Comments by "James Reefe" (@jpr1370) on "Kyiv Post" channel.

  1. In NYC - Mike Cohen know all about trump business with russia. His information could be very useful - if properly motivated.
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  2. You gotta ask yourself about the wisdom of a guy would rather troll and spam the world - rather than bring prosperity to the country he is supposed to be running. Putin reminds me of the show Pinky and the Brain. What are we going to do tonight Brain - same as every night Pinky - Try to take over the world. And that is what putin reminds me of -
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  3. It is not IF, it is WHEN.
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  4. PUBLIC OPINION: Who’s best for Ukraine? Trump or Harris? - It is the same asking who is better for Ukraine - Harris or putin. Not difference.
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  5. Only a Just and Lasting Peace. No appeasement.
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  6. I say the problem is not russia the problem is putin. you say the problem is russia. I say get rid of putin (permanently) and let's see if that was the problem or not.
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  7. post putin russia is the correct conversation. Every day. I give him about 25 more days in power. putin needs to go before Jan 20, 2025 - whether don trump finds a way to take power in the USA or not - and I am thinking - not.
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  8. trump been working for putin for decades. Remember the birther lie? The only mystery to me is how trump is still alive. Same for putin. It is a mystery to me putin is still alive. I mean seriously.
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  9. Neither Montgomery nor Eisenhower were shocked or appalled. The story met their expectation.
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  10. This should not be a one off hit. Follow up to set the trend. And build momentum for Ukraine
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  11. NATO will decide the outcome of the war either through action or inaction. russia has no say in the outcome.
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  12. if only china had known russia is so impotent.
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  13. it is not a matter of winning or losing. The idea has no meaning. You defend Ukrainian independence and democracy or you don't. Winning or losing does not enter in to it. For Europe the benefits are astronomical. The key point to know is - Feb 1, 2022 all of Europe, The USA, Joe Biden the Pentagon all expected russia to own Ukraine in short order. They - ALL or the "EXPERTS" were -WRONG. Every week Ukraine proved all russia experts and all "Western" experts - WRONG. The lesson - the salient point - the new wisdom to take home is UKRAINE is One of the Largest Countries in Europe. And Ukraine is one of the Most Powerful Countries in Europe. Ukraine is a Player in Europe. Today everyone knows putin is a fool. putin rejected democracy for russia for 24 years. putin rejected economic and social cooperation with Europe and it cost russia trillions of dollars. Not billions of dollars. trillions of dollars. and now potion war for no reason - with russia elites previously all living the European lifestyle of the rich and famous all across Europe - it cost russia over half a million lives and a million people - the future of russia - already fled to Europe. You could not construct a more disaster scenario for russia if you tried. russia in the putin era is the definition of a failure state.
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  14. Why does this guy remind me that corruption in Ukraine is an artifact of Soviet Culture and a Russian Import.
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  15. with the invasion of russia by Ukraine Luchashenko is looking for an exit - with no where to go. Lucha is in a bad place right now. Orban too. Darks days for Lucia and Orban
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  16. That is conventional. Going Geurrilla - the possibilities are - endless. And Guerrilla is the untapped fertile ground available to Ukraine in Putin's war on Europe in Ukraine.
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  17. The question is - irrelevant. The only question is - What will Harris mean for Ukraine. And She already state publicly - she is all in on Ukraine. I have a better chance to be POTUS next year than don trump. Seriously. Why? Jul 27, 2016 trump said - "Russia if you're listening...I need...you will be rewarded." Obama knew putin was listening trump got the emails the day Obama handed trump the key in a "Peaceful transfer of power" I called it a coup. Obama didn;t know the reward. Now we do. Lavrov in the US Oval Office, Helsinki and trump running the putin foreign policy on Ukraine out of the US Oval Office that got trump impeached the first time. In 2025 there is no mystery. trump already promised dictatorship and already told putin to do whatever the hell he wants in Europe. That is pretty clear. It is clear that in 2025 hand the key to trump again does not represent "Peaceful Transition of Power'. It didn;t even mean that in 2017. Handing trump the key in 2025 is flushing US democracy down the toilet and green lighting putin to use the nuclear extortion protection racket to topple EU democracies once by one. So putin can "Take Ownership" of those countries. trump is the fulcrum. The Lynch pin. The pivot point. The catalyst. That makes it all possible. But it is worse. trump will gift US military tech to putin. if Europe resist putin trump will back putin against Europe. What trump putin and Leanrd Leo are trying to do is the Second Coup on the USA - using the same guy - trump. It is a stupid plan - but apparently the only one they got. I would not be surprised for putin to threaten nuclear war unless the USA install trump. It is literally life and death for putin. July 1, 2025 The SCOTUS Supreme Court of the USA granted trump Absolute Legal Immunity for Official Acts while in office. Only one problem - Joe Biden is POTUS - not don trump. That means Joe Biden HAs that immunity - Today. That is an inconvenient problem trump Lenard Leo and putin are trying to solve right now. But it means all Biden needs rto do is Make an Official Statement that trump is a russia foreign agent and traitor and to honor his Sworn Oath to Defend and Protect the US Constitution. And the rest is history. It is not a problem. The USA bumps off ISIS people globally routinely. trump is no different - I mean other than being a far more insidious and dangerous threat. not trump himself - alliance with putin is the problem. And there. are a lot of other American worked for the trump putin cause - who should be concerned. Mike Flynn. Paul Manafort. Jill Stien. Tusli Gabbard. Roger Stone. Rudi Giuliani. All the Fake Electors. John Eastman. Ken Chesboro. Pillow Guy. Tina Peters. Mike Roman. It is a very long list of people. All working in concert to destroy US Democracy.
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  18. Couldn't find Dugin?
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  19. Nakedly. Transparently.
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  20. All roads led to Moscow - no. All roads lead to ptns desk. That seems like an easier problem to solve. One person in a world of 8 billion? Come on. add trump to the equation and you are talking about 2 people out of 8 billion. Again. Come on.
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  21. In peace negotiations Ukraine should drag the war out as long as humanly possible. putin got a third of what he started with. And if putin could win in 3 years with 100% of what he started with then, putin can’t win with the third he got left. Let’s be clear, trump is on a rescue mission to save Putin’s bacon. No reason for Ukraine to help trump save putin. No value to mankind neither
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  22. trump is a convicted fraud. We know where the election fraud in 2016 was - it was trump.
