Is Russia starting to lose the war?

HATEFUL EIGHT Another former Putin ally dies after ‘falling down several flights of stairs’ as eight cronies are mysteriously killed

A FORMER Putin ally and top aviation expert has died in Moscow, becoming the latest of the Russian president's associates to meet his end in a mysterious fashion since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Anatoly Gerashchenko, the former rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), died after reportedly falling down a series of flights of stairs on Tuesday.
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https://www.the-sun.com/news/6269942/former-putin-ally-dies-falling-down-stairs-russia-ukraine/


It's worth a quick look, 8 top Putin allies mysteriously die since the war. Sounds like there is
an underground movement that is clearly against the war and Putin.

Interesting!

@earl-of-trumps said
Cuba was never annexed by the USA - or show me the link.

Bay of Pigs and several assassination attempts on Castro is because America in the cold war was paranoid
about having a communist country in our hemisphere, not to mention right next door.

@kevcvs57 said
When you think of the culture wars some US and European right wingers have an affinity with the current regime in Russia.
Most US right wingers I would say have been more pro Ukraine than some left wingers to be fair.
MB is neither it just supports and propagates whatever causes the most division in the west in general.

@earl-of-trumps said
Cuba was never annexed by the USA - or show me the link.

Bay of Pigs and several assassination attempts on Castro is because America in the cold war was paranoid
about having a communist country in our hemisphere, not to mention right next door.

@metal-brain said
Putin is paranoid for the same reasons, just that it is the other way around this time.
Russia's former colony is right next door and was trying to join NATO

@vivify said
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-administration-jake-sullivan-throws-cold-water-ukraine-joining-nato-1748079

Biden Administration Throws Cold Water on Ukraine Joining NATO

Ukraine, despite their efforts, was never a realistic prospect for joining NATO and haven't been since 2008 when they first expressed interest in doing so. That's because Ukraine never has and still doesn't meet NATOs requirements.

NATO is just a scapegoat for Putin's warmongering.

@vivify said
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-administration-jake-sullivan-throws-cold-water-ukraine-joining-nato-1748079

Biden Administration Throws Cold Water on Ukraine Joining NATO

Ukraine, despite their efforts, was never a realistic prospect for joining NATO and haven't been since 2008 when they first expressed interest in doing so. That's because Ukraine never has and still doesn't meet NATOs requirements.

NATO is just a scapegoat for Putin's warmongering.

@no1marauder said
I've already shown you there are no mandatory steps to achieve membership besides the unanimous consent of present members and any interim requirements are waivable (as they were in the recent cases of Sweden and Finland).

@metal-brain said
Rubbish!

Ukraine had their NATO ambitions written into their constitution. They were trying and Jake Sullivan is a liar. He even admitted it.

https://kickthemallout.com/article.php/Bidens_National_Security_Advisor_Jake_Sullivan_Bragged_We_Are_Liars_and_Lying_Foot_Soldiers

@vivify said
And you are wrong. This has been pointed out to you.

There's a reason why NATOs Membership Action Plan exists, which NATO stated two decades ago Ukraine needs to complete, which they never did.

Finland and Sweden don't have the economic, political and social problems that MAP is designed to address like Ukraine does.

@vivify said
And you are wrong. This has been pointed out to you.

There's a reason why NATOs Membership Action Plan exists, which NATO stated two decades ago Ukraine needs to complete, which they never did.

Finland and Sweden don't have the economic, political and social problems that MAP is designed to address like Ukraine does.

@metal-brain said
That is irrelevant. They were trying and Russia was very unhappy about it. Did you expect Russia to wait until they did complete those things?

@no1marauder said
They don't "need" to complete anything if they get unanimous consent.

Why you keep pretending differently is a puzzle.

@vivify said
Also wrong.

@metal-brain said
On Friday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine had filed an application to join NATO under the fast-track procedure.

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/ukraine-should-have-held-referendum-on-nato-before-enshrining-it-in-constitution-zelensky-articleshow.html