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I thought Belarus was already involved. Wasn't one of the Discussion Quorum fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Feb 28, 2022 |
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Hahaha holy gently caress. You know boys, the last two times we tried to drop paratroopers the transports got smoked with all hands aboard, but they say the third time's the charm. If I was a Belorussian paratrooper I'd be paying someone to break my ankle.
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Feb 28, 2022 04:13
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Jokers Gamble posted:Hahaha holy gently caress. You know boys, the last two times we tried to drop paratroopers the transports got smoked with all hands aboard, but they say the third time's the charm. You joke, but in the days of imperial Russia they were actually people in the villages that would do that as a service, to hobble someone, to prevent them from being conscripted.
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Feb 28, 2022 04:20
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Third time is gonna go real well, especially now that Ukraine has a bunch of new(to them) fighters donated from other countries. Its gonna go down like Gandalf and the riders of rohirrim.
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Feb 28, 2022 04:21
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Marshal Prolapse posted:You joke, but in the days of imperial Russia they were actually people in the villages that would do that as a service, to hobble someone, to prevent them from being conscripted. Sure beats the gently caress out of getting turned into flaming wreckage in some Ukrainian field.
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Feb 28, 2022 04:21
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https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1498023662695419910 It's probably not what it appears to be at first glance, but I would die laughing if there was a spree of Ukrainian farmers just hitching Russian armor up to their tractors and loving off down the road with them.
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Feb 28, 2022 04:29
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Jokers Gamble posted:Hahaha holy gently caress. You know boys, the last two times we tried to drop paratroopers the transports got smoked with all hands aboard, but they say the third time's the charm. "At least they're not our guys this time, so we can tell people that Glorious  not suffer any casualties!"
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Feb 28, 2022 04:29
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Jokers Gamble posted:Sure beats the gently caress out of getting turned into flaming wreckage in some Ukrainian field. Plus in those days a term of service was 25 years. Families held fake funerals when their kids were leaving because they never expected to see them again. https://twitter.com/inteldoge/status/1498136793488805890?s=21 The Anti-Disinformation Center confirms that Ukrainians at French Foreign Legion will go to Ukraine with full ammunition. French Foreign Legion, which consists of highly qualified soldiers, lets Ukrainians that want to protect their motherland come back to Ukraine. They will be able to take their full ammunition. The President of Ukraine also informed that Ukraine would form an additional territorial defense battalion for international soldiers. https://t.me/verkhovnaradaofukraine/258 Marshal Prolapse fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Feb 28, 2022 |
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Feb 28, 2022 04:32
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Marshal Prolapse posted:You joke, but in the days of imperial Russia they were actually people in the villages that would do that as a service, to hobble someone, to prevent them from being conscripted. Vernon, Florida had an economy based around dozens of people mutilating themselves to remove limbs. Except that was an insurance fraud scheme rather than to evade the draft.
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Feb 28, 2022 04:45
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https://twitter.com/farnazfassihi/status/1498142258226470916?t=pVyheFB5M7k6DcMkYBjQNg&s=19
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Feb 28, 2022 04:49
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Vernon, Florida had an economy based around dozens of people mutilating themselves to remove limbs. Except that was an insurance fraud scheme rather than to evade the draft. That seems very very on brand for Florida.
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Feb 28, 2022 04:53
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Confirmed: Ukraine bags one Slavic Crime Yacht.... in Mallorca! https://twitter.com/iguardans/status/1497982822736437254
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Feb 28, 2022 04:57
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https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/1498137793003929601?s=21 Rest in piss ruble
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Feb 28, 2022 05:00
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Vernon, Florida had an economy based around dozens of people mutilating themselves to remove limbs. Except that was an insurance fraud scheme rather than to evade the draft. Having been to Vernon several times, none of this is surprising. Always seemed to be a burned out gas station or two on that back way from Albany to PCB. I mean when you make Chipley look civilized...
