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https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/ ... 5byx4.html

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Just checked in on my friends after the most recent bombing.

I don't think I'm alone when I say that every additional person the SOB kills makes me even angrier. The slime bag was hoping enthusiasm would wane over time, but people are onto him. Support from the US, Germany, Poland and the UK, among others, has been incredibly strong and consistent.

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Yeah, I was reading about that earlier on a few different sites. Very interesting twist.

It wil be interesting how it plays out, I read something the other day comparing how Ukranians are signing up to fight and willing to go where angels fear to tread for their country whereas the Russians contain a lot of conscripts who don't want to be there and the Russians have to deploy special troops at the rear of advances to shoot Russian soldiers who retreat.

This Wagner mob may not meet a lot of resistance if they're serious. Big question would be, what happens if they win?
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Putin is f*&ked. Now, what happens when Wagner seize power. Maybe they will paint Russia.
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Old Crapcan is making a few speeches, reminds me of Gadhafi ; thing is Wagner is not the only PMC in Russia, could get very messy.
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stui magpie wrote:^

Yeah, I was reading about that earlier on a few different sites. Very interesting twist.

It wil be interesting how it plays out, I read something the other day comparing how Ukranians are signing up to fight and willing to go where angels fear to tread for their country whereas the Russians contain a lot of conscripts who don't want to be there and the Russians have to deploy special troops at the rear of advances to shoot Russian soldiers who retreat.

This Wagner mob may not meet a lot of resistance if they're serious. Big question would be, what happens if they win?
I have also read, and watched videos on youtube, of Ukrainian military police bursting into homes and arresting young men attempting to avoid conscription becasue they are unwilling to die for the Zelensky regime and its US backers. The Zelensky regime has outlawed democracy in Ukraine, so many in the Ukrainian population are aware that its claims to be fighting for "freedom, democracy and national liberation" are sordid lies.
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I actually don't mind Priggy, he stands up for his boys and doesn't mince words. ruffles a few feathers of course, but no doubt his soldiers will die for him.

not sure his true agenda but can't fault him for his leadership of his men.
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