Under-pressure Putin ‘doubles down’ with security decree

 

BBC News reports: Vladimir Putin is under growing pressure.

His “special military operation” has not gone according to plan. As a result of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, Russia has been losing territory it had occupied.

Meanwhile, Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been coming under sustained shelling.

What’s more, the Kremlin’s announcement last month of “partial mobilisation” sparked widespread alarm in Russian society.

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13 Comments

  1. Vladimia
    October 19, 2022

    Pure western crap and propaganda!!!For months now Ukrainian troops are being decimated and hammered on a daily basis like “flies”. More than 100 000 killed. They have been trying to take Kerson, but every attempt is a bloodbath. They go in thousands, and its a meat grinder, thousands die… At that rate Ukraine might not have an army by mid 2023…They took some land in Karkiv because Russia only had 500 troops fighting against their 5000 troops. But once they reach the Oskil River, they met Russian defenders they cant go further…
    Russia is about to take Bakhmut, a key strategic town in Luhansk…
    WESTERN TRASH and Propaganda cant win the PROXY war for Ukraine…!
    Western media make you live in illusion..
    Ukraine has to pay heavily for killing Russian speaking people in the Donbass from 2014 to 2018, and for blatantly violating the Minsk agreement.
    Nato is struggling to provide weapons to Ukraine now. Look out for Russias Winter counter offensive!
    LONG LIVE MY HERO…

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    • Zandoli
      October 20, 2022

      The biggest mistake Ukraine made was to give up their nuclear weapons on the strength of the agreement Russia signed to never invade Ukraine. So when you speak of blatant violation of agreements, you should consider all of them.

      Had Ukraine kept their nukes, Russia would think very hard about messing with them.

      As much as I am not a fan of Kim Jung Un, the only thing that protects them is their nuclear arsenal.

      Once the war is over, Ukraine should get busy developing their nuclear deterrent.

      • Peter The Great
        October 20, 2022

        They had the nukes, but Russia had the codes. they still needed Russia in order to use them.

        • Zandoli
          October 21, 2022

          Agreed, but I think were there is a will there is a way to break the codes or a reset of them.
          I was bullied at the Grammar School until I stood up to him. They are not my favorite people.

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        October 21, 2022

        Zandoli, whether Ukraine retained its nuclear weapons or not, Putin would have done the same thing. The reality is there are many nations (rouge) nations with such fire power.

        Nevertheless, even in a first strike scenario , a nuclear war cannot be won, any nation utilizing nuclear weapons that nation intentions would be to eradicate all human life on the planet, so that is pointless.
        Heat Radiation alone overwhelming the entire planet in a matter of hours would kill millions.

        Now that criminal Putin flaunts the idea trying to intimidate the world, and most likely the United States, nevertheless, he cannot launch a nuclear warhead without the United States knowing the instant his nuclear weapons are energized (turned on.)

        Actions will be taken to intercept, meanwhile using the same weapons to take out Putin and Russia; it a no win ball game; we all live or we all die!

    • Braindamage
      October 20, 2022

      Putin is losing so bad, that he’s thinking of using his nuclear weapons..
      Iran had to help him with some drones to hit Ukraine….

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      • Deus
        October 20, 2022

        And yet Zelinski or wahtever the hell his name is practically demanding more military aid from the US. After over 50 billion in aid you would think they would have crippled Russia already seeing as how they are doing so well in the war. Just a whole bunch of lies. We will see this winter

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      • Deus Vult
        October 20, 2022

        And yet Zelinski or wahtever the hell his name is practically demanding more military aid from the US. After over 50 billion in aid you would think they would have crippled Russia already seeing as how they are doing so well in the war. Just a whole bunch of lies. We will see this winter

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    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      October 21, 2022

      “Nato is struggling to provide weapons to Ukraine now. Look out for Russias Winter counter offensive!
      LONG LIVE MY HERO…”

      That is such a stupid comment; no wonder you do not have a name!

      Fools always rush in where Angels fear to thread; some people are so ignorant they fart and not knowing they are farting!
      If Putin is your hero, you are a damn ignorant murderer, who do not deserving to breath any oxygen, talking fart about NATO struggling; some people are stupid, talk and not knowing the purpose of some organization:
      “NATO is a collective security system: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War, NATO operated as a check on the perceived threat posed by the Soviet Union.
      Your hero was involve killing people; yet the Soviet Union collapses, communism is dead.
      The weapons defending Ukraine come from the Great United States of America.
      Your hero has made a stupid mistake which he is paying a heavy cost!

  2. Putin
    October 19, 2022

    More propaganda from the West!

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    • Ibo France
      October 19, 2022

      @Fake Putin
      No originality! No credibility! Be your original self.Every one is unique as no two person have the same DNA not even identity twins. Fakery!

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    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      October 21, 2022

      Leave it to a Dominican to make a complete fool of himself/herself.

      One of them is so ignorant, there talking fart about NATO struggling to provide weapons to Ukraine NATO is a collective security system: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War, NATO operated as a check on the perceived threat posed by the Soviet Union.

      To the stupid one who said NATO struggling here are the original members of NATO:

      Nato’s 12 founding members include Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the UK and the US. Greece, Turkey and West Germany joined NATO as the Cold War loomed in the 1950s.
      According to some idiot Germany, England, France and the U.S, leaving the other members out are struggling to provide weapons to Ukraine.
      Only a Dominica idiot could deduced such nonsense!

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