He says they should have the right to refuse military service, bc it’s a right enshrined in Germany’s constitution, and bc drafting people unwilling to fight “doesn’t make AFU stronger”.
William Gruff | May 5 2024 20:26 utc | 68
It is not about making afu stronger, it is about killing as many ukrainians as possible. It is to empty the country.

Posted by: Naive | May 5 2024 23:54 utc | 103

“Après nous le déluge”
@ kvp | May 5 2024 18:02 utc | 46
Very nice work. Merci beaucoup!

Posted by: Aleph_Null | May 5 2024 23:57 utc | 105

French troops are taking part in the defense of Chasov Yar…
Posted by: Naive | May 5 2024 23:50 utc | 101

Chassis yehah now known as Chavroux Bleu .
>soft
>spreadable
>derived from goats.
Yep.

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 5 2024 23:58 utc | 107

It looks like French troops are taking part in the defense of Chasov Yar…
Posted by: Naive | May 5 2024 23:50 utc | 101
They are mercenaries, and they will die.

Posted by: James M. | May 6 2024 0:12 utc | 109

They are mercenaries, and they will die.
Posted by: James M. | May 6 2024 0:12 utc | 109
Soldiers are foreign, officers are French.

Posted by: Naive | May 6 2024 0:30 utc | 111

Posted by: canuck | May 5 2024 16:33 utc | 25
Did you just disagree with @Neo’s #19 and #23 out of principle?
Firstly, sanctions came AFTER the Feb 2022 “invasion” (Dec 2021, “if you invade, we will sanction you like hell), so they can’t have been Plan A. Also, sanctions took a year to get properly ensconced. And don’t ya think NATO has had its military plans since 2014, or at least Dec 2021. So that makes it Plan A. Plan C was clearly the 2023 counter offensive. Plan D, who tf knows! Maybe stall till Dec elections; maybe another Ukie push; maybe a dribbling forever guerilla war, maybe all 3.
Neo’s scenario is EXACTLY what McGregor, Ritter, Martyanov — all guys with good military analytical credentials — have been saying since day 1, AND THE SUBSEQUENT ON GROUND FACTS bear it out. They perfectly projected the way the West thinks. Save your bandwidth for sensible posts.

Posted by: Jake Blanchard | May 6 2024 0:43 utc | 113

sob is really a son of a bitch. He is lying constantly and without shame.

Posted by: Naive | May 6 2024 1:06 utc | 115

He does not contribute facts, but lies. Like any other pro-nazi agent provocateur.

Posted by: Naive | May 6 2024 1:08 utc | 117

he shear fervor in SB’s posts projects the desperation of empire…the shit show continues until it doesn’t and then SB will be out of work.
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 6 2024 1:08 utc | 125
Seconded.

Posted by: Naive | May 6 2024 1:12 utc | 119

But the collection of cowards and traitors in the Kremlin didn’t have the balls. So here we are, on the precipice of total nuclear war…
Posted by: shadowbanned | May 6 2024 0:55 utc | 117
If we are to be fully coherent, an atmospheric nuclear test just outside of Berlin back in October 1989 was the missed red line …
Using a phrase the west loves “mistakes were made…”
Now the certainty about how things were managed since… I think I wrote earlier today that Putin acted racionally trying to be a German/EU partner, and there was limited time and resources . Could I do better I highly doubt it (to say the least) , could you do better, pretty sure you couldn’t navigate all the problems and choices.
But there’s always a critic with hindsight 20/20 and sure abut how the other side would react.
I might even suggest the traitors are even worse , not only not bombing deliveries from Poland but also letting the crossing of dnieper stand !
Or…. Maybe this is the chosen strategy, given constraints, that assures success while mitigating failure risks
Pleasant evening

Posted by: Newbie | May 6 2024 1:23 utc | 121

Putting Cokeman on a wanted list – I’m wondering if Russia is planning something to pre-empt the UK attack on the Kerch bridge.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 5 2024 19:58 utc | 65
Good point. Perhaps its a veiled threat. “You blow that bridge and we’re gonna target you Z”
Posted by: HERMIUS | May 5 2024 20:06 utc | 66
YES!!! And/or after the 21st, RF considers Zelensky as just a Ukrainian civilian-military beligerent … so he’s fair game. Imo, any constitutionally illegitimate President has no public mandate for anything he says or does.

