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Hieronymous Alloy posted:What I'm guessing is a couple of Ukrainian spec ops teams crossed the border and went on a road trip Warehouses burn down all the time and its easy to make conspiracy theories out of it this is clearly the work of Russian special forces https://twitter.com/GraduatedBen/status/1516851257381642244 
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Some people are saying it might be an internal operation and will be blamed on NATO and used as a reason to attack NATO countries but I can't see that. The Russian leadership has to know that they would get absolutely steamrolled by NATO.
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Atreiden posted:Man Russia is on fire today I'm not sure I'd want to be standing that close to a giant burning collection of horrible chemicals.
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Definitely, the Russian upper class is feeling pressured to the point of desperation right now. I was actually in email contact yesterday with a wealthy Russian heiress looking to transfer millions of dollars into a US bank account, she was offering to give me 25% if I agreed to help
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https://mobile.twitter.com/DimSel007/status/1517184021054337026 Confused by the parachute here. Also, yoink.
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Kraftwerk posted:What's the most popular theory? Is it Putin killing the leaks in his inner circle (since CIA intel seems to be getting fly on the wall coverage of his meetings), western intelligence agencies doing assassinations, or some Ukrainian sympathetic people going in and murdering them in retribution? I'll take option number 1. Always go for whatever fits the mafia state model. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KSaS6eDN5E
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Mr. Apollo posted:Some people are saying it might be an internal operation and will be blamed on NATO and used as a reason to attack NATO countries but I can't see that. The Russian leadership has to know that they would get absolutely steamrolled by NATO. What would they even attack NATO with? Russia can barely manage fighting one country, what army would be used to attack any other country with?.
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i think the oligarchs who are dying are the people the other oligarchs have left holding the bag for the financial impact of sanctions. like they are in the hole for 20 bojillion dollars to everyone else, who have elected to say 'not my problem' when told that the money's just not there.
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Atreiden posted:What would they even attack NATO with? Russia can barely manage fighting one country, what army would be used to attack any other country with?. Atomic weapons. The logic goes that Russia would take out European forces with nuclear weapons and then force the US to either negotiate or retaliate and kill about 90 million people.
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Atreiden posted:What would they even attack NATO with? Russia can barely manage fighting one country, what army would be used to attack any other country with?. I've read a theory that Putin couldn't stomach losing to Ukraine, but his pride would allow himself to lose to NATO. This would also cement him as Russia's protector vs. the West
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Apr 21, 2022 18:35
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FishBulbia posted:Warehouses burn down all the time and its easy to make conspiracy theories out of it wow 12 fires over 14 months??
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Herstory Begins Now posted:wow 12 fires over 14 months?? 2 fires occurred in Russia, NATO did this
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OddObserver posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/DimSel007/status/1517184021054337026 I wonder if, at the end of this, there will be a lot of second-hand Canon DSLRs on the market?
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Apr 21, 2022 18:38
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If the American drones that Ukraine was given were actually operated by US soldiers, would anybody be able to find that out?
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Honj Steak posted:If the American drones that Ukraine was given were actually operated by US soldiers, would anybody be able to find that out? US Soldiers wouldn't be operating switchblades as they are meant to be field deployed. If you start seeing Predator drones flying over Kyiv, then maybe.
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A good thread on the guy of “Russians aghast at the sight of asphalt” fame. https://twitter.com/leonov_mr/status/1517152576352911362
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Mr. Apollo posted:Some people are saying it might be an internal operation and will be blamed on NATO and used as a reason to attack NATO countries but I can't see that. The Russian leadership has to know that they would get absolutely steamrolled by NATO. Decades ago installation of sub-par electrical wiring, now corroded with exposed copper, and compounded by loose standards with no safety inspections to mitigate an aging physical plant tracks nicely with what we know about their armor inventory. Whilst the CIA may not be their friend, neither is shite electrical wiring. Wouldn't read too much into it.
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Maybe the Phoenix Ghost will be Ukraine's De Havilland Mosquito
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FishBulbia posted:2 fires occurred in Russia, NATO did this Very credible forums poster calibannibal confirmed this, actually
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:What I'm guessing is a couple of Ukrainian spec ops teams crossed the border and went on a road trip What about a more Russian explanation - factory gets shut down due to sanctions, owners burn it down for the insurance OddObserver posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/DimSel007/status/1517184021054337026 We've seen a lot of the shoestring design of these things, presumably the parachute is there because it's infinitely cheaper than any sort of landing guidance system. Comedy answer is that it's incapable of transmitting the photos it takes and instead has to fly back to the operator for them to take the camera out of it to get at the images.
