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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 12, 2024, 08:54 PM May 12

Urgent update: Shoigu fired, Belgorod blown up, Kharkiv frontline Vlog 682: War in Ukraine - Anna from Ukraine



Russian dictator Vladimir Putin announced he will replace the country's top defense and security officials from their posts, as Moscow's forces race to conquer territory across Ukraine before a new wave of Western weaponry arrives in Kyiv. In a statement Sunday evening, Putin said he will remove defense minister Sergei Shoigu, who has overseen Russia's armed forces since 2012. He will be replaced by Andrei Belousov, an economist with no military experience. Intelligence chief Nikolai Patrushev was dismissed from that position despite being widely seen as one of Putin’s closest, and most hawkish, confidants.
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Urgent update: Shoigu fired, Belgorod blown up, Kharkiv frontline Vlog 682: War in Ukraine - Anna from Ukraine (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 12 OP
Thanks elleng May 12 #1
You're welcome. TexasTowelie May 12 #3
I feel so sorry for the people of Ukraine RazorbackExpat May 12 #2

RazorbackExpat

(81 posts)
2. I feel so sorry for the people of Ukraine
Sun May 12, 2024, 09:12 PM
May 12

I count my blessings that I have been able to live my life in peaceful and free countries and hope that Ukrainians will soon be able to enjoy the same

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