Posted on 06/10/2023 10:07:54 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has mocked the battlefield achievements of the Wagner Group chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, as a dispute between the two key figures in Russia's full-scale invasion continues to ramp up.
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The Chechen leader then said that despite the phone call, Prigozhin had again made "an ironic statement" that Chechen fighters could only liberate a few settlements and not the DPR as a whole.
But Kadyrov said his troops had "liberated" 36 settlements, including Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, and the city center of Popasna in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.
He also said that Mariupol, the city Russia seized after a long siege, had been taken with far fewer troops, and in a much shorter time than Bakhmut, for whose capture Prigozhin has claimed bragging rights. "Which units after that can be considered more effective?" wrote Kadyrov, "the answer is obvious."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Russian Forces Repelled All Ukranian Attacks l Ukranian Counteroffensive Failed In Every Direction
Russian monsters, bragging about which one is more monstrous.
Yeesh!
It's always great news when the leaders of two of your mercenary armies are publicly mocking and fighting each other.
Bakhmut is over. Your side lost. We’re on to the CounterCounterOffensive. Your side is losing. You’re welcome.
While the Western media persists in perpetuating the fantasy that Russia is suffering setbacks and looking for a way to extricate itself from the war in Ukraine, the facts on the ground show that Russia is inflicting massive casualties on Ukraine — both men and materiel — and that Russia is under no pressure to seek an end to the conflict. Nothing short of unconditional surrender will placate Russia.
Ukraine, however, has ample reasons to bring the war to an end. Rational military commanders on the Ukrainian side must now understand that their prospects for inflicting a devastating blow to the Russian military forces is becoming less likely with each passing hour. Russia’s advantages in terms of men, artillery, and air support are thwarting Ukraine’s military ambitions. I do not discount the possibility that Ukraine’s military commanders realize that continued attacks are futile and that securing a negotiated end to the conflict is their only hope of surviving. If this report is true it signals a growing rift between the military and political leaders in Ukraine. The only solution is to overthrow the government of Volodomyr Zelensky by the military and sue for peace. If that happens it will mark the defeat of NATO. Count me as a skeptic. I think the blood shed will continue.
Neocons get triggered and then like to try and deflect or distract with shiny objects or “bells and whistles” but it won’t change the following:
1/4 Ukraine suffers ‘significant losses’ as long-awaited counteroffensive begins against Russian forces: US officials
2/4 Update from Ukraine | The Counterattack Start is not good
Denys Davydov
3/4 Ukrainian forces suffer ‘stiff resistance’ and losses in assault on Russian lines
“Ukrainian forces have suffered losses in heavy equipment and soldiers as they met greater than expected resistance from Russian forces in their first attempt to breach Russian lines in the east of the country in recent days, two senior US officials tell CNN.
One US official described the losses – which include US supplied MRAP armored personnel vehicles as “significant.”
Ukrainian forces managed to overrun some Russian forces in the east around Bakhmut. However, Russian forces, armed with anti-tank missiles, grenades and mortars, have put up “stiff resistance,” with their forces dug into defensive lines that are several layers deep in some areas and marked by minefields that have taken a heavy toll on Ukrainian armored vehicles.
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4/4 A.) Bloomberg via Hindustan Times
The 20-nation economy shrank by 0.1% between January and March, revised data showed Thursday, adding to a fourth-quarter decline of the same magnitude.
The euro area suffered the mildest possible recession during the winter after Russia’s war in Ukraine sent energy prices soaring.
The outcome will come as a blow after politicians and European Central Bank officials said repeatedly that a downturn could be averted even as inflation rocketed to its highest level since the euro was introduced.
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B.) 1/2 Germany would go into recession with Russian energy embargo - minister
Reuters
April 27, 2022
2/2 Germany’s slipped into recession and everyone should be worried
May 26, 2023
Still getting off on the picture of Putin with his shirt off? Or is Prigozhin your last man crush?
What Vasylivka doink?
It is a hoax Marcus.
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