Comments by "" (@SG-js2qn) on "The Russian Dude" channel.

  1. America isn't in Ukraine. If it was, Russia would be feeling a lot more pain. Ukraine doesn't even have F-16s yet, or A-10s. So what are those babushkas talking about? This war isn't big enough for them?
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  2. If Putin has any doubts about Shoigu, he might need Prigozhin as a plan B. IMO, Shoigu is working for Xi, against Putin. I don't know if they are investigating this at all, but the notion of Shoigu lying to Putin about the success of the war while destroying Russia's ability to defend itself, all on behalf of China ... well, it makes a lot of sense to me. Remember, China already did somewhat similar soft takeovers in Myanmar and the Solomon Islands, while destroying the economy of Sri Lanka and taking over a port there.
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  3. Another suspicious thing: why did Lukashenko intervene in a matter of treason, where the aura of treason could potentially spread to him? Most people would tell Prigozhin: "You're on your own." So I think there's something going on here, and it's not friendship. As for the ongoing Wagner drama ... it's not over till the fat lady sings.
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  4. Putin, to the people of Russia: "The reason we had to give up Crimea and the other Ukrainian provinces is ... I suck. I should have been happy that we had taken Crimea without a major war, but I got greedy and thought I could take more, and I'd be able to be a great Russian leader, like Ivan the Terrible."
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  5. I remember Putin saying that about Lithuania, with the implication being that any place Russians have lived, well, that is part of Russia that Putin might seek to "restore" to the Russian empire. There are people of Russian descent living in a lot countries.
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  6. You know, most packages of dog food have a picture of a dog on them. I suppose any wolf seeing that man's tattoo will assume he's been packaged as wolf food. 🐺
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  7. Yup, that strategy of harassing supplies during the winter has been the goal this whole time, and this is a reason for why Ukraine waited till late in the summer before moving across the river. They spoke earlier of massive actions against Russia in the east because they wanted Russia's attention focused in the east. This winter, especially with the F-16s. could be pivotal for returning Crimea to Ukraine. The first step was attacking the southern bridge and then the northern bridge, complicating transfers of men and material in and out of Crimea, and then the attacks on shipping and anti-aircraft and missile defense units sealed the deal.
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  8. The estimates of how long it will take to demine Ukraine are sad, but you know ... we still come across WW1 and WW2 unexploded ordnance in those old battlefields.
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  9. Putin has seen so many of his defense systems fail that he probably felt he needed to run a nuclear test. "Let's try 13 of them. Maybe one will go off." As for Israel updates, my main interest in relation to this channel would be on news that relates to Russia and Russia's partners, like Iran, Wagner, and China.
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  10.  @mrexists5400  China wants all of Russia. Russia is on their northern border, and they want all of the resources, which just happen to be the ones they lack. Everybody's focused on Taiwan, which is a distraction, the shiny thing. China's real strategic interests have always been Myanmar and Russia, and it already has Myanmar. China is closing in on Russia.
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  11. Russia: "We must defeat the Netherlands. This is the homeland of french fries, and Russia must capture and dominate this highly strategic resource!!!"
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  12. As for the recent terrorist attack in Russia, please note that there is a police station around the corner of the place that was attacked. Officers could have walked over immediately, but they held off for a long time. Similarly, there was a tactical police unit less than 3 miles away, and they didn't arrive till it was over as well. There should have been more security at the location, as required by Russian law, but they didn't appear to be present. Doors at the venue are supposed to be unlocked for safety, but they were locked. Essentially, this whole story is fishy as hell.
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  13.  @insertcognomen  I think he'd feel honored.
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  14. Wagner showed that Russia cannot defend itself from an internal revolution. All of its war assets are in Ukraine.
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  15. Poor Anna! It's not Coke that's doing it, it's obviously Disney.
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  16. Maybe stop using the worlds "Ukraine" and "Russia," start using national symbols, like (IDK) "Trident" and "Vodka Bear." (That's kind of like "Cocaine Bear," except slower and more clumsy, and it likes to roll a bit on its back.) There are plenty of military channels that talk about weapons of war, so obviously YT is fine with talking about that sort of thing. of course, the #1 issue is probably that Vodka Bears are reporting your channel as being offensive.
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  17. France is pissed about Putin / Wagner's attacks in Africa, destabilizing countries formerly under French control. That's why he's talking about getting more involved in the Ukraine War.
