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© (Thomson Reuters 2022.Putin finalises 'annexation' in Ukraine even as troops flee front
By Jonathan Landay and Felix Hoske LYMAN/BILA TSERKVA, Ukraine©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
54 Comments
Aly Rustom
And in other news, Putin threw a surprise party for himself, and....
WAS SURPRISED!!!
stormcrow
Putin is nuts and he's in trouble for turning his twisted fantasies into an ugly reality.
tooheysnew
this is like being surprised when opening a present that you wrapped yourself
rainyday
Yes, and then humanity collectively realized how awful and dangerous it was after WW2 and, with a few exceptions (Israel stealing Golan Heights, Saddam trying to take Kuwait), stopped doing it until now.
rainyday
Actually I think the photo is an accurate depiction of the current state of Russian armored vehicles operating in Ukraine before they even head into battle.
Seapig
I think there’s not much to worry about here, first you have to actually be an American before you can become president.
ClippetyClop
Well the Ukranians have been jack-in-the boxing Soviet mech for quite some time now.
Shhh! It's not an invasion, remember!
wtfjapan
* *i was the President,I would pull the plug on Ukraine aid
oh so Russia can move in and take over the entire country, lol
does NATO think Russia would stop there, yeah not likely.
now NATO are expanding and going to arm to the teeth, right on Russias borders,
you can thank Putin for that
wtfjapan
Zelensky's forces are openly defying the Geneva Convention.
and why should Ukraine collect Russian bodies, thats Russias job, just like Ukraine buries their own dead so should Russia
UChosePoorly
We should probably relegate this behavior to the past, though, shouldn't we? It seems like it creates more problems than it solves.
Strangerland
Actually, I think you can ONLY annex what doesn't belong to you.
PTownsend
But you're not president, maybe if your Trump gets back in the White House he'll get a call from Putin telling him what to do again. Trump, the dictator appeaser, stiffed Zelensky before, and most likely would do it again, Ukraine would probably have been better able to defend itself and farther ahead in pushing the Russian invaders away if Trump had not backed out of helping Ukraine, instead he helped Putin. After all, like Trump's pal Hollywood Steve Bannon said. Putin, similar to Trump and his MAGAs. is anti-woke meaning he's anti-equality a misogynist, and favors white supremacy.
Desert Tortoise
Presidents do not get to make that call in the US. Only Congress can appropriate funds. The President can either sign an appropriations bill or veto it. But I guarantee the President who vetoes funding for Ukraine will be the first US President who, after being impeached by the House is convicted by the Senate and removed from office.
Strangerland
This would be a good opportunity for Japan to take back the Kurils as well. It's not like Russia has their hands free to deal with it. And it's not like they belong to Russia.
Nemo
Aside from being word salad and non-sensical jibberish, this isn't even remotely on-topic.
Seriously, what are you trying to say because this makes zero sense.
Desert Tortoise
Defeat the Russians and run them out of Ukraine. All of Ukraine including Crimea. That is the only reasonable outcome at this point.
Nemo
You have to be a natural born American (Born in the US or the child of a US citizen) to be President.
And thankfully, we have not (yet) stooped to this level of grammar and punctuation incompetence (although H. Walker is giving it his all in the GA Senate race.)
tooheysnew
thankfully you’re not
lincolnman
Good video that highlights a couple of truths....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn-Rlq477S0&ab_channel=YourAdvocateAlliance%28YAA%29
The war has turned into a debacle for Putin and Russia....every goal he set out to achieve has failed, and in fact, the opposite has occurred...
Ukraine didn't collapse in seven days - it's now day 225 and Russia is losing territory as its troops flee in disarray and Ukraine is re-capturing it...
The once-feared Russia Army has been shown to be wholly incompetent with shoddy, defective equipment...
Instead of being fragmented, NATO has been re energized and has in fact grown, with the addition of over 1 million new troops from Norway and Sweden...
Russia's energy blackmail of Europe has failed - one of the last leverages Putin had to play...
As a result, Russia is now much more dangerous - because it is losing on every level...and will not act like a "normal" country....
As Putin throws his untrained mobilized reserves in battle, and they get slaughtered, he has to do something to turn the tide, and lessen European support to Ukraine. This could be more overt cyber attacks against European critical infrastructure and financial institutions or a false flag attack within Russia to blame on NATO.
We need to be extra-vigilant as a more humiliated and desperate Putin tries to save face....
stormcrow
It’s good to see Putin fall flat on his face. Let this be a lesson to other dictators.
tooheysnew
keeping fighting & killing the Russians until Putin is overthrown or dies unexpectedly
Yrral
Wallace, American are fighting to rebuild their homes,and lives from natural disasters, through and under funded FEMA,while the US is dooling out 1.5 billion to prop up Ukraine a month,if I was the President,I would pull the plug on Ukraine aid and fund American need
Numan
Throughout Russia's war in Ukraine, which has lasted over seven months with no immediate end in sight, Kyiv has received tons of military assistance from a number of Western countries — including billions of dollars in weapons and other aid from the US. However, Ukraine is also getting a lot of weapons from the enemy.
