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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:52 am    Post subject:

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(New report about Putin's orders makes retired general laugh)

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Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt (Ret.) responds to a CNN report that Russian President Vladimir Putin is personally giving directions to Russian forces on the ground in Ukraine.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:50 pm    Post subject:

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(Columnist says there are three ways Russia's invasion could end)

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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman discusses Putin's latest mobilization order.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:06 am    Post subject:

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(Ex-undercover KGB agent says most Russians still believe Putin's propaganda)

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Former undercover KGB agent Jack Barsky and former CIA official Steve Hall discuss Vladmir Putin's goals with his sham referendums in Ukraine.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:07 am    Post subject:

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(Hear what Ukraine texted to Russian soldiers)

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CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on how Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to get Russian soldiers to surrender.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:08 am    Post subject:

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('Bogus threats': British prime minister responds to Putin)

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British Prime Minister Liz Truss discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to escalate the war in Ukraine with CNN anchor Jake Tapper.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:16 pm    Post subject:

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(Thousands Of Russians Fear President Putin’s New Draft Orders)

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Thousands take the streets across Russia to protest Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to force ordinary Russians to the frontlines. Some Russian men are fleeing the country in an attempt to dodge potential draft orders. Putin’s closest allies also acknowledged mistakes made in the implementation of the mobilization as the Ukrainian President accused Putin of nuclear blackmail.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:22 pm    Post subject:

I hear Putin got ready for the draft orders by running to his Siberian hideout....that definitely sounds like a leader not afraid of his own people.......
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:12 am    Post subject:

https://www.axios.com/2022/09/26/russia-draft-ukraine-recruitment-center-attack

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Driving the news: Local officials said a 25-year-old gunman opened fire at a military draft office in Ust-Ilimsk, Siberia, on Monday, critically wounding the office's commander, Reuters reported.l


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In a separate incident, a man rammed a car into the entrance of a military recruiting center in the southern town of Uryupinsk early Monday morning and began throwing Molotov cocktails at the center, setting it on fire, the Wall Street Journal reported.


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There have been 17 attacks on military recruitment centers and administrative buildings since the mobilization's announcement on Wednesday, and 54 such attacks since the start of the war in February, according to Russian independent news outlet Mediazona.


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Meanwhile, a number of Russia's neighbors have moved to close their borders to Russians attempting to evade the draft
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Putin on Saturday signed new legislation that could punish men that refuse to join the army, desert or surrender with up to 10 years in prison, per the Journal.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:42 am    Post subject:

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(Russians flee their country to avoid conscription)

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Images and social media video from the border crossing between Russia and Georgia show long lines of stationary traffic through a mountain pass. Drone video uploaded from the area suggests there are hundreds of vehicles gathered on the Russian side, with witnesses saying that people are waiting up to 48 hours to cross into Georgia.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:49 am    Post subject:

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(Anti-draft protests lead to hundreds of arrests in Russia)

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Hundreds more are fleeing the country in order to avoid being called up to serve as tensions increase in Russia and President Vladimir Putin requests more soldiers.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:56 am    Post subject:

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(Ukrainian Ambassador to U.N. on Putin's nuclear threats, western aid)

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Russia is conducting a heavily orchestrated vote on annexing occupied territory in Ukraine, while Vladimir Putin renews his threat of nuclear weapons. CBS News' Lana Zak and Lilia Luciano speak with Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.N. Sergiy Kyslytsya about the concern of nuclear weapons and what Ukraine needs amid the ongoing war.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:26 pm    Post subject:

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(Drone video shows massive traffic jam as Russians flee the country)

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Protests against President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization order are spreading across Russia, including to the far east, as many young men are fleeing the country. CNN correspondent Nick Robertson reports.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 7:20 pm    Post subject:

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(Ex-US ambassador explains Putin’s challenges after military mobilization)

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The Kremlin is admitting to mistakes being made during the mobilization of reservists after they called up hundreds of thousands to the frontlines. Now antiwar protests are growing in Russia as more of them look to leave the country. Former US ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst and US Army Maj. General and CNN Military Analyst Dana Pittard join CNN’s Boris Sanchez to discuss Putin’s challenges.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:23 am    Post subject:

