 Editor in Chief Bill   | 13 Aug 2024 9:20 p.m. PST |
President Vladimir Putin appointed his aide and former bodyguard Alexei Dyumin to oversee Russia's military response to the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, a federal lawmaker said Tuesday, an apparent confirmation of rumors circulated earlier by Russian military bloggers… Ukrainian Pravda: link Seems Putin is unhappy with both the military and the FSB roles in this crisis, sending someone else in to clean up the mess. |
| The dumb guy | 13 Aug 2024 10:49 p.m. PST |
It means he's running out of people who know what they're doing. He must fall back on loyalists.
How Hitlerian. |
| Nine pound round | 14 Aug 2024 3:08 a.m. PST |
A man whose most likely purpose is not strategic or tactical, but something cruder: the application of direct pressure to the officials on the spot. |
79thPA  | 14 Aug 2024 5:24 a.m. PST |
The old "It would be a shame if you fell out a window" talk. |
| Umpapa | 14 Aug 2024 10:58 a.m. PST |
Very good news for Ukraine |
| Callsign 21 | 14 Aug 2024 11:52 a.m. PST |
That'll go well, no doubt. |
| LostPict | 14 Aug 2024 1:22 p.m. PST |
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 Legion 4 | 14 Aug 2024 3:57 p.m. PST |
Don't think Putin's new man won't make much of a difference … |
| MiniatureWargaming dot com | 14 Aug 2024 5:31 p.m. PST |
Putin, after 10 days of Kursk catastrophe, summons Stalin's ghost: Stalin: "What's happened?"
Putin: "Nazis are at Kursk! My army is beaten! What should I do?"
Stalin: "Do like I did in 1943. Send your best Ukrainian troops to the front, and ask the US for arms!" |
| The dumb guy | 14 Aug 2024 7:52 p.m. PST |
As Tyrion Lannister said to Lord Tywin Lannister on being sent to Kings Landing, as acting Hand of the King, "Yes, yes. Heads, spikes…" |
| Zephyr1 | 14 Aug 2024 8:01 p.m. PST |
"Seems Putin is unhappy with both the military and the FSB roles in this crisis, sending someone else in to clean up the mess." He needs a Zhukov. Don't think he's going to find one… |
| Legion 4 | 15 Aug 2024 9:40 a.m. PST |
If Stalin and Zhukov came back from the dead … they'd hunt down Putin and bitch slap the 💩 out of him all night long ! Then repeat … |
| The dumb guy | 15 Aug 2024 3:38 p.m. PST |
Zhukov: "Heads up Vladdy. We're staging a coup here!" |
| HMS Exeter | 16 Aug 2024 12:23 a.m. PST |
He'd probably get better results recruiting Kim Jung Un's sister. Be all accounts she's one ruthless bit of business. |
| Legion 4 | 16 Aug 2024 4:48 p.m. PST |
It is said women can be deadlier than the males … |
| Nine pound round | 16 Aug 2024 5:36 p.m. PST |
Well, in that case, send ‘em the Hawk Tua Girl, her fifteen minutes ought to be about up. |
