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able20:
How I wish Nigeria has a no nonsense leader like Putin, the Accountant General of the federal wouldn't have stolen 80 Billion naira

With all the corruption in Russia which ranks them as the most corrupt country in europe and with the way their Oligarchs loot the country silly you still say this?
Putin is one of the most corrupt humans alive and he does not give a damn about corruption. Even their military which he directly oversees is overflowing with corruption and looting.

Ukrainian forces are clearly an elite team of fighters...

They know what to do and they do it so well.

The moment Russia lost Kharkiv I knew it was only a matter of time that they would take Izium and be within range of Donbas and here we are.

Their guns are now within range of Izium as they keep pushing forward which has caused Russian troops to once again change plans and focus on Lyman as their staging point which is their last line of defence before Donbas

I love this

Ukrainian gunners shelled a Russian air-defense system in eastern Ukraine probably sometime in the past couple of days.

That itself isn’t all that noteworthy. Ukraine’s forces have destroyed dozens of Russian air-defenses since Russia widened its war on Ukraine in late February.

What’s important is where the shelling took place: just three miles northwest of Russian-occupied Izium, 60 miles southeast of Kkarkiv in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region.

Ukraine’s best medium artillery, its new American-made M777s, can lob 100-pound shells around 19 miles. That means Ukrainian forces have staged artillery no farther than 22 miles from Izium—and are blasting away.

Izium until recently was the locus of Russia’s faltering offensive in Donbas. The dozen or so Russian battalions in the area—15 percent of Russia’s entire army in Ukraine—in recent weeks pushed through Izium then west a few miles along the P79 highway.

The Ukrainian army’s 81st Air Mobile Brigade fought a tactical retreat along the P79, extracting a heavy toll on the Russians for every mile they advanced. The result, however, was a Russian penetration several miles into Ukrainian-held territory south of Kharkiv, where Kyiv’s troops now are mopping up.

The Izium salient represents a risk—to both sides. If the Russians can deepen and strengthen the salient, they might encircle the Ukrainian brigades south of Izium in Severodonetsk and nearby communities. Some of the best and most experienced Ukrainian units are in the Severodonetsk pocket. Surrounding and destroying them could tilt the war in Russia’s favor, at least in short term.

But there’s risk to the Russians, too. The Izium salient is vulnerable at its flanks, especially its northern flank. As Ukraine’s 92nd and 93rd Mechanized Brigades wrap up their operations around Kharkiv, they’ve shifted south to join the fight around Izium. If Ukrainian troops west and south of Izium can draw out the Russian battalions, the 93rd in particular is in a position to cut across the Russians’ supply lines and isolate the front-line troops.

That the Ukrainians now are within artillery range of Izium is a strong indicator that the salient indeed represents a greater danger to the Russians than it does to the Ukrainians. Russia already has lost as much as a third of its army in Ukraine; a defeat in Izium could add to that loss—a lot.

The Kremlin seems to appreciate the danger. There are hints the Izium salient no longer is the focus on Russia’s efforts in Donbas—and that Russian troops are repositioning south to join the fight around Lyman, a settlement that sits astride some important roads and railways and currently is under Ukrainian control.

Russian units including the T-72-equipped 90th Guards Tank Division in the past week have been advancing north and south of Lyman, clearly aiming to surround the town’s Ukrainian defenders, potentially including elements of the 57th Motorized Brigade. The Russians are trying to do around Lyman what the Ukrainians are threatening to do farther north around Izium—get behind an enemy force and cut it off.

But don’t lose sight of the bigger picture. In late February, Moscow’s war aims were maximalist. It intended to capture Kyiv, decapitate the Ukrainian government and seize both Donbas and the entire Ukrainian Black Sea coast, cutting off the country from the sea.

Three months later, Moscow’s aims are minimalist. Kyiv is safe, Ukraine’s main port Odesa is safe and the only place Russia stands any chance of “winning” anything is in Donbas. And only parts of Donbas.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/05/18/ukraines-guns-are-in-range-of-izium-thats-bad-news-for-russia/amp/

Vladimir Putin has suspended two senior commanders over Russia's failure to capture Kharkiv and the sinking of Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva, during the Ukraine invasion

Russia has fired senior commanders who are considered to have performed poorly during the early stages of the Ukraine invasion, according to British intelligence.

