Comments by "Ghostlight X" (@ghostlightx9005) on "The Russian Dude" channel.

  1. "It's all going according to plan" ~ putin "Unfortunately there was one tiny flaw in the plan.... it was bollocks." ~ Edmund Blackadder
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  2. I've been saying for months that Bahkmut was simply a convenient stalemate area to keep the strongest russian forces well away from areas that actually matter while killing as many as possible in one convenient place. Looking at the map, Bahkmut ceased to be strategically significant after the Ukrainian gains last years (Lyman etc). It was only Zelenskyy's public comments about the city that made it still appear as an absolute central cog in the Ukrainian defence. It isn't. I think this was a cunning rouse that the russians fell for. It also serves double-purpose as a massive embarrassment for the Wagner Nazi group. 8 months, heavy losses, no progress = they obviously suck. I think it was setup to discredit them.
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  3. Anyone criticizing the Ukrainian counter-offensive's pace should have a try at running through a live minefield. Come back and tell us how it went. If anyone deserves criticism it is the West and its stupid hesitancy to supply everything Ukraine needs. This delay gave the bogies time to dig in and crap mines *everywhere*.
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  4. It seems apparent that Prigozhin has something to prove to Putin in Bahkmut. What puzzles me is that the Wagner group's inability to take the city after 4 months would surely mean he has completely failed in this regard? The Wagner performance in Bakhmut has been abysmal and totally incompetent. They have performed worse than the Russia regular army and in any other military their performance would be looked upon very poorly indeed. Even now they are complaining about ammo shortages making further progress impossible, meaning they even squandered all their resources on their inept tactics and still achieved almost nothing. Yeah that's some great work there, Prigozhin, demonstrating to the world just how incompetent you are. So to me, the situation would suggest the Wagners are total failures, and certainly worthy of ridicule. As a private army, they completely suck. Even if they take the city tomorrow it has to rate as a massive fail. Who knew that thugs and prisoners would make such poor soldiers? (Hint: everyone). Footnote: I do not want to detract from the bravery and heroism from those defending the city, they totally rock, no question. But to move forward only 400m in 4 months, or whatever it was, is truly pathetic. If Prigozhin did have something to prove to his "master" then surely he has failed miserably?
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  5. That little kid with the backpack is one of the saddest and sickest things I have seen.
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  6. Irony alert, even a russian who has fled russia and is now homeless and living out of a trashcan, would have a better quality of life than his equivalent russian who still lives in russia.
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  7. My heart goes out to Kadyrov. Removing that beard must be quite a complicated and dangerous procedure. And the thought that someone would have tried to poison him without putin ordering it is hilarious. Of course he did.
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  8. 20,000 Russians are at risk... What a beautiful phrase.
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  9. About time countries stopped announcing publicly what they are sending. Surprises are always fun.
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  10. The book he placed his hand on was the Bangkok Ladyboys Annual 2023
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  11. 4 million shells require equipment to fire them, which requires properly maintained components, including the barrels. So..
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  12. Afterwards, the russian Ministry of Defence proudly reported they hit every target they intended to.
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  13. Shoigu seems to have perfected his "I have no clue what is going on" face.
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  14. Prevailing winds blow from Ukraine towards Moscow. God luck with that, putin.
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  15. "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." ~ Admiral Yamamoto, 1941 (after Pearl Harbour) "Hold my beer..." ~ valdimir putin, 2022
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  16. Soldier: "They are sending us on a suicide mission" Officer: "Yup, now get out the trench and charge" Soldier: "Yes sir!"
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  17. Very smart hitting the boats in the dry dock. Will be very difficult to get them removed from there to make room for other boats that require maintenance. They cannot re-float them as normal, so they will basically have to dismantle them.
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  18. "Mr putin, the war is going terribly and our economy is collapsing as we speak!" "Quick, report about the mayonnaise."
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  19. When your air defence system fails to hit a hovering drone.... lol
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  20. Ever notice that in any footage of Shoigu being shown something he always looks completely clueless of what is going on? He basically just smiles, nods and looks around himself apparently at random. Normal people do not act like that in such circumstances. Dead giveaway. He's either drunk as a lord or too stupid to understand what is happening.
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  21. I bet russia never expect that when they blew the Dnipro damn they were facilitating their own defeat. Sweet sweet irony.
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  22. She should flee the country if she can. When it all goes south she will get the full blame instead of putin. Very publicly too, so he has a scapegoat for the population's misery.
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  23. I respect the russian army. They are the best retreaters of any army on the planet. Few armies can ever hope to compete with the russian army's unrivalled retreating skills.
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  24. Not to mention compulsive liars who will not honour any agreement they sign up to anyway, as they have repeatedly demonstrated. Why are we wasting our time?
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  25. putin will simply move the bridge a few km further away. Remember this guy is a tactical genius and plays 5d Chess or 5d Postman's Knock or 8D Tag or something.
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  26. Withdraw from Ukraine and pay reparations. End of negotiations.
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  27.  @chrishogg1406  Blaming factions inside your country is irrelevant. The fact remains USA has let all their western allies down and cowered to russia. We will never, ever forget.
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  28. Old saying where i come from: "The people always get the government they deserve". Meaning if you let your government dominate and crush you, then you will always get a government that dominates and crushes you.
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  29. Sad but true. Russia is nothing now, indeed a 3rd world country, and will not recover for many many years to come, if ever.
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  30.  @stevealexander5344 Part of the russian mobilization process now requires that conscripts get a tattoo on their foreheads that reads "Discard after use".
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  31. Shoigu must know that if Ukraine goes any worse he will have to carry to full brunt of the blame for putin. It is inevitable. Better take out the boss before he takes you out.
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  32. russia would be good at US football, since they are prepared to throw absolutely everything they have to move forward 100 yards.
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  33.  @Jeremy-wh4di  The hope is they experience economic collapse before that. Which is very very likely, especially if they are removing so many young men from productive jobs etc.
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  34. Indeed. Long-term russia is DONE, regardless of how Ukraine war ends.
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  35.  @jaykellett2327  It is very very important that russia is totally crippled economically before this ends. Beyond all possibility of recovery. So let them continue if they insist, they are destroying themselves just fine.
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  36. Poland know they are next if Ukraine falls. russia's have more or less said so on their state TV comedy shows.
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  37. Ukraine should absolutely start calling this a Special Military Retaliation. Would humiliate putin even more than he manages to humiliate himself. I am going to start using that phrase wherever I can, thanks!
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  38. I fully support the actions and authority of your Dog and pups and recognize your annexing of the Kremin.
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  39. I am embarrassed for anyone who sat in the same room Lavrov and listened to his comedy styling and blatant BS. It renders the UN a laughing stock.
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  40. That said, he will go down in history as the most incompetent world leader in modern history, or perhaps even all of history. That is quite an achievement!
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  41. You tube now deleting comments just for pointing out the direction of the prevailing winds in the area. Sad.
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  42. And Ukraine should refuse to accept the apology until full reparations have been paid.
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  43.  @jaynikk758  If you don't already know where you are wrong, I doubt anyone can tell you.
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  44. Let's celebrate "Actor", he made a second class BSer, but a first class main course.
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  45.  @darthghengis Walter Mitty is the paragon of truth compared to the average russian.
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  46. Remember their specialty is tik-tok centric internet warfare. You don't think they actually fight do you??
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  47. I imagine withdrawing their pardon will go down well with trustworthy people like ex-prisoners.
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  48. Plus very early on Gerasimov told putin the invaders had been defeated.
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  49. In fairness putin promised he would not send conscripts to Ukraine. He probably never guessed he would have to send them to russia itself, and hasn't really broken any promise.
