middle of winter with snow on the ground."

Sounds quite like a carol for the season. :)

You were responded to in this thread with a link to Reuters. Of Reuters, only this morning on Free Republic:

Reuters Gets $100+ Million in Pentagon Contracts Post 12/17/2024, 7:44:49 AM · by TigerClaws

50 posted on 12/17/2024 9:13:22 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: bimboeruption

We know who.


51 posted on 12/17/2024 9:14:26 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: RandFan

52 posted on 12/17/2024 9:51:55 AM PST by Allegra (Deplorable garbage)
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To: bert

What a thoughtful and informative post. It certainly elevates the discourse here. (Do I really need the /s tag?)


53 posted on 12/17/2024 10:52:38 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: McGruff

The impression I got was the explosive device was planted in a parked e-scooter and detonated as the general and his assistant passed by it, although I have not seen that clearly stated in any news article. I seriously doubt a Russian general is riding around Moscow on an e-scooter.


54 posted on 12/17/2024 10:55:35 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: Allegra

55 posted on 12/17/2024 11:19:21 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Paul R.

Again, there is zero evidence Putin wants all of Ukraine. He only wants the Russian speaking oblasts in the east. But if you are determined to believe he is fool enough to want all of Ukraine, nothing will dissuade you. We’ll have to politely agree to disagree on that point.


56 posted on 12/17/2024 11:52:59 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: RandFan

Interesting. I also read that HTS claims to have done this.
Or I thought I did. On X. But you know how hard it is to find things on X. Maybe I mixed something up.


57 posted on 12/17/2024 11:59:50 AM PST by Vlad0
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To: Vlad0

look to see Russia reply with a few assassinations.


58 posted on 12/17/2024 12:11:31 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: CatHerd; Paul R.

“Again, there is zero evidence Putin wants all of Ukraine. He only wants the Russian speaking oblasts in the east.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

You seem to have a very bad memory...
Here is the overwhelming and spectacular proof Russia tried to take the capital of Ukraine : KIEV.
If they had succeeded, all of Ukraine would be Russian today.

Map of Russian troops surrounding Kiev in 2022. The invasion was finally pushed back by Ukraine forces.
https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/INTERACTIVE_UKRAINE_CONTROL-MAP-DAY16_INTERACTIVE_Miltiary-Dispatch.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440


59 posted on 12/17/2024 12:34:49 PM PST by USA-FRANCE (The Iran-Russia-North Korea-China Alliance is at war against Israel and Ukraine. Let's not forget.)
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To: USA-FRANCE; CatHerd
The invasion was finally pushed back by Ukraine forces.

Sure, it was.

60 posted on 12/17/2024 12:48:23 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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