https://freerepublic.com/tag/angryzeeperbots/ en-us Sun, 7 Jun 2026 11:47:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382689/posts Russia has a problem it cannot bomb its way out of. For months, Ukraine has been quietly dismantling the one road that keeps Russia's southern war machine alive — a highway so critical that without it, Crimea starves, and the front line goes cold. On May 27th, Kyiv stopped being quiet about it. Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov formalized what had been a covert campaign into a declared strategic program, announcing a $113 million initiative he calls a "logistics lockdown." The target is the R-280 highway — also known as the M-14, renamed by Russian occupation authorities the "Novorossiya" route.... KSBY https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382689/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2026 11:47:30 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382693/posts Vladimir Putin has rejected an offer from Volodymyr Zelenskyy to hold a face-to-face meeting, insisting instead that Russia will achieve its war goals in Ukraine, including seizing all of the eastern Donbas region. Speaking at the St Petersburg economic forum, the Russian president described the open letter from his Ukrainian counterpart containing the offer as rude. He refused to use Zelenskyy’s name, referring to him only as its author. Asked if they could meet to discuss an end to the conflict, Putin replied: “So far I see no point.” Zelenskyy’s letter, which was published on Thursday, proposed a meeting in... The Guardian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382693/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2026 12:10:34 GMT