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  50. Not for russia. They do not negotiate in a sensible way like tat. They will make utterly ludicrous demands and see what sticks. Pointless.
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  51. Promising you will stop invading further means nothing when you are currently occupying those places you already invaded (which you also promised not to invade). It doesn't work like that.
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  52. Most people compensate for being a Bald Dwarf simply by buying a wig and some platform shoes. However putin had to invade Ukraine to make up for his inadequacies. While he is very short, he is not THAT short, so the obvious assumption is it has to be in the trouser department.
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  53. It is possible that these spontaneous fires are a result of poorly maintained equipment or sub-par replacement parts due to sanctions or even lack of competent staff etc etc.
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  54.  @Bird_McBride  Not at all, I make Pinhead blush, but the total brain-washing of an innocent child who will inevitably grow up to be a twisted human is pretty up there.
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  55. The irony being that all of russia's major achievement in WW2 were achieved by the armies from the area we now call Ukraine. That parade is celebrating Ukrainian victories in WW2, not russia.
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  56. If putler uses nukes on Ukraine, he should check the direction of the prevailing winds in the area. And apparently youtube will delete my comment if I specify the direction of these winds. Do the math.
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  57.  @F.R.E.D.D2986  If you are attacking then there is no need to defend. Or another way, the defence is free if you are attacking.
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  58. Macron looks quite toasty and warm in that caricature picture. Unlike most russians.
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  59. The "heroes" are likely afraid of being tried for war-crimes in the future.
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  60. Unfortunately I think he's started a war he can't QUIT.
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  61. Already is.
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  62. You win the internet. I absolutely agree.
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  63. I imagine having an incredibly unhinged and paranoid boss who is in total control of whether you live or die, is not a pleasant place to be.
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  64.  @pashakdescilly7517  NK hats are absolutely enormous! To a comical extent.
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  65. Apparently, the USA was thinking about supplying Ukraine with some Combat Eagles (and one Assassin Parrot), but they thought it would cross a red line.
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  66. Yeah if he is a chess player then he is one who can look precisely zero moves ahead.
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  67.  @artnull13  I guess you missed that video where the russia war analyst guy mentioned that their airforce had suffered such losses at the time of the announcement of mobilization that it was no longer a viable force. I think he said the airforce had lost about 60% of their equipment and people.
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  68. "I am the great and powerful Oz! Ignore that man behind the curtain!" ~ The Wizard of Oz.
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  69. No army can possibly be this incompetent. The offensive surely has not yet started. This is probing attacks to get a feel for defensive strength. Anything else is just too embarrassing for russia to be true.
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  70.  @myworkgalleryportfolio9465  Your sanctions will only hurt you more than Dogland. I suggest instead you utilize special Cat forces to deploy tactical (not strategic) cat "spray" in the Kremlin area, to show these dogs you are not bluffing.
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  71. Yes but no doubt may buffons in the West will urge them to sign.
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  72.  @jamesn0va  If you have carefully maintained them and ensured they still work, rather than just exploding on the launch pad.
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  73. They are scared
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  74. Aye but Tucker was impressed by a shopping trolley and the fact that a supermarket had bread for sale. ;P
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  75. I thought Solovyov was a comedian and his RT program was a parody of some ludicrously over-the-top autocratic state, kinda along the lines of the Borat movies.
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  76. If Bakhmut doesn't fall does that mean the Robert Wagner Group will be discredited and defunded?
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  77. Regarding the US not sending planes. That is simply the current narrative. Earlier in January the US categorically stated it would not sent tanks to Ukraine. Seems like a strategy designed to not provoke russia too much in one go....provoke them gradually. Until you are actually ready to send them, there is no point in saying 'yes'.
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  78. I was distracted by the room full of absolute giants. Oh wait....
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  79.  @Peter-up9yw  By his own definition, his sons are Pink Ponies.
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  80.  @KuyaBJLaurente  OK rephrase the question.... other than the world's biggest losers, who will invest in russia now?
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  81. To all those people saying this invasion was pointless and now has nowhere to go, I say this.... Ukraine now has a strong, fast and highly mobile force inside russia. They can go anywhere and hit anything and use mobile warfare tactics. russia, with its dinosaur tactics of meat waves and carpet bombing, has no answer to such warfare, especially within their own borders. All the Ukrainian force needs to do is stay mobile and cause as much ongoing mischief and military destruction inside russia as they can, and it will cost russia an absolute fortune to deal with it, if they even can.
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  82. I was part of Project Blue Ray. I cant talk too much about it, but why do you think the Orcs lost so many planes recently. I've said too much....
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  83. Anyone remember Saddam Hussein's Elite Republican Guard? lol
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  84. Give them nothing. Take from them everything.
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  85.  @obstreperous1113  They have no one to work in their factories though. They are now offering factory jobs with the sweetner that they guarantee you will not be mobilized if you take them. No one is, they are grossly short of workforce above all else now. Prisoner are now being utilized in factory jobs they are so desperate.
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  86.  @bilic8094  There is absolutely no feeling of that where I live. Everyone is very supportive of Ukraine and Zeneskyy is hailed as a hero. Just saying.
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  87. Well Little Rocket Man has a few spare tyres. No doubt he'll trade them for all the pies in russia.
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  88. I agree. It's a trap. And a very obvious one.
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  89. I heard that Kursk is part of russia's "bread bin". They are going to have a huge shortage in wheat etc after this.
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  90. In fact the world has just discovered how much better it is without russia.
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  91.  @marcdc6809  If you think of them as primitive barbarians with no moral fibre, then their history is not strange at all. You're making the mistake of assuming they are civilized human beings.
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  92.  @zetsumeinaito  Absolutely no chance of that. Imagine the russian propaganda coup if it were true.
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  93.  @frostedlambs  The F16 training began in the US at the start of November 2022. The current "no F-16s" rhetoric will immediately change to "yes" the moment that training is complete. Note that this is EXACTLY the same pattern of careful NATO dis-information that occurred regarding the sending of tanks, right down to Poland being the early "let's go!" country. It's beautiful.
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  94. I think you should focus only in Ukraine. There is a danger Ukraine gets forgotten because Israel is new hot topic. And I wonder why ALL seized russian assets are not being diverted to help Ukraine. It would be a huge propaganda win. Let's hope everyone follows Belgium. Well done Belgium! First you give me Tintin and now this!!
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  95.  @knowledge3563  The HIMAR game-changers say hi.
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  96. "Id rather be in debt then fight and die for money". Yes but you are not drunk off your ass on vodka all day, every day. (I assume)
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  97. The people always get the government they deserve.
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  98. I think Kherson is a trap. Ukraine should just leave it alone for now and keep all those Russians stuck there and keep hitting the bridges. Meanwhile push on the north and east.
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  99. Best way to defend the Kerch Bridge is to hide it. Have they thought of that?
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  100. "No mortal man may hinder me" ~ the Witch-King of Moscow "Hold my beer" ~ the rest of the World
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  101. Please remember that all that footage you saw was faked. All those Kherson videos were manufactured by 2 bus loads of actors (one of who must look very like Zalenskyy I guess). (Actual claim by youtube Russian bot). lol
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  102. Apparently Putin is now referred to as "the bald dwarf" by the people of Russia.
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  103. Of course not. It very suddenly became strategically unimportant.
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  104. putin is too dumb to realise what is going on and that russia is doomed. Only possible explanation (even though I am also tempted to add "though no one could actually be that dumb").
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  105. So the ambassador's claim is that russia does not deliberately hit civilian targets. So is he saying that their missiile systems are so sh!t it is an accident?