Posted by: Jake Blanchard | May 6 2024 1:29 utc | 123

Might be a tad hysterical but saw a “Redacted” clip whereby the pundit was quoting borrell, macron, as saying EU was at risk and Ukraine only has two weeks before collapse. Assuming the two weeks is the date zelenski is no longer president. FWIW
It is clear that EU/govt “leaders” are rattled.

Posted by: Taras 77 | May 6 2024 1:38 utc | 125

Theme for reflection, false dichotomies.
1. Nuclear deterrence is not about who shoots first , only not being defeated, ideally without ending in a nuclear wasteland . Managing escalation dominance is key.
2. The US knows it’s going down, just wished to put competitors in a worse situation, not be wiped out in a thermonuclear global war. Even full retard is not enough stupid to try a first strike. Even if partially successful id give 10 seconds before china adding everything it has to RFs counter strike (in that scenario they d be next)
3. SlowMO is what RF has to do until AFU’s defense lines fail and long pincers and strategic/operational movements can be done without inordinate casualties … or until ukraines regime collapses (whatever comes first)
4. There were better choices … says who? We barely know what happens, let alone the fundamentals leading to the strategy

Posted by: Newbie | May 6 2024 1:43 utc | 127

@Naive / “It looks like French troops are taking part in the defense of Chasov Yar…”
Sacrebleu. With a Commander-in-chief who is stuffed on one end with cocaine and on another end by penis from Jean-Michel, what could possibly go wrong? Sic transit gloria mundi…

Posted by: Asian frog | May 6 2024 1:49 utc | 129

Of course, maybe y’all don’t like math and prefer to consume virtual beers at the “bar”. Or follow mappers like Weeb or Southpoint who give you hopium flavored updates. I mean some people don’t like geography either and seem amazingly unaware of where Odessa is. Or the Dnieper River.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 5 2024 23:39 utc | 97
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Crossing the same point as before, I see. In the overall conduct of this enterprise geography/territory is your preferred metric.
In your mind, such as it is, have you considered other metrics, considered and acted upon by the participants? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Acco Hengst | May 6 2024 2:00 utc | 131

SB is back … I missed you, buddy.
With such a barrage of posts I’ll restrict my reply to your comment on US Treasury debt.
No one knows the date when it blows up but Mathematics dictate that it must. Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. And if you think they’ll just print fiat, well, as Morrisey said that goes to show how little you know.
What’s keeping the dollar propped up for now is the fact that the other world currencies with the exception of the Swiss Franc and the ruble are even more debased.
Japanese Yen? Hot garbage.
Euro? Slightly cooler garbage.
British Pound? I think I made my point.
My own prediction is that the Yen will blow first. No way to service all that debt with a declining population and demographic hell. When it blows they will puke up Treasury bonds to try and save it. They may end up dollarizing as a reset.
Same for Europe. But the rest of the world will want to stay clear of the blast radius using blockchain and crypto currencies. Better yet, gold or natural resource currencies will make a comeback.
The net effect for the West will be massive inflation coming back as raw credit emission is a net short on the currency.
It’s all mathematical and I won’t put a date to it but war is very inflationary so don’t think the West has unlimited time. It could all start to fall apart quickly and when it does you’ll get no warning.

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | May 6 2024 2:19 utc | 133

he shear fervor in SB’s posts projects the desperation of empire…the shit show continues until it doesn’t and then SB will be out of work.
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 6 2024 1:08 utc | 125
Seconded.
Posted by: Naive | May 6 2024 1:12 utc | 126
I also fully concur.

