An ammunition depot exploded in Russian-occupied Crimea, which is the second suspected Ukrainian attack there this week. However, Ukraine’s military didn’t publicly take credit. Russian President Putin blamed U.S. weapons for fueling the war. Meanwhile, former White House official Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman is calling out President Biden, saying he should be doing more.
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If the rest keeps up this proxy ear. Russia should start on leveling every city in Ukraine .
The “whistle blow” was fraud, in that Trump made NO quid pro-quo statement to Zakensky; the only real “whistle-blow” is on the PARODY that Democratic senator ( the ugly guy, named ADAM…can’t think of his last name) made-up against Our Honorable President Trump. NBC is a den of iniquity and a brood of lying vipers!! Close your doors and go to your room NBC!!…..you’ve been schooled
It wouldn't surprise me if Russians blew it up. They don't want this war either and Putin is loathed in Russia.
alex vindman is a literal embarrassment to the uniform and to our country. but of course nbc news would interview this corrupt shill
Putin blames the USA for supplying weapons. He says that this is prolonging the war that HE STARTED!!!
What is Biden doing? For the entire war, he gave 8 Hymars and this is our front of 1,200 km. If Biden decided to destroy Ukrainians in this way, let him say it publicly.
This is where the rest of the world needs to draw the line. If Ukraine is strong enough to be on the offensive, behind enemy lines, then they don't need support from the US anymore.
In fact the fact it's no long an act of self defense should put both countries on the same slab.
The US needs to step away from this.
I live in Washington DC
Senior U.S. Marine Corps Officer expresses admiration for the revolutionary way in which Russia has fought its war in Ukraine:
The picture that has been presented of the war in Ukraine is completely at odds with the reality of the situation on the ground. Surprisingly, information that supports this assertion, which totally undermines the Western media narratives regarding the war, is provided by an article in the August edition of the United States Marine Corps Gazette. Writing under the pen name Marinus, a senior marine corps officer, provides an objective analysis of Russian military strategy since late February. It totally undermines the narratives provided by Western media and pro Washington politicians
Marinus observes how Russia has pursued three distinct military campaigns since the beginning of the war in late February 2022. In the north fast moving Russian troops never attempted to capture cities such Kiev or Kharkov, they never made any attempt to convert temporary occupation into permanent possession. Their whole purpose was to act as a ‘grand deception’ which led the Kiev government to divert large forces from its main field army in the Donbass. This gave the Russian army the time to deploy its artillery units in large numbers into the Donbass, secure transport networks and accumulate large quantities of ammunition for the long campaign ahead.
In the southern campaign Russian armed forces ‘took immediate possession of comparable cities. This was accompanied by a thoroughgoing political transformation whereby Russian civil servants took control of local government and Ukrainian banks, and cell phone providers were replaced with Russian ones. Alongside this, Russian forces conducted raids in the vicinity of the city of Mikolaiv. These raids as in the ones around the northern cities forced the Ukrainian military to send forces to defend Mikolaiv and Odessa that otherwise could have been sent to the main theatre of operations in the Donbass.
Marinus emphasized how these Russian raids in both the north and south of Ukraine avoided heavy bombardments of civilian areas which directly contradicts the propaganda of the Western media about Russian attacks on civilian areas. He notes that this attempt to avoid bombardments of civilian’s areas in the north ‘stemmed from a desire to avoid antagonizing the local people’ who supported the Kiev government. Marinus states that in the south Russian forces attempted to preserving the lives and property of communities who identified as ‘’Russian’’.
He observes how the Russian use of guided missile strikes ‘created a number of moral effects favorable to the Russian war effort’. Marinus emphasizes how Russian guided missile strikes went out of their way to avoid collateral damage i.e., civilian casualties by their judicious use of military targets and the precision of the missiles. He does note that occasionally Russia strikes on ‘dual use facilities’ such as the main TV tower in Kiev did undermine the ‘advantages achieved by the overall Russian policy of limiting missile strikes to obvious military targets.
In the east of Ukraine in the Donbass region Russian forces conducted bombardments ‘that, in terms of both duration and intensity, rivalled those of the great artillery contests of the world wars of the twentieth century’. Made possible by short supply lines these heavy bombardments in the Donbass served three purposes. Firstly, they pinned down Ukrainian infantry in their fortifications. Secondly, they inflicted a large number of casualties both physical and psychological. The psychological effect has led many Ukrainian units either to retreat and abandon their positions or refuse orders to attack. Thirdly, when conducted for a sufficient period of time these bombardments have forced defenders to withdraw from their trenches or surrendered
Marinus compares the scale of the Russian bombardment in the Donbass by comparing the struggle for the town of Popasna (18 March to 7 May 2022) to battle of Iwo Jima (19 February to 26 March 1945). At Iwo Jima US marines fought a ferocious battle to capture eight square miles of fortified ground. In Popasna Russian gunners bombarded the Ukrainian infantry in their trenches for eight weeks before they withdrew after suffering heavy casualties.
