Russia v Ukraine

[TheHowieLama]

‘Yevgeny Prigozhin will never be discussed again’: Russian media to erase all traces of mutinous warlord

 

For nearly a decade, Prigozhin has sown scandal in Russia, creating a troll factory empire, leading Russia’s interference into foreign elections and bankrolling the Wagner mercenary group that fought in Ukraine and has propped up dictators in Africa.

 

 

 “[The elite] truly fear Prigozhin as a possible alternative to Putin. There would be no guarantees, no protection, no rules to the game.”

Instead, it is Prigozhin’s empire that will now crumble, ending a decade of his schemes and tricks doing some of the Kremlin’s dirtiest work.

On Friday, Russia blocked the websites of the Ria Fan, Politics Today, Economy Today, Neva News and People’s News online media outlets, part of a constellation of online sites that pushed out fake news in support of Prigozhin’s agenda.

 

Prigozhin had for years denied that he was the founder of the organisation until earlier this year. “I’ve never just been the financier of the Internet Research Agency,” he said. “I invented it, I created it, I managed it for a long time. It was founded to protect the Russian information space from boorish aggressive propaganda of anti-Russian narrative from the west.”

 

“Until the war and Bakhmut, we would rarely write about Prigozhin – he was seen as an unclear character, not anti-government but best not to touch,” said a former editor at a Russian state news agency, citing contacts with colleagues. “Now it is as though he never existed.”

“[Editors] are saying: ‘Right, we’ve addressed [the mutiny] but now we are going to get back to normal, and Prigozhin will never be discussed, definitely not on TV.’”

 

Prigozhin himself is supposedly in Belarus, although he has not been photographed there recently. But many have asked the question: how long can he survive?

“I’ve thought a few times about what I would write if he died,” said the former state news editor, when asked if they had prepared an obituary. “I can’t imagine that he will be alive for long.”

[AngryOfTuebrook]

[polymerpunkah]

Apparently Prighozin is back in Russia.

 

 

[Remmie]

My wife's best friend who lives in Lviv found bits of drone her garden this morning. She has a baby and a 7year old son, terrifying.

[littletedwest]

2 hours ago, polymerpunkah said:

Apparently Prighozin is back in Russia.

 

 

"Cmon Vladimir you know me!"

"That's why I'm gonna give you a break; when I toss you over if you can fly I won't shoot you down"

[TheHowieLama]

"France will transfer long-range missiles to Ukraine to support the counteroffensive," French President Macron just confirmed in Vilnius. France owns the SCALP-EG, an equivalent of the Storm Shadow with a range of up to 300km.

[SasaS]

Interesting thread on what is going on with Ukrainian offensive.  TLDR: Attacking well defended positions on a larger scale is a very demanding task for which most militaries are not good enough.  

 

 

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1681240456754077697.html

 

[TheHowieLama]

"All our hope is in the famine. The famine will start now, and they will lift the sanctions, and be friends with us, because they will realize it is necessary" - Russia's top propagandist Margarita Simonyan openly reveals Russia's tactic to generate global famine to hold the whole world hostage.

[TheSire]

On 06/07/2023 at 12:43, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Just doesn't work with the annoying manc accent.

[TheSire]

4 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

"All our hope is in the famine. The famine will start now, and they will lift the sanctions, and be friends with us, because they will realize it is necessary" - Russia's top propagandist Margarita Simonyan openly reveals Russia's tactic to generate global famine to hold the whole world hostage.

Absolute freaks.

[DJLJ]

Tom is as sarcastic as ever in his latest post.

 

https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/ukraine-war-24-july-2023-technoguerrillas

[SasaS]

Mediazona updated Russian casualties, this time after four instead of two weeks, with 1851 new names, which is down on the previous two weeks (with over 1200 names in half the time). The total is now 28,652 names.

Interestingly, they say that the actual number of KIA at the end of May was 47,000 estimated on the basis of excess death count or something, which roughly corresponds with their number of names x2. This would put the number of Russian deaths at the end of July at about 55,000, in line with previous estimate of confirmed names representing 40 to 60 percent of the actual total.

https://zona.media/casualties

(Englsih version not yet ready)

 

[TheHowieLama]

(Englsih version not yet ready)

 

You can say that again.

[Bjornebye]

Moscow getting hit sends a chill up my spine. 

 

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

Looking to post - I guessed page 3, was page 4 - this has become an afterthought.

Anyway, true to form:

 

A Russian court on Friday sentenced imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 19 more years in prison after convicting him of several extremism-related charges that the Putin critic says are politically motivated, AP reported.

[Mudface]

38 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Looking to post - I guessed page 3, was page 4 - this has become an afterthought.

Anyway, true to form:

 

A Russian court on Friday sentenced imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 19 more years in prison after convicting him of several extremism-related charges that the Putin critic says are politically motivated, AP reported.

 

Disgusting when dictators abuse their power- this is what'll happen to Trump.

[polymerpunkah]

Exclusive: Russia doubles 2023 defense spending plan as war costs soar

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-doubles-2023-defence-spending-plan-war-costs-soar-document-2023-08-04/

 

Russia has doubled its 2023 defence spending target to more than $100 billion - a third of all public expenditure - a government document reviewed by Reuters showed, as the costs of the war in Ukraine spiral and place growing strain on Moscow's finances.

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

Fuckin NATO.

[Gnasher]

Ukrainian officials in corruption shocker.. 

 

 

 

What a surprise.

 

[polymerpunkah]

Russian convicts released to fight with Wagner accused of new crimes

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66364272

 

Three suspects were arrested, including 31-year-old Kevorkyan. The other two, Anatoly Dvoynikov and Aram Tatosyan, led detectives to makeshift graves in woodland not far from Kirill's burned-out car. Kirill and Tatyana had been stabbed and police said that the young woman showed "signs of a violent death".

[TheHowieLama]

Georgia now rattling it's cage.

[SasaS]

Mediazona updated their count, it is now over 30,000 names of Russian KIA in Ukraine. Past two weeks had 1351 names, which is among the highest rwo-week totals so far:

https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng

[Gnasher]

1 minute ago, SasaS said:

Mediazona updated their count, it is now over 30,000 names of Russian KIA in Ukraine. Past two weeks had 1351 names, which is among the highest rwo-week totals so far:

 

 

 

https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng

 

And Ukraine? Zelenskys statement yesterday?

 

Appears if you're not rich and haven't the money to bribe officials you're sent east to the mincer. As for this much heralded Ukrainian counter offensive..

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SasaS]

28 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

 

And Ukraine? Zelenskys statement yesterday?

 

Appears if you're not rich and haven't the money to bribe officials you're sent east to the mincer. As for this much heralded Ukrainian counter offensive..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am not aware of a comparable search of Ukraine casualties-

 

[Gnasher]

18 minutes ago, SasaS said:

 

I am not aware of a comparable search of Ukraine casualties-

 

 

This estimate from the Washington Post in March suggests approx 120,000. Zelenskys actions yesterday suggests major recruitment/manpower problems.

 

Their are vids circulating of young Ukrainians partying in the West of the country and then in contrast men being bundled from the streets in the Odessa region to go serve in the war but they're hard to verify and could be Russian propaganda.

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/13/ukraine-casualties-pessimism-ammunition-shortage/