Posted by: Barrel Brown | May 6 2024 2:22 utc | 135

139:
It’s just copium. Both sides do it. They would MUCH rather be celebrating gains. But since they don’t get them, they’re claiming sooper seekrit, 5D, “muh attrition” is part of some deep dark plan. (Or if NAFOs…they blah blah about meat waves.) It’s just cope mechanism for hoper/copers on either side.

Posted by: Anonymous | May 6 2024 3:22 utc | 137

You certainly have, Julian. For instance, a massive big-arrow offensive will certainly cause much higher RUSSIAN casualties, and would have a high probability of FAILURE which would cause even more casualties and force a return to an attritional strategy. There is simply no evidence that big-arrow offensives ‘save lives’ as a general principle. And never mind the very real potential of the exhaustion of combat potential in a big-arrow offensive that doesn’t immediately achieve complete victory. That would be an invitation for NATO to get directly involved, and that’s not going to save any lives. Given the fact that the Ukraine has no authentic government but instead a clique of minions of the US/NATO, a ‘complete victory’ in a big-arrow offensive would mean leveling all of Ukraine’s major cities with civilians included. Not a great way to reduce the death count. And of course, direct NATO involvement against a depleted Russia, which was the desideratum of the neocons to begin with, would mean at the very least the nuclear destruction of the western world and Russia. Now, there’s a way to save lives.
Re: Posted by: Honzo | May 5 2024 15:19 utc | 15

You certainly have, Julian. For instance, a massive big-arrow offensive will certainly cause much higher RUSSIAN casualties, and would have a high probability of FAILURE which would cause even more casualties and force a return to an attritional strategy. There is simply no evidence that big-arrow offensives ‘save lives’ as a general principle. And never mind the very real potential of the exhaustion of combat potential in a big-arrow offensive that doesn’t immediately achieve complete victory. That would be an invitation for NATO to get directly involved, and that’s not going to save any lives. Given the fact that the Ukraine has no authentic government but instead a clique of minions of the US/NATO, a ‘complete victory’ in a big-arrow offensive would mean leveling all of Ukraine’s major cities with civilians included. Not a great way to reduce the death count. And of course, direct NATO involvement against a depleted Russia, which was the desideratum of the neocons to begin with, would mean at the very least the nuclear destruction of the western world and Russia. Now, there’s a way to save lives.

So your claim is that Russia’s Big Arrow offensive at the start of the war in February 2022 was a big big mistake and caused huge casualties?
Really?
Where is your evidence that there were Big Russian casualties during this Big Arrow offensive?
I happen to completely disagree with you on that.

Posted by: Julian | May 6 2024 3:51 utc | 139

McGregor, Ritter, Martyanov have consistently been wrong about how soon Russia would win, but let’s remember they say it with cocksurety! Confidence is everything in a pundit!

Posted by: Sparkles Blanchard | May 6 2024 4:05 utc | 141

Posted by: shadowbanned | May 6 2024 1:16 utc |
“but what has been coming from the other direction in Russia’s case is mostly shiny trinkets, not essential irreplaceable, and certainly nothing that Russia could not have been making itself if it was actually run well), ”
**********
Most of what shadowbanned posts is much too deep or high (or wide) for my small mind, but the ‘shiny trinkets’ caught my eye.
Where would Russia get its washing machines and shovels from if it was not illegally selling cheap oil?

Posted by: General Factotum | May 6 2024 4:28 utc | 143

The Paris 2024 Olympics begins in 80 days, 26 July to 11 August 2024.
Perhaps the few ineffective French troops in Ukraine are a setup for a major Black Flag event. Russia and Belarus aren’t invited to participate in the Paris Olympics.
Imagine if a huge terrorist action (or even missiles) causes significant damage and loss of life at the Paris Olympics, on television for the world to see. Now imagine that the munitions had Russian markings, or the terrorists dropped Russian passports (like they always seem to do), or a few were “caught” that confess to Russia planning the whole thing.
NATO is desperate. They need to mobilize Europe and regain worldwide opinion against Russia. The Paris Olympics is an outstanding opportunity… using the excuse that Russia was punishing France for having troops in Ukraine.
Just my 2-cents worth.

