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Ukraine: Mariupol city council claims Russia destroys crowded theater — live updates
Video has emerged of a theater in the Ukrainian port city after it was allegedly flattened by a Russian bomb.

Russia bombs theater used as shelter in Mariupol, council claims

Video emerged of the Mariupol Drama Theater in the Ukrainian port city after it was flattened by a Russian bomb.

Hundreds of people were said to have been sheltering there at the time.

Mariupol's city council claimed in a statement, "It is still impossible to estimate the scale of this horrific and inhumane act."

Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter, "Russians could not have not known this was a civilian shelter."

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, tweeted, "Now there are fierce battles. No one can reach the blockages, we don't know if there are any survivors."

Full article: Ukraine: Mariupol city council claims Russia destroys crowded theater — live updates

This is the kind of thing that may eventually provoke other players into taking an active role on Ukraine's side.

Most uninspiring POTUS ever

Walks and talks like a demented, senile old crooked mobster. Answers questions like one as well.

Just needs the standard issue O2 bottle for court trial/impeachment.

Meanwhile the liberal, idiotic mainstream media love him b/c they get to interpret his incoherent mumbling.

Even though not a damned one of them can claim any kind of expertise in gerontology or dementia. Wheee!

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Most uninspiring POTUS ever

Walks and talks like a demented, senile old crooked mobster. Answers questions like one as well.

Just needs the standard issue O2 bottle for court trial/impeachment.

If it looks like a demented, senile old crooked mobster . . . .

flashguy

Good thing that Trump restocked the military. Otherwise we would have no equipment to give away. Of course, we already lost 85 billion in equipment. Seems Biden is anxious to weaken us at every turn

https://hotair.com/ed-morrisse...ls-at-odessa-n455729

How does a modern army lose four generals in combat in less than three weeks? If this latest report from Ukraine’s defense forces gets confirmed, Oleg Mityaev would only be the latest strategic brain drain from an invasion force that already suffers from strategic brainlessness. Mityaev was no greenhorn in combat either

Ukraine has killed another Russian general in a further “serious blow to the morale” of the invading forces, a government adviser said Wednesday.

Maj. Gen. Oleg Mityaev died Tuesday during the storming of Ukraine’s most devastated city, Mariupol, according to Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko — who later posted a photo of the body.

Mityaev would be at least the fourth general killed during the invasion, which Kremlin officials are reportedly calling a complete “clusterf–k.’’

Mityaev, 46, commanded the 150th Motorized Rifle Division and had fought in Syria, Gerashchenko said, saying his body was found with “the shoulder straps of a major general.”

It is estimated that 20 generals are deployed in Ukraine to command Russian troops through the invasion.

In only one week in early March, Ukraine reported the deaths of Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, commanding general of the Russian 7th Airborne Division and deputy commander of the 41st Army, and Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, chief of staff of the 41st Army.

Sukhovetsky was killed by sniper fire, while Gerasimov was shot dead outside the eastern city of Kharkiv, according to Ukrainian reports. The death of Sukhovetsky was confirmed in a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 3.

Major General Andrei Kolesnikov, commander of the 29th Combined Arms Army, was killed on March 11, Ukraine said.

Ukrainian forces have stalled them at Odessa, and Mariupol appears to be still holding out:

Mykolaiv, a city of about 500,000 people on Ukraine’s Black Sea shoreline, is all that’s standing in Russia’s way of an assault on the major port city of Odessa.

But despite more than a week of heavy bombardment, Ukraine’s forces in Mykolaiv have remarkably thwarted Russian advances — a major blow to the Kremlin’s apparent plans for an attack on Odessa, an economic lifeline for Ukraine as one of the largest Black Sea ports. Though Russian warships have lingered off the coast of Odessa, local officials have said the Russians are probably delaying any amphibious assault until they can get more ground support from their forces in the east.

That is how Mykolaiv has become a crucial roadblock. The region’s governor, Vitaliy Kim, told The Washington Post on Monday that some Russian forces were beaten back from here and are currently located in Kherson, about 40 miles to the southeast. They’ve repeatedly shelled the city, including civilian residences, with suspected cluster munitions, but have been unable to move into Mykolaiv itself.

Ukraine’s stand at Mykolaiv underscores how Russia’s advance in parts of the country has stalled, making this war more of a fight than many expected. Russia has more manpower and firepower, but it has been bogged down by what U.S. officials have said was a poor military strategy and basic logistical and supply issues.

