Posted on 10/01/2022 4:29:52 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin today came under stinging criticism from his own side after Russia was forced to withdraw troops from a key Ukrainian city this afternoon as Ukraine's eastern counteroffensive recaptures more territory.
Ukrainian forces encircled the strategic eastern city of Lyman on Saturday in a counteroffensive that has humiliated the Kremlin, while Russian bombardments intensified after Moscow illegally annexed a swath of Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of the war.
Russia's own Tass and RIA news agencies announced that troops have fled Lyman, citing the Russian defence ministry.
It comes after the Russian President Vladimir Putin was pictured grinning and laughing yesterday after he annexed four Ukrainian regions following what the West has blasted as sham referendums.
The bitter blame game revealed a deep split among the most vocal backers of Putin's military conflict and his top brass, notably defence minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
It showed key players in the Putin camp turning on each other, implicitly criticising Putin for sticking by failed commanders.
Military commander and normally loyalist MP Andrey Gurulev claimed the Russian forces were heroes led by self-serving donkeys, he said: 'I cannot explain this surrender in military terms.
'The problem is a system of lies, reports of a good situation [when the reality is bad].
'This rot comes from the top down.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Ukraine took Lyman today. I guess Ukraine wasn’t impressed.
September 30: Lyman joins Russian Federation
October 1: Lyman leaves Russian Federation
The problem is that after I see its from the daily mail I then I can trust a word in the article. These sensationalist headlines are just another nail in their coffin.
Thank you for our UK Daily Propaganda.
Putin is scum but remember this is DM.
After each time the Russians have been forced back, Putin has shelled critical infrastructure. His goal is to reduce the territory to two types of people, those who leave and become refugees are type one. He’ll never have to deal with them again. But anyone who is left is an enemy and he’ll just shoot them. This way he gets to keep the territory. Using the territory was never an important part of the plan. The plan was to take it and to keep Ukraine from using it. (This way the oil, gas and minerals won’t be competing with Russian oil, gas and minerals.)
Having established that and since this is now “Russian territory” he can nuke the lost areas. It accomplishes his two objectives, and it also will terrify the world into giving him everything he wants. (So he thinks.) What will the world do? No idea. But there probably isn’t a “right” thing to do.
They will find their US Grant/Rommel/Patton/Suvorov one day.
And the world will shudder in fear.
I think that most of DM writers have pink hair...but to be honest they go beserk on Russia stories. Colorful editing too.
When it comes to the war I pass on their stories.
Neo-Con morons called Russia the number 1 threat to the US. What a joke. The number 1 threat is the Marxists here.
LOL Perfect.
Not a happy looking crowd!
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