Posted by: Retaining_H2O | May 6 2024 4:36 utc | 145

Posted by: General Factotum | May 6 2024 4:28 utc | 151

Where would Russia get its washing machines and shovels from if it was not illegally selling cheap oil?T

Illegally? According to what law and whos legal system?

Posted by: hopehely | May 6 2024 5:11 utc | 147

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | May 5 2024 18:18 utc | 50
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Fair enough.
Would you be willing to drink a pint of Tak-Beer with your friends? (link: https://t.me/tvjihad/14189)
Posted by: hopehely | May 5 2024 18:58 utc | 57

@57 hopely
Can you elaborate? I think the video on telegram implies something about Islamic militants but it’s not clear to me.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | May 5 2024 19:16 utc | 60

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I believe @hopehely is ~attempting~ to continue the slander that all muslims are terrorists.
The guy in front shouts “Allahu Akbar!”,
followed the the soldiers in the rear responding together: “Allahu Akbar!”.
The guy in front then says, “Русские муджахиды лучше кричат “Аллаху Акбар!”, чем мусульмане.”
=
“Russian mujahideen shout ‘Allahu Akbar!’ better than Muslims.”
The term russkiy is used, which tells us that the soldiers are ethnic russians — not rossyane (citizens of Russia who might be of another ethnicity, such as Chechnians).
The russkiy soldiers are referred to as mujahideen, which literally means only that they are persons engaged in a struggle (be it emotional, spiritual, or bloody conflict).
The shout “Allahu Akbar” means literally, and only, that “God is Great”, which is a sentiment which may be shared by any and all believers in God. There is nothing intrinsically muslim about the statement.
That ethnic Russian soldiers are demonstrating their ability to shout “Allahu Akbar” as well as or better than their Muslim fellow-citizens of Russia, suggests to me that they are both expressing solidarity with their Muslim fellow-citizens of Russia, as well as friendly inter-unit rivalry.
The muslims should not be drinking (if they are religiously observant), but I’m going to take a wild guess that the non-muslim Russkiy-Russians probably know a thing or two about drinking.

Posted by: retroflecks | May 6 2024 5:38 utc | 149

Martyanov had a new post on how supposedly Nato had created a ‘red line’ for sending Nato troops in Ukraine. One of them was supposedly Russia breaking the front and Kiev asking for help. Exactly the same what Napoleon-delusional suggested.
Some suggested this is the loser standpoint. And usual huff-n-puff. Maybe acting tough for the domestic audience.
There were reports that 100 French foreign mercs were arleady spotted in Slavyansk, and struck there. Another report said French mercs were in Seversk area.
Either way, seems to be nothing new, at least 20k Nato mercs have already been in Ukraine.

Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2024 6:07 utc | 151

It is completely incomprehensible why Russia would further antagonize Europe against itself.
Posted by: ossi | May 5 2024 17:16 utc | 38

Europe’s problem with having gone over the top with “Russia Hate” PR.
No room for further escalation from antagonizing.
And think about it: How many “mishaps” in Russia in recent years are just that
and not US masterminded enemy action?
( final splash being the NS1/2 destruction )

Posted by: MAKK | May 6 2024 6:20 utc | 153

“During the last six months of amazing advances and fracturing lines (if you follow the clickbait mappers), we have seen this progress by RFA in % Ukrainian territory. ……lots of little numbers ………”
Wrong metric afaics.
proper metric is “consumed” Ukraine available resources.
Attrition!
The current battlefield mechanics do not allow Blitzkrieg like progress.