Vladimir Putin is said to have axed two of his military leaders in relation to the failure to capture second city Kharkiv as well as the sinking of Moscow's flagship Moskva.

Lieutenant General Serhiy Kisel, who commanded the elite 1st Guards Tank Army, has been suspended, as has Vice Admiral Igor Osipov, who commanded Russia ’s Black Sea Fleet.

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valeriy Gerasimov, meanwhile, likely remains in a post, but it is unclear whether he "retains the confidence of President Putin", the intelligence says.


A statement from the Ministry of Defence adds: "A culture of coverups and scapegoating is probably prevalent within the Russian military and security system.

"Many officials involved in the invasion of Ukraine will likely be increasingly distracted by efforts to avoid personal culpability for Russia’s operational setbacks."


The 510-crew missile Moskva ship was struck by two Ukrainian missiles and was a major military blow for Russia.

Putin's nation still refuses to acknowledge that dozens and even hundreds of missing sailors on the ship are dead after it sank on April 14.


Kharkiv fell early during the war but in recent weeks, Russian forces have abandoned the area around the city.

"We have some success in these directions," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak told MSNBC this week.

It came as invaders across the country were forced to completely change tact after struggling to gain a central foothold as it moved in on Kyiv.

The capital city has always held firm and Kremlin fighters were eventually ordered to withdraw from the region to focus on the southeast.

However, despite several weeks of further bloody conflict on the new main front in the Donbas border region - which Moscow claims on behalf of separatists - it has made little headway.


Where Putin has seen rare success, is in Mariupol.

After months of daily shell attacks leaving the southern strategic port city almost completely in ruins, 700 Ukrainian fighters have this week surrendered allowing Russia to shore up control.


Kyiv has ordered its garrison in Mariupol to stand down, but the ultimate outcome of Europe's bloodiest battle for decades remains unresolved.

Moscow says it is engaged in a "special military operation" to demilitarise and "denazify" its neighbour.

The West and Kyiv call that a false pretext for invasion.

Around Slovyansk to the north of Donetsk, in the Donbas, Russian forces "suffered significant losses" around the settlement of Velyka Komyshuvakha, according to reports.

Ukrainian forces shelled a border village in Russia's western region of Kursk at dawn on Thursday, killing at least one civilian, regional Russian Governor Roman Starovoit said.

Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said Ukrainian saboteurs had blown up railway tracks ahead of an armoured train carrying Russian troops in the occupied southern city of Melitopol.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-vladimir-putin-suspends-two-27004929.amp

richmind2019:
Why is NATO taking over the neighboring countries of Russia?

This is a planned move by the Americans.

Why are the neighboring countries to Russia running away from her?

That is the question you should be asking.

This is a strong show of togetherness and solidarity.

They said they would apply together and they have.

The message is loud and clear. We have each other's backs and our countries are United on this resolve!

Oya Putin they have thrown the gauntlet...go and attack them if you can

BRUSSELS — Finland and Sweden on Wednesday submitted letters formally expressing interest in joining NATO, a historic moment for two countries that held fast to military nonalignment until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended their thinking about security.

The delivery of the letters to the alliance’s Brussels headquarters marks the start of an accession process that could take months, but that is ultimately expected to result in an expansion of NATO from 30 to 32 members, remaking Europe’s post-Cold War security architecture along the way.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/18/finland-sweden-nato-apply/

incandescentena:
Thats why they are soldiers. Dying is an occupational hazard

Civilians are bring caught in the invasion and killed in Ukraine. Did they bargain for it??!

Ukraine people getting bomb dead in the street, that's aaiight for you

I am glad you admitted that Russians are killing civilians

That's a first by a Putin bot

Svlla:
Mahn! That guy na absolute Dunce. Those kind news are for PR and they hold no ground in reality at all

You have always been shown to be the absolute dunce dude. In your quest to try and give Russia the leg up you keep embarrassing yourself day in day out

Still trying to make yourself feel good in the name of "Those kind of news are for PR and they hold no ground in reality at all"

Sorry o you should have told us that you are the Bulgarian Minister of Energy na

Svlla:
You're still the same idiot contradicting yourself by saying that they are shoring up gas from Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan gas gets to Europe via turkey Trans Anatolia pipeline, does not tell you something?

