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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1392739)	2/26/2023 2:23:27 PM
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You are a farce and a hypocrite. You claim to be non-violent and a pacifist/CO. Yet you support the violence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As long as Broken Farce doesn't have to subject himself to war, he is a Conscientious Objector. But when his hide is not on the line, violence and killing is fine and dandy. Strong Ukrainian Supporter Rarebird

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1392739)

2/26/2023 6:15:38 PM

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Russia May Be Left 'Naked and Barefoot' Without Chinese Help: Igor Girkin
BY BRENDAN COLE ON 2/25/23

Russian military blogger and former commander Igor Girkin has said that China's help is needed for Moscow to have any success in the war in Ukraine.

The former FSB officer played a key role in Russia's annexation of Crimea and the war in the Donbas that preceded the full-scale invasion in 2022. He has since repeatedly criticized the Kremlin's war effort and lambasted its military commanders.

In his latest comments on his Telegram channel, a clip of which was tweeted by Francis Scarr of BBC Monitoring, Girkin said that China "is the only country that could give us a lend-lease to continue this war with any level of success." He said this lend-lease needed to include ammunition, shells and artillery propellants "which are catastrophically lacking."

Igor Girkin, a former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officer and prominent military blogger is pictured in Moscow on September 27, 2022. He has said that Russia needs China's help to win in the invasion of Ukraine.GETTY IMAGESWithout this cooperation from Beijing, he believes that Russia "won't just be unable to fight for as long as we want—we could simply find ourselves naked and barefoot in every sense against the enemy as early as the middle or end of this year."

This week, U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Chinese firms were providing "non-lethal support" to Russia and that they may soon give "lethal support". Beijing has rejected the accusations.

Girkin, who also goes by the name Strelkov, lamented how there were insufficient supplies for battalions of mobilized men and other units in Russia's forces and that at some point "we won't even be able to replace the artillery systems which we have lost."

He also took aim at Russian generals "led by that cretin (Valery) Gerasimov," referring to the head of the Ukrainian campaign appointed by Vladimir Putin last month. He said they are "burning and abandoning equipment in such quantities that the defense industry just won't be able to withstand it."

Girkin also said that 450 armored vehicles were abandoned near Izyum, a number which was "comparable to the German losses in the Battle of Kursk" in reference to the largest tank battle in history that took place during World War III in the Soviet Union.

On Friday, when the world marked the first anniversary of the war, Girkin took aim at Putin in a Telegram post i n which he blamed his actions amid Russia's mounting troubles on the battlefield.

His post said that the Russian president had an "amazing schizophrenic ability" to start any "business," but not finish it.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-left-naked-barefoot-without-chinese-help-igor-girkin-ukraine-1783817