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2022-04-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

There is no time to clean Azovstal; Everything will be fast

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Posted by badanov 2022-04-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1 I have seen videos of the Azov fighters. They are very spread out and are constantly infiltrating Russian lines wreaking havoc.

For example:
https://funker530.com/video/nsfw-azov-battalion-brutally-ambushes-russian-troops/

Posted by Clusosh Floluter6074 2022-04-19 01:21|| 2022-04-19 01:21|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Inevitable with that kind of close combat.

Posted by badanov 2022-04-19 01:35|| 2022-04-19 01:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Aren't these "illegal" per treaties, and thus the use of them constitutes a war crime?

Posted by Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-04-19 02:02|| 2022-04-19 02:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Aren't these "illegal" per treaties, and thus the use of them constitutes a war crime?

Not against armed opponents.

Posted by badanov 2022-04-19 02:09|| 2022-04-19 02:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Last hours of the neonazi Azov Battalion. Eight long years of terror, torture, rape and murder finally coming to an end -- thank God.

Posted by Clinter Uluper7418 2022-04-19 03:01|| 2022-04-19 03:01|| Front Page Top

#6 and now Russian terror, torture, rape and murder?

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-19 06:30|| 2022-04-19 06:30|| Front Page Top

#7 This is coming from Komsomolskaya Pravda which used to be an 'official' paper. Makes me wonder if this intimate discussion of future plans is meant to encourage the Ukr troops to surrender.

The fighting is in a bombed-out, post-apocalyptic factory complex - a great place to defend from. The defenders are surrounded with no hope of relief or resupply. A ground attack is suicidal. More shelling just makes more wreckage to hide behind. It would be convenient if the defenders surrendered. Better press for the Russians, too.

Posted by SteveS 2022-04-19 08:11|| 2022-04-19 08:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Kreminna has fallen:
"Russian invading forces have taken control of the city of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine and Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the city," the regional governor said on Tuesday

Slovyansk will fall next

Mariupol's steel factory will be bombed to rubble with bunker busters

Posted by Ulavitle the Hairy8637 2022-04-19 08:14|| 2022-04-19 08:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

From Izvestia 11 minutes ago:

The armed forces of the Russian Federation on April 19 at 14:00 opened a humanitarian corridor for the withdrawal of Ukrainian soldiers and militants who voluntarily laid down their arms from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

The time is about 1415 hrs in Mariupol.

Posted by badanov 2022-04-19 08:16|| 2022-04-19 08:16|| Front Page Top

#10 British War Tourist Aiden Aslin, Fighting for Ukraine, Captured in Donbass, Mariupol

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