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Flesnolk posted:Putin definitely doesn't have bodybuilder muscles tho All conjecture until he eats a bullet and the world possibly gets an autopsy report, but that doesn’t mean anything. Plenty of aging men start doing all sorts of “one weird trick” poo poo hoping to regain their youthful figures, only to hit a brick wall because they can’t/won’t put in the other 90% of the work. Steroids are a hell of a drug but desperation’s worse.
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Rockker posted:Does Russia know some intel about Ukraine's artillery and/or air capabilities? This seems like its just asking to get bombed unless they know it can't be It feels like Russia tried to not do this, and tried to spread tanks out and go in not on roads and it failed and everyone laughed at the bad micro so their new plan is click attack move and go straight down the main road and see if that works better.
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ummel posted:Corticosteroids cause moon face. Not sure if anabolic do, but I don't think so.
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KitConstantine posted:Sadly looks like Washington Intel is also saying that there's another wave of Russian soldiers coming. Pretty much what everyone was kind of expecting. And the offensive was already going at blitzkrieg speed despite being an utter shitshow. The Russians have the soldiers and brutality for an Iraq style occupation too.
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ZombieLenin posted:Aircraft have already been transferred. Can you provide a source for that because: Ciprian Maricon posted:https://domov.sme.sk/c/22850575/ukrajina-vojna-slovensko-vojenska-pomoc-stihacky.html
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I'm just going to wish strength and luck to the Ukrainian forces and everyone supporting them. This attack seems different, I think the Russians are ready to be a lot more barbarous, to attack more civilian areas, to do anything necessary really to win. If the Ukrainians survive or repulse this attack it could be a huge moment.
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I imagine the convoy is 60 miles long or whatever because large parts are constantly being stopped by vehicles exploding and needing to be removed from the road.
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Varinn posted:A lot of people are going to have to square their support for the massive crowds of russian anti war protestors with their glee at the looming massive collapse of the russian economy and the absolute terror that its going to visit on many of those people Very odd to see Americans say that if they don't like the sanctions they should just overthrow the government. We couldn't do that here if we wanted to and our congresscritters are ancient as hell.
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Judakel posted:Very odd to see Americans say that if they don't like the sanctions they should just overthrow the government. We couldn't do that here if we wanted to and our congresscritters are ancient as hell. The 1/6 rioters almost did.
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Varinn posted:A lot of people are going to have to square their support for the massive crowds of russian anti war protestors with their glee at the looming massive collapse of the russian economy and the absolute terror that its going to visit on many of those people That's not true at all, they are absolutely focused on the rich, the oligarchs, and Putin himself as much as they possible can be. But they also have to be as strong as they possibly can, which means targeting the Russian economy as a whole. The fact that this will hurt poor people the most is not intentional but is just a given in a stratified, capitalist system. There is no way to attack Russia's economy without hurting poor people the most, just like any economic contraction in the US always hurts poor people the most.
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TwoQuestions posted:The 1/6 rioters almost did. They didn't and that's what I was referencing.
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Confirmed by Poland's Daily Press that Poland is giving Ukraine 28 planes https://twitter.com/rzeczpospolita/status/1498404320622043141?s=20&t=f_YUucBpQH6ifUQxpIxiFA Article link: https://www.rp.pl/wojsko/art35777571-28-polskich-mig-ow-29-dla-ukrainskiej-armii "The Supreme Council: Poland will provide the Ukrainian army with 28 MiG-29s Poland will provide the Ukrainian aviation with 28 MiG-29 fighters, the Supreme Council of Ukraine has provided. In total, according to this source, Ukraine will receive 70 planes as part of European Union aid. However, Onet informs that 23 Polish machines would be provided for re-arming the aviation of Ukraine, because the rest are "too outdated"." Had to get a shot at everyone else in.
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Judakel posted:Very odd to see Americans say that if they don't like the sanctions they should just overthrow the government. We couldn't do that here if we wanted to and our congresscritters are ancient as hell. If there were sanctions affecting the operation of capitalism in America and our government refused to comply to get them lifted, you’d probably see some mysteriously well-funded rebels and spontaneous shows of force pretty quickly if that would get things back to the economic status quo. You probably wouldn’t like the new regime, though.
