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norp posted:Isn't it more likely to be Russian air defence? If both are shooting down Russian aircraft, aren't they practically the same at this point?
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Thursday address from Putin. Will he annex transnostria? "in 1533 Ivan the Terrible became Tsar-
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Feb 27, 2024 16:51
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In 69420 BCE, Ugg hit Ogg with a stick
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Feb 27, 2024 17:04
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https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1762514462022492526#mquote:⚡️In the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka, explosions occurred at the entrance to the office of the occupying ‘United russia’ party and near a "polling station".
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Feb 27, 2024 18:35
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RockWhisperer posted:Michael Kofman and co were saying in a War on the Rocks episode that aircraft the shoot down numbers have been inflated throughout the war. The number of crashes as pointed out by Justin Bronk in the recent Perrin interview indicate that maintenance was being foregone from the high tempo of sorties especially during the Summer counteroffensive and Mig31s are in short supply, but I have my doubts on the aircraft numbers. It doesn’t seem as dire as Russia’s naval situation.  Also this is probably my own confirmation bias, but it seems like there's a spike in aircrafts downed after losing an A-50c. Its possible (maybe even probable) that the air sorties are planned and executed without coordinating with AWACS support, which would make them significantly more vulnerable to Ukraine AA
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Feb 27, 2024 18:44
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Why did Ukraine get invaded? Let's start at the beginning.. When Caesar crossed the Rubicon...
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Feb 27, 2024 18:47
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In a CIA plot Paris gave the Apple of Discord to Aphrodite, which was used to machinate a western Greek invasion of traditional Russian land of Troy.
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Feb 27, 2024 19:07
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https://x.com/yarotrof/status/1762536267588272154?s=20 my_war_crimes.mp4
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Feb 27, 2024 19:09
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Is it still being confined that these are military pilot losses and Russia is not strapping fresh minted commercial aviation co-pilots and arcade machine hi score setters into ejection seats?
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Feb 27, 2024 19:26
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shadow puppet of a posted:Is it still being confined that these are military pilot losses and Russia is not strapping fresh minted commercial aviation co-pilots and arcade machine hi score setters into ejection seats? There's nothing to support that. Russian jets don't have ejection seats.
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Feb 27, 2024 19:34
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Thursday address from Putin. Will he annex transnostria? Does this mean making GBS threads into both nostrils at once?
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Feb 27, 2024 19:55
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Karate Bastard posted:Does this mean making GBS threads into both nostrils at once? Its a forbidden spell from the Vladdy Putter series.
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Feb 27, 2024 19:58
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Why did Ukraine get invaded? Let's start at the beginning.. Menelaus: "Am i a joke to you?" 
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Feb 27, 2024 20:34
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https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1762555409447931944 We didn't need that oil money anyway! 
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Feb 27, 2024 20:48
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Disco Pope posted:There's nothing to support that. Russian jets don't have ejection seats. The Tu-95 literally uses a conveyor belt to throw the pilots out through the hatch for the front landing gear. You can see it behind the little curtain here 
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Feb 28, 2024 03:27
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Feb 28, 2024 03:41
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The TU-95 is a huge bomber. Of course it doesn't have ejection seats.
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Feb 28, 2024 03:43
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Vampire Panties posted:The Tu-95 literally uses a conveyor belt to throw the pilots out through the hatch for the front landing gear. You can see it behind the little curtain here Is that the one with the drinkable coolant?
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Feb 28, 2024 04:05
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Is that the one with the drinkable coolant? No, it's the one with the onboard crematorium.
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Feb 28, 2024 04:16
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vatnik: "everything is drinkable tovarisch"
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Feb 28, 2024 04:20
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Any word on Gerasimov?
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Feb 28, 2024 04:56
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DiomedesGodshill posted:Any word on Gerasimov? At this point, probably drinkable as well.
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Feb 28, 2024 04:59
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zone posted:https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1762555409447931944 That still permits exporting crude doesn’t it? And a fair chunk of refined products, just not the most valuable portion.
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Feb 28, 2024 07:15
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You generally want to export refined products, since they are worth more. If your refining capacity has been degraded so badly that you're no longer able to meet domestic demand, things aren't going very well in your petroleum sector.
