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Pablo Bluth posted:Comedy option: FSB agent bought home an NLAW as a war trophy and was showing it off. They got jealous of the Polish chief of police, clearly.
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Mar 16, 2023 15:54
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Deki posted:I thought Florida was the destination of choice for guys like that
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Mar 16, 2023 15:57
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https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1636367675785121799
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Mar 16, 2023 16:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVDyoCWz0vM this scene but played backwards
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Mar 16, 2023 16:11
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https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1636378403459981316 Estonia is sending a fair bit of kit to help arm Ukraine's snipers.
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Mar 16, 2023 16:34
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mobby_6kl posted:Yet more footage is leaking out Oh, it's beautiful! Any word on the fate of the plane?
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Mar 16, 2023 16:44
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DiomedesGodshill posted:Oh, it's beautiful! Supposedly it landed with some damage but of course the russians deny it
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Mar 16, 2023 16:46
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https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1636385490185355268 New german aid package dropped.
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Mar 16, 2023 17:50
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zone posted:https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1636385490185355268 Five thousand shells is about half a day worth, btw.
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Mar 16, 2023 18:05
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The war has not been good for womens rights in Russia, as the government has only increased policies that are hostile to women since the beginning of the war. Human rights activists have rung the alarm, but there is not much they can do at the moment. There are multiple embedded links to sources within the article if you are interested in reading deeper into the topic. Author: Elsa Osipova Release date: 08.03.23 Link to untranslated article:https://yle.fi/a/74-20021444 quote:The war of aggression is ruining the position of women in Russia - activists fear that next the Kremlin will ban abortions to increase the population EasilyConfused posted:Thanks for this. Russian and Belorussian human rights activists still working in their home country are some of the bravest folks out there. Yeah, I can't even imagine how stressful the situation must be for them right now. They were heroes to begin with, but daring to continue with their work today is truly amazing. WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:I'd love to read about the Belarusian partisans. I'm sure so much is just non existent on Western media outlets. The heroism is wild I have an article about Belarusian soldiers fighting on the Ukrainian side of the war, that I'll translate soonish. I would not be surprised if there is a overlap between these groups, but I also have a feeling we won't really know what is going on with the partisans before the war is over and even then maybe not before Belarus itself has gotten rid of Lukachenko.
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Mar 16, 2023 18:12
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https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-...ign=position_01 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president said Thursday that his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, which would make it the first NATO member to fulfill the Ukrainian government’s increasingly urgent requests for warplanes. President Andrzej Duda said Poland would hand over four of the Soviet-made warplanes “within the next few days” and that the rest needed servicing and would be supplied later. The Polish word he used to describe the total number can mean between 11 and 19. “They are in the last years of their functioning, but they are in good working condition,” Duda said of the aircraft. He did not say whether other countries would follow suit, although Slovakia has said it would send its disused MiGs to Ukraine. Poland also was the first NATO nation to provide Ukraine with German-made Leopard 2 tanks. On Wednesday, Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller said some other countries also had pledged MiGs to Kyiv, but he did not name them. Both Poland and Slovakia had indicated they were ready to hand over their planes, but only as part of a wider international coalition doing the same.
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Mar 16, 2023 18:21
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CommieGIR posted:Long and short, the drone isn't much of a loss, and next time it'll likely be escorted. The idea that Russia would waste any time on bringing it down is a laughable waste. I do find it strange just how much tolerance we have for hostile foreign powers hot dogging around our aircraft and damaging them, like that Chinese pilot who downed a P-3 Orion at the cost of his own aircraft (and probably life). I get that it's materially different if it's an actual shootdown with guns or missiles - and our response would be very different if it was - but it's still a downed aircraft because of them doing something. I mean, I'm not advocating that we do large escalation about it especially for an outdated unmanned drone, but still. Set posted:The war has not been good for womens rights in Russia, as the government has only increased policies that are hostile to women since the beginning of the war. Human rights activists have rung the alarm, but there is not much they can do at the moment. There are multiple embedded links to sources within the article if you are interested in reading deeper into the topic.  I remember reading Seeing Like A State at some point and it feels like all too often trying to see things that way is a means to launder cruelty.
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Mar 16, 2023 18:24
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tiaz posted:I do find it strange just how much tolerance we have for hostile foreign powers hot dogging around our aircraft and damaging them, like that Chinese pilot who downed a P-3 Orion at the cost of his own aircraft (and probably life). I get that it's materially different if it's an actual shootdown with guns or missiles - and our response would be very different if it was - but it's still a downed aircraft because of them doing something. I think that needs to be qualified by saying, that drone was actively assisting in gathering intel and probably actual targeting data that enables Ukraine to annihilate Russians in a manner that wouldn't be possible without either a Western drone or spy plane flying in the black sea saying 'you can't touch me, you can't touch me.' It's snooping on phone and radio signals and that ends up with stuff like the Makiivka strike where 600 Russians got slaughtered because they refused to turn their phones off. Imagine what would have happened if a Russian drone had been flying in the Persian Gulf in 2003 feeding targeting information to Iraqi Silkworm batteries firing at American warships.
