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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri May 29, 2026, 03:24 PM 9 hrs ago

With a stalemate in Ukraine and discontent at home, Pooty Poot seems ready to escalate his war

Facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians, President Vladimir Putin appears ready to try to change the narrative around the conflict.

He looks likely to sharply escalate the Russian aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital in the hope it will shore up his sagging domestic approval ratings and persuade an increasingly pessimistic audience at home that Moscow is winning the war, now in its fifth year.

Russia’s warning to carry out “consistent and systematic” missile strikes on Kyiv, accompanied by a call for evacuating foreign embassies from the capital, signals Putin’s intention to expand Russia's barrage despite the heavy costs and potential international outrage.

Massive drills of Russia's nuclear forces earlier this month and a series of belligerent statements from Moscow warning Kyiv’s European allies about possible retaliation for what the Kremlin cast as their involvement in Ukrainian drone attacks have underlined Putin’s intention to up the ante.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/stalemate-ukraine-discontent-home-putin-060311140.html

Go home Pooty. You're drunk again.

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With a stalemate in Ukraine and discontent at home, Pooty Poot seems ready to escalate his war (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 9 hrs ago OP
I'm really tired of that nasty little impotent tsar wannabe. Dave Bowman 9 hrs ago #1
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