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  23. NATO Will decide the outcome of the war either through action or inaction. russia will have no say in it. so far NATO including Joe Biden are MIA in Ukraine. Missing In Action. AWOL. Away Without Leave.
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  24. What to know about Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Bold. Visionary. Until last week the putin doctrine of the war was - I can strike you but you cannot strike me. I think it is Sober Reasoning the Urkaine decided on a New Doctrine - If you can strike me - then I guarantee you I will strike you. It is an absolute certainty. It means - Ukraine has abandoned belief in russia propaganda stating the russia is all powerful. The Mystique - The Lie - Is Destroyed - and will never be restored. Finally Ukraine decide to beleive their own eyes - When Ukraine does the write thing for Ukraine - Ukraine benefits. Not sure how Ukraine got NATO buy-in - but it is about 2 year late. It is Past Time for NATO to Join Ukraine in Defense of Europe. Not Ukraine Joint NATO. The other way around - because it is alway Ukraine stepping into the breach while NATO bureaucrats watch - looking on - handwringing Impotent. If there is a Military man or Woman in NATO - past time for NATO to step up and Join Ukraine. Key is - heart directly on putin - personally. putin is afraid. putin needs to be more afraid. Much more afraid.
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  25. on paper - russia was a big powerful country - and then they got the Soviets. The Soviets fell after gutting the country for 60 years, then they got putin who has gutted the country for another 25 years. so it turns out - russia was a big ;powerful country - ONLY on paper. Too bad russia got screwed for 60 years with the Soviets and to bad put makes the Soviet its look like school children their level of corruption. too bad. Waste of a country. Now russia competes with North Korea - for the worst. And russia is winning the race to the bottom.
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  26. If you are a russian soldier in Ukraine - how do you increase your life expectancy? Desert. It is that simple. Life expectancy for russians used to exhaust Ukraine ammunition store - their life expectancy is a few hours. It is nothing new. It is right out of Tolstoy Anna Karenina . It is the same as when russia went to war with the turks in Crimea. Right out of Tolstoy.
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  27. If Ukraine does it right putin will not have another good night sleep the rest of his life, what ever is left of it. The commentator is fool. Ukraine invaded nuclear armed Russia. Aug 1, 2024 he would told you that it is impossible. Now it is historical fact. And he accepts it out of hand. These talking heads are just about worthless. Ukraine has always taken the lead in this war and Ukraine boldness forces NATO and Europe and the USA and the talking head “experts” to constantly play catchup. Ukraine needs to keep doing what Ukraine is doing. Ukraine is in the Russian rear now in Kursk. Keep hitting Russia in the rear. Relentlessly, unending, resolute, decisive, focused. Determined.
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  28. Lev Parnas knows all about trump and russia ties. Parnas and Furman got picked up in Dulles Airport with a ticket to Vienna going to see Dmytro Firtash. So Parnas acting like an altar boy - isn't. Parnas knows plenty and says nothing. """Firtash, 58, rose to wealth and influence in Ukraine but has been indicted in the United States on bribery and racketeering charges. Firtash is linked to former President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who sought dirt in Ukraine on President Joe Biden's son, Hunter - with Parnas and Furman as the handlers. The United States indicted Firtash, who is believed to have strong ties to the Kremlin, in March 2014, shortly after Russia seized Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. U.S. prosecutors accuse the Ukrainian businessmen of paying bribes to officials in India for licenses to mine titanium, which they planned to sell to U.S. aerospace giant Boeing. According to the SBU, the damage Ukraine's State Treasury suffered from the embezzlement activities allegedly committed by Firtash’s group in Ukraine's gas transit system are estimated at up to 18 billion hryvnyas ($484 million) between 2016 and 2022 as part of a "large-scale scheme." "Effectively we are talking about the embezzlement of money from ordinary Ukrainians who paid their utility bills," the statement said. Firtash, once an ally of ousted Russia-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych, resides in Austria. He is wanted in the United States for bribery and racketeering charges in India. The United States has asked Austrian authorities to extradite him. He has denied wrongdoing and has fought extradition. Ukraine imposed sanctions on Firtash in June 2022, accusing him of selling titanium products that Kyiv said ended up being used by Russian military enterprises. Firtash at the time denied the allegations. The sanctions against Firtash and his Group DF include an asset freeze, ban on capital withdrawal, revocation of licenses, restriction of resource transit, and other restrictions. Firtash denies the charges and calls them politically motivated. He is currently seeking a new trial after Austria's Supreme Court upheld his extradition in 2019. Yuriy Vitrenko, the CEO of the state-owned natural gas company Naftogaz, told RFE/RL earlier this month that he suspected Firtash might be shifting his profits from Ukraine's gas industry to affiliated companies in Western Europe through a scheme known as transfer pricing. He also expressed concern that Firtash was selling gas he bought at below-market prices from Naftogaz to industrial users in violation of an agreement.""" Apparently Vienna is criminal safe haven inside of the EU - if you have a lot of money. This is a way the EU subsidizes russia aggression - from within Europe. And We all know this is just one of countless similar examples. And that is a problem.
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  29. General Zaluzhny seems too pessimistic to the point where I think he may not be the right man for the job. First, putin and dugin thought Ukraine would fold like a house of cards with just the idea of Russia military in the field. It is impossible to say in English how dumb that idea was. Those two will go down in Russia history as two of the dumbest of all time. If it is stalemate - then that in and of itself is a Victory for Ukraine fighting against the "second largest military on Planet Earth". Two years ago Global Experts would say - that it was Impossible. Global Experts were All Wrong. Three, success and failure is measured by territory on a map. Not people KIA or BMPs blown up. It is territory - because even if I know nothing I can look at a map. Ukraine is unconstrained in how it innovates to prosecute the war. Much fertile ground has gone unexplored. If Russia sends waves of people into direct line of fire to exhaust Ukraine - eliminate the threat - expeditiously. Rail lines from Ukraine to Russia are intact.  Ukraine can and should liberate ground occupied in 2014. The Kerch Bridge still stands. Drop it. Patton says fixed fortification are useless - just go around behind them. Bypass pockets of resistance. It may mean needing to enter Russia to come at Russia lines from the rear. For Ukraine in their existential fight - bowing to EU bureaucrats may not alway be the answer. NATO has no practical choice other than to support Ukraine. No choice.
