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Warad posted:There was another one like this a day or two ago featuring what looked like a Spetsnaz (at least judging from the fact he was carrying a suppressed AK) that was even more terrifying, don't have it on hand though. https://twitter.com/peedutuisk/status/1497310882069581824 maybe? The guy's smile is the most terrifying of all
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OddObserver posted:Probably worth pointing out that this sort of language is hardly new for them.
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steinrokkan posted:One of the downed IL-76 Has this still not been confirmed btw?
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:The exchange can prohibit specific sell orders at the cost of any kind of credibility going forward. Yeah I meant the latter, I should’ve expressed myself clearer in the post - this is me saying that such flailing won’t save them even for a week.
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Grouchio posted:Meaning this unhinged spiel is old hat and has been around at least a decade and the war hasn't changed that? Yes, Kiselyov has always been like Alex Jones overdosing on MDMA
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TheRat posted:Has this still not been confirmed btw? There were some tweets I saw later by Americans on confirming it. Which as good as you are going to get for a while.
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Grouchio posted:Meaning this unhinged spiel is old hat and has been around at least a decade and the war hasn't changed that? With an asterisk --- same guy in 2014: "Russia can turn US to radioactive ash" https://www.reuters.com/article/ukr...N0MD0P920140316 So it's very loosely connected to the current conflict.
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Nosre posted:https://twitter.com/peedutuisk/status/1497310882069581824 maybe? Yeah that's the one.
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Raenir Salazar posted:Looking back but it seems like maybe Russia trying to hold onto its sphere of influence in the aftermath of the cold war was a huge mistake. If they hadn't attempted to take Crimea and instead negotiated with the more liberal government in good faith (afterall the Sevastopol naval base wasn't under any kind of immediate threat of being repatriated back to Ukraine); they could've made partnerships with Ukraine to improve their military modernization with access to skilled Ukrainian firms. This would require gay black Putin, not our regular one.
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Nosre posted:https://twitter.com/peedutuisk/status/1497310882069581824 maybe?  Face of a man eagerly waiting to do… things
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Yeah I meant the latter, I should’ve expressed myself clearer in the post - this is me saying that such flailing won’t save them even for a week. They might as well try, all of the potential tit-for-tat consequences have already been put in place earlier via sanctions. Granted, it won't actually achieve anything incremental except maybe damaging the exchange's credibility in the eyes of its domestic customers, but whatever. Plus, you'd figure that a bunch of oligarchs would be looking to pick up pieces of various Russian enterprises on sale. Maybe they should let the orders go through?
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FishBulbia posted:map just updated Jesus, I'm used to seeing maps like this in WW2 documentaries but now it's loving terrifying
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:https://twitter.com/franklinleonard/status/1498018986197327877?s=20&t=HiCH85Oykz7j039I05-azw Paddington 3 gonna have 100% more hardbass
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downout posted:That kind of makes sense, in so far as russia can just print as much rubles as needed/wanted. I'd think a run would be more on trying to acquire currencies other than rubles to avoid loss of value. Yes. Stocking ATM's with rubles won't be a problem, converting those rubles to something else will be. Russia has some foreign reserves (they've been running budget surpluses due to higher oil & gas prices), and they've been increasing their holdings of gold since the Crimean crisis in an attempt to reduce their reliance on foreign reserves. But the foreign reserves they do have are partially frozen by sanctions, and gold is logistically hard to convert quickly. They can probably buy some time with what they have, so the bite may not be immediate, but look to see if foreign currency controls come into play (they start banning citizens from holding/exchanging for foreign currencies). The clock is ticking at this point. That said, they do have an underlying defense for the currency, which is as usual oil & gas. The basic math of the situation hasn't changed. Russia has a bunch of oil & gas backstopping their currency, and Europe still needs it, and the markets know it. The dramatic nature of the current sanctions actually belies their ultimately temporary nature, this isn't an acceptable equilibrium for either side. It's simply a matter of how long all this lasts.
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I've seen posts from people speculating that the part of the Ukranian Army which is entrenched on the front lines of the separatist regions is at risk of being cut off by the Russian forces encircling from the north and south. Is that just going to be stuck there until lack of supplies force a surrender, or is there any reasonable chance that they can withdraw safely? I'm guessing no, due to a risk of artillery fire from the separatist regions and airstrikes from Russia, but I'm just guessing.
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Raenir Salazar posted:Looking back but it seems like maybe Russia trying to hold onto its sphere of influence in the aftermath of the cold war was a huge mistake. If they hadn't attempted to take Crimea and instead negotiated with the more liberal government in good faith (afterall the Sevastopol naval base wasn't under any kind of immediate threat of being repatriated back to Ukraine); they could've made partnerships with Ukraine to improve their military modernization with access to skilled Ukrainian firms. IMO one of the turborealist facts that turborealist Putin forgot was that a sphere of influence exists as a result of being a great or major regional power. Striving for a sphere of influence (or striving to maintain a deteriorating sphere of influence) does not make you a great or regional power.
