REFERENCE: The End State (Part II)

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/putins-shakespearean-demons-russia-ukraine-war-nato-expansion-eastern-europe-germany-peace-80652c8d

Mr. Putin’s decision to invade represented not the collective thinking of the Russian elite but his own thoughts. Many oligarchs and security heavies near him were as surprised by the decision as people in the West. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, pressed by an oligarch to explain how Mr. Putin could have planned such an invasion without his inner circle knowing, reportedly replied: “He has three advisers. Ivan the Terrible. Peter the Great. And Catherine the Great.”

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-denies-reviving-russian-empire-says-ukraine-not-real-country-2022-2

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday denied wanting to rebuild the Russian empire after he said Ukraine is not a real country and he sent troops there.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/europe/russia-ukraine-military-comparison-intl/index.html

Ukraine and Russia’s militaries are David and Goliath. Heavily armed Russian troops are pushing rapidly towards Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, and US officials are warning the city could fall within days.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-denies-reviving-russian-empire-says-ukraine-not-real-country-2022-2

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday denied wanting to rebuild the Russian empire after he said Ukraine is not a real country and he sent troops there.

 

https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/jfk-assassination

According to the official investigation, Oswald acted alone, firing three bullets from a sixth-floor window at the southeast corner of the Book Depository.

 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-wilkes-booth-shoots-abraham-lincoln

Meanwhile, just after 10 p.m., Booth entered Lincoln’s private theater box unnoticed, and shot the president with a single bullet in the back of his head.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-16/russia-history-of-poisoning-its-enemies/100984912

Why does Russia keep poisoning people? The wild history of Moscow's chemical assassination plots...

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/russia-fsb-intelligence-ukraine-war/

Vladmir Putin is 'raging' at the FSB after failed intelligence and poor strategy saw his troops handed a series of embarrassing defeats in the opening days of the war in Ukraine. Oleksiy Danilov, head of Ukraine's security council, said 'around eight' Russian commanders have been fired since the start of the conflict as Moscow scrambles to change strategy after its attempted 'shock and awe' blitz fell flat. Putin is also said to be infuriated with commanders of the FSB security service - which he used to run - for handing him intelligence suggesting that Ukraine was weak, riddled with neo-Nazi groups, and would give up easily if attacked.

 

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/putins-allies-fsb-officers-display-rare-dissent-for-ukraine-war-in-leaked-emails-articleshow.html

A whistleblower at Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) leaked emails that depict that a civil war ha broken out among President Vladimir Putin's closest allies, according to trove of mails and documents accessed by the Newsweek. The allies of Russia’s authoritiarian leader have registered criticism and opposition to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as Russian troops retreated and the military operation faltered this week. The dissent among the officers of Russia’s FSB was highlighted by the Russian agent, dubbed the Wind of Change.

 

https://news.yahoo.com/iran-ships-300-000-artillery-134013146.html

Cargo ships have transported over 300,000 artillery shells and 1 million rounds of ammunition from Iran to Russia in the past six months, according to officials and documents seen by The Wall Street Journal.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-s-best-tanks-are-in-ukraine-russian-state-media-says-but-they-re-not-assaulting-kyiv-s-forces-just-shooting-at-them-from-a-distance/ar-AA1almZV?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7eda36b3733745da8de292af3a20def7&ei=5

Russia's cutting-edge T-14 Armata tanks have arrived in Ukraine, state media reported.

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/896181/putin-approval-rating-russia/

In March 2023, over 80 percent of Russians approved of activities of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. The popularity level was five percent higher than in September 2022, when it stood at 77 percent.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-calls-fighting-ukraine-war-first-time-special-military-operation-2022-12

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used the word “war” to refer to the conflict in Ukraine, the first known time he has publicly deviated from ...

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putin-has-more-friends-than-you-think/ar-AA12Y1kx

Some 143 countries voted on Wednesday to condemn Moscow's annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia amidst Putin's invasion. Only North Korea, Belarus, Syria and Nicaragua backed Russia in opposing the General Assembly resolution.

 

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