Posted on 09/12/2022 6:43:07 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Raging Russian nationalists called on Sunday for President Vladimir Putin to make immediate changes to ensure victory in the Ukraine war after troops were forced to retreat amid a series of strong Ukrainian counterattacks.
Ukraine's troops on Saturday stormed east out of second city Kharkiv, smashing through Russian lines and liberating huge swathes of territory, including the key strategic city of Izyum along with several key transport and logistics hubs supporting Putin's men in the Donbas.
The news prompted Chechen leader and Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov to publish an 11-minute-long rant on the Telegram messaging app, declaring that 'changes must be made' to turn the tide of the war.
'If today or tomorrow changes are not made in the conduct of the special military operation, I will be forced to go to the country's leadership to explain to them the situation on the ground,' Kadyrov exclaimed.
Putin, who is Russia's supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu are yet to publicly comment on the defeat.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov meanwhile declined to answer directly when asked by a reporter on Monday whether the Russian president had confidence in his military leadership.
'The military operation continues,' Peskov insisted, avoiding the question. 'And it will continue until the goals that were originally set are achieved.'
The widespread retreat of Russian troops from the Kharkiv region and Izyum came on Moscow Day - a holiday which marks the founding of the Russian capital in 1147.
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Igor Girkin, a nationalist militant and former FSB officer who was involved in the orchestration of the Russian-backed war in eastern Ukraine in 2014 compared the collapse of one of the conflict's principal front lines to the 1905 Battle of Mukden - a catastrophic defeat in the Russo-Japanese war which triggered Russia's 1905
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Lulz, them ‘Russian nationalists’ been doing a lot of raging the last 48-72 hours.
Hilarious.
Weak knee-jerking armchair generals, etc.
Awesome sauce.
It’s a good thing I don’t just swallow everything I read on the Interwebs, like most do here......
There, fixed it.
+ the Russian oligarchs.
I just read on the Interwebs that Jesus returns to save us all next week.
Stay tuned.
FRuskies deeply sadend...
Life would be dull without our UK Daily Mail propaganda.
FRuskies
Like that!!!
Vlad Putin aka Kim Jong IL
Yeh, bringing in conscriptive Norks is gonna turn the whole thing around for Vlad. Lol
All I would ask of them is - so how come Russia hasn't won in over 200 days into this illegal and viciously aggressive attack on their neighbors?
Oh good, let's kick it up a notch!
Someone on one of these topics said that Russia had moved a lot of airplanes to that base. I guess they were right.
I see the Russian Bots aren’t happy.
You have become a troll, just spamming thread after thread with endless posts of nothings, merely jabs and weak hijacks venting frustration and anger.
It isn’t a good look.
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