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  106. russia might suspend the offensive? That'll make zero difference to the Ukrainians unless they actually leave the country as well.
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  107.  @johncunningham4820  Still missed a sitting duck.
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  108. Hiding in a very very small space. Will be hard to find due to size.
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  109.  @Thetequilashooter1  Actually if you rank all countries who aided Ukraine by calculating how much they gave as a proportion of their GDP (how wealthy they are), USA is not even in the top 20.
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  110. It demonstrates to the rest of the cronies that their position as part of the inner circle is actually more dangerous than not being in it. The paranoia among them is surely growing on a daily basis?
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  111. It is the rating assigned to the russian military by the Institute of Army Evaluation. 'Z' is the lowest rating they award and russia is the only military on the planet that holds that rating, other than the army of Vatican City.
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  112. The big Z on all those tanks stands for naZis.
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  113. Lukashenko had the sh!ts. That was not a bandage wrapped around his hand, it was toilet paper. And the reason he had the sh!ts was because he had spent a few hours in the close proximity of the Bald Dwarf.
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  114. We kept hearing the Russians in Kherson were trapped there by the repeated attacks on the bridges and it was really hard to resupply the area and they'd starve and on and on and on. So how come they can just suddenly pull out and leave whenever they want to? Also had the Russians not rigged some dam to explode that would flood Kherson and kill everyone there? What happened to that "trap"?
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  115. Who it was that declined peace talks is rather irrelevant compared to WHO IT WAS THAT ILLEGALLY INVADED. Some people in this world need a massive dose of perspective.
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  116. putin being ready to talk is completely irrelevant. The only thing that matters is if he is ready to leave.
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  117. Birds of a feather flock together. Hence russia's alliance with a loser country like N. Korea says it all. How shamefully embarrassing for them.
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  118. All restrictions on Ukraine's use of aid must be ended.
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  119.  @markb8468  When you play and win 5D chess.... no one can understand your brain.
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  120. "Please freeze the war because I am losing and I need some time to regroup, mobilize 300k more expendables and rebuild my weapons stocks." ~ Vlad the Failer "Yeah OK" ~ No One Ever
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  121. And a massive line of mine fields which they have finally penetrated.
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  122. Russian troll bots are reporting that Ukrainian losses in these offences are "massive" and cannot possibly be sustained. Anyone hear anything about that? I've heard absolutely nothing except on such channels. Copium?
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  123. Sent to prison for not being sufficiently corrupt. Also apparently the preferred method of "suicide" in russia these days is to drink tea while standing by a 5th floor window. The 2nd most preferred method is to get on a russia internal flight - their aeroplane fleets are now maintained using duct tape, and they are running low on duct tape. Back to the stone age with you, Yuri!
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  124. The Wagner naZi group of russia are named after the popular US actor Robert Wagner of Hart to Hart fame, not the composer.
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  125. Remember folks, it is not the truth until the kremlin denies it.
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  126. That'll be why putin is begging for a ceasefire and talks.
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  127. As I've been saying, disgruntled Russian conscripts who were grabbed off the street and mobilized against their will, now have the perfect revenge opportunity. Just turn on your phone's geo-location and then phone a friend from your barracks and sneak off into the night....
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  128. Talks when Russia leaves Ukraine completely, including Crimea. Not before. Not a chance. Putin will just lie and cannot be negotiated with.
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  129. putin's legacy is set in stone and hilarious.... he is going to go down in history as not only the modern day hitler, but also the most stupid and incompetent world leader of modern times.
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  130. Yup he is toast. Like most of Europe right now. Very warm and cosy
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  131. With his troop of Bangkok ladyboys.
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  132.  @JJ-3033 There are already gains.
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  133. 1:40 That is not putin.
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  134.  @attilamarics3374  Since I am assume you are pro-russian from your statement, I'm assume that you can no longer tell lies apart from truth. Sad.
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  135. The more you wield fear, the less truth you hear.
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  136. Anyone believing anything putin says is a fool and should be called out for it.
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  137. It would do us all a favour. Have you seen the kremlin? It looks like some garish fairy palace as designed by a troop of drag queens on acid. It would make a fine LGBTQ+ HQ.
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  138. NATO has found some balls it seems with the tanks. Now they need to grow some hair on those balls and send jets and bombers. Write to your local politician NOW and demand it!! For one thing it'll make putin draw another red line, which will mean we have enough putin red lines to play Tic-Tac-Toe.
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  139. Medvedev is my favourite alcoholic. The man is a comedy genius. But I say go for it! Anything that results in less russians in the world is to be encouraged.
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  140. How strange that russia would support Trump's peace plan when there is zero detail of what it would actually contain. I guess they just assumed, like the rest of us, that the plan was to give russia everything they want. Never thought I'd see the day when an American presidential candidate openly declares he will have the USA bow down on its knees to russia, and yet there are people dumb enough to vote for him.
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  141.  @billfarmer7984  No, you missed his point.
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  142.  @harryhewitt6795  I was joking. The Z is actually the grading of their performance, awarded to the russian military
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  143.  @yellowtunes2756  You think he was actually arrested for corruption? That's so cute.
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  144. Rumours around that a very large barracks there got HIMARed.
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  145. putin is getting ready to throw Shoigu to the wolves and take the blame for it all.
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  146.  @WackyJackyTracky  So they need to pick between war or economy. Every person they mobilize is one less productive person exactly when their economy cannot afford to lose anyone, least of all 18 to 40 year old men. Have you seen their absolutely desperate attempts to get workforce for their factories?
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  147.  @TheTr0llReformed04 No middle for them, they are totally dependant on the West because we have so much spare cash to buy up all their tat. And their friendship with russia has been to have them in their thrall and totally dependant; so it's a friendship of convenience for China. If they ever fell compelled to actually pick a legit side in any way that mattered, there's no choice for them whatsoever.
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  148.  @Leny1777 "Crimea is not Kherson"? Hmmmm, I seem to remember hearing "Kherson is not Izym" only weeks ago.
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  149. To Vladimir Putin. Urgent Message regarding your bunker being destroyed. Message Reads: Ha ha.
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  150.  @attilamarics3374  Many channels reported it.
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  151.  @asdasd01  Is that the official grading of the russian military? Most NATO countries are 'A' graded.
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  152. No negotiations. No guarantees. Leave Ukraine and hand over putin and cronies, then.... maybe we can negotiate. But the negotiations will be about russia's surrender and how reparations will be made. I was also going to demand security guarantees from russia to leave their neighbours alone, but of course such things are utterly WORTHLESS so why bother?
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  153. Russians with a brain should get out NOW.
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  154. I can save a lot of time and expense by presenting the russian side of negotiations right here and now: "lie, lie, lie, lie, bullsh!t, lie, more BS, lie, Britain did it, lie, BS, lie, enormous comical lie, BS, lie, nukes, lie, lie, Gay Satanic Nazis, lie, lie, BS, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, bullsh!t, lie"
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  155.  @drachefly What about basic freedoms? Freedom of thought and self-expression. These are the real riches.
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  156. If I had to name the top 2 people on the entire planet whose opinions on the war (and how to end it) should absolutely be ignored, they'd be putin and Jinping.
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  157. Indeed. It is quite possible that Putin believes the war is going well and all the bad news is just NATO propaganda.
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  158.  @brandonlyon730  Interesting thoughts, and I agree with most of them. The hope is that Russia continues to bang its head against Bakhmut to keep the majority of the "best" (I use that term reservedly) Russian forces tied up there as possible, and safely away from areas that matter.
