Russia says it is WITHDRAWING some troops
from Ukraine in first sign of a climbdown
after US intelligence said units were
in 'attack positions' and warned of invasion
'by end of week' - but is it all just
another one of Putin's deceptions?
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Chris Pleasance
&
Harriet Alexander
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/15/2022 5:08:37 AM
Russia says some troops are being withdrawn from the Ukraine border and sent back to their home bases in what could be the first sign of a climbdown by Putin - or another of the strongman's deceptions ahead of an attack.Moscow's defence ministry said today that units of the Southern and Western military command - which covers occupied Crimea and the Ukraine border region - are being loaded on to rail and road transports and moved away having 'completed their tasks' after training drills.
But that message stands at stark odds with briefings out of Washington overnight that Russian troops are actually being moved closer to the border -
Reply 1 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 2/15/2022 7:44:41 AM (No. 1072383)
Personally I think Putin is playing three dimensional chess with an idiot who doesn't know how to play checkers....
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 2/15/2022 7:58:50 AM (No. 1072399)
The cat is playing with the dying mouse. FJB
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 2/15/2022 8:14:08 AM (No. 1072411)
KamaLOL did it!
Despicable Joe sent her there to make peace - - and she DID! What's the phone number of the Nobel committee?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/15/2022 8:27:05 AM (No. 1072426)
Wait for it. Putin is setting up a situation which will make TaliBiden crow to the world that his tough talk made the notorious Russian back off. Then Putin will smack Joey down and make him look like an even bigger delusional idiot.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
TCloud 2/15/2022 8:50:59 AM (No. 1072446)
Some say he is not. But go ahead and project the next move by the Chess Player!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 2/15/2022 9:04:43 AM (No. 1072462)
The troops who have sitting by the border for 3 months need a fresh pair of undies and a hot bowl of borscht. They can return at a moment's notice.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 2/15/2022 9:10:26 AM (No. 1072471)
They're just punking Brandon now.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Muguy 2/15/2022 9:12:25 AM (No. 1072474)
If things play out like they have in the past, they will wait until AFTER the Olympic Games... remember what happened after the Sochi Winter games?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
smokincol 2/15/2022 9:22:12 AM (No. 1072493)
if anybody thinks this is because of the phone call from diapers to putin, they ought to have their head examined or at the least stop watching the TV channels they watch, specially if they watch the alphabet channels - putin is playing diapers for the fool that he really is
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Troutgreen 2/15/2022 9:24:42 AM (No. 1072498)
Seems like I remember the Russians sending all kinds of aircraft screaming at our bases in Germany back in the '70s. Our response was to scramble our planes to intercept them. Just before they engaged the approaching aircraft, the Russians would break off and head home. Probably laughed the whole way home. The next day we did the same thing to them. Training mission, don't you see? Really expensive. Scrambling fighters is not cheap or easy.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
padiva 2/15/2022 9:29:29 AM (No. 1072509)
Joey will breath. Putin will withdraw the troops. (or pretend to)
Joey will be seen as the savior.
Joey will be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Jill will go to the Nobel ceremony for Joey.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
VietVet68 2/15/2022 9:35:35 AM (No. 1072519)
"Is it just another one of Putin's deceptions".....how about this...Is it just another one of the Biden regime's deceptions? This week Durham released some information indicating that Hillary Clinton and her campaign spied on Trump before and during the election as well as while he was president with the full knowledge of Obama and Biden. This is very bad for the current regime and a little "wag the dog" episode like a Russian invasion of Ukraine is just what Biden needed to take the focus off the treason committed by the democrat party and their enablers in the left wing media. It's a classic head fake.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
hershey 2/15/2022 9:43:40 AM (No. 1072533)
Ummmm., looks like Biteme's 'wag the dog' isn't going quite as planned..and #1 reminded me of the cartoon of Biteme and Putin...Biteme has checkers on his side, and Putin has Chessmen on his side of the board...should have been cards, with Biteme using a 1/2 empty deck...
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 2/15/2022 9:53:30 AM (No. 1072548)
Putin has successfully taken two big bites out of Ukraine, and invaded and keeps about 1/3 of the tiny country of Georgia.
Putin does what he thinks he can get away with.....and he has gotten away with this sort of illegal, military three times so far, why not another? Nothing that Demented, Stupid Joe says or will do now makes a difference. In some ways, similar to Hitler's early 'conquests', and the USA and European powers did nothing then, too.
Giving the Ukrainians effective anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, which was done at some level recently, MAY have a deterrent effect. Nothing else that the fool in the White House has said or done has been of any significance. I'm not sure what the quantities of missiles supplied were, hopefully adequate numbers to turn many Russian tanks and aircraft into burning wreckage.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Pegmo 2/15/2022 10:03:08 AM (No. 1072568)
I side with and believe Putin on this situation. Our media and Democrats are pushing the false narratives.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 2/15/2022 10:14:24 AM (No. 1072580)
This is totally between Russia and Ukraine. Biden is just using it as a distraction. The media and the Democrats are indeed creating false narratives.
Invasion is imminent! Invasion by the end of the week! What's next? Invasion any day now?
F J Biden!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/15/2022 10:26:19 AM (No. 1072594)
Agree with #1. If Putin had meant to invade Ukraine he would have done it before Joe sent our toys and boys to their border. Even the president of Ukraine knows better. Joe is a pawn who thinks he is a king. If the game of chess had a court jester, Joe would not have the rank of pawn.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Roscoelewis 2/15/2022 10:27:16 AM (No. 1072596)
It's called a head fake.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
justavoter 2/15/2022 10:30:45 AM (No. 1072598)
Putin pulls some troops off the Ukraine border; crude oil prices drop $4.50 / barrel. Putin is playing a balancing act of how much pressure to keep in place and not let crude oil prices plummet. Nobody is starting a shooting war.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
billp 2/15/2022 10:34:11 AM (No. 1072600)
The whole build-up was probably just a military exercise and to see how Brandon might respond to a perceived threat. I am so inclined to believe because even the Ukrainian leadership wasn't taking it as seriously as this Administration.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
VirtuDawg 2/15/2022 11:04:58 AM (No. 1072628)
Vlad is just playing Rope-a-Dope with Brandon. More to come . . .
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Pearson365 2/15/2022 11:26:33 AM (No. 1072645)
Map in the article shows the Ukraine in an economic vise because it is surrounded by Russian army and naval forces. Which may mean that Putin does not have to invade in order to drive the country to its knees. Without the ability to import manufactured goods and consumer products while prevented from exporting its agricultural products, how does a poor country like Ukraine survive? And if commercial airlines continue to curtail their cargo flights into/out of Kiev, Putin’s siege of Ukraine could result in capitulation without an invasion.
What Putin gains from turning Ukraine into a territory little different than our Puerto Rico remains to be seen.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Californian 2/15/2022 12:39:51 PM (No. 1072706)
Joe and his puppet masters wrong. I was right. Where do I apply to get their salaries?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
coldoc 2/15/2022 1:03:07 PM (No. 1072742)
Biden being played like one of the world's dumbest fiddles.
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