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This Daily Mail story looks real. His mother, Tara Benford, is looking for her son, Colby Dolman, and there's no help from the Ukrainian authorities. Well, i'd say the quickest way to find out about his remains would be to contact these Telegram channels through their contact bots:
  • t.me/warriorofnorth
  • t.me/dva_majors
  • t.me/RuFront
  • t.me/RVvoenkor
  • t.me/voenacher
  • t.me/+9srDiEtYCE5lOWNi
 
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This Daily Mail story looks real. His mother, Tara Benford, is looking for her son, Colby Dolman, and there's no help from the Ukrainian authorities. Well, i'd say the quickest way to find out about his remains would be to contact these Telegram channels through their contact bots:
  • t.me/warriorofnorth
  • t.me/dva_majors
  • t.me/RuFront
  • t.me/RVvoenkor
  • t.me/voenacher
  • t.me/+9srDiEtYCE5lOWNi

Very sad, I would've thought the Russians would have collected the body remains and be storing it somewhere.

Shocking she's had no help from the authorities here and there, and given she's only 37 must have had him when she was quite young, which isn't always easy.

Must be playing on her mind all day long and night. 😔
 
Very sad, I would've thought the Russians would have collected the body remains and be storing it somewhere.

Shocking she's had no help from the authorities here and there, and given she's only 37 must have had him when she was quite young, which isn't always easy.

Must be playing on her mind all day long and night. 😔

It's a tricky one what they do with the bodies of foreigners. I'd say, in general, they don't keep them. To keep them separate and then give them to the Ukrainian side would add extra hassle, and it would be plain silly for the Russian side to do so because no matter how these foreign people portray themselves - just as foreign volunteers, teachers, instructors, etc. - their goal is to help kill Russian soldiers or to kill them themselves. With Ukrainians, it's a different story.



As the Daily Mail says, Colby was lying dead for a month (it's an odd one, how do they know that?). But if it's true, then likely it was somewhere in an area like the one pictured below. This is Mali Shcherbaky, a village where he got killed according to them.

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One thing unknown is what state his body was in after a Russian drone hit him. If he was only slightly injured and died form bleeding out then and another thing is that there are enough wild animals lurking around and they're hungry. So after lying there for a month, for the Russians to determine his identity right away wouldn't be simple unless they found ID on him. What would have happened then is hard to say...

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It's a tricky one what they do with the bodies of foreigners. I'd say, in general, they don't keep them. To keep them separate and then give them to the Ukrainian side would add extra hassle, and it would be plain silly for the Russian side to do so because no matter how these foreign people portray themselves - just as foreign volunteers, teachers, instructors, etc. - their goal is to help kill Russian soldiers or to kill them themselves. With Ukrainians, it's a different story.



As the Daily Mail says, Colby was lying dead for a month (it's an odd one, how do they know that?). But if it's true, then likely it was somewhere in an area like the one pictured below. This is Mali Shcherbaky, a village where he got killed according to them.

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One thing unknown is what state his body was in after a Russian drone hit him. If he was only slightly injured and died form bleeding out then and another thing is that there are enough wild animals lurking around and they're hungry. So after lying there for a month, for the Russians to determine his identity right away wouldn't be simple unless they found ID on him. What would have happened then is hard to say...

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I appreciate they have a very low opinion of foreign fighters and mercenaries, but then they have used NK troops at some point themselves.

I'm sure each country has rules, in line with geneva conventions probably, about collecting the dead in an armed conflict, it's then up to the receiving side to carry out the identification process.
 
I appreciate they have a very low opinion of foreign fighters and mercenaries, but then they have used NK troops at some point themselves.

I'm sure each country has rules, in line with geneva conventions probably, about collecting the dead in an armed conflict, it's then up to the receiving side to carry out the identification process.
The claim that NK troups got involved with fighting the Ukraine is contentious. Each year NK take part in training in Russia. I have yet to see any evidence of them taking part in combat
 
I appreciate they have a very low opinion of foreign fighters and mercenaries, but then they have used NK troops at some point themselves.

