Article

2023-05-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by badanov 2023-05-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The long anticipated Ukrainian offensive. Only thing accomplished is that it was offensive. Next offensive will be gratify on bathroom walls. Stay tuned to western media. All the while Z hides in Finland. Hoping in about ten days Putin promises not to assassinate him so he can return.

Posted by Dale 2023-05-04 03:30|| 2023-05-04 03:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Not to be confused by the Drone that sits in the White House.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-05-04 07:54|| 2023-05-04 07:54|| Front Page Top

#3 As attacks on Russia's infrastructure continue, Iran on behalf of their allie Russia seizes oil tankers bound for the US.

Posted by Ebbimp Lover of the Trolls5787 2023-05-04 09:04|| 2023-05-04 09:04|| Front Page Top

#4 White House slams Russia for saying U.S. orchestrated Putin 'assassination attempt': John Kirby hits back at 'lying' Kremlin's 'ludicrous' claims Biden administration was behind Kremlin drone 'attack'

White House behind a bungled mission?
Seems a reasonable assumption.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-04 09:51|| 2023-05-04 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 They were bragging up such a mission just the other week.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-04 10:15|| 2023-05-04 10:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Nord Stream-Lite ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-04 10:27|| 2023-05-04 10:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Was the Drone Attack on the Kremlin a False Flag Operation Conducted by Russia? - PJ Media

Posted by DarthVader 2023-05-04 10:33|| 2023-05-04 10:33|| Front Page Top

#8 Just saying that going around saying you'll do something, and then something happens, guess who gets looked at first. False flag or not, the Ukes advertised they wanted to own such a move. And here it is.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-04 11:38|| 2023-05-04 11:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Russian media aggregator Baza, citing unidentified internal sources, claimed that residents of Moscow suburbs noticed the drones flying at very low altitudes well in advance of the moment of contact with the Kremlin Senate Palace building on May 3 but that authorities ignored their reports as “drone hysteria.”

Russian officials are likely using the May 3 drone strike on the Kremlin to expand cancellations of parades for the May 9 Victory Day holiday. Russian sources reported that Russian officials have canceled May 9 parades in 21 cities in Russia and occupied Crimea either without offering official justification or citing security reasons. Russian officials in several cities claimed that they were canceling May 9 events and parades out of concern for participants of the “special military operation.” ISW has previously assessed that the Kremlin will use the May 3 strike to cancel May 9 events and augment its informational effort to frame the war in Ukraine as an existential threat to Russia. The Kremlin likely hopes to limit typical May 9 events to conceal the degradation of the Russian military because such events demonstratively showcase advanced Russian military equipment, much of which is either critical to Russian operations in Ukraine or has been destroyed in 14 months of attritional fighting. The Kremlin also likely hopes to curb May 9 events out of fears that celebrations honoring deceased servicemembers could become a potential source of domestic backlash for Russia’s high casualty figures in Ukraine. Russian officials have canceled immortal regiment memorial events in recent weeks likely for such reasons.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-04 22:45|| 2023-05-04 22:45|| Front Page Top

23:44 DooDahMan
23:01 Silentbrick
22:58 Chinesing Protector of the Weak6914
22:45 Enver Slager8035
22:36 trailing wife
22:15 Enver Slager8035
22:02 Enver Slager8035
21:52 Enver Slager8035
21:50 Enver Slager8035
21:29 Super Hose
20:36 Super Hose
20:35 Raj
20:08 Deacon Blues
20:08 Frank G
20:04 Deacon Blues
19:40 Procopius2k
19:38 Snomogum Schwarzeneggar1298
19:35 Procopius2k
19:32 badanov
18:47 SteveS
18:43 SteveS
18:12 lord garth
18:12 swksvolFF
18:00 jpal