Violence, abuse, prohibition to use the toilet, use of pepper spray and the "I am Russian!" song blasting on repeat. This is how wounded Russian solldiers who refuse to go back to Ukraine to die in the "Special Military Operation$ are being disciplined in Yakutsk, Russia - cramped into small cells, 28 people in each one.
In a secret location outside #Lviv, in western #Ukraine, a very special conference was held this week. About twenty representatives from different sectors of the russian opposition They met on May 22 and 23 to outline a new unitary political platform.
Ukraine wants to destabilize the aggressor country by giving wings to the weak opposition to #Putin.
…BUT #PUTIN CONFIDENT IN HIS GRIP ON POWER: Putin is overseeing the largest overhaul of his defense ministry since the outbreak of full-scale war, seemingly secure in his political position as he starts a fifth term, the New York Times reports.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, I have a serious injury, I have become disabled.....they deceived me.....they didn’t pay me....they threw me away.....with respect to you...” #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin
A man in the Moscow region ran over (on video) his girlfriend with a car after she decided to break up with him. According to Mash, the victim died in the hospital. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin
"FSB Launches Sweeping Purge of Military Elites With Kremlin’s Approval
The purge of top officers is the result of infighting between the #FSB and the military over the failure to capture Kyiv and competition for defense funds."
"People returning to their homeland" do not have the right to just kill and take. #Putin uses this excuse to attack Ukraine. #Hitler used it to attack Poland.
#Palestinians are not migrants. They were there first. They are natives. Recent WASP converts to Judaism are not.
The recent arrests of five top Russian military officers are likely just the first of dozens of military figures who will be jailed in a sweeping purge by the security services.
“There is a fierce cleanup underway. The #FSB is mopping up [former Defense Minister Sergei] #Shoigu's team. It’s to be expected. This kind of operation can only be carried out with approval at the very top [of the country's leadership]”
Perhaps someone can help with this problem... and help get more aid to Ukraine.
VIDEO: "Short on air defenses and waiting for more international military support, Ukraine is turning to improvised weapons to hold Russian soldiers back on the front line. DW's Nick Connolly met soldiers who are using agricultural drones to make up for missing firepower."