Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine

It was a very sad day yesterday, and, I'd say, shameful for Russia.

One of her best army generals, Gen. Ivan Popov, ex-commander of the 58th Army, was sentenced to five years in a low-security penal colony, a fine of 800,000 rubles (about $9,600) and stripped of his rank by Russian Garrison Military Court in Tambov in a highly politically motivated and made up "fraud on a particularly large scale" (of 100 million rubles) and official forgery case hold in full behind closed doors.

After hearing the sentence, Popov who claimed not guilty throughout the whole trial time, replied to a journalist's question with a few lines of a poem:

И даже когда шторм | вздымает толщи воды, | помни, маяк - это ты.
And even when the storm | Rises up through the water, | Remember, you are the lighthouse.
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More than 500 military personnel were ready to speak out in court in defense of the ex-commander of the 58th Army of the Russian Armed Forces. More than 15 commanders of military units participating in a special military operation have testified in court. To no avail.

Yes, it was wrong to get into conflict with his military superiors, especially at that particular time, no matter how right his complains were. As Popov himself admitted having his last word time the day before the verdict, according to media reports:
In his last word, Popov noted that he may have made some mistakes in life, made mistakes somewhere, but certainly did not break the law, and always remained faithful to the oath, his people and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. He also reiterated his innocence and asked the court to make a fair, wise, impartial decision in his case in the deliberation room, to give him the opportunity to be useful to his country in such a difficult time
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On which his lawyer Sergei Buinovsky commented, that his client's words were spoken in a specific context: Popov said that everyone makes mistaken, including him, and this was said in relation to his conversation with senior bosses, and not in terms of the charges brought against him.


Oleg Tsarov:

Judging by yesterday's poll results, (Олег Царёв) the majority of my readers believe Ivan Popov is innocent, [so one would think] a jury would very likely acquit him. And despite their belief in his innocence, 77% of my readers remained of the opinion that Ivan Popov would be convicted. This says a lot about people's trust in our judicial system.

It is a pity that the scenario in which he would have been convicted but released did not materialize. In our judicial system, when a person is accused of a criminal offense, but the defendant avoids prison, gets a fine and is released from the pre-trial detention center, it is considered a de facto acquittal.
The probability of such a decision, based on judicial practice, is a fraction of a percent. And Popov did not fall into it. Courts make such decisions when not only do they realize that the prosecution is obviously wrong, but in addition, influential forces have come forward in defense of the accused. In this case, apparently, the influential forces acted in favour of the opposite side.
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The latter Oleg's link goes to TG channel by Yuri Podolyaka who followed the case very closely since the very beginning. Yesterday, he wrote, quite emotionally:

The case of General Ivan Popov: Tambov garrison court sentenced itself...

Five years, deprivation of military rank, a fine of 800,000 rubles. This is the verdict of the “court”. Or rather, a trial.

The sentence was to be expected, taking into account that the case was opened on a specific order as a primitive petty revenge of, in fact, a weak man.

Meanwhile, more [law] violations than there were at the trial of the ex-commander of the 58th Army have never happened before in the history of Russian justice.

Just to understand - there is no injured party in the case, no damages, no direct evidence, the overwhelming number of witnesses are in favor of the accused. And he is found guilty, jailed, and deprived of a future. All lawyers tap their temples [a gesture for "crazy"] and say that this cannot happen in a state governed by the rule of law. It can; moreover, a precedent has now been set in Russia.

Only because the CUSTOMER of this disgrace can ensure it. Yes, unfortunately, this is possible in our country. And Russians are now convinced of it. Including hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the front who (I haven't heard any exceptions so far) were waiting for an acquittal. And first of all former subordinates of Ivan Ivanovich, who say that NO ONE cared more about the soldiers and results than Ivan Ivanovich did.

If anyone doubts it, I recommend that you go and check it out.

And the conclusion of this verdict is self-evident: “In Russia, everyone can be sued, even if there is none of the things I listed above."

