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Zelensky Says Russia Plans to Mobilize 300K Troops by June
The Moscow Times ^ | April 3, 2024

Posted on 04/03/2024 1:49:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

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To: momincombatboots

“””””Tucker claims Christian churches are under attack by Zelensky.”””””

Did he just say “Christian Churches” or did he make it clear that it is the KGB/FSB affiliated Russian branch of the Orthodox church in Ukraine that has been giving information to the invading army?


21 posted on 04/03/2024 3:47:34 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Yo-Yo; MinorityRepublican; PGR88; janetjanet998; Roman_War_Criminal; E. Pluribus Unum; ...

By their illegal war of invasion and annexation of Ukraine, (even though the Kremlin has previously recognized its borders) Russia has killed/injured +400.000 Russians (used as troops in meat-waves) in what can be called Russia’s botched war. The Kremlin has also killed about 70/80 thousands Ukrainians, mostly civilians.

Thus, the deep-state Kremlin apparatchiks are killing 4 times more Russians than Ukrainians in this war! Let THAT sink in for a minute...

Thus, in order to fight off the Kremlinists endless thirst for multi-national blood and eternal war, the Russian and Ukrainian people must UNITE/team together in order to eliminate the source of the problem which is:
The Kremlin.

The Kremlin is the source of death and suffering.
The Kremlin is a deepstater’s dream come true, a state within a state.


22 posted on 04/03/2024 4:21:01 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: USA-FRANCE

the bot has spoken!


23 posted on 04/03/2024 4:24:09 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: roving
I wonder how many troops Ukraine has left.

The short answer is: "Not enough".

24 posted on 04/03/2024 4:27:19 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: USA-FRANCE

You sure have your Soros propaganda down.


25 posted on 04/03/2024 4:28:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Cannon Fodder ?


26 posted on 04/03/2024 4:48:46 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

The Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine acknowledged that there was an error in assuming that Russia could be deterred by inflicting casualties on its troops.

“That was my mistake. Russia has lost at least 150,000 dead. In any other country, such casualties would have stopped the war.”

He went on to suggest that life holds a different value in Russia and that Vladimir Putin is employing strategies reminiscent of combat tactics seen during the First and Second World Wars.


27 posted on 04/03/2024 4:56:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: PGR88

“...the bot has spoken...”

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

I know I speak for the silent majority of citizens in Russia and Ukraine. They are all fed up with the Kremlin life-sucking massacre machine.

+80.000 Ukrainians... +400.000 Russians have so far payed the price in blood to please Kremlin’s caviar-eating elite.
It’s abohrant. Normal people must denounce this.
Actually... there are a few countries which are NOT denouncing the Kremlin on this!
It’s: North Korea, Belarus, China, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, IRAN and their cherished partners HAMAS and Hezbollah.
Just like you... they do not denounce the Kremlin-massacre-machine.

All of the above happen to be Communists and/or Radical Islamic nations/organizations. They are not our friends.

Facts are Facts.


28 posted on 04/03/2024 5:25:22 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: rdcbn1

How do you get an “honorable negotiated settlement” with a murderous liar like Putin?


29 posted on 04/03/2024 5:36:25 PM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: momincombatboots
Tucker claims Christian churches are under attack by Zelensky.

Total lie.

30 posted on 04/03/2024 5:37:43 PM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: desertsolitaire; USA-FRANCE; BroJoeK; Chad C. Mulligan; PIF; ought-six; DUMBGRUNT; ...

Does anyone have a rough figure for how many Americans fought in the Spanish Civil War of the later 1930s besides Hemingway? Also, same question for the Battle for Britain in the days before Dec. 7, 1941?


31 posted on 04/03/2024 10:21:55 PM PDT by gleeaikin ( Question authority.)
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To: USA-FRANCE

“Just like you... they do not denounce the Kremlin-massacre-machine.”

Way to go Frenchy, use Democrat smear and guilt by association tactics. That garbage has been used against us for decades.


32 posted on 04/03/2024 11:35:45 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: rxh4n1

This is just the Normal Russian troop training process. In December 2022 Russia completed training if 350k. In July of 2023 they released newly minted 300k. In January 2024 277k. In July another 300k will complete training.

The January 2025 is starting to look like 360k will complete training. Russia recruiting past 10 days 16000 volunteers. Normal volunteers number an average 20,000 monthly. They draft 30,000 monthly.

The Russian MOD website and the Duma deliberations lay it all out going back to the October 2022 period. It calls for 6 month semi annual training cycles. They plan for 2.2m by Summer of 2026.

Zelensky has to replace 31,000 KIA.

The fact that Russia planned for this outcome and recognition that NATO spent fm 2014 building up 800k active duty, 420k reserve and nat guard, does bode well. Why did Ukraine need 1.2m trained men when Russia barely had 378k total forces worldwide?

Can’t you see NATO planned to win. Now Nuland is gone and Ukraine has 620k soldiers remaining, this after adding 300k in the past two years.

When July comes there are 250k designated for Ukraine, 30k for Syria, and 20k Africa.

Biden’s handlers are mere amatures playing woke Chicago way games with real world opponents.

Russia announced they held 500k newly trained forces in reserve, so when their offensive begins those July additions will total more than Ukraine will have left assuming 900-1000 KIA daily is constant.