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TwoQuestions posted:The Russians have the soldiers and brutality for an Iraq style occupation too. Wait I'm sorry, is this supposed to sound good for them? Because um
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Pulling rank as a medical professional, but the steroid angle seems incredibly bullshit and you probably shouldn't spend any more time thinking about it than you would a batboy article from national enquirer. Corticosteroids are vastly different from anabolic (testosterone based) steroids. And someone like Putin would have a pro with a legit cycle plan in place that wouldn't have stereotypical anabolic steroid issues is used for hormone replacement therapy. It's much more likely he's in meth/amphetamine delerium or whatever else armchair psychologist stuff is going around.Grouchio posted:That also explains what's made him so immunocompromised that he's felt to sit 20 ft away from everyone else! I know this is a joke, but honestly not even sure what immune condition he'd have that wouldn't be much better managed by more expensive monoclonal antibodies he'd abso have access to. ummel fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Mar 1, 2022 |
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I AM GRANDO posted:If there were sanctions affecting the operation of capitalism in America and our government refused to comply to get them lifted, you’d probably see some mysteriously well-funded rebels and spontaneous shows of force pretty quickly if that would get things back to the economic status quo. You probably wouldn’t like the new regime, though. There are going to be a lot of dead oligarchs soon then.
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Judakel posted:Very odd to see Americans say that if they don't like the sanctions they should just overthrow the government. We couldn't do that here if we wanted to and our congresscritters are ancient as hell. Everybody knows it's BS, it's just a thing people say to avoid having to admit they're being cruel.
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Dante posted:This is one hell of a sequence of videos that CNN has assembled on how they repelled a small russian force in Kharkiv: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/28/europe/kharkiv-street-fight-russia-ukraine-intl-cmd/index.html. The Ukrainian army seems to be very cohesive and well-trained. just going to point out that repelling two or three trucks of guys driving down a street in broad daylight does not give you literally anything you can generalize to the entire ukranian army. that said, it's hard to understand wtf that group was doing there
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Play posted:That's not true at all, they are absolutely focused on the rich, the oligarchs, and Putin himself as much as they possible can be. How can something be "not intentional", but also "a given"? If doing something causes another thing to happen 100% of the time, you can't say you didnt intend for it to happen.
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FishBulbia posted:https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1498480746855649288 crabs are incapable of lying. republicans...
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FishBulbia posted:https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1498480746855649288 Who to believe. Guess I’ll wait like 10 minutes for the debunk tweet
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This account usually isn't unreliable, but if I am reading the sub tweets correctly this is literally 4th hand information.
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TwoQuestions posted:And the offensive was already going at blitzkrieg speed despite being an utter shitshow. The Russians have the soldiers and brutality for an Iraq style occupation too. I think you’re the first person I’ve ever seen to claim that the Russians are equipped to engage in a legit occupation
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Well on one hand Putin has been saying and doing the exact same thing since he invaded Georgia in 2008 with a similar pretext, only now he 70 and a bit fatter. On the other hand this he could be roid raging after two years of intense sigma male grindset bodybuilding under corona isolation. It's simply impossible to tell which story is more plausible!Herstory Begins Now posted:just going to point out that repelling two or three trucks of guys driving down a street in broad daylight does not give you literally anything you can generalize to the entire ukranian army. Hang on let me check twitter, I'm sure I can find a suitable sample size of tiktoks. Jokes aside, even though Russia is going to grind Ukraine down it's hard to argue after these five days that the Ukrainian army is not well-trained or cohesive. Pretty much every intelligence service on the planet is impressed so far. Dante fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Mar 1, 2022 |
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KitConstantine posted:Confirmed by Poland's Daily Press that Poland is giving Ukraine 28 planes I don't speak Polish, but the google translate appears to be a lot of the same we've seen, again from Ukranian sources, and not confirmation from Poland: quote:Josep Borrell, the head of EU diplomacy, announced on Sunday that EU foreign ministers agreed to send EUR 450 million in military aid to Ukraine for offensive weapons. During the press conference, Borrell said the EU military aid package could also include the supply of fighters for the Ukrainian air force. The head of EU diplomacy said that the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, asked for such planes that could be used by his country's air force. These are post-Soviet models, mainly MiG-i and Suchoje. There are countries in the EU that have such machines (including Poland) and are able to deliver them - said Borrell.
