Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank what ever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of cir stance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scrolls,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
RED ROVER, RED ROVER LET VLADDY COME OVER
BOOM!!!
Cool as the old proverbial cu ber.
Putin!!!
A picture I cant see... ^
Lets hope the Red Cross and the UN not only helped start this, but see that it ends with these men getting back home to their families.
Metta World Peace Hater with the goods.
has gone south for russian military, the midget is directing his troops to their death from his bunker.
They made their bed, peeg.
Their regrets are their own.
I've no sympathy for them.
Damn.
Thanks for that.
I think he must have calculated he is going to die for that frankness.
Or that he is actually believed by others that have a lot more influence than "we/I" thought.
He said all of this on Channel One Russia, which is the flagship state media channel (for propaganda). If you start to hear more of the state media people turning on the war then it could send the dominoes falling that end it.
Ukraine in the membrane. Ukraine in the membrane.
You’ll never get it out of your head.
”Damn it Ridley! And their bombs, and their guns, and their bombs… yodel they are fighting “
The lady had pitiful rebuttals.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared on Monday to climb down from threats to retaliate against Sweden and Finland for announcing plans to join the U.S.-led NATO military alliance.
“As far as expansion goes, including new members Finland and Sweden, Russia has no problems with these states - none. And so in this sense there is no immediate threat to Russia from an expansion to include these countries,” Putin said.
https://apple.news/AFgxdyB01QOyqBoTFniNImA
Is reality actually sinking in?
Nahhh…
This is a reversal of the level of hater’s bull .
This is getting sort of hopeful:
Russian military bloggers continued to post analysis that is skeptical of Russian efforts and increasingly in-line with Western assessments of Russian military failures in Ukraine. One such blogger, Igor Strelkov, claimed that the Russian offensive to take Donbas has ultimately failed and that “not a single large settlement “has been liberated.[1] Strelkov even noted that the capture of Rubizhne is relatively insignificant because it happened before the new offensive in Donbas had begun. Strelkov stated that Russian forces are unlikely to liberate Donbas by the summer and that Ukrainian troops will hold their positions around Donetsk City. Strelkov notably claimed that Russian failures thus far have not surprised him because the intent of Russian command has been so evident throughout the operation that Ukrainian troops are aware of exactly how to best respond and warns that Russian troops are fighting to the point of exhaustion under “rules proposed by the enemy.” The continued disenchantment of pro-Russian milbloggers with the Russian war effort may fuel dissatisfaction in Russia itself, especially if Moscow continues to press recruitment and conscription efforts that send poorly-trained cannon-fodder to the front lines.
The Ins ute for the study of war
Thanks Lavrov!
Putler bends the knee
Putin says Sweden and Finland joining NATO and breaking with decades of neutrality is fine after all. ‘No problems’
Russian president Vladimir Putin once said that any more countries on Russia’s doorstep joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) cons uted a threat to Russia, and would provoke “military and political consequences.”
In fact, Putin warned last year that NATO expanding its military infrastructure eastward into Ukraine would be a “red line” for Russia and perceived as a direct threat.
But three months into a Ukraine invasion that’s not going according to plan, and after two other countries close to Russia announced that they are joining NATO, Putin appears to be softening his tone, and resigning himself to the fact that NATO’s eastward expansion is happening anyway.
On Sunday, Finland—which shares an 800-mile border with Russia and was part of the Russian Empire for over a century—said it had applied to join NATO to ensure that its own national security would not be threatened by Russia in the future. On Monday, Sweden followed suit after a meeting amongst ruling party officials over the weekend, who voted to end the country’s 200-year neutrality policy.
“The issue at hand is whether military nonalignment will keep serving us well?” Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Sunday. “We’re facing a fundamentally changed security environment in Europe.”
For months, Russian officials have warned against the two countries taking this decisive step, but now that it has actually happened, Putin appears to be doing his best to diminish the significance of the act.
"As for the expansion of NATO, including through new members of the alliance which are Finland, Sweden — Russia has no problems with these states,” Putin said Monday at a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a military alliance composed of several post-Soviet states.
https://fortune.com/2022/05/16/swede...threat-russia/
hater Thread get in here and spin this
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