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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,900 posts)
Sat Feb 19, 2022, 02:09 PM Feb 2022

Breakaway Regions in Ukraine Issue Call-Up Orders as Russia Tests Missiles

Leaders of the Russian-led breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine called on all eligible men to take up arms to defend their territory, escalating tensions that could trigger a full-scale war as the government in Kyiv reported that one of its soldiers had been killed by separatist fighters.

Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Saturday ordered the general mobilization of men aged between 18 and 55 years old, including reservists, telling them to report to enlistment offices.

“I appeal to all the men of the Republic, who are able to hold weapons in their hands, [to] stand up for their families, their children, wives, mothers,” Mr. Pushilin said in a televised address. “Together we will achieve the desired and necessary victory for all of us.”

Leonid Pasechnik, leader of the Luhansk separatist statelet of Ukraine’s Donbas region Saturday issued a similar order.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/breakaway-regions-in-ukraine-issue-call-up-orders-as-russia-tests-missiles/ar-AAU4dLO

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Breakaway Regions in Ukraine Issue Call-Up Orders as Russia Tests Missiles (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 OP
Who they defending it from. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #1
They say they're expecting a Ukrainian invasion. Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #2
Thanks for information. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #3
Putin wants the Minsk Accords to be fully implemented Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #4
Who made him boss. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #5
Thank you for the map! EndlessWire Feb 2022 #6

Texaswitchy

(2,962 posts)
3. Thanks for information.
Sat Feb 19, 2022, 03:52 PM
Feb 2022

I 🤔 it was something like this.

Misinformation from Putin?

Will Putin do a false flag.

 

Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts)
4. Putin wants the Minsk Accords to be fully implemented
Sat Feb 19, 2022, 04:26 PM
Feb 2022

in Ukraine, which would make these provinces Autonomous Regions within a Federal Ukraine.

He also wants NATO to stop threatening Russia.

Texaswitchy

(2,962 posts)
5. Who made him boss.
Sat Feb 19, 2022, 04:39 PM
Feb 2022

NATO is not threatening Russia.

It is the other way around.

Putin wants the old Soviet Union back.

I had friends in the Army and Air Force before the wall came down in West Germany.

We had troops in Europe for a reason.

Nobody wants to be under Putin.



EndlessWire

(6,509 posts)
6. Thank you for the map!
Sat Feb 19, 2022, 07:43 PM
Feb 2022

"They're expecting a Ukrainian invasion." These are not independent from Ukraine. And, they are not part of Russia. Whatever happens, this is Russia's fault for meddling.

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