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  159. Unfortunately the typical audience of putin's speeches have proven time and time again that they are gullible and weak-minded. I see no reason that they will not believe everything their leader says about the attack, including blaming Ukraine.
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  160. Any draftable male remaining in russia and believing all this propaganda deserves to be sent to the front. It's Darwinism basically.
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  161. How was bringing free speech back to Twitter, removing the Twitter leftist agend, and making all the idiots leave the platform (if they ever do) a "bad idea"? Sounds like he may have saved free speech?
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  162.  @miguelarribas9990  Sounds like your birds have been sitting on the fence for too long. Time to pick a side.
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  163. Trump's peace plan is simple. Ukraine should surrender and give their land up to russia, thereby allowing putin to regroup, rearm and invade again. Very very simple.
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  164.  @beckyconstantinides2546  As in it is no plan at all, is laughable, embarrassing, a betrayal of every Ukrainian and should render him un-electable.
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  165. Sounds like the Ukrainians have a significant-sized group, possibly an old cavalry division, tear-assing around Tokmak, looking for the sh!t...
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  166. If the russian people fail to wake up, they deserve the frontline.
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  167. I think the russia AI will say "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!"
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  168. I can safely say if I were to compile a list of countries I'd like to live in, russia would be at the absolute bottom. What a sad and pathetic existence its population must lead.
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  169. Assassin Puffins! The Siberian variety.
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  170.  @RobertDel-rio  To Moscow, basically.
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  171. It's 10 points if your drone lands in a tyre on the wings, 15 points on the tail, 25 on the fuselage and a cool 50 points for the cockpit tyres. Drone operators can win a goldfish.
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  172. It so weird to that they have filmed and then broadcast footage of their defence minister walking round inspecting a tank. I mean who is the target audience for that?? It is something that would never be seen in the UK where I live for example because it is not only bizarre and ridiculous but also very poor quality entertainment.
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  173. China knows which side its bread is buttered on. Obviously they were happy to exploit a desperate russia and buy all their oil for ludicrous discounts, but at the end of the day, it is West that has all the money to buy China's crap. That's a stronger tie than skint russia can ever muster.
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  174. Such a shame those treacherous Americans are going to sell us all out to the russians and end their Ukrainian aid, just when the tide is turning. Not surprising at all of course, after their betrayal of their allies in Afghanistan, but very very disappointing nonetheless.
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  175. Most of russia's comments on the failure of the counteroffensive and their ridiculous claims about the Ukraine casualties are aimed at the dim-witted and gullible audience they are used to, not a more sophisticated Western audience. This is why they sound ludicrous to us.
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  176. Go go Georgia. You rock
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  177. Well the entire world just saw that having russia as an ally is pointless are they are weak and impotent. That looks pretty embarrassing for putin. Let's not forget the Syrian rebels achieved a 3-day SMO using primitive weapons. Something putin has failed to achieve in Ukraine after 2.5 years. The embarrassment is profound. russia's credibility is not declining, it is non-existent.
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  178. Make the buffer zone in russia.
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  179. We have indeed developed a deadly virus that kills only russians. I was part of the research team that bred it. It keys in how full of lies and BS a person is. Only russians cross the "control" line, so only they are affected by it.
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  180. Very disappointed at the idea of relaxing sanctions if russia pulls out. Even if they do, even if Ukraine wins the war and drives them out, heck even if they surrender and beg forgiveness, the sanctions should remain for many many years to come. We do not just need to push russia out of Ukraine, we need to wreck their economy beyond recovery so they can never try this again. Make no mistake, russia under putin is a force of pure evil, just like the Nazis, and it must be stamped out forever, just like the Nazis. The sanctions must remain until putin is brought to proper justice for war crimes and russia pays full reparations. Anything else is a farce and would simply allow russia to regroup and try again, having learned from their mistakes.
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  181. It strikes me a odd that putin is on regular russia TV so much. Does he actually think people watch him and give a crap? I mean imagine if Rishi Sunak felt the need to broadcast to the UK every day? lol No one would watch or give a damn. TV stations wouldn't even carry his speeches because they know it would be a ratings farce. Pure hubris.
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  182. I know right? And it is *hilarious*.
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  183. There is zero doubt he will be remembered as the greatest failure of all modern world leaders - perhaps of any world leader, ever - and the man who destroyed modern russia just as it was on the brink of becoming one of the most shining examples of a modern civilized country. Just think of what he threw away to fight a war he cannot win and which will deliver nothing but problems even if he does. It is a level of incompetence and stupidity that is unknown in a world leader. He is the laughing stock of the world. Sadly he will likely never know this as he is surrounded by sycophants and yes-men.
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  184. The death throes of russia as we know it are this: the government stealing more and more from the population and russian companies via tax hikes to fund a war they cannot win. Last breath.
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  185.  @artnull13  His name was not displayed in the video but it was spoken aloud to introduce him, and sounded to my untrained ear like Michail Vindchook.
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  186. People will believe what they wish to believe. Hopefully when the dust all clears and history tells the truth, a lot of people will break out of the fugue.
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  187. Anyone targeted for being anti-putin should stand TALL and PROUD. Respect.
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  188. Remember that russian retreats are always a victory. And also, black is white.
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  189.  @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg  No apostrophe in "others".
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  190.  @ilovehihats  The West is the best?
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  191. Who cares? The World doesn't need them. They offer nothing whatsoever but tyranny and barbarism. russia is a gas station run by organised crime and with one purpose only - to fill the pockets of the favoured elite. russia would be at the very bottom of my list of countries of the world that I'd like to live in. At least Haiti has nice weather.
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  192. Meh. russia is a gas station run by organised crime and with one purpose only - to fill the pockets of the favoured elite. russia would be at the very bottom of my list of countries of the world that I'd like to live in. At least Haiti has nice weather.
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  193. The Dnipro south bank is 300km long in that area, so they Ukraine can cross it by boat pretty easily, as Russia cannot defend all of it, especially since they seem to have been dumb enough to move a huge volume of troops away from there heading east. In addition, Ukrainian artillery is apparently targeting the river's south bank, and can gather wherever the Ukrainians want to cross. Maps suggest there is only one proper road on that entire west peninsula south of the river, and it runs along the entire south river bank to the tip, so Russia cannot move troops or supplies into this area to defend against beach landings, without them being rained on by the Ukrainian artillery on the north bank. The means Ukraine can freely land on the west tip of the peninsula and set up a major beachhead. They are already doing this I believe. Only the Black Sea fleet could prevent this and if they leave port, they will be destroyed, and they know it. This is a genius maneuver basically.
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  194. russia lies are so hilarious and entertaining. They are far too used to lying to their dim-witted population so they think more sophisticated listeners will buy the same lies. Nope. We are in fact laughing our backsides off at the nonsense the average russian spouts. Their total lack of both self-awareness and knowledge of the outside world (other than what heir government told them) is laughable. Comedy gold.
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  195. All Kadyrov is proving to the world is that he is NOT healthy - mentally.
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  196. A security guarantee from russia is as useful as a chocolate teapot.
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  197. Remember russia lives by projecting its failings onto others.
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  198.  @randombutrelevant  UK. Now name one who cares as little as russia. Let's make it easy....name one that has used a "meat wave" attrition strategy (which maximises casualties and only works if you have huge amount of expendable troops) month after month against a heavily defended target even when the attack achieved nothing.
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  199. The problem with Russian lying is they always go way too far with it. They do not go for normal, believable lies but always for absolute whoppers. They always go so far so that you know immediately it is a lie and then find yourself stifling laughter. For a nation of liars, they are surprisingly bad at it.