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Mar 16, 2023 18:31
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zone posted:Anyone that invests a certain sum into property in Brazil can acquire their citizenship. Brazil also has no extradition agreements with anyone else. Soon it will be time to set up Mossad II.
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Mar 16, 2023 18:43
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Bernard McFacknutah posted:I think that needs to be qualified by saying, that drone was actively assisting in gathering intel and probably actual targeting data that enables Ukraine to annihilate Russians in a manner that wouldn't be possible without either a Western drone or spy plane flying in the black sea saying 'you can't touch me, you can't touch me.' It's snooping on phone and radio signals and that ends up with stuff like the Makiivka strike where 600 Russians got slaughtered because they refused to turn their phones off. We probably wouldn't have targeted it, but the bigger difference is the Persian Gulf was an active declared war zone, Ukraine and the sea of Azov not so much because Russia has actively refused to declare it as such. Russia has absolutely no say in what happens in international waters or international airspace.
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Mar 16, 2023 19:08
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Bernard McFacknutah posted:I think that needs to be qualified by saying, that drone was actively assisting in gathering intel and probably actual targeting data that enables Ukraine to annihilate Russians in a manner that wouldn't be possible without either a Western drone or spy plane flying in the black sea saying 'you can't touch me, you can't touch me.' It's snooping on phone and radio signals and that ends up with stuff like the Makiivka strike where 600 Russians got slaughtered because they refused to turn their phones off. The Makiivka strike was not so much triangulating radio or phone signals as it was the matter that School no. 19 was turned into an obvious looking military base with loads of armored vehicles, tanks, weapons, etc. and a fuel depot rigged up nearby. Any of the locals could tell what the place was. And many still have pro-Ukrainian sympathies. The pipeline would basically have been collecting information at the ground level and then confirming it with pictures/video/signals over the course of time. Also knowing that the entire lot would be listening to Putler's new year address and thus all gathered in one place also helped. And then on top of that, the Russians made the mistake of storing a massive amount of ammo, shells, and rockets in the basement. As it happened, one of the HIMARS missiles exactly hit this ammo dump, which resulted in a chain reaction that annihilated the building, the motor pool, and the nearby fuel dump. As Strelkov put it, everything there was a complete loss. Nothing could be recovered, not even the possessions of the mobiks.
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Mar 16, 2023 19:09
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Bernard McFacknutah posted:I think that needs to be qualified by saying, that drone was actively assisting in gathering intel and probably actual targeting data that enables Ukraine to annihilate Russians in a manner that wouldn't be possible without either a Western drone or spy plane flying in the black sea saying 'you can't touch me, you can't touch me.' It's snooping on phone and radio signals and that ends up with stuff like the Makiivka strike where 600 Russians got slaughtered because they refused to turn their phones off. granted but I think we'd start by saying "knock it off or we're shooting it down" and then do that rather than play baby's first formation aerobatics unannounced e: I don't mean to dogpile, I hadn't seen the other replies that made this point better. I appreciated your post 
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Mar 16, 2023 19:09
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tiaz posted:granted but I think we'd start by saying "knock it off or we're shooting it down" and then do that rather than play baby's first formation aerobatics unannounced If there’s no meaningful response why not gently caress with US drones? What are they gonna do, sanction more Clearly the US is loathe to escalate, especially on behalf of a flying robot
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Mar 16, 2023 19:25
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Just saw that a map was released https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/mq-9-sensor-video-showing-collision-with-russian-su-27-released There's no way the drone was providing any targeting data from there. Send in the F-22s.
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Mar 16, 2023 19:47
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To note, countries toe the line with military planes in international airspace all the time. They fly near a border, the other guys send planes out to let them know they see them, and that's just how the game works. Even before this, Russian pilots were generally notorious for being a bit more slipshod when it comes to this dance.
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Mar 16, 2023 19:49
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The_Franz posted:To note, countries toe the line with military planes in international airspace all the time. They fly near a border, the other guys send planes out to let them know they see them, and that's just how the game works. Even before this, Russian pilots were generally notorious for being a bit more slipshod when it comes to this dance. Yes but a) That's nowhere near the border (the closest of which is Ukrainian anyway) and b) that never involves dumping fuel on top of another aircraft This is really bizarre (and "unprofessional", lol) behavior
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Mar 16, 2023 19:54
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https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1636412788334792705 8 archers are on the way. This should help to further accelerate artillery losses.
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Mar 16, 2023 20:01
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jet fuel piss tape real
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Mar 16, 2023 20:02
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Equip drones with powerful laser pointers to blind people that harass them. It works for China in the SCS.
