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Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)
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Poland Wants To Host NATO Nukes To Counter Russia
Poland says Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus are driving its desire to be part of NATO's nuclear sharing program.
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Poland Wants To Host NATO Nukes To Counter Russia
Poland says Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus are driving its desire to be part of NATO's nuclear sharing program.
Russia still fukking STINK
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Ukraine Situation Report: A Peek Into Prigozhin's Bizarre Pad
Among the findings were millions in cash and gold bars, a disguise collection, a giant sledgehammer, and a cache of guns and ammo.
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Russia all f'd up in the game
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‘Dig, Dig, Dig’: A Russian Soldier’s Story
An inmate hoped to start over with a clean slate by fighting in Ukraine. Instead, he was confronted by the drudgery of trench work and the terror of battle. “You’re going in as meat,” he said he was told.
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MINSK, Belarus — President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus said on Thursday in a rare appearance with reporters that the leader of the recent armed rebellion in Russia was not in Belarus, but remained in Russia.
Mr. Lukashenko said that Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary company, was in St. Petersburg, in contrast with statements he made days after the mutiny. Mr. Lukashenko’s latest claim could not be verified, and Mr. Prigozhin has not been seen in public since the rebellion nearly two weeks ago.
Mr. Lukashenko was speaking in the aftermath of some of Russia’s most dramatic political chaos since President Vladimir V. Putin came to power more than two decades ago. The Belarusian autocrat intervened in the armed mutiny by Mr. Prigozhin, striking a deal with the Wagner leader that saw him stand down and withdraw his forces.
The deal called for Mr. Prigozhin to call off his mutiny in exchange for amnesty for his forces, and safe passage to Belarus for himself. In the days after the mutiny, Mr. Lukashenko had said Mr. Prigozhin was in Belarus, but on Thursday he said the Wagner leader remained in St. Petersburg, where he had business operations.
Mr. Lukashenko also said earlier that he had offered Wagner fighters an “abandoned” military base, and satellite images verified by The New York Times last week showed new temporary structures being built at a deserted base about 80 miles from Minsk, the Belarusian capital. But on Thursday, Mr. Lukashenko appeared to chafe at a question about the possible presence of Wagner troops in Belarus.
“Whether they will come here, and if so, how many of them will come, we will decide in the future,” he said. “It will depend on the decision taken by the leadership of Russia and Wagner.”
After the rebellion late last month, Mr. Lukashenko positioned himself as a power broker who had helped avert a crisis, even as he has become increasingly isolated from the rest of the world. Viewed by the West as a subordinate under the Kremlin’s control, Mr. Lukashenko appears to be trying to burnish his image as a key player in resolving one of the biggest crises of Mr. Putin’s tenure as Russia’s leader.
By granting an interview to a small group of reporters at his presidential palace on Thursday, Mr. Lukashenko may be hoping to establish a measure of independence from his benefactors in Moscow, while possibly getting a boost at home, with an electorate more interested in peace than joining Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Mr. Lukashenko said that Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary company, was in St. Petersburg, in contrast with statements he made days after the mutiny. Mr. Lukashenko’s latest claim could not be verified, and Mr. Prigozhin has not been seen in public since the rebellion nearly two weeks ago.
Mr. Lukashenko was speaking in the aftermath of some of Russia’s most dramatic political chaos since President Vladimir V. Putin came to power more than two decades ago. The Belarusian autocrat intervened in the armed mutiny by Mr. Prigozhin, striking a deal with the Wagner leader that saw him stand down and withdraw his forces.
The deal called for Mr. Prigozhin to call off his mutiny in exchange for amnesty for his forces, and safe passage to Belarus for himself. In the days after the mutiny, Mr. Lukashenko had said Mr. Prigozhin was in Belarus, but on Thursday he said the Wagner leader remained in St. Petersburg, where he had business operations.
Mr. Lukashenko also said earlier that he had offered Wagner fighters an “abandoned” military base, and satellite images verified by The New York Times last week showed new temporary structures being built at a deserted base about 80 miles from Minsk, the Belarusian capital. But on Thursday, Mr. Lukashenko appeared to chafe at a question about the possible presence of Wagner troops in Belarus.
“Whether they will come here, and if so, how many of them will come, we will decide in the future,” he said. “It will depend on the decision taken by the leadership of Russia and Wagner.”
After the rebellion late last month, Mr. Lukashenko positioned himself as a power broker who had helped avert a crisis, even as he has become increasingly isolated from the rest of the world. Viewed by the West as a subordinate under the Kremlin’s control, Mr. Lukashenko appears to be trying to burnish his image as a key player in resolving one of the biggest crises of Mr. Putin’s tenure as Russia’s leader.
By granting an interview to a small group of reporters at his presidential palace on Thursday, Mr. Lukashenko may be hoping to establish a measure of independence from his benefactors in Moscow, while possibly getting a boost at home, with an electorate more interested in peace than joining Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Is this whole debacle proof that the age of the ground invasion is dead?
No Russia is just incompetent. Logistics was trash. Any competent army would have taken the capital like the Wagner boss said.