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Russia's failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages
AP NEWS ^ | 06-APR-2022 | ROBERT BURNS

Posted on 04/06/2022 7:48:58 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Neocon warmongers/globalist aren’t patriotic and they hate America and the American people.


41 posted on 04/06/2022 8:19:12 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: frogjerk

Come one man, the narrative is all that matters, not reality.... Haven’t you figured that out yet?

The number of folks who can’t seem to understand this is astounding.

Anything you are hearing from the war is propaganda from one side or the other. It’s beyond insane that people think they are being told the truth, by either side.


42 posted on 04/06/2022 8:19:55 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: DarthVader
Milley and Austin are in full CYA mode to cover their abysmal failures.

Yes, that's true because they are basically figureheads of the politicians. But more importantly, they were using the intelligence that was given to them by those seventeen agencies that the Democrats were so proud to quote when they were smearing Trump.

Our intelligence network must be in shambles.

43 posted on 04/06/2022 8:22:45 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Hardly a “defeat for the ages”. But important for what it revealed about the quality of Russian troops. We are also seeing how drones and smart bazookas have changed the battlefield. We got a peek during the recent war in Armenia, where the Azeris made effective use of Turkish drones. Now those same drones have been making mincemeat of Soviet equipment.

No doubt military planners worldwide are taking notes.


44 posted on 04/06/2022 8:22:47 AM PDT by marron
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To: Monterrosa-24

THIS!


45 posted on 04/06/2022 8:23:29 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Monterrosa-24

It was a big enough force to look convincing. Yet, it stopped and did nothing as Kiev went into a panic, fleeing, handing out assault rifles at random, taking selfies, emptying prisons, forgetting to shave, etc...
Then as the Donbass and land bridge began to fall and get surrounded, that force pulled back.

That’s exactly what it was. The three axis attack kept them off balance and unsure of what was next.

Sorry, but the partition is coming now.


46 posted on 04/06/2022 8:23:47 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: rrrod

Every day you sink deeper into delusion.


47 posted on 04/06/2022 8:24:02 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

There is good and there is bad. The good have had the course and are working to set things right.


48 posted on 04/06/2022 8:25:00 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: DesertRhino

Hey Jack, I’m not saying the war is over. But I am saying that the intention of those northern columns was to take Kiev. They failed. That is a defeat on the battle level. All that self-propelled artillery they left behind show a less than orderly retreat too.


49 posted on 04/06/2022 8:28:48 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (To the barricades !!!)
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To: DesertRhino
It was a big enough force to look convincing. Yet, it stopped and did nothing as Kiev went into a panic

Sure, brilliant Putin strategy, send half your force toward Kyiv and Chernihiv and then retreat leaving stuck and destroyed vehicles. Wonderful, you caused panic in Kyiv. Have not seen ONE military analyst that said this was brilliant, instead all said it was stupid and the result was a logistic nightmare for Russia. If Putin had sent everything immediately towards Donbas, it would now be in Russian hands. Now the battle in the southeast is going to be a meat grinder.

50 posted on 04/06/2022 8:31:25 AM PDT by tlozo (Trump-the Russian invasion of Ukraine is " truly a crime against humanity")
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To: SpeedyInTexas
The article said nothing about the war being over, just the failure to take Kiev.

The “Kiev was a feint” notion does not pass the smell test.

To summarize: Too much commitment in the North for a feint and obviously not enough force in the East if that was the main effort. No, the facts support trying to capture the capital was a the key objective and they failed, spectacularly.

51 posted on 04/06/2022 8:36:12 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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To: DarthVader
Satellite images show bodies lay in Bucha for weeks, despite Russian claims.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/world/europe/bucha-ukraine-bodies.html

52 posted on 04/06/2022 8:36:42 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: SVTCobra03

Sorry but that is the NY Slimes. I don’t believe a word they print and have not since Clinton has been in office. Not a word.


53 posted on 04/06/2022 8:39:17 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: DarthVader
Russian media campaign falsely claims Bucha deaths are fakes.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-media-facebook-21d36ea4370bab98b1cc93baa0815dd8

54 posted on 04/06/2022 8:39:53 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: SVTCobra03

The AP (Anus Press) is not any better. They are all part of the propaganda machine driving the same narrative.


55 posted on 04/06/2022 8:43:12 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: SVTCobra03

This is what you are seeing from the press. This is an example on how things are reported today:

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1lnlmi/proof_that_every_news_station_is_reading_from_the/


56 posted on 04/06/2022 8:46:33 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
What moronic assessment. The Russians could have leveled Kiev if the wanted to. They own the air, moron.

They were never on the offensive in Kiew, Speedster. Kiev a diversion so the Russians could clean out your neo-Nazi buddies in Mariupol, wipe out Ukraine's military infrastructure and secure Donbass. The 60,000 plus Ukrainian troops in the east are encircled, don't have the capacity to move and will either surrender or die soon.

You're a fool, Speedster, for believing all this nonsense.

57 posted on 04/06/2022 8:49:33 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: DarthVader
... We know what you are and your days are numbered.

That threat isn't even veiled.

Who is "We?"

58 posted on 04/06/2022 8:53:08 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Lol


59 posted on 04/06/2022 8:54:31 AM PDT by wardaddy (Faulkner never knew Free Republic but he coined its nickname...The Sound and The Fury)
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To: Seruzawa

Putin, Iran and China thank you for your support.


60 posted on 04/06/2022 9:00:19 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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