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No one would like to have Ukraine in Nato?

https://www.sott.net/article/494147-Ukraine-could-join-NATO-as-rump-state-bloc-members-president

I though Are they planning to make Ukraine herself a big NATO base for the next forthcoming wars...Ahaha!

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Glenn, do you say Iran and North Korea attacked Ukraine since Russia use drones and missiles from those two states?

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On Thursday, the president had a video conference with Russian politicians and the governors of the three border counties of Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk. Then he blamed others for the failure to defend Russian territory.

The problems in Kursk are "the responsibility of the security forces," the president said. Putin always blames others for his own mistakes

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The Russian state TV channels have daily broad coverage from the battlefield in Ukraine. The reports from the Kursk battlefield are very modest in comparison.

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The Russians just have to accept that for the time being it is more important for the Kremlin to win battles in Ukraine than to drive the Ukrainians out of Kursk. After two and a half years of large-scale war, Putin's soldiers do not control any of the four counties written into the constitution as part of Russia.

In the first days after the Ukrainian invasion, Russian conscripts were used in the defense. Several hundred were taken as prisoners of war and taken to Ukrainian prisons. The Washington Post was among those who were allowed to meet the prisoners. Putin promised in March 2022 that conscripts would not be sent into combat.

The promise was broken, and the families of the conscripts began collecting signatures demanding the exchange of prisoners of war.

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Russians associated with intelligence, security police and defense know that Putin has a thing for blaming others and victimizing them without blinking an eye. With all that implies of power struggles before and after.

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Since North Koreans and Iranian weapons and ammunition are used by Russia in Ukraine, it means North Korea and Iran have invaded Ukraine as well?

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