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  200. I only hope that disgruntled Russian conscripts take the hint here from the destroyed Russian school / conscript base. If you were grabbed off the street and mobilized against your will, here's the perfect revenge opportunity. Just turn on you phone's geo-location and then phone a friend and sneak off into the night....
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  201. I reckon putin is looking for a country to flee to when the noose tightens.
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  202. If the blanket were woven of Kadarov's beard hair, I would pay 10 cents for it.
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  203. russian propaganda is garbage. It is so ludicrous that it always lack any kind of credibility. I guess they just do not realise that the rest of the world is far more sophisticated than the mindless buffoons among their own population who swallow it every time.
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  204. It is now mandatory for all soldiers in the russian army to have a tattoo done that reads "Discard after use".
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  205. There's plenty of weak-minded idiots that still do.
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  206. Opportunity for Kazakhstan to show the world its true colours. Does it side with russia, a barbaric terrorist state that will cause the civilized world nothing but grief forever, or the civilized world that want to end this illegal and murderous invasion and putin's daily war crimes.
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  207. One of the most positive outcomes of all of this is that the myth of the Russian military being a major force is dispelled. They are pathetic and a laughing stock, not even remotely competent. Thus Russia can longer trade on their previously fearsome reputation. He conveniently blew that reputation forever for the whole world. It's worth nothing now.
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  208. What I learned from this video is that the only people who watch putin's comical speeches on russian TV are fat bums who sit in their bed clothes all day and have nothing better to do.
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  209. Letting the russians take Bahkmut after such a costly and bitter struggle, then quickly driving them out again is a very nice tactic as it will wreck russian morale considerably. Can't wait to troll the pro-russian bots once that happens. As for Prigozhin, he knows fine well that putin's days are (very) numbered, so he can say whatever he likes about him to position himself exactly where he wants to be when russia loses the war.
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  210. Do not be-little a potential shortage of fireworks. That might develop into quite a serious problem down the line. For example, how will Ukrainians celebrate when they finally drive the russian scumbags from their lands??
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  211. Assume nothing until you know what Russia considers "undesirable". Remember, you cannot trust anything they say. Ever.
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  212.  @ysteinfjr7529  International Criminal Court. There is a world-wide arrest warrant out for putin at the moment.
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  213. One country can repeatedly bomb the civilian infra-structure of another and put millions of lives at risk. And this is allowed to continue daily. FOR SHAME. The world has failed Ukraine utterly by permitting this state of affairs to exist and sitting back and watching.
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  214.  @btudrus  BS, they are perfectly happy to bury their heads in the sand and ignore everything until it comes up and bites them. No sense of moral responsibility at all. They have everything they deserve in a government.
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  215. He kind of has to do it though. These generals have a closer and more accurate view of the poor decisions putin is making and how bad the war is going for them, so they are more likely to rebel to try to save russia.
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  216. putin cannot imply anyone is a Nazi apart from himself. Attempted genocide of a neighbouring country or group = russia doing just what the Nazis did.
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  217. Hmm. Spanish Omelette for me. Might even indulge and throw 4 or 5 eggs in just for putin.
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  218. I would like to personally thank mr putin for completely destroying russia in almost every way possible, and making it an irrelevance on the future world stage and an economic insignificance.
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  219. I thought we'd all learned to ignore anything the russians say.
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  220. Peace talks with russia are a total waste of time. They will simply lie, get peace then invade again but much more prepared this time. They cannot change. Ever.
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  221.  @hansmonsen1359  I am pretty sure if they said anything on TV that displeased putin, they'd be out the nearest 6th floor window. That show is state-run, extremely tightly controlled, and known to be putin's mouthpiece.
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  222. Is Putin deaf? No negotiations till they leave all of Ukraine. Then all the Security guarantees Russia wants can be given. They can even be "Russian-style" guarantees, just like the one Russia made when Ukraine gave up its nukes.
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  223. Not that secret I guess.
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  224. For a nation of liars, russians are surprisingly bad at it They always go for ridiculous lies that are so outlandish and over the top, that it's hard not to lol.
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  225.  @VajrahahaShunyata  Interesting comparison: a dictator and a wanna-be dictator.
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  226. The biggest perpetrator of treason in russia is putin himself. I wonder if he will uphold his new law.
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  227. When you don't realise you are in no position whatsoever to make any conditions for negotiations, and that no one is even listening to a lying word you say....
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  228. ​ @timur43378  Chances are basically zero. Western allies will not let that happen. Unlike russia, Ukraine has tons of allies that are not loser countries and have TONS of cash. Most people in the West are rich beyond the wildest dreams of the average russian. Hardship for the West is having to go out for dinner one night less per week.
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  229. russian envy of the West knows no bounds. They can't stand how much more successful than them we are.
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  230. The light in the Belgorod sky is a secret weapon that should not be openly discussed.
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  231. Anyone who trusts the russian government to stick to their word deserves to be mobilized.
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  232. For those puzzled by Russia's claim that their retreat was planned when they left so much equipment behind, the explanation is simple. Russia knows its equipment is garbage and poorly maintained, hence the more of it they can unload onto the Ukrainian army, the weaker the Ukrainian army becomes. This ingenious tactic is called "Cunning Ivan".
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  233. It's a weird boast isn't it? I mean it took them 10 months to think about doing this? Pretty sure several US, UK and others' nuke-enabled subs have been sitting off russia's coast pointed at Moscow for many months now. Keep up, putin!
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  234. Don't worry, Trump will save his buddy putin and sell us all out.
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  235.  @timmiekat6072  The nice thing about all this is that Russia have just exposed to the entire world (including themselves) how crap their military (and its tactics) actually are. NATO and the West will never fear the Russia conventional military again; they are an absolute joke compared to the Western military.
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  236. The only way to stop Russia targeting the infrastructure is to pay them back in kind and do the same to all their cities near the borders that Ukraine controls.
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  237. 8:05 "Sontar!"
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  238. As far as the rebellion goes, all I can say is... Brave sir putin ran away, he bravely ran away away etc
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  239. If he is going to press it then he will press it. If not now then later. So basically, we cannot worry about it and must proceed anyway. If he does, the only thing guaranteed is the obliteration of Russia.
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  240. russians are fairly clueless about everything and anything that exists outside russia.
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  241. Nation of cowards. Who knew? Don't fret Ukraine, your real allies like the EU, UK, Australia etc will stand by you whatever. Because we have BALLS.
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  242.  @Thetequilashooter1  Of course. Every civilized country on the planet has that obligation.
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  243. Aren't Wagner a private army. And thus for hire? Who will hire them now after this humiliating surrender?
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  244. "Let them come." King Theoden.
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  245.  @trevorroberts9584  It's about time the Ukrainians are permitted to launch full-on missile attacks into Russia. Ukraine have had to fight with one arm tied behind their backs all this time due to these NATO conditions and it is really hindering Ukrainian progress.
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  246. russia's biggest flaw is that they are so used to lying successfully to a dim-witted audience that they have deluded themselves into believing the rest of the world is as gullible as their own people. That is why when they lie, to our Western ears it is not a subtle, potentially believable lie, it is an absolute whopper of comical proportions.
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  247. Don't worry, mr putin, I am sure a large national speech (where you can pretend your people - or anyone for that matter - are actually still listening to you) will fix everything.
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  248. The russians have also destroyed.... Kitt, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bessie, The Bat Mobile, Genevieve, The Dead Reckoning, The General Lee, the signature red and white car from Starsky and Hutch, and the Arkansas Chuggabug.
