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Has there been any significant EW actions by the Russians that we know of? If something large scale happened like the power plant incidents there in ‘13 (I think?) and what happened in Georgia we would have found out already. Definitely going to be interesting to see how any cyber attacks were defended. I don’t really believe the “leaving the internet up until war crimes” stuff. Would have been super advantageous to knock that poo poo out right away.
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my morning jackass posted:Has there been any significant EW actions by the Russians that we know of? If something large scale happened like the power plant incidents there in ‘13 (I think?) and what happened in Georgia we would have found out already. Definitely going to be interesting to see how any cyber attacks were defended. Best answer I've read is that Russia expected victory and wanted broadcasted to demoralize the rest of the UKR.
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Feb 26, 2022 05:47
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Stultus Maximus posted:I thought I had read the worst take of the day when I got up this morning, but it turns out it was waiting for me to go to bed: just wanted to post gently caress steve bannon
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Feb 26, 2022 05:48
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Remember, that man had TS/SCI clearance and the Oval Office on speed dial. 
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ded posted:just wanted to post gently caress steve bannon not emptyquoting
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Feb 26, 2022 05:51
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Word on the wire is that somebody somewhere American has confirmed that two IL-76s packed with paratroopers were, indeed, shot down. Russia really is still pushing the airdrops and has landed dudes south of Kyiv (?).
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Feb 26, 2022 05:52
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Naked Bear posted:Word on the wire is that somebody somewhere American has confirmed that two IL-76s packed with paratroopers were, indeed, shot down. Russia really is still pushing the airdrops and has landed dudes south of Kyiv (?). loving hell. Husbanding their surface to air or fighter assets seems to have worked in Ukraine's favor? Arrath fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Feb 26, 2022 |
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Naked Bear posted:Word on the wire is that somebody somewhere American has confirmed that two IL-76s packed with paratroopers were, indeed, shot down. Russia really is still pushing the airdrops and has landed dudes south of Kyiv (?). It's an AP article: https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1497430637166407686
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Naked Bear posted:Word on the wire is that somebody somewhere American has confirmed that two IL-76s packed with paratroopers were, indeed, shot down. Russia really is still pushing the airdrops and has landed dudes south of Kyiv (?). loving Market-Garden went smoother than these Russian airborne ops.
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Feb 26, 2022 05:54
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That's 2 whole companies of paratroopers dead, if those transports were full. I think there's a few configurations for it, though? Cargo, paratrooper, normal troop transport, etc. No matter what, that's a decent L.
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Feb 26, 2022 05:55
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facialimpediment posted:It's an AP article: "I need ammunition, not a ride." Is one of the most metal things I've ever heard, goddamn. This dude was a comedian before he got elected??
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Feb 26, 2022 06:03
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:loving Market-Garden went smoother than these Russian airborne ops. Market Garden drops were easy. It's the rest of it that went to poo poo...but yeah Russia isn't gonna haf a SF/Airborne community left after this.
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Feb 26, 2022 06:06
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QuoProQuid posted:WNYC had a participant of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution call in and he started providing pro tips to the defenders of Kyiv on how to best use Molotov cocktails to destroy its enemies before the host abruptly disconnected them: https://twitter.com/msbishop/status/1497016939608264705?s=21
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Feb 26, 2022 06:08
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Arrath posted:"I need ammunition, not a ride." Is one of the most metal things I've ever heard, goddamn. This dude was a comedian before he got elected?? That is actually true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
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Feb 26, 2022 06:08
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BUG JUG posted:Market Garden drops were easy. It's the rest of it that went to poo poo...but yeah Russia isn't gonna haf a SF/Airborne community left after this. A Bridge Too Far is still in my top 5 PC games of all time.
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Feb 26, 2022 06:09
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He basically got elected on a lark (government corruption), then immediately got blackmailed by an American President, then got invaded by Russia three years later. And Kiev officially survived the night.
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Feb 26, 2022 06:10
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Arrath posted:"I need ammunition, not a ride." Is one of the most metal things I've ever heard, goddamn. This dude was a comedian before he got elected?? The mayor of Kyiv is also staying to fight. He's a retired professional boxer who held the WBC heavyweight title for five years, and only relinquished it because he wanted to run for mayor of Kyiv. e: 41-2 record, only losses were one RTD and one TKO. No "real" knockouts. God drat.
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Feb 26, 2022 06:11
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Some sources are estimating Russian deaths already in the four figures holy poo poo
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Feb 26, 2022 06:12
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facialimpediment posted:It's an AP article: What was the last time a major world power hosed up an invasion this badly? They've had a ton of armor, aircraft, vehicles, and manpower destroyed/killed and they haven't even gotten to Kyiv yet, which sounds like it's going to be an urban warfare hellscape for whatever actually gets there. It's still David vs. Goliath, but holy poo poo, it's going to be a pyrrhic victory if there ever was one in modern times.
