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Young Freud posted:Kadyrov claiming that they'll take Kyiv...eventually. It's from the Kyiv Independent, so grain of salt, but I think they're reporting from his social media... This just in - my mom says I'm extremely handsome and smart and any girl would be lucky to have me.
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NATO’s getting bigger. Note I know it’s the KI, I haven’t seen the times article itself, and the times. https://twitter.com/kyivindependent/status/1513369238844682244?s=21&t=X3b28awOwsAUJL5CpM7vFA
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Nenonen posted:poo poo, I have a Canon EOS D200. Brb, gonna build myself a Bayraktar... Backyardtar
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Antigravitas posted:Unrelated, there were multiple pro-Russian demonstrations registered for today in a few German cities (always with some variation of " Oh my God my eye went straight for the poo poo and I thought "man came prepared with that poo poo" and then I saw the horse and had a sensible chuckle
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Alan Smithee posted:Backyardtar Yardogan
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Antigravitas posted:I have no idea why these people decide to use car convoys now. There was a car convoy to protest high petrol prices recently as well. Protests using cars look much, much larger of course, but they are also so much easier to disrupt… Chuds love car protests, it insulates them from direct consquences (you can't get egged in a car) and gives them feeling of power.
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Marshal Prolapse posted:NATO’s getting bigger. Welcome, brothers in peace and security.
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the popes toes posted:Can they smear mud all over themselves like Arnold did when the Predator was mad at him? Only for seconds, I imagine, before it heats up to body temperature.
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OctaMurk posted:I'm skeptical about the yoga mats vs IR. Perhaps it's true, but the YPG tried a very similar tactic against the Turkish military and it had no effect; Turkish attack helicopters and drones could see them at night with IR just as easily and slaughtered them in Afrin. Thermal Blankets or even just tarps (with some distance from your body) work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97l5xvslmsg
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Marshal Prolapse posted:NATO’s getting bigger. As a Swedish home guardsmen. The war in Ukraine really ran home the reality of war with Russia to Sweden as a whole. There's no pulling back, over extending them and then ambushing them. Russia can't be spared a single meter of Swedish ground. Because any community they lay their hands on will result in genocide and mass graves.
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Stoltenberg: NATO planning large, permanent military presence on eastern border Not sure if this was posted yet.
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Grouchio posted:Stoltenberg: NATO planning large, permanent military presence on eastern border That's been evident from very early in the war. The bigger news is Stoltenberg calling out member countries on the (dumb) distinction between defensive/offensive weapons when delivering arms to Ukraine.
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Marshal Prolapse posted:NATO’s getting bigger. Let's just say it's interesting what kind of bullshit Russia will pull in the next 1-2 months and how big of a problem Orban will be.
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I’ve been reading about newfound fossil wealth around the Crimea and the donbas. Is this generally overblown? Some posters are saying the hypothetical occupation of these zones make for a meagre russian victory, but assuming it’s chock full of gas seems kinda big?
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A BTG is a couple hundred people so this is pretty big. Not sure if this is related to the aforementioned convoy, but there are photos. Not embedding just to be extra safe - Twitter post just shows destroyed tanks but Facebook post linked in the tweet has partially-blurred images of dead bodies, and the IDs of the battalion commander and CoS. "Ukrainian SSO claims they destroyed a BTG from the 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment (42nd Motorized Rifle Division) in Donetsk Oblast, including killing the battalion commander and chief of staff in their BMP-3." https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1513385560055951363 USOFCOM on FB posted:The BTGR commander and his chief of staff were eliminated during the shelling in his BMP-3. Of all those who were in that car temporarily, only Sergeant Magomedov survived. Obgorílogo, Nebagatoslivniko and almost dead was found by our soldiers.
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Youth Decay posted:A BTG is a couple hundred people so this is pretty big. Not sure if this is related to the aforementioned convoy, but there are photos. ‘Destroying’ a BTG probably doesn’t imply they were killed to the last man but more likely lost 50%-ish casualties. It’s still a pretty good effort though, and removing a few more officers is always helpful.
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Mikojan posted:I’ve been reading about newfound fossil wealth around the Crimea and the donbas. Is this generally overblown? Some posters are saying the hypothetical occupation of these zones make for a meagre russian victory, but assuming it’s chock full of gas seems kinda big? Not if you convinced your primary market to drop you as a supplier asap and forever. Capturing resources to sell while at the same time demonstrating that the model of "peace through economic integration" doesn't work with Russia is, well, useless.
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Antigravitas posted:Not if you convinced your primary market to drop you as a supplier asap and forever. Capturing resources to sell while at the same time demonstrating that the model of "peace through economic integration" doesn't work with Russia is, well, useless. It is still a big loss for Ukraine still. While they can probably expect a lot of financial help post war, having gas to sell in the future seems like a very big deal. Losing the areas seems like a very bad thing. And I’m not convinced Russia won’t be able to profit of it when in the farther future fossil fuels dry up further across the globe. Sure, countries turn their back now but I have no faith in the western block keeping their backs turned 20 years down the line.
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Mikojan posted:It is still a big loss for Ukraine still. While they can probably expect a lot of financial help post war, having gas to sell in the future seems like a very big deal. Losing the areas seems like a very bad thing. And I’m not convinced Russia won’t be able to profit of it when in the farther future fossil fuels dry up further across the globe. Sure, countries turn their back now but I have no faith in the western block keeping their backs turned 20 years down the line. If anything the last month and a half has shown the problem with importing most/all of your energy needs and the importance of some level of self sufficiency. Renewable sources can provide that self sufficiency in most locations and I think there’s going to be even more investment in that direction in coming years. Because gas projects like the potential extraction in Ukraine require long lifespans in order to be viable I’m not sure any will actually be built.