Now Dunce take a seat and educate yourself;
1. Azerbaijan is not going to increase its gas export to Europe because it doesn't have the immediate capacity to do so even if it wants to. Take it or leave it, Europe is stuck with Russia gas (something that UAE can't do is want Azeri want to do with how many BCM of gas )

2. US gets most of its crude and energy related resources through hydraulic fracturing which is expensive. Now add to additional cost of transportation over thousands of nautical miles

There's no cheap gas for Europe anywhere else and Bulgaria is in deep shit

I will advice you look up the actual cost of gas from Russia and US for your self education.

You're just reacting to sensational headlines and your typical wearing your hearts on your sleeve kinda reaction. The reality on ground is too uncomfortable for you, must be the reason why you embarrassingly shy away from the truth.

You will never stop being the same idiot who knows nothing but thinks he knows something

Your idiocy is always on full display much to your shame each and everytime and I am here to show you the same idiocy you shamelessly display each time.

Read this article extract from Aljazeera from last month and call yourself stupid and if you still want to argue foolishly after reading the well laid out and thought out plan by Bulgaria below then your idiocy came customized.

Bulgaria’s response to the disruption of the gas flows from Russia merits special attention. In contrast to Poland, which currently takes less than half of its gas from the Russian Federation, the Balkan country is reliant on Russia’s Gazprom for over 90 percent of its supplies.

But unlike previous cutoffs in 2006 and 2009, this time around the government in Sofia clearly had a plan. For instance, the state-owned trader Bulgargaz has contracted shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that are now entering Bulgaria through the Revithoussa terminal in Greece. Additional volumes are also arriving from Romania, through the Trans-Balkan Pipeline which, until TurkStream started work in 2020-21, served Gazprom. The fact that the disruption happened in summer, after the end of the heating season, is making the Bulgarian authorities’ life easier, too.

The main thing, however, is that Bulgaria’s long-delayed interconnector pipeline with Greece (ICGB) is due to come online on June 30 or soon thereafter. Once it is up and running, Bulgaria will be importing one billion cubic meters (bcm) – corresponding to about one-third of its annual demand – from Azerbaijan, as ICGB connects to the so-called Trans Adriatic Pipeline.

LNG will be coming from the terminals in Turkey and, after the end of 2023, from a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) next to the northeastern Greek port city of Alexandroupolis

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Haha Slava Ukraine..
This is beyond embarrassing.

So Russia..like any modern military force has a secure system in place for sensitive military communications...The problem here is this system relies on 3G/4G access and what was one of the first things targeted by the Russian military when they entered Ukraine?
The cell towers...Sayonara 3G/4G...

So the reports on the ground are that Russian commanders cannot communicate with each other using their “secure” military communications system...As a result they are using cellphones with rudimentary encryption the kind you buy off the open market...Easily decrypted by any military intelligence..

Most of these general dead were tracked and taken out by Ukrainian forces because they(officers inclusive) around him were using barely secured phones to communicate..
Poor intelligence coordination..

A lot of their intercepted communication are on social media and some are just hilarious

Especially the one from the boats around snake island who called in to the crimea for air assistance because they were being tormented by the Bayraktar drones

The guy was literally crying and begging for air assistance and the other guy receiving the SOS was calmly telling him he would pass on the information to the authorities

The distressed caller was infuriated at the calmness of the guy which threw him into a tantrum and even more tears

Russian troops are not smart at all

incandescentena:
We know no Ukraine military officer has been killed

The list of Russian soldiers killed just on the 10th alone is just too many that I cannot post them all.

Ukraine is entering them wotowoto anyhow because unlike Russia, Ukraine are fighting intelligently and not just using numbers.

The fact that Russia has more numbers in Ukraine means they would get killed more.

I couldn't go through the entire list

SirIconR:
Na them.... The more you look the less you see..... Councilor in the morning, Bandit at night... They government are among those making this country ungovernable

He is actually a PDP councillor. So rephrase your comment appropriately

Nbotee:
So U had to include that he's a PDP Councillor to prove what exactly?

To prove those perpetrating / behind the Carnage in the North

michael132:
I think Ukraine should b very happy with the way Russia is romancing them as war. No war without gunning down civilian..so far d number of civilians down is still manageable.....during war ..robbing ..killing unjustly must occur because the soldier are not d same .....for every 12 .they must a judas

Then why are you complaining and blaming the FG for bandit/Boko Haram killings of civilians?