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  18. The AI didn't get it right. AI is like a monkey throwing darts at a dart board. It rarely hits the bullseye.
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  19. As for the weight lifting, there's no indication how heavy the objects are. They could be very light. Maybe he should be doing pushups or rope climbing, because we can guess how heavy he is.
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  20. We all need a new platform that is much better than YouTube.
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  21. That's an interesting idea, to start a minor conflict in Belarus. I don't know what to think about that. Definitely, Russia is weaker now, and would have difficulty responding to a threat in Belarus.
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  22. It seems that Wagner proved that any internal armed force will meet with very little resistance if they strike quickly. They could roll right into Moscow. They can take over military bases. But they have to be decisive, and they have to be planning ahead to the Russian response, which could come years later. As with any vampire, you must make sure that what you have done prevents it from rising from the grave. For Russia, I think it means there must be widespread independence of oblasts, without ability to reform into another vampire state.
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  23. I disagree with this analysis, if I'm understanding it correctly. Putin cannot give up Crimea, and if he loses it, he must take it back. Which he should be unable to do because of his toppling economy. IMO, as things currently stand, Ukraine will take Crimea and continue to push Russia out, and at some point in the next year, Russia will suffer some form of break up / civil war. Russia is made up of conquered peoples who would like to have their independence from a federal govt that is continually mistreating them.
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  24. No monuments extolling death by missile that I'm aware of, but there is a Yoda statue in San Francisco. The Force should be respected, as it could surely divert that Russian missile.
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  25. The Pentagon probably has its nose in the air because Ukraine didn't follow the strategy they laid out for the summer offensive. IMO, Ukraine made a better decision, but this may be the fall out. Also, the west is wanting to shift to issuing loans for military aid, instead of just giving the aid to Ukraine. This is like the lend / lease program, so it's not unusual. What was unusual was all the free aid.
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  26. The Biden administration giving permission for Ukraine to protect itself from forces they can see building up on Russian territory should have come immediately, and not have ever been withheld. As for peace, I'd say Russia can either keep the Ukrainian land it has taken (including Crimea), or have the sanctions lifted. In either case, I would say that Ukraine will be invited to join NATO. That's the only way to prevent a re-armament and another war. If Russia chooses to take the land, then a law should be put in place to keep the sanctions in place for at least 50 years.
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  27. Israel was shelled by Syria, just after the Syrian president was welcomed by China. Iran was just given a loan worth a few hundred billion dollars by China. Qatar funnels money from China into Europe and Hamas. People need to understand who the puppetmaster is. I don't think this channel will do a good job of updating us on Israel, but I look forward to more Russia news.
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  28. Honestly, it doesn't look like Shoigu is playing for the same team. It looks like he is systematically tearing the Russian military apart.
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  29. Russia's able to trick some of the BRICS type associates into fighting for them, and these people have no idea what's really going on until they find themselves on the front line.
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  30. There isn't a single govt in the world that a citizen should trust.
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  31. I could see China using NK as a way to trap Putin. NK could tell Shoigu that they have, say, 20 million units of artillery to sell to Russia, no problem. So Russia begins to incorporate this into their strategies. But China wants Russia to fail, so now China directs NK to stop supplying the shells after delivering only 10%. Now Russia may have overextended itself. Likewise, the Russian soldiers leaving Belarus could actually have been recalled, because Russia is running low on troops after Avdiivka.
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  32. The Z patriots online are compensating for being too cowardly to go to the front lines.
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  33. Russia needs to get completely OUT of Ukraine. If the war was to end now, Putin would immediately turn the army against all of the rebel forces. The idea of a buffer zone is stupid, IMO. What is a buffer zone in this region, except for something that can easily be crossed in a day or less?
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  34. Actually, using puppets and stuffed animals is a great way to represent politics, because so many politicians are just puppets. "So ... 17 Zs come out of their trenches and want to play like this by a small town, so Unicorns say 'Shh! Shh!' and the Zs fall asleep." That pretty much covers it.
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  35. I imagine what the Crimean civilians are being recruited to do is to strip still functional parts from salvage equipment, and then those parts are being sent to the engineers in Soviet Russia.