I'm sure each country has rules, in line with geneva conventions probably, about collecting the dead in an armed conflict, it's then up to the receiving side to carry out the identification process.


Ah that's a different thing. They're similar to those characters from around the world who fight on the Ukrainian side in the International Legion. By the way, more from NK are coming soon to build a buffer zone. For modern wars, they're not good. I've seen a video where NK soldiers were sitting around having a barbecue, not knowing that the smoke gives away their location to the enemy, lol..

The point is what to do with the dead bodies if the enemy finds them. I just looked on Yandex and Telegram and couldn't find anything definitive about what Russians do with foreign fighters bodies that fight on Ukraine's side.

In this video, some of the Russian troops say that they pick up and remove anyone found dead on the battlefield. These troops probably come in when the area has been cleared of mines and there is no enemy around.

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Ah that's a different thing. They're similar to those characters from around the world who fight on the Ukrainian side in the International Legion. By the way, more from NK are coming soon to build a buffer zone. For modern wars, they're not good. I've seen a video where NK soldiers were sitting around having a barbecue, not knowing that the smoke gives away their location to the enemy, lol..

The point is what to do with the dead bodies if the enemy finds them. I just looked on Yandex and Telegram and couldn't find anything definitive about what Russians do with foreign fighters bodies that fight on Ukraine's side.

In this video, some of the Russian troops say that they pick up and remove anyone found dead on the battlefield. These troops probably come in when the area has been cleared of mines and there is no enemy around.

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🤣 Re the barbecue.

Oh right, I thought the international legion were treated the same as mercenaries, yes wouldn't expect either side to take risks with landmines.

In terms of public opinion, it would probably be in the Russian authorities favour or interest to try to make contact with the lady/uk (otherwise it just plays to the 'evil orc' narratives and the war propaganda), that they will retrieve her son's body when it's safe to do so.

Most folk have no clue to the background of the war, the minsk agreements etc..
 
The claim that NK troups got involved with fighting the Ukraine is contentious. Each year NK take part in training in Russia. I have yet to see any evidence of them taking part in combat

I thought that for quite a while, that it was the usual hogwash, but pretty sure it has been confirmed or accepted that they had some limited involvement on the Russian area which Ukraine invaded (kursk??).

Don't think they've actually fought on Ukrainian territory though afaik.
 
I thought that for quite a while, that it was the usual hogwash, but pretty sure it has been confirmed or accepted that they had some limited involvement on the Russian area which Ukraine invaded (kursk??).

Don't think they've actually fought on Ukrainian territory though afaik.
That could be correct,but there are regions of Russia where the people look quite asian near the China boarder.
 
🤣 Re the barbecue.

Oh right, I thought the international legion were treated the same as mercenaries, yes wouldn't expect either side to take risks with landmines.

In terms of public opinion, it would probably be in the Russian authorities favour or interest to try to make contact with the lady/uk (otherwise it just plays to the 'evil orc' narratives and the war propaganda), that they will retrieve her son's body when it's safe to do so.

Most folk have no clue to the background of the war, the minsk agreements etc..

It depends on which side you look at it from. Someone like Putin would likely call the International Legion of Ukraine 'foreign recruits.' Regular Russian people would just call them foreign mercs. Ukrainians, especially those who recruit them, would call them volunteers. But no matter how you frame it, they are there either to kill the enemy for money, earn money by killing the enemy, or help kill the enemy.

As for making contact with the countries of those dead foreign fighters, it's a tricky thing, I'd say. Simply because most of those countries made Russia their enemy.

The most likely scenario could be that the Russians send those dead bodies along with Ukrainian ones every time there is some kind of exchange happening. But Ukrainians can say that they're not theirs, lol..

One interesting thing is that money-wise, for those Ukrainian firms that recruit these fighters, it's better when they're marked as missing for as long as possible. 'Missing' doesn't mean dead, so there's no need to pay money to their families.
 