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  249. Just what the russian economy needs. The removal of another 1.2m young productive men (and a few alcoholics). And why did they film Shoigu visiting such a sh!thole? That place he was being shown round looked like a scummy community centre in a deprived area in some inner city.
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  250. And also falling down stairs and defecating himself. This has happened twice now. The is a FACT, google it if you don't believe me.
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  251. And falling down stairs and popping on himself too by all accounts. (Google it)
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  252. The Kadyrov situation is a bit like: First Man: "Hey mate, haven't seen you for some time, how's your wife doing?" Second Man: "I didn't kill her!"
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  253. Ukraine is not our enemy, that is why we invaded it and have been bombing it heavily for 2+ years, committing daily war crimes and have murdered thousands of civilians. What a lying little toad.
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  254. russia is too big to defend all of it. Ukraine can just keep shifting their targets around at will. Nice.
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  255. Now that America is lining up to become russia's closest ally and putin's biggest supporter, seems odd the russians arrested that "traitor".
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  256. Prigozhin getting ready to betray putin? What do you call their dismal performance in attacking Bahkmut for 10+ months and managing only a few km in all that time? Sounds like a total betrayal to me. I mean who would hire a private army that is this incompetent? The fact Wagner is trying to poise itself as "effective" compared to regular army is laughable in the extreme.
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  257. This is comparable to a bully claiming he just want to be friends while he is punching you in the face. Please don't fall for the obvious BS. If putin is saying this is tragic and is looking for peace talks you can bet your backside he knows he is losing the war badly. The last thing you want to do is enter talks with russia under such circumstances. They will simply lie and/or break any agreement they make on a whim. They have shown repeated they cannot be trusted, so I hope the powers that be don't fall for this.
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  258. Those Belarus soldier demos are so embarrassingly cringe. I guess, just like the russians, the folk of Belarus have zero self-awareness and no clue that the world just laughs at them.
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  259.  @yellowtunes2756  Nope but do you think this one wasn't? Even cuter.
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  260. youtube is so pro-russia it is unbelievable.
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  261. NO one gives a crap about the flotilla in Cuba. russia Show of Farce
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  262. Only a russian mind would conclude that a turnip was a natural 2nd choice to replace tomatoes in salads. It would not even be in the top 10 list of substitutes. Friends, we are dealing with oafs. A nation of village idiots.
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  263. russia betrayed Armenia first by not helping them when they promised to. Armenia is just paying them back, now that it realises the massive folly of having russia as a "friend".
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  264. The second briefcase contains all his copies of Bangkok Lady-boys Monthly, which he refuses to be parted from, plus a big roll of toilet paper just in case he falls down the stairs again and involuntarily defecates.
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  265.  @h_r7708  I'm afraid to say we'd have heard by now if it was real?
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  266. Russia is trying to get Turkey to act as a broker and sell Russian gas to the EU.
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  267. I guess putin and his cronies simply CANNOT talk about Kursk. putin promised nukes would fly if western weapons were ever used on russian soil, so he just now looks impotent and empty.
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  268. Changing the capital city to make your lies more believable. That is HILARIOUS.
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  269. So sad that in order to get the support they deserve, Ukraine had to invade russia. It should have been automatic. No wonder putin is getting away with what he is doing.
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  270. Ah the russian BULLY. They bully everyone around them then when it blows up in their face, they cry cry cry like a little child. Pathetic in the extreme, and one of the main reasons we all laugh at them now.
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  271. You did the right thing my friend. One day you will return there triumphantly to a new country.
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  272. I wish the US had some balls, like the rest of Ukraine's allies regarding deep strikes. Their cowardly stance is prolonging the war imo.
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  273. As if Pregozhin does anything without putin's approval. It's the typical putin buffer strategy. Get someone else to take the blame for for all the bad stuff you ordered.
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  274.  @WackyJackyTracky  So russia have deliberately been losing the war for 10 months and holding back. If that is true then it is the stupidest military strategy ever and such a country could never win anything ever with such dumbness in charge.
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  275.  @WackyJackyTracky  No they want to prolong the war sufficiently long that the russian economy is damaged beyond any real recovery in generations. Which is working quite nicely.
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  276.  @WackyJackyTracky  They are also utilizing the country welfare funds to fund the war. Have you had your head in the sand or something?
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  277. What are all the little red arrows on your map?
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  278. Surely all these pro-Z propagandists are internet "influencers"? So mobilizing them and sending them to the front will influence all their followers to do the same accordingly.
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  279.  @Leny1777  Possibly. They should do it passively via supply blockades and other (possibly covert) combative methods.
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  280.  @maiwelsh8025 It's as if they assume if they win then all the sanctions will end, all the companies and investment they lost will return, the West and others will all start buying Russian energy and their other few exports again and so on. Nope none of than. In fact all of that will get worse and worse as time goes on. The West will never deal with them again. Win = lose for Russia.
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  281. I am very curious to see how gullible the Russia public actually are. It doesn't take much brain power to conclude that conscription of 300k men implies your claim of 6k deaths is BS and that you are losing badly in your SMO. It's about time the people of Russia stood up and took some responsibility rather than turning a blind eye as they have been.
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  282. Is Prigozhin going to give putin even more red lines than putin gave NATO? lol. Between them they are now the world's #1 suppliers of HOT AIR. Oafs.
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  283. Since putin feels the need to address the population every couple of days (so paranoid), we will soon know if he's dead. It's probably just same as last time when he fell down a staircase in the kremlin and defecated all over himself.
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  284.  @markobucevic8991  Over 105k Russians confirmed dead by multiple reliable sources. Historically, basic statistics suggests that means that 3x that number are wounded, missing, taken prisoner or AWOL. That ratio has more or less held true in every large war in history. That's 420k. I guess he rounded it up?
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  285.  @markobucevic8991  I think you will find when all the dust clears and proper figures from both sides come in, Ukraine is losing a LOT less than Russia. And for the record it is modern medicine that is able to explain the numbers that you are having problems with.
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  286.  @markobucevic8991  Guess you've been under a rock. Ukraine is now reckoned to have superior artillery firepower, and for some time. Not to mention they totally out-tech Russia by about 30 years. Do a wee bit research and you'll see I'm right. Russia has been severely owned.
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  287. A leader who cannot defend his own borders can never be a true leader. Pathetic weakness.
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  288. 3:53 "Sontar!"
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  289.  @suecharnock9369  USA are absolutely letting the West down here. Their reputation is in tatters and they should fix it.
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  290. I've being saying form the start that Bakhmut is the most important city to hold in the entire country. Look at any map and you'll see why.
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  291.  @irresistablejewel  Nope. Bakhmut obviously.
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  292. Shoigu told the truth for once? He'll be on the toilet for a week after that.
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  293. These buffoons couldn't run their trucks effectively due to lack of maintenance and corruption, how the heck will they have managed to look after their nukes?
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  294. putin is funny. Like a clown.
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  295. I cannot imagine living under the Russian dictatorship and having my world truths fed to me by state-controlled propaganda where the government controls my thoughts. It's an Orwellian nightmare. Yet I do not know what would be more horrifying.... living under such a regime and loathing it, or living under such a regime and being too stupid to realise it.
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  296. One extremely positive thing that this whole incident achieves is to debunk any paranoid delusion/myth about NATO being war-mongering aggressors just wanting any excuse to interfere and invade.... Well, no one can claim that ever again, because if it were even remotely true then NATO could really have done whatever they wanted in response to this incident and been able to justify it, and they haven't.
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  297. She's volunteering to look like a clueless old bag in a youtube video broadcast to the West for our amusement. I commend her bravery.