I hate to write this, but it is a FACT.

But I hasten to upset the CUSTOMER (although he himself already realizes it). He has not achieved and will never achieve the main thing for himself.

Russia will always remember Ivan Ivanovich Popov as a winner who repelled the most powerful blow of the AFU in this war. And he will always be a HERO for Russia.

And now after this verdict he has also made him a martyr. This is all he has achieved at this stage.

And of course, Ivan Ivanovich will pursue justice to the end. All the way up to the Supreme Court. And this very Supreme Court will have to legalize this, as I believe, lawlessness.

And this will carry very great risks for the country. This is a precedent. And it is a very dangerous precedent.
But whatever it is, I believe in justice. And I will do everything I can to make sure that justice prevails in this case.
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In January, a lawyer from the Zaporozhe region said at the hearing that the region did not consider itself an injured party, since Ivan Popov did not cause any damage. The metal structures in question in the case were humanitarian aid, and not budgeted expenses.
There were also reports that the said tons of rolled metal still sit in the warehouse untouched. Hard to tell, having everything classified - in a case of alleged metal theft as if there was anything top secret about that.

A few more quotes from various webpages from last days, translated:

During the hearing, it was also noted that as a result of the actions of the major general, defensive lines were built, thanks to which it was possible to successfully repel the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense also does not make property claims against Popov, the newspaper reports.

Let us recall that General Popov led the troops that stood in the Zaporozhye region and were able to contain the Ukrainian counter-offensive in 2023.
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Vlad Shlepchenko:

No one is interested in clarifying the circumstances and clarifying the real situation there (in court - ed.). They are interested in getting it right and passing a guilty verdict. Of course, I am not a judge, I can't give final assessments, but in a case in which, according to the investigation, the injured party refused to consider itself an injured party, in which there is no damage, in which the prosecution witnesses retracted their testimony, in which the people who were supposed to accuse and incriminate Popov of committing a crime were thanking the military man for saving them from the Ukrainian occupation - something wrong is going on. This man continues to remain in the pre-trial detention center and under trial. That is, the very course of the case shows that there is a very strong influence of apparatus' games and a very strong influence of the order, which is very difficult to trump with incoming events, data, information and everything else.
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That was in 2024:

Member of the State Duma Committee on Defense Viktor Sobolev

I don’t know Popov personally, but I know that he was removed by the Chief of the General Staff for some statements. And that he sold some metal structures there — is complete nonsense. We need to figure it out.

You know what is happening in the Ministry of Defense now: everyone is resigning, someone is being arrested. Army and Ministry of Defense Commander — different things. Sales of metal structures version is unconvincing. ...

I don’t know, metal structures are usually not used, wood, soil and reinforced concrete are used. ...
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War correspondent Alexander Sladkov
I won’t swear or condemn so as not to worsen the situation. But I know one thing: Ivan stood at the head of the forces that repelled the enemy’s counter-offensive, unthinkable in tragedy and intensity. I am sure that they will sort it out and not execute.

I would like to see General Popov in service. They forgive lies and losses to the stupid; others, I think, can forgive the ruthless truth. A general like Popov could be forgiven.
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He wasn't. It's about wrath, not justice. Or so it seems based on what we know.

It's also sadly ironic that it happens 2 weeks before the Victory Day. Some years ago, then chief of staff of the 22nd Army Guard Corps, Colonel Ivan Ivanovich Popov hosted the May 9 military parade in the Crimean capital. It was 2018. He said then:

"On this holy holiday for all of us, this military ritual symbolizes tribute to the military feat of the soldiers who defeated fascism, who liberated their Fatherland and the peoples of Europe from the yoke of the hated enemy."
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Yes, it seems to be a pretty sad case of getting rid of a popular commander who dared to criticize his bosses too much.

Apparently there will be an appeal to the Military Supreme Court, which can take another half a year. Or Putin could also pardon and reinstate him, though probably not as a general.
 