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  30. The dirty little secret is if putin pisses of enough people - his "war with the West" will collapse with lightning speed. putin is too weak for any face to face confront nation. putin is too weka to prevail in ukraine decisively. Putin's only asset in his was with "The West" is - people just want to go live life and have fun and enjoy life. In out affluent societies - people all have better things to do with their time. Putin does not want to destroy the west. putin can destroy "the west" in 10 minutes with a nuclear barrage. Putin want to own the west. Putin's got penis envy. Real real bad. cause everywhere he looks - every one has a bigger one and everyone is having a better time - without him. putin wants to own "the west" so putin lacking power has exactly one play - the slow creeping malignant cancer play - that he must always maintain just below the thereshold where he pisses Euroe off enough - to actually go to war with him. c so putin is constantly tip toeing along that threshold line - always moving delicately - so not to trip the trip wire - that people are motivated enough to stop having fun for ten minutes - and they turn around and do epic beat down on russia. for putin trump getting into office is literally life or death - so for the next 60 days putin will sit back and sit tight - and do nothing to antagonize the USA or Europe. So the USA and Europe can basically do anything they want to putin over the next 60 days and he will;l simply just sit there and take it. He has no choice - because he cannot risk Forking up Turmp taking power. Which is why don trump has a zero percent chance to take power in the USA. None. trump will either suffer a tragic accident or be targeted. Targeted - the USA will blame putin for his death. Which is win win - because trump is gone and the threat he represents partnered with putin is gone and you blame put information it - giving the USA Carter blanc to go after putin to "Make him Pay" for the death of a US President. It really is - perfect.
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  31. Polish perspective on Poland Ukraine Relations. Well, let's suppose Ukraine falls. Consider Ukraine falls. How does Michal see Poland Russia relations if Ukraine falls? Given the alternatives - it seems like there is no difference of opinion that cannot be resolved. Seems like the Common Shared interest is Orders of Magnitude Higher than any perceived differences. I mean, unless Poland wants putin on the east border. Then ask Michal about his opinion of Poland russia relations.
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  32.  @Lasse65  Today - putin unilaterally leaving Ukraine is By Far - the Best Option he Has. No other option he has comes close. A Smart Putin would'a kept russia a democracy post Yeltsin and aligned russia economically and socially with Europe and then retired. rputin is not a smart man. One problem - putin listened to Al Dugin. Al Dugin is one of the most destructive people in the history of russia,.
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  33. russia under putin is a degenerate state. putin represent the failure state for humanity. through systematic degenerate behavior - the doing the protection racket on humanity with nuclear weapons - putin holds the entire human race back. In human history from now on - we will always hold the ability to destroy ourselves. it is only through medieval thinking that it is a problem, . Mental models rooted in an obsolete past. It is past time for humanity to rid itself of these failure mode ideas and move on. We as a species Face a Rite of Passage - and putin IS the failure mode. putin is the degenerate case. putin is the problem holding the entire human race back. Past time to move on - without putin. with putin in the rear view mirror. Permanently. russia can never fulfill its potential on planet earth as long as putin is around.
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  34. putin pissed away the lives of hundreds of thousands of russians in putin's War for No Reason. - all for Al Dugin's and putin's egos. Dugong bit the dust. Waiting for Dugin to do the same.
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  35. $8 B in USA Military Aid - by Noon Jan 20, 2025. No point waiting until the last moment. Do a pull ahead. And Heck fire Joe Biden does have Absolute Presidential Immunity for ALL Official Acts. My God in Heaven If I were Joe Biden - the version with an ounce of Imagination - I could do much in the nest 114 days. I could do - Much.
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  36. Russia Modus Operandi - the Protection Racket. It works as long as NATO thew EU and Ukraine - buy it. It fails when NATO the EU OR Ukraine - no longer buy it. In other words - Ukraine fight according to parameters that are good for Ukraine - Not for Russia. Like Attack Russia lines in Luhansk by going through the Russian Belograd - where the field are not mined.
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  37. OK Guiliani went to Ukraine to work with Russians. Because it is too obvious to go to Moscow directly. Like with FBI Counter Intelligence McGonigal getting paid off through Albania instead of through Moscow Red Square - because that would be too obvious. But this video is just the intro. We need followup. Giulliani went to Ukraine - very publicly, overtly, brazenly, to subvert US democracy. Who did he deal with? What happened to the people Giulliani contacted in Ukraine? Another one. AFLA Bank Trump Tower Spectrum Healthcare Datalink. Putin got caught. And the Spectrum Healthcare part matters. Rich DeVos in the swing state of Michigan in 2016. What did putin want with Rich DeVos in Michigan in 2016? Getting caught is a humiliation putin could not tolerate. Putin sued in the US to attack the "researchers" who exposed the link. That suit failed. Humiliated Putin got trump to get Barr to get Special Counsel Durham to discredit it. After 3 years effort - That failed. What happened on the Ukraine Side? ALFA Bank - what happened? To the bank, to the people? Exposing the links between trump and putin are critical in 2023 and 2024. Clearly Parnas knows far more than he mentions here. Parnas was flying to Vienna to see Firtash when he was picked up. Right ? Dertach. Firtash. Parnas and Furman. That's a lot of Russians. Too much fertile ground here - unexplored and unexposed. Expose it please. Shine light on the trump putin links. Relentlessly.
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  38.  @marisabenson1222  Then interview Maria for Kiev Post and let her say it to them.
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  39. If Ukraine want to win the war - they have until Jan 20, 2025.
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  40. Ukraine will decide the future of Ukraine. Not trump, not putin. trump is a known threat - there is no scenario on planet earth where trump returns to power in the USA. It does not exist on planet Earth. Zero percent chance.
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  41. Russia is a degenerate society. The failure case. The dystopian dream. The institutionalization of broken society. The defining characteristic is organized institutionalized corruption. The soviet can certainly lives on. I wonder, If Germany had to do it all over again - would they still dig Lenin out of the bar in Switzerland and send him back to russia. My guess is - No. And if they hadn't;t, would russia still descended int the hellhole of communism - that malignancy lives on personified in the dictator putin. I wonder if in Germany - they ever second guess the cancer of communism that they unleashed on russia through Lenin that came back to haunt Germany for 45 years until the wall fell in 1989 liberating East Germany from the cancer of Sovietism.
