Originally Posted by
NutLoose
The counter offensive plans have been leaked, those who are worried about the tank traps needn't be.
it depends on your point of view... the Ukrainians would consider a clockwise rotation through Russia's SW Oblasts as a "high", Putin and a fair number of his followers would consider that as a "depression".
Ukrainians are such cheery people, and will probably extend pleasantries to the conscripts of Russia that it runs
over,
across, past.
Putin has kept this saga going long enough to keep Tolstoy happy, but I'm sure that the Ukrainians would prefer to get some sleep at some point, rather than be a talking point of Putins memoirs at The Hague.
It's telling that the talking heads on RT are now starting to describe this tiff as
"Putin's War", not
"Russia's War", perhaps the body bags are starting to get difficult to hide. The population of Russia that is expecting the payout by Putin for their sons and husbands being offed in a foreign land is starting to get pretty annoyed that Putin don't Pay, seems to suffer short arms and deep pockets, they can always take the compensation out of Putins own accounts. That would be something worthy of a hackers efforts!
The Constitution of Ukraine, states that the organization and procedure for conducting referendums
“are determined exclusively by the laws of Ukraine” (Art. 92).
Putin conducted a gross violation of established principles of international humanitarian and human rights law, hardly. surprise, but there it is. In the context of Russia's continued assault and ongoing occupation, the organization of a referendum aided or organised by occupying forces presumptively violates the Hague Regulations of 1907 and the IV Geneva Convention. Forcing a change of citizenship, deportation/transportation etc, while favourites of the USSR back in the day, remain specific war crimes, and crimes against humanity. And Lavrov still gets to air his masters voice on the edge of the Hudson, strange world.
However, while looking on eBay for how much Russian C-Rats are being sold off (less than expected, even the on-sale is being affected by supply, Prigozhin may have been telling it right), a copy of the Russian's plans turned up, their action against the nazi's that they appear to be so hung up about.
That was the back of the plans, good OpSec... so here it is, a kopek short and a day late, (well, 81 years, but it'll make Russians happy to have some Nazi memorabilia that doesn't include Putins Snr.
Putin Senior, 1943, Warsaw,
In 2003, Polish media reported that KGB defector Victor Suvorov (Vladimir Rizun) found documents and pictures in London which show that the Russian president’s father served in the Nazi-collaborating army led by Russian general Vlasov. Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin was apparently captured by British forces, but not before he helped crush the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. (In the photo above, Putin’s father is identified as the man on the far left.) Russian media spun the story to say that Putin Sr. was really like beloved Soviet fictional television hero Otto von Stirlitz, a Russian agent who had infiltrated the Nazi security service.
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"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" , (the Scottish play... )