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The head of Russia's Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu has not been seen in public for 12 days and is possibly missing, according to reports and messages circulated on Telegram on Wednesday.

Investigative journalists from the Russian independent news outlets Mediazona and Agentstvo claimed on Wednesday that the normally media savvy Shoigu has not appeared in public since March 11.

There are rumours that Shoigu is in poor health and is experiencing heart problems, while other messages are swirling online suggest Shoigu might have been fired from the ministry and is on house arrest, according to Russian journalists.

Purged by Putin?

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The head of Russia's Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu has not been seen in public for 12 days and is possibly missing, according to reports and messages circulated on Telegram on Wednesday.

Investigative journalists from the Russian independent news outlets Mediazona and Agentstvo claimed on Wednesday that the normally media savvy Shoigu has not appeared in public since March 11.

There are rumours that Shoigu is in poor health and is experiencing heart problems, while other messages are swirling online suggest Shoigu might have been fired from the ministry and is on house arrest, according to Russian journalists.

Purged by Putin?

Most likely, as Shoigu, who liked to parade around in a Russian Marshall's uniform (their 5-star equivalent), had ZERO military experience, yet was the Russian Chief of the Joint Chiefs/Defense Minister in combination. He would have been responsible for the overall plan and military readiness. He was very close to Putin, and seems to have been a master at "office politics".

Right now, Putin is probably searching for the military people who actually are competent to help extricate him from this mess and to rebuild, refit, and re-orient the Russian military.

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The head of Russia's Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu has not been seen in public for 12 days and is possibly missing, according to reports and messages circulated on Telegram on Wednesday.

Investigative journalists from the Russian independent news outlets Mediazona and Agentstvo claimed on Wednesday that the normally media savvy Shoigu has not appeared in public since March 11.

There are rumours that Shoigu is in poor health and is experiencing heart problems, while other messages are swirling online suggest Shoigu might have been fired from the ministry and is on house arrest, according to Russian journalists.

Purged by Putin?

Most likely, as Shoigu, who liked to parade around in a Russian Marshall's uniform (their 5-star equivalent), had ZERO military experience, yet was the Russian Chief of the Joint Chiefs/Defense Minister in combination. He would have been responsible for the overall plan and military readiness. He was very close to Putin, and seems to have been a master at "office politics".

Right now, Putin is probably searching for the military people who actually are competent to help extricate him from this mess and to rebuild, refit, and re-orient the Russian military.

Shoigu is a civil engineer who is well known in Russia (and even the ex-Soviet Union) for his ability to get things done when he managed the emergency response agency. And yes, he has zero military expereince.

However, none of the men Putin has appointed as Defense Minister have had any military experience. It is part of Putin strategy of humiliating the Russian military. The Defense minister before Shoigu, Anatoly Serdyukov, had managed furniture stores. His only military service was as a RED army truck driver for two years in Soviet Moldova. And before him, the DM was a disgraced KGB agent. Puitn doesn't trust the Russian army. Having these particular men in charge was a calibrate insult. The exiled oligarch Pugachev talked about this directly in a recent interview. Putin is weird.

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9,861 Russian KIAs and 16,153 WIAs in Ukraine - and this pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda refers to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The story was deleted almost immediately. — Illia Ponomarenko

That's almost 25.000 Soldiers, dead or wounded.
The Website was archived before deleted.

We can make an equivalency of losing 1.5 US Army divisions. (The US has 10 Army Divisions)

If the losses are truly as bad as claimed (you must admit, those are almost beyond belief), then why is NATO going on alert and why is Zellensky screaming for help? It seems like he has already defeated the Russian military.

I find it hard to believe that their losses are far exceeding the losses the US sustained in Iraq. If these "reports" are correct, then good for Ukraine. But again, I find it hard to believe that Russia's loss in a month is half of what the US lost during 10 years of Vietnam.

These numbers are quite believable. The Pentagon estimated last week that the number of Russian dead was around 7000. The Ukrainians and even other Western defense analysts placed the numbers higher than that.

NATO is on alert because with Putin drastic losses he might have to resort to WMD in order to fend off total defeat. Zelensky knows that the Russian army will simply sit back and pulverize entire cities and starve out the population of Ukraine. The Russian army is an artillery force. Russian infantry is substandard. The American infantry could easily sweep the Russians away.

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9,861 Russian KIAs and 16,153 WIAs in Ukraine - and this pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda refers to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The story was deleted almost immediately. — Illia Ponomarenko

That's almost 25.000 Soldiers, dead or wounded.
The Website was archived before deleted.

We can make an equivalency of losing 1.5 US Army divisions. (The US has 10 Army Divisions)

If the losses are truly as bad as claimed (you must admit, those are almost beyond belief), then why is NATO going on alert and why is Zellensky screaming for help? It seems like he has already defeated the Russian military.

I find it hard to believe that their losses are far exceeding the losses the US sustained in Iraq. If these "reports" are correct, then good for Ukraine. But again, I find it hard to believe that Russia's loss in a month is half of what the US lost during 10 years of Vietnam.

These numbers are quite believable. The Pentagon estimated last week that the number of Russian dead was around 7000. The Ukrainians and even other Western defense analysts placed the numbers higher than that.

NATO is on alert because with Putin drastic losses he might have to resort to WMD in order to fend off total defeat. Zelensky knows that the Russian army will simply sit back and pulverize entire cities and starve out the population of Ukraine. The Russian army is an artillery force. Russian infantry is substandard. The American infantry could easily sweep the Russians away.

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Retired Army Lt. Col. predicts if Ukraine is winning the war

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/up-to-4 ... -says.html

Up to 40,000 Russian soldiers killed, wounded, captured or MIA in Ukraine, NATO estimates
PUBLISHED WED, MAR 23 20221:57 PM EDT UPDATED 47 MIN AGO

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Green Energy:

The Czech Republic has announced a tender for the extension of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant
— In the presence of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Industry and Trade during the visit to the Dukovany nuclear power plant, the start of a tender for the expansion of a new nuclear unit at this Czech power plant was announced.

Warsaw plans to have its first nuclear plant operating in 2033.
— We want the entire investment process in the project of the first nuclear power plant in Poland to be carried out in a transparent, responsible manner and in dialogue with stakeholders from the very beginning, including, in particular, the owners and the local community - says Tomasz Stępień, acting president of Polish Power Plants Nuclear.

Britain wants to extend the life of a nuclear power plant through an energy crisis
— Britain wants to extend the life of the Suffolk nuclear power plant. Prime Minister Johnson is developing a new energy supply strategy, expected to be released next week.

Slovenia will exit coal in 2033. New complement nuclear reactor in Krško by 2030

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Cyberattack on NATO could trigger collective defence clause (article 5)

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7 hospitalized after fentanyl travels through air vents at juvenile detention center in Ohio.

Do I even need to say why this is an incredibly scary development?

https://www.13abc.com/2022/03/21/crews- ... ms-county/

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7 hospitalized after fentanyl travels through air vents at juvenile detention center in Ohio.

Do I even need to say why this is an incredibly scary development?

https://www.13abc.com/2022/03/21/crews- ... ms-county/

Yes, DaKardii, why is this an "incredibly scary development" (even if it is in my State) when I am worrying about Russian 800 kT SS-25s hitting Cleveland and Akron?