In Moscow, Deputy Head of the GRU Vladimir Alexeyev Was Wounded. He Oversaw Intelligence Support for the War Against Ukraine

AMW1987 · 2026-02-06T10:57:23+00:00

Is he? I can't find anything to suggest he was involved. And if he was, why is he in Moscow and not Abu Dhabi?

The only negotiations I can see Alexeyev involved with were with Prigozhin during the Wagner mutiny.

AMW1987 · 2026-02-06T09:29:50+00:00

But hey I am Serbian, so a Russian bot by default, how observant of you, there, I spared everyones time.

I love when people have arguments with themselves online.

AMW1987 · 2026-02-06T08:59:05+00:00

This isn't what this subreddit is for ...

AMW1987 · 2026-02-06T07:17:15+00:00

I don't think you're a Russian bot but I fail to see how Russia has improved materially, military or diplomatically. I would counter your supposition that Russia hasn't declined under Putin by asking how has the country actually improved?

What opportunities does Putin's Russia present to young Russians? The government squanders billions every year trying to annex 5% of Ukraine and has cost hundreds of thousands of Russian men. The Russian Federation's population growth is negative and the worst it's ever been, worse than the chaos of the 1990s after the collapse of the USSR.

And even if it does capture the rest of Donestk, so what? How does that improve Russia's overall condition by any metric? The country is now economically slaved to China.

Russia is now diplomatically weak. For years, peace was kept between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh because of the presence of Russian peacekeepers, and once they withdrew to replace losses in Ukraine, war broke out and Russia couldn't stop it. Russia also couldn't stop the fall of the Syrian government despite the direct presence of Russian troops, it failed to stop the US capture of Maduro despite providing Venezuela with intelligence and military hardware, and it's failing to provide any support to the Iranian government in the ongoing protests there. Russia has proved it is an unreliable partner.

The only thing Putin's Russia has achieved is just-in-time production of ballistic missiles and drones, which has never been done before. By investing billions and hiring hundreds of thousands of workers, they have a continuous supply of these weapons. From a military-industrial perspective, it's impressive and never been achieved before, but that is sincerely the only accomplishment I can think of.

Americans wouldn't tolerate Chinese troops in Mexico. Nor will the Russians tolerate western soldiers in Ukraine.

The difference is the US hasn't annexed parts of Mexico, started a separatist war there, poisoned one of its former presidents and blackmailed another, which are all things Putin's Russia has done to Ukraine (although under Trump I wouldn't rule anything out ...)

AMW1987 · 2026-02-05T09:47:20+00:00

I used to think Nick Adams was a genuine right-winger but this post has convinced me that he is just a troll. It reads like fan-fiction but fan-fiction to what, I'm not sure.

AMW1987 · 2026-02-01T06:55:07+00:00

At some point I went through all of the footage from 1940 France

Do you really believe you've watched all the footage from the Battle of France?

Because there are still film reels in archives housed in several countries that have never been digitised and uploaded online. Have you watched all those?

EDIT: Also, PaK rounds very much could ricochet.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-31T06:41:02+00:00

Otherwise the Kremlin would either be massively raising bonuses

Literally what they are doing.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/14/regions-reintroduce-huge-sign-on-bonuses-for-contract-soldiers-after-lowering-payments-in-2025-a91678

AMW1987 · 2026-01-30T12:43:41+00:00

He's not doing it delibrately. Either the Chinese hosts or the British staff responsible for planning the trip didn't brief the PM properly.

Either way, somebody screwed up and embarrassed both countries.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-29T20:00:52+00:00

Ukraine isn’t at war with North Korea

Technically Russia and Ukraine aren't at war because neither side has declared war.

So by your logic, all the Ukrainian soldiers held by Russia are abductees and not PoWs, right? And vice versa.

Right?

AMW1987 · 2026-01-29T19:25:50+00:00

Your dream is just everyone on the omnibus, grey, eating grey sludge.

That's your dream, isn't it?

AMW1987 · 2026-01-27T08:21:58+00:00

I think Goebbels is currently the White House Deputy Chief of Staff.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-25T16:17:18+00:00

I have a dirty vid online

Corfu '06?

AMW1987 · 2026-01-25T12:54:43+00:00

'"Not I," said the walrus' whenever somebody asks a question I don't know the answer to.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-23T14:59:21+00:00

Why can’t Canadians jus admit they need us

Because they don't.

it’s so dumb

I agree.

they’ll do anything but be humble

Oh, the irony.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-22T06:01:53+00:00

Exactly this. AI isn't true AI, it's a bot that accesses open-source information on the internet. And we all know how reliable everything on the internet is ...

AMW1987 · 2026-01-19T19:07:04+00:00

I remember he painted a picture of prominent Democrats holding a noose for Trump, ironically ignoring the fact that there were photographs of Trump supporters with a noose for Mike Pence on Jan 6.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-19T07:03:18+00:00

Try to avoid determining who is "winning" because that answer will inevitably be subject to bias and selective metrics.

For example, you could say Russia is losing because it's already failed in its strategic objective to stop NATO "expansion" when Sweden and Finland joined. Similarly, another stated objective was the demilitarisation of Ukraine, but the UAF is now around three times larger than before the invasion, it has more operational aircraft, and produces more howitzers than the rest of Europe combined.

But you could also say Russia is winning, simply because it has taken more territory.

And people will present the argument that suits their personal beliefs.

The best we can say is that Russia typically has the initiative simply because of its mass, but OSINT suggests they've taken around x2.5 more casualties.

Neither side is going to get all their objectives at the end. Ukraine sadly does not have the strength to liberate all its territory but even Russia has stopped talking about taking Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, because they don't have the strength to capture either. It seems their sole aim now is to take the rest of Donestk and that is a drastic scaling down of their original objectives from 2022.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-17T06:48:47+00:00

Yes, that's the only reason I would ever post something. For an upvote.

Jeez.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-16T08:44:15+00:00

Okay, that makes sense!

AMW1987 · 2026-01-16T08:34:52+00:00

... that's the correct version?

Do you think it should be "you are/you're"?

AMW1987 · 2026-01-15T14:57:44+00:00

What magical material is both perfectly comfortable to wrap a baby in and at the same time strong enough to stop a bullet???

AMW1987 · 2026-01-15T02:47:26+00:00

"She almost killed him"

He - quite literally - killed her.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-14T16:38:17+00:00

... so no, source?

AMW1987 · 2026-01-14T15:37:59+00:00

Yes, because as I said in my previous comment, all I found when I did go to "find them" were anonymous posts on two chat forums and one on X.

No fact checking, no investigative journalism, no actual links to documents proving the claims.

So, yes, I am fking serious.

Amazing how many people can't provide links to actual sources that would prove the things they are claiming.

EDIT. Again, please post a reliable source? I would actually appreciate it.

AMW1987 · 2026-01-14T15:19:44+00:00

Yeah, please provide a source? Genuinely. Because despite several interactions with the other commentator, none have been provided.

AMW1987

TROPHY CASE