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Putin feels their pain…. Apparently ….

Putin tells the mothers of fallen Russian soldiers that he feels their pain. What he left out was that if their sons hadn’t gone to fight they would have been arrested for Treason and sent to the Russian Gulag to rot and die.
He also left of the little note about 200,000 Russian men of fighting age all leaving the country to avoid compulsory conscription when the call to enlist was made and that if he stopped murdering Ukraine people he could be free of all pain and we could all go back to living happily ever after :)

But of course Putin would be feeling the pain of humiliation and defeat and no murdering dictator wants to be humiliated.
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wonkywinky · 51-55, M
Putin ignored the first rule of war.
That your best plan will collapse after the first shot is fired.
He imagined that his 19th century army would easily take over Ukraine.Consider this-His best,most elite troops,the 331st Guards Parachute Regiment was assigned to take over Hostomel Airport outside Kyiv.
In most armies,your Airborne troops are considered to be elite,unbeatable-the Ukrainians fought them,held them,defeated them in about 12 hours.
THAT speaks volumes for the combat effectiveness of the rest of the Russian army.
If old Mother Russia was under direct attack,im sure the boys would fight like tigers,but as an offensive force,they are wanting.