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Mar 16, 2023 20:09
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https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1636383318177357826 Don't quit your day job, your jokes are so old and stale they'd probably make Lenin laugh in his mausoleum if he heard them.
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Mar 16, 2023 20:14
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Bernard McFacknutah posted:I think that needs to be qualified by saying, that drone was actively assisting in gathering intel and probably actual targeting data that enables Ukraine to annihilate Russians in a manner that wouldn't be possible without either a Western drone or spy plane flying in the black sea saying 'you can't touch me, you can't touch me.' It's snooping on phone and radio signals and that ends up with stuff like the Makiivka strike where 600 Russians got slaughtered because they refused to turn their phones off. Its lucky we dont have to imagine this sort of thing: The ussr supplied intelligence to argentina during the falkland islands campaign showing exactly where the brittish fleet was and its progress to the islands. FSB offering bounties on coalition soldiers in iraq. Ussr supplying arms to vietnam All are forms of 'you can't touch me, you can't touch me.' all while actively supporting an enemy. Its fine to point this sort of thing out, but its not some one sided affair where the west is never on the receiving end and its some kind of hypocritical situation - the only reason why silworms werent being targeted to US ships, in your example, is because the Russia was not capable of this and they didnt get along with Iran at the time. numptyboy fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Mar 16, 2023 |
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Mar 16, 2023 20:25
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The_Franz posted:To note, countries toe the line with military planes in international airspace all the time. They fly near a border, the other guys send planes out to let them know they see them, and that's just how the game works. Even before this, Russian pilots were generally notorious for being a bit more slipshod when it comes to this dance. They are notorious for constantly and intentionally violating other countries' airspace. They've also set up a jamming station on an island as close to Southern Finland as possible and have been using it to disrupt commercial planes flying in and out of Finland. They've been in the "loving around" phase for a long time and it's high time they find out.
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Mar 16, 2023 20:45
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https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1636403915750096909 Strelkov with a report on the status of the front. Long story short, another mass of people dead and equipment lost for minor tactical gains near both Avdiivka and Bakhmut, with a bitter remark on Shoigu and Gerasimov not being allowed even the most insignificant of victories. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1636450410067099648 And Wagner have some caustic remarks on the "defensive" lines built up in the hopes of making things more complicated for Ukraine to regain its territory. Long story short, they're basically dogshit and all the mistakes that were made in the building were outlined in the post.
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Mar 16, 2023 20:56
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This single minded drive to take Bakhmut is pure insanity.
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Mar 16, 2023 21:13
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Lol civilians building the trenches sooo it's being fleeced for capitalism. Half the reason they lose the war is because of hyper capitalism and lying. Just desserts for the fledgling fascist empire
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Mar 16, 2023 21:13
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Lol civilians building the trenches sooo it's being fleeced for capitalism. Don't worry russia will save us from neoliberalism 🤡
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Mar 16, 2023 21:22
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HonorableTB posted:This single minded drive to take Bakhmut is pure insanity. Bakhmut could fall as I'm typing this post and it will still be a total loss for Russia. It doesn't even feel right calling it a pyrrhic victory for them after all this, it's just a loss.
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Mar 16, 2023 21:41
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PinheadSlim posted:Bakhmut could fall as I'm typing this post and it will still be a total loss for Russia. It doesn't even feel right calling it a pyrrhic victory for them after all this, it's just a loss. At this point it'll be a phyrric victory if they do capture it. Its utterly destroyed and its bled the Russian army and Wanger for more than they are worth.
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Mar 16, 2023 21:42
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Seeing Terrorist Girkin be all sad about it makes the day worth living I was just reading an article about F-22s and they had this tweet from last year embedded https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1552334619437154308 Did anything happen of those "tougher actions" lol. (rhetorical question)
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Mar 16, 2023 21:46
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These guys wasted all their threats by dumping a billion tons of explosives on a neighboring country. Is there even anything left to escalate other than making another impotent nuke threat?
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Mar 16, 2023 21:49
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They literally pissed on a reaper drone, how much tougher can you get????
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Mar 16, 2023 21:50
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Pontificating rear end posted:These guys wasted all their threats by dumping a billion tons of explosives on a neighboring country. Is there even anything left to escalate other than making another impotent nuke threat? Solovyov will say twice as many mean words about the evil west and Skabayeva will nod along to his drivel twice as fast. What? it didn't have to be a very good escalation.
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Mar 16, 2023 21:53
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PinheadSlim posted:They literally pissed on a reaper drone, how much tougher can you get????
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Mar 16, 2023 22:04
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Any updates on the status of current day Potemkin McDonald’s operations inside Russia? If they’ve moved up past outdoor uncovered storage of buns then I suspect the sinister hand of the heniken group in getting them back and functional. Personally I’d hope they are just down to offering the mcshrimp and a gluten flavour dipping sauce.
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https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1636440470426402841 New aid package announced soon. Please include something good as a slap in the face for the drone incident.
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Mar 16, 2023 22:09
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