Russia’s offensive operations in the east of Ukraine have been criticized by many, both pro Ukrainian and pro-Russian as slow and ponderous. Marinus contrasts Russian operations in the Donbass with the war on the Eastern Front during World War 2 where both German and Russian forces made extensive use of cauldrons where enemy forces were encircled and then destroyed or forced to surrender. He observes that:
“Freedom from the desire to create cauldrons as quickly as possible relieved the Russians fighting in Eastern Ukraine from the need to hold any particular piece of ground. Thus, when faced with a determined Ukrainian attack, the Russian often withdrew their tank and infantry units from the contested terrain. In this way, they both reduced danger to their own troops and created situations, however brief, in which the Ukrainian attackers faced Russian shells and rockets without the benefit of shelter.’’
This point also counters all the triumphant Western propaganda which proclaims major defeats for Russia when Ukraine forces win minor tactical victories and Russia withdraws troops from a position. The Russian withdrawal from Snake Island being a good case in point.
In the final section of his article Marinus emphasis the stark contrast between the different types of warfare waged by Russian forces in different parts of Ukraine. They all formed part of an overall grand strategy whose primary goal was to destroy Ukrainian forces in the Donbass and free the Peoples Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk from Kiev’s control.
Russia’s three key objectives of the ‘special military operation’ the protection of the DPR/LPR, denazification’ and ‘demilitarization’ of Ukraine required ‘the infliction of heavy losses on Ukrainian formations fighting in the Donbass’. Marinus is at pains to point out that none of these key objectives required Russian forces to occupy parts of Ukraine where the majority of the population identified as Ukrainian and supported the Kiev government. Again, this is a point lost on the so-called military analysts of the Western media. However, in the south of Ukraine the Russian campaign served direct political aims which were to incorporate territories inhabited by large numbers of ethnic Russians into the ‘’Russian world’’.
In conclusion this senior marine officer declares that Russia’s military campaign owes much to traditional Soviet models of warfare. However, he goes on to express his admiration for the unique nature of the current military campaign being fought by Russian forces in Ukraine:
“At the same time, the programmed of missile strikes exploited a capability that was nothing short of revolutionary. Whether new or old, however, these component efforts were conducted in such a way that demonstrated profound appreciation of all three realms in which wars are waged. That is, the Russians rarely forgot that, in addition to being a physical struggle, war is both a mental contest and a moral argument.’’
The Longest Special Operation
Le vampire Zelenski a demandé de l'argent à l'Ouest, promettant une grande offensive pour libérer la Crimée. Au lieu de cela, il a mis en scène une petite opération de sabotage. Où est le reste de l'argent et des armes ?
OUR GOVERNMENT , TRUMP, BIDEN THE BUNCH OF THEM WANT AMERICA TO GET NUKED, THAT IS THE REASON THEY ARE GIVING UKRAINE WEAPONS,, EVENTUALLY CHINA WILL GET INVOLVED & WILL NUKE US.
THEY DIDN'T BUILD THEIR UNDERGROUND CITIES FOR NO REASON, THAT'S WHERE THE PEOPLE IN POWER ARE GOING, AS SOON AS THEY HEAR THE BOMBS ON IT WAY THEY SAY IT WILL TAKE 20 MINUTES TO REACH US. THEY SAY THERE WILL BE 3 BOMBS TO SPREAD OVER AMERICA. DO YOU HAVE AN UNDERGROUND CITY?
THE TRUCKERS SUPPLYING THE STORES SAID THEY HAVE EVERY THING RESTAURANTS , FAST FOOD, CLOTHING STORES MALLS . WATER SUPPLIED YOU HEARD OF LAKES & RIVERS DISAPPEARING THEY EVEN HAVE OCEAN WATER SO DON'T WORRY THEY'LL BE OK.
THERE WAS AN OLD LAW IN UKRAINE THAT WAS NEVER ENFORCED. NOW THIS PRESIDENT IS ENFORCING IT. THE LAW IS THAT NO RUSSIAN SPEAKING OR RUSSIAN BORN NO LONGER CAN GO INTO STORES OF ANY KIND, & THEY CAN'T BUY GAS WHICH MEANS, THEY MUST BEG FOR FOOD AS THE HOMELESS DO TO FEED THEIR FAMILY, OR THEY CAN EAT WHAT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY (PLANTS) BUT IF THEY RENT THEY MUST GET WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE LANDLORD. WHEN PUTIN HEARD THIS THAT'S WHEN HE SAID I'M GETTING MY PEOPLE. I WANT MY LAND I'LL FEED THEM . SO WHO'S BEING UNFAIR? THIS PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE THAT TRUMP FOUND IN PRISON & DECLARED HIM PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE THE SAME AS HE DONE IN VENEZUELA. TRUMP IS NOT GOD. BUT LOVES PLAYING THE PART.