Possibility of Being said:
It was a very sad day yesterday, and, I'd say, shameful for Russia.

One of her best army generals, Gen. Ivan Popov, ex-commander of the 58th Army, was sentenced to five years in a low-security penal colony, a fine of 800,000 rubles (about $9,600) and stripped of his rank by Russian Garrison Military Court in Tambov in a highly politically motivated and made up "fraud on a particularly large scale" (of 100 million rubles) and official forgery case hold in full behind closed doors.

After hearing the sentence, Popov who claimed not guilty throughout the whole trial time, replied to a journalist's question with a few lines of a poem:



More than 500 military personnel were ready to speak out in court in defense of the ex-commander of the 58th Army of the Russian Armed Forces. More than 15 commanders of military units participating in a special military operation have testified in court. To no avail.

Yes, it was wrong to get into conflict with his military superiors, especially at that particular time, no matter how right his complains were. As Popov himself admitted having his last word time the day before the verdict, according to media reports:

On which his lawyer Sergei Buinovsky commented, that his client's words were spoken in a specific context: Popov said that everyone makes mistaken, including him, and this was said in relation to his conversation with senior bosses, and not in terms of the charges brought against him.


Oleg Tsarov:



The latter Oleg's link goes to TG channel by Yuri Podolyaka who followed the case very closely since the very beginning. Yesterday, he wrote, quite emotionally:



In January, a lawyer from the Zaporozhe region said at the hearing that the region did not consider itself an injured party, since Ivan Popov did not cause any damage. The metal structures in question in the case were humanitarian aid, and not budgeted expenses.
There were also reports that the said tons of rolled metal still sit in the warehouse untouched. Hard to tell, having everything classified - in a case of alleged metal theft as if there was anything top secret about that.

A few more quotes from various webpages from last days, translated:



Vlad Shlepchenko:




That was in 2024:

Member of the State Duma Committee on Defense Viktor Sobolev



War correspondent Alexander Sladkov


He wasn't. It's about wrath, not justice. Or so it seems based on what we know.

It's also sadly ironic that it happens 2 weeks before the Victory Day. Some years ago, then chief of staff of the 22nd Army Guard Corps, Colonel Ivan Ivanovich Popov hosted the May 9 military parade in the Crimean capital. It was 2018. He said then:
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Maybe it's as the Russian nationalists say, Popov has been 'hard done by'. But I distinctly remember that same faction yelling for years about 'nothing being done to clean up corruption in the Russian military'. 🤔
 
Ben said:
During Witkoff's visit Russian General Yaroslav Moskalik was assassinated by a home-made explosive device which was attached to his car, in Balashikha, Moscow region.
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I would like to make some clarifications and add a few words on my own.

First, the blown-up car did not belong to the deceased general. It was an old Volkswagen Golf, owned by a 40-year-old resident of the Sumy region of Ukraine and not registered properly after the purchase.

Secondly, after General Kirillov, we can talk about another general who died as a result of a terrorist attack.

Third, given the position of the deceased, and he was Deputy Head of the Operational Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, it turns out that no conclusions were drawn from previous similar incidents and no measures were taken even against top managers. Amazing levity.

Я хотел бы внести некоторые уточнения и от себя добавить несколько слов.
Во первых взорванный автомобиль не принадлежал погибшему генералу. Это был старый Фольцваген Гольф, принадлежащий 40 летнему жителю Сумской области Украины и не поставленный на учет должным образом после покупки.
Во вторых, после генерала Кириллова, можно говорить об очередном погибшем в результате терракта генерале.
В третьих, учитывая должность погибшего, а он был заместителем начальника оперативного управления Генерального Штаба ВС РФ, получается что из ранее произошедших подобных инцидентов не сделано никаких выводов и не предпринято никаких мер даже в отношении высших руководителей. Удивительное легкомыслие.
 
axj said:
Apparently there will be an appeal to the Military Supreme Court, which can take another half a year. Or Putin could also pardon and reinstate him, though probably not as a general.
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Earlier it was reported that Popov appealed to Putin with a request to thoroughly investigate his case, so Putin's reaction is still possible.