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Feb 28, 2022 05:05
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Marshal Prolapse posted:
https://twitter.com/armeedeterre/status/1497899285731586051?s=21 davecrazy fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Feb 28, 2022 |
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Feb 28, 2022 05:06
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Discussion Quorum posted:I thought Belarus was already involved. Wasn't one of the Yea I thought they were involved since day 1 with the northern attacks from Russia, but maybe not after all.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:07
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How much rubles can I get for ISK?
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Feb 28, 2022 05:09
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Perhaps there’s a miscommunication between Ukraine and France. In further news about how hosed Russia’s economy is going to be in a little while. https://twitter.com/howardjshatz/status/1498146942005690373?s=21 Russia’s gonna have to use loving gold or Yuan to buy poo poo soon.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:10
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Thread with arguments as to why Russia gon' lose dis: https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1497993363076915204
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Feb 28, 2022 05:41
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Hey, I'll be the first person to put my hand up and say that, a week ago, I thought that the Russians were going to roll over Ukraine in a matter of days. I'm happy to admit that I was wrong and I hope to continue to be in this regard.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:47
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It seems hard to believe they could lose (the invasion, not counting the insurgency driving them out which seems certain if they stayed to occupy) with how much of a numerical superiority they have. But it sure does seem like their army sucks rear end.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:48
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Naked Bear posted:Hey, I'll be the first person to put my hand up and say that, a week ago, I thought that the Russians were going to roll over Ukraine in a matter of days. I'm happy to admit that I was wrong and I hope to continue to be in this regard. I'm pretty sure everyone in gip did.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:49
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I'm pretty sure everyone in gip did.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:53
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Naked Bear posted:Hey, I'll be the first person to put my hand up and say that, a week ago, I thought that the Russians were going to roll over Ukraine in a matter of days. I'm happy to admit that I was wrong and I hope to continue to be in this regard. I didn’t think their weather was going to be raining javelins, or that they were going to successfully repel Russian airfield seizures. Right now, it feels like the Russians were overestimated while the Ukrainians were underestimated. They’re also seemingly only playing to their advantages, and have a strong grasp of OPSEC. Like I said earlier, we haven’t heard poo poo about where their army is, all we see is evidence that some vengeful fire-spirits absolutely tore through multiple Russian and Chechen convoys. they bagged a loving Chechen general ffs, then sent his buddies home crying
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Feb 28, 2022 05:56
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Also, I'm not religious, but I'm pretty sure I'm subconsciouly praying for today's peace talks being fruitful, and the reason for the stopped advance on Kyiv. Because the other two possible explanations I do not like very much at all.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:58
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There's also a lot of historical precedent of a dedicated populace wreaking all kinds of havoc on an invader. A lot of that precedent comes from THIS invader, when they were on the defence, ffs.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:58
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Also, I'm not religious, but I'm pretty sure I'm subconsciouly praying for today's peace talks being fruitful, and the reason for the stopped advance on Kyiv. There's also the other possibility of troops declaring wholesale "gently caress this, we're out," though I don't know how likely this is.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:59
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I had faith that even if Russia did win the war they would lose the occupation. Turns out they most likely going to lose the war. Good.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:02
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Are there any open source estimates of how much of Ukraine's military forces got taken out during that initial opening blitz, and the subsequent fighting? Without trying to be too ghoulish about it, I'm just wondering if this level of resistance is them fighting at, say, 75%, or something more like 10%. With the talk of being lent more fighter jets I'm assuming at least a decent chunk of what they had got blown up on the ground but I haven't seen any real info on that.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:06