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  42. This is a model for Ukraine insurgency and guerrilla warfare. Maybe it is possible for Ukraine to run ops going after russia soft targets in the occupied Ukraine - at the russia rear. Like maybe russia intelligence operations. like russia logistics. Like russia logistics.
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  43. PUBLIC OPINION:Should the West Supply Ukraine With More Weapons to End the War Amid Stalemate Talks? First, What stalemate? I do not see it. Another way to ask the question is to ask - should Europe allow Ukraine to fall back behind the Iron Curtain. If you think that is a good idea - like maybe putin thinks that is a good idea, then yeah sure, stop bIn other words - the Modern Iron Curtain in Europe - Is at the Russia border. East of the Russia border will remain 3rd world - akin to North Korea. West of the Russia Border, the Free Side of the Line - will prosper with civil liberty personal freedom and the rule of law in democratic societies. The other way to view the problem is - Russia is free to occupy Ukraine - as long as they have the stamina ,the will, the fortitude and manhood to do so. Personally I think Russia has no practical chance to sustain the occupation. Inherently corrupt and deprived. It is not possible. Russia have no chance to sustain the effort in the face of determined focused sustained opposition.
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  44. putin fights to win. sure in conniving deceitful ways - always - but to win nonetheless. When will Ukraine decide - Ukraine is the dominant force in this war - and decide to fight - to win. Erasing self doubt - Ukraine removes the only obstacle to Ukraine victory.
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  45. Well, let's see. putin tells trump what to do. So putin will tell trump - end support for Ukraine. With US support gone, Europe will end support for Ukraine. If Ukraine cannot figure out how to defeat putin - on your own, Ukraine will fall to putin. I expect Ukraine to fall to putin. Zelesky will be arrested, tried for war crimes and executed - probably publicly or at least in a video. Ukraine will fall under the Iron Curtain. Again. Nuclear armed putin and turmp will run the protection racket on the world demanding payment for protection - from putin and trump - which means putin. Because trump is the front man and only does what putin tells him. Within a 2 months of trump taking office - Ukraine will be part of russia and the people who fought to support the war effort will be executed en masse. Because the protection racket works better the more afraid the people are. And putin will execute people to put fear into the hearts of all Europeans. It means together option will have taken over the world by installing a puppet into the office POTUS - Again. And the only thing that'll free the world of putin is the day putin dies. And with out species - that check and balance is - non-negotiable. Hope for Ukraine. The Lightning Bolt Strike. At Command and Control. Putin personally. Trump - personally - because the whole scam hinges on trump. Sound about right?
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  46. Russia massed military in Belarus the shortest distance from the Ukraine border to Kiev. Look at the deep state map. The liberated green areas all around Kiev. Ursa tried for Kiev - and failed. Spectacularly.
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  47. You saw the movie The Manchurian Candidate. The enemy uses mind control to get an assassin to target the candidate? Put got a new v version. putin got mind control on don turmp and the control is - absolute. It is like the Manchurian Candidate - only this time -0 the Candidate IS the Weapon to Target American Democracy and by Democracy Globally. Other Modern Example of Mind Control? Dec 19, 2016 A Body Guard Assassinates the Russia Ambassador to Turkey - In Public. 1 PM - Jan 6, 2017 Fort Lauderdale Airport a lone gunman emotionless methodically walks through baggage claim shot people dead. Taken alive he complained of mind control. It was the exact moment the US Congress met to authorize the vote that installed don trump in office of POTUS. Coincidence ? I don;t think so putin definitely did something to gain absolute control over do trump. And I mean Absolute control. trump witnessed something that cemented into his tiny brain 100% compliance. Think putin could manifest a demonstration for trump that would result in 100% absolute compliance? I do. Absolutely. piuitn made trump into a weapon putin aimed at American Democracy to destroy America Democracy. And It Worked. Putin Won. How? Jan 20 2017 trump is sworn into office. Pulling from a list made by Lenard Leo trump installs 3 new SCOTUS justice. POTUS was alway a powerful office. But Jul 1, 2024 - the putin turmp Leo SCOTUS grants to trump Absolute Immunity. It destroy the 3 Co-equal Branches. Now POTUS is above the law and no longer bound by either SCOTUS or Congress. The Founders carefully crafted system of checks and balance - is destroyed. Gone. Jul 1, 2024 putin succeeded in destroying the Us Constitution - through don turmp. in the USA we now live in the Post Constitution Era. It already happened. It doe not need to wait for trump to get back into office. It is already done. At the same time SCOTUS gifted to Joe Biden - Dictatorial Absolute Power. Joe Biden is right now - the First King Emperor Dictator of the USA as is his pleasure. So don trump absolutely will never have power in the USA again. Because that would mean Biden will willingly pass dictatorial power form Biden to trump. Obama did that in 2017. No need to run that experiment again . We already know how it turns out. March 23, 1933 The Reichstag pass the Enabling Act making Hilter dictator of Germany. Nazi physically block opposition members from entering the4 hall to cast a vote. That date in the USA was Jul 1, 2024. It instantly made Biden Dictator of the USA. It is Historical Fact. Biden has no choice but to pick up the dictator baton. And keep it or pass it to whoever he wants. Harris. Susan Rice. Hunter Biden . Anyone.
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  48. I forgot - refresh my memory - why did putin think it would be a good idea to invade Ukraine?
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  49. Belarus will follow all other iron curtain dictatorships into democracy in social and economic partnership with Europe - as part of Europe. It is inevitable. putin's days are numbered.
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  50. If Ukraine Zelensky walks away undamaged - then you know Zelensky was already in on the agreement for how to end the war. And it was all pre-arranged and they been waking these events - for appearances. Because too radical reversal - is a tell the junta already worked it all out in advance. And I am beginning to smell like it was all already worked out. And the agreement iOS to make trump look go solving everything - and Biden just said - Yeah. Ok. Sure. If Zelenskli is executed or dies - it means Biden sold Ukraine the USA and the Free world Out.