If Popov is not returned to the rank of general, then he will not see his former position. Ex Officio Popov was the commander of the army, this corresponds to the rank of Lieutenant general, and being in the rank of Major General Popov would soon receive the next rank for correspondence of the personal military rank to the position held, but it turned out differently.

Ранее публиковались данные о том, что Попов обращался к Путину с просьбой тщательно разобраться в его деле, так что реакция Путина еще возможна.
Если Попову не вернут генеральское звание, то прежней должности ему не видать. По должности Попов был командующим армией, это соответствует званию генерал-лейтенант, и будучи в звании генерал-майора Попов вскоре получил бы следующее звание для соответствия персонального воинского звания занимаемой должности, но вышло по другому.
 
Niall said:
Maybe it's as the Russian nationalists say, Popov has been 'hard done by'. But I distinctly remember that same faction yelling for years about 'nothing being done to clean up corruption in the Russian military'. 🤔
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I think a possible reason for this treatment of Popov is that his higher ups are afraid of a similar attempted coup as Prigozhin tried.

Popov was apparently the most popular commander and many soldiers of his army may have felt personal allegience to him. When Popov became openly insubordinate and threatened to by-pass his higher ups and go directly to Putin, maybe they thought that he is out of control.

Still, removing him from command should have been enough. The apparently fabricated evidence to imprison him goes too far.
 
"As same as Israel's long-term security assistance": Zelensky is demanding more weapons from US to kill civilians for prolonging the conflict.
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Deliberations about an Israeli model of support for Ukraine first emerged during the presidency of Joe Biden, when Western officials began to acknowledge that Kiev was unlikely to be granted NATO membership. In lieu of collective security guarantees, they sought ways to at least ensure a long-term, uninterrupted flow of Western arms.
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Yesterday there were reports about the death of the son of the deputy director of the CIA in the DPR, and today the CIA confirmed this fact.
CIA confirms death of deputy Director's son in Ukraine
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has officially confirmed the death of 21-year-old Michael Gloss, son of Deputy Director of Digital Innovation Julian Gallina Gloss, during the conflict in Ukraine. According to NBC, a CIA spokesman said that the Gloss family "experienced an unimaginable personal tragedy in the spring of 2024, when Michael, who suffered from mental disorders, died during the fighting." The statement does not specify on which side Gloss participated in the fighting, but on the eve it was reported that Gloss was killed by a Ukrainian drone while trying to storm the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR. The CIA stressed that it considers the incident a "personal family matter" and not a matter of national security.

Michael Gloss, the son of high-ranking US military personnel, was born in 2002 in Virginia. His mother, Julian Gallina Gloss, the first female commander of the U.S. Naval Academy cadet Corps, was appointed deputy Director of the CIA in February 2024. His father, Larry Gloss, is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm and heads a company that develops software for the Pentagon and NATO. Michael, an environmental activist and participant in climate and women's rights protests, dropped out of College of the Atlantic in 2023 and went traveling. After Italy, Israel and Turkey, he arrived in Russia in August 2023, where he signed a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry on September 5, seeking citizenship for an environmental water treatment project.

Gloss completed two weeks of training at the Avangard Center near Moscow and was assigned to the 137th Airborne Regiment in Ryazan. In December 2023, he was sent to the front in the Soledar area, where he died during the offensive near Razdolovka and Vesyoly.
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The Khokhlyatsky terrorism blooms in exuberant color. Reports of terrorist attacks and detentions of potential terrorists come almost every day. So far, fortunately, the number of the second is much ahead of the number of the first, but this is so far because the Ukrops do not stop and this type of activity can only be stopped with the lack of a resource base and the physical destruction of particularly zealous organizers.
Evgeny Rytnikov, a leading designer of Russian electronic warfare systems, was killed in an explosion in Bryansk
On April 26, 2025, it became known that on the night of April 17-18 in Bryansk, as a result of a car explosion, Evgeny Rytnikov, head of the design bureau of the Bryansk Electromechanical Plant and a key developer of the Krasukha electronic warfare systems, was killed. Along with him, his colleague, presumably a deputy or assistant, was killed. This was reported by several sources at once, including Clash Report. The explosion, which, according to the source, was organized by the special services of Ukraine, was another example of an attack on civilians.

