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Putin’s people ‘are starting to get angry’: Ukraine's spy chief reveals intelligence | Maxim Tucker

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“Discontent is starting to rumble among the population.”

Ukraine’s new spy chief has received intelligence suggesting that the Russian people are beginning to express their anger publicly over the war in Ukraine, says The Times’s Maxim Tucker.

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20 Comments

@håkon.tranberg 2 weeks ago

We are now in a situation in Russia in which people are normally not any longer prosecuted because of posting discontent in social media; just because there are too many of them. This is a sign of change.

@brianhealy1323 2 weeks ago (edited)

The trickiest part winning a war in 3 days, is the first 5 years.

It really is quite astounding that this war in Ukraine has lasted almost as long as WW2.

@peklo210 2 weeks ago

Always great to hear from Maxim Tucker. Thanks for this interview.

@dpelpal 2 weeks ago

Vladimir Vladimirovich meets with General Gerasimov!

VV Putin: Did you take Kyiv in 3 days, as ordered?
Gerasimov: No, Mr. President.
VV Putin: Did you take Odessa, Kharkov?
Gerasimov: No.
VV Putin: The Donbass, did you take the Donbass?
Gerasimov: No.
VV Putin: Well then! What did you take in Ukraine?
Gerasimov: Three washing machine, a fur coat, and 2 toilets!
🤣🤣🤣

@annsanse2935 2 weeks ago

Если вы — российский солдат, воюющий против Украины, лучшее, что вы можете для себя сделать, — это сдаться в плен, а затем сражаться на стороне Украины ради победы над Россией. Когда Украина одержит верх, вас ждет благополучная жизнь в стране со светлым и процветающим будущим.

@MarkB-t3s 2 weeks ago

When comparing WW2 to the present situation there is a constant fallacy: the Soviet Union included Ukraine, Belorussia, the Baltic states, as well as the Caucasian and central Asian republics: the USSR had a far larger population to draw upon than Russia now, so it is a bit of an oranges and apples comparison. Russia has around half the population of the old Soviet Union, and then you have to factor in the impact of the 1990s, the exodus that continued through the 2000s of Russians in their 20s and 30s, and the impact of the war on those who remained. The long-term impact is even greater than you suggest.

@Geoffrey-r3d 2 weeks ago

Makes a difference when your losing wasn’t a problem before to take a countries sovereignty

@JT9722-vh9 2 weeks ago

No military on the planet is prepared for drone warfare... Ukraine has re-written the book.

@philcollinson328 2 weeks ago

I so wish the Russian soldiers would save themselves. Leave Ukraine, turn around and march on Moscow.

@Gandhi-p3h 2 weeks ago

I love how trump started an illegal war against a county that didn't attack USA and cause a global fuel crisis while at the same time telling a country that defends it's own borders from an illegal aggression not to destroy the oil supplies - you really can't make this shit up.

@dantarradellas7351 2 weeks ago

Tucker is astounding. Amazing analysis. ❤

@GrahamDobson-l2v 2 weeks ago

Russia’s war machine, hammered by soaring losses and strangled supply lines, staggers into a tightening vise; Ukraine’s long‑range strikes, shredding fuel flows and freight routes, drive that stagger into open structural shock; and as casualty columns climb and convoys crack, morale buckles across brigades and cities alike, turning the Kremlin’s campaign inward against its own collapsing capacity; so the combined crush of dead men, broken logistics, and bleeding industry now forces Moscow toward the very breaking point its generals can neither mask nor mend.

@paularivero1878 2 weeks ago

Great interview, with a lot of insight and precise analysis of the war doing by a fantastic guest. Thanh Philip for this❤

@JimmyTurbo-1215 2 weeks ago

The military and civilian secret services need a phrase that identifies them instantly.

@FrankdeGroot-qc2do 4 days ago

South Korea can be learning too
Their choice, keeping up or falling behind

@chirpywiggins5796 2 weeks ago

It’s only taken them 4 years to wake up! No hope for humanity!!!

@mobilephil244 2 weeks ago

Morale is an irrelevance to Russia. It only matters to civilised people. Russians will do whatever they are told to and commit whatever war-crimes they are told to.