Make it make sense

nedekid:
Therein is the issue. What makes you feel your argument might not be "unintelligent and stupid" to the next person? Afterall, the mad man on the street feels he is sane and others are deranged.
Look at a brief history of your responses to folks here, only you seems to be "intelligent" while others are dumb.

You actually watched a video and suddenly manufactured "What if they took pop shots at the Russian soldiers" out of thin air when absolutely nothing in the video remotely suggested that.

It's probably the same way you would witness a lot of humans dying via a plane crash and claim a car ran into the plane while in the air before it crashed

That's disagreeing stupidly and that's what you did

nedekid:
"I would like to believe you were not dropped on your head sometime in your life"
Why resort to insults? Matured discuss does not warrant being uncouth to alternate views.
This is a public form and folks must disagree with you.

Disagree intelligently and not stupidly

A Councilor elected for Kinkiba Ward of Soba local government area of Kaduna State, Abdul Adamu Kinkiba, has been arrested with AK-47 rifle on his way to deliver same to terrorists in one of the deadly forests in the State.

Kinkiba was arrested by the Mobile Policemen of 47 MPF Squad operating along Galadimawa axis of Giwa local government area of the State, when he was sighted suspiciously on a motorcycle and stopped for interrogation.

According to a vigilante member in the area, the suspect, Abdul Kinkiba said the gun was given to him by somebody who he refused to mention his name and was to be delivered to another person he claimed he also didn’t know his name.

The vigilante source said Kinkiba confessed that he was asked to stop immediately after the bridge near the Galadimawa forest (a known hideout for bandits) and that somebody will come out to collect the gun from him.

Confirming the incident, the chairman, Soba local government council, Engineer Suleiman Yahaya Richifa, who spoke to journalists and confirmed that the suspect is the current elected councilor in the council, declined further comment on the matter.

He simply said, “I’m in serious grief about the news, please allow me to overcome my shock.”

LEADERSHIP gathered that the suspect has been transfered to the Kaduna State Police Command for further interrogation.

Meanwhile, when the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Muhammed Jalige, was contacted, he promised to get back to our correspondent but failed to do so as at the time of filing this report.

https://leadership.ng/kaduna-councilor-arrested-on-his-way-to-supply-terrorists-with-ak-47/

Grandemperor:
I grimly detest war. However, anybody in the arena of hostilities supports the war effort. Contextually in Ukraine, a male person below age 61 not out of the country is an extant or potential combatant; and this is extrapolated to the female gender. Wearing civilian clothes/mufti does not correlate to being a mere/bloody civilian. Age does not exempt one from being an actor in war - Biafra Boys Company. Avoid your adversary in times of war, even when behind enemy lines. Biafra Rangers and Biafra Organization of Freedom Fighters (BOFF) were gruesome killers without uniform and military hardware. Even the Biafra Commandos were the same, killing with bare hands. They all posed as civilians behind enemy lines, but were killer machines.

We are talking about the persons killed here.

Both are civilians. One owned the car dealership while the older man was the security guard.

The Russian soldiers searched both of them and they were unarmed.

That was before they asked for cigarettes.

So what nonsense are you talking about?

They should avoid the Russian soldiers who came to their establishment and broke in? The Russian soldiers even came to the guardhouse and spoke to them before both of them dressed up and went out to meet the soldiers

nedekid:
There are 2 sides to a story, you only saw the part CNN wanted you to see.
Do you know if when the soldiers left after smoking with the guys, pop shots were taken at them?
Why has western media not shown the execution of Russian troops and Russian speakers in the donbass?

I would like to believe you were not dropped on your head sometime in your life.

Pop shots taken by whom? Can you not see that it's just different camera angles from different CCTV cameras in the car dealership?

Immediately they turned to walk away they had to show footage from another CCTV camera for the sake of clearly showing the men walking away and the Russian soldiers coming up behind them to open fire.

Which pop shots are you talking about? Is it the same men who were searched and no weapons found on them that took the pop shots with what? Thin air?

TheLawAsItIs:
Thanks for sharing this.

Sad! Condemnable!

Those soldiers should be dealt with!

I am glad you now know better

kingyakos:
The camera showed when the civilian was limping but it didn't showed when he was shot

The camera showed only one security approaching the soldiers how come BBC said said two security were shot

Camera showed the cloth of the security kept outside but can't show his corpse outside.

Camera showed when two Russian soldiers came back, speaking in their language asking the security for cigarettes but didn't showed when the two soldiers shot the security.