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  298. Since USA have ceased aiding Ukraine, they no longer get to make any demands, including what Ukraine attacks inside russia and what Western weapons they use to do so. In way it frees up Ukraine to longer need to fight with one hand tied behind their backs. The fact the world has lost all respect for the US as a consequence is incidental. No super-power anymore. A lowly coward, bowing down to tyranny.
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  299. The russian Orcs ventured into Fangorn...
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  300. Can I put a big one instead? UA
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  301. I am willing to bet Field Commander putin ordered this Avdiivka offensive in the belief he knows better than his military staff. He's the kind of tosser that would assume that. "Anyone order 2000 dead russians??"
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  302. "This ship was sunk by the actions of an unfriendly dolphin who was smoking in the area." ~ russian MoD
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  303. The funny thing is that for a nation of born-liars they are extremely bad at it. Instead of a subtle believable lie that makes you ponder and doubt, Russians always go for massive whopper lies that are so ludicrous that you have to stifle a laugh when you hear them. I reckon they just don't understand any culture outside Russia, but either way it is very amusing to witness them trying to lie.
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  304. If russia has lost only 54 tanks, then it turns out that I have seen every single one of them being destroyed in drone footage and so on. How amazing is that?
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  305. Bear in mind that for some really bizarre reason, russians believe the sanctions are hurting the West more than they are hurting russia (hilarious, I know), so Putin probably believes that himself.
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  306. Imagine living in a fascist state like russia. It must be soul destroying.
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  307. 1:00 wtf is THAT?
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  308.  @jfu5222  Apparently the Robert Wagner group boasted to Putin that the regular Russian army sucked compared to them, and so he asked them to prove it by taking one city. And Bakhmut was the agreed target. So the Robert Wagner group need to take it or they will look total ass-hats to Putin, and he will start favouring the Stephanie Powers group instead.
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  309. Belarus did not ratify the referendum? But they are scumbags, I was sure they would.
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  310. The sanctions on russia must never be lifted. Ever. If they are, they will simply regroup, rebuild and attack again.
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  311. You should go as public as possible with the fact that russia gave your friend's family absolutely no compensation whatsoever after his tragic death.
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  312.  @jessestreet2549  I find it odd how people who are clearly pushing the agenda of russia get to keep their jobs. They are aware of what russia thinks of the US right? They are absolutely not your friend, in fact far from it. As far as you can get in fact.
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  313.  @pogo1140  Surely no America would be dumb enough to vote for such a person?
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  314. She must flee the country immediately. putin will need a scapegoat to blame when the economic collapse begins to accelerate and let's face it.... she is it. And putin's anger will have to be very public and very brutal to get himself off the hook.
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  315. putin didn't win the election. There was no election. I do not recognize the result of this farce.
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  316. Well he might win, given it looks like Trump plans to sell us all out to russia when he takes power, and make the once great USA get down on its KNEES to russian tyranny.
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  317. "Anyone retreating will be executed" ~ russian High Command Dozens of retreating russians get shelled by own artillery "It was an accident...honest!" ~ those manning the artillery How dumb can these russian soldiers be? Do the math comrades. They even think they will get rotated home for a break when russia is this desperate (and paid as well, lol). So cute. So naive.
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  318.  @johnwhitehurst474  Agreed and I would like to further elaborate. Bakhmut was a trap, designed by Ukraine, to lure russia into attacking a strategically unimportant city that was none-the-less very heavily fortified, and thus to lure them into the most efficient killing zone Ukraine had available in the region. It still serves its purpose months later, as designed. Here's how this trap was achieved.... After Lyman and all those other regions in the NE were liberated last Autumn, Bakhmut ceased being the key defensive city in that area that it previously had been. Look at the map and you can see what I mean, as the front line changed very significantly last autumn, in Ukraine's favour. That front line shift made Bakhmut strategically far less significant. Now, at exactly the same time that the heavily-fortified Bakhmut suddenly ceased to be so important, note that Zelenskyy went on public TV and said the very opposite. He was heavily criticized for drawing attention to the city like that at the time, especially by military analysts who could see that Bakhmut had lost its significance, and argued that Zelenskyy's words would draw unwarranted attention on Bakhmut from russia. Of course it's now become apparent that is exactly what Zelenskyy's hoped to achieve in making this apparently reckless statement. Bakhmut was the most fortified city in the area after all, and they couldn't let all those juicy lines of defence go to waste. So... Trap sprung! Massive amount of dead russians. It's still delivering results months later. I mean, have people never stopped to think how weird it was that russia chose to focus on Bakhmut, the most heavily fortified city in the entire eastern front (and hence by far the hardest to take), when they could have chosen literally anywhere else? They were lured into it and are too stupid to realise. It is really that simple.
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  319. Called it at the start of the war. America will crack first and sell us all out to the russians. It will be very disappointing, to watch such a great country become putin's b*tch.
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  320. We should thank the lord for russian stupidity. Imagine they had blown the damn at a sensible time when the counter-offensive was trying to cross the river in force.
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  321. Which putin red-line? There are so many that you trip over them all just going for a sh*t.
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  322. The people always get the government they deserve. Old saying and very true. And yeah America is about to experience that too, lol.
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  323. Everything russia says or does these days simply re-enforces to the world that they cannot be trusted. I laugh at the idiots that still do, as well as the collective countries that think dealing with them is a good idea.
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  324. That treaty sounds 100% designed to give russia a short break so they can regroup and attack again. I don't see why anyone would expect them to honour it. Do you remember the story of the dog and the snake who meet near a river that they both want to cross. The snake asks the dog to swim over and carry him on his back. The dog is hesitant and says "You will surely bite me". I won't, I promise says the snake, I need to get across there too. So the dog agrees and takes the snake on his back. Halfway across, the snake bites the dog, and as they both start to drown, the dog says "Why did you do that, you have doomed us both?". And the snake replies, "I couldn't help it. It's my nature."
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  325. If it was not so tragic I'd be really enjoying the farce that is russians and their behaviour and laughable ideas. Seems they have spent such a long time lying to their dim-witted population they have forgotten that Western listens are far more sophisticated and are just laughing at them. They are perhaps the most paranoid people on the planet and the chip on their shoulder and total envy of the West is so tangible you can smell it.
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  326. Where was the "grave danger"?
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  327. youtube is extremely pro-russian in its behaviour it seems. Very very sad.
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  328. No peace negotiations with compulsive liars, until they have been humiliated and crushed to the point they are begging for peace for any terms the Ukrainians care to mention. Any other negotiation under any other circumstance with Russians is utterly pointless.
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  329. Lets divide up russia and share it out instead. Though in fairness, I do not want any of russia, it is a backwater sh!thole.
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  330. In addition, there is another factor here. Sad to say this but I feel the West did not want the war the end too quickly, and in fact still doesn't (if it did they'd send aircraft). Nope, the plan is to destroy the russia economy and remove them as a super-power forever, and that needs time. While the war continues, the West can keep the sanctions in place and in fact continually increase them (QED), and thus continually wreck their economy. Next step is to trick putin into another mass mobilization, thus taking another 500k (total mobilized and total who will flee) or so of his most productive population out of the russian economy, dealing it another massive blow. We are pretty close to him falling for this.
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  331. I've noticed that Putin's word salads make Kamala Harris' word salads seem lowfat.
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  332. Why would Ukraine develop the ability to capture russian soldiers with a drone? They have no value and are useless. Dropping them from a great height would be amusing to see though.
