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Botany

(73,155 posts)
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 01:42 PM Feb 2023

Zelenskyy, "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride."

CNN —

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has turned down an offer from the United States of evacuation from the capital city Kyiv, the Ukraine embassy in Britain said Saturday on Twitter.

“The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” Zelensky told the US, according to the embassy.

“Ukrainians are proud of their President,” the tweet adds.


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Last week the Russians were loosing 800 troops a day KIA.



Picture from 2019 Ukrainian Cossack Fighter Vlad "The Eliminator" Vladislav. The Ukrainians have been
in a hot war with Russia since 2014.

"Welcome to the Donbass, Ivan you will be going home as a corpse."

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PortTack

(35,227 posts)
1. The Cossacks have played a huge role over decades in the fight for freedom.
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 02:02 PM
Feb 2023

This is why Russia will never be successful in Ukraine

Slava Ukraine!

Botany

(73,155 posts)
2. I have read about 1,000+ Crimean Tatars that volunteered when Russia invaded in Feb. 2022
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 02:15 PM
Feb 2023

And they're plenty salty about Russia too.

PortTack

(35,227 posts)
4. They are!! They want their land back. Malcolm Nance has talked about the Cossacks. He says
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 04:55 PM
Feb 2023

All of Ukraine has gone full on Cossack.

WhiskeyGrinder

(24,318 posts)
3. Vlad Kapustyansky has been a leader in the far-right ultranationalist Svoboda ("Freedom") party
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 02:25 PM
Feb 2023

and has posed for a photo in a group with the Banderite flag. Why do you keep elevating his image?

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