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Naked Bear posted:Hey, I'll be the first person to put my hand up and say that, a week ago, I thought that the Russians were going to roll over Ukraine in a matter of days. I'm happy to admit that I was wrong and I hope to continue to be in this regard. For sure, especially with the image of their army being built to overrun Western Europe against full strength NATO resistance it seemed trivial that they could go 100km. Add in news stories about all the modernization they’ve been doing and seemed like an odd bet they wouldn’t swat aside local forces. Except I’m guessing that when invading west Germany their leaders would not have pretended it was a training exercise.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:21
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Just watched German chancellor Scholz address to the Bundestag in full, about doubling their defense budget, sending lethal aid to Ukraine and clamping down in every conceivable way to ensure that Russia is as isolated as possible in every way possible. Complete 180 from a week or two ago (I think? Things are moving so fast I'm losing track of time) when Nord Stream 2 was still very much a thing that was going to happen. Also got the vibe that he kinda sorta telegraphed that everyone should brace for what could be a very long and ugly conflict. He kinda looked like he had just seen a ghost.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:23
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Nuclear Tourist posted:Just watched German chancellor Scholz address to the Bundestag in full, about doubling their defense budget, sending lethal aid to Ukraine and clamping down in every conceivable way to ensure that Russia is as isolated as possible in every way possible. Complete 180 from a week or two ago (I think? Things are moving so fast I'm losing track of time) when Nord Stream 2 was still very much a thing that was going to happen. Also got the vibe that he kinda sorta telegraphed that everyone should brace for what could be a very long and ugly conflict. He kinda looked like he had just seen a ghost. I mean, it's a shame he had to do a 180 at all, but at least he's doing it.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:26
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This is the picture of the Ukraine war. This is what I want everyone to remember and see in their mind years from now. I wish I had a social media presence capable of disseminating it, because there’s really no better picture. 
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Feb 28, 2022 06:35
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Naked Bear posted:Hey, I'll be the first person to put my hand up and say that, a week ago, I thought that the Russians were going to roll over Ukraine in a matter of days. I'm happy to admit that I was wrong and I hope to continue to be in this regard. Fully loving agreed. Comrade Blyatlov posted:I mean, it's a shame he had to do a 180 at all, but at least he's doing it. The fact so many across the world are actually DOING things for once because of all this is mindblowing. poo poo its not even been a week yet.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:35
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/25/tucker-carlson-russia-ukraine-putin/ Looks like the payments stopped coming once SWIFT got cut off. God I hate Tucker, little loving weasel.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:36
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Crab Dad posted:How nice of the trash to come in their own dumpster. The info isn’t included in that tweet but the main WaPo story has a caption for the photo “ Ukrainians are driven to the front line to fight in Kharkiv on Saturday. (Salwan Georges/The Post).” So let’s wish them safe inferno free travels.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:39
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Blind Rasputin posted:This is the picture of the Ukraine war. This is what I want everyone to remember and see in their mind years from now. I wish I had a social media presence capable of disseminating it, because there’s really no better picture. 
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Feb 28, 2022 06:43
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Naked Bear posted:Hey, I'll be the first person to put my hand up and say that, a week ago, I thought that the Russians were going to roll over Ukraine in a matter of days. I'm happy to admit that I was wrong and I hope to continue to be in this regard. I have zero military experience, just a history hobby. I was extremely uncertain how this would turn out. In my wildest dreams, I was hoping for at least a Winter War 2, where Ukraine would be able to bloody Russia's nose enough that they might get a livable compromise - but Ukraine's terrain seemed far too open for any kind of similar performance against a superior modern army. It did seem like Russia didn't bring enough troops to besiege cities. For a few days before things kicked off, I had the notion it was brinksmanship and misdirection, so the world would sigh with relief when Putin "merely" announced that Belarus would be reintegration with Russia. But this, this is absolutely unreal. Potemkin's Army.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:57
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This section in future history books will be known as the Great Idiotic War.
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Feb 28, 2022 07:09
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Hyrax Attack! posted:The info isn’t included in that tweet but the main WaPo story has a caption for the photo “ Ukrainians are driven to the front line to fight in Kharkiv on Saturday. (Salwan Georges/The Post).” So let’s wish them safe inferno free travels. Well poo poo. Pretty stupid picture choice to tack on to the article.
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