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Chalks posted:What about a more Russian explanation - factory gets shut down due to sanctions, owners burn it down for the insurance not sure i'd rather have a claim against a russian insurance company than a shut down factory
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Chalks posted:We've seen a lot of the shoestring design of these things, presumably the parachute is there because it's infinitely cheaper than any sort of landing guidance system. I assume it’s just the cost of landing mechanism, though the latter was a documented issue during Russian war with Georgia.
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OddObserver posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/DimSel007/status/1517184021054337026 It's actually how this drone lands. Edit: From Wikipedia Launch method: folding catapult platform Landing method: parachute recovery
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FishBulbia posted:Atomic weapons. The logic goes that Russia would take out European forces with nuclear weapons and then force the US to either negotiate or retaliate and kill about 90 million people. The UK and France might have strong views on this
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Young Freud posted:The ballistic missile research center and now a chemical plant feel like they're too vital to be a Putin-branded false flag. a putin false flag would be like a childrens hospital or an apartment at night. this is like real military logistics targets that like commandos/IC types would target or maybe partisans.
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Chalks posted:What about a more Russian explanation - factory gets shut down due to sanctions, owners burn it down for the insurance I think that's actually true. They've taken apart a few of them and there is no video transmission ability as far as I've seen. They take a bunch of images/video and have to be retrieved to get them out. There was a story of a brief firefight with a Russian squad trying to retrieve one. The Orlan-10 drones are pretty primitive.
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https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1517165297500921857?t=I0yIWmT8hw3dGPRa0ZssHg&s=19 Survived the fascist invasion from the west, only to die at the hands of fascists coming from the east 80 years later
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CapnPegLeg posted:Hi folks, If this is a real post, I cannot emphasize enough how much of a bad idea this is, and you should really reconsider what you are doing. But please stay safe.
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FishBulbia posted:Warehouses burn down all the time and its easy to make conspiracy theories out of it While I agree that they're unrelated,  at using a tweet that says A BUNCH OF PLACES HAVE BURNED DOWN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS and the 'past few days' is actually the past 425 days.
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Dreylad posted:If this is a real post, I cannot emphasize enough how much of a bad idea this is, and you should really reconsider what you are doing. But please stay safe. I don't know what volunteers without language skills or at least medical/combat skills think they're gonna do to help. Manpower doesn;t seem to be Ukraine's issue
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CapnPegLeg posted:Hi folks, Proud of you. The comfortable will preach, the resolute will act. FishBulbia posted:I don't know what volunteers without language skills or at least medical/combat skills think they're gonna do to help. Manpower doesn;t seem to be Ukraine's issue He's joining an investigations team, where his background and English are an asset. DOOMocrat fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Apr 21, 2022 |
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 not a graphic post - “just” a satellite image of 300 metres long mass grave near Mariupolhttps://twitter.com/kyivindependent/status/1517177325263245313
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Honj Steak posted:If the American drones that Ukraine was given were actually operated by US soldiers, would anybody be able to find that out? You could track their movements by following the trail of litter from American MRE packs on ground. Plus probably from nutritional supplements such as Cheetos, M&M's etc.
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evilweasel posted:the dog is probably officially a human soldier, for the purposes of payroll reported to the higher-ups  someday we'll find out this post is 100% true.
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Ynglaur posted:
It’s going to be like the other goon said, that dog is actually 5 soldiers (and a helicopter).
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cinci zoo sniper posted:It’s going to be like the other goon said, that dog is actually 5 soldiers (and a helicopter). one simple trick to get your dog a monthly allowance of aviation fuel!
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My top candidate for the burned down buildings in Russia is "Looking over records, this facility has only been operating at 1/3 capacity for the last 20 years. Your production target is now 110% capacity." and then discovering what happens when you run equipment at rated capacity when the contractor installed wiring 2 sizes too thin and pocketed the difference
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Grape posted:I'll take option number 1.
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Payndz posted:I'd wondered if Putin had committed the number one sin in the eyes of the Mafia: he's hosed with the money. So he's pre-emptively taking out potential opposition (and their families) as a warning to the other dons that he can send the FSB after them wherever they are in the world. You have to assume these guys have security guys, wonder how many of them are FSB.
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Payndz posted:I'd wondered if Putin had committed the number one sin in the eyes of the Mafia: he's hosed with the money. So he's pre-emptively taking out potential opposition (and their families) as a warning to the other dons that he can send the FSB after them wherever they are in the world. i think the second sentence is basically correct (but not the first) putin realizes that things are going sideways in a way that could threaten him in the future just in general, as various powerful people/groups suffer losses. what better time to messily murder a handful of suspected disloyal people as an example to everyone else to stay far away from the line, not just don't go over it, and that nobody is safe from putin's retribution if you aren't loyal enough
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