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  36. Ukraine: "We are very, very fortunate to be able to use Starlink, but we HATE Elon Musk for being an enemy of Ukraine!!" Sorry, but that's rrrrrridiculous propaganda. And CNN is one of the least trustworthy news sites in America.
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  37. China doesn't really want this war to end. China wants both NATO and Russia severely weakened.
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  38. If Russia does decide to flood their ranks with alcoholics (didn't they already do this?!), maybe Ukrainians should offer free vodka to deserters in exchange for live ammunition, like artillery shells. "You'll get a pint of vodka for each live shell you carry across to us, boys!" Russia would be disarmed within weeks.
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  39. It's rare to get consensus, and often it only comes about after the major events have occurred and we can look back in hindsight. But very often, even with hindsight, people cannot agree on what they are seeing or what to do. That's just the way it is.
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  40. The Russians have already lost more soldiers in this short war than the US did in all of the years of the Vietnam War. This war is leaving a deep scar in the population of Russia as well as Ukraine.
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  41. IMO, Shoigu is going to waste those new recruits, because that's what the CCP has ordered ... and that's his real boss. The CCP is going to make Shoigu leader after Putin is gone, and Russia will return to communism.
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  42. Russia is moving its newest howitzers close to Finland because A) they don't want them destoyed, and B) they don't actually work very well and Russia would rather not have that exposed.
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  43. I like this idea of individual oppressed groups rising up in Russia. This is a good challenge to China, which I believe is trying to push Russia into weakness, install a puppet, and turn the clock back to communist days. These various rebel groups could potentially foil China's plan, and restore individual freedoms to Russians. Add to this the possible poisoning of Lukashenko by Putin, and there could be a healthy disruption of power coming to the region. Maybe what Russia has needed all along is to fight for their liberty, instead of having a financial collapse of the Soviets, followed by continued corruption and rule by the same people with the same practices, only changing the name from Soviet Union to Russian Federation.
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  44. If China has indeed infiltrated Russia, they will be very happy to steer them into martial law, and then bring in "friendly" security forces from China to assist.
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  45. And now the question is ... which of these "close confidants" of Putin have been bought by China and are CCP puppets positioned for the future control of Russia? China wants all of Russia's assets, and currently has to share the oil with rival India. So don't be surprised if conflict in Iran, coming from the Taliban, sponsored by China, ends up blocking the transit of vital materials from Russia to India. (Iran is geographically between Russia and India and has been the pass-thru for all trade since sanctions began.)
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  46. The sad thing is that even under heavy threat from Russia and having been given massive international support, most Ukrainians aren't committed to winning the war. And corruption continues.
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  47. What it looks like to me is that Russia is preparing for a successful winter operation ... by Ukraine. To counter the expected summer offensive by Ukraine, they have been keeping their men in the field for too long, and in high numbers. Now they're opening what is basically a new front in the east. It seems like they're betting the farm on Ukraine doing nothing in the autumn and winter. Now, I have no idea what Ukraine could do during the winter. But it seems likely that Russian troops will be at their ebb at that point.
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  48. Or, potentially that Polish farmer is an identity created by the EU to make it look like the whole European farmer's uprising is being conducted by the Russians ...?
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  49. Looking at those vehicles in Russia with the large missile on the top reminds me of a very similar, famous vehicle in the US: the Oscar Meyer wienermobile. https://youtu.be/fUGJ6i8g__w?si=JS1Ne7fXyeNZwy7O
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  50. I think it's possible that people don't understand that Russia has been attacking France's colonies in Africa for quite some time now, since 2017, and has done a lot of harm. That's where Wagner was operating, doing a lot more than they were doing in Ukraine. France has been hurt by this and has so far been unable to find a way to strike back at Russia or to correct the situation in Africa. This is the real reason why Macron was threatening to send French troops to Ukraine. It's not really to help Ukraine, but out of anger and frustration with Russia's successes in Africa.
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  51. People seem to be impatient. I'm not. You don't want to be impatient when confronting dug-in defensive forces. Be patient, and save lives.
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  52. Maybe it is finally dawning upon Putin that he has delivered Russia into the mouth of the dragon - China - and that his trusted generals, Shoigu and Gerasimov, are in the pay of the dragon. And those that he thought of as his mortal enemies are really his brothers, but they are also in the pay of the dragon. I think Putin is perhaps surprised to find at the end, like Denethor, that he does love his country, and that the dragon does not share power. It just eats and leaves ruin behind it. Just look at the two sides of the Amur River. If Putin is to save his country, he must place the tail of the dragon in its mouth. That way, in its own appetite, it will devour itself. Or perhaps the dragon has grown so fat it cannot recognize its own tail, and will do the deed itself.
