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the popes toes posted:I read somewhere that the "go gently caress yourself" was actually "taste my dick". It was "иди нахуй", literally "go to dick" but functionally "go gently caress yourself". "taste my dick" would've been "сосни" or "отсоси", which both mean "blow [me]".
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Warmachine posted:The "Fog of War" is an actual real thing and isn't just the shorthand for your vision limitation in strategy games. Hence my comment about Ukraine's ace-in-a-day. I personally get that but the ace in a day thing could also be multiple jets/AA/lord knows that are being lumped together over the largest city in the country. That's gonna be a lot of spectators so there's probably something to "somethings shooting lots of stuff out of the sky" but confirmation is not something we can expect through a rough social media aggregate of claims. We'll have to wait, its not even been 48 hours.
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the popes toes posted:I read somewhere that the "go gently caress yourself" was actually "taste my dick". My Russian's rusty, but literally I think it's more like "go to (the) dick".
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Charliegrs posted:So there's obviously a British guy there but it sounds like he's talking to an American. I wonder what his story is. Need to find someone to pull a Teddy Roosevelt and form the Russki Riders
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Final warning to Clancychat - “No WW3 bollocks” rule in the OP does very much apply to it. My bad. Got it. Does anyone know when the Odessa cams went down? They were up about 8 hours ago :/
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Grape posted:It's very clear that the Russian strategy is to take Kiev as quickly as possible so they can knock out the government and maybe install a puppet. And that Hitler and the entire Nazi command made about Moscow. You'd think RUSSIA of all countries would know that this isn't a game of Advance Wars and you don't auto-win if you take the enemy HQ.
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Paracausal posted:https://twitter.com/nolanwpeterson/status/1497029144898682890 This is the coffee fascist I mentioned, incidentally. But what I was going to post is, how do we know literally any of the stuff being posted is true? It feels like anything and possibly everything could be propaganda and fabrications from one side or another.
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https://twitter.com/HansNichols/status/1497025238009319426 "Austin" is U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. I think "close to falling" is making assumptions that the Russian military reaching Kyiv = Kyiv being captured immediately, but 20 miles is a lot closer than I thought they would be to the capital at this point. Other reports make it sound like Russia hadn't progressed that far yet, but the U.S. intel seems to have been pretty accurate so far from what I can tell.
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:On the webcams, it looks like bombing has begun in Kyiv Yep. https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1497035085840715781
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SonnyVasquez posted:My bad. Got it. Must have been not long after that, but I can't remember exactly what time.
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KM Scorchio posted:Extremely dead heros. They thought it was worth it, who am I to say it wasn't?
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1. Why are Turkish drones bombing Russian tanks? Someone posted a tweet some pages back. I guess the question is more along the lines of (if true) why is Turkey directly intervening when the rest of the world won’t? 2. As per the tweet above with the British volunteer. Uhh, what exactly is the legality of a non-citizen of a country to pick up a rifle and start shooting/helping the country they’re in?
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Delthalaz posted:Wondering how well this guy did in that airport battle He's a general, probably chilling in Moscow.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:It was "иди нахуй", literally "go to dick" but functionally "go gently caress yourself". "taste my dick" would've been "сосни" or "отсоси", which both mean "blow [me]". Important and entertaining distinctions, thank you.