Posted by: MAKK | May 6 2024 6:23 utc | 155

…didn’t fall in [arbitrary time limit, always adjusted to be less than the actual time it took]

Posted by: I | May 6 2024 6:54 utc | 157

About French troops
why all the excitement only TODAY ?
already on 03.05.2024 b posted about this “info”
Posted by: b | May 3 2024 16:53 utc | 54
“…Stephen Byren reports…”
he then incorporated this into the The MoA Week In Review – OT 2024-128
repost my comment:

Posted by: b | May 3 2024 16:53 utc | 54 and all others

Stephen Byren reports:
France Sends Troops to Ukraine – Will the Deployment Trigger a Bigger War?
France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine. They have been deployed in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk. The French soldiers are drawn from France’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is one of the main elements of France’s Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère).
…
The initial group of French troops numbers around 100. This is just the first tranche of around 1,500 French Foreign Legionnaires scheduled to arrive in Ukraine.
These troops are being posted directly in a hot combat area and are intended to help the Ukrainians resist Russian advances in Donbas. The first 100 are artillery and surveillance specialists.
To eliminate those troops before additional ones get deployed would probably be the least violent way to end that nonsense.

How can anyone take this seriously?
they are already there ( in Slavyansk ) at least since 12.04.2024 🙂 ( edited )
avia.pro 20.03.2024
https://avia-pro.net/news/francuzskie-voyska-pribyli-na-territoriyu-ukrainy
French troops arrived on the territory of Ukraine
avia.pro 12.04.2024
https://avia-pro.net/news/v-slavyansk-perebrosheny-okolo-100-francuzskih-voennyh
About 100 French troops were deployed to Slavyansk
southfront 13.04.2024
French Military Deployed In Slavyansk, Donetsk People’s Republic – Report
https://southfront.press/french-military-deployed-in-slavyansk-donetsk-peoples-republic-report/
this Stephen Bryen is even to dense to include a proper link in his blog
https://weapons.substack.com/p/france-sends-troops-to-ukraine?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
thats his link ! — a href=”http://First units of the French Foreign Legion have been deployed to Slavyansk”
maybe you try a internet search with “France Troops “entering” Ukraine”
between 01.03-01.04.2024
Posted by: ghiwen | May 4 2024 16:02 utc | 222

and of course NO LINKS for rumors !!!

Posted by: ghiwen | May 6 2024 7:12 utc | 159

McGregor, Ritter, Martyanov have consistently been wrong about how soon Russia would win …
Posted by: Sparkles Blanchard | May 6 2024 4:05 utc | 149
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Dear Sparkles (no relation), previously known as Active Potatohead.
If you were able to read and think properly, you would be able to discern between what I actually said and the strawman you dumped upon my post.
***I said*** in #113, they clearly outlined the INTENDED PLANS exactly as Neo described, as per Washington and NATO proxy war doctrine, ie the Western playbook.
***You said*** above in your #149 that, they wrongly called the actual UNFOLDING OF said plans … with which I am in full agreement, but that’s a completely different issue to what I wrote.
Think it through, moron. The reason they projected the PLANS OF ACTION correctly but the OUTCOMES OF THOSE PLANS all wrong was precisely because they are Western military analysts and had no true understanding of the ways the Kremlin would COUNTER such plans. They kept calling for reactions like the West would have done. The SLOMO took them all completely by surprise, just as it did the NATO Generals.
So fuck off with your mindless strawman. It’s a pain having to waste my time to counter your moronic bullshit, but others here might be sufferring similar delusions, so maybe it’s worth it.

Posted by: Jake Blanchard | May 6 2024 7:19 utc | 161

Playback speed at 1.25 makes him more tolerable.
Posted by: Cortes | May 5 2024 21:55 utc | 86
Nope. Nothing under x1.5 is acceptable or bearable!
I never go there now unless someone suggests a particular vid. even then, usually I avoid it.

