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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1387713)	1/18/2023 1:49:33 PM
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Which doesn't mean disproven.

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1/18/2023 1:56:32 PM

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Russian TV Pundit Questions How All Aims of Ukraine Invasion Have Failed
BY BRENDAN COLE ON 1/17/23

A pundit on Russian state television has questioned the official Kremlin line that the invasion of Ukraine "is going according to plan."

On the program Pravo Znat (Right to Know), journalist and commentator Maxim Yusin compared the stated goals of President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine with the situation Russia faces almost 11 months later.

Putin said he had sent his forces into his neighbor to "demilitarize" and "denazify" Ukraine, goals whose veracity was rejected by Kyiv and the international community. Russia has also portrayed the war as essential for its own safety and to curb the encroachment of NATO on its borders.

Yusin referred to these aims point by point, noting that "the Ukrainian army in the opinion of many is now more combat-ready than 10 months ago," having received "western weapons they had not even dreamt of."

Ukrainian artillerymen fire an L119 howitzer towards Russian positions at a front line in the Lugansk region on January 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On the TV program "Right to Know" Russian pundit Maxin Yusin questioned claims that the goals of the Kremlin's invasion had been achieved.ANATOLII STEPANOV/GETTY IMAGES"Clearly it's not working out yet with demilitarization," he told the program, which is broadcast on the TV Center channel that has the fourth largest coverage area in Russia.

Regarding "denazification," Yusin said that commanders from the Azov battalion, whose far-right elements the Kremlin has repeatedly touted as just cause for its invasion, have not appeared in court following their capture in Mariupol.

"They were exchanged and in general the popularity of their ideas in Ukraine is as popular as ever," Yusin said. In September, more than 200 Ukrainian and foreign citizens were released from Russian captivity, including fighters who led the defense of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, following a prisoner swap.

Yusin also noted that the war had not made Russia any safer, and with Sweden and Finland joining NATO, the alliance "will get very close to St Petersburg." Russian regions like Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk regions and Crimea, "are under constant shelling and we couldn't imagine that a year ago."

Yusin described how he had heard more than 1,100 people in the Donbas region had been killed since the start of the war, comparing it with the pre-war fatalities from one year of only "seven civilians."

"So is everything really going to plan or is it time to acknowledge that not all is and correct it a little and at least the official rhetoric?" Yusin concluded in the segment, a clip of which was tweeted on Tuesday by Ukrainian internal affairs adviser, Anton Gerashchenko.

"All declared goals of the 'special military operation' are achieved to the exact opposite—propagandist Maxim Yusin," Gerashchenko wrote. "Are they beginning to suspect something?"

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https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-kremlin-tv-yusin-aims-opposite-failed-1774201

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1387713)	1/18/2023 1:57:21 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1579130

Russian Serial Killer Who Murdered 80 Women Volunteers for Ukraine front newsweek.com

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1/18/2023 1:58:24 PM

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Secessionist Mass killer Cry Baby Kyle Rottenhouse crying about not being able to monetize his killings. Did he kill those unarmed folks for nothing? How many unarmed people does he have to kill to be able to live off his reputation?

Kyle Rittenhouse Furious After His Events Keep Getting Canceled
BY EWAN PALMER ON 1/18/23

Kyle Rittenhouse has spoken out during an interview with Sebastian Gorka on the America First podcast about how "unfair" it is that events he was scheduled to appear at keep getting canceled.

Rittenhouse, who was found not guilty of murdering two people during civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020 and has since turned into a Republican poster boy, hit out at the "woke mob" who he blames for his planned public appearances being scrapped by companies.

On Friday, the Southern Star Brewing Company in Conroe, Texas, announced it would be pulling out of hosting a right-wing "Rally Against Censorship" event where Rittenhouse was due to appear. The company said the event did not "reflect our own values," adding "we don't do rallies, we make beer for people who like beer."

It has also been confirmed that a private reception at the Oak Room in Las Vegas' Venetian Resort scheduled for today that was due to feature Rittenhouse has also been canceled. In a statement, the Grand Canal Shoppes said the event, which was sponsored by the National Association for Gun Rights, did not "align with our property's core event guidelines."

Kyle Rittenhouse is seen on the set of "Candace" in Nashville, Tennessee on January 24, 2022. Rittenhouse has spoken out during an interview about how "unfair" it is that events he was scheduled to appear at keep getting canceled.JASON DAVIS/GETTY IMAGESWhen asked by Gorka about the Texas rally being nixed, Rittenhouse said: "I was supposed to be giving a speech at Southern Star Brewery with Defiance Press, and they booted us because the woke mob found out I posted about it.

"I tried to promote it to get people to come and hear about censorship and the Second Amendment and they didn't like that," Rittenhouse said, adding the event has now been moved to the Lone Star Convention Center in Conroe.

"But just recently, as of this morning, the Oak Room room at the Venetian canceled us and bent to the woke mob saying we aren't going to host you guys anymore," he said.

Returning to the Star Brewing Company, Rittenhouse questioned the firm's reason for canceling the censorship rally.

"They said they are apolitical, but after doing a dive into their social media, they've hosted Pride parades, they've had political events there," he said. "It's just because of my name and they're just being unfair and biased."

Southern Star Brewery CEO Dave Fougeron said the company had been inundated with threats and harassment after announcing it would no longer be hosting the event with Rittenhouse.

"The threats we have received so far have been mostly on our Squarespace account, where people can leave burner or made-up email addresses," Fougeron told Newsweek.

"We were receiving about 50 of these messages per hour," he said. "Most of them were just name-calling, but some of them were people wishing us bodily harm and property damage."

"I don't believe any of these threats to be credible at the moment. It is really easy to sling mud anonymously. We have asked our regulars to keep a bit more of a watchful eye on us, but I don't think anyone thinks that they are in any danger."

Fougeron added he finds it "highly ironic" that conservative publisher Defiance Press, which organized the "free speech" event, is now trying to "cancel us from exercising our rights to free speech."

Grand Canal Shoppes has been contacted for further comment.

https://www.newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-cancelled-events-texas-las-vegas-1774551