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DeliciousPatriotism posted:A lot of folks are talking about the Ukrainian air force ceasing to exist already but they had CAS at the Kyviv airport on day 1 and a lot of interceptor duty. It's too early to know everything and its frankly unlikely that Russia knows where everything is or is able to get maximum effect on everything that they happen to hit. I wonder how much the institutional memory of the 2014 campaign influenced a belief that they'd meet little resistance again this time. Like in many cases they were literally walking into areas entirely uncontested and ukranian bases were being taken with fist fights because ukranians were under strict orders not to start shooting. Ukraine also apparently had ~5-7000 combat ready troops then (by contrast ukraine now has a large, generally quite modern army that's largely been trained to decent standards). obviously russia can grind down ukraine, but the idea that there would be little friction was deeply off base and kinda belies some really serious misunderstandings of 2022 ukraine vs 2014 ukraine
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coelomate posted:CNN literally spoke with the Russians that landed initially on camera, and last I heard only reported that Ukraine attempted to take it back. I think CNN got far away once they realized what was going on (originally they asked the troops where the Russians were, as they didn't recognize them, and they replied "we are the Russians" -- or osmething like that). Yeah that's literally how it happened lol. The press walked straight up to them thinking they were Ukrainian troops, hailed and spoke to them before the troops revealed that they were, in fact, Russians. Pretty funny honestly. It's not that hard to tell them apart either, the Russian do wear identifying armbands if they are normal troops. KM Scorchio posted:Putin give zero fucks about protests. Peaceful protests achieve nothing even in allegedly democratic states. It doesn't matter what he thinks about them, it's an indication that these actions are far from universally supported in Russia. That's important. Especially if this drags on and as brutal sanctions begin to take effect. To my mind, all Russian assets outside of individual family assets should be seized immediately, Russia blocked from SWIFT, all borders closed and the entire country isolated. Xeom posted:This is really some funny rear end poo poo. Especially coming from someone who is probably an American. shut the gently caress up, man. for all of it's issues, if there's anything the west has ever valued it is democracy (and thereby profits through the free market). it's the system that has been installed literally across the globe at the west's behest or directly copying the west, and has made western countries rich. the system that was installed in Iraq and Afghanistan, temporarily in the second case. so yes, the west values democracy and it's bizarre to even try and disagree with this most obvious of historical facts if the west doesn't value democracy, who the gently caress does? And why has it become the dominant political system in the world?
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Boris Galerkin posted:1. Why are Turkish drones bombing Russian tanks? Someone posted a tweet some pages back. I guess the question is more along the lines of (if true) why is Turkey directly intervening when the rest of the world won’t? Not an authentic video (I edited my post but it was quoted a bunch). But I believe the original post was about them supplying drones, not being directly involved.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:It was "иди нахуй", literally "go to dick" but functionally "go gently caress yourself". "taste my dick" would've been "сосни" or "отсоси", which both mean "blow [me]". Putin: "Ukrainian Homonazis confirmed!" DeliciousPatriotism posted:I personally get that but the ace in a day thing could also be multiple jets/AA/lord knows that are being lumped together over the largest city in the country. That's gonna be a lot of spectators so there's probably something to "somethings shooting lots of stuff out of the sky" but confirmation is not something we can expect through a rough social media aggregate of claims. We'll have to wait, its not even been 48 hours. That's what I'm suspecting. There's enough of Ukrainian MiGs still flying but because people are on the ground, they can't see multiple ones. We know that in the photo of the Ukrainian Su-24 supporting the National Guard at the airport there's at least five more fixed wing aircraft in the background. BTW, someone translated what that Ukrainian babushka said to the Russian soldiers... https://twitter.com/tjcrowley/status/1497030751644127234?s=20&t=-0IvlJzkvbeIS-prm84duQ
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Boris Galerkin posted:1. Why are Turkish drones bombing Russian tanks? Someone posted a tweet some pages back. I guess the question is more along the lines of (if true) why is Turkey directly intervening when the rest of the world won’t? Drone video got debunked as Syrian, but Ukraine owns and manufactures Bayraktar TB2 drones, the model famous from Azerbaijan war. It's why Russians were building all those grill shields over their tank turrets. British volunteer could a resident or a citizen, and even if they aren't - no one here is a Ukrainian lawyer.
