Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ryuu96 said:

Chechen commander Maj Gen Apti Alaudinov has been all over Russian TV and Telegram commenting on Kursk while Russia’s military leadership remains silent

This comical montage shows Ukraine’s gains as he insists day after day that the situation is "under control" pic.twitter.com/YxBP0EzNB9

— Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) August 21, 2024

Big post from Russian volunteer Kashevarova who argues that the Kursk catastrophe could have been predicted, while going over every single thing that went wrong with the Russian army in the past two years. It's nothing particularly new but quite telling still of the current state… pic.twitter.com/2SZIhPs2ag

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) August 21, 2024

It gets even more ridiculous. Russian police will get 10k rubles - 100euro for recruiting police suspects(!) who will go to war in Ukraine.
Can’t imagine this not going sideways https://t.co/cW5uiLoeES

— Anton Barbashin (@ABarbashin) August 21, 2024

Citing its sources close to the Kremlin, Meduza says that propagandists have been instructed to convince Russians that the presence of Ukrainian troops inside their borders is the "new normal"

The Kremlin isn't expecting to be able to drive them out soonhttps://t.co/PZUg42X0XB

— Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) August 21, 2024

Another oil tank exploded… 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/G1vF3i1QNl

— MAKS 24 🇺🇦👀 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) August 21, 2024

I guarantee that the chichen commander probably hopes that Russia does actually fail, he wants Russia to fail and become weaker so that Chechnya can try to secede again. Also, that tweet about the police officers getting $$$ to sell military service to suspects is hilarious. It's like corruption is so built in to their society that these practices aren't a big deal. This would never happen in Britain or America