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  • Putin's relatives 'are concerned about his coughing fits and constant nausea' say 'Kremlin insiders' who claimed he is also suffering cancer

    10/24/2022 10:41:53 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 31 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/24/2022 | Will Stewart
    Vladimir Putin's relatives are concerned about coughing fits, constant nausea and a lack of appetite, it is claimed, after the Russian leader allegedly underwent a medical examination over the weekend. His circle is worried that his 'thinness and persistent cough' is becoming noticeable and will be seen by the elites in Russia as a 'sign of the leader's rapidly deteriorating health', according to Telegram channel General SVR, which has long claimed he is suffering from cancer despite the Kremlin insistence he is in good health. Despite appearing considerably bloated and puffy in the face, the Russian president has lost 18lbs...
  • Putin seen with ‘IV track marks’ on his hand during ongoing cancer rumors

    10/24/2022 9:32:00 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 26 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/24/2022 | Snejana Farberov
    Russian President Vladimir Putin has been seen in a recent video with what appear to be IV track marks on the back of his hand, reigniting rumors that he is battling cancer. Eagle-eyed viewers watching a propaganda video that was released by Russia’s Ministry of Defense last week spotted a suspicious mark on Putin’s right hand as he was grasping a soldier’s arm while visiting a boot camp in the Ryazan region.
  • Mystery of Russia's 'missing' nuclear tests: No sign of long-awaited drills amid claims Putin's atomic plans are being 'disrupted' from within with top brass 'sabotaging plans to use nuclear weapons'

    10/20/2022 9:57:48 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 15 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/20/2022 | Will Stewart
    Mystery surrounds Russian nuclear tests that were expected to take this week and never materialised, amid claims they are being 'disrupted' from within. Moscow typically carries out large-scale atomic drills dubbed 'Grom' at this time of year and in recent days had issued a number of airspace alerts over its usual testing grounds - heavily suggesting they would be going ahead. But the US says it has received no alert from Moscow about any upcoming tests and there has been no official word from the Kremlin explaining their absence, with the air alerts due to expire Saturday. That has led...
  • Russian Forces in Ukraine Under Pressure as Kherson Towns to Be Evacuated

    10/18/2022 3:27:50 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 19 replies
    US News ^ | 10/18/2022 | Reuters
    The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine acknowledged on Tuesday that his troops were under broad pressure and faced hard choices, as the Russian-appointed governor of occupied Kherson province announced a partial evacuation. "The situation in the area of the 'Special Military Operation' can be described as tense," Sergei Surovikin, an air force general named this month to command Russia's invasion forces, told the state-owned Rossiya 24 television news channel. -snip- Russian forces in Kherson have been driven back by 20-30 km (13-20 miles) in the last few weeks and are at risk of being pinned against the right...
  • Belarus says it will host just under 9,000 Russian troops

    10/16/2022 7:11:02 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 19 replies
    Reuters ^ | 10/16/2022 | Reuters
    The defence ministry in Minsk on Sunday said just under 9,000 Russian troops would be stationed in Belarus as part of a "regional grouping" of forces to protect its borders. "The first troop trains with Russian servicemen who are part of the (regional grouping) began to arrive in Belarus," Valeriy Revenko, head of the defence ministry's international military cooperation department, wrote on Twitter. "The relocation will take several days. "The total number will be a little less than 9,000 people."
  • Now Putin has to listen to lectures from the President of TAJIKISTAN: Central Asian Republic boss berates Russian leader and tells him: 'We want to be respected'

    10/15/2022 2:08:23 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 31 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/14/2022 | Walter Finch
    Vladimir Putin was given a stern dressing down by the president of Tajikistan in another indicator that the Russian dictator has lost respect and influence in his own backyard. Fellow longstanding dictator Emomali Rahmon, ruler of the Central Asian state of 9 million since 1994, seized upon Putin's woes back home and in Ukraine to give him a piece of his mind and tell him how he really feels during a summit in the Kazakh capital of Astana. A glum and awkward looking Putin slouched back in his chair and took the seven minute tirade as a host of Central...
  • At least 11 killed, 15 wounded in attack at Russia military training ground, RIA reports

    10/15/2022 1:46:50 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 24 replies
    Reuters ^ | 10/15/2022 | Reuters
    At least 11 people were killed and 15 more wounded at a Russian military training ground on Saturday when two attackers opened fire on a group of volunteers who wished to fight in Ukraine, RIA news agency said. The deadly incident is just the latest in a series of high-profile setbacks for Moscow's forces since the Feb. 24 invasion. RIA, citing the defence ministry, said the two assailants had been shot dead after the attack in the southwestern Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. It said they were nationals from a former Soviet republic but did not give any details. "During...
  • No more massive strikes on Ukraine, for now - Putin