Posted by: Lavrov’s Dog | May 6 2024 7:36 utc | 163

Perhaps the few ineffective French troops in Ukraine are a setup for a major Black Flag event. Russia and Belarus aren’t invited to participate in the Paris Olympics.
Imagine if a huge terrorist action (or even missiles) causes significant damage and loss of life at the Paris Olympics, on television for the world to see. Now imagine that the munitions had Russian markings, or the terrorists dropped Russian passports (like they always seem to do), or a few were “caught” that confess to Russia planning the whole thing.
NATO is desperate. They need to mobilize Europe and regain worldwide opinion against Russia. The Paris Olympics is an outstanding opportunity… using the excuse that Russia was punishing France for having troops in Ukraine.
Just my 2-cents worth.
Posted by: Retaining_H2O | May 6 2024 4:36 utc | 153
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The world would react with a resounding yawn, if Putin was caught on camera personally planting a suitcase nuke in Paris. Before booking it back to Moscow.
The fact is most would assume the CW are somehow lying, because they are compulsive proven liars.
Lastly *again* Europe/NATO can’t mass mobilize, you need a basis to do so and a willing population. No-one is willing to die for these neo-s**t-lib regimes.
They can’t retain & properly equip the troops they have now FFS.

Posted by: Urban Fox | May 6 2024 7:56 utc | 165

fyi
https://twitter.com/BhadraPunchline/status/1785678172534747593
1/3 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto: “Western politicians promised to supply Ukrainian army only with helmets and blankets, then came weapons, tanks, multiple launch systems, warplanes and now the French president is dreaming of sending ground troops to Ukraine.”
2/3 “Regrettably, this Western warmongering madness has gained a new dimension and grown into a nuclear war madness. We have already heard the French president’s statements, moreover, he have also heard the Polish president speaking about a potential nuclear war.
3/3 “Many European politicians are driving themselves to a military frenzy, saying that a nuclear strike may be delivered any moment. War madness has now emerged in the European political discourse.”

Posted by: michaelj72 | May 6 2024 7:59 utc | 167

Where is your evidence that there were Big Russian casualties during this Big Arrow offensive?
I happen to completely disagree with you on that.
Posted by: Julian | May 6 2024 3:51 utc | 147
Go check the economist excess mortality. Feb 2022 had a rebound to 15.000 wit hardly 5.000 attributed to COVID . By my usual rules RF has lost up to 11.000 in that first week…

Posted by: Newbie | May 6 2024 8:07 utc | 169

Ha, I have to wonder at the superb timing of the upload of The Pentagon Wars to YouTube. Free to watch, 1080p, no ads, and with optional closed captions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon_Wars#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNpGBTU_jt4
Needless to say, there’s a message here about getting bang for the buck, something which Russia has been excelling at of late, and of the MIC screwing over everyone, something which it too has been excelling at of late.

Posted by: Babel-17 | May 6 2024 8:16 utc | 171

It’s not clear how exactly the lines will collapse given that Ukraine is still plotting counteroffensives and is sending men to their deaths in their hundreds and thousands across the river, and is even trying to expand those operations.
Posted by: shadowbanned | May 6 2024 8:16 utc | 183
Planning and executing aren’t the same thing. Do you deny that Russia has a greater reserve of manpower than Ukraine does? If not, then Russia will win. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but sooner than later.

Posted by: James M. | May 6 2024 8:32 utc | 173

This is not WW2, just as WW2 was not the Patriotic War of 1812. Though I suppose there may have been some people, in the USSR, who wondered why the Nazis had not already been driven out in the same six months that Napoleon was driven out. Those people would learn that 1942 was a different war.
The territory hosting the battles is the same (up to a point) but the conditions of war are very different.

Posted by: a stone | May 6 2024 8:40 utc | 175

Seven diarrhea attacs in a row from shitspammer … and then one more … sigh
On a lighter note it’s spring and it’s not going well for the US, CIA, M16 and NATO.