That could be correct,but there are regions of Russia where the people look quite asian near the China boarder.

There are plenty of them, lol. These peoples of Russia have Asian eyes:
  • Kalmyks
  • Buryats
  • Tuvans
  • Chukchi
  • Koryaks
  • Evenks
  • Khakass
  • Altaians
  • Shors
  • Nivkhs
  • Nenets
  • Yakuts

As for NK troops that fought in Russia, it was later officially confirmed by Russian authorities.
 
It's a tricky one what they do with the bodies of foreigners. I'd say, in general, they don't keep them. To keep them separate and then give them to the Ukrainian side would add extra hassle, and it would be plain silly for the Russian side to do so because no matter how these foreign people portray themselves - just as foreign volunteers, teachers, instructors, etc. - their goal is to help kill Russian soldiers or to kill them themselves. With Ukrainians, it's a different story.



As the Daily Mail says, Colby was lying dead for a month (it's an odd one, how do they know that?). But if it's true, then likely it was somewhere in an area like the one pictured below. This is Mali Shcherbaky, a village where he got killed according to them.

View attachment 209394

Source: t.me/The_Wrong_Side/23485

One thing unknown is what state his body was in after a Russian drone hit him. If he was only slightly injured and died form bleeding out then and another thing is that there are enough wild animals lurking around and they're hungry. So after lying there for a month, for the Russians to determine his identity right away wouldn't be simple unless they found ID on him. What would have happened then is hard to say...

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Colombian women want the money and the bodies of their husbands.



Colombian mercs are an interesting case. The lure of better pay than fighting each other in the jungle - where drug cartels hire them on opposing sides - drives many to sell their possessions and take a one-way ticket to Ukraine. There are plenty of them pictured on t.me/TrackAMerc.

What these people most likely need to do is work straight on the front lines.

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Ukrainians published a photo of a Shahed-type Russian drone, the Geran-2, showing its size:

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Though it's hard to tell what exact model it is because, from what I've read, the Russians have modified the model 2 about six times and it was a time ago. On May 9th in Moscow, these drones also looked different from the one above:

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After Trump came up with a new way to 'help' Ukraine and invited Europe to buy guns from the United States, some Europeans realized that it isn't the best idea.



Apparently the EU countries are taking money from frozen russian financial assets and sending that to the ukraine, now I guess there'll be giving that directly to the US MIC.

I can only see this making Russia less likely to negotiate before they take the key areas they set out to, maybe even Odessa as it has historical ties to Russia or russian culture??

If they do that, Ukraine will have no access to the black sea, maybe Russia will then operate it like a free city/trade port, allowing Ukraine to use it for their shipping, with the implicit threat if you start building up your army and capability you lose that sea access for your export trade.
 
Wikipedia Odessa background re Russia

"After the Grand Duchy lost control, the port and its surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottoman Empire in 1529, under the name Hacibey, and remained in it until the Ottomans' defeat in the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). In 1794, a decree of the Russian empress Catherine II was issued to establish a navy harbor and trading place in Khadjibey, which was named Odessa soon after.[11][12] From 1819 to 1858, Odesa was a free port. During the Soviet period, it was an important trading port and a naval base. During the 19th century, Odesa was the fourth largest city of the Russian Empire, after Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Warsaw.[13]"

I'm wondering if Russia is using a war of attrition in the central east areas before it then seeks to take Kharkov and maybe Odessa, so then they become easier to seize due to the basic collapse of the Ukrainian army from manpower losses trying to hold the east.

Only a theory, Kharkov and Odessa look like huge cities to take over, all the ones to date have been much smaller and then mostly destroyed in the process.
 
Apparently the EU countries are taking money from frozen russian financial assets and sending that to the ukraine, now I guess there'll be giving that directly to the US MIC.

I can only see this making Russia less likely to negotiate before they take the key areas they set out to, maybe even Odessa as it has historical ties to Russia or russian culture??