The incident occurred in Bryansk, a city located near the border with Ukraine, around midnight. Rytnikov's car exploded while he and his colleague were getting into the car. The explosive device, presumably improvised, was filled with striking elements, which led to the instant death of both.

Evgeny Rytnikov headed the design bureau of the Bryansk Electromechanical Plant, which is a key developer of electronic warfare and electronic intelligence systems for the Russian army.

The context of the incident is related to a series of attacks on the Russian military and engineers. According to Reuters, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed on April 25 in Balashikha, presumably from an explosion organized by the Ukrainian special services. In December 2024, General Igor Kirillov was killed in Moscow. These cases, according to The Independent, demonstrate Ukraine's ability to conduct targeted operations on Russian territory.

The Russian authorities have not yet commented on Ukraine's involvement in Rytnikov's death, including without confirming this case.
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Вчера были сообщения о гибели сына замдиректора ЦРУ в ДНР, а сегодня ЦРУ подтвердило этот факт.
Хохляцкий терроризм цветет буйным цветом. Сообщения о террактах и задержаниях потенциальных террористов приходят практически каждый день. Пока по счастью количество второго сильно опережает количество первого, но это пока ибо хохлы не останавливаются и на такой вид деятельности может быть прекращен только с отсутствием ресурсной базы и физическим уничтожением особо ретивых организаторов.
 
The practical end of Zelensky's Kursk adventure.

Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov reported to the president about the complete liberation of the Kursk region from the Armed Forces of Ukraine - at the same time a video with the Russian flag appeared on the outskirts of the village of Gornal. In reality, in fact, Oleshnya is still under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the very border and the forest nearby.
The center of Gornal is in a gray zone - neither we nor the enemy can control the settlement, because this is actually sending people one way. According to local fighters, it is still at least 5 days before the Kursk region is completely cleared of Ukrainian formations.
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Gerasimov reported to the Supreme on the liberation of the Kursk region: the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - more than 76 thousand soldiers killed and wounded.

Gerasimov noted the assistance of the DPRK military in defeating the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region

MOSCOW, April 26 — RIA Novosti. In his report to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov highlighted North Korea's assistance in defeating the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
"I would like to mention separately the participation in the liberation of the border areas of the Kursk region of the military personnel of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, who, in accordance with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between our countries, provided significant assistance in defeating the entrenched group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," he said during the report.

Early in the morning on August 6, 2024, Ukrainian militants invaded the Kursk region. Their progress was stopped. In early March, Russian troops launched a large-scale offensive and liberated about 1,100 square kilometers of territory in a few days.
In total, over 60 settlements have been regained under control since the beginning of the invasion, more than half of them, including Suja, in the last two months.
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In this case, as we say, better late than never.
FSB detained an agent who booby-trapped a car to kill a MoskalikFSB detained an agent who booby-trapped a car to kill a Moskalik

Security forces detained Ignat Kuzin, an agent of the Ukrainian special services, who booby-trapped a car that killed Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, the FSB Central Control Center of Russia reported.

"As a result of urgent measures, an agent of the Ukrainian special services, Kuzin Ignat, born in 1983, who has a residence permit in Ukraine, was detained, who booby-trapped a Volkswagen Golf car in Balashikha, Moscow region, as a result of which the deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, born in 1966, was killed," the statement said. in the application.