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  53. Putin has always been ready to talk. Just give him whatever he wants, as the Russian people do, and he's fine with that. BTW, Putin's plan includes holding Ukrainian leaders responsible for all of the Russian men lost in this war. He's going to dodge responsibility for expending them so carelessly.
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  54. Hmm. Hamas digging tunnels. Russia digging tunnels. It's almost as though they subscribe to the same military newsletter.
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  55. Regardless of what's being said in the press, I think the west understands the Russian regime is falling within a year. The sanctions and the war are destroying the Russian economy. IMO, it is even possible that the west is pulling back a little bit on support and saying certain things in the media in order to KEEP Russia in the fight. If Russia was to pull back now, they might be able to save their country from collapse, and the west doesn't want that. China wants Russia to collapse as well, because they want to secure Russia's resources for themselves. So they're practically egging Russia on, "Hey, Ivan ... you can't quit now! You've almost got it done! The west is getting tired of the war." When the truth is that the bear is about to fall into the pit.
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  56. It sounds like the plan Shoigu has given to the media is for Russia to send huge meat wave attacks against the strongest Ukrainian positions. I don't know if they'll actually do that, especially since they just told everyone what they're going to do, but it would not be entirely out of character for them to do it. In which case, the Ukrainians need to be patient, watch for the advancing zombies, and reload.
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  57. Lukashenko saw the lone tank - an old one - in the parade, and the smaller number of soldiers, and realized Russia was not taking Ukraine at all ... just his own country of Belarus, which he had surrendered without a shot. He went home to figure out how to get Russia out of his country.
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  58. At this point, I think Ukraine can win by outlasting Russia, if Ukraine doesn't burn up all of their resources. Keep disabling the Russian supply lines and destroying supplies. Don't lose Ukrainian troops. Slowly move through weakened lines. Let time and winter weaken the Russians further. Don't rest and don't fall asleep, but keep up pressure and be effective at bleeding them. I'm really not in favor of trying to do things "fast" for political reasons. Do things right, not fast. Prevent Russians from supplying their troops and rotating them before winter.
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  59. About 30% of adullts around the world are mentally ill, and unfortunately many of these people are in politics and running politics. Around the world, the political realm is so toxic that the sane people don't want any part of it ... just the crazies do. Which is why the world looks like it does right now. We must get the number of sane people in govt above 50%. This dysfunction has gone on too long and has cut too deep.
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  60. Kids eating Putin's chocolate Ukraine: "Nom nom nom." Just like their leader, chomping away without a care for all of the lives ruined.
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  61. YT has shifted their algorithms again, burying "Russian Dude" deeper. BTW, is Gerasimov truly gone?
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  62. If Ukraine is dumping the generals, they better pull out of Avdiivka right away, because that's turning into a disaster. Is Zelensky a dictator, elminating generals because they're getting too popular? Frankly, it sounds like a Putin move. Did Putin or China pay Zelensky to make this decision? As for the west being slow, remember that Ukraine STILL has not deployed the F-16s, which could be a game-changer. It's too bad this was done a year ago, and that's the west's fault.
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  63. Putin's statement is probably threatening nuclear war ... again. He's getting down to the bottom of the barrel on his ammunition (the missiles fired in the recent offensive were not from storage but recently made), and his economy is cratering. Putin recently told China that Russia was ready to fight for five more years. This is an obvious lie that he told to China to make them back off, as China wants to take over Russia.
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  64. As for Adam, this is probably a way for his father to provide Adam with security. He's probably concerned that something will happen to him, and Adam probably wanted the freedom to do stupid things. So this not only promotes his son and gives him a salary, but keeps him with papa and with the REAL security personnel.
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  65. The F-16s aren't in the field yet, are they? I wonder to what extent they will help. Might they be a game changer? As for Russia itself, their economy is in collapse. There will be a major upheaval in Russia within the year. Putin asking for a truce is simply him trying to save himself.