If they do that, Ukraine will have no access to the black sea, maybe Russia will then operate it like a free city/trade port, allowing Ukraine to use it for their shipping, with the implicit threat if you start building up your army and capability you lose that sea access for your export trade.

Yes, they're using (or were using) money from Russian assets, around €200 billion, that sits in Euroclear in Belgium. But the money they're using is generated interest from these assets. I don't think anyone has used the principal assets.

They're avoiding to play their games too much because there are some Western clients of Euroclear whose €30 billion or so sits in Moscow. But the amount that this generates, Europeans most likely sent to Ukraine for general support because the country mostly exists on external help.

As for Odessa, it's a geographically safe location for Ukrainians because there's the sea on one side and then quite a bit of water barriers on the left side. Plus, their army would keep civilians there till the last minute before the Russians come.

I think the Russians aren't planning on taking it by force as they advance. It would be too much of a pity to destroy that city. But it would've certainly got destroyed if fighting started there.
 
Yes, they're using (or were using) money from Russian assets, around €200 billion, that sits in Euroclear in Belgium. But the money they're using is generated interest from these assets. I don't think anyone has used the principal assets.

They're avoiding to play their games too much because there are some Western clients of Euroclear whose €30 billion or so sits in Moscow. But the amount that this generates, Europeans most likely sent to Ukraine for general support because the country mostly exists on external help.

As for Odessa, it's a geographically safe location for Ukrainians because there's the sea on one side and then quite a bit of water barriers on the left side. Plus, their army would keep civilians there till the last minute before the Russians come.

I think the Russians aren't planning on taking it by force as they advance. It would be too much of a pity to destroy that city. But it would've certainly got destroyed if fighting started there.

Yep the way I wrote that was confusing, it's the interest not the actual fund or bank deposits.

I think you're right re Odessa, it's too big and historically with its architecture something they wouldn't want to shell or destroy.

However if the Ukraine will not agree all the major terms Russia demands, then they're maybe forced to fight on and install a puppet govt, like the USA and Iraq, which has a large US army base within it, so not really an independent country that has any real sovereignty.

Ditto Germany after the 2nd world war, the victor dictates the terms.

Trump doesn't seem to realise Russia is not going to go through all of this just for another Minsk type paper agreement which is not upheld.
 
I'm wondering if Russia is using a war of attrition in the central east areas before it then seeks to take Kharkov and maybe Odessa, so then they become easier to seize due to the basic collapse of the Ukrainian army from manpower losses trying to hold the east.

Only a theory, Kharkov and Odessa look like huge cities to take over, all the ones to date have been much smaller and then mostly destroyed in the process.

They're ready to fight as long as it takes. And with Ukraine, it needs to go slowly. Russians don't see everyone in Ukraine as their enemy, which many Westerners don't get. So they can't just bomb everything. There are plenty of silly posts on X like why can't Russia just bomb them like those do in Middle east and end the war...

Russia's enemy is this nationalist government that's in Ukaine now. If everyone was the enemy, things would be much simpler - and they wouldn't even need nukes like the papers here often talk about.

All it would take is hitting the 4 biggest power plants with missiles/drones and that would be it. It's one night's work. The next day most of the country would be without power, which means total disaster where nothing works, including their military side.

Going slowly means regular people in Ukraine have time to get used to changes and figure out how to move on if the power change. If everything happened fast, it would create a huge mess, not just in Ukraine but everywhere.

Before, what they wanted from Ukraine was simpler, but now looking at what's happening, Russia will keep going with what they're doing.

Keeping civilians in saves Ukraine from the Russians advancing. See this post from Anatoly Shariy where Zelensky explains it. Anatoly is Ukrainian and not pro-Russian, though some pro-Ukrainians say he's working for Russian special services.

 
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Hah, it's a pointless game, from open sources Russia controls or has access to over 600 tankers for moving its oil outside the Western system. They're using non-Western insurances, mainly their own, and working through shell companies in countries that haven't joined the sanctions.

The ships transfer oil between vessels at sea to hide where it came from, turn off their tracking systems to hide their routes, and buyers like India and China accept this setup at their ports.