Posted by: Avtonom | May 6 2024 8:49 utc | 177

Posted by: hopehely | May 5 2024 18:58 utc | 57
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | May 5 2024 18:18 utc | 50
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Fair enough.
Would you be willing to drink a pint of Tak-Beer with your friends?
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I think you are hopelessly uninformed. All forms of jihadists were created and used by the empire with an occasional blowback. So, they are friends of the empire.

Posted by: RB | May 6 2024 8:51 utc | 179

The bridges with the West must be irreversibly burnt with certain types of kinetic action.
Posted by: shadowbanned | May 6 2024 8:55 utc | 193
I think that’s in the process of happening bro, the kinetic action being the war. There’s no going back from this, assuming Russia wins. Not for several generations at least, after all these oligarchs are long dead. Russia can live without the West, the question is can the West live without Russia.

Posted by: James M. | May 6 2024 9:19 utc | 181

Putting Cokeman on a wanted list – I’m wondering if Russia is planning something to pre-empt the UK attack on the Kerch bridge.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 5 2024 19:58 utc | 65
Good point. Perhaps its a veiled threat. “You blow that bridge and we’re gonna target you Z”
Posted by: HERMIUS | May 5 2024 20:06 utc | 66
Now that Z, his predecessor and a few other high ranking cronies are wanted criminals it might be Russia’s way of specifically excluding them from any prospective future negotiations with Russia.
A kind of “we don’t negotiate with wanted criminals” card to be played when required.

Posted by: Glen Batterham | May 6 2024 9:43 utc | 183

Russia testing nuclear weapons in response to West possibly sending troops to Ukraine
Posted by: KingCobra | May 6 2024 9:36 utc | 196
It’s quite foolish of Macron and the rest to say these things, since they have no force behind them. To “threaten” troops. I think they’re only saying such things now because they know Ukraine is on its last legs. The forthcoming aid is already spent and done, it will only be used to slow (slightly, if that) the Russian advance, and be completely gone by the Fall.
Their only hope after that is that somehow Russia will believe their words about troops coming, and will stop somewhere short of the Polish border. Kiev is now the red line, instead of the Dnieper, but that line will be pushed to Lviv as the Russians get closer, and then suddenly to the Polish/Romanian border.
The future NATO narrative: “If Russia touches one NATO member, we’ll…we’ll do something. Better stop, oh look, Russia stopped, yeah we won. Russia was defeated, because we deterred it from attacking a NATO state. Yeah, let’s celebrate. Who’s calling? Zelesnky? Never heard of the guy. From Ukraine? I don’t know what that is. Is it a TV show? Oh well, pour that champagne.”

Posted by: James M. | May 6 2024 9:49 utc | 185

Posted by: Jake Blanchard | May 6 2024 7:19 utc | 170
“Martynov, MacGregor and Ritter have been consistently wrong in predicting an eminent Russian victory from day one. BUT, once the war started they correctly identified that there was a war” – Jake “I’m very smart for an Aussie so if you don’t agree with me you are not Aussie smart” Blanchard

Posted by: Sparkles Blanchard | May 6 2024 9:56 utc | 187

The United States has stepped up efforts to find an alternative to Zelenskyj as president of Ukraine,-Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
https://t.me/i20028843
Contacts have been established with Poroshenko and Klitschko, secret work is underway with Ermak, Zaluzhny, and former Rada spokesman Razumkov, the department reported

Posted by: 2+2=5 | May 6 2024 10:30 utc | 189

Russians are gonna hunt the French troops like there will be no tomorrow. The faster they send back all troops in body-bags the better. Russian can’t allow a single natostan force to settle , better making an example than a precedent… and Fast.
“Le petit roi” is having a bilateral meeting with Xi today and the first thing this asshole did was inviting Ursula … how do you say /facepalm in french ? Hé Merde ? Anyway, this is showing the world Macron is an insulting cunt who’s wasting China’s legendary patience… and Xi legendary patience about him might run dry sooner than most could have anticipated. First thing Macron’s party representative for the June EU election is lecturing Xi about “the Ouighours “””genocide”””. She had no word for the Palestinians and plead Bibi is just defending himself … was it an attempt at convincing Xi Ursulla is not the dumbest gal in the lot ?
French might have a presidential election before 2027 at this pace.