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  66. IDK if Russian shamans should go to jail. It sounds like an expansion pack for a RPG game, where you start off in prison, and now you can either be straight Russian mafia or start adding Shaman skills to your skill tree. Eventually you work your way up to being Putin's chef, and then billionaire mercenary leader, or perhaps Minister of Defense. FWIW, I'm going to guess the current MoD is mostly shaman skills, and the mercenaries are mostly mafia skills.
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  67. People see this as Putin securing his power, but I think it is more accurate to say that Shoigu is eliminating rivals. Also, I'm not remotely shocked that Shoigu is not rotating his troops, because his real intent is to destroy them. Those, I believe, are his instructions from the CCP, which is patiently engaged in a soft takeover of Russia with Shoigu as puppet.
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  68. Russian govt is the biggest threat to the Russian people. FACT.
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  69. Russia sounds like it's getting as bad as the US. I wonder why they sound so similar. Is it ... the socialism?
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  70. What you failed to mention about the bird houses is that they are also stealing the souls of the birds. Every bird that enters decides to vote for Putin. True story. BTW, France is a major military arms supplier around the world, but last I checked, their contribution to Ukraine was virtually nil, especially compared to their ability to produce. It's weird, isn't it? That they should be such a big arms supplier for the various nations of the world, yet they have sent virtually nothing to Ukraine. Maybe you should get on the phone to them about it.
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  71. When are the Chechens going to wake up and realize that freedom from Russia is in their grasp?
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  72. At this point, my impression is that Ukraine should advance only when they find weakness in the Russian line. Ukraine should not exhaust itself over meters. The main thrust of the strategy is to blow up the supplies for the Russian soldiers on the line, and keep them from being restocked before winter comes. You regain the territory by breaking the supply lines.
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  73. IMO, the ONLY way to truly end the war is to restore Ukrainian sovereignty to all of the lands Ukraine had in 2010 (before annexation actions by Russia). Diplomats fancy they are saving lives by developing half baked treaties, but they are NOT. WW1 was "ended" with a bad treaty that set up WW2. And the end of WW2 set up the Cold War, with its massive losses due to communism in the east. I think you can make the case that diplomats like to end wars prematurely simply to expand the war profits, because now the sides can retrench and reload for an even worse war in the future. So don't let yourself be conned into thinking diplomacy and war are two opposite sides. They are working together to force more war. Find a natural end to the war, that is best.
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  74. I agree that this incident is both horrible and very suspicious. It reminds me of the assassination of the president of Haiti. A small number of patsies were ushered into the presidental compound to kill him, and then the "escape plan" was simply to go to the Taiwan embassy and wait for Haitian security to catch up to them. It was blamed on the CIA, but obviously there was an attempt to conceal the actual beneficiary of that attack (China). Right now there's a lot of violence in Russia, and this particular incident stands out weirdly. The west didn't need for this to happen. Ukraine didn't need for this happen. Russia either planned it as a false flag, or maybe some other nation like China set it up. IMO, China may be growing impatient for Russia to fall, and wants to hasten that day. I believe China wants to acquire all of Siberia, but they need a collapse of Putin's regime first.
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  75.  @N1rOx  What a stupid thing to say, honestly. Why even bother saying it?
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  76.  @terjeoseberg990  It's not China's MO to invade. Their strategy is to bribe the guy who guards the gate of the city, and then he lets them in.
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  77. @@IntelligentBot4597 You've got the bot part working, but not the intelligence part. The 80-90 IQ people think power is taken by only by open warfare. That's not the case. China buys people, and has been doing it since the late 80s.
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  78. IMO, it makes perfect sense for Putin to poison Lukashenko. Putin desperately needs a victory, and he knows he's not going to get it in Ukraine. So he's attempting to formally annex Belarus. Lukashenko probably received chelation IV treatment for his poisoning, with extensive bruising occurring due to his age, which is why he is wearing the bandage. Lukashenko is also partly looking sick because while he thought he was playing it safe by making friends with Putin, he sees the Russian armed forces in his country and feels the poison in this veins, and he knows Putin has him in the end game. Even if he tried to appeal to western powers for salvation, he's screwed, because of the Russian forces in his country. Even so, there's probably some back channel talk with the EU. Will we see Belarus become the next theater in this war? Possibly. I don't see Putin voluntarily pulling out, and without western aid, Lukashenko is dead.