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  51. In 1990 the Gulf War - televised real time by CNN reports in hotels in Bagdad - the USA went after Command and Control sites. It is an idea as old as time. Not sure why Ukraine does todo more of it.
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  52.  @dermotegan7696  well putin is shooting blanks - isn't he? Always walking the fine line to act under the threshold that really gets Europe pissed off. Because PACO. Putin always chickens out.
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  53. this is simply propoganda. trump is on putin's side. putin is on trump's side. the trump position and the putin position are one and the same. trump will abandon Ukraine to putin and if Ukraine puts up a effective resistance - then trump will enter the war - on the side of russia. Either way - trump entering office guarantees putin takes over ukraine. And Obviously putin backed by trump will not stop at Urkaine.
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  54. the burning question in the russia military right now is - howdy I get to Kursk - so I can surrender? (And avoid a POW prisoner swap - cause being swapped back is a nightmare)
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  55. putin been screwing up relentlessly for 24 years. past time russians got piss at the serial blunderer. I mean let's face - putin will never improve. putin will never get better. Serial offenders always just keep getting worse.
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  56. Horrid Russia losses is not a problem for Ukraine. It is a problem for Russia. Let Russia worry about it.   The Movie Patton opener. "I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won the war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country". https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxQe7MntLEy3DwhAypYc8AdVww6w2W-sQq?si=kydprjnIs6n6vTRV.
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  57.  @ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available  pragmatic reality. putin’s destiny pursues him. You cannot screw up as often and as bad as putin and expect a favorable outcome. You just can’t
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  58.  @LunarJim69  maybe tomorrow. Maybe tonight.
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  59. 2014 - putin invades his neighbors. 2016 - putin sponsors Brexit in the UK 2016 - putin sponsors trump in the US 2022 - putin invades Europe in Ukraine 2023, Nov - Putin decides to run Jill Stein for US President - Again. 2023, Dec? Putin had a lot of fun at the expense of Europe and the USA. Probably past time to take the fun out of it for him. Raise the costs for his Cat in the Hat Bad Tricks.
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  60. Two minutes in - Ukraine military is going to Lean Process Management. Zelenski makes the classic description of it.
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  61. If you got a plan for victory - no point keeping it a secret.
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  62. Jan 2022 when putin had massed his military on the Ukraine border and in Belarus - it was transparently obvious - putin was about to go to war with NATO and there was no scenario where lowly russia could or would prevail against NATO. russia deluded itself it could prevail because putin had been using nuclear coercion - the nuclear protection racket against the world for 2 full decades at that point. Without a nuclear in hand russia would never had consider to invade Ukraine and in that regard those nuclear weapons served putin - poorly. In 2022 By extension it was nakedly obvious that facing certain defeat putin would be forced to reach for the nuclear weapons card. There was much russia intent troll talk about nuclear weapons and tactical nuclear weapons. There is no such thing as a tactical nuclear weapon. There is only nuclear war. Which with certainty escalates into Global Thermo Nuclear War. Walk the sceanrios. russia uses a nuclear. The west responds not at all or with conventional. Seeing it as weakness putin uses more nucs. Eventually NATO will a nuclear weapon - there is no choice because putin having used one once - won;t be able to stop himself. The west will be forced to vaporize russia west of the Ural Mountains. St Pete and Moscow and anywhere putin could be standing on planet earth will be vaporized. And so it goes.  Putin is not the issue. Why? Because this problem is never going away. Until mankind vaporizes mankind - or - Mankind goes through a Rite of Passage. The Rite of Passage that a million civilizations across the cosmos have gone through - once they obtain the ability to self destruct. Putin is a specific example of the general case. In that regard - Humanity is at the pivot point. The inflection point. We will evolve - or die. Until now humanity seems loath to evolve - fighting it tooth and nail. The day of reckoning may soon be upon us. But this we know now - putin is the Degenerate case for humanity. The failure case. there retrograde case. The Neanderthal Cro Magnon Case. The poster child for humanities inability to progress and inability to self police.
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  63. trump taking power in the USA is the same as putin taking over the USA. No Difference. The mistake trump and putin made last time was not over reaching. Their mistake last time - was they were too tentative. too restrained. They know that now and will not make the same mistake again. last time trump nakedly ran putins foreign policy from DC. I expect much more Overt putin control this time. Consider. putin had all the vision. putin did all the planning. putin did all the logistics. putin did all the execution. trump was just the front man. Now trump gets to take all the bows. everyone fawns over trump. everyone sucks up to trump. nobody give a rip about stinky old moldy putin. See anything wrong there? putin does. Ukraine plight and Europes situation are Identical. If Ukraine mounts an effective resistance against russia - turmp and by trump I mean putin will bring the USA into the war on the side of russia. Guaranteed. ukraine is going to fall if either putin survives past Jan 20 or don trump takes office on jan 20. Gaurantted Ukraine falls. Then putin and trump and by putin and trump I mean option - runs the nuclear protection racket on Europe and takes whatever countries he wants - and forces the others to pay protection - from putin. Set the countdown clock. The free world has 72 days to intervene to save itself. putin certainly - the root cause of all the problems - a single mortal person - has to go. Should gone a long time ago but - Obviously russia does not have the belly to do the job. Biden did his surrender speech on Thursday. So it won;t be Biden. In this war ukraine far exceed the expectation of every "Expert" on Planet Earth. That shows you what expert Option is worth. Nothing. Once again ukraine must do the world's dirty work. only the extraordinary get the calling and only the Extraordinary have the Fortitude and wherewithal to get the job done. There is a Job needs getting done. - Putin - Gone and there is a Hard Deadline. 72 Days. Ukraine can fiddle around blowing up ship in the Caspian - or Ukraine can act decisively - the Tip of the Spear Surgically to end the war. 72 Days . it is that simple. It means breaking the rules. - kind Like Invading Kursk 0- the First invasion of a Nuclear Superpower in Human History. A few short months Later - time to break the rules - again.
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  64. putin always targets conservatives globally - not because conservative are the bastion of intellect and wisdom - because they ain't. Globally conservatives are always - the weakest link. Simplistic of mind and thought singlur ideas - one dimensional. Power lsut and money lust. Not much else - it makes them easy to manipulate. so putin always goes there.
