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that's rather good news which push Putin into a corner regarding his order to increase the army size, which he cannot do without mobilization, but a mobilization would endanger his grip on power. The math behind Putin's order to increase Russian army strength by 180.000 to 1.5 million: - since the last increase, the Russian army lost about 370.000 men. - Putin wants to increase headcount by 180.000 Result: Russia needs to find 550.000 men. Very unrealistic without mobilization.

you are correct of course about the case officers, yet nowadays little intelligence is collected by case officers in person, while dead drops are still used for physical items.

not only that, but he called Kadyrov a "Russian General" ... while technically true, I think it's way too flattering.

Cybertruck drivers ...

From the article above: BBC and Mediazona’s research has identified the names of 70,112 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, although the true number is likely much higher. these are 70.112 dead Russians that have been identified by name. I think the headline is misleading casual readers and browsers into believing the Russian deathtoll is just 70k. and do those numbers include DPR and LPR troops ?

Embassy worker is the usual "cover" for low level intelligence agents. I say "cover" because it hardly fools anyone.

well, don't you think the first one is true ? there are people in the GOP that don't support MAGA. #2 - I agree that the "bloodbath" quote is being deliberately misinterpreted and spinned. but on the other hand it would have required a clarification by Trump and when doing such a clarification he could have made the people misrepresenting that quote look very silly. he didn't clarify. huh.

the question was: which statements Kamala Harris made during the debate do you think needed fact-checking ?

the Russian agents are all about promoting "free speech" and everything, but when they face bans because of disinformation they get all upset at "fascist liberals". Trump's friends and the Russians of course need to keep the "free speech" lies factory working. Musk's purchase of Twitter makes sense now, but now we also know what he is up to.

Operator Starsky, who is a well-known pro-Ukraine Youtuber, just did a video on the Russian Agency responsible for disinformation:

yes, that's something I have been saying for years already. Russian disinformation networks need to be silenced and their supporters (Musk, Tucker Carlson, corrupt Western influencers) reigned in. I'm happy to see the West is finally taking steps against it. The Russians have been at it for well over ten years already. It will stop now.

your plan is a bit unrealistic, but it would be the right thing and very satisfying.

I see you provided no credible source for your claim that Blackrock bought Ukraine

she's not wrong - but not right either to put it like that.

Bank of Russia increases the key rate by 100 bp to 19.00% p.a. https://www.cbr.ru/eng/press/keypr/ So much for the claims that "Russia's economy is doing fine"

there is a channel on youtube I like to watch which shows US political cartoons on a number of topics, of course most are about US politics. the channel's name is "Laughter". cartoons from all political sides are shown, and I noticed a significant difference between pro-MAGA cartoons and others. the pro-MAGA cartoons aren't subtle, often fail to be funny, feel forced and seem primitive. I think they are a good reflection of the actual politics they are caricaturing.

I for one have called for peace many times, that Putin leaves Ukraine and that the war stops.

I was waiting for that argument. He returned when Yanukovich was president and magically, there was no investigation anymore.

the suspects have been given Russian passports and are living in Russia.

Ukraine didn't poke anyone.

On 27 September 2009, Yushchenko said in an interview aired on Channel 1+1 that the testimony of three men who were at a dinner in 2004 at which he believes he was poisoned is crucial to finishing the investigation, and he claimed these men were in Russia. Ukrainian prosecutors said Russia has refused to extradite one of the men, the former deputy chief of Ukraine's security service, Volodymyr Satsyuk, because he holds both Russian and Ukrainian citizenship.[24] Satsyuk returned to Ukraine in 2012 and tried to relaunch his political career, but did not succeed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yushchenko

no, it simply meant Ukraine was going to seek protection from Putin's crimes. Putin brought it onto himself by trying to stop the inevitable : Ukrainian people wanted to join Western Europe and its culture and prosperity. Evro-Standard. Paniatna ?

in 2004, Russia poisoned presidential candidate Yushchenko and rigged the vote in favour of Yanukovich. and you thought after that the people of Ukraine would still be favourable to Russia ?

As usual you are full of it. It started not very long before the Orange revolution (2004). Yushchenko was poisoned the same year by his own security forced paid by Russia. I was there.

Ever since Putin came to power in Russia, he has been trying to subjugate Ukraine, to dominate it, to control Ukraine's destiny, despite it being a sovereign independent state. Putin committed many crimes against Ukraine and even more were committed on his orders. Ex-Soviet states suffered a lot already under the Soviets, so it's understandable that they wanted to join the EU and NATO, but since Putin is in power, that wish for protection against Putin has increased at an accelerated rate. Putin is NATO's best recruiter.