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  79. As I keep saying, Shoigu is very likely working for the CCP, purposefully weakening Russia and driving the Russian oligarchs and Russian resources into the open arms of China. And even if Shoigu is just astoundingly stupid and incompetent, it doesn't matter. Russia is still being delivered day by day to China.
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  80. Companies are making bad business decisions these days. I recommend that you cloak your topic in code words, and / or pretend you are talking about a video game. As for Z trolls, they're real. And YT is perfectly happy to let their platform be ruled by trolls.
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  81. Sure, it's possible that Zaluzhny has become predictable, and that would be the reason to rotate him out. But are we seeing other officers being rotated in and tested with operations, to see if they can succeed? There's been nothing about that in the press to the best of my knowledge. The story in the press is simply that there's a popular and effective general, and because he and Zelensky don't agree on every single thing, the general is going to be replaced, and sent to an ambassador role in the UK. It's doubtful we'll ever know the reality behind this move. History rarely gets all of the facts straight. (BTW, when you mentioned that Zelensky might be watching, you forgot to ask him to subscribe!)
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  82. Putin was never that bothered by NATO. He just wants the land that has the oil and natgas. That was the plan from the beginning. And then he wants to resume selling this stolen gas to Europe.
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  83. I wonder if Shoigu has been getting bribe money from the CCP. It would make a lot of sense to me, because he has done a lot to undermine Russia and build up his personal fortune at the same time.
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  84. As for demonetization, YT takes "reports" from viewers into account, and you are probably getting "report bombed" by the enemy. Channels on China are routinely demonetized, and it has be due to manipulation of a feedback mechanism like this. China activists are also able to automatically silence YT users by reporting their comments as "violating the terms of service," and YT will then turn off the ability to comment for 24 hours. There's one channel on China, all you have to do is click on it, and not even watch the video, and they will report bomb you immediately. And if you even just write the name of this channel in a comment, the same thing will happen. So they are very organized and constantly scraping social media to shut people down.
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  85. It can be hard to find a good general. If you find one that works, be careful about removing him for no good reason. Some things, once done, cannot be fixed.
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  86. I think militarily the Ukrainians are not perfect, but doing very well. However, all I hear about the national govt is graft, fraud, and corruption. It sounds like they are stealing money meant for the war and putting it into their personal accounts ... using the war as a way to get rich, and not that interested in winning the war. If true, obviously that's a huge problem, especially if Ukraine fails to win the war.
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  87. That picture of the soldier getting the medal could be memed using a cartoon character in place of the soldier. You could also change the background, turn it into a fast food restaurant.
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  88. Putin: "We will genetically wipe out the British with DNA weapons!!!" Putin, later: "Oh ... so we're all related? Okay, nevermind about the DNA weapons." Putin: "Did they discover our mines at the nuclear power plant? I told you to prevent them from going to those areas! Now we must turn off all monitoring equipment to keep the terror going." Shoigu: "Hello, North Korea! I will be in charge of Russia after the CCP takes over. So you will soon be talking to me as a fellow sovereign."
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  89. Russia wants to give the impression it is reloading. I'm not convinced they're going to be able to do it without imploding. Already we know they no longer have any internal defenses. Everything they have is on the front lines in Ukraine. As economic conditions worsen, they are ripe for internal strife. IMO, Chechnya is the logical choice to make the first move. As for charting the course of the war, the American generals are as incompetent as the Russian ones. Not quite as corrupt, but getting there swiftly.
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  90. IMO, Putin is not going to get 300,000 recruits without simply conscripting entire towns and sending them to the front line as a meat wave.
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  91. I assume the son is collecting women because ... he's a young man. And if he is trying to build something, he's probably trying to attract other young men. So he wants to have women in his service, probably not for their sniping abilities.
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  92. What's happening with Russian strategy is that they are purposefully continuing to weaken Russia. Instead of ramping up a war time economy and production of armaments, they are ramping up efforts to bring fresh meat into the grinder.
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  93. Any place liberated by Russia is full of bodies liberated from souls, and grounds liberated from the past so they can more easily start over. It's like how the globalists want the Earth to be carbon free and wiped clean of the taint of (lower caste) human history. As for winning the war, it's a supply war. Are the Ukrainians destroying enough Russian supplies? So far, no. Avdiivka shows Ukraine still cannot destroy enough supplies in time to be decisive.