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Youth Decay posted:A BTG is a couple hundred people so this is pretty big. Not sure if this is related to the aforementioned convoy, but there are photos. That's a significant victory. The Russians don't have any BTGs to spare.
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Marshal Prolapse posted:NATO’s getting bigger. It's almost certain now that Finland pulls the trigger on the application before June, almost everyone from right to left seem pretty insistent on getting it over with ASAP. Right now it seems the discussions are around getting us adequate security guarantees during the application period. Sweden is still dragging their feet a bit because neutrality really is (was) an ideological position to them, not just a pragmatic one, and need some time to get their head around the new situation.
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barbecue at the folks posted:It's almost certain now that Finland pulls the trigger on the application before June, almost everyone from right to left seem pretty insistent on getting it over with ASAP. Right now it seems the discussions are around getting us adequate security guarantees during the application period. Sweden is still dragging their feet a bit because neutrality really is (was) an ideological position to them, not just a pragmatic one, and need some time to get their head around the new situation. Hopefully they don't drag it out. The danger of that is Russia deciding to snip a bit of territory off before a country has formally joined and instigating a conflict that prevents them from joining.
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Marshal Prolapse posted:https://twitter.com/samramani2/status/1513215256532860935?s=21&t=iipOMaYYiHRrQKYXccQvJg I am getting real sick of the concept of "false flags" used to discredit literally anything that might make you look bad. It's basically "Nuh-uh!" on a mass media scale. How many actual confirmed major false flag operations have been conducted in the past twenty years or so anyways, compared to all the screaming that people make about this or that being a false flag?
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gay picnic defence posted:Hopefully they don't drag it out. The danger of that is Russia deciding to snip a bit of territory off before a country has formally joined and instigating a conflict that prevents them from joining. They absolutely should get it over with ASAP if they want it, but: Russia and what army? Because their current one would get eaten alive if they tried some BS in Finland. E: don't get me wrong Putin absolutely would try and declare a pre-emptive war if he remotely could, but what's the timeline for getting the Red Army back into a functional state? Omobono fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Apr 11, 2022 |
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gay picnic defence posted:Hopefully they don't drag it out. The danger of that is Russia deciding to snip a bit of territory off before a country has formally joined and instigating a conflict that prevents them from joining. Finlands current army is already natoed enough for russia to think twice
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Kadyrov would take Helsinki in two days and Turku in a week! And post pictures of him standing in Prisma or K-Rauta in St.Petersburg.
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gay picnic defence posted:A golf umbrella made of the right sort of material or painted with IR reflective paint sounds like it would be ideal.  So stupid, and perfect for Ukraine.
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gay picnic defence posted:Hopefully they don't drag it out. The danger of that is Russia deciding to snip a bit of territory off before a country has formally joined and instigating a conflict that prevents them from joining. That's not how this works. If NATO wants Finland in they can just waive the "no contested territory" part not to forget the part that most NATO members would already be required to help Finland because of the EU treaty. I guess you could go for Biden/Congress issueing a declaration that the US too extends security guarantees to Finland, but I doubt Russia would try something stupid in Finland at this point.
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Omobono posted:They absolutely should get it over with ASAP if they want it, but: It's enough for Russia to just start some kind of conflict. It doesn't have to be big. They could launch missiles at Finnish bases or fire artillery over the border or occupy a bridge or something and suddenly a NATO membership would mean Brits and Italians immediately going to have to shoot at Russian soldiers or bombing air defense systems on Russian territory. Some NATO countries might chicken out and veto Finland.
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Tomn posted:I am getting real sick of the concept of "false flags" used to discredit literally anything that might make you look bad. It's basically "Nuh-uh!" on a mass media scale. How many actual confirmed major false flag operations have been conducted in the past twenty years or so anyways, compared to all the screaming that people make about this or that being a false flag?
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Saw this on reddit, so take it for what it's worth, but supposedly "Ukrainian politician Aleksandr Rzhavsky known for his pro-Russia sympathies, killed by Russian soldiers at his home in Bucha" https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co..._content=header You can't just make kill lists, you need to make quisling lists too! This is basic stuff man. quote:He welcomed them to his home. They behaved like the animals they are. They wanted more vodka because they're drunken animals. He didn't like the behavior so said no. So they killed him.
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Absolutely stunning video out there today of a tank rolling up to a blockade and firing point blank at a group of 10 russian soldiers, because they mistook it for their own.
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Slovakia apparently says the destruction of their S300 has been greatly exaggerated. https://twitter.com/eduardheger/status/1513250975447986184 Mokotow posted:Absolutely stunning video out there today of a tank rolling up to a blockade and firing point blank at a group of 10 russian soldiers, because they mistook it for their own. Where might one find such a video? Asking for a friend.
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Mokotow posted:Absolutely stunning video out there today of a tank rolling up to a blockade and firing point blank at a group of 10 russian soldiers, because they mistook it for their own. The fact it was mobile should have been a dead give-away.
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GaussianCopula posted:That's not how this works. If NATO wants Finland in they can just waive the "no contested territory" part not to forget the part that most NATO members would already be required to help Finland because of the EU treaty. I guess you could go for Biden/Congress issueing a declaration that the US too extends security guarantees to Finland, but I doubt Russia would try something stupid in Finland at this point. I'd like to think that if Putin decided to just attack another European country while still fighting Ukraine that at least some nations would just say "enough of this poo poo" and intervene, Article 5 or no. Peace is the desired outcome and state of being, but if someone's going to rock the boat that much then it would probably be best to make them gently caress off in order to get back to peace in Europe as soon as possible.
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Gervasius posted:Chuds love car protests, it insulates them from direct consquences (you can't get egged in a car) and gives them feeling of power. I mean you can in fact it really sucks for the paint if you do
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