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

[LosLobo]

State TV Pundit Says 'Impossible' to Beat Ukraine, Calls for Russian Peace.

 

Obviously, former member of Russia's parliament, Boris Nadezhdin, is heading for re-training at a Filtration camp.

 

 

[Mavideol]

18 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Still not official but lots of hope.

 

Spokesperson of Operation command "South": some Russian units at Kherson frontline negotiating surrendering their weapons

 

https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/1569272612345319425

 

 doesn't look good for the Orc's

Russian Troops Come Out To Surrender Under White Flags In Kherson Region

https://charter97.org/en/news/2022/9/2/513852/

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2 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

 appears it's still going.... doesn't look good for the Orc's

Russian units near Kherson negotiating surrender, Ukraine says

https://news.yahoo.com/russian-units-near-kherson-negotiating-111100694.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

 

 

I hope it's true. I posted this news yesterday. But it's not a sure thing by any means. Could even be Ukrainian disinformation to get the Russian troops in Kherson to surrender.  Who knows?

[Mavideol]

1 minute ago, placeholder said:

I hope it's true. I posted this news yesterday. But it's not a sure thing by any means. Could even be Ukrainian disinformation to get the Russian troops in Kherson to surrender.  Who knows?

sorry mate but it (my post) was updated a couple minutes later.... they surrender by raising the white flag

[rudi49jr]

The Russian 1st Guard Tank Army (1GTA) had to retreat from Charkiv Oblast over the last week. 1GTA was intended to lead counter-attacks in the case of a war with NATO. It will likely take years for Russia to rebuild this capability.

 

 

[steven100]

source : https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-municipal-deputies-call-putin-160116298.html

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31 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

 doesn't look good for the Orc's

Russian Troops Come Out To Surrender Under White Flags In Kherson Region

https://charter97.org/en/news/2022/9/2/513852/

Well that report is dated Sept 2, I haven't seen anything recent. And i've been obsessively searching for a lot of the past 24 hours for the good news.

[Bkk Brian]

Zelenskyy Has Choice Words For Putin As Ukraine Makes Remarkable Progress Repelling Russia

 

 

[LosLobo]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Zelenskyy Has Choice Words For Putin As Ukraine Makes Remarkable Progress Repelling Russia

 

 

Strategic bombing of population infrastructure and civilians didn't work against the British in the Blitz and it won't work here.

 

It just causes a lot of misery and a stronger resolve to fight even harder, as is demonstrated in Zelensky's remarks.

 

I guess Zelensky most be providing some inspiration in a lot of other places.

 

Russia had the second largest military force, including Air Force superiority in the world after US.

 

What happened, was it just propaganda?

 

I am sure now with Putin's current pending nemesis and Russia's obvious impotence, Spring Revolution must in the air even though it's Autumn for a lot the countries he controls.

 

Payback also would possibility be relevant now be in a lot of countries with grudges and stolen territory beside Ukraine.

 

Poland, China, Japan, Finland to name a few, come to mind.
 

[Mavideol]

it looks like he's getting it from all sides  555

Russian officials call for Putin to be toppled as Moscow suffers ‘significant’ military setback in Ukraine

https://au.yahoo.com/news/russian-officials-call-putin-toppled-154743824.html

 

[Mavideol]

2 hours ago, placeholder said:

Well that report is dated Sept 2, I haven't seen anything recent. And i've been obsessively searching for a lot of the past 24 hours for the good news.

the report shows on the left side ( Хартыя_ 13 September 2022, Tuesday, 11:48 ) a different date

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2 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

the report shows on the left side ( Хартыя_ 13 September 2022, Tuesday, 11:48 ) a different date

Well, I cllicked on that link. And the only reference I can see to Russians surrendering is to the same story about there being ongoing negotiations from spokeswomen Nataliya Humenyuk. That story is about a day old now. I'm not saying it's untrue but there's nothing new in the Sep 13 story about Russian soldiers surrendering to Ukrainian forces.

[Mavideol]

3 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Well, I cllicked on that link. And the only reference I can see to Russians surrendering is to the same story about there being ongoing negotiations from spokeswomen Nataliya Humenyuk. That story is about a day old now. I'm not saying it's untrue but there's nothing new in the Sep 13 story about Russian soldiers surrendering to Ukrainian forces.

agree, so far nothing new but anything can happen at any time

Surrender Fever Sweeps Through Putin’s Troops After Russian Collapse in North

Picture this: You’re a Russian soldier, stuck in Kherson, waiting for a Ukrainian assault. Your supply route across the Dnipro River has been cut off by rocket attacks. Your ammunition dumps keep getting blown up. And you’ve watched thousands of your colleagues flee the battleground after a stunning Ukrainian offensive in the northeast of the country.

 

A Ukrainian Armed Forces spokeswoman, Natalia Humeniuk, reported Monday that a number of “separate” Russian units around the southern city of Kherson had begun suing for peace and were “trying to negotiate with the Ukrainians on surrender and transfer under the auspices of international law.”

 

https://news.yahoo.com/surrender-fever-sweeps-putin-troops-144056989.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

 

 

[rudi49jr]

If these maps are accurate, then Ukraine is making real progress in kicking Russia back to where they came from.

 

 

[steven100]

Do what the Russians did to innocent civilians .....  execute them.  Tell them they can surrender then shoot them all.    imo  ....   I'm sure that will happen ...

