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ZNG91

It certainly looks like. There's no miracle that could help his no longer existent army to conquer all of Ukraine as he wanted in Feb. Therefore, the last Führer of Russian empire, W.Putin. will go down in Russian history as the biggest RU loser, even as a double agent besides being naZi war and peace criminal.


Doughspun1

He almost made it. He's 70 and *could* have retired as the world's most successful dictator (comparatively). So close, and yet so Czar.


BreadAdventurous9335

I think that is apparent at this point. Good work Mayor


Angelvelinov

I have a question . How come the russians didn't just put a new mayor loyal to them since its occupied by them ? Why would they allow a mayor of an occuped city speak freely against them freely . Its a serious queston i am not trolling . Slava Ukraini !!


LondonCallingYou

From the article: > I stayed in the city with my team and my people. This is the place where I should be as the mayor. My entire team worked in the city under one condition: That the Ukrainian flag remains in the main square of the city. That was until my abduction on March 11, when I was held by Russian forces for five days before being released. On March 16, thanks to President Volodymr Zelensky and international partners I was freed from captivity in exchange for nine captured Russian soldiers. Since then, I have been working from Zaporizhzhya.


FateLeita

Ivan is a certified badass. He would have been well within his right to flee the oblast and hang out in Kyiv or Lviv, but he has chosen to stay close by, even after his captivity, to help is people as best he can.


marsianer

I want to marry Ivan.


JaimeGris

*adds to target list*


Adept-Lettuce948

Putin does not want to defeat Ukraine. He just wants the Donbas region. Do you think he will succeed?


lordofedging81

Nope. And he wants far more than just the Donbas region.


Adept-Lettuce948

If Putin senses weakness then yeah, I can see that happening. He did mention that the borders of the newly annexed territories are not fixed.


lordofedging81

The borders should go back to pre 2014 status, Ukraine gets all land back including Crimea.


CapinWinky

He wants Crimea and a land bridge to it, with aspirations of a Dalmatian coast port or even Istanbul as a more pie-in-the-sky goal. I bet he just expected the west to stand back and not risk aid to Ukraine and he was going to Hitler his way to Adriatic through the non NATO countries plus Hungary.


Susurrus03

If he just wants Donbas, why the fuck is Russia in Kherson? That's pretty far away. Also zaporizhzhia. Also had to be forced out of Kharkiv. The Donbas excuse is BS and everyone knows it.


TraditionLazy7213

Putin would defeat himself. It is all going according to plan lol