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  65. Russians keep more treasure in Europe protected by NATO than in Russia. Nato protects more Russia treasure than the Russia military. Yacht, Villas, Townhouses you name it. Russia princesses still live the EU high life clubbing in Paris - no idea why the EU allows it. There is War in Europe after all. This free ride for Russia moneyed class - only extends the war by giving the monied a free ride in Europe.
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  66. russia infiltrate Europe? Much good it has done them. The problem? Russia inferiority Complex. putin in power for 24 years has no concept of how to create greatness or even anything good. Same rot as I the Soviet Era. No different. So putin is left to sponge off the accomplishment of others. The problem - the Soviet Mindset. In 1917 Germany pulled Lenin out of a Swiss bar and sent Lenin to Russia to destroy russia. It worked. Judging by events to date - the damage is - permanent. Cannot be undone. russia is permanently damaged. Shocking one guy and an idea can destroy an entire culture. And that is exactly what happened. Name one good thing russia did for mankind in the past 100 years. A tougher challenge - Name one authentic thing russia did good for mankind in the past 100 years. Nothing. And that is why russian infiltrate Europe. China follows a similar paradigm. But - China did build the permanent High Speed Rail Service on Planet Earth - all since 2009. I think China should built it out in Africa and South America - For Free. Gratis. Completemente Gratis.
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  67. You mean can Ukraine's advance be stopped?
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  68. Russia doesn’t want the PoWs back and the PoWs don’t want to go back. Why would they want to go back? They’re in an Ukraine country club compared to life in Russia. And Russia’d just send them back to the front.
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  69. Since 2018 No Other country on Earth did more in the Defense of Democracies Global - than Ukraine. Really? How? Why? In 2018 don trump in service to the dictator putin - executed russia foreign policy out of the US Oval Office in a Elegant Scheme to compromise Ukraine in a multiple dimensions - while aiding russia and subverting Joe Biden in the USA at the same time. How did it work? Don trump did a shake down on Ukraine trying to force Ukraine to announce and investigation of Joe Biden for Burisma Corruption - in exchange for Javelin Missle - need for defense of Ukraine from the russian invasion. Since putin knew about the shakedown it compromised the Ukraine position in pending negotiations with russia about the occupied zones. Because putin knew trump could pull support from Ukraine at any moment. Ukraine detected the stench of putin on it and told BOTH The USA - don trump and Russia putin - NO. Go Pound Sand. Think about that for a moment. Peaceful Ukraine - just trying to make a buck selling grain to parts of the world who desperately need it - Little old Ukraine - Told Both the USA and russia - NO. Tell me what other country on planet Earth could have or would have done that? In 2020 russia - in a an action that in history will be consider one of the dumbest - stupidest things ever done - putin invaded Ukraine - for no reason - other than he though he could do a naked land grab on Ukraine and it would work and he could get away with it. The best day of the invasion for putin was the day before russia military crossed the Ukraine border in Feb 2022. Everyday after that is an unmitigated disaster for russia. Every single day. Since Feb 23 2022 - Ukraine stepped into the breach in East Europe and Gifted to Europe and NATO time - and security. Time for NATO to come out of it coma. Time for the EU to pull its head out of its butt. Time for Joe Biden to figure out the difference between shirt and straight up. Time for Joe Biden to figure outage difference between shirt and Shinola. That gift of two years to Europe and NATO is Gold in their hand. Since 2018 and the turmp shake down of Ukraine - when Ukraine told don trump and the dictator putin - NO. No other country on Earth has done more in the service of Global Demcocracy than Ukraine - None. No one else comes close.
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  70. Did y'all see that russia kept syria as a drug dealing cartel operation? Looks lie that was the sole puporse of Syria. manufacture and distribution of illicit drugs. means putin is no better than a common drug lord. and should be treated no better. Lose of revenue from the lost operations must be astronomical. On the order of oil revenue numbers? Nah. But boat loads of money. With the russian drug oerpation in Sryia out of business - what will the former drug syndicate - do for a living? They will need to find a replacement for the revenue streams - pretty quick. I wonder how Islamic Fundamentalist feel about living large on drug revenues? You wonder why the USA blows up ISIS leaders in the desert - but leaves the russia drug operations - untouched. For at least a decade.
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  71. I'd say if putin is still in power - with millions of russians hating patinas guts - then Ukraine is just going about things the wrong way. plenty of russians have a grudge with putin where putin screwed them over. Find a couple of them and get some action going. putin doesn't has massive security because he loved and cherished by the russian people. putin has massive 24/7 security because he is almost universally hated and despised by the russian people. All Ukraine has to do is - give russians a reason to roll the dice on the post putin era. And Ukraine should be constantly talking about the Post -putin era. In the Post putin era we will do this. In the post putin era we will do that. In the post putin era russia nd europe this in the post putin era Russian and Europe that. In the post putin era russia and Ukraine this and in the post putin era russia and Ukraine that...... Make russians BELEIVE that the post putin era is - Overdue.
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  72. MAGA is trump. putin owns trump. putin owns MAGA by the transitive property. It is that simple. Foxnews is the RT equivalent in the USA. I expect Biden is supplying Ukraine regardless of the public view. it the USA weren't;t supplying Ukraine - they'da run out of stuff already. Right. But - the deal is Ukraine can win 1005 alone. How ? Geurrilla warfare. Mobilize All of Ukraine to conduct society wide - Guerrilla resistance of the russia occupation.
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  73. the problem Ukraine is trying to solve is repatriation of Ukraine land. The war is for Land. The problem putin is trying to solve is to occupy and retain that land. I note that in WWI the tzar got terminated for his failure directing the russia military and the massive losses versus Germany. Ukraine must raise the cost to russia for putin war. terminating invaders on the battlefield is one way. Destroying russia revenue streams - like puts attacks Ukraine grain - is another. Resistance in the occupied regions like the French resistance in WWII is another. But the most effective way to raise the cost to putin is for Ukraine to take land, take ground, take territory. Just as putin knows no limits on his plan to occupy and subdue Ukraine, Assignation attempts, and so on. Ukraine should feel no constraint in Defense of Ukraine. Keep in mind - Ukraine is one of the largest countries in Europe. And needs to act like it. You say russia is bigger. Yeah - but mostly empty. You say russia has more people. - Ukraine only concern is to reduce russia life expectancy in Ukraine to a few hours. Not weeks, not months. not years. Hours. Ukraine has the Right of Self Defense. Ukraine has the right - to Stand its Ground. Ukraine chooses for Ukraine.
