suits him well, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7FUpOyEdHw (fast forward to 1:25); the Meduza article also says that Putin loves this shithead...

He's ready to run a fascist state. Here he is being a Nazi. The end should speak enough for those that don't understand Russian: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xkXVVcPWSU8

Where did you find this? Can anyone give me insight as to what was said? This is wild. it is this event(1)?

(1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_march

Hmmm... I speak Russian as a native speaker. The speech honestly does not make sense. This is a fragment of a longer speech that is missing context unless you are tuned into local politics as of 2007.

He's talking about criminals joining the ranks of Russia's army and how he's unhappy about it. Go figure...

He's also upset that the world is not considering him and his people as people.

Deciphering the symbolic was more interesting. He kept his fist closed in the end, but others did not.

The Black/Yellow/White flag is a Russian flag from Tzar Alexander II. The Blue/Yellow/Red flag appears to be related to Germany.

What's amusing is that Russian March an anti-Putin organization. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA... - use Google Translate to read this instead of the English version.

Seems like a death sentence atm.

Yeah, that seems to be becoming the new "sent to Siberia", although I very much doubt he'll be placing himself directly in danger, unless he had no choice.

Either way, he picked his poison long ago.

There really will be nothing left of Donbwabwe and Luganda once the Russian army is done with them: no buildings/infrastructure (blown up by enemy artillery, or possibly own artillery if there is ever a counteroffensive), but certainly no capable men (all forcefully drafted into the army and then killed or maimed in combat).

The worst part is that both sides have the resources and will to continue fighting for quite a long time (years), unless some hard to predict event turns the tide.

Prediction:

HIMARS 300 km. Destroys the Russian dependency on railroads and with that, Russian military logistics capacity.

Eg. Crimea:

https://warsawinstitute.org/train-crimea-russia-condemned-op...

https://newsbeezer.com/vietnameng/russia-deploys-smoke-scree...

Their priority is also their weakness.

Just look at the slow Russian advance without railroads in eg. Kyiv in the beginning of the war. They were stalled for weeks, because the composition of their BTG's are based on nearby access to railroads infrastructure.

> HIMARS 300 km. Destroys the Russian dependency on railroads and with that, Russian military logistics capacity.

That's a bit too wonder-weapony for me to think that it will actually happen that way.

That Crimean bridge seems like it could be destroyed effectively, but it's out of range. With the Donbas, I wonder if any damage could be repaired relatively quickly, since it would obviously be a priority.

You can’t destroy railroads easily. They’re simple to repair. Russia’s problem is they don’t know what to do when the train reaches the end. The HIMARS are destroying the ammo dumps because all Russia can do is unload stuff from trains and put it into one place, then truck it around as needed. They don’t have enough trucks or loading equipment to change this strategy. So if you need to get goods from Russia to the front, your only option is to train it a place outside HIMAR range and then truck the last grueling 100km which is really slow and ineffective. Not too dissimilar from the kyiv convoy early on.

I don't get how they can be so dependent on rail. How did they ever threaten all of Western Europe if that was their strategy?

Nukes

Why do you call Donetsk and Lugansk "Donbwabwe and Luganda"?

It's clearly a play on the names of African countries Zimbabwe and Uganda, but was is your message?

Is it a show of disparaging attitude towards the people living in the East of Ukraine?

Not people. Criminal neo-Stalinist enclaves that Lungansk and Donetsk were turned into by Russia.

People routinely disappear, being put in the basement (na podval), tortured for smallest reasons.

Drafts when people are being used a cannon fodder.

It’s a disgrace what Putin’s people turned this place into over 8 years.

Same or worse fate awaits newly occupied territories too.

Is Crimea a criminal neo-Stalinist enclave too? Just asking.

Crimea is closer to a regular Russian region. Criminal groups affiliated to state and police rule. All dissent is suppressed and you’ll more likely to be harassed than murdered or disappear. DNR and LNR are more brutal, severe and chaotic.

Exactly all that lotusmars wrote.

It is a crime against humanity.

The whole of Donbass is in range of HIMARS and a high officer for the occupation will definitely be on the shortlist of possible targets.

So unless he surrounds himself with human shields most of the time, or moves really stealthily around, Rogozin is in for a rather risky career change.

Why target him though? Incompetent enemy leadership is to be encouraged, and Rogozin is bottom of the pile.

Because unlike regular grunts, the top brass' lives actually matter somewhat even in Russia and with enough VIPs killed, the rest of the Kremlin gang will start to entertain second thoughts about the entire "special military operation".

He doesn't have to expose himself directly, any occupant or even local in russia's puppet government will be a prime suspect to get removed permanently, as symbolic and also practical gesture. He will still need to travel, meet people etc. and no hiding in bunker will be allowed for such a person, that's only reserved for putin.

There is already vicious spiral of oppression and resistance happening on those parts of Ukraine. He could be +-safe with protection on level of US president, but he won't have that. There are only few situations worse than to be considered occupant or traitor in place like current Ukraine.

FYI: The correct word in English is "occupier" not "occupant". Occupant is usually used when referring to someone who lives somewhere, such as one who occupies an apartment he lives in.

At least he didn’t use “Orc”, like they are thought in their propaganda schools for domestic audience. Ukrainian propaganda needs to become subtler if they wish any success here in the USA.

Or a great chance to show himself.

A space chief as a military strategist?

You're forgetting that Russian generals are demoted if they win too much, since they could become a threat to Putin's position if they gain too much influence.

There's no way to win in the Russian military, other than the bribes in your pocket.

"USSR logic"

Most probably he will not be a military strategist, but something like governor whose task will be reintegrating these territories in Russia.

He has a great experience running Roscosmos which is quite a large corporation.

And he is very patriotic, highly motivated, will not sell or betray Russia. That's why he is ideal for that task.

No, he’s been a very vocal proponent of war, so it’s a logical career step. The guy probably sees himself as a Putin’s (or at least Medvedev’s) successor at some point.

Maybe he will bounce back with that new position.

(Ref: https://www.space.com/elon-musk-spacex-launch-trampoline-com...)