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  94. Putin's name is going into the Russian history books with just a short description: "a fart." 💨
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  95. Putin will of course ask for everything he wants. And he will hope that NATO gives it to him.
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  96. A tribunal against Putin will isolate Putin and Russia more, which will drive them deeper into the clutches of China.
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  97. IMO, the Russian soldiers need to step up their attacks against their own officers. The officer class is part of the corrupt cadre class, not part of "the people."
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  98. The muscular Russian soldiers at the beginning of the video should put on patriotic uniforms, grab a shield, and head out to the front lines. (Those Russian shields are very heavy, BTW.) As for Berdiansk, I doubt the Ukrainians will concentrate their firepower at any one location. They'll spread it out, along the coast, so they're not as vulnerable to counter attack.
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  99. Putler, Xitler, and Kimtler are literally the worst. It's our obligation to resist them. Interesting that Putler destroyed Xitler's Ukraine grain.
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  100. It looks like an oligarch war may be starting up in Russia.
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  101. Putin has to teach the little kids how to be drone operators because he's already killed off their fathers.
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  102. If possible, Ukraine needs to focus more on hitting supply lines. Russia can send more meat than they can supplies. Also, while I expect Ukraine to "liberate" Crimea this year, I don't expect them to occupy it. They will reduce the ability of Russia to hold that land and have assets in that land, and then begin pushing east. I expect the front line currently at Kherson to move south to the shorline and edge of Crimea. The bridges, roads, and railways to Crimea will be gone or controlled.
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  103. Yes, Putin is covered in innocent blood.
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  104. You can probably be arrested for cooking with a tank grill if you are cooking Z patriot hot dogs.
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  105. When do the F-16s arrive?
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  106. Patriotism is fine if the People actually run the govt. But even in the US, the federal bureaucracies believe they have the right to run the nation, and they don't want to let the People run it.
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  107. Not so secretly in the US. I read an article about it a few weeks ago.
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  108. FWIW, Russia's energy tankers are avoiding the Red Sea, which indicates that it is China that is directing the Houthis, not Russia. As for NATO countries not making their full payments ... if they HAD been paying their share, they would have had a lot more weaponry to send to Ukraine. But countries on the Atlantic, especially, - plus Turkey - don't feel like they're in danger from Russia, so they don't bother about keeping up their NATO defenses. France has given almost NOTHING to Ukraine.
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  109. Lukashenko could make a bold move. I don't think he would do it, but ... if he has military forces loyal to him and to Belarus, he could seize these nuclear weapons and use them to free himself from Putin. Once the nuclear weapons have been secured, he could threaten to use them on Moscow if Russia didn't withdraw all of their forces from Belarus immediately.
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  110. As for Putin and Lukashenko going back on their word ... to be honest, this is extremely common among politicians. As for Russia, it's clear that in their hubris all they planned for was an invasion into Ukraine with no resistance. Their whole effort is falling apart now, and as with the Afghanistan War decades ago, this could spell the end of this regime in Russia. (And good riddance to it!)
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  111. Wasn't the video of the tanks in the east from a week or so ago? Maybe I got that story from a different source and this is the first time you are reporting it, but I definitely saw a very similar situation captured from the same camera angles.
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  112. Evil doesn't give up right away.
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  113. On that political poster at the beginning ... it seems to me the waving flag needs to be reversed in order to have its proper meaning. (Look at it, and I think you will get the joke. It should be a meme.)
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  114. You have to understand, for some time now, the goal of a military has been to fight a war, but not to win a war. Think about that.
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  115.  @aperson6799  Not sure why that is scary, considering Wagner has been in the field up till now. Also, Russia took back all of the heavy equipment they'd given to Wagner, so presumably all they have now are small arms. Furthermore, they're probably not going to get anymore money from Putin. So why would they go fight in Ukraine?
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  116. IMO, the Chechens are a likely first fracture point, with the central power of Moscow obviously greatly diminished. Are there any other possible breakaway oblasts? If so, I think this may be how the war ends ... with Russia dividing itself into smaller pieces. If that happens, the natural danger will not be from the west, but from the CCP.
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  117. The babushkas are kind of funny, in that apparently Wagner was paying troops in American cash and gold, not rubles.
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  118. Russia's handling of Wagner can be best described as "socialists gonna socialist." They said they were going to arm him, and they didn't, and now the Wagner group is stuck in position with no recourse, sacrificed by the Russian military. Because in socialist society, if you try to correct the bad policies, you become the enemy.