    10/14/2022 9:59:42 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 139 replies
    BBC MSN ^ | 10/14/2022 | BBC
    Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there is no need for more massive strikes on Ukraine, days after the heaviest bombardment of the country since the war began. He said most designated targets of the strikes had been hit, adding that it was not his aim to destroy Ukraine. Moscow's goal of mobilising 300,000 men would be met within two weeks, he said. Mr Putin's words come as Russian forces seem stalled and Ukraine advances, almost eight months since the invasion. Speaking to journalists after a summit with regional leaders in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, the Russian leader said that the...
  • Moscow Orders Crimea Bridge To Be Repaired By July 2023

    10/14/2022 9:45:49 AM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 38 replies
    AFP, via International Business Times ^ | October 14, 2022 | AFP Staff Reporter
    Russia indicated Friday repairs to the Crimea bridge could take months after an explosion on the key supply link that sparked a barrage of retaliatory missile strikes on Ukraine.(snip) Russia's cabinet, in a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, ordered the company tasked with the "design and restoration of destroyed elements of the transport and engineering infrastructure of the Crimean Bridge" to complete the work by July 1, 2023. The date for work to be completed gives an indication of the extent of the damage caused by an explosion at the bridge last Saturday, and officials in Moscow have...
  • Russian-installed governor of Ukraine's Kherson urges residents to evacuate

    10/13/2022 6:26:01 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 24 replies
    Reuters ^ | 10/13/2022 | Reuters
    The Russian-installed governor of Ukraine's Kherson region appealed to residents on Thursday to evacuate amid fighting between Russian and advancing Ukrainian forces. In a video statement on the Telegram app, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed head of the Kherson administration, also publicly asked for Moscow's help in transporting civilians into Russia.
  • Ukraine missiles forces 'downed four Russian helicopters in 18 minutes'

    10/12/2022 5:14:12 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 49 replies
    Telegraph MSN ^ | 10/12/2022 | Gareth Davies
    Ukraine’s armed forces on Wednesday downed four Russian helicopters in 18 minutes in the south of the country. Between 8.40am and 8.58am, anti-aircraft missile units of Ukraine’s Air Force managed to hit the Russian aircrafts, it was claimed. “Combat work was carried out on two more helicopters, so there is a high probability that the number of confirmed down helicopters will increase,” the Air Force said in a press release. It was claimed one Russian helicopter, believed to be a Ka-52, crashed on territory recently liberated from Russian-backed militants, while the rest crashed behind enemy lines. The helicopters were said...
  • NATO chief: 'Ukraine has the momentum' in war, allies stand with Kyiv

    10/11/2022 5:38:07 PM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 61 replies
    Reuters ^ | October 11, 2022 | Sabine Siebold and Philip Blenkinsop
    NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that "Ukraine has the momentum" in the war with Russia and the Western defence alliance would stand with Kyiv as long as it takes. "While Russia is increasingly resorting to horrific and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure, President Putin is failing in Ukraine," Stoltenberg told a news conference on the eve of a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels.
  • Is Belarus set to join Ukrainian conflict? Lukashenko announces he will deploy 'joint military task force' with Russia on western border – sparking fury in Europe

    10/10/2022 1:41:51 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 208 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/10/2022 | Chris Jewers
    Fears were raised today that Belarus could join the conflict in Ukraine after President Alexander Lukashenko announced he will deploy a 'joint military task force' with Russia on the country's western border. The dictator said this was in response to what he said was a clear threat to Belarus from Kyiv and its backers in the West, claiming without evidence that that Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine were training Belarusian 'radicals' for terror attacks, after announcing plans to deploy joint troops with Moscow. -snip- 'Strikes on the territory of Belarus are not just being discussed in Ukraine today, but are also...
  • Was Crimea bridge explosion ordered by one of Putin's OWN commanders? Ukraine claims warring leaders of Russia's security factions were behind blast - as Western sources suggest it was plot by Moscow establishment to weaken Putin and trigger toppling