 

source : https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-units-near-kherson-negotiating-111100694.html

 

[rudi49jr]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

Do what the Russians did to innocent civilians .....  execute them.  Tell them they can surrender then shoot them all.    imo  ....   I'm sure that will happen ...

 

source : https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-units-near-kherson-negotiating-111100694.html

 

It’s never a good idea to adopt the brutal methods (i.e. war crimes) of your opponent, and I’m sure those in command in the Ukrainian army will do anything to prevent that from happening. Show the world, and Russia in particular, that you can take prisoners of war and treat them according to the Geneva convention. 

[steven100]

29 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

It’s never a good idea to adopt the brutal methods (i.e. war crimes) of your opponent, and I’m sure those in command in the Ukrainian army will do anything to prevent that from happening. Show the world, and Russia in particular, that you can take prisoners of war and treat them according to the Geneva convention. 

In general I agree whole heartedly .... however,   it would be hard to refrain from being a nice guy if your brother or auntie or gf got shot in the back by these soldiers,  or if your sister was raped then shot ??

I couldn't refrain in that situation i'm afraid and I don't think most honest folks would.   Just saying ..... but it's a true circumstance. 

 

The Geneva covention didn't save your auntie or grandmother when she needed it most ....   see what I mean 

 

 

 

 

[Seppius]

I don't think any Chechen's caught will be shown much mercy

[steven100]

2 hours ago, Seppius said:

I don't think any Chechen's caught will be shown much mercy

one can only hope ....

[rudi49jr]

CNN: ‘See what Russians left behind after being run out of city’.
 

https://youtu.be/wT_8HXAHZXE

[tgw]

here is a good translation of Zelenskiy's Telegram post addressed to Ruzzians:

 

Do you (Ruzzians) still think that we are ‘one nation?’ Do you still think that you can scare us, break us, make us make concessions?

You really did not understand anything? Don’t you understand who we are? What are we for? What are we talking about?

Read my lips:

Without gas or without you? Without you.

Without light or without you? Without you.

Without water or without you? Without you.

Without food or without you? Without you.

Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as scary and deadly for us as your ‘friendship and brotherhood’

But history will put everything in its place. And we will be with gas, light, water and food … and WITHOUT you !

[tgw]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

Do what the Russians did to innocent civilians .....  execute them.  Tell them they can surrender then shoot them all.    imo  ....   I'm sure that will happen ...

 

source : https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-units-near-kherson-negotiating-111100694.html

 

That's exactly what Ukrainians want to get away from: barbary, thug-like thinking.

 

Surrendering soldiers will be treated as humans, war criminals will be tried, others will become PoWs.

[rudi49jr]

Russian energy boss dies after ‘falling overboard’. His predecessor died earlier this year from a ‘stroke’. Nothing to see here, folks, just move along…

 

 

[heybruce]

1 hour ago, rudi49jr said:

Russian energy boss dies after ‘falling overboard’. His predecessor died earlier this year from a ‘stroke’. Nothing to see here, folks, just move along…

 

 

Prominent Russians have a very high mortality rate. 

 

Please, please, please,...let Putin be the next prominent Russian to have an "accident".

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, Mavideol said:

sorry mate but it (my post) was updated a couple minutes later.... they surrender by raising the white flag

Where do you get that idea? A white flag indicates a "truce" ie no shooting and can be used for safe passage when negotiators are sent to talk with the opposing side.

While it is used when surrendering, a white flag does not mean surrender in and of itself.

[Bkk Brian]

7 hours ago, tgw said:

here is a good translation of Zelenskiy's Telegram post addressed to Ruzzians:

 

Do you (Ruzzians) still think that we are ‘one nation?’ Do you still think that you can scare us, break us, make us make concessions?

You really did not understand anything? Don’t you understand who we are? What are we for? What are we talking about?

Read my lips:

Without gas or without you? Without you.

Without light or without you? Without you.

Without water or without you? Without you.

Without food or without you? Without you.

Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as scary and deadly for us as your ‘friendship and brotherhood’

But history will put everything in its place. And we will be with gas, light, water and food … and WITHOUT you !

A shortened meme version:

 

[Bkk Brian]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Where do you get that idea? A white flag indicates a "truce" ie no shooting and can be used for safe passage when negotiators are sent to talk with the opposing side.

While it is used when surrendering, a white flag does not mean surrender in and of itself.

You should have looked at the link he provided:

 

"The military is hesitating as to whether this is a trap by the Russian army. However, after consulting and carefully inspecting the enemy positions, they agree: the Russian soldier is indeed waving a "white flag", signalling that he wants to surrender. At first, the video was published with the remark that it was taken in Donetsk region. However, OSINT researchers carried out geolocation and learned that the event took place in Kherson region near the village of Pravdino."

[Bkk Brian]

Queen's funeral guests

No representative from Russia, Belarus, or Myanmar have been invited, says the BBC's James Landale.

Diplomatic relations between the UK and Russia have all but collapsed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62890879 ????

[LosLobo]

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Where do you get that idea? A white flag indicates a "truce" ie no shooting and can be used for safe passage when negotiators are sent to talk with the opposing side.

While it is used when surrendering, a white flag does not mean surrender in and of itself.

Where did you get that idea?

And to be likewise pedantic and obtrusive.!

The converse can also be true.

A white flag can very well mean a "surrender"

When it is used for a truce, a white flag does not always mean just a truce in and of itself.

Please try not to lessen or confuse Ukraine's obvious success.

 

[LosLobo]

The reality bites...