Plus Russia and China have a direct oil pipeline (ESPO) where nobody from outside can dictate prices. A lot goes to India where the West also has no control, and then they refine it into petrol, diesel, jet fuel, etc. and export these products to places including Europe.

The West thought Russia needed their shipping services to export oil - turns out they were wrong. The price cap now just gives Asian buyers an excuse to ask for cheaper prices.

The UK/Western price cap would only work if they controlled every tanker, insurance company, ports where the oil gets delivered, and refineries.

Asking India or China to stop buying Russian energy is like asking them to crash their economies. Both countries almost entirely depend on imported energy.
 
Australia has delivered most of the 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks they promised to Ukraine, with the remaining ones coming in the next few months. These tanks were being phased out as Australia upgrades to newer M1A2 Abrams models. The tanks are in mixed condition - some are ready to use right away, others need small fixes, and some can be stripped for parts.

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It's OK help, but the problem with all this Western ammo in Ukraine is that they can't repair it. There are no workshops, equipment, or tools for it. One small drone hit to a million-dollar tank like an Abrams or Leopard makes it useless, and then they need to send it to a NATO country like Poland for repairs. That's assuming they can pick it from the battlefield.

The best stuff is one that's cheap, quick to make, easy to repair, and does the job.
 
Australia has delivered most of the 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks they promised to Ukraine, with the remaining ones coming in the next few months. These tanks were being phased out as Australia upgrades to newer M1A2 Abrams models. The tanks are in mixed condition - some are ready to use right away, others need small fixes, and some can be stripped for parts.

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It's OK help, but the problem with all this Western ammo in Ukraine is that they can't repair it. There are no workshops, equipment, or tools for it. One small drone hit to a million-dollar tank like an Abrams or Leopard makes it useless, and then they need to send it to a NATO country like Poland for repairs. That's assuming they can pick it from the battlefield.

The best stuff is one that's cheap, quick to make, easy to repair, and does the job.

Yes, I was recently watching a video about the Tiger 2 tank that Germany made towards the end of wwII, it was technically the best or strongest tank out there, but repair was difficult and costly. And also the US and USSR could produce about 50 of their mainstay tanks for the same cost of 1 of these Tigers.

It's only a matter of time before there's nothing left in storage to send to the Ukraine, delaying the inevitable for not much reason other than some more death and destruction.

I suppose if they had 500 - 1,000 western made tanks it might make a difference, but then that's a heck of a lot of newly trained personnel required to operate them effectively and also engineer teams to repair them.

The 'West' is less able to afford to maintain large standing armies than Russia or China, can't see that changing, only lots of rhetoric by politicians and in the press that we are going to do it.
 
Three trucks carrying HIMARS were spotted yesterday in Hungary, likely heading toward Ukraine.

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Quite funny that Hungry/Orban are pro Russian yet allow this. Also quite amusing that Russian SF/MI can not intercept and destroy such a convoy.
Rather embarrassing for Russian intelligence to not get a photo of a burning convoy.
It has taken Russia 3 yrs plus and they still don't have control of the Donbass and other SMO objectives, NATO quaking in its boots...NOT
 
Australia has delivered most of the 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks they promised to Ukraine, with the remaining ones coming in the next few months. These tanks were being phased out as Australia upgrades to newer M1A2 Abrams models. The tanks are in mixed condition - some are ready to use right away, others need small fixes, and some can be stripped for parts.

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It's OK help, but the problem with all this Western ammo in Ukraine is that they can't repair it. There are no workshops, equipment, or tools for it. One small drone hit to a million-dollar tank like an Abrams or Leopard makes it useless, and then they need to send it to a NATO country like Poland for repairs. That's assuming they can pick it from the battlefield.

The best stuff is one that's cheap, quick to make, easy to repair, and does the job.
Actually the Ukrainians can repair and do have workshops, stop spreading your nonsense ffs.
 
Actually the Ukrainians can repair and do have workshops, stop spreading your nonsense ffs.