33 posted on 04/04/2024 12:10:26 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: desertsolitaire

Sustaining the force alone without contact or combat would degrade the equipment in 45 days. NATO never planned for a war lasing a single month during the cold war. It was based on 3 weeks and MAD.

Can any EU country field 5 000 soldiers in near combat conditions?

In 72 hours the SWHTF in Israel, so the Iran card is going to overload the US. By the time Iran is dealt with, the DNC will be splintered between Obama Chicago wing and the Sanders/squad.


34 posted on 04/04/2024 12:18:07 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: momincombatboots

How else can Zenlinski hoist the Rainbow victory over Christ fag flag.


35 posted on 04/04/2024 12:23:00 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: rdcbn1; PGR88; MeganC; USA-FRANCE; MinorityRepublican
rdcbn1 #5:"The Ukraine is running out of time for an honorable negotiated settlement."

PGR88 #9: "Time has already run out.
Russia will now accept nothing but unconditional surrender."

rdcbn1:"You may be right, assuming that Putin actually wants to be responsible for a broken and bankrupt Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis that will accompany a Russian takeover if Russia chooses to occupy Ukraine post war."

You can be certain that if Vlad the Invader defeats Ukrainians, he will not only occupy what's left of Ukraine, but he will also obliterate the memory of Ukraine as a country and a people.
That's what Old Soviet KGB style Russkiy Mir demands as the high cost of Ukrainian resistance to Russian domination.
Ukraine is the example Russia sets for other potential resisters to see.

rdcbn1: "My definition of honorable settlement is Russia has some territorial rights to Eastern Ukraine and the rights of ethnic Russians are respected and guaranteed, Ukraine remains neutral and not part of NATO.
An agreement along those lines may still be possible."

By any definition, there is nothing honorable inside Russia today, it is all 100% pure evil, aggressive & corrupt dictatorship imposing its will by military force on its weaker neighbors.
The only honorable settlement possible is 100% withdrawal of Russian military from Ukraine's internationally recognized 2013 borders, Russian reparations to compensate for the death and destruction in Ukraine, and war crimes trials for the worst of Russia's leaders -- those still alive after Russians finally rise up and overthrow their current Kremlin corrupt-ocracy.

As for NATO: Ukraine is already, de facto, a NATO member and will in due time become one officially.

rdcbn1:"One thing for certain, Ukraine is not going to be any position to make demands on much of anything and Ukraine asking for war reparations. repatriation of Crimea and war crimes tribunals for Russian leadership is laughable at this point"

Laughable today, maybe.
Laughable in the future? To be determined who, exactly, laughs last.


36 posted on 04/04/2024 4:25:05 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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Owen: "Because Russia does the 2X per year conscription of 100K+ guys . . . for decades . . . their Reserves totals are 15-20 million.
These guys have already been trained, but will get a refresher course of a few weeks if mobilized."

Russia's troops on parade:

According to the Wikipedia article on the Russian Armed Forces:

  1. 1,320,000 Active Duty Personnel

  2. ~2,000,000 Reserves with the following note:

      "The potential reserve personnel of Russia may be as high as 20 million, depending on how the figures are counted.
      However, an est. 2 million have seen military service within the last 5 years."

Ukraine's troops on parade:

For Armed Forces of Ukraine, the numbers are:

  1. 1,000,000 Active Duty

  2. 2,000,000 Reserves
Of course, Russians overall outnumber Ukrainians by at least four-to-one, but nearly 1/3 of all Russians are non-Russian Russians, and their relationship to Russian-Russians is, at best, "complicated" -- meaning, Vlad the Invader prefers non-Russian Russians to fill the ranks of his Meat Wave assaults on Ukrainians.
On the other hand, the numbers of non-Russian Russians, when added to Ukrainians, almost equals the numbers of Russian Russians in Russia.

This helps explain why Vlad the Invader so eagerly blames Ukraine for the Crocus City Hall attack, even though ISIS-KP non-Russian Russians from Tajikistan happily took credit for it.

Above all else, Vlad the Invader can never, ever afford or tolerated an alliance of non-Russian Russians in Russia with Ukrainians against his Vladiomerian thug-ocrats.

37 posted on 04/04/2024 5:03:49 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: BroJoeK
first of all, a cartoon is not an argument

YOU: As for NATO: Ukraine is already, de facto, a NATO member and will in due time become one officially.

You have just stated why Russia will not allow Ukraine to exist in any form as an independent nation.

38 posted on 04/04/2024 7:17:35 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: BroJoeK
Correction: Tajikistan is not Russia.
It is part of the old Greater Khorasan region.

The total population of countries in the Old Soviet Union is almost 300 million, roughly the same number as the United States.
Of those, roughly 100 million are Russian-Russians living in Russia.
The is the "problem" that Vlad the Invader and Russkiy Mir are intending to "solve" in Ukraine and elsewhere.


39 posted on 04/04/2024 7:22:57 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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RGR88: "first of all, a cartoon is not an argument"

Oh really? Are you certain of that?
If so, would you be willing to explain it to the most obscene of our pro-Russians posting on Free Republic?
They very much seem to believe that mocking images 200% substitute for reasoned arguments.

RGR88: "You have just stated why Russia will not allow Ukraine to exist in any form as an independent nation."

And so, you think Russians will commit national suicide, rather than behave like civilized human beings?

Naw, I don't believe that for even a moment.

40 posted on 04/04/2024 7:29:03 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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