Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital

[Bkk Brian]

16 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Believe what you want, as I'm not much of a believer in any news any more.

The why come on here and disrupt a serious topic if you don't believe in news anymore.

 

 

 

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Believe what you want, as I'm not much of a believer in any news any more.

Putin thanks you.

[metisdead]

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[rudi49jr]

The last few days were tough on old Vlad. A Ukrainian suicide drone totally destroyed one of his prized nuke bombers:

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/23563714/putin-nuke-bombers-destroyed-drone/?utm_campaign=native_share&utm_source=sharebar_native&utm_medium=sharebar_native

 

And Russia’s Luna-25 probe crashes on the moon. I’m guessing more than a couple of people got yelled at pretty badly. Or worse.

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/19/russias-luna-25-spacecraft-suffers-abnormal-situation-before-moon-stop

[bannork]

Words fail me

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

[kwonitoy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

 

FAFO I guess, 

One less bad man in the world

[kwonitoy]

Everyday occurrence now, keep hammering the back lines and pushing from the front, something big will eventually happen

[kwonitoy]

 

[Denim]

28 minutes ago, kwonitoy said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

 

FAFO I guess, 

One less bad man in the world

 

Prigozhin was living on borrowed time. As the saying goes ... ' Revenge is a dish best served cold '

On the other hand .......could also be a deception ........

[rudi49jr]

32 minutes ago, kwonitoy said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

 

FAFO I guess, 

One less bad man in the world

Make that two: his second in command was apparently also on board.

[tgw]

1 hour ago, kwonitoy said:

 

when all is over and Ukraine prevailed, I hope Kvartal 95 Studio will turn this into a multi-season series.

[Tug]

1 hour ago, rudi49jr said:

Make that two: his second in command was apparently also on board.

Hope it’s true I’d like to see the carcass for proof!

[jollyhangmon]

TV station Rossiya 24 too now reports Prigozhin as croaked. Too sad.

Well, that highly disgusting <deleted> had it coming a darn long way, for sure ... so a glorious R.I.H.* from me.

 

*) rot in hell //

[Bkk Brian]

5 hours ago, kwonitoy said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

 

FAFO I guess, 

One less bad man in the world

Great news, one more wanted war criminal meets his fate and according to some reports it was due to Russian air defense missiles.

 

A post by Grey Zone, a Wagner-connected social media channel, claimed Russian anti-aircraft defences had shot down the plane. It said that residents heard “two bursts of characteristic air defence fire” before the crash. “This is confirmed by inversion traces in the sky in one of the videos,” it added.

Mash, a news outlet on social media app Telegram, said locals had heard two loud bangs before the crash.

https://www.ft.com/content/812c9da3-80f2-4fe1-8fad-0b4441d1977a

https://archive.ph/31e8g

[ExpatOilWorker]

5 hours ago, Denim said:

 

Prigozhin was living on borrowed time. As the saying goes ... ' Revenge is a dish best served cold '

On the other hand .......could also be a deception ........

Wild days in Russia ????????. 
Prigozhin.....He is Satan's Hot Dog Chef now!

[rabas]

Revenge against Putin could come soon from multiple directions.

 

1. From Igor Sushko:Twitter just now:

Prigozhin's security services collected all of their electronics & documents from their offices and disappeared. Prigozhin had a plan "B" for this situation and massive kompromat leaks against Putin personally are expected to follow...

2. Putin is meeting with FSB Director Bortnikov right now.

 

3. This is after the stunning crash of Luna-25, which Putin had pushed for.  It's hard to overemphasize the discord between Putin and Russian scientists. Putin needs them but can't trust them, which is why so many are hospitalized or (and) fall out of windows. They in turn fear and loath him. Luan-25 however is on a scale beyond other recent technology failures. Putin may have two marks on his back.

 

And did I mention the ruble, the economy, and the failed illegal Ukraine war? I really don't see how he can survive.

[LosLobo]

 

Obviously, Vlad only reserves falling out of the sky in a burning jet for his best friends.

 

Video of falling jet......

 

PS
Vlad's crashed lunar landing was overshadowed today by developing nation India's successful Chandrayaan-3 moon landing at the lunar south pole.

[sammieuk1]

World record for falling out of a window has been broken as the the renamed Wagner group hit the floor ????  

[sammieuk1]

1 hour ago, LosLobo said:

 

Obviously, Vlad only reserves falling out of the sky in a burning jet for his best friends.

 

Video of falling jet......

 

PS
Vlad's crashed lunar landing was overshadowed today by developing nation India's successful Chandrayaan-3 moon landing at the lunar south pole.

Putin has denazified a real Nazi ????

[jvs]

Big question here,did Putin order the plane to be shot down?

I would not be surprised at all and if so how is the Wagner group

going to respond?

 

[Bkk Brian]

Wagner Soldiers Send Chilling Warning After Reports of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Death

Wagner soldiers reportedly in Belarus have responded to reports of their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death in a plane crash over Russia with a grim warning: “There’s a lot of talk right now about what the Wagner Group will do. We can tell you one thing. We are getting started, get ready for us,” the soldiers said in a translated video.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-soldiers-send-chilling-warning-after-yevgeny-prigozhin-death-reports

 

[transam]

Topping the Wagner boss, hmmmmm, could be trouble ahead for Herr Putin...............????

 

[Mavideol]

2 hours ago, jvs said:

Big question here,did Putin order the plane to be shot down?

I would not be surprised at all and if so how is the Wagner group

going to respond?

 

was thinking about the same thing and my expectation was to shoot it over Ukraine air space thus an extra reason to blame Ukrainians, he did surprised me with doing it over Moscow. We were used to see his critics being dropped from high buildings, poisoned, fell out/down staircase but here he went to the extreme by shutting down the plane

Edited August 24, 2023 by Mavideol

[BarraMarra]

Prigozhin was a dead man walking once he crossed Putin as all most crossed him tend to disappear or they are liquidated. Plus his second-in-command. At least Putin Can't blame Ukraine for this home goal. 

[Mavideol]

simple question... nobody will get it right 555

What was Vladimir Putin doing as Wagner chief rival ‘killed’ in plane crash?

Vladimir Putin was at a concert hailing the “heroes” of Russia’s Ukraine invasion

 

https://au.yahoo.com/news/vladimir-putin-doing-wagner-chief-222509332.html

[jvs]

Just now, BarraMarra said:

Prigozhin was a dead man walking once he crossed Putin as all most crossed him tend to disappear or they are liquidated. Plus his second-in-command. At least Putin Can't blame Ukraine for this home goal. 

If the Wagner group does go to moscow to ask a few questions does that mean putin has to call troops back from the Ukraine to protect him ?

 

maybe he is long gone hiding somewhere.

[Mavideol]

2 minutes ago, jvs said:

If the Wagner group does go to moscow to ask a few questions does that mean putin has to call troops back from the Ukraine to protect him ?

 

maybe he is long gone hiding somewhere.

not too many choices of places to hide  maybe  China, Belarus, North Korea,

[Rimmer]

2 hours ago, jvs said:

Big question here,did Putin order the plane to be shot down?

I would not be surprised at all and if so how is the Wagner group

going to respond?

 

 

I have looked at and enlarged the images of the plane as it came down, seems to me the rear section of the aircraft has gone, the engines of this model are right at the rear of the aircraft. A ground to air missile will home in on a heat source, engines....

 

OR did Prigozhin stage his demise as he has done before.....