I always assumed it was. Putin had the dirt on lots of crooked politicians in UK and the US to play them like little puppets; offshore Panama tax havens and such.
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SwedishAdvocate
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At least support for his party dropped ~3% (down to 16%) after he made that comment about Ukraine.
RobStark
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I have seen from several Ukrainian vloggers that the North Korean troops are supposed to be engineering corps. Supposedly, to rebuild Russian controlled towns of Ukraine that Russian troops reduced to rubble.
Tiger
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That's a good trope to entice them close enough to the frontline, to serve as cannon fodder thereafter.
glhs272
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I thought airlines (other than Russian) were not allowed to fly over Russia. But my flight from Chicago to Hong Kong did just that.
Interesting story this week on the NY Times Daily podcast. Subject was how the Myanmar rebels were having so much success against the military rulers. Bottom line is that they are getting assistance with the drones from Ukraine.
SwedishAdvocate
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It would be interesting to know how much has been written about Azov in Western Media compared to the Russian Dictator's very own Nazis...
Some of the Russian Dictator's Nazis:
The Rusich Group allegedly consists of "a few houndred".
"In a 2020 video, Milchakov described himself as a "Nazi", stating: "I'm not going to go deep and say, I'm a nationalist, a patriot, an imperialist, and so forth. I'll say it outright: I'm a Nazi."[2]"
www.rferl.org
The Wagner Group allegedly numbered in the 50,000+ in December of 2022.
"According to several news outlets, Utkin was an admirer of Nazi Germany and had multiple Nazi tattoos, including Schutzstaffel (SS) insignia.[13][14][15][16][17] Utkin also reportedly used call sign Wagner after German composer Richard Wagner, because his work was greatly admired by Adolf Hitler and was appropriated by the Nazis.[3][18][19] Allegedly he greeted subordinates by saying "Heil!", wore a Wehrmacht field cap around Wagner training grounds, and sometimes signed his name with the lightning bolt insignia of the SS."
Dmitry Rogozin
Previously served as director general of Roscosmos from 2018 to July 2022, as deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry from 2011 to 2018.
x.com/RockOtherWorlds/status/1505196382549950476
The Werewolf Legion, Schultz-88 [88 as in HH as in Heil Hitler], Mad Crowd, National Socialist Party of Russia, Saviour, White Society-88 [Again: 88 as in HH as in Heil Hitler], Ryno-Skachevsky Gang, Battle Organization fo Russian Nationalists (BORN), Volkssturm, Lincoln-88 [Again: 88 as in HH as in Heil Hitler], NS/WP Nevograd, The Cleaners, and Atomwaffen Division Russland
Some of the Russian Dictator's Nazis:
The Rusich Group allegedly consists of "a few houndred".
"In a 2020 video, Milchakov described himself as a "Nazi", stating: "I'm not going to go deep and say, I'm a nationalist, a patriot, an imperialist, and so forth. I'll say it outright: I'm a Nazi."[2]"
Who Are The Neo-Nazis Fighting For Russia In Ukraine?
The Kremlin has claimed its war on Ukraine is aimed at “de-Nazifying” the country. What about the neo-Nazi groups actively fighting on the Russian side?
www.rferl.org
The Wagner Group allegedly numbered in the 50,000+ in December of 2022.
"According to several news outlets, Utkin was an admirer of Nazi Germany and had multiple Nazi tattoos, including Schutzstaffel (SS) insignia.[13][14][15][16][17] Utkin also reportedly used call sign Wagner after German composer Richard Wagner, because his work was greatly admired by Adolf Hitler and was appropriated by the Nazis.[3][18][19] Allegedly he greeted subordinates by saying "Heil!", wore a Wehrmacht field cap around Wagner training grounds, and sometimes signed his name with the lightning bolt insignia of the SS."