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  119. IMO, if Russia gets free of Putin, they should divide the country into 2-6 parts. Make it harder for there to be a dictator. Sure, smaller countries - like Belarus, or North Korea - can have a dictator. But it is harder for any part of the nation to resist the govt the bigger that govt is. So reduce federal power by breaking up into smaller autonomous parts. These parts can still engage in trade and form coalitions, as the former USSR states - like Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia - do.
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  120. Russia is one of the more obvious police states, along with China, NK, and the rest of the usual suspects. But the west has headed that same direction as well, with the rise in this behavior directly paralleling that nation's rise in cooperation with China.
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  121. It sounds like Russia's army is all for show. Meat waves!
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  122. The Chechens may lose their opportunity to attack and destabilize Russia if they don't get with it soon. They need to get serious about their plans. As for the Republicans, they have tied Ukraine aid to enforcing US border security. Biden is letting millions of people from all nations walk across the border, and is in fact giving each of them a $5k gift card, plus food, clothing, shelter, a plane ticket, and whatever basic medical care they might need. And that's the minimum of the expense. When Biden stops that, Ukraine gets aid.
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  123.  @insertcognomen  Maybe Putin the Putrid.
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  124. Just imagine Shaman peforming for Hitler and being a proud Nazi, and you have the situation properly scoped out. The Nazis were mind controlling socialists, just like Putin's crew.
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  125. It seems like what the Ukrainians need to do is to take the heights and the roads. Cut off the Russians in the towns and let them wait.
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  126. Putin is showing the west how it is done by keeping his political rival in prison. Putin: "Yes, we are willing to negotiate for the unconditional surrender of Ukraine to Russia."
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  127. Russia will cease to exist. In the the future it will be known as China; or at least that is the intention of the CCP. I believe this is already underway.
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  128. I don't think it is a good idea to summon a demon by chanting his name 3x. The gentleman doing so on social media was clearly possessed by an evil spirit that destroyed his mind.
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  129. I would not be shocked if Putin decides to go "all-in" on taking Belarus and abandons all of his forces currently in Ukraine. The new call up could be for people to station in Belarus ... a country they can invade without a war.
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  130. I can imagine Ukraine retaking Crimea, but I think that also once it happens, Russia will probably seek to level it, making the whole area look like Bakhmut.
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  131. I'm starting to think the Babushkas are running Russia.
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  132. How did Ukrainian drones somehow not hit anything important at the Kremlin, just the flag? Which they had replaced by the next day? It seems more like someone was trying to make sure the damage was purely symbolic. As if it was a Russian idea. Most likely they needed a reason to cancel the parade without appearing to be weak.
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  133. When hedonism rises, corruption rises. And the higher corruption rises, the more likely you are to have war. And if both sides are corrupt, then it is more likely the war will be a long one, because both sides will spend their resources foolishly, giving neither side the advantage.
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  134.  @N1rOx  I've got you on mute now. You obviously think you're worth my time, but you're not.
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  135. I actually appreciate your use of colorful euphemisms for the war activities. It makes for a more interesting commentary, IMO. If you ever need to specify a specific type of metal cylinder or airplane or whatever, it doesn't seem like the censor cares about model numbers. It's silly business, what YT is doing, but they report to the globalists on how successful they are at controlling the narrative, and this is just part of it.
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  136. How sad that grandmothers want to send their grandsons out to die in a foreign war.
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  137. Russia is of course blowing smoke about Ukraine running out of resources to fight the war. What's actually going to happen is that Russia is going to collapse within the next 12 months.
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  138. Russia is rushing headlong back into communism. Xi rubs his hands with glee, as the CCP tentacles encircle more Russian resources.
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  139. The more interesting data point for me on Putin's regime is that earlier this month a new "institute for Xi Jinping thought" was set up in Russia, the first one outside of China. IMO, Shoigu probably works for the CCP.
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  140. One rational reason to fake Putin's death would be to see how key people would react to such news. Like, what if the CCP believed Putin was dead? What would they do?
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  141. It sounds like Ukraine has till the end of September to take advantage of the exhausted Russian lines. As for the comment by the Chechen leader, he is simply playing the religion card to try to energize his forces and get more volunteers.
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