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I hope they can do something about that convoy. Presumably they’d have known about it for some time as they seem to be getting NATO intel and there’s no way it wasn’t spotted assembling across the border. Of course Russia would know it is pretty important to their plans and are probably giving it a pretty thorough infantry and AA screen which might be why it hasn’t been droned to oblivion.
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Rubio is getting actual classified intel briefings so I think he's probably correct
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Looks like the Ukrainians have been picking away at Russian supply lines still - that seems like a lot of rockets to just...steal. I don't understand how they did it. https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1498274281851170821?s=20&t=f_YUucBpQH6ifUQxpIxiFA Ciprian Maricon posted:I don't speak Polish, but the google translate appears to be a lot of the same we've seen, again from Ukranian sources, and not confirmation from Poland: It's a bit different in that there's now a Polish source saying they're considering it, not a flat denial like the other two countries.
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Would there be any tactical advantage in pretending Ukraine isn’t actually getting more planes when actually there are some changing hands? If Russia knew there were 70 new aircraft in the theatre they’d be pretty keen to hunt them all down and wreak them.
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Baronjutter posted:Twitter is making a bunch of the worst people on twitter mad. lmao this guy literally works for RT
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Shes Not Impressed posted:https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498486846950719494?s=20&t=ysfcxcWuASQDGalpvr70NQ Maybe the Russian military is just all lining up for that $3,000/surrender payout and that’s how they plan to recover from sanctions.
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So I'm trying to think now (I'm sorry). With the extra week when MOEX stays closed, Russian image on a global markets will not really change but a lot of things can happen regardless. From "Russian economy crumbles to pieces" to "Russian economy is in trouble". But assuming that Russia manages to work out some economical partnership with China, it would give Putin enough of a leverage to continue not giving a gently caress. Which in it's own way would be bad for the West, strengthening the yuan. I really hope that instead somebody in the Ural bunker will do the right thing though.
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Dante posted:lmao this guy literally works for RT The character of being associated with official Russia has changed overnight. You can't monetize a stain.
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Mooseontheloose posted:Does this slower day benefit Ukraine at all? To the extent that it allows some of the weapons being sent from Europe to them to reach the coming fronts, perhaps. Realistically, though, it probably means the enormous Russian columns are focused on maneuvering to achieve encirclement after the earlier probing revealed where Ukraine is likely to put up resistance.
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gay picnic defence posted:Would there be any tactical advantage in pretending Ukraine isn’t actually getting more planes when actually there are some changing hands? If Russia knew there were 70 new aircraft in the theatre they’d be pretty keen to hunt them all down and wreak them. I think it’s safe to assume anything related to exports dropped on twitter is mainly being done for pr purposes. Who knows what’s not being said. Cia is probably working overtime filling out fedex slips
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Mozi posted:Indeed. You'd think the smarter plan would have been, after the attempts to generate a false flag failed, to just withdraw on Feb 25 or whatever, make Biden look foolish and legitimize the pro-Russian narrative, then when Trump wins in a couple of years and withdraws from NATO just take Ukraine then. The problem is the plan was already in motion. The amount of time, materials and money to stage the invasion was sunk. If he decided to back down all of that would have been down the drain and for a Russian military that has had money problems for decades the time was now. By the time they could afford to stage the operation again the West would have likely built up Ukraine even more than they did, likely with more modern hardware making things more dicey, completely ignoring a potential EU/NATO membership. I don’t think Putin expected the resistance or the massive support for Ukraine and blowback to them from effectively the world. Even if they do “win” it will ultimately be a loss. Every goal that Putin was after has now blown up spectacularly in his face. NATO and the EU are stronger than they have been in decades, the sphere of influence from Russia is going to be nearly irrelevant, their economy is going to be in ruins and even their highly successful destabilization programs around the world are likely going to be toast going forward. What someone said earlier about China gaining more influence over them is right. The big winner in all of this is China. They got to see a dry run for the invasion of Taiwan and learn from it. They are going to reap all the benefits and not take any blowback from it at all.
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