Posted by: Savonarole | May 6 2024 10:46 utc | 191

Posted by: vargas | May 6 2024 9:53 utc | 200
That was the most coherent post I’ve ever seen from you. If you always posted that way you’d probably get more favorable responses. Although Wanker Blanchard is a “special” case. Take Arthur’s advice and don’t respond anymore.
Posted by: arthur brogard | May 6 2024 10:23 utc | 202
True, us Americans are rough and ready, with guns ablazin (in some cases literally), in our um…literary… interactions.
As for what Dina said about America potentially sending troops to Ukraine, it was from a comment made by the minority leader in the House of Representatives. He has basically no authority, other than leading the opposition. I suspect it’s just electioneering and campaign posturing. “I have no power to send troops but I’ll send troops by golly. I’ll show Putin how tough I am… vote for me.”

Posted by: James M. | May 6 2024 10:57 utc | 193

This new SBonslaught – is it a way to celebrate Victory Day? In the wake of new atrocities to incite painful reactions like should have happened before! presidential elections in Russia?
If Russia is doing it – the SMO – the way it does, then that’s the only way. It wasn’t ready, it most certainly would have prefered the responsible, civilized or “polite” way. That was not about to happen.
And as some say, quite often Russia wins not because not because of but in despite of something. Russia was losing until the SMO started… Now the West in confused, it has gained everything it ever wanted – and, oh, how beautiful are the leaves in the Indian Summer.

Posted by: js | May 6 2024 11:05 utc | 195

The United States has stepped up efforts to find an alternative to Zelenskyj as president of Ukraine,-Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
Posted by: 2+2=5 | May 6 2024 10:30 utc | 203
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I find it laughable that America thinks it can “find a new President for Ukraine”. Electing a President includes a small matter of asking the populous who they want! They’d have to remove the current martial law; arrange an election; get several other candidates together for a field; get >50% support for their man — in the military, plus in the parliament, plus in the media, plus East plus West Ukraine, plus sorting out what to do with the 5 million ex-pat voters currently in the EU!
Lol. I can’t see any election, any new President happening. The country deserves to be in a political void until RF gives it peace again.
As for Poroshenko, I don’t believe the Ukies would want him back again. He was the most corrupt, Russophobic warmonger since independence. Surely not.
Klitchko, meh, might be popular in Kiev. But elsewhere? Dunno.
Timoshenko? Right wing fascist.
Arestovich? Psychopath.
All the other political animals are either Zelensky’s current accomplice henchmen, or have been banished or disgraced by Zelensky.
The country is a toilet — a function of Zelensky’s making.

Posted by: Jake Blanchard | May 6 2024 11:29 utc | 197

Posted by: Jake Blanchard | May 6 2024 11:29 utc | 211
At this point ‘finding’ a new president for Ukraine is arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
I foresee the population of Ukraine scattering between the west and east. As goes the population, so goes the country. Every US/UK Ze-team policy contributes to the breakup of Ukraine.
Most likely Nato is freaking out, talking about sending troops publicly, because they foresee the country breaking up. This might be a latch ditch effort to attempt to bluff Russians so Nato can occupy Odessa and other places, whatever they can and install a military dictatorship puppet to control those places FUKUS would like to have from Ukraine.
But most likely the optimal solution for everyone (except Nato) is Hungary and Poland grab parts of the west, Russia take the coast and Odessa, and Zaporozhye. A rump state is left in the middle parts including Kiev, maybe Kharkov, which at the minimum is not under Nato control.
Barring this sort of scenario, I expect the country will simply become a gray area and evaporate. Nato/Kiev control will hence forward be based on Nato occupation troops. And Nato occupation troops have no mandate or protection in Ukraine. We all know what happens to illegal occupation troops.

Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2024 11:43 utc | 199