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Isn't a "cruise ballistic missile" a contradiction in terms? I'm not disputing that poo poo's blowing up but maybe that particular tweet isn't the best confirmation. Boris Galerkin posted:1. Why are Turkish drones bombing Russian tanks? Someone posted a tweet some pages back. I guess the question is more along the lines of (if true) why is Turkey directly intervening when the rest of the world won’t? I believe that story was purportedly about drones that Turkey had sold to Ukraine, but regardless, the footage was later identified as from a prior engagement in Syria.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:20km is not 1/3 of 200km, which is the closest border point from Kyiv. Sorry its like way more than 20km. Apparently, I can't read a scale on a map. Just google mapping but it's more like 60 to 70 where Konotop is an offshoot along E101
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ZombieLenin posted:Also Putin has threatened to use these twice in the last 24 hours, and Russian doctrine is pretty open to their use against peer to peer opponents. (CW: War) Ukraine v Russia: peer to peer opponents
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Boris Galerkin posted:1. Why are Turkish drones bombing Russian tanks? Someone posted a tweet some pages back. I guess the question is more along the lines of (if true) why is Turkey directly intervening when the rest of the world won’t? 1: Turkish made drone. Not controlled by the Turks. And that particular video was probably not in Ukraine. 2: At this point Ukraine will probably take whatever help they can get. I can't speak for other countries but I believe for Americans it's very legal to engage in war tourism.
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Is the bombing from Russian warships in the Black Sea or aircraft or...? I have no idea how feasible this is or if Ukraine even has any jets left operable but if so, would they have a chance at taking out those warships launching the missiles or would that be suicide? Could the drones they were supplied do the same thing maybe?
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How are u posted:They thought it was worth it, who am I to say it wasn't? I get it. But they aren't heros, they are victims.
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Boris Galerkin posted:1. Why are Turkish drones bombing Russian tanks? Someone posted a tweet some pages back. I guess the question is more along the lines of (if true) why is Turkey directly intervening when the rest of the world won’t? It being a Turkish drone doesn't mean it's a Turkish intervention, it's just equipment that the Ukrainians bought. Also I think all of those videos were from Syria.
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It looks like a missile just took out one of the live feed cameras in Kiev? All other angles look quiet for now
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Young Freud posted:Putin: "Ukrainian Homonazis confirmed!" If true, this lady is a loving badass.
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:On the webcams, it looks like bombing has begun in Kyiv Saw this live, jumped out of my seat. What the gently caress.
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Play posted:Yeah that's literally how it happened lol. The press walked straight up to them thinking they were Ukrainian troops, hailed and spoke to them before the troops revealed that they were, in fact, Russians. The sanctions aren't brutal, they are the bare minimum response that will hurt the common folk of Russia far more than they impact anyone who has actual power.
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KM Scorchio posted:I get it. But they aren't heros, they are victims. They are both victims and heroes. In a word: martyrs
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Young Freud posted:Putin: "Ukrainian Homonazis confirmed!" Specifically sunflower seeds, the national flower of Ukraine. raminasi posted:Isn't a "cruise ballistic missile" a contradiction in terms? I'm not disputing that poo poo's blowing up but maybe that particular tweet isn't the best confirmation. Regardless of the type of missile, Kyiv is being bombarded, or air defense systems are doing their thing. https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1497034017895600128 https://twitter.com/mrsorokaa/status/1497034411623149568 https://twitter.com/nolanwpeterson/status/1497034286901473284 https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1497040187565568006 ummel fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Feb 25, 2022 |
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MikeC posted:Sorry its like way more than 20km. Apparently, I can't read a scale on a map. Just google mapping but it's more like 60 to 70 where Konotop is an offshoot along E101 I see what you meant. Then we're looking at something like 
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Hannibal Rex posted:(CW: War) Ukraine v Russia: peer to peer opponents I would say from what we are seeing from just one day, this is a near peer conflict. This is not, for example, the American invasion of Iraq.
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I'm watching Kyiv cams and they're pretty quiet, I'm even hearing birds singing. Am I on the wrong video?
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Flesnolk posted:I'm watching Kyiv cams and they're pretty quiet, I'm even hearing birds singing. Am I on the wrong video? You appear to be watching the final scene of Blackadder Goes Forth.
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