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  • Russian Soldiers Are Freezing To Death In Eastern Ukraine

    11/27/2022 6:30:56 AM PST · by Timber Rattler · 89 replies
    Forbes ^ | November 27, 2022 | David Axe
    The Ukrainian army has deployed some of its best brigades to eastern Ukraine, including the 92nd and 93rd Mechanized Brigades and the 1st Presidential Brigade. But these elite Ukrainian formations might not be the biggest killer of Russian troops in the east. Under-trained, under-supplied and ambivalently led, Russians in the region are freezing to death by the dozen. Shocking videos that have circulated online in recent weeks tell a tragic story. The videos, shot by the Ukrainian brigades’ hovering drones, depict Russians in the late stages of hypothermia, so cold and sick that they barely react when the drones drop...
  • Sudden death of foreign minister of Belarus raises suspicions of foul play after it emerged he was due in Poland to meet with key Western officials 'against Russia's wishes'

    11/27/2022 8:05:56 AM PST · by dennisw · 46 replies
    MAILONLINE ^ | 27 November 2022 | DAVID AVERRE and WILL STEWART
    Vladimir Makei 'passed away suddenly', Belarusian state media reported today They gave no cause for Makei's death or any explanation of the circumstances Makei, 64, was due to meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov tomorrow He was then set to travel to Poland to meet a host of Western diplomats Some opposition figures in Russia and Belarus have posited the Belarusian security service could well have been involved in Makei's death Belarus's long-standing foreign minister has died suddenly, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday, just days before he was due in Poland to meet key Western officials. 'Foreign Minister...