Dmitry Rogozin
Previously served as director general of Roscosmos from 2018 to July 2022, as deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry from 2011 to 2018.
x.com/RockOtherWorlds/status/1505196382549950476
The Werewolf Legion, Schultz-88 [88 as in HH as in Heil Hitler], Mad Crowd, National Socialist Party of Russia, Saviour, White Society-88 [Again: 88 as in HH as in Heil Hitler], Ryno-Skachevsky Gang, Battle Organization fo Russian Nationalists (BORN), Volkssturm, Lincoln-88 [Again: 88 as in HH as in Heil Hitler], NS/WP Nevograd, The Cleaners, and Atomwaffen Division Russland
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navguy12
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I can’t remember where I read it, but based on the health of North Korean military personnel that manage to escape to the south, I don’t think (as a fighting force) they are very well fed or have good medical care.
navguy12
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You can expect these weapons to turn up at the oddest of places. It’s good business, especially if you can sell the US funded freebie arms to both sides of a conflict
DanCar
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Video from 4 years ago, about how Russia fights Ukraine, using disinformation, bribes, etc...
bobby g
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Didn't they shoot one down years ago for cutting the corner?
bobby g
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I read once that in order to maintain the numbers that they wanted that the minimum height was reduced to 4'11".
navguy12
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Someone commented about the logic of sending weapons from the Ukrainian theatre of operations into the Myanmar theatre of operations:
SwedishAdvocate
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I know MAKS 24 is a Pro-Ukrainian account, but IIRC the reporting from NYT has this far been 'rather gloomy' for us who are on the Ukrainian side, and against the Russian Dictator. The NYT has even been called the "New Orc Times"... There was even reporting och X/Twitter previously that the NYT had actual Russians writing articles with a clearly negative outlook on Ukrainian prospects...
Do we have reporting from other sources on this?
SwedishAdvocate
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And the source is again the NYT... Do we have any other sources? (I'll follow up on this in another post shortly...)
But of course – If the Myanmar rebells succeed in getting rid of the current Military Dictatorship – then a future Democratic Myanmar would almost certainly side with Ukraine. So if they have drones to spare – then why not...
Myanmar: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom House
See the Freedom in the World 2024 score and learn about democracy and freedom in Myanmar.
SwedishAdvocate
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You can expect these weapons to turn up at the oddest of places. It’s good business, especially if you can sell the US funded freebie arms to both sides of a conflict
intelligenceonline[dot]com...
Don't remember seeing that source previously in this thread... And I haven't clicked on the link. Seems to literally STINK of the Russian Dictator's Misinformation Propaganda/lies...
Could the Myanmar Military Dictatorship have gotten their hands on some material from Ukraine? Possibly. But my guess would be that any such material has been delivered to them by the Russian Dictator's minions or one of their proxies. Ukraine has chosen to retreat from some previous positions at the frontline during this war. The Russian Dictator's minions have also unfortunately taken some Ukrainian positions. So it is unfortunately entirely possible that the Russian Dictator's minions could have gotten their hands on some Ukrainian anti-drone equipment. And in order to generate some kind of narrative that Ukraine would be supplying the Myanmar Military Dictatorship, the Russian Dictator could possibly use a Ukrainian born Russian agent similar to for example that Nadia Borodi that I posted about earlier upthread. Here:
Russia/Ukraine conflict
Haven't seen this before: Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley crew shot down a Russian FPV drone with its 25mm cannon. x.com/clashreport/status/1805884261901156646
teslamotorsclub.com
And about the NYT... The NYT could possibly be 'serving' as a 'credible' source for the story about Ukrianian supplying drones to the Myanmar rebells. And then this intelligenceonline[dot]com – whatever that is – delivers the Russian Dictator's lies about Ukraine 'playing both sides'...
SwedishAdvocate
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Seems like more misinformation from the Russian Misinformation Propaganda cesspool that is X.
From the Wikipedia-article about the "Azov Brigade":
"The 12th Special Operations Brigade "Azov" [...] is a formation of the National Guard of Ukraine formerly based in Mariupol, in the coastal region of the Sea of Azov, from which it derives its name. [My u.]"
I've not seen any other reporting about the US not funding or arming the National Guard of Ukraine.
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