According to the department, Kuzin purchased a car and installed an improvised explosive device in it, the components of which he seized from a cache equipped by the Ukrainian special services in the Moscow region. The IED was remotely activated from the territory of the post-Soviet republic when a Russian serviceman was leaving the entrance.

The detainee has now been taken to the Investigative Committee for investigative actions in the framework of a criminal case under articles on terrorist attack and illegal possession of explosives or explosive devices.

The FSB showed a video of the detention of a Ukrainian agent, in which he confesses. The footage also shows the components of the bomb that the perpetrator installed in the car.

The car exploded in the area of house No. 2 on Nesterov Boulevard in Balashikha on Friday morning. As a result, the deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, was killed. Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed to transfer the case to the central office.
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Практический конец курской авантюры Зеленского.
В данном случае, как у нас говорят, лучше поздно, чем никогда.
 
Real North Korean soldiers in Ukraine

Jefferson said:
I'm not sure if there were any active North Korean troops participating in the SMO at all.🤔
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Andrei Martyanov also steadily denied this saying only Korean-lookalike, but fully Russian soldiers are mistaken as North Koreans. But the first official confirmation arrived today:
MOSCOW, April 27. /TASS/.
North Korean servicemen took part in the operation to liberate the Kursk Region in accordance with the fourth article of the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed in June 2024, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told kp.ru.

"North Korean servicemen took part in the operation to liberate the Kursk border region in accordance with Article 4 of the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed in June 2024. The solidarity shown by our North Korean friends is a manifestation of the high, truly allied level of our relations. We are confident that our relations will continue to strengthen and develop in the future," the diplomat said.
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WOW!! So there was truth in the several months-long rumors after all! Also North Koreans are steadily being displayed in South Korean movies ("Seoul Hollywood") as very hardened, because of the extreme discipline there, probably a lot of them are zealots and super-trained specialists, close to something like Russian Specnaz. Ideologically NK troops appear to be coming from the perfect bullpen / genetic stock, just like the world-wide successful Kazakh MMA fighters.

Next thing we'll start to hear rumors about Nephilim fighting in Ukraine and nobody will believe it. ;)
 
Yes, the initial denial by Russia and now confirmation of North Korean troops in Ukraine is quite odd. Why lie about it, only to confirm it later?

This was their official stance in October:
Kremlin has denied the allegations, saying “this looks like another hoax.” Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously said that reports about North Korean volunteers being sent to fight against Ukraine were “complete nonsense.”

In June, Russia and North Korea signed a so-called Comprehensive Partnership Treaty. The document, sealed during Putin’s visit to Pyongyang, replaces a number of previous agreements between the two countries. It also features a clause on providing mutual military assistance, but only in the event of an attack on one of the parties.
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https://www.rt.com/news/605819-north-korean-soldiers-ukraine-russia/
 
lilies said:
Ideologically NK troops appear to be coming from the perfect bullpen / genetic stock, just like the world-wide successful Kazakh MMA fighters.
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This sounds a bit strange.
Why did you choose Kazakhstan, and not, for example, Tajikistan or Turkmenistan? Kazakhstan is Central Asia, as it was called before or as it is now called - Central Asia, unlike Korea, whether north or south, i.e. the region is completely different. With the purity of the Kazakh gene pool in Kazakhstan, everything is not good at all, because during the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhs on the territory of Kazakhstan were less than half of the population, unlike the same Turkmenistan, which has always been much more closed and where the purity of the Turkmen gene pool is much better.
In terms of conditional "combat capability", the Tajiks, as a nation, can give a big head start to all their neighbors in the region, both Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Turkmens, and Kyrgyz, and can probably compete on equal terms only with the Pashtuns, if you remember how much trouble the Tajik ethnic armed formations of the Soviet Army and the US army created during the occupation of Afghanistan.
About sports in general and martial arts in particular. Why Kazakhstan and why MMA? I am not a super expert in the field of martial arts and I do not claim to be the ultimate truth, but the only representative of Kazakhstan who performed at the highest level and who comes to my mind was Gennady Golovkin, by the way, he is Russian by nationality and he performed in boxing, not in MMA. In general, as far as I can tell, Kazakhstan is much more widely represented in sports compared to its neighbors, but all those who I can remember from those who play or have played for Kazakhstan are not ethnic Kazakhs. And if you take ethnic Kazakhs, they will be no more, and possibly less, than the same Tajiks or Uzbeks. As a blatant example, the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team. This team has repeatedly played in the final part of the World Cup, and this is a very serious level, but each time there was not a SINGLE ethnic Kazakh in this team.
Please do not take all this as some kind of malicious criticism, I just got the impression that for you Kazakhstan and this entire region is something semi-mythical, like the same nephilim.