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  333. RT has already broadcast several loud boasts about their plans to meddle in the 2024 US elections. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
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  334. They are. The dead giveaway is the comments that I make that are immediately removed. There is nothing nasty in them whatsoever, they are simply an anti-russian stance. I have experimented with reposting the exact same comment but reversed to be anti-Ukraine and youtube doesn't remove the comment.
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  335.  @SocialistParadise Yeah, they will look like planes with tyres on them.
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  336.  @Durzo1259  Is it harder to identify the target because the drone operator is wetting himself with laughter?
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  337.  @Durzo1259 Do you realise none of the drones involved were flown by AI?
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  338. At this stage, anyone supporting russia in this must be the lowest form of weak-minded human being and they should take a good look at themselves in the mirror.
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  339. This entire thing appears to be Gerasimov's fault.
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  340. The West must remove all restrictions on Ukraine's use of supplied weapons asap.
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  341. Are people so blind that they cannot see that putin is a Western agent planted there years ago with the sole mission of expanding NATO right up to russia's border? Mission accomplished, vlad.
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  342. The fact the US is more concerned with world oil prices than innocent Ukrainian lives is about the most shameful thing I have read (since I read how much oil India bought to help facilitate russia's war).With friends like the US, who needs enemies?
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  343. So if I am a prisoner recruited out of jail with the promise of a pardon if I survive 6 months at the front. I have a choice of going to the front to face possible death or disappearing into the night never to be sen again. Hmmm. Tough choice that.
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  344. If these pictures are real then it tells me one thing.... Ukrainian soldiers are strong enough to lift washing machines with just their fingers. Jeez that is terrifying. russia is right to be terrified of these superhumans.
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  345. The fact that russian propagandists think their audience will believe such ludicrous stories as the human meat can just shows how dim-witted and insular that audience actually is. I pity them. Imagine being so brain-washed and feeble-minded.
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  346. Ukraine will not get F16s because the US doesn't want the war to end too early. They want more damage done to the russian economy first.
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  347. You answered yourself I think. The Black Sea is not land-locked. As for Russia projecting their assumptions onto others? Damn right. I mean put it this way, every single person who lives in every single NATO country knows that NATO would never initiate a hostile invasion against any other country, never mind Russia. Never. Yet the Russians remain super-paranoid about NATO's ambitions.
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  348. And much less of an assh*le
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  349. I'm not sure I believe all their subs have been sat in drydock all these years. Surely they at least do patrols and exercises all the time? Like constantly?
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  350. We'll find him.... wherever he hides. And if we don't, we can take heart from the rather comforting fact that wherever he hides, he can no longer spend his money and is doomed to watch his beloved russia fall to pathetic pieces, in the knowledge HE caused it and HE will go down in history forever as the man who destroyed russia. That will likely be more horrific to him than being brought to justice and hung for his war crimes.
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  351.  @peterg791  You really didn't read my post properly did you? Or are you one of the pro-Russia bots who actually believe those celebrations were staged? In which case total tosser. Either way.... tosser.
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  352.  @peterg791  You still do not get it do you? Read my original post. But READ it this time, you know how to do that right?
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  353. I would like to see Ukraine able to retaliate with significance each time the Harkonnens launch missiles at civilian infrastructure.
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  354.  @jamesgornall5731  Actually I agree with you. I think the West stalled to deliberately prolong the war in order to inflict as much damage on the russian economy as possible. I think they are still doing this. And it is a potent weapon.
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  355. Glad to see EU countries leading the way in supplying Ukraine. It's especially important because when the USA inevitably betrays us all and throws its allies to wolves again (which will definitely happen), we need to keep going without them.
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  356. You need to remember that youtube is extremely pro-russia.
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  357. putin is smarter than you, which is why you do not understand his plans. Remember he is a world master at 5-d Hide and Seek.
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  358. The entire world should declare they do not recognize the russia election result when putin wins. They often do this to loser countries when the elections are not conducted fairly and russia is surely the epitome of that?
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  359.  @ttcc5273  Blaming putin is forbidden remember.
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  360.  @kartikeyatiwari2502  The answer is very simply that Ukraine is in fact not losing the type of body-count you suggest. Far from it. That is exactly why they chose not to retreat. The Russians are losing far more there, so it is sensible to hold Bakhmut for now and let them spend everything on futile attacks that can be countered easily even if they move forward. I mean do the math yourself - if Ukraine was losing the numbers you claim, then - AS YOU SAID YOURSELF - they would retreat to safer lines to stop the bleed. The fact they do not retreat should inform you that they are happy with the status quo, and that you are falling for russian propaganda.
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  361. ​ @kartikeyatiwari2502  Yes, those of us ignoring russian propaganda DO know. And you are totally wrong about the reinforcements. Those are men that were already there, just being shuffled around as russia shuffles around its suicidal probing attacks. As I said, and it is true of any such situation in a war, if your losses are too high, you retreat back to a safer more defensible line. If you are happy with your losses compared to the enemy, you do not retreat. Ukraine has decide not to retreat (for 8 months). Says it all.
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  362.  @kartikeyatiwari2502  I am not listening to Ukrainian propaganda either.
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  363. If I pop my tin-foil hat on for a moment, I might be tempted to think that Ukraine's allies are drip-feeding aid and weapons deliberately in order to prolong things so the russian economy takes the maximum irrecoverable damage; thus preventing them from being able to AFFORD any future invasions.
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  364. When Putin demanded Donetsk be liberated by Sep 15th, I think he meant liberated by Ukraine, right? All going according to plan then.
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  365. 6:12 "Sontar!"
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  366. Leave our country now, while you still have limbs to leave on....
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  367. USA is currently the shame of the western world. Never thought I'd live to see the day that mighty America bowed down its knees to russia like some coward. Not mighty any more. Just.... nothing.
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  368.  @DarkDyllon  You underestimate the scale of his folly. putin shot himself in the foot, the knee and both testicles. Imagine his legacy. Destroyer of russia.
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  369. It is starting to look like putin is a NATO double agent, secretly tasked with destroying the russian economy, expanding NATO and facilitating the West seizing all the wealth of the sanctioned oligarchs. I mean this is the only explanation for the ludicrously stupid decisions he makes day after day. What are we supposed to think? Either that or he has the IQ of a (slightly) gifted chimpanzee.
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  370.  @wesker911  Xi is potentially dying even faster than putin.
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  371.  @george6252  This is why the West have prolonged the conflict. They need sufficient irrecoverable damage done to the russian economy so russian cannot ever recover and pull this crap again. We are not quite there yet but it is very close.
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  372. Is there any way I can get a copy of one of those propaganda books? Seriously collectable.
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  373.  @JamesStreet-tp1vb  Why?
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  374. Someone steal your sense of humour? You know their mascot is Freeway the dog, right? He is a Löwchen.
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  375. Fun fact: One dozen eggs in the UK costs approximately treble what one dozen eggs in russia costs. However the average UK salary is over 10x what the average russian salary is. Something the russians forget all the time in their comical propaganda is that the average EU/UK person is rich beyond the wildest dreams of the average russian. I will go further... in the average UK Easter egg hunt for kids, we do not even use real eggs (nor potatoes), we use either chocolate eggs or plastic eggs with presents inside them. All of these cost MORE than an actual egg would. In fact I can already see the bitter disappointment on the faces of those poor russian children who return from an Easter egg hunt with a basket of actual boiled eggs. What fun!! They must have an absolute blast playing with those.
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  376.  @glennllewellyn7369 The French just surrender. That is different.
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  377.  @JMARTIN1947  Surrendering is different. Just look at the russian retreats. Absolute text book cowardice. Best in the world.
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  378. Well you'd assume that Ukrainian control is not to their liking would you not?
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