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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

A brainwashed soldier, I mean mercenary. This is a perfect example of being so zealous for a cause that one cannot critically evaluate the overall landscape. He does not seem to grasp 2014 at all, and seems perfectly OK with the US military steamrolling around everywhere to accomplish questionable policies.


5 posted on 02/25/2024 2:27:57 AM PST by Ragnar Danneskjöld
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To: Ragnar Danneskjöld

He is a soldier, not a mercenary, Ukraine does not use mercenaries.


10 posted on 02/25/2024 3:14:34 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Ragnar Danneskjöld

Check out: You may appreciate the VICE News 2014 photo-journalism series:

Russian Roulette in Ukraine - 2014
VICE News
113 videos [on the ground coverage]
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw613M86o5o5zqF6WJR8zuC7Uwyv76h7R


12 posted on 02/25/2024 3:29:23 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸 )
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To: Ragnar Danneskjöld

He is or was serving with the AZOV brigade, one of the ultranationalist (nazi) formations that was sent to Avdeevka as a Hail Mary to hold some positions ( as they tried in Azovstal in Mariupol) or possibly to get rid of them as a power play by Zelensky to rid the military of a unit loyal to his rival, Zaluzhny.

The Russians hit them hard with missiles on their deployment base before they ever saw battle, killing 300-600 of them ….then hit them again at the same base when they retreated after failing or refusing to sacrifice themselves at the coke plant. No love lost for the nazi formations.

AZOV “ elites” have not had the mission of covering retreats, that is high grade propo. The nationalists are usually a barrier force, held back from the frontline to the rear of the fighting, executing Ukr troops that try to retreat or surrender.

When Syrsky recognized that units were leaving the battlefield on their own, even the AZOVs, he ordered a retreat to “ save lives” ( more like, save face)

It will be interesting to read from future reports how much of the AZOV brigade survived or is reconstituted.

Btw, this American merc is lucky to have survived, others have been executed to cover their involvement


17 posted on 02/25/2024 4:16:52 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Ragnar Danneskjöld
As an American Soldier, I have always been interested in our national security and Global interests.

Really? National Security? What about OUR borders and the hordes of third world slags invading it. This soldier says he's lived in California, Denver and North Carolina and loves the safety and security...blah, blah, blah.....

As for the veteran stuff, there are also 'veterans' here in the US who aren't for spending tax money on Ukraine over addressing our own border problems first.

41 posted on 02/25/2024 6:26:50 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Ragnar Danneskjöld

Julius Caesar was the end of Rome

Wars of conquest- empire

Gog Napoleon usa

Magog Napoleon nato

Rev14


98 posted on 02/25/2024 10:42:52 AM PST by Firehath (Quackery - An irrelevant simplification / undetected Complex problem - attacking symptoms⁸)
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102 posted on 02/25/2024 10:50:15 AM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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