Regarding the situation with General Popov. It seems that we now have Putin's reaction, which is not advertised as such, but which, judging by the speed of execution, is exactly that.
General Ivan Popov was actually returned to service in the status of a penalty taker, but he is happy about this too.
The reasons why the heroic general ended up in disgrace are known to many, but it's too early to talk about it publicly.
In the photo: former commander of the 58th Army, Major General Ivan Popov (center) in the hall of the Second Western District Military Court. in Moscow.

The Ministry of Defense has supported the request of the former commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, General Ivan Popov, to send him to the special military operation zone.

He will become the commander of the assault squad. "Assault detachments are the ones that go on the attack first and among which, as a rule, the most dead," Konstantin Sivkov, captain of the first rank, vice president of the Russian Academy of Missile Forces and Artillery, clarified to the Joint Venture.

We managed to find out some details about the fate of General Popov from the Telegram channel of the former deputy speaker of the Parliament of Novorossiya, politician Oleg Tsarev. In particular, he writes:

— Ivan Popov will go to the front directly from the Tambov pre-trial detention center. The former commander of the 58th Guards Army sent an open letter to President Vladimir Putin in March, in which he stated that for him "the army is the whole meaning of life."

I know that the governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, asked the president to look into the general's case. Aksyonov took an active part in the defense of the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.

Crimea actively helped, so he did not know about the real state of affairs from hearsay. And he understood who was worth what, and whose merit it was that the Zaporizhia front did not waver, and the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was choked.

After the conversation with Aksyonov, the President gave instructions to deal with this case within a week. We were all waiting for the result, hoping it would be positive. And they waited. Congratulations to the General. And thanks to this, we will strengthen at the front.

There is such a phrase: telling the truth is easy and pleasant. That's how it should be. Nevertheless, not everyone dares to raise difficult issues with the leadership," Oleg Tsarev wrote.

General Popov was detained in May 2024 on charges of fraud on a particularly large scale and charged with forgery. According to investigators, he was involved in the theft of metal structures designed to protect the territory of Zaporozhye in the amount of more than 114 million rubles.

According to investigators, these rolled metal products were purchased by the military-civil administration of the Zaporizhia region in order to provide humanitarian aid.

According to the prosecutor, Popov could have been involved in embezzlement because of his penchant for ludomania. The general was charged with especially large-scale fraud committed by a group of people by prior agreement, as well as official forgery.

There are many strange and mysterious things about General Popov's case. The military personnel paid attention to this from the very beginning.

So, the Telegram channel "Two Majors" noted: "An extremely strange thing. Sometimes the prosecution (!) tries several times to change the measure of restraint, then "additional signs" appear." Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, has repeatedly spoken about the lack of confidence in the case of Ivan Popov.

. "The story of Popov's detention really looks strange. No palaces, as usual, no millions of money under the mattress, like other generals, no occult rituals to attract money. Later, the court did not satisfy the investigation's request for mitigation of the preventive measure. People are increasingly recalling last year's scandal, after which Popov was transferred from the 58th army from the Zaporizhia Front," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

What do they say about the case of General Popov and his release in military circles? What is the reason for the arrest of such a popular military commander and his unexpected release? On these issues, we asked Konstantin Sivkov, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, Captain of the first Rank, to share his opinion.

