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Annexation Concert:

http://www.twitter.com/maxseddon/sta...DSicriy94rAAAA

The pro-annexation concert on Red Square is in full swing. Ivan Okhlobystin, the star of the Russian version of Scrubs, is saying that Kharkiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and other cities in "Russian Ukraine" are next to be annexed

The concert is in full gear—and apparently, all those other cities in "Russian Ukraine" are on the chopping block too.

I guess this is exactly what Putin will be demanding during those negotiations he’s been talking about.

Now that the Donbas is back under Russian control, they’ve gone ahead and burned Ukrainian books right in front of a school in Mariupol 😠. They've also hung Russian flags everywhere and put up posters of Zakharchenko. It’s basically the same old story they've been playing out for centuries—trying to strip Ukrainians of their identity by banning their language, their culture, their schools, and their history...

Gregory Ramos3 said:The bummer is, that would probably mean giving up those territories, since they can't really get into NATO until they have full control over everything within their internationally recognized borders.

But hey, we're living in such a wild era where precedents just keep getting tossed out the window, so who actually knows what might happen ☕

It feels more like a performance for the public—and a message to the White House. Ukraine isn't joining NATO tomorrow.

Plus, there's the NATO address tonight.

Justin Rogers5 said:To me, they looked like they were about to burst into tears from being moved. Kadyrov was even looking up at the sky, thanking Allah or whoever.
That woman wearing a helmet instead of hair had teary eyes too, but I don't buy it—she wasn't crying because she felt bad. You need a soul for that, and these humans shaped incarnations of Satan? They don't have one.
But when Putin denies something, it’s cause for concern. He denied the invasion, too, and then seven days later...

Could be.

Michael Davis9 said:Honestly, I'd rather they break down in tears than have some dictator send them straight to the front lines.

In today’s terms, you’d call that pure BIG DICK ENERGY!
I truly believe the phones over at the KGB (or the military command) are going to be ringing off the hook in the coming days; the ball is firmly in their court now.

Honestly, they looked like they were right on the verge of tears—even Dmitry Medvedev seemed to be feeling it.

Since Putin seems to have a thing for certain dates—and I'm pretty sure it wasn't by accident—September 30, 1938, marks when the Munich Agreement was signed. That was the moment Adolf Hitler annexed about 30% of Czechoslovakia's territory into Germany.

Christian Torres3 said:Exactly. Even among those who watched him, there are people ready to follow him blindly, and he knows it.

Honestly, most of them looked like they were at a funeral. As for Ramzan Kadyrov, he just looked like he was holding back tears, and Dmitry Peskov looked like he nearly passed out.

loneskipper3 said:He’s bringing up South Korea again—claiming they're under occupation. 😁 I wonder why he doesn't bother asking the South Koreans themselves which version of Korea they actually want? You know, the one fashioned by the USSR and China, or the one built by the Americans.

I suppose we'll see a "special military operation" for liberation there soon too. 😁.

gentlerider7 said:Putin claims the West is acting just like Goebbels

"He went on to say that Western nations have basically 'drowned the truth in an ocean of liars, illusions, and pure fabrication.'

“They lie without a second thought, following that old Goebbels playbook: the more outrageous the lie, the faster people will swallow it. That’s exactly how they operate,” Putin claimed.

The head of state also threw in a jab about the economy, noting that you can't exactly eat paper—meaning those US dollars and Euros—since what people actually need is food and energy to survive."

https://www-gazeta-ru.translate.goog..._x_tr_pto=wapp

🙏 🤣. So, when is he going to hand Kyiv back to Mother Russia? And what about Odesa?

Nancy Gomez26 said:Fortunately, they haven't declared Lviv part of the LPR and DPR just yet. But there is still plenty of time for that to happen.

😲? 🙂 The biggest ultra-nationalists are right there—they don't need that, they'll give it to Poland instead. I was just reading a chat where people were saying the fake Western media isn't even reporting that Poland occupied Galicia a month 🙄.

rowdyraven112 said:When I pointed out how seriously we should take Lazarov's claim that Russia can't lose this militarily, or Lavrov's statement about Russia having a legitimate right to use nuclear weapons to defend its sovereignty, I was branded a spreader of Putinism.

That link explaining how NATO might use conventional weapons to strike Russian territory where a nuke was launched was eye-opening. Honestly, we really need to question the IQ of people falling for that kind of nonsense.

Total isolation of Russia? Yes. Economic and military threats against the smaller players supporting Russia? Yes. Military action against those disobedient smaller states? Absolutely. Beyond that, I'm not making any more guesses.

The Russians say a lot, but they lie even more. Honestly, they lie to themselves most of all—they've convinced themselves their own fabrications are reality. You can't really blame them for being trapped in this cycle after spending the last 15 years pouring massive amounts of energy into propaganda, delusions, and pure myth-making. They’ve become hostages to their own stories. I mean, who is to blame for the fact that they never actually sat down to figure out why the USSR collapsed? If the loss of the Soviet Union still hurts that much, shouldn't they have at least faced the truth internally? Instead of admitting their mistakes—even if just privately within the Kremlin—they chose to double down on the myth of World War II. They lean heavily on that history, acting like they were the only ones fighting the Nazis while painting the rest of the world as some "evil West" out to destroy them. On the global stage, you always hear the same old complaints about NATO expansion—but they never stop to ask the obvious question: Why is everyone else running away from Russia in the first place? At the end of the day, they’re still clinging to those lies. Their obsession with these myths isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Even if they decided to just toss all their nukes out there—which, let's be honest, would be wild—I still like to think they value life. At the end of the day, they have families, kids, and grandkids too. People aren't just numbers.
Look, at the end of the day, that territory isn't really theirs—but hey, they can certainly act like the whole world revolves around Russia if they want to. They had every chance to keep Ukraine within their own sphere of influence; honestly, who's to blame if they didn't see that coming? Just a bit of hindsight being 20/20, I guess.
And honestly, whose fault is that anyway? They want to be a global superpower so badly—but they just don't have the chops to pull it off. It's not really anyone's "fault" if you aren't built for it, right?
So, who’s actually to blame for why their calendar says 1818 while everyone else is living in 2022?

wearytrucker22 said:To all you nuclear enthusiasts

Back in the year 2020, the United States dropped roughly $37.4 billion just to keep its nuclear arsenal running. China came in second with a $10.1 billion price tag, followed by Russia at $8 billion.