Enough of all this Western propaganda.

Up Russia!.

Stop being a doofus

Full video is here at the top of the link.

The one OP posted was edited.

Full video shows when the civilians dressed and went to meet the Russians, shows when they were searched to show they had no weapons, shows when they smoked cigarettes, shows when they walked away and when the Russians shot them with the bullets bouncing off the pavement after hitting them, shows them fall, shows one get up minutes after and limp to the guardhouse, shows him bleeding while waiting for help to arrive, shows him on the floor with blood everywhere just as help arrived

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/11/europe/ukraine-video-russian-soldiers-shoot-civilians/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2022-05-12T18%3A45%3A07&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social

Born2conquer:
The first sensible comment so far, too much cut and paste with zero evidence.
Gun was fired but the no shot flare was seen on CCTV? There are cameras everywhere especially inside the guard room, why didn't the camera show when they were shot?

They were shot and one still had the opportunity to crawl away?
The territorial guards came and they couldn't rescue him also?

In the full video the territorial guards also came under fire from the Russian troops so couldn't do much to help the wounded and dying man.

I believe I have sent you the link to the full video.

There you would see the shots fired with a lot of bullets bouncing off the pavement after hitting the two men

colestephan86:
This is fake news in my opinion, two russian soldiers shot two civilians , and the multiple cameras couldn't capture any of it, only for them to show us one man limping.
He the Russians actually shot him at the back , I don't think they will miss the shot by then shooting his leg.

UK isn't in support with Russia, so I don't expect BBC to be

Full video is here at the top of the link.

The one OP posted was edited.

Full video shows when the civilians dressed and went to meet the Russians, shows when they were searched to show they had no weapons, shows when they smoked cigarettes, shows when they walked away and when the Russians shot them with the bullets bouncing off the pavement after hitting them, shows them fall, shows one get up minutes after and limp to the guardhouse, shows him bleeding while waiting for help to arrive, shows him on the floor with blood everywhere just as help arrived

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/11/europe/ukraine-video-russian-soldiers-shoot-civilians/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2022-05-12T18%3A45%3A07&utm_term=link&utm_medium

TheLawAsItIs:
Exactly my brother.

The multiple cameras captured the old man when he was approaching the soldiers, from a distance as a matter of fact. The multiple cameras captured all the soldiers, but could not capture the second man as mentioned in the report. They could not also capture the whole shooting scene, except the soldiers shooting when they had earlier captured the old man approaching.

My submission: that video has been heavily edited for a purpose.

Full video is here at the top of the link.

The one OP posted was edited.

Full video shows when the civilians dressed and went to meet the Russians, shows when they were searched to show they had no weapons, shows when they smoked cigarettes, shows when they walked away and when the Russians shot them with the bullets bouncing off the pavement after hitting them, shows them fall, shows one get up minutes after and limp to the guardhouse, shows him bleeding while waiting for help to arrive, shows him on the floor with blood everywhere just as help arrived

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/11/europe/ukraine-video-russian-soldiers-shoot-civilians/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2022-05-12T18%3A45%3A07&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social

AbdulHakeem44:
I knew you would never get the gist, hahaha, let me educate u small.

In the so called democracy that preaches freedom of speech, movement, religion and blabla, can a highly classified military Intel be leaked by an insider publicly in the name of freedom of speech without being arrested?? Can an ordinary citizen walks into the president Vila in the name of freedom of movement without being arrested?

I said in democracy, there is no total freedom, meaning when leaders speak what Putin said there, it is not absolutely true to the letters. Yeah, the would say that to look diplomatic, fair and reasonable, yet, they will never allow their closest neighbour to join their enemy security network or alliance, not even USA or China. Let America cut ties with Taiwan and see if China will not mind their business with Taiwan anymore. You should understand this from my simple sentence of "In Democracy, there's no total freedom". Well, what do I expect you to understand in the first place.

You no get sense walahi.

So suddenly you are now Putin's brain or you can now read his mind?

Again you no get sense walahi

Born2conquer:
Can you share the full video? I will like to see how they were shot

Full video is on this link. At the top

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/11/europe/ukraine-video-russian-soldiers-shoot-civilians/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2022-05-12T18%3A45%3A07&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social

ken6488:
Once attack a military man you are no longer a civilian

Did the civilians attack the Russian barbarians?