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Japan Abe openly asks US for clarity on if they will protect Taiwan, wants to discuss nuclear sharing issues. Swiss leave the eternally neutral gnomic mines. Russia-fearing Germans reject their pacific vows and provide lethal weapons. Not much happens over a weekend you say?
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steinrokkan posted:There were some tweets I saw later by Americans on confirming it. Which as good as you are going to get for a while. There were also tweets from american authorities saying it was not confirmed
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Mokotow posted:
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:we watch paddington tonight in solidarity with ukraine. Ukrainian Paddington is hardcore.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I've seen posts from people speculating that the part of the Ukranian Army which is entrenched on the front lines of the separatist regions is at risk of being cut off by the Russian forces encircling from the north and south. Is that just going to be stuck there until lack of supplies force a surrender, or is there any reasonable chance that they can withdraw safely? I'm guessing no, due to a risk of artillery fire from the separatist regions and airstrikes from Russia, but I'm just guessing. Ukrainian planners are absolutely aware that Kharkiv-Kherson axis are meant to encircle Donbas frontline. It’ll remain to be seen how they’ve chosen to navigate that.
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ZombieLenin posted:I am not terribly surprised, like I was saying earlier it’s a matter of pilots more than aircraft; and there is nothing seeing like a nuclear armed fascist state and a resurgent NATO to change your priorities about where that old Soviet tech can go if it’s useful. "Hi, Poland? Can we hurry along your NATOization a little? How about we swap some F-16s for those old MiGs? And you've got an option for another sixteen F-35s, how 'bout we just lose the invoice..."
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Mokotow posted:
"It was me, Vlad - the author of all your pain!"
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Small White Dragon posted:I think I asked this before, but how much power does the Duma actually have? Constitutionally, actually quite a lot. The reason they can't use it is that if they vote wrong, they fall off a balcony.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I've seen posts from people speculating that the part of the Ukranian Army which is entrenched on the front lines of the separatist regions is at risk of being cut off by the Russian forces encircling from the north and south. Is that just going to be stuck there until lack of supplies force a surrender, or is there any reasonable chance that they can withdraw safely? I'm guessing no, due to a risk of artillery fire from the separatist regions and airstrikes from Russia, but I'm just guessing. Withdrawing in order to the Dnieper river is almost certainly one of the things that the Ukrainian military has planned for, keeping up some sort of fight along the way. Hiding Javelins, rockets and the like in prepared locations gives the possibility for stay behind troops to wreak havoc on the Russian supply lines. Just sitting there and letting their units get surrounded and wiped out is possible but really doesn't fit with what they've accomplished so far.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Ukrainian planners are absolutely aware that Kharkiv-Kherson axis are meant to encircle Donbas frontline. It’ll remain to be seen how they’ve chosen to navigate that. Amazing how many rounds will fit in the back of a few Toyotas. Also cool: how many backroads are in ukraine the big tough russian vehicles can’t use
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:https://twitter.com/earlyamhistory/status/1498024833329807373?t=A9vy4MfdptKog-u_bHysMA&s=19 Vietnom nom nom posted:Yes. Stocking ATM's with rubles won't be a problem, converting those rubles to something else will be. Russia has some foreign reserves (they've been running budget surpluses due to higher oil & gas prices), and they've been increasing their holdings of gold since the Crimean crisis in an attempt to reduce their reliance on foreign reserves. But the foreign reserves they do have are partially frozen by sanctions, and gold is logistically hard to convert quickly. Unfortunately I'm sure they calculated that they're ok with all the sanctions so far, it's really only oil & gas that might get them to blink.
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ethanol posted:Amazing how many rounds will fit in the back of a few Toyotas. Also cool: how many backroads are in ukraine the big tough russian vehicles can’t use I feel, even if the RUssians were currently ddriving forward to connect the southern and northern forces, to what extent would it just be two convoys driving along a highway with absolutely no effort to create an actual encirclement
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Tuna-Fish posted:Constitutionally, actually quite a lot. The reason they can't use it is that if they vote wrong, they fall off a balcony. they have a similar de jure and de facto level of power as the queen of England
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mobby_6kl posted:Unfortunately I'm sure they calculated that they're ok with all the sanctions so far, it's really only oil & gas that might get them to blink. Perhaps not so much oil, since it seems MBS is sticking to his side. https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1498060310959243269
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I know I'm not allowed to post in DND but I saw the news about Russia putting nuclear forces on alert. Is this just bullshit or is he actually doing something serious here? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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CelestialScribe posted:I know I'm not allowed to post in DND but I saw the news about Russia putting nuclear forces on alert. Is this just bullshit or is he actually doing something serious here? They changed to the second lowest emergency level. From "unbothered" to "slightly perturbed"
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