Now, just try to wrap your head around the actual condition of those weapons. Setting the USA aside for a moment, look at China and Russia. You’ve got Russia sitting on thousands of warheads while China has a few hundred—yet the Chinese spent significantly more than the Russians just to maintain them.

Well, the Russians were too busy spending money on yachts and villas in the corrupt West🙄. You can't have it all,😁 I guess.

rowdyraven112 said:So now you're thinking like me. I agree on the facts: we need major powers. Otherwise, someone like Orban or Meloni could actually try to act on those territorial claims they bark about during campaigns. As it stands, they know it stays just as campaign rhetoric. Then the news networks blow it up into a scandal. It's unnecessary.
The problem arises when dictators within those big military states lose their minds. Imagine an American Putin sitting in the White House. Suddenly, "being under Americans" doesn't sound so great. Sure, there are democratic mechanisms in place, but we've already seen how easily a mob can storm the Capitol.

The situation at the front is so messy you can't predict more than an hour ahead. One thing is certain: Putin will try to seize the initiative with fresh troops. But if he fails and the Ukrainians strengthen significantly, I fear this ends with two or three nuclear bombs. I don't think they'll be standard 100-kilotonners; likely much weaker.
After that, anything short of a total blockade of Russia would be a mistake. If we have to fill the Bosporus with rubble, so be it. We are underestimating the Russians. Stalin ran the exact same playbook when Germany invaded Russia. He called on the church to rally the people to fight. Putin is doing the same thing, just in a different era.

LinaK described the trends best: 25% of Ukrainians might surrender, 25% won't fight, and 25% will fight like hell, which is why they were attacked like devils. But in reality, 25% of a 10 million population capable of fighting is more than enough. Looking at history, we started with less than 10%. It's a similar story in Russia. That's why I say: never underestimate the Russians.

My post actually ended up being quite prophetic right before the Kherson/Kharkiv offensive. It wasn't "true" per se, but it was certainly significant.😁.

Revenger20 said:What about Crimea?

Crimea, obviously—but only once every last occupier leaves Ukrainian territory and retreats back to the 1991 borders.

A quick update on Mariupol—heard some more explosions echoing through different parts of the city today. A few more defenders from Azovstal have been liberated, specifically some Marines this time, along with civilians who were being held by the Russians 🎉 🎉 🎉.

Revenger20 said:We'll see.

There’s no stopping until Donetsk is liberated.

crimsoncyclist71 said:And what does an annexation actually achieve for them? Absolutely nothing, as long as Ukraine keeps fighting. And they will, backed by massive amounts of military aid from the world's largest economies. What exactly can Ruzsiaj do? Bark at the Moon and throw around nuclear threats because they're clearly losing the war.

It means they’ll finally be able to claim they brought Russian territory back to the motherland: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. We're just waiting on Odesa, Kharkiv, and Kyiv—the heart of it all 😁 😁.

Joshua Myers432 said:Let’s be realistic—what can the West actually do? They slapped sanctions on Russia, armed Ukraine, and isolated Russia. That’s the extent of it. If the Russians are strong enough to annex parts of Ukraine, you can howl at the Moon all you want.

Enough said.

Melissa Rivera5 said:I wouldn't say that, though. Honestly, the help Ukraine's gotten so far has been pretty incredible.

Pretty much the only thing worse than this would be WW3. I don't think anyone can honestly say the West has just abandoned Ukraine to its fate right now.

Between 2014 and 2022, the aid was way more limited than what we're seeing now—it seems like they finally realized where they went wrong.
They haven't been left hanging; if anything, I don't think any other country has ever seen this kind of help.

Lisa Patel4 said:So, is Russia actually losing this war even though they annexed territory roughly the size of Canada? That’s basically the economic heart of Ukraine we're talking about. Just a reminder: Ukraine lost access to its ports, vital mineral resources, a massive chunk of its fertile farmland, and the entire Sea of Azov.

I'll say it again: this looks like nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory for Russia. If they don't hold everything up to the Kharkiv-Odesa line, it's a loss in my book.

For those who don't know, Stalin annexed the Baltic states after WWII. The West refused to recognize it—just like they didn't recognize the communist government in Poland—but they still cooperated with the Soviet Union whenever it was convenient.

Ultimately, the West will probably do exactly what they did after the annexation of Crimea: they'll talk a big game and criticize publicly, while quietly accepting that the territory belongs to Russia now.

It seems Ukrainians haven't learned much from history. The English threw the Czech Republic to Hitler without a second thought, and Churchill certainly didn't hesitate to hand all of Poland over to Stalin at Yalta.

The West stayed quiet about Crimea, but I don't think they'll stay silent this time. It won't matter how much Putin annexes things—the territory will keep being liberated. The Ukrainians are pushing forward, and we'll just see where it leads.