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Feb 26, 2022 06:16
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Kazinsal posted:The mayor of Kyiv is also staying to fight. He's a retired professional boxer who held the WBC heavyweight title for five years, and only relinquished it because he wanted to run for mayor of Kyiv. His brother, also a boxer and a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, is also also Hayden Panettiere's babydaddy. They both look exactly what you'd expect an Eastern European boxer-turned-politician to look like.
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Feb 26, 2022 06:17
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:His brother, also a boxer and a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, is also also Hayden Panettiere's babydaddy. Sentient ground beef in ill-fitting suits?
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Feb 26, 2022 06:19
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CBJSprague24 posted:What was the last time a major world power hosed up an invasion this badly? They've had a ton of armor, aircraft, vehicles, and manpower destroyed/killed and they haven't even gotten to Kyiv yet, which sounds like it's going to be an urban warfare hellscape for whatever actually gets there. The First Italo-Ethiopian War comes to mind. The Second Italo-Ethiopian War was "all war crimes, all the time" so the Italians won that one, but not without five figures' worth of dead and anywhere from 40-100k wounded. Oh, and of course, the Soviet invasion of Finland and the Bay of Pigs. 
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Hyrax Attack! posted:A Bridge Too Far is still in my top 5 PC games of all time. I can legit see that cover art in my memory. Never ended up getting it, but was seriously tempted from time to time. Might see if it's on GoG...
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Feb 26, 2022 06:23
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USAF saying "Hi! We're here!" https://twitter.com/rjonesy/status/1497423812618555396
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:Sentient ground beef in ill-fitting suits? The Klitscko's are rather well spoken and normal actually. Its the russian boxers that make you ask silent questions Will see if I can google images E. I won't. And that was a mean thing to say about Nikolai Valuev. He looks (mostly) normal outside British tabloid headlines ThisIsJohnWayne fucked around with this message at 06:29 on Feb 26, 2022 |
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The brother who's the mayor of Kyiv is also a chess enthusiast and friend of former chess world champion Vladimir Kramnik.
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Kazinsal posted:The brother who's the mayor of Kyiv is also a chess enthusiast and friend of former chess world champion Vladimir Kramnik. Every Ukrainian is a chess enthusiast. So is every Russian. There's a reason for the expression "two Russians are a chess game." Vincent Van Goatse fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Feb 26, 2022 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:The First Italo-Ethiopian War comes to mind. The Second Italo-Ethiopian War was "all war crimes, all the time" so the Italians won that one, but not without five figures' worth of dead and anywhere from 40-100k wounded. Soviet invasion of Finland mixed with every war in Afghanistan is probably a better comparison in that Finland “lost” like but not really and any government in Afghanistan had also “lost” every war but never actually is conquered for any length of time. I don’t see Ukraine as it is now surviving long once Russia commits all the reserves on the border but I don’t see Ukraine being occupied successfully
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CNN showed Zelensky's message to the people and Putin's counter-programming in which he bangs on about Neo-Nazis and drug addicts and, holy poo poo, does it sound a lot like  's verbal diarrhea about fake news, the radical left, the big lie, etc."My word is gold. I am omniscient and you should listen to me!"
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Magugu posted:That is actually true. Alright the fact that he played the president in a series the years before his election is some crazy poo poo.
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Arrath posted:Alright the fact that he played the president in a series the years before his election is some crazy poo poo. And yet when we elected an actor to be president we got Reagan.
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"Martin Sheen (D-West Wing), has announced he will run for President."
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Kazinsal posted:The mayor of Kyiv is also staying to fight. He's a retired professional boxer who held the WBC heavyweight title for five years, and only relinquished it because he wanted to run for mayor of Kyiv. When I heard the mayor was named Klitchko I was just "naw it has to be a diff holy poo poo it's him". I don't even follow boxing and I know that guy.
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Grand Fromage posted:When I heard the mayor was named Klitchko I was just "naw it has to be a diff holy poo poo it's him". I don't even follow boxing and I know that guy. I actually remember when I was living in New York walking by a Ukrainian social club and they had a huge poster of him on the front of the building.
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I think the dude is only going to live for a few more days, but goddamn he sure is doing this leader/mascot thing quite loving well. https://twitter.com/News4Ukraine/status/1497434716538028033 "do not believe the fakes" https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1497450853380280320
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Untagged posted:"Martin Sheen (D-West Wing), has announced he will run for President." Do you want the Illusive Man? That's how you get the Illusive Man.
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Do you want the Illusive Man? That's how you get the Illusive Man. takes a drag mmmmpppffffffff Shepard
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This war is only 2-3 days old and its already just blowing my loving mind how much has happened.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:And yet when we elected an actor to be president we got Reagan. Yeah, that fuckin sucked. Though now I'm imaging if Eastwood got elected, we got invaded, and he went around plugging fools with a .44. Untagged posted:"Martin Sheen (D-West Wing), has announced he will run for President." Plz no
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