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Russia bombs theater used as shelter in Mariupol, council claims

Those Godless commies are no better than the muslims. Fucking animals.

If reports of the number seeking shelter of 1200, it don't look good on Putin's BINGO card.

^^ Well, what was he doing blowing up a theater anyway?

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How does a modern army lose four generals in combat in less than three weeks?

Maybe they thought it was safer at the front than back in Moscow?

Haha, holy shit, amazing...

WTF?

....this was in Plano, as in Texas?
Not CA, not NY, not WA or, Portland but, Texas

At a city council meeting?

I'm pretty sure this same guy has done this before. He's straight up trolling, and I think it's hilarious.

ETA: yeah, he rapped about vaccines at a Dallas city council meeting a few months ago. It's completely off topic so I won't embed it, but here's the link.

https://youtu.be/-C9nxRYzt-0

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https://hotair.com/ed-morrisse...ls-at-odessa-n455729

How does a modern army lose four generals in combat in less than three weeks? .......

This is how I'd repel an invading force. Let them invade. Then one by one assassinate them from the top down. Maybe that's not conventional, but in an existential conflict, I'll do what I have to.

I accept that’s there’s a lot going on behind the scenes, intel, ‘advising’ & the like. I’d rather details of military aid packages were kept a little quieter. It can’t be hard for the Ruskies to figure out preferred supply routes.

I’d rather they find out about a weapons system when it’s about to hit the tank, no sooner.

Most understand a traditional ‘no-fly’ zone could be problematic with potential escalation. That said I’m thinking there are middle ground options to make it difficult for the opposing force to operate effectively. Even navigation or targeting disruption would be of some help.

I don’t think it’s in any way ‘accidental’ when a battlefield general is eliminated, keep it up.

One can read about previous corruption in Ukraine, likely something to it. Even with that known, it’s still easy to root against Putin.

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I accept that’s there’s a lot going on behind the scenes, intel, ‘advising’ & the like. I’d rather details of military aid packages were kept a little quieter. It can’t be hard for the Ruskies to figure out preferred supply routes.

No kidding. I wonder what the modern-day equivalent of the Lusitania sinking will look like?

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One can read about previous corruption in Ukraine, likely something to it. Even with that known, it’s still easy to root against Putin.

There has always been corruption in Ukraine, I like to tell the story of a relative of my wife. She works in a government department that by it's nature allows some people to get ahead in line so to speak. Her "official" take home a couple years ago was ~$400, at that time she bought a Honda Accord for 40K euros

When I broke my collar bone there (in Kharkiv) 2 hospitals did not even have the supplies to operate on it (don't attempt a flying somersault half way through a Ukrainian birthday party....)

Anyway, her Aunt made some calls and the next day I had an appointment at the biggest hospital in the city where the 2 of the head surgeons preceded to cut me open and put a plate in all while the head anesthesiologist told they were making KGB jokes

For this we paid $600...directly to the doctors

The current president got into office almost as a fluke he ran on an anti corruption platform. Not sure if he was just full of shit or was not so quietly told to sit down and shut up.

For the last couple years the only people accused of corruption were people that supported the previous regime...hmmmmmmm

I am not saying this to in anyway support what the russians are doing....hell they blew up my favorite restaurant where I first proposed to my wife not to mention driving my family from Kharkiv.

I am just saying they are all corrupt fucks and all 3 sides, Ukraine the Russians and the Western power are lying on a daily basis.

Right now I just want this damned war to end so we can take care of the family ....don't really care if it's the russians or the Ukrainians that win as they are the same and not much will change for the actual citizens.

Seems like this administration and the world is storming headlong into a nuclear war.

The "Big Guy" has to earn his 10% but the stage seems like it's being set for another bigger crisis which some people will be more than happy to exploit.

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Third of Americans Would Risk Nuclear War With Russia Over Ukraine: Poll

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...84Gh?ocid=uxbndlbing

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I am just saying they are all corrupt fucks and all 3 sides, Ukraine the Russians and the Western power are lying on a daily basis.

That sums up why we shouldn't be there. It's not our fight. It's sad. But we shouldn't get involved.

President Zelensky's address to the U.S. Congress yesterday. During his address he shows a brief video that contains some brief graphic war images. I had heard previously that some of the dead were being buried in mass graves, and the video seems to confirm this.

@19 minute video


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q-kuGHPs4TU