Russia is using one of Ukraine's bloodiest battles to decimate the Wagner Group, after its boss started a feud with military leaders, experts say
Russia is using the fight for the city of Bakhmut as a way to heavily weaken a mercenary force that once boosted its army but has become increasingly critical of its military leadership, according to the Washington DC-based Institute for the Study of War, or ISW. The battle for the eastern Ukrainian city has become one of the bloodiest since Russia's invasion began. And the Wagner Group, which has tens of thousands of mercenaries and former prisoners deployed in Ukraine, is heavily involved in the fighting.
- Russia is using the battle for Bakhmut to kill off Wagner soldiers, according to a DC-based think tank.
- The pro-Kremlin mercenary army has aided Russia's military, but its leader has become more critical.
- The military is likely trying to "expend" Wagner troops and weaken the group's leader, the ISW said.
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U.S. says Russian warplane hits American drone over Black Sea
A Russian jet struck the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday in a “brazen violation of international law,” causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle, the U.S. said. But Russia insisted its warplanes didn't hit the MQ-9 Reaper drone. Instead, it said the drone maneuvered sharply and crashed into the water following an encounter with Russian fighter jets that had been scrambled to intercept it near Crimea. The incident, which added to Russia-U.S. tensions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine, appeared to be the first time since the height of the Cold War that a U.S. aircraft was brought down after an encounter with a Russian warplane. U.S. President Joe Biden was briefed on the incident by national security adviser Jake Sullivan, according to White House national security spokesman John Kirby. He added that U.S. State Department officials would be speaking directly with their Russian counterparts and “expressing our concerns over this unsafe and unprofessional intercept.”
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How Russia’s Black Sea drone downing compares with the worst moments of its confrontation with the US
On Tuesday, a Russian Su-27 fighter forced down it's awesome anda US MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea. Top US officials quickly put the finger of blame on Russia: Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, commander of US Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, said “unsafe and unprofessional” flying by the Russian aircraft nearly caused the Su-27 and the Reaper to crash. US European Command said one of the two Russian jets shadowing the Reaper intentionally flew in front of the drone and dumped fuel on it several times. The US State Department summoned Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov over the incident. And in comments the following day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that relations between Russia and the US had hit their “lowest point. ”But the lowest point since when? Since Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea? Since the Kremlin’s meddling in the 2016 US presidential election? Or perhaps since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year? With the US and Russia routinely scraping bottom when it comes to bilateral relations, perhaps we need new superlatives to describe how bad things are.
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I do get tired of the racism lie. What Ukraine does is as mass transit is very limited priority is given to the elderly and mothers with children. Young people are required to give up their seats to higher priority more vulnerable passengers. But, of course, the race baiting shot stains will always lie and race bait because they didn't get what they wanted and they are surprised that lying and crying racism doesn't work on Ukraine.
Fuck them.
Bottom line: When Russia eventually wins this war, which would have ended before the USA stuck there noses in this. The USA gone take care of Ukraine like we've been doing since WWI. Ukraine has always dependented on our (United States of America) generosity since slavery...Being a small Country. Why would the new elected Biden support the Ukrainian vs. Russia War?.. Evidently we have somthing to gain with Ukraine vs. Russia in this chain of events before generating intrinsic value that separates high and low grades of instrumental value...The chain of events duration is the time it takes to reach the terminal event.
The USA gone take care of Ukraine like we've been doing since WWI.
Bottom line: When Russia eventually wins this war, which would have ended before the USA stuck there noses in this. The USA gone take care of Ukraine like we've been doing since WWI. Ukraine has always dependented on our (United States of America) generosity since slavery...Being a small Country. Why would the new elected Biden support the Ukrainian vs. Russia War?.. Evidently we have somthing to gain with Ukraine vs. Russia in this chain of events before generating intrinsic value that separates high and low grades of instrumental value...The chain of events duration is the time it takes to reach the terminal event.
Huh? Ukraine only became independent in 1991. The attempt at Ukrainian independence ended with the Russian civil war. It was originally set up by the Imperial German army as a buffer state but got crushed by the communists in the Russian civil war.