    10/09/2022 12:18:55 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 68 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/9/2022 | David Averre
    A leading Ukrainian presidential aide claimed this morning that the explosion which damaged a key bridge in Crimea may have been ordered by one of Vladimir Putin's warring commanders. The 12 mile crossing over the Kerch strait links Crimea to the Russian mainland and is a major artery for Putin's forces that control most of southern Ukraine's Kherson region and for the Russian naval port of Sevastopol. It was damaged in an explosion early Saturday morning which saw chunks of the bridge fall into the sea and a large fire break out. The incident prompted gleeful messages from Ukrainian officials...
  • ‘Someone will fall victim’: insiders reveal elite anguish as Russia’s war falters (Prigozhin and Kadyrov vs. Shoigu and FSB)

    10/09/2022 12:58:24 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 32 replies
    Guardian UK ^ | 10/7/2022 | Pjotr Sauer
    Key figures including Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin are using military defeats to undermine defence chief Sergei Shoigu. Friends, rivals and enemies took their seats in the Grand Kremlin Palace as Vladimir Putin gathered the country’s elite to formalise Russia’s illegal annexation of four occupied regions in Ukraine. The ceremony was meant to portray strength and unity, but within 24 hours had been overshadowed by Russia’s failures on the battlefield. These losses, which continued into this week on the southern and eastern fronts in Ukraine, have led to a major, unprecedented rupture within the ruling class as the Kremlin seeks scapegoats...
  • The Kerch Bridge is on Fire

    10/07/2022 8:57:17 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 220 replies
    @KyleWOrton ^ | 107/2022 | Kyle Orton
    Breaking: The Kerch Bridge, which connects occupied Crimea to Russia, is on fire.
  • Russia rocked by 'internal power struggle and distrust' as Putin arrests own loyalist

    10/06/2022 11:21:48 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 39 replies
    Express UK ^ | 10/6/2022 | TOM WATLING
    Footage has emerged of a Russian propagandist being brutally arrested for speaking out against high-ranking Russian officials. Affiliates and members of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group have repeatedly criticised the Russian Armed Forces and its leaders on Telegram. Alexey Slobodenyuk, the head of media for a Russian mercenary group fighting in Ukraine, was pulled from his car by a special branch of the National Guard of Russia known for their unwavering loyalty to Vladimir Putin. Slobodenyuk has been accused of attacking defence minister Sergei Shoigu online, claiming that Russia’s current failings in Ukraine were in part due to organisational failures....
  • Putin Has 'Lost Control' as Infighting Breaks Out Among Russia's Elite

    10/06/2022 9:02:04 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 41 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 10/6/2022 | ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
    ideos have emerged on social media that appeared to show infighting among Russia's elite, with mobilized Russians allegedly complaining about accommodation conditions before being sent to fight in Ukraine. On Wednesday, the pro-Russian Telegram channel Rybar published a video that appeared to show Russian soldiers standing in front of a passenger train. The clip has been geolocated to Russia's Belgorod region near the Ukraine border. "We are now in the Belgorod region. There are about 500 of us. Material support, monetary allowance...Absolutely nothing!" the cameraman states, panning the video to his fellow soldiers. The majority have their face covered with...
  • Footage shows Russian conscripts revolt on the border, saying they're 'treated as cattle', given 'zero training' and kept in 'brutal, appalling conditions' as they're sent to Ukraine

    10/06/2022 8:06:06 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 45 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/6/2022 | Will Stewart
    Russian conscripts are in revolt after being treated like 'cattle' and given 'no training' as they head to the war in Ukraine. A video shows the men publicly complaining about their treatment in 'brutal, absolutely appalling conditions' after they were mobilised by Vladimir Putin. The shocking footage is just the latest evidence of the total chaos over the Russian call-up of reservists that has left even Kremlin cheerleaders in despair. The desperate recruits risk punishment by venting their fury over their plight after arriving by train in Belgorod region which borders Ukraine. One of the soldiers, acting as a spokesman...
  • Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov blames Russian commander Alexander Lapin for loss in Lyman (Update: Lapin responds to Kadyrov)

    10/03/2022 3:05:40 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 19 replies
    Euro Weekly News ^ | 10/1/2022 | Matthew Roscoe
    CHECHEN leader Ramzan Kadyrov has immediately taken to Telegram to blame Russian commander Alexander Lapin for Russia’s retreat in Lyman, Ukraine. Ramzan Kadyrov blamed Colonel General Oleksandr Lapin, who commanded the defence of this section of the front, for the loss of Lyman. “I have always said: there is nothing better than the truth, however bitter and hurtful, but the truth,” he said. “It is the only way to move forward. That is why I cannot keep quiet about what happened in Krasny Lyman.” He added: “The commander of the Central Military District Colonel-General Alexander Lapin was in charge of...