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Feb 28, 2024 07:29
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taking their oil and going home
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Feb 28, 2024 07:37
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DiomedesGodshill posted:Any word on Gerasimov? Yes. I was worried for a bit there he'd been replaced by someone competent, but I can rest easy now. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-top-general-visits-troops-ukraine-discuss-next-steps-2024-02-21/
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Feb 28, 2024 07:53
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The Lone Badger posted:That still permits exporting crude doesn’t it? And a fair chunk of refined products, just not the most valuable portion. Yes, and every non-gasoline petroleum product, but Russia isn't really in a position to forgo any billions of dollars.
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Feb 28, 2024 08:59
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spankmeister posted:You generally want to export refined products, since they are worth more. If your refining capacity has been degraded so badly that you're no longer able to meet domestic demand, things aren't going very well in your petroleum sector. I know their extraction capacity is supposed to be on a time-limit too since they're no longer able to access foreign parts and expertise to keep it going. Anyone know if effects are visible yet?
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Feb 28, 2024 09:18
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I think I read somewhere (this thread?) that russia mostly exports crude petroleum products and imports most of their needs for refined products, possibly because regining is hard and dangerous in a vranyo klepto oligarchy? Is there any merit to that or am I misremembering?
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Feb 28, 2024 09:27
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https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1762754629228535924#m
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Feb 28, 2024 09:29
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Karate Bastard posted:I think I read somewhere (this thread?) that russia mostly exports crude petroleum products and imports most of their needs for refined products, possibly because regining is hard and dangerous in a vranyo klepto oligarchy? Is there any merit to that or am I misremembering? There was some picture of the Russian economy and how the oligarchs structured it with resource extraction as the center and why it was designed to be that way. Just extracting gas/oil and shipping it out is the easiest way to make money and requires the least expertise (and therefore power) anywhere below the big bosses. Profits may be higher overall if you build more refineries but the loss of power and control that would mean was seen as too much of a risk.
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Feb 28, 2024 09:57
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CeeJee posted:There was some picture of the Russian economy and how the oligarchs structured it with resource extraction as the center and why it was designed to be that way. Just extracting gas/oil and shipping it out is the easiest way to make money and requires the least expertise (and therefore power) anywhere below the big bosses. In 2021, refined petroleum was 17% of exports, a bit larger than all Russian exports to China. I guess you could export the crude oil instead, but that would probably reduce margins.  
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Feb 28, 2024 10:18
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Karate Bastard posted:I think I read somewhere (this thread?) that russia mostly exports crude petroleum products and imports most of their needs for refined products, possibly because regining is hard and dangerous in a vranyo klepto oligarchy? Is there any merit to that or am I misremembering? You might be thinking of Iran or Venezuela. Refined petroleum gross imports to Russia are relatively minuscule, at least according to the Harvard Atlas of economic complexity. They do export way more crude oil than distillates though. While not critical for Russian state finances, the refinery strikes do increase the cost of supplying the military and deepen public discontent due to inflation.
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Feb 28, 2024 11:05
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https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1762771577467269593#mquote:Pro-russian military medic, and blogger Yuriy Yevich states that since he is not a fascist, sadly, he cannot send millions of civilians into concentration camps.
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Feb 28, 2024 13:18
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zone posted:https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1762771577467269593#m Impossible to even start taking him seriously. 
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Feb 28, 2024 13:37
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zone posted:https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1762771577467269593#m medic in the tradition of Mengele
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Feb 28, 2024 13:50
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So Transnistrian "separatists" are going "help us, Mother Russia, we are being oppressed by the Moldovan homonazis". Seems familiar.
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Feb 28, 2024 14:28
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zone posted:https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1762771577467269593#m The way to stop a world war is to <describes a world war>
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Feb 28, 2024 14:53
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zone posted:https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1762555409447931944 How very unfortunate for them that half their economy consists of a number of highly flammable targets.
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beer_war posted:So Transnistrian "separatists" are going "help us, Mother Russia, we are being oppressed by the Moldovan homonazis". Seems familiar. As incredibly unlikely as it is, I don't think I'd stop laughing if Moldova successfully held a surprise referendum for (re)unification with Romania to throw an enormous NATO-shaped spanner in the works. Bonus points if it's announced midway through Monke's pointless blathering.
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