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  74. putin is russia's fidel castro. a man on a mission - to nowhere. putin will die knowing his goals will be realized in just one more week.
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  75. Ukraine must accept mental its new role. Ukraine is a player in Europe. Powerful in its own right. The most powerful battle tested military in Europe. NATO support is good and welcome but the bare fact is Ukraine does not need NATO to defeat russia and end the occupation. Media and Bureaucrats want to focus on big budget military - expensive flashy systems. and world war style conflict. But the bare face is - the paradigm for Ukraine is Afghanistan and not WWI. WWI is massed militaries in trench warfare fighting war of attrition. That benefits putin. That is not the path to victory for Ukraine. The path to Ukraine victory is the Geurrilla Warfare. Small Cheap and Effective.. Geurrilla warfare and insurrection inflicted on a russia military no more capable than the one that capitulated in Afghanistan. Fact is the Taliban model is - undefeated. The USA used it in the War for Independence and with the French Leader Marquis de Lafayette defeated the most powerful military on Earth at that time. Mujahadeen outlasted russia. Taliban outlasted the USA. Toyota Pickup is the Taliban fighting vehicle. Talban - two guys two up on a two wheeler in robes wearing sandals with RPGs, AK,s and IEDs to light up russia convoys throughout the occupied zones. Drop bridges to meed logistics. Hit and run. And Ukraine innovation. Drones. Sea drones. Flying drones. Innovate. Improvise. No Safe Haven. For russians in Ukraine. And there is absolutely nothing putin can do to stop it. Nothing.
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  76. Can putin be stopped? I'll say it again. "Does a wild bear ashit in the woods?" Why could potion be stopped? putin is not a very bright guy. I'll tell you why. Putin: - got russia kicked out of the G8 - day 1035 of putins 3 days war. - got Ukraine elevated to a major player in Europe. - got Sweden and Finland Both integrated into NATO - In Record Time. - figured out how to get nuclear armed russia invaded by a neighbor he said he would defeat in 3 days. A feat every conventional typical war expert on planet earth woulda said was impossible the day before it happened. Now it is historical fact. The first invasion of russia since WWII. It is a bold Ukraine vision unique in Europe and NATO. - figured out how to get Top Tier Nuclear Armed NATO countries to authorize the use of their weapons inside Nuclear Armed russia. - stole $2.5 trillion from russia and stashed most of it in Europe. Now Europe is using it to bankroll the Ukraine War Effort. - Sacrificed 800K russian casualties face down the mud of Ukraine - wasted 3/4 of russia real military capability to take maybe 10% for Ukraine in 1035 days that he said he'd win in 3 days - figured out how to destroy the russia energy business with Europe. Can't sell gas in Europe - now threatens to cut off gas to Moldova. Further reducing revenue? - figured out how to get the russia navy to flee Ukraine ports in Crimea - partnered with Iran to start a Hamas war in the middle east to distract Europe and Biden from the putin disaster in Ukraine. (It worked 100%) - but then - Lost Syria - figured out how to drive russia birth rate negative. - got a $10M yacht - he can;t sail anywhere cause he wouldn't;t survive the trip ? ? ? - got villas and houses in Europe he cannot visit because he got himself banned from Europe. - went pan handling to North Korea to get North Koreans to die for his war for no reason in Ukraine.
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  77. putin said, "The war ends over my dead body" The russia people who hate putins guts say, ""Your proposal is accepted"
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  78. Nope. You need know k=nothing about putin to defeat putin. You need only know your own mind the outcome you desire and then move inexorably toward that goal. In plain fact, putin is irrelevant. Misguided respect and admiration and reverence for putin - is the product of pro putin propaganda and only serves him. The speaker intros article is a victim. It is exactly the wrong approach. completely wrong.
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  79. Europe sending troops to Ukraine to fight Russia is a WWI idea. Europe should never fight WWI for a second time in Ukraine. It only helps russia. Fast forward to The Gulf War. 2 August 1990 – 17 January 1991 Operation Desert Shield. 17 January – 28 February 1991 Operation Desert Storm. The war was televised live on CNN. CNN told us the strategy - directly go after Command and Control. Air Superiority. The Gulf War is the Template. Not WWI. punt wants to fight WWI because it is the only scenario where he has a chance to prevail. Ukraine has a better idea. Skip the Front. Hit the russia navy - directly - in port or on the water. For two years russia did missile bombardment on Ukraine. Now Ukraine uses russia size against russia - to hit russia military sites across russia and in Crimea. Directly. That is the way to do it. You know it is effective - when the USA calls and asks you to stop hitting russia oil business. That tells you your idea was a good one and effective. Very Effective. If russia can do missile strikes on Ukraine - then Ukraine has the right, the duty, and the obligation to strike bac.k. If russia targets Ukraine grain, then Urkaine can target russia oil. The USA called the wrong country. Crying to Ukraine about Ukraine hitting the russia oil business. If the USA has heartburn about it - call russia and ask them to withdraw from Ukraine. If I am Ukraine - I make no token strikes. Every strike is part of a plan that takes me closer to a tangible goal. With laser focus. Good job Ukraine - Do not fight WWI. If Europe wants to help - then Europe can mobilize to help Ukraine hit russia command and control - just like in the gulf war. Go after command and control.
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  80. Ethnic Tensions in Russia Are Boiling Over. Don't. Throw a few logs on the fire. Russia is too big. And the most diverse. Russia should probably be 17 different countries. One countries in the East called West Korea. On Central Country called North Kazakstan. Then 5 more countries west of the Ukraine Mountains. One called North Georgia. Another called East Ukraine. Another called East Finland. One Called East Baltic and One called Boyarland. and 10 more.
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  81. day 684 of putin's 3 days war - everyone in russia knows it was a stupid idea. Like dumber than dog dirt. But - they expect Ukraine will fix its own problem and not expect the russia people to solve it for them. Because that is not how russia is wired.
