Posted on 02/14/2026 11:03:02 AM PST by dennisw
Meanwhile, Moscow is citing fictitious Ukrainian counter-offensives to explain why it doesn’t control territories its forces were claiming they’d seized in Zaporizhia oblast; it looks like Putin’s frontline commanders are afraid to tell the high command they’re failing.
Poor Vlad: Having caught on to how Putin’s thugs were using hijacked Starlink terminals to guide their drones in massive long-distance attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid and civilian population, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now blocking of Russian access to Starlink, disabling Moscow’s frontline command-and-control communications for another game-changer.
Russia’s damning whine: Blocking it from Starlink is (somehow) a violation of international law.
With Vladimir Putin’s war machine sputtering, it’s time to push the Kremlin even harder to force an end to his war on Ukraine.
President Donald Trump’s moves such as seizing “shadow fleet” tankers and piling on new tariffs on importers of Moscow’s oil are plainly hitting hard: You can tell because Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is whining that Washington won’t make Kyiv agree to de facto surrender (e.g., Russian control over Ukraine’s post-war government) as he claims President Donald Trump had agreed to do.
Why does Russia need America’s intervention, if it’s winning on the battlefield?
“The United States has effectively declared a goal of economic domination,” Lavrov cries — a clear sign that Putin’s feeling squeezed.
Thanks to sanctions (India’s reduced its oil purchases), Russia is running low on foreign exchange; the Kremlin’s so desperate that it’s disguising oil shipments to Cuba as “humanitarian aid” — a move that defies Trump’s warning about propping up the Castro regime and so begs for more US tariffs.
Of course, Trump is only seeking to broker a peace deal that ends four bloody years of death and destruction without handing Putin the victory he can’t win on his own.
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Putin - We Got Him This Time!
Season 18, episode 43
Please explain why so many here are in love with Putin.
“Russia is running low on foreign exchange”
Russia pays its troops in Russian money, probably electronically created as are most US dollars.
Rather, they are against neocon stupidity and Davos propaganda.
Perhaps they’re not Americans. Perhaps they’re Russians.
I know several of the Zeepers are not Americans. Are any Ukrainians?
Probably because he is less annoying than you are.
Non Sequitur
“Rather, they are against neocon stupidity and Davos propaganda.”
No. They are in love with Putin. They are anti-American.
I hope it never stops. Putin and little Z can continue to kill their nazi and commie underlings as far as I’m concerned. The US just needs to sit back and watch.
“Probably because he is less annoying than you are.”
Why do you side with a lying, corrupt, ex-KGB dictator that is killing thousands each month while lining his pockets with money stolen from the Russian citizens?
Interesting. You think I am an ass for disliking Putin. Sorry my comments offend you and the Putin lovers here.
Because he’s a rational leader. Because priority one is protecting children from western pedophiles. Because he’s fighting neonazis
“Because he’s a rational leader. Because priority one is protecting children from western pedophiles. Because he’s fighting neonazis”
You forgot the /s ...
His view that it is rational to continue the Ukraine conflict is irrational.
"Because priority one is protecting children from western pedophiles."
Got you fooled. His priority one is lining His pockets at the expense of the Russian children,
"Because he’s fighting neonazis"
More Putin propaganda. There are more neonazis in Russia than in Ukraine. Google 'Nashi Putin'.
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