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(Ukrainian woman reveals the question Russian soldiers 'always' asked)

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CNN senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman reports from Pisky, a town in Eastern Ukraine that has been partially liberated from Russian forces.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:35 am    Post subject:

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(Ex-CIA director shares the most likely suspect for Nord Stream leaks)

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Former CIA director John Brennan talks with CNN's Brianna Keilar about the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the recent draft order from Russian President Vladimir Putin and the recent unexplained leaks from the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:42 am    Post subject:

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('He's clearly very, very desperate': David Petraeus on Putin's 'partial mobilization' order)

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Retired Gen. David Petraeus talks with CNN's Brianna Keilar about Russia's "partial mobilization" order from President Putin and the number of men that are now attempting to flee the country.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:49 am    Post subject:

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(Gas Pipeline Leaks Likely An Act By Russia, Says Senator)

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Europe was investigating Tuesday what Germany, Denmark and Sweden said were attacks that had caused major leaks into the Baltic Sea from two Russian gas pipelines at the center of an energy standoff. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., joins Morning Joe to discuss.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:33 am    Post subject:

Is the Nord attack reason for enough for NATO to strike Russian infrastructure

There is talk about it being an attack against NATO infrastructure and should deserve retaliation
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:36 am    Post subject:

Don't know if true.. Twitter source

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1575488935513333761
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The Belarusian Military has reportedly been placed on High Alert following Unconfirmed reports that the Lukashenko Government is preparing to Mobilize around 120k Reservist and Military Aged Men around the Country.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:03 am    Post subject:

U.S. embassy in Moscow urges American citizens to leave Russia 'immediately'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-embassy-moscow-urges-american-124844169.html

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The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is urging American citizens residing in Russia to leave immediately amid Vladimir Putin’s escalation of the war in Ukraine.

“U.S. citizens should not travel to Russia and those residing or traveling in Russia should depart Russia immediately while limited commercial travel options remain,” the embassy said in a security alert issued Tuesday.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:09 am    Post subject:

BBC News

(Sweden finds new leak in Russian gas pipeline - BBC News)

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Sweden has found a new leak in an undersea pipeline carrying Russian natural gas to the EU.

Denmark and Sweden previously reported gas leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.

Nato said the incidents were the result of "deliberate, reckless and irresponsible acts of sabotage".

Russia dismissed suggestions that it had attacked its own pipelines as "predictable and stupid".
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:11 am    Post subject:

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(Russia to annex four more areas of Ukraine - BBC News)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday formally annexing four more areas of Ukraine after self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham.

Russian-backed officials claimed the five-day exercise secured almost total popular support.

So-called votes were held in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.

The Russian president will make a major speech at the Kremlin.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:24 am    Post subject:

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(Russian Navy ships seen in the vicinity of Nord Stream pipeline leaks)

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Sources tell CNN that European security officials observed Russian Navy support ships earlier this week in the vicinity of the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines that were likely caused by underwater explosions. CNN's Katie Bo Lillis reports.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:33 am    Post subject:

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('Utter ferocity': See the devastating scene in a newly-liberated Ukrainian town)

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As Ukrainian forces make further gains in the eastern region of Donetsk, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports from a newly-liberated monastery town in the region, where local residents spent seven months underground while Russian forces occupied their homes.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:45 pm    Post subject:

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U.S. embassy in Moscow urges American citizens to leave Russia 'immediately'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-embassy-moscow-urges-american-124844169.html

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The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is urging American citizens residing in Russia to leave immediately amid Vladimir Putin’s escalation of the war in Ukraine.

“U.S. citizens should not travel to Russia and those residing or traveling in Russia should depart Russia immediately while limited commercial travel options remain,” the embassy said in a security alert issued Tuesday.


If they're still in Russia and capable of leaving, do we really want them adding to the gene pool here?
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