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  82.  @thesolarengineer  At this point putin is fortifying his location - in Moscow - meaning he is ftelingthe heat personally. Keep in mid - putin made million of enemies in russia. A lot of people want a piece of putin before he cashes in his chips.
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  83. Gas light BS. trump is the face of Putin's war on the West in the USA. trump is Putin Sponsored.   Jul 27, 2016, Russia if you're Listening...I need...You will be rewarded. And ptuin was rewarded with trump running Putins foreign policy out of the US Oval Office including the Ukraine Arms for announcement of Investigation shake down scheme that got trump impeached.  ALFA Bank Trump Tower Spectrum Healthcare datalink. pin is galled by the fact he got caught. Still galls him. pin is still running from it - trying to discredit the exposure. Why? Because getting caught is what amateurs do. Saying trump is better for Ukraine than Biden is identical to saying Putin is better for Ukraine than Biden.   Total Gaslighting BS Nonsense. Idiotic. Imbecilic. Moronic.
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  84. General Zaluzhny sounds like General Miley crying the blues about how it is a tough fight. The idea of win or loose is the naive idea. For Ukraine the goal is to exponentially raise the cost to Russia for invasion of Ukraine. Right now the problem for Ukraine is Russia runs the protection racket to constrain the conflict to Russia liking. To constrain NATO and the EU, Russia promise to escalate if Ukraine and NATO step outside of Russia carefully construct parameters. Parameters that only favor Russia. If there is stalemate it is only because NATO and the EU go along with it and then put constraints on Ukraine to follow the rules - and Ukraine goes along with it.  The secret - Russia fears escalation and NATO and the EU fear escalation. That is the trump card Ukraine holds. Escalation of the conflict. On purpose of inadvertent. Ukraine position is incredibly strong - If Ukraine folds - then putin is on the doorstep of Central Europe and a much greater threat. Ukraine holding the breach is Gold in the hand of Every EU leader including Orban and Egrogan. They count on Ukraine stable rational behavior every day. With Ukraine holding the breach - they can talk and act big. Ukraine folded and it is a new ball game. NATO says to get help - you must allow Russia to invade you - but you cannot enter Russia. - WTF is that? Clearly Russia has never mined the fields in Russia - so If I am Ukraine. I drive into Russia and come at the Russia military lines in Ukraine - from the rear. How else would you do it? Drive through 20KM of mine fields. I don't think so. Then hear a US general at the pentagon say - Oh, no. You mustn't do that. That might piss off putin. If I am Ukraine - I figure out ways to piss off putin - every single day. Drop the Kerch Bridge. Cut all rail lines between Russia and Ukraine. Liberate Ground held by the invaders since 2014. Synchronized waves of drone mayhem over Russians in Donsek City. Dam the Dnipro at Kherson and drive across to Crimea. Pick a single occupied location in Ukraine and make it uninhabitable by the enemy.  If you shoot me power grid - I will shoot at yours. And so on... My ace in the hole? Escalation. Find a way to escalate. Use the doctrine of Stand My Ground, The Right to Self Defense, and Hot Pursuit of Criminal Enemy invaders and allow them no sanctuary. And so on... Seems like there is abundant unexplored ground worth examining that can benefit Ukraine.
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  85. putin is trapped in a war he started but cannot end. The fine line putin walks is to constantly provoke Europe and NATO - just below threshold that causes Europe and NATO to act decisively. Because if NATO acts decisively - putin who can barely mount a war in his border in Ukraine - will be quickly and decisively overwhelmed by NATO using air power forcing putin to resort to nuclear weapons resulting in the vaporization of Moscow and St Petersburg.
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  86. russia spies in NATo militaries? Then why didn't russia know Ukraine was about to invade? Guess those spies are worth less than we thought.
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  87. Ukraine can ask the USA - are you OK, if I ask China for Help? China? Yes China. The last thing China wants is trump to win in 2024. and the last thing China wants is russia to prevail in Ukraine. Am I sure about that? 100%. putin has a gift for killing business with the West. And China has a trillion dollar per year trade surplus with th e USA and Europe. All putin can do for that is fork it up. And that I amber odf 100% sure about. How? name 1 thin. One single thing that putin ever did - that benefited mankind. Yes. That's right - absolutely forking nothing. Never. Not once. Why? he does not know how to. Why? putin is infected with Soviet malignancy. The cancer of Soviet mindset. There is nothing more self destructive than the soviet mindset on planet earth - unless you live in North Korea. Always remember - in 1989 - Russia could go full democracy in social and economic partnership with Europe - ands failed. russia, putin Failed to Seize the day. And now russia circles the drain. China? wanting to circle the drain with russia? Why? Why in God's name would China with a trillion dollars per year trade surplus with the USA and Europe - choose to flush that all down the toilet - for russia? 5000 years of civilization - China learned a thing or two. Like don't follow the clueless soviet relic down the toilet. I am pretty sure Ukraine can get some help from China. All you gotta do is - ask. Tell them - fair deal now - partners for life.
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  88. Um, Ukraine can now lay waste to russia positions across from Kherson. it is the place closet to Crimea and furthest from russia.
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  89. russians want to win the war - not lose the war. Does Ukraine want to win the war? is Ukraine afraid to win the war. Is Ukraine afraid to do what is necessary to win the war. Is it conceivable to a Ukrainian who lived during the Soviet Occupation of Ukraine - that Ukraine can win the war? or is putin doing a gaslight on Ukraine to convince Ukraine it cannot win - inspire of all of the overwhelming evidence that Ukraine is the dominant force in the war. Once Ukraine decides it can win- Ukraine will do the necessary to prevail. Walking a low cost low risk strategy to prosecute the war - will only take you so far in life. Although I must say in recent months - Ukraine is getting far more efficient at actions that russia has no defense for - geurrilla ops and insurrection and resistance are all improving. And that is a path to victory - that russia has no answer for and cannot defend against. Ukraine must raise the cost to russia so that Russia will never again consider to invade Ukraine. It is done through insurrection and resistance.
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  90. I fully expect Biden to supply Ukraine - unconditionally. Biden has a constitutional mandate to defend and protect. I do not believe that a blockade in Congress relieves him of that duty. It is simply a matter of US National Security. Biden has no choice but to supply Ukraine. Unconditionally.
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