Every time the occupiers flee, they are just resupplying the UA.
Haaa Nemui
I wouldn't really take this seriously, but I just read that Russia has enlisted a blind man. Not sure if it's meant to be metaphoric.... they're all blind. Bottom of the page.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300706029/gold-teeth-haul-at-torture-chamber-in-ukraine
Laguna
Read that they fled so fast they left behind their dead, littering the streets.
Numan
Some Western countries should start enticing some of the Russia provinces like Chechnya or Dagestan to break free.
"What is good for the goose is good for the gander."
wallace
The Ukrainians are fighting to save their country and have taken back land occupied by Putin and his troops. They will go on fighting the invader. He does not fully control the four regions he annexed.
Numan
Or, take a mysterious nose dive out of a window.
wallace
"We know all of this"
It seems not everyone does like Bronco.
noriahojanen
Sadly anyone who risks bursting out "he's wearing nothing" will end up being sent to the war frontlines.
UChosePoorly
The Ukrainians continuing to take their land back and push the Russians out is what is happening. Do you mean after that?
fallaffel
I think the "now what?" is happening... well... now.
bass4funk
We know all of this, but being shocked, angry as well and condemning Putin isn’t going to save lives, so now what?
Numan
Emperor Putin has no clothes!
Desert Tortoise
No room for dead bodies when you have to steal the cars of local Ukrainians to retreat in.
tooheysnew
1000’s of these ‘harden’ troops have already called the Ukrainian‘I want to surrender’ hotline.
me thinks that the Russians setting up torture chambers, & raping & murdering the civilians is a lot worse
wallace
Putin's referendum is illegal according to the Geneva Convention, as is the UN Charter.
The bombing of civilians is also illegal.
Russian mass killings and tortures.
Desert Tortoise
She reminds me unfortunately of some gadflies I have heard at city council meetings who whine about the most trivial things as if they are the most important things the city has to deal with. A nation is fighting for its survival against a much larger and nuclear armed enemy and all she can complain about is the fact the the dead bodies of the invaders are not being picked up fast enough for her satisfaction. She is alive and freed from the Russians but that isn't enough for now.
ok1517
Brnco,
the ones who are not considering bringing back their fallen ones, leaving the last one behind and doing the best they can to terrorize the civilian population in the occupied areas are the Russian aggressors.
Get the facts right! Zelensky's troops do their best taking care of POWs and tose left behind, providing medical care and treatng them in accordance with the Geneva convention.
Please stop spreading Russian propaganda and fake news.
Desert Tortoise
The Geneva Conventions say a great deal about how to treat the living including POWs and civilians in occupied areas but I am not aware of any passages that impose any obligations to remove dead bodies from a combat zone in a particular amount of time.
Aly Rustom
Brilliant!!! Comment of the Day!!
garypen
It seems that the Ukraine defense forces didn't get the annexation memo.
Michael Machida
This is like being in divorce court with your wife amid looking for wedding rings.
ClippetyClop
By killing Russians? When did the Geneva Convention become important for you? Explain.
An accurate prediction of what the incoming fodder will be asked to do for Putin. Did you mean to write this?
tooheysnew
The funniest comment I’ve read in a long time -
”Putin was surprised at the results of the referendum “
ok1517
You can't annex what doesn't belong to you!
But that's of course too difficult to understand for Putin (& associates).
He's just such a "genius".
His troops are moving forard, except for the fact that it's the wrong direction.
He (his troops) fire off missiles which explodes seconds after being launched.
He hold fake referendums in areas that don't belong to him.
He sends men to the front still wearing footwraps like 100 years ago.
He starts a 3-day-limited-operation which is now 224 days already.
Tell me, can it get any better?
Nemo
The UA is in the Luhansk region for the first time since this war (oops! "Special Military Operation" Sorry) began.
But Mini-me has a nice certificate (suitable for framing)! So there is that....
fallaffel
If you can't "win", then... pretend you already "won"!
The Avenger
Putin is fast becoming fodder for SNL and the laughing stock of the world: an out-of-touch, pint-sized despot who thinks he is some kind of Machiavellian, omnipotent leader of his people. Just like Trump, he confuses being feared with being respected.
Perhaps the reason the members of the Russian parliament showed such overwhelming support to annexation is because they all have office windows, with a view of downtown Moscow, they'd like to continue to enjoy.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/worldnews/2022/10/03/news/ukrainian_troops_claim_new_gains_over_russia_amid_continued_offensive-2847741/