— Ivan Popov has a reputation as a "protest general." As commander of the 58th Army, after the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin, he issued a letter that was published in the open chat of the 58th Army. In fact, he was calling for an uprising. The High Command could not allow the start of protest sentiments in the troops in the difficult conditions of their military, and Popov was removed. They have found a way to bring him to justice.

"SP": Don't you think that with this case of General Popov falling apart before our eyes, they were trying to cover up real high-profile corruption cases in the Russian army?

— The case was really falling apart, and no one wanted to bring charges against General Popov — neither the Ministry of Defense nor the administration of the Zaporizhia region. As far as I know, General Popov has been amnestied, he has admitted his guilt. By agreeing to become the commander of an assault squad, he doomed himself to a difficult fate. Few of the Stormtroopers return home alive," says Konstantin Sivkov.

However, there are other opinions. Our sources close to the military, who wished to remain anonymous, report that the reason is that Popov believed that distorted information about the course of the special operation was being reported to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. But Popov refused to embellish reality and reported on the real situation, using his connections with a State Duma deputy, General Gurulev.

As a result, General Popov had a conflict with one of the high-ranking military leaders, after which a decision was made in high military circles: "Popov should be removed."

There is another point of view, it was expressed by reserve colonel, military observer Viktor Litovkin. In his opinion, General Ivan Popov enjoyed great authority and respect in the army, and negative sentiments began among the army in connection with the controversial case that was brought against him. After assessing the situation, the country's leadership and the Ministry of Defense decided to return General Ivan Popov to service.
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Почему вы взяли именно Казахстан, а не взяли например, Таджикистан или Туркмению? Казахстан это Средняя Азия, как это называли раньше или как это теперь называют- Центральная Азия в отличии от Кореи, хоть северной, хоть южной, т.е. регион совсем другой. С чистотой именно казахского генофонда в Казахстане все совсем не хорошо ибо во времена развала СССР казахов на территории Казахстана было меньше половины населения в отличии от той же Туркмении, которая всегда была гораздо более закрыта и там с чистотой туркменского генофонда дела обстоят намного лучше.
По условной "боеспособности" таджики, как народность, могут дать большую фору всем своим соседям по региону, и казахам, и узбекам, и туркменам, и киргизам и на равных могут соперничать наверное только с пуштунами, если вспомнить сколько неприятностей создавали таджикские этнические вооруженные формирования и Советской Армии и армии США во времена оккупации Афганистана.
По поводу спорта в целом и единоборств, в частности. Почему именно Казахстан и почему именно ММА? Я не являюсь супер специалистом а области единоборств и не претендую на истину в последней инстанции, но единственный представитель Казахстана, который выступал на самом высоком уровне и который приходит мне на память, был Геннадий Головкин, кстати он по национальности русский и выступал он в боксе, а не в ММА. В целом, на сколько я могу судить, Казахстан в спорте гораздо более широко представлен по сравнению со своими соседями, но все кого я могу вспомнить из тех кто выступает или выступал за Казахстан, не являются этническими казахами. А если взять именно этнических казахов, то их окажется ничуть не больше, а возможно и меньше, чем тех же таджиков или узбеков. Как вопиющий пример, сборная Казахстана по хоккею с шайбой. Эта команда неоднократно выступала в финальной части чемпионата мира, а это весьма серьезный уровень, но каждый раз в этой команде не было НИ ОДНОГО этнического казаха.
Прошу все это не воспринимать как какую то злобную критику, просто у меня возникло впечатление, что для вас Казахстан и весь этот регион это что то такое, полумифическое, как те же нефилимы.
По поводу ситуации с генералом Поповым. Похоже мы все таки имеем реакцию Путина, которую не афишируют, как именно таковую, но которая, судя по скорости исполнения, именно таковой и является.
 
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