Ukraine retakes 75 miles of Russian-held territory, pushes toward Kherson

reagansghost said:
A venomous speech by Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that included talk of “cleansing” Russia of “scum and traitors” marked an escalation in his rhetoric that is being seen by some as a sign of his frustration with the invasion of Ukraine.

In a speech to government ministers, the Russian president sent a sinister warning to those in his own country questioning the war — saying they were being used by the West.

“The collective West is trying to split our society … to provoke a civil confrontation in Russia,” said Putin in his speech. “And the goal is … the destruction of Russia.”

“The Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and simply spit them out like a fly that accidentally flew into the mouth.

“I am convinced that such a natural and necessary cleansing of society will only strengthen our country.”

That kind of speech, observers say, is a sign that Putin plans to crack down even more severely on those who disagree with him.

“Putin is acutely aware that calls for peace and criticisms of the war … could quickly turn into explicit criticisms of him as president,” said Ben Noble, associate professor of Russian politics at University College London in an email.

“There is an existential urgency, therefore, to his rhetoric framing critics as traitors.”


https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...peech-about-cleansing-russia-of-traitors.html
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Thanks. Is it just me, or does this nationalist rhetoric sound very much what we heard a departed IMPOTUSx2 say, and what his Cult has repeated since?
 
Althea said:
The ground war has been an overwhelming success for Ukraine. Which means absolutely nothing as long as it keeps raining missiles on women/children.
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Russia is running a terrorist op. They could have easily bombed Ukraine into dust a week ago. But they are deliberately targeting civilian areas here and there, trying to terrify the citizens. Their hopes are that most infrastructure will stay intact, while the citizens rebel against the Ukrainian government and open the doors for Putin.

What Putin did not calculate on was how the citizens' and the world would see Zelenskyy as a hero, and this "war" as an attempt to subdue an independent nation. He also did not count on the citizens refusing to bow.
 
ThatFowlWoman said:
Russia is running a terrorist op. They could have easily bombed Ukraine into dust a week ago. But they are deliberately targeting civilian areas here and there, trying to terrify the citizens. Their hopes are that most infrastructure will stay intact, while the citizens rebel against the Ukrainian government and open the doors for Putin. What Putin did not calculate on was how the citizens' and the world would see Zelenskyy as a hero, and this "war" as an attempt to subdue an independent nation. He also did not count on the citizens refusing to bow.
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Did you read Putin's PMs?

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reagansghost said:
Putin will be poisoned soon

in his speech today he laid it all out there for the oligarchs, so now they're fleeing the country, not taking his bait, won't toe the line, he's so fucked
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Many young Russians are fleeing. Putin has made accessing money very difficult. They are still going. I saw some interviewed and most do not plan on coming back.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Russia is running a terrorist op. They could have easily bombed Ukraine into dust a week ago. But they are deliberately targeting civilian areas here and there, trying to terrify the citizens. Their hopes are that most infrastructure will stay intact, while the citizens rebel against the Ukrainian government and open the doors for Putin.

What Putin did not calculate on was how the citizens' and the world would see Zelenskyy as a hero, and this "war" as an attempt to subdue an independent nation. He also did not count on the citizens refusing to bow.
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He thought Zelensky was another Ashraf Ghani who fled Afghanistan with suitcases full of money the moment trump's surrender was enacted.
 
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