Well, they could repair them - Ukrainians aren't thick. But that's only if they had the right spare parts and electronics from the US, German, or Belgian tanks, plus the equipment, tools, time, safety, and trained engineers who know what they're doing.

If not, then no chance. There's no point fucking around with it when others can help. That's why reparations happen in Poland and for some ammo in Lithuania, but that's only if they manage to get their tanks off the battlefield. Otherwise, the Russians will have to take them away for scrap or trophies.

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Pictured:
- Leopard 2A6
- Assault Breacher Vehicle M1150 ABV
- M1A1SA Abrams
- M2A2 Bradley
- BTR-4E
- HMMWV

There are many more pictures and videos if needed.
 
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Quite funny that Hungry/Orban are pro Russian yet allow this. Also quite amusing that Russian SF/MI can not intercept and destroy such a convoy.
Rather embarrassing for Russian intelligence to not get a photo of a burning convoy.
It has taken Russia 3 yrs plus and they still don't have control of the Donbass and other SMO objectives, NATO quaking in its boots...NOT

You're not taking into account the goals or purpose of attritional warfare:

Attrition warfare seeks to erode an opponent’s capacity to wage war by systematically destroying their military resources, morale, and logistics over time. This may involve guerrilla warfare, people's war, scorched earth tactics, or prolonged engagements short of a decisive battle.[4] It contrasts with strategies such as blitzkrieg or force concentration, which aim to achieve rapid victory through overwhelming power in a single decisive engagement. As Clausewitz described, it is a strategy of exhausting the adversary’s will and capability to fight.[5]
 
I suppose if they had 500 - 1,000 western made tanks it might make a difference, but then that's a heck of a lot of newly trained personnel required to operate them effectively and also engineer teams to repair them.

The 'West' is less able to afford to maintain large standing armies than Russia or China, can't see that changing, only lots of rhetoric by politicians and in the press that we are going to do it.

It still wouldn't be simple. First they'd need to switch from fighting defensively to fighting offensively, which i reckon is the main thing. Then to push back Russians from some places, they would need more fighters - but not the ones they pull off the streets and throw in vans for the front lines, while the elite sit in the rear making heroic TikTok videos and collecting donations.

Tanks would work for some tasks, but they'd need to add extra armor to them - weld metal frames and cover them with plates for drone protection. That's time consuming. Otherwise, they won't work unless they use them in relatively safe areas just for firing.
 
You're not taking into account the goals or purpose of attritional warfare:

Attrition warfare seeks to erode an opponent’s capacity to wage war by systematically destroying their military resources, morale, and logistics over time. This may involve guerrilla warfare, people's war, scorched earth tactics, or prolonged engagements short of a decisive battle.[4] It contrasts with strategies such as blitzkrieg or force concentration, which aim to achieve rapid victory through overwhelming power in a single decisive engagement. As Clausewitz described, it is a strategy of exhausting the adversary’s will and capability to fight.[5]
It seems that Russia and Ukraine are adopting a deconfliction approach which is something that is totally alien to Israel but which is allowing the war to go on until one side-Ukraine- have nobody left.

At this point I can see Ukraine becoming a safe haven for the population of the Palestinian people once the conflict is over
 
The biggest news about Ukraine today is that they're getting rid of NABU (independent anti-corruption bureau created by the US/EU). In simple words, it means Ukraine's government will be controlling who to investigate and who to leave alone. There were protests across Ukraine today.

Here's more info from Ukrainians themselves:



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The biggest news about Ukraine today is that they're getting rid of NABU (independent anti-corruption bureau created by the US/EU). In simple words, it means Ukraine's government will be controlling who to investigate and who to leave alone. There were protests across Ukraine today.

Here's more info from Ukrainians themselves:



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Further to Zelensky getting rid of the NABU Trump has just stated that they are to investigate $350 Billion that has gone missing/unaccounted for in Ukraine. Zelensky will not want his visit to Turkey to end.

He is toast.
 

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