THE UNITED STATES SHOULD STAY OUT OF IT…
PUTIN SHOULD BE GETTING HELP FROM AMERICA , IT'S LIKE THE TWO MEN WALKING IN THE WOODS ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HEAR SOMETHING COMING FROM BEHIND THEM ONE MAN TURNS TO LOOK, HE SAYS RUN, IT'S A BEAR THE OTHER MAN WHILE RUNNING YELLS OUT LORD, HELP US GET TO SAFETY , BUT IF YOU CAN'T HELP US PLEASE DON'T HELP THAT BEAR.
PUTIN ONLY WANTS BACK WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM HIM . THE IGNORANT AMERICANS DON'T UNDERSTAND. PUTIN DIDN'T LOSE A WAR & HAVE IT TAKEN. IT WAS GIVEN TO UKRAINE WHEN THERE WAS A USSR BY THE UNITED NATIONS. WHEN THE USSR DIED THAT LAND SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN BACK TO RUSSIA. RUSSIA BEING THE BEAR…. & AMERICA PLAYING GOD IS HELPING THE BEAR EAT THE INNOCENT MEN..
Lets agree Russia hasn't done a full military draft.If Crimea gets attacked on the ground expect full mobilization of Russia million solders plus.It will get lot more bloody as Hitler and Napoleon found out.
Ukraine, It's cursed. Russians Victorious and Ukrainians defeated. Declare war over.
No do not fight.
Now you focus on evacuations and refugees. Contact UN.
Let all Ukrainian's invaded, become happy refugees forever to save own lives first and never go back to Ukraine, what are you tourists? Don't go back to Ukraine ever again.
Get out of Ukraine, dumb Zelensky!
Surrender US aided Ukraine. Ukrainians in Ukraine are losers and Losers cannot be choosers. EU Contact UN and force Ukraine to stop war and force Ukrainian's to stop all fighting.You can forget and their lives can be of other uses.
Exchange and change citizenship, relocating is right.
Declare and go past, No man's land borders and vacate land.
what are you refugees tourists? Don't go back to Ukraine ever again.
Come, you want war? Reduce your Ukraine size in your head and on ground.
This is THE Ukraine problem.
Get out of Ukraine, dumb Zelensky!
Surrender US aided Ukraine. Ukrainians in Ukraine are losers and Losers cannot be choosers. EU Contact UN and force Ukraine to stop war and force Ukrainian's to stop all fighting.
Declare and go past, No man's land borders and vacate land. Find all Ukrainian's and counsel all wanting to fight. Reply to all on YouTube and other media and order to stop war propaganda comments, else block their comments in the world wanting, needing war.
Declare No man's land borders in Ukraine lost cities and vacate more than sufficient land or go, force evacuate, go home to other countries and live happily for years to come.
Don't cross lost cities line, no man's land.
War over now leave , and world has other work
Losing land or the whole world for life is not right. Life is above everything, worlds and words.
World to Oust, Zelensky.
Zelensky , get out of Ukraine.
Go, evacuate, go home to other countries. Stop war aid and comment against US supporting War and comment against war aided Ukrainian's army.
A firing squad would be too easy for vindman
Vindman is a traitor
Russia was never a superpower a 3rd world country they produce military junk and enslaved people…
USA-supplied weapons are prolonging the war by helping Ukraine stop Russia from flattening the whole country. USA-supplied weapons are prolonging the war by forcing Putin's "not-so-great" military to actually have to fight, instead of just waving their guns at old women & little children. USA-supplied weapons are prolonging the war, because Putin's simply in too deep to back out now, & lose face with the Russian citizens. If he wants to shorten the war, he can do it right this minute. All he has to do is pull his troops out of Ukraine & send them home. Simple & easy. The fighting will stop. No more war – um, sorry – "special military operation". Ukrainians & Russians will stop dying in the conflict, & the world will begin to recover. Whaddaya say, Vlad, ol' boy? Wanna shorten the war? There's a roadmap for ya, since you seem to be completely lost. Give it a go, so your soldiers'll stop dying & can go home